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Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 4, 2018

Archives Q.1) Examine the prospects and challenges of digital payments industry in India. Answer: Digital payments in India is currently less than $200bn but is expected to reach $1tn by 2023 according to a report by Credit Suisse. These include bank-to-bank electronic money transfers, digital wallet payments, Aadhaar-based and electronic toll payments. Prospects: Demonetisation led… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 4, 2018

Must Read News Articles – December 5th, 2018

Archives GS 2 Disabilities Act: States going slow on roll-out, says study A study conducted by the Disability Rights India Foundation (DRIF) on the implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act, across 24 States, has revealed that more than half have not notified the State rules, despite a significant lapse of time.… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – December 5th, 2018

Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – December 5, 2018

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 Q.1) mains: Withdrawal of Qatar from Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) signals the diminishing relevance of oil bloc. Critically examine.  Q.2) What are problems and challenges faced by… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – December 5, 2018

Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)

Healthcare in India Healthcare in India is largely underpenetrated, with government expenditure at around 25% of the GDP and an underperforming public healthcare ecosystem. Problem of 3A’s– refer to the figure Dual disease burden: Even as the incidence of lifestyle diseases is steadily on the rise, a vast majority of rural and poor patients still… Continue reading Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)

The boundaries of ethics

The boundaries of ethics News: In November 2018, Chinese researcher He Jainkui claimed to have made world’s first gene edited babies, a pair of twin girls, genetically edited with CRISPR/cas9 Important Facts Researcher He have used a gene-editing technique, known as CRISPR, to artificially induce a mutation in human cells and make them resistant to… Continue reading The boundaries of ethics

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