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Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – January 31, 2018

Archives  Q.1) Discuss how the “International Tourism Mart” will play an important role in expanding and strengthening India’s emerging tourism markets. (GS-3) Context: The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in association with the North Eastern States is organising the “International Tourism Mart” (ITM). International Tourism Mart: Northeast India International Travel Mart (NEITM or ITM)… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – January 31, 2018

ForumIAS: Facts in News (January 7th–15th. 2018)

Facts in news is published on a weekly basis that consists a gist of all crucial news articles from ‘The Hindu’ that may bear relevance to Civil Services Preparation. Here is the Summary of all current happenings from around the world for the second week of January 2018. Download Facts in News PDF file here. [table id=28… Continue reading ForumIAS: Facts in News (January 7th–15th. 2018)

GUIDE : A Guide on when to change your Optional by Prajit Nair, IAS Rank 87

By Prajit Nair, AIR 87, CSE-2016 Failed in Mains, blaming your optional? Thinking of changing it? Read this before you decide. So the Mains result came out about a week ago. A lucky(and probably smart-working) set of people cleared and the remaining got to hear the dreaded ‘ting’. The ‘ting’ is the sound that your… Continue reading GUIDE : A Guide on when to change your Optional by Prajit Nair, IAS Rank 87

Must Read News Articles – February 1, 2018

Archives GS: 1 Art and Culture: ‘Indus script was written from right to left’(The Hindu) Two scientists working at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, (IMSc) have figured out a way to computationally estimate whether a language is written from left to right or otherwise. Most interestingly, they have studied the Indus script and calculated that… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 1, 2018

Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – February 1, 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)The idea of ‘one nation one election’ has been proposed for many years. In this context discuss the need for simultaneous elections. What difficulty can be arising from these elections?(GS-2)… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – February 1, 2018

New Roman law doctrine for tobacco industry in India

Context: The government has asked the Supreme Court to classify tobacco as “res extra commercium”, which means “outside commerce” in Latin. As a result, the Indian tobacco industry could lose its legal right to trade. What is in news? The government is not discussing banning tobacco. The goal of invoking the Roman law doctrine was… Continue reading New Roman law doctrine for tobacco industry in India

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