Day: December 1, 2015

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 1 December 2015

    9 PM Daily Brief – 1 December 2015

    A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation   National [1]. Call for pact on emission cuts What has happened? World leaders meeting at the Paris for the 21st session of Conference of Parties, delivered statements at the leaders’ event held on 30th Nov 2015. What did U.S and…

  • Gold Schemes in India – Explained

    Gold Schemes in India – Explained

    Background In 2015 , the Indian Government came up with three new gold schemes. The combined purposes of these schemes are to reduce India’s gold imports and to inject all the idle gold from Indian homes into the Indian economy. Introduction  India is among the top three largest importers of Gold in the world. Gold is one…

  • Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day– 1 December 2015

    Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day– 1 December 2015

    Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation The Hindu National  Call for pact on emission cuts: (Environment – GS Paper III) Modi launches International Solar Alliance:  (Regional groups- GS Paper II) New militant tactics draw Army into long-drawn siege:(Internal Security-GS Paper III) India will fulfil commitments on climate change, says Modi: (Environment – GS Paper III) International IS taxes…