Day: December 8, 2016

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 8th December 2016

    Front Page / NATIONAL(The Hindu) RBI keeps base rate unchanged SC seeks Parliamentary panel report on Lokpal amendments Editorial/OPINION(The Hindu) The Reserve Bank of India’s big surprise Demonetisation is for the long run ECONOMY(The Hindu) Rural India hit most by cash crunch Notes withdrawal will not impact RBI balance sheet’ Indian Express The colour of polls…

  • Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 8

    Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 40 Minutes 1.“Fidayeen warfare is, in fact, a sideshow, militarily ineffective and strategically marginal to the jihadist insurgency in Kashmir.” Examine. (GS 2) “फिदायीन युद्ध, वास्तव में, एक तमाशा है, सैन्य अप्रभावी और रणनीतिक रूप से कश्मीर में…

  • Must Read News Articles – December 8

    Must Read News Articles – December 8

    Archives The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL RBI keeps base rate unchanged: Lowers the Gross Value Added growth projection for 2016-17 to 7.1 per cent from 7.6 per cent. NIA takes over Nagrota probe: The agency has said in its FIR that the identity of terrorists remains unknown but they had ‘foreign handlers’. SC seeks Parliamentary panel…