Month: April 2017
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UPSC Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – Mains Marathon – April 24
Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 30 Minutes Note: Winners of Mains Marathon Answer Writing Initiative will be announced today! Meanwhile, Practice some Previous Year Questions for today. 1. Use of Internet and social media by non-state actors for subversive activities is a major concern.…
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Weekly Important Articles : April Week 2
We have come up with Weekly Important Articles for April 2nd Week. Click Here To Download Weekly Important Articles April Week 2 Did you like the Compilation? Do give us suggestions/feedback to improve the same 🙂 More About the Initiative: Weekly Important Articles is an Initiative started by ForumIAS to cover important issues relevant to UPSC Civil services…
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Download: PIB April Week 1 Compilation
Download PIB Compilation of April Week 1 (Important for UPSC Prelims and Mains Preparation) below: Click Here to Download April Week 1 Compilation About PIB: The Press Information Bureau (PIB) is the nodal agency of the Government of India to disseminate information to the print and electronic media on government policies, programmes, initiatives and achievements. It…
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Must Read News Articles – April 23
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Taliban attack leaves 140 soldiers dead in Afghanistan: Toll could rise in assault on 209th Corps headquarters near Mazar-e-Sharif. Soon, underwater tunnels will connect Howrah with Kolkata: A first in India, the two 520-metre structures are part of a 10.8 km underground stretch and are crucial to the East West Metro…
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Reservation debate
Context Recently, the Union government has embarked on reconstituting National Commission for Backward Classes by graduating it to the levels of National Commissions for SCs and STs as a constitutional body. This lay open the faultlines in the reservation policy and how it underlies a political current which sometimes burst in the form of reservation…
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Must Read News Articles – April 22
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Why force people to get Aadhaar, SC asks Centre: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the Centre’s logic to make Aadhaar card mandatory for filing income tax returns, asking whether this would act as a remedy to end the generation of fake Permanent Account Number (PAN) and ration cards. Navy…
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Essay Test – April 22
Instructions: Write an essay on any one of the following in about 1000-1200 words. Time : 90 minutes Marks : 125 1. Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable. आर्थिक विकास के बिना, राजनीतिक खुलेपन और स्वतंत्रता की कोई भी संभावना संदिग्ध होगी। 2. Life is 10% what happens to you and…
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – April 21 2017
Front Page / NATIONAL [The Hindu] [1]India makes fresh bid to get Headley, Rana [2]States to be consulted on BC panel Bill [3]China’s Arunachal move ‘illegal’ [4]Logistics pact with U.S. ‘almost done [5]India, EU likely to resume talks Editorial/OPINION [The Hindu] [1]Trading away our digital rights [2]Closer to Brussels Economy [The Hindu] [1]Auctions may help…
