News:Indian Government has announced that the Agartala – Akhaura Rail Link will be ready by the end of 2021. Facts: About the Rail link: The rail line between Agartala in Tripura and Akhaura in Bangladesh will be the first train to run from the northeastern region to Bangladesh. The Ministry for Development of the North… Continue reading India-Bangladesh rail link to be ready by 2021
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Daily Quiz #85 UPSC Prelims Marathon – February 11, 2020
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[Answers] Mains Marathon I Daily Answer Writing I 11th February 2020
1. Critically examine salient features of Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Answer 2. What is India’s genome mapping project? Discuss its significance and potential benefits. Answer 3. Discuss India’s policy on refugees. How do you think India should react to the Rohingya crisis? Answer 4. What is a quasi-judicial body? Explain with the… Continue reading [Answers] Mains Marathon I Daily Answer Writing I 11th February 2020
[Questions] Mains Marathon I Daily Answer Writing I 11th February 2020
1. Critically examine salient features of Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The Hindu 2. What is India’s genome mapping project? Discuss its significance and potential benefits. Indian Express 3. Discuss India’s policy on refugees. How do you think India should react to the Rohingya crisis? The Hindu 4. What is a quasi judicial… Continue reading [Questions] Mains Marathon I Daily Answer Writing I 11th February 2020
10 PM Current Affairs Quiz #85 February 11, 2020
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Must Read News Articles I 11th February 2020
GS -2 SC upholds changes to SC/ST atrocities law The SC has upheld a 2018 amendment which barred persons accused of committing atrocities against those belonging to SC/ST from getting anticipatory bail. In march 2018, SC has ruled that there is no absolute bar against grant of anticipatory bail under the anti atrocities law if… Continue reading Must Read News Articles I 11th February 2020
[Questions] Mains Marathon I Daily Answer Writing I 10th February, 2020
1. ‘E-commerce has tremendous potential to benefit farmers, small-scale industries and indigenous communities’. Comment. The Hindu 2. What is Red Tapism? Discuss its consequences and suggest some measures to reduce it. The Hindu 3. How deeper cooperation between the United States and India in trade can help India achieve $5 trillion economic status? The Hindu… Continue reading [Questions] Mains Marathon I Daily Answer Writing I 10th February, 2020
9 PM Current Affairs Brief – February 10th, 2020
Arsenic-resistant rice cultivated in West Bengal News: Researchers in West Bengal have developed and commercialised a rice variety that is resistant to arsenic. Facts: The new rice variety is called Muktoshri, also known as IET 21845. It has been jointly developed by the Rice Research Station at Chinsurah, under West Bengal’s Agriculture Department and the… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – February 10th, 2020
Africa Union Summit held at Addis Ababa
News: African Union Summit was held at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The theme of the summit was “Silencing the Guns” Facts: African Union It is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent. It is a permanent observer at the United Nations General Assembly. Establishment: In… Continue reading Africa Union Summit held at Addis Ababa
Explained: Lessons from a melting Antarctic glacier
News: A New York University study reported water at just two degrees above freezing point at Thwaites’s “grounding zone” or “grounding line” Facts: About Thwaites Glacier Thwaites Glacier is located in western Antarctica and flows into Pine Island Bay, a part of the Amundsen Sea According to NASA, the Thwaites Glacier is currently responsible for… Continue reading Explained: Lessons from a melting Antarctic glacier
