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# POLITY AND GOVERNANCE SC not to review Sabrimala case, to examine ‘larger issues’ Pg – 01 # ECONOMY Retail inflation at 5-year high of 7.3% in December Pg – 01 Govt. gets cracking on GST evaders with data analytics Pg – 15 Antitrust probe ordered against Amazon, Flipkart Pg – 15 Railways invites RFQ …
# ECONOMY The changing face of Indian agriculture Pg – 07 The game changer in the seed industry of India Pg – 07 Centre rolls out disclosure scheme to tag rogue drones Pg – 17 CCI initiates probe against Flipkart, Amazon on ‘deep discounting’ Pg – 17 Rating don’t always show …
# ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY Pongal spells peril for Salem’s foxes Pg – 01 Crocodile population on the rise in Odisha’s Ghodahada reservoir Pg – 06 Mass planting of exotic trees in Nilgris harmful Pg – 09 Kaziranga has one of the highest number of wetland birds Pg – 09 # POLITY & GOVERNANCE …
# EXPLAINED Prison space grows, but prisoner count grows faster, data show Pg – 09 How warm was 2019, and why? Pg – 09 What is H9N2, which has infected Indian child? Pg – 09 # ECONOMY ’90 percent of India’s trade reforms agenda is domestic, such as labour law flexibility’ Pg – 12 As …
# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Iran admits its missile shot down Ukraine jet Pg – 01 How is the Iran air crash being probed? Pg – 14 After Soleimani’s killing, Russia moves to push its agenda in W.Asia Pg – 16 # POLITY AND GOVERNANCE Nirbhaya case: SC to hear plea on Jan.14 Pg – 01 Odisha …
# SOCIAL ISSUES Farmers suspend stir over land acquisition Pg – 05 # POLITY AND GOVERNANCE SC tells govt. to review orders curbing basic rights in J&K Pg – 01 Centre gets notice on plea for population control Pg – 09 # SECURITY Steel mesh to replace fences on the borders Pg – …
# EXPLAINED The laws being used to suspend Internet, and what SC laid down (Polity and Governance) Pg – 14 Agiant Fish is declared extinct (Environment and Ecology) Pg – 14 Reading Australia fire signals (Environment and Ecology) Pg – 14 Coronavirus (Health) Pg – 14 # ECONOMY India’s oil demand growth …
A student, moving to class 11th or joining a graduate course, who has decided to undertake UPSC Civil Services Exam, invariably faces a decision dilemma regarding which stream to choose, i.e. between Science, Commerce and Humanities (Arts), which would prove to be most helpful in the UPSC IAS exam? This dilemma is even more complex …
# ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY Find out whether automated plants can address pollution Pg – 02 Locals seek withdrawal of controversial land Bill Pg – 04 Declare Goa sanctuaries as “Tiger reserves”: activists Pg – 07 Panel approves scheme to “trade” in forests Pg – 09 # POLITY Foreign envoys in J&K on a fact-finding …
# ECONOMY Despite overall fall in commercial bad assets, MSME bad loans on the rise. Pg – 17 India’s growth to “decelerate” to 5% in 2019-2020: Word Bank Pg – 18 PHD chamber of commerce asks govt to defer 5G roll-out Pg – 18 # ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY Chandrapur forest conservator issues order …
