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UPSC Mains 2017 Sociology Optional Test 3 : Mains Marathon
Archives Here is the 3rd Mains Marathon Sociology Optional Test. Sociology Optional Study Plan Mains Marathon Topics: Stratification and Mobility Caste system Perspectives on the study of Indian Society Time: 1.5 hours 10 questions Questions include both 20 and 10 markers Questions have been jumbled up to facilitate smart time management 1 question from Thinkers… Continue reading UPSC Mains 2017 Sociology Optional Test 3 : Mains Marathon
Must Read News Articles – August 10
Archives GS 1 Indian society Tryst With Inequality: (Indian Express, Editorial) India has failed the Constitution’s commitment to social justice. Social issues SC seeks details of convictions under Child Marriage Act: As the Centre said Parliament must have thought it ‘pragmatic’ to reduce the age of consent for sexual relations for married girls from 18… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – August 10
[Target UPSC Mains 2017] Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – August 10
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. Discuss the key features of the National Food Security Act, 2013. Examine the major problems and challenges in implementation of the act. (GS 2) The Hindu 2. Discuss the… Continue reading [Target UPSC Mains 2017] Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – August 10
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Editorials – August 9, 2017
Read the thorough summary of the following editorials by clicking on the links below Issues related to subsidies Rouhani’s challenge: (The Hindu, Editorial) Hassan Rouhani second term as Iran’s President Food for action: (The Hindu, Editorial) Connecting food and nutrition security Logistics Data Bank project to expand to South India: Indian logistics industry is at… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Editorials – August 9, 2017
Not our business to say what should be taught in schools, states Supreme Court
Context The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition for a direction to the government to make yoga education a compulsory part of the syllabus for Classes one to eight. Bench’s remark We are nobody to say what is to be taught in schools,” a Bench, led by Justice Madan B. Lokur, orally observed. The Bench… Continue reading Not our business to say what should be taught in schools, states Supreme Court
Hassan Rouhani second term as Iran’s President
Context Hassan Rouhani has formally begun his second term as Iran’s President in especially challenging circumstances. Pressures on Rouhani Conservatives at Iran are pushing for a hard-line agenda, Sunni states in the Gulf are consolidating a regional alliance against Shia-majority Iran, and the U.S. is turning up the heat on the Iran’s missile programme. Rouhani,… Continue reading Hassan Rouhani second term as Iran’s President
Country to dispense with Right to Education Act’s no-detention policy
Context: Scrapping the no-detention policy, one of the most controversial features of the Right to Education Act, is a first step towards in preventing and mending some of its worst consequences. Explanation: The Union cabinet on 2nd August, 2017 has agreed to scrap of the no-detention clause in the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Amending this provision, which… Continue reading Country to dispense with Right to Education Act’s no-detention policy
A microscopic view of Nationalism in India
Context: In the present day context, enforced cultural nationalism by the government will harm India in the long run. Nationalism: Nationalism is a range of political, social, and economic systems characterised by promoting the interests of a particular nation or ethnic group, particularly with the aim of gaining and maintaining self-governance, or full sovereignty, over the group’s homeland. Nationalism and… Continue reading A microscopic view of Nationalism in India
