Month: April 2017
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Naxalist Ambush and Lessons
Context 25 CRPF Jawans were killed by Naxalists in frontal attack at Sukma. This is one of the gravest tragedies for our security systems in the recent times. Naxalism was dubbed as the “single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country” by then PM Manmohan Singh in 2006. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, in his…
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Must Read News Articles – April 27
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Aadhaar-PAN linkage meant to plug tax leaks, says SC: Slamming a tendency in the country to evade taxes, the Supreme Court referred to the mandatory linking of Aadhaar to the Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Income Tax returns as an instance of the government’s efforts to bring “new and new…
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UPSC Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – Mains Marathon – April 27
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 role of land reforms in agricultural development. Identify the factors that were responsible for the success of land reforms in India. (GS 3) कृषि विकास में भूमि सुधारों…
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Daily 9 PM Brief – April 26
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL [1] SC pulls up trial court in Sabarmati train blasts case The Hindu Context Orders release of undertrial on November 1 What has happened? A Supreme Court Bench of Chief Justice Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud gave the trial court in the 2000 Sabarmati train blasts case six months…
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Indo-Nepal Consternation
Context Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari visited Delhi recently which was officially termed as a “grand success”. But that India is losing clout and credibility in Nepal is no more a secret. That naturally calls for serious introspection into what has gone wrong in the relations along with corrective measures to address them, especially…
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Ministry of UD to push dense urban growth along mass transit corridors for better living experience
To effectively address the emerging urbanization challenges, the Ministry of Urban Development has come out with a multi-pronged policy framework to promote living close to mass urban transit corridors. Transit Oriented Development (TOD) This new initiatives seeks to promote ‘Transit Oriented Development (TOD)’ which enables people to live within walking or cycling distance from transit…
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Small Field activities in the State of Tamil Nadu
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the award of 31 contract areas as part of the Discovered Small Field (DSF) Bid Round 2016. These fields were offered under new policy for small fields known as Discovered Small Field (DSF) policy, 2015, which offers improved fiscal terms with the aim to enhance Oil and gas…
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Nand Kumar Sai assumes charge as Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Senior tribal leader from Chhattisgarh and ex parliamentarian Shri Nand Kuamr Sai assumed charge as the chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST). A large percentage of tribals in our country are still not aware of their rights guaranteed to them by the constitutions. Shri Sai said he will see to it that NCST…