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Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 18 2017

Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 18 2017

Current affairs, The Hindu Notes
Current affairs Notes for IAS UPSC February 18 2017 General Studies-02 Medical diplomacy New and emerging concept of the diplomacy in world but informally existed in india long ago Medical diplomacy refer to help in health sector by that country will have good relation Indian medical staff worked most in the area of the gulf crisis. In iran, Iraq, Tajikistan, Afghanistan etc. This strategic and oil rich country having poor infrastructure. In which india can find emerging potential Gulf country reserve now on stake and risk to invest there but central Asian country like Tajikistan and Afghanistan and iran providing new opportunity Terror attack in sehwan The horrifiic suicide attack at a Sui shrine in Sehwan in Pakistan’s Sindh province that killed at least 80 people, underscores fears about the…
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Daily Current affairs Prelims Quiz 2017 -February 17

Daily Current affairs Prelims Quiz 2017 -February 17

Prelims Quiz, Current affairs, Prelims UPSC
Q.1- Which of the following is/are correct regarding Jal swavlamban abhiyan launched by Rajasthan? 1. launched with the vision to ensure effective implementation of water harvesting and water conservation related activities in the urban areas. 2. It is a four year program, each phase of one year a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both d) None [shc_shortcode class="shc_mybox"]CORRECT ANSWER : B[/shc_shortcode] Q.2- The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched a $110 million appeal for which country children  a) Philippines b) Indonesia c) Cambodia d) Sudan [shc_shortcode class="shc_mybox"]CORRECT ANSWER : D[/shc_shortcode] Q.3- Dassault Aviation has been in news recently, it belongs to which of the following countries? a) France b) Japan c) Russia d) Israel [shc_shortcode class="shc_mybox"]CORRECT ANSWER : A[/shc_shortcode] Q.4-Who has been appointed as the India’s next envoy to Canada a) Navtej…
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What is TAMRA?

Current affairs, Prelims UPSC, The Hindu Notes
Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation Portal and Mobile applications are recently in news & is important for PRELIMS 2017 UPSC,Its associated with India’s Coal and Mining sector. 1. TAMRA Portal and Mobile Application to ensure transparent award of Statutory Clearances for Mining Operations 2. Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation (TAMRA) is a Portal and Mobile Application, developed by the Ministry of Mines 3. It was simultaneously launched across 12 mineral rich States Salient features: 1. It has an objective to enhance transparency and accountability, as a part of the Ease of Doing Business in the Mining sector 2. TAMRA is a step to speed up mining activity in India and facilitate all the stakeholders to track the status of the statutory clearances associated with mining blocks for getting…
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ISRO PSLV-C37

Current affairs, General Studies, The Hindu Notes
Context: 1. The Indian Space Research Organisation boosted its reputation further when it successfully launched a record 104 satellites in one mission from Sriharikota on Wednesday 2. All launches were made by its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket Satellites: 1. An earth observation Cartosat-2 series satellite and two other Nano satellites were the only Indian satellites launched 2. The remaining were from the United States, Israel, the UAE, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan and Switzerland 3. Of the 101 foreign satellites launched, 96 were from the U.S. and one each from the other five countries Setting the record: 1. Till now Russia held the record of launching 37 satellites in a single mission, in 2014 2. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the U.S. launched 29 satellites in one go…
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Electoral Reforms In Indian Polity

Electoral Reforms In Indian Polity

General Studies, Current affairs, Read Hindu
Context: 1. Announcement on electoral reforms in the Budget speech. 2. While some considered it as a historic act of cleansing our polity, others saw it as a significant though inadequate step forward in the right direction. The scheme of things: 1. First, he claimed to follow the Election Commission in proposing a ceiling of ₹2,000 on the amount of cash donation that a political party can receive from one person in a year. 2. Second, he announced that political parties would be “entitled to receive” donations by cheque or digital mode from their donors. 3. Third, he proposed a new scheme of Electoral Bonds. 4. Fourth, he said that every political party would have to file its Income Tax return within the prescribed time limit in order to enjoy…
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Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 17 2017

Current affairs IAS UPSC-February 17 2017

Current affairs, General Studies, The Hindu Notes
Current affairs Notes for IAS UPSC February 17 2017 General Studies -01 Triple talaq issue Triple talaq is Islamic practice of divorce in which male partner can divorce his wife by just uttering talaq trice…. Court had intervened in this case at time of shah bano case but islam union opposing it on the name of religious protection to minority Many Islamic country also banned it like iran, Saudi Arabia and Koran have no this kind of description at all This issue later on become political point to drive women vote bank but now judiciary will bring this issue to constitutional bench There are many benches in supreme court for the nature of the cases like division bench, constitutional benches Constitutional bench including chief justice can interpret constitution while in…
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