Tag: Civil Services
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9 PM Daily Brief – 12th December 2016
Front Page / NATIONAL [1]. Cyclone Vardah heads towards Chennai shores [2]. Cancel illegal salt pans in Sambhar Lake: NGT [3]. Parliamentary panel says SC showing a ‘zeal for primacy’ INTERNATIONAL [1]. U.S. arms technologies come closer Editorial/OPINION [1]. Time to blow the whistle Indian Express [1]. Binding friendship Live Mint [1]. Demonetisation for behavioral…
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Must Read News Articles – December 11
Archives The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Cut-off Manipur has bigger worries than demonetisation: Under siege since November 1, there is an acute shortage of essential goods across the State. Murder rate declining in India: Official data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that the murder rate in India has been steadily declining over…
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Must Read News Articles – December 10
Archives The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Keep your promise on cash withdrawal limit, SC tells govt.: Asking whether demonetisation is the product of an ‘impulse’, the Supreme Court insisted on Friday that if people have been assured a weekly withdrawal of Rs. 24,000 of their legitimate money from banks, the government should keep its promise…
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Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 8
Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 40 Minutes 1.“Fidayeen warfare is, in fact, a sideshow, militarily ineffective and strategically marginal to the jihadist insurgency in Kashmir.” Examine. (GS 2) “फिदायीन युद्ध, वास्तव में, एक तमाशा है, सैन्य अप्रभावी और रणनीतिक रूप से कश्मीर में…
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Must Read News Articles – December 8
Archives The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL RBI keeps base rate unchanged: Lowers the Gross Value Added growth projection for 2016-17 to 7.1 per cent from 7.6 per cent. NIA takes over Nagrota probe: The agency has said in its FIR that the identity of terrorists remains unknown but they had ‘foreign handlers’. SC seeks Parliamentary panel…
