Day: May 3, 2017
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – May 3, 2017
Front Page / NATIONAL [The Hindu] [1]Summer of dry lakes and dry throats [2]No invasion of body for UID: Centre [3]New IT rules to beef up Aadhaar Editorial/OPINION [The Hindu] [1]‘India should have its own policy on Afghanistan’ [2]Winning back the Valley [3]Powering up food [4]Refuge from the sinking islands Economy [The Hindu] [1]Skill councils have…
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BS IV Norms
Topic relevance GS3 – Science and Technology – developments and their applications and effects in everyday life Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. GS3 – Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment Context To the dismay of many automobile manufacturers sitting on a huge inventory of…
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Korean – US relations
Topic relevance GS1 – History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc. – their forms and effect on the society. GS2 -Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. GS2 – Effect…
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – May 2, 2017
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL [1]Fortified foods to tackle malnutrition The Hindu Context MNCs, co-ops, other manufacturers will add premixes of micronutrients to products What has happened? Healthy-looking people are malnourished too, because their diet does not include the right micronutrients A number of enterprises will begin adding premixes of micronutrients…
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UPSC Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – Mains Marathon – May 3
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. Enumerate the applications of ‘South Asia Satellite’ built by India. How can it help the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations? (GS 2) भारत द्वारा निर्मित ‘दक्षिण एशिया उपग्रह’…
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Must Read News Articles – May 3
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Summer of dry lakes and dry throats: While the drought-hit cities of Telangana struggle to deal with the consequences of declining groundwater availability, rural regions are grappling with severe drinking water shortages. No invasion of body for UID: Centre: Says the right of a person to his or her body is…
