Category: 9 PM Daily NEWS Brief

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 28th November 2015

    9 PM Daily Brief – 28th November 2015

    A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing    relevance to Civil Services preparation National [1]. Human development holds the key What is Naxalism? The term Naxal is derived from the name of the village Naxalbari in West Bengal • The Naxals support Maoist political sentiment and ideology. • The Naxalism movement originated with…

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 27th November 2015

    9 PM Daily Brief – 27th November 2015

                                                           A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing                                                                  relevance to Civil Services preparation National                                             [1]. Kerala scientists develop saltwater-tolerant paddy   What has happened? Scientists at the Rice Research Station of Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) at Vyttila have developed a new variety of paddy tolerant to saltwater intrusion,…

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 26 November 2015

    9 PM Daily Brief – 26 November 2015

    A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation   Science & Technology [1]. This technology is hundred times faster than WiFi What has happened? Scientists have achieved speeds in the lab of up to 224 GB per second. Office tests in Tallin, Estonia achieved speeds of 1 GB per…

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 25 November 2015

    9 PM Daily Brief – 25 November 2015

    A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation   National [1]. India to press for equity at climate change talks despite pressure Context: 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP) is going to be held at Paris. The article discusses what India’s stance is going to be at…

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 24 November 2015

    9 PM Daily Brief – 24 November 2015

    A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation  What is 9 PM Daily Brief? Read Here. National [1]. “Amendment to Child Labour Act leaves issues unaddressed” What has happened? Union government has given its approval for moving amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. The amendment if…

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 23 November 2015

    9 PM Daily Brief – 23 November 2015

    A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation   National [1]. ASEAN to ease travel, mobility of labour What is ASEAN? Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political and economic organization of ten Southeast Asian countries. It was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia,…

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 21 November 2015

    9 PM Daily Brief – 21 November 2015

    A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation   National [1]. Shadows in the city of light What has happened? On the evening of 13th Nov 2015 a series of co-ordinated terrorist attacks took place in Paris and its northern suburb Saint Denis. The places these attacks targeted –…

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 20 November 2015

    A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation   National [1]. Pay panel moots 23.5% hike, to cost govt. Rs 1.02 lakh cr. News: 7th central pay commission submits its report to the Union finance minister What is the Central Pay Commission? The Central Pay Commission is a recommendatory…