APC Network: Association for Progressive Communications comprises more than 20,000 subscribers to electronic listservers in 95 countries, and have recently been very much involved in agitating for global development and democratization of the United Nations Balance of payments: net flow of goods, services and financial transactions that takes into account outflows and inflows of… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Important International Relations terms

Dear students, We understand that the UPSC exam is a generalist exam. It’s more important to cover more issues than to cover one issue in more depth. Hence, through Samachar Manthan, we are trying to maintain a fine balance of covering many important news items and having a detailed discussion on selected topics which require… Continue reading Gear up for This week’s Samachar Manthan lecture on 19th May Sunday

State Monument Place Built by     Bihar   Golghar Patna British Govt. Pathar Ki Masjid Patna Pervez Shah Sher Shah’s Tomb Sasaram Sher Shah’s son Vishnupad Temple Gaya Rani Ahilyabai                     Delhi   Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi Ferozshan Tughlaq Hauz Khas Delhi Alauddin Khilji Humayun… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Monuments and architecture

Name of the Exercise PartnerCountry/Countries Details Surya Kiran XIII Nepal   This exercise was aimed at training on jungle warfare, anti-terrorism combat and disaster response activities. Lamitye VIII Seychelles   The focus of the exercise was to conduct counter-insurgency and counter-terrorist operations. Shakti IV France   The focus was on high degree of physical fitness,… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Defence Exercises

Economics is one of the primary Pillars of UPSC preparation. It has substantial weightage in Prelims and also in  GS 3rd paper of mains. To ensure that students build  a strong foundation and  a strong hold over the subject, we at Civilsdaily, have the best and most trusted faculty, Himanshu Arora Sir. Credentials of Himanshu… Continue reading Civilsdaily’s Faculty’s article published in Hindu Business Line. A must-read for Civil Services Aspirants.

1Nai Manzil Scheme OBJECTIVES – To address educational and livelihood needs of minority communities lagging behind in terms of educational attainments. It aims to provide educational intervention by giving the bridge courses to the trainees and getting them Certificates for Class XII and X from distance medium educational system. It seeks to provide trade basis… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Acts and schemes related to Marginalised Sector