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The Hindu and Editorials The need for a totalizer revolution Introducing totaliser for mixing votes before counting would eliminate the biases that creep in on account of disclosure of booth level trends. It will reduce the intimidation of voters based on the observed trends at booth level besides maintaining the basic principle of secrecy of… Continue reading 7th Sept | News Round-up | Op-eds and News Stories

Update #2 500+ users have filled up their queries in the google form and here are the results – click here to read. We see most of the responses coming from Pol Science, Geography. what we want from few of the veterans is to write to us at hello@civilsdaily.com and let us know if you… Continue reading [Update #2] What are you doing for your Optionals’ Preparation?

The Hindu – Editorials   Adisruptive debut Note – In a market economy in competition war, customer is always the winner. Reliance Jio entry has brought the data services to primacy in telecom revolution in India. As the market size in India is too big, costs can be low for data enabled services.   A… Continue reading 3rd Sept | News Round-up | Op-eds and News Stories

The Hindu – Editorials   A city for all its citizens Context – Delhi Jal board has launched The Jaladhikar connection – a right to water connection. It allows households with in the slums to apply for legal, metered water connection irrespective of the status of their residence. It helps to break the stereotypes in… Continue reading 2nd Sept | News Round-up | Op-eds and News Stories

The Hindu – Editorials A green rap on the knuckles Bio diversity act – 2002 Institutional structure – The act provides for both centralised as well as decentralised institutional mechanisms for conservation and sustainable use of  biodiversity.  It  has the National Biodiversity Authority at  the apex level and Bio diversity Management Committees at  the local… Continue reading 1st Sept | News Round-up | Op-eds and News Stories

The Hindu – Editorials LEMOA – Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement India – USA signed logistic exchange memorandum of agreement. It is one of the four foundational agreements for Defence cooperation between India USA. Highlights are It allows the militaries of the country to share each other’s bases for various operations. These include port visits,… Continue reading 31st Aug | News Round-up | Op-eds and News Stories

Update: Find the list of state specific news threads here – State’s News Daily. We request other members to start their respective threads soon and show enough activity to be tagged as official threads. Local news comes handy in all the 3 aspects of your IAS/ UPSC Preparation – – IAS Prelims: It helps you keep a tab… Continue reading [Modeators Needed] The Importance of Local News for IAS Prelims & Mains

The Hindu – Editorials UP elections. Up elections have always defined the course of Indian politics. It is popular to hold that any govt to hold power at the centre it shall get its majority in UP. In this scenario, congress has lost its forte after emergency. The rise of OBC during Janata  era led… Continue reading [op-ed snap] J&K Peace Mission, UP elections and more

The Hindu – Editorials Citizenship without bias An analysis of The citizenship amendment bill 2016 The bill provides for minorities ( Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians) fled to India form Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan with out Valid travel documents can acquire the Indian citizenship through naturalisation, if they are residing in the country for 6… Continue reading [op-ed snap] Citizenship without bias & more

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