Category: 9 PM Daily NEWS Brief

A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation National [1]. Piscine diversity under threat in Krishna river   What has happened? Research undertaken by Fisheries Development Officer, Gadwal, research scholars and a faculty member of Osmania University, Hyderabad, has revealed that feral fish are causing the decline of presence…

A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation National [1]. Supreme court will ensure rule of law, says CJI Thakur   What has happened? Chief Justice of India Tirath Singh Thakur while commenting on the whole issue of religious intolerance, said that India is an inclusive society where people…

A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation National [1]. PSLV bags two more U.S. launch orders Context: US based commercial weather satellite company PlanetiQ has given contract to ISRO for launch of two of their satellites through Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). What is PSLV? The Polar Satellite Launch…

A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation National [1]. Austrian anthropologist Haimendorf is all but forgotten  Context: In this article author states that the Austrian anthropologist Haimendorf who worked tirelessly for the welfare of the adivasis has been forgotten. Who is an anthropologist? The scientific study of the…

A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation   National   [1]. G77, China mount sharp attack on rich nations What has happened? The developing country bloc of G77 and China on 3rd Dec 15, launched a sharp attack on some developed countries at the climate talks here for…

A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation  National [1]. ‘Reforming criminals has not worked’   What has happened? A majority judgement of five-judge constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India H.L Dattu observed that any further lenience shown in the matter of imposition of sentence vis-a-vis capital…

A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation   National [1].Gujarat’s controversial labour law bill gets presidential assent   What has happened? President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the controversial Labour Laws bill, 2015.   Why the controversy? Bill has certain provisions against which it has been…

A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation   National [1]. Call for pact on emission cuts What has happened? World leaders meeting at the Paris for the 21st session of Conference of Parties, delivered statements at the leaders’ event held on 30th Nov 2015. What did U.S and…

A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing    relevance to Civil Services preparation National [1]. Government infra projects to boost construction equipment business   Current Scenario The construction equipment industry is heading for a revival backed by major infrastructure projects from the government and may clock a double-digit growth in the next financial…

A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing    relevance to Civil Services preparation National [1]. India among 4 nations to sign trade pact   Trade Pact and Its Purpose – Establishment of Commonwealth Trade Finance Facility to boost trade and investment flows, particularly for developing nations of the Commonwealth. What is The Commonwealth of Nations? Countries Involved…