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About 9 PM Brief<\/strong>- With the 9 PM Daily Current affairs for UPSC brief we intend<\/span> to simplify the newspaper reading experience. In 9PM briefs, we provide our reader with a summary of all the important articles and editorials from three important newspapers namely The Hindu, Indian Express, and Livemint. This will provide you with analysis, broad coverage, and factual information from a Mains examination point of view.<\/p>\r\n About Factly<\/strong>- The Factly initiative covers all the daily news articles regarding Preliminary examination. This will be provided at the end of the 9 PM Brief.<\/p>\r\n Dear Aspirants,<\/p>\r\n We know for a fact that learning without evaluation is a wasted effort. Therefore, we request you to please go through both our initiatives i.e 9PM Briefs and Factly, then evaluate yourself through the 10PM Current Affairs Quiz.<\/p>\r\n We plan to integrate all our free daily initiatives to comprehensively support your success journey. List of 9 PM Current Affairs Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Source:<\/strong> Indian express<\/a><\/p>\n Syllabus: GS 3-<\/strong>Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Synopsis: <\/strong>The good practices behind the success of Cricketing standards can be used in the Indian manufacturing sector. It will make Manufacturing in India more competitive<\/p>\n Background<\/strong><\/p>\n What are the good practices that policy makers can use?<\/strong><\/p>\n If policymakers learn the right lessons from cricket and implement those lessons with honesty, we can become globally competitive in the manufacturing sector. To be the best, we must be able to compete with and defeat the best.<\/p>\n Source: Indian Express<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Syllabus: GS 2- <\/strong>Issues and Challenges Pertaining to the Federal Structure, Devolution of Powers and Finances up to Local Levels and Challenges therein.<\/strong><\/p>\n Synopsis: \u00a0<\/strong>The reforms suggested by the 15th<\/sup> Finance commissions (interim report) can improve the financial governance of India\u2019s municipalities.<\/p>\n Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n What are the four changes suggested by the 15th<\/sup> Finance commission?<\/strong><\/p>\n The 15th<\/sup> Finance commission in its interim report has suggested the following changes to bring reforms to the financial governance of India\u2019s municipalities.<\/p>\n What are the suggestions?<\/strong><\/p>\n Constitutional bodies like the finance commission can only prepare the grounds of reforms. The ultimate responsibility for municipal finance reforms<\/strong> remains with the state governments.\u00a0\u00a0Thus, State governments need to enact municipal legislation towards following 5 Objectives:<\/p>\n Source: <\/strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Syllabus: GS 3 – <\/strong>Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.<\/p>\n Synopsis: <\/strong>The ageing dams in India are threatening water security for the future, as the reservoir water is being replaced by soil, technically known as silt or sediment.<\/p>\n Introduction: <\/strong><\/p>\n What are the issues in water reservoirs of India?<\/b><\/p>\n After a certain time period, the Silt or sediments start to replace the water in the reservoir due to Siltation. Therefore, the water storage capacity of the dam decreases with time.<\/p>\n Siltation reduces the capacity of some of India’s largest dams. Due to Siltation, the functioning of the Bhakra dam has been reduced from 47 years to 88 years.<\/p>\n The medium and minor dams are even in the worst position. They are in such a dangerous position that they can collapse in the near future. This situation is because of their lower shelf life as compared to large dams.<\/p>\n The High siltation rate shows that reservoirs of India are designed with a poor understanding of sedimentation science.<\/p>\n What are the consequences of the siltation of dams for farmers?<\/strong><\/p>\n For Example, <\/strong>The flooding in Bharuch in 2020, Kerala in 2018 and Chennai in 2015<\/p>\n Way Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n At present 80% of the India\u2019s large dams are in a situation of becoming obsolete. India needs to address the situation urgently. As eventually in 21st<\/sup> century, Nation will not be able to find sufficient water. It will not be able to grow abundant crops, feed the rising population by 2050, create sustainable cities, or ensure growth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Factly :-News Articles For UPSC Prelims | Feb 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Indian cricket team\u2019s success can be a model for country\u2019s manufacturing sector<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\n15th Finance commission: Reforming financial governance of India\u2019s municipalities<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe rising concern of India\u2019s ageing dams<\/a><\/h3>\n
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