Day: January 3, 2017
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Briefs – 3rd January 2017
Front Page / NATIONAL [The Hindu] SC extends judicial review powers Seeking votes on religious basis a corrupt act: SC Centre stalling judicial transfers: SC Agni-IV test a ‘grand success’ It will be a disservice to the ‘little man’: SC Editorial/OPINION [The Hindu] All’s not well in the Army What is special about special courts?…
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Free Download: December 9 PM Brief Current Affairs Compilation
Friends, Here is the 9 PM Brief Current Affairs Compilation for the month of December. Click Here to Download the Compilation The idea behind 9 PM Daily Brief is to make aspirants aware of news articles from different newspapers bearing relevance to Civil Services Preparation. Our Other Popular Initiatives: Must Read Articles Daily Editorials Mains Marathon 2017 🙂…
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Update: New UPSC Chairman!
Professor David R. Syiemlieh is appointed as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) by the President. Syiemlieh is from Meghalaya and was a UPSC member. He will assume charge on January 4 and retire on January 21, 2018. Syiemlieh has succeeded Alka Sirohi, a retired IAS officer. He is the second person from…
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Announcement : Weekly Prizes – Mains Marathon 2017, Dec 26-31
Dear Friends, We have come up with the Weekly Winners of Mains Marathon Answer Writing practice from Dec 26-31. While coming up with the winners list, we have given priority to: consistency, answer quality and participation. It was a difficult task for us to select the winners. It was hard to choose the top contributors.…
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Must Read News Articles – January 3
Archives The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL SC extends judicial review powers: In a blow to Ordinance Raj, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court widened the boundaries of judicial review to the extent that it can now examine whether the President or the State Governor was spurred by an “oblique motive” to bypass the legislature…
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Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – January 3
Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 40 Minutes Kindly review each others answers. 1.What are the challenges faced by Food Packaging industry in India? Critically examine the steps taken by government to boost this sector. (GS-3) भारत में खाद्य प्रसंस्करण उद्योग क्या चुनातियाँ सामना…
