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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 30 April 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: Paper 3: Topic covered: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Technical Textiles What to study? For prelims: What are technical textiles and their significance? For mains: Need and significance of these textiles. Context: …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 29 April 2019 Paper 1: Topics covered: Issues related to women. Plea to protect accused in sexual abuse cases What to study? For prelims and mains: sexual abuse cases- need for protection for both victims and accused, concerns over false cases and how to handle them? …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 27 April 2019 Relevant articles from various news papers: Paper 2: Topic covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Exit Visa system and Kafala What to study? For prelims: what is exit visa system and what is Kafala, …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 26 April 2019 Relevant articles from pib: Paper 2: Topics covered: Issues related to health. World Immunization Week 2019 What to study? For prelims: world immunisation week, what are vaccines and how do they work? For mains: significance and the need for vaccines. Context: World …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 25 April 2019 Relevant articles from pib: Paper 2: Topics covered: Issues related to health. Melamine What to study? For prelims and mains: melamine- contamination and its effects, can such bans be imposed? Context: The government has extended the ban on import of milk and its products, …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 23 April 2019 Relevant articles from pib: Paper 2: Topic covered: Development processes and the development industry the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders. Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) What to study? For prelims and mains: TKDL- features, …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 22 April 2019 Paper 2: Topics covered: Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Citizenship Bill What to study For prelims: Key features of …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 20 April 2019 Relevant articles from various News Papers: Paper 3: Topic covered: Awareness in space. Antares rocket What to study? For prelims and mains: Antares rocket, Cygnus cargo spacecraft- mission objectives, cubesat. Context: Antares rocket built by Northrop Grumman recently lifted off from NASA’s Wallops …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 19 April 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: Paper 3: Topics Covered: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. Profit Attribution to Permanent Establishment(PE) in India What to study? For Prelims and Mains: What is PE and how are they taxed, …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 18 April 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: Exercise ‘SEA VIGIL’: Context: The maiden national level Coastal Defence Exercise SEA VIGIL was conducted recently by the Indian Navy. The exercise witnessed the simultaneous activation of the coastal security apparatus across the country involving maritime stakeholders at …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 17 April 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: Paper 2: Topic covered: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Indo-Pacific division What to study? For Prelims: About Indo- Pacific division and key facts related, Shangri- La dialogue. For Mains: Need, significance and …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 16 April 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: Paper 3: Topics Covered: Indigenization of technology. Nirbhay missile: Context: India recently successfully test-fired its first Sub-sonic cruise missile, Nirbhay. Nirbhay is a long range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile designed and developed in India by the Defence Research and Development …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 15 April 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: Different harvest festivals being celebrated in several parts of country: Vaisakhi- Celebrated by Sikhs. Vishu- Kerala. Rongali Bihu- Assam. Naba Barsha- Bengal. Puthandu Pirappu- Tamil Nadu. Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Congress What to study? For Prelims: About …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 13 April 2019 Relevant articles from various News Papers: Paper 3: Topics Covered: Energy and pollution related issues. India stares at pile of solar e-waste What to study? For Prelims: Solar Power potential and technologies used to store solar power and waste generated therein. For Mains: Solar …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 12 April 2019 Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Utkarsh Bangla, Sabuj Sathi bag prestigious UN awards What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Key features of the schemes and about …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 11 April 2019 Relevant articles from various News Papers: Paper 1: Topics Covered: The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country. Jallianwala incident What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Jallianwala Bagh incident- overview, impacts and outcomes, …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 10 April 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: ‘Veer Parivar App’: Context: President Ram Nath Kovind recently launched ‘Veer Parivar App’, a mobile application for families of CRPF personnel killed in the line of duty. The application will act as an interface between the Central Reserve Police Force …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 09 April 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to health. International Convention on World Homoeopathy Day What to study? For Prelims and Mains: The day- significance, objectives and background, overview of Homeopathy and significance. Context: A convention is being organised by …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 08 April 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: Paper 1: Topics Covered: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues. Battle of Kangla Tongbi What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Battle- causes, effects, features and significance. …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 06 April 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: Topics Covered: Infrastructure FAME 2 scheme What to study? For Prelims and Mains: FAME- India scheme- features, significance and potential. Context: NITI Aayog & Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) Release Technical Analysis of FAME II Scheme. Report looks at …
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