Daily Current Affairs For UPSC Civil Services. News analysis – 25 February 2016 India is the world’s largest arms importer for 2011-2015 India accounted for 14% of the global arms imports in the 2011-2015 time-frame, as revealed by a report on international arms transfers released by a global think-tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). What is SIPRI?:Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is an independent international institute dedicated to researchRead More
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Three new Gold Schemes Launched By Union Government: As a part of Union Budget 2015-16, Union Government launched three gold related scheme viz Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS), Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme (SGBS) and Indian Gold Coins (IGC). These ambitious schemes were launched to reduce the physical demand for gold and fish out 20,000 tonnes of the precious metal lying idle with households and institutions. Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) 2015 GMS 2015Read More
Arguments made for and against castration as an additional form of punishment for rapists and child sex abusers: Rape/Sexual Abuse is one of the most heinous crimes imaginable in a modern civilized society . The judiciary came up with a statement for implementing castration as a punishment in rape cases. Castration means either removing testicles (physically) in males or making it dysfunctional by the use of chemicals. Arguments in Favour of Castration as Punishment:Read More
UPSC Prelims 2015 General Studies Answer Keys UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2015 was conducted on 23rd August 2015 at various centres in India for recruitment to All India services such as IAS, IPS and other allied services. Below is given the Answer Keys for UPSC Prelims 2015 General Studies (Paper 1). The questions are mentioned in brief with the corresponding Answer. Please comment your total marks based on these AnswerRead More
Indian Art and Culture GK notes: Scientists of Medieval India The medieval period marks the advent of Islam in India. The pattern of education as prevalent in Arab countries was gradually adopted during this period by the Muslim rulers. Maktabs and Madrasas came into existence in Medieval India. The two brothers, Sheikh Abdullah and Sheikh Azizullah, who were specialists in rational science, headed the madrasas at Sambal and Agra. Apart from the local people,Read More
Indian Art and Culture GK notes: Scientists of Ancient India This article lists the contributions of India to the world in the field of Mathematics and Science. It contains the information about the contributions made to knowledge by ancient Indian scientists like Baudhayan, Aryabhatta, Brahmgupta, Bhaskaracharya, Kanad, Varahamihira, Nagarjuna, Susruta, Charak, Patanjali and their achievements in the field of Science and Technology. Mathematicians of Ancient India: Baudhayan: The value of pi was firstRead More
Indian Art and Culture GK notes: Indian Dances This article contains the information about the various Indian Dances, both Classical Dances as well as famous Indian Folk Dances as part of Indian Art and Culture in UPSC General Studies paper . Dances of India is a very important as far as the Civil Services or other GK examinations are concerned. Dances of India – Introduction: The art of dancing in India may be tracedRead More
Economy topics for UPSC 2015: Jan Dhan Yojana: Read about this Here: NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India): Read about Niti Aayog Here: Shanta Kumar Committee – FCI Restructing: Read the Main points of the Report Here: Mint Rural Distress Index: A Mint index of rural distress is based on the growth of farm output, rural wages and tractor sales. Read more about Mint Rural Distress Index Here: DDRead More
Environment/Ecology topics for UPSC 2015: RhoDIS: RhoDIS (Rhino DNA Indexing System). This system is developed in South Africa and is in use in various african nations. Assam government is considering introducing RhoDIS (Rhino DNA Indexing System), a DNA-based forensic tool to probe and prosecute suspects involved cases of rhino poaching. The tool will be used in the collection of each individual rhino’s unique DNA profile and developing a database whichRead More
Tiger Reserves in India- Environment/Ecology notes for UPSC,SSC etc. (As on 1st January 2015): Assam Kaziranga Tiger Reserve Manas Tiger Reserve Nameri Tiger Reserve Arunachal Pradesh Namdapha Tiger Reserve Pakhui Tiger Reserve Andhra Pradesh Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve Bihar Valmiki Tiger Reserve Chhattisgarh Achanakmar Tiger Reserve Indravati Tiger Reserves Udanti & Sitanadi Tiger Reserve Jharkhand Palamau Tiger Reserve Karnataka Bandipur Tiger Reserve Nagarhole (extension) Tiger Reserve Bhadra Tiger Reserve Anshi DandeliRead More