Archives GS 1 Population and poverty Having a minimum wage law is a mistake: (Live Mint, Editorial) The proposed wage code Bill, which incorporates a universal minimum wage, will lead to higher unemployment and informalization of the economy. Social issues Beyond the lament: (Indian Express, Editorial) Gorakhpur was only the acute manifestation of the chronic… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 17
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Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – August 17
Archives Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 30 Minutes Kindly review each others answers. 1. Can the proposal to create an All-India Judicial Service (AIJS) along the lines of the All India Services (AIS) address the multiple problems in the judiciary? The problems of the Indian… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – August 17
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Editorials – August 16, 2017
Read the thorough summary of the following editorials by clicking on the links below ‘Why can’t the government provide a higher income for farmers?’: (The Hindu, Editorial) The challenges of doubling Indian farmers’ incomes in India India moves to revive TAPI gas pipeline: (The Hindu) New Delhi to host the next panel meet for TAPI… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Editorials – August 16, 2017
New Delhi to host the next panel meet for TAPI gas pipeline
Context India will be hosting the next steering committee meeting of the proposed 1,814 kilometre-long Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline. The meeting The decision has come during the sixth joint Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) meeting on trade, economic, scientific and technological cooperation. The meeting was followed by a meeting between visiting Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister… Continue reading New Delhi to host the next panel meet for TAPI gas pipeline
Reinstating security to widows in the country
Context: The Supreme Court sets up panel to prepare common working plan to rehabilitate widows in India by November 30, 2017. Current scenario: As per recent census, 0.45% of total widows are child widows in the age group of 10-19 years. 9.0% are in the age group of 20-39 years, 32% in the age group… Continue reading Reinstating security to widows in the country
Supreme Court to scrutinize bail process
Context The Supreme Court has asked the directors of judicial academies and criminal courts across the country to look at the accused in criminal cases taking anticipatory bail from the Supreme Court or High Courts and use it to get regular bail from trial courts, taking advantage of the procedural labyrinth in criminal law. Why… Continue reading Supreme Court to scrutinize bail process
The challenges of doubling Indian farmers’ incomes in India
Context: As India marks 50 years of the Green Revolution this year, the Indian farmers are still facing crisis Introduction: Farming is the most important enterprise in India and farmers are an integral part of our country. To address the agrarian crisis and farmer’s unrest across the country, the government needs to take steps to… Continue reading The challenges of doubling Indian farmers’ incomes in India
Black Carbon: A threat for earth’s Ozone layer
Context: Black carbon (BC) is a new concern for the climate researchers. Aeroplanes may be ejecting significant amounts of Black Carbon (BC) — a pollutant known to aggravate breathing disorders, upset the monsoon and quicken glacier melt and may be depleting the ozone layer. Explanation: The Ozone layer is a deep layer in earth’s atmosphere that… Continue reading Black Carbon: A threat for earth’s Ozone layer
Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon- August 16
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