Category: Daily Initiatives
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Must Read News Articles – May 4
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL SC puts critics of Aadhaar-PAN linkage in a spot: Can a person who is voluntarily a part of a tax regime choose to say he will pay his taxes only in the certain way he wants to? Does he have a right to choose? Patna HC sets aside ban on…
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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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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…
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Economics of South Asia
Context The World Bank’s South Asia Economic Focus is released recently. Titled “Globalization Backlash”, the report examines whether South Asia stands to lose from the protectionist tendencies currently on the rise. It concludes, optimistically, that the region does not have much to lose from the turn away from globalization. Background South Asia has for some…
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Must Read News Articles – May 2
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Fortified foods to tackle malnutrition: MNCs, co-ops, other manufacturers will add premixes of micronutrients to products. SC sends out stern message against frivolous PILs: Bench slaps Rs. 25 lakh costs on Non-Governmental Organisation for wasting judicial time Daunting water challenges across industries: Multiple industries relying on water as an input in the…
