Tag: Current Affairs
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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 12
Archives The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Cyclone Vardah heads towards Chennai shores: Cyclonic storm Vardah is likely to make landfall by Monday afternoon along north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coast, close to Chennai, accompanied by strong winds with speeds of 80 to 90 kmph. Cancel illegal salt pans in Sambhar Lake: NGT: The central…
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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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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…
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Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 7
Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 40 Minutes 1.There has been a decline in the share of rural population in total migration in recent years. Why? Also list the conventional causes behind urban migration in India. (GS 1) हाल के वर्षों में कुल प्रवास…
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Must Read News Articles – December 7
Archives The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Mongolia seeks support against China’s ‘blockade’: Mongolia has asked for “clear support” from India against a transport-obstruction imposed by China. Editorial/OPINION Working with the right numbers: An Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) recently met in Geneva to finalise the categorisation of indicators across the 17…
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UPSC Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – Mains Marathon
Dear Friends, As promised, we begin with Civil Services 2017 Preparation. And the key to preparing for Civil Services Examination 2017 will be based on following things: Reading Current Affairs on a daily basis Writing Answers Based on Current Events Covering the GS Mains Syllabus holistically to some extent before Prelims Attempting Daily Current Affairs Questions…
