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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 30 August 2019 Table of contents: GS Paper 2: Fit India Movement. North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP). E-CIGARETTES.   GS Paper 3: National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). Campaign Angikaar. CAMPA International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.   Facts for prelims: e-Course on Vulnerability Atlas of India. Anandan’s day gecko. …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 29 August 2019 Table of contents:   GS Paper 2: Democracy and its discontents. National Register of Citizens (NRC). Code of Conduct for MPs and MLAs. China’s One country Two Systems Policy.   GS Paper 3: Study to check antibiotic resistance in Ganga. H1N1 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 28 August 2019 Table of contents: GS Paper 2: A monumental litmus test. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). Child well-being index. Janaushadhi Sugam. Project SURE. National Digital Library of India. Eastern Economic Forum.   GS Paper 3: Rediscovering development banks. SPG, NSG and other security forces — How India …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 27 August 2019 Table of contents: GS Paper 1: Why a crater on the moon is named Mitra?   GS Paper 2: Advisory Board for Banking Frauds (ABBF). Time to strike the gavel. Open Acreage licensing policy. Scope for third party mediation in Kashmir issue. G7 bloc. Talking trade …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 26 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   WorldSkills Kazan 2019   What to study? For prelims: Key features and objectives of the conference, About Worldskills and it’s associates. For mains: Need for and significance …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 24 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB:   World Youth Conference on Kindness    The first World Youth Conference on Kindness is being organised in New Delhi. It is organised by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Human Resource Development. The aim is to …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 23 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 2: Topics covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   WTO reforms   What to study? For prelims: WTO- establishment, functions, associated bodies. For mains: Need for reforms and suggested reforms.   Context: WTO reforms must be …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 22 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 2: Topics covered: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.   NISHTHA– National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement   What to study? For prelims: Key features of the initiative. …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 21 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 3: Topics covered: Awareness in space. Chandrayaan-2   What to study? For prelims and mains: Key objectives, significance, payloads of the mission.   Context: The second moon mission of India, the Chandrayaan-2 has been precisely inserted in defined orbit. Next …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 20 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   UN Security Council   What to study? For Prelims: About UNSC- composition, objectives and functions. For Mains: Role and significance of UNSC, need for UNSC reforms, why …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 19 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 2: Topics covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.   BASIC countries   What to study? For prelims: BASIC Nations. For mains: Need for, significance and challenges before the grouping.   …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 17 August 2019 PIB- Facts for prelims:   Navroz festival:    It is a Parsi New Year festival celebrated to mark the beginning of the new Iranian calendar. While the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle Easterns celebrate the festival on March 21, the first day of the Zoroastrian calendar, in India …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 16 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.   Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman’ Awards   What to study? For Prelims and Mains: About Maharshi Badrayan, contributions and …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 15 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB:   73rd Independence Day- Why India celebrates Independence Day on 15 August   The call for Poorna Swaraj: In 1929, when Jawaharlal Nehru as Congress President gave the call for ‘Poorna Swaraj’ or total independence from British colonial rule, January 26 was chosen as …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 14 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB:   Operation Number Plate   Context: Railway Protection Force (RPF) Launches “Operation Number Plate” across Indian Railways.   What is it? The aim is to identify and verify all vehicles parked in Railway premises, circulating area, parkings and even in the ‘No …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 13 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 2: Topics covered: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.   National Youth Awards   What to study? For prelims and mains: About the awards- criteria and other related key facts.   …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 10 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 2: Topics covered: Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.   Code of Conduct for MPs and MLAs …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 09 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 2: Topic covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   National Medical Commission Bill   What to study? For Prelims: Key features of the National Medical Commission bill. …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 08 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 3: Topic covered: 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.   Vikram Sarabhai Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Research …

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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 07 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: GS Paper 2: Topics covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Consumer Protection Bill   What to study? For prelims: Key features of the bill. For mains: issues present …

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