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How to Study Effectively for Civil Services

Over the years, across the generations a lot of gyan has flown through on how to crack this or that exam. While we do believe that every IAS aspirant needs to develop his/her own strategy keeping his/her strengths and weaknesses in perspective, there are some basic things which you can keep in check right from the start! … Continue reading

Debating Santhara: The Right to Death

What is Santhara? Santhara also called as Sallekhana, Samadhi-marana, Sanyasana-marana, is the Jain ritual practice of facing death voluntarily at the end of one’s life. What’s so significant about this practice? From Jain community, Santhara, is believed to have been practised since the foundation of Jainism and finds mention in its agams (religious texts). The… Continue reading

India’s immunization Program: How is IPV different from OPV?

Before we proceed to understand how IPV works, let us first explore the concept of vaccination? The basic principle behind the vaccination/immunization is that the pathogen is introduced into the body either in the live attenuated/killed form, to generate memory cells. <Why and How of this will be explored in a short while> A… Continue reading

A Beginner’s Guide on How to Clear IAS

IMP: Civilsdaily IAS Prelims 2018 Test Series Module Launched – Click here If you have come across this page via a simple google search on “How to Clear IAS” or “How to Prepare for Civil Services” or any related SOS call on this mother of all examination, then we can safely deduce 2 things – 1.… Continue reading

NAPCC: India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change

Launched in 2008, NAPCC pulled together existing national plans on water, renewable energy, energy efficiency, agriculture etc into a set of 8 missions. Let's review the performance and recent developments in each of them.

5 UPSC Memes for Every IAS Aspirant

"Why so serious?!", said the Joker.

Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc

All about the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Don't just read through Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan - An IAS aspirant should analyse it through the lens of historical events, social factors at play, government defined objectives, issues with financial certainty.

What Constitutes a Good Answer for UPSC Mains?

During preparation, one needs to focus on writing a good answer, right? So what is a good answer - that is a million dollar question? Mains exam questions reveal many things about word limit, keywords like analyse, critically comment etc, analytical demand of question etc.

Syrian Civil War and The Refugee Crisis

Want to know how the Syrian Civil War broke out ? We know what you people will think now - It is not possible to visit the war-torn country at the moment. Why not! Come on let us travel to Syria through this article.

RBI Notifications

RBI: India's central banking institution, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee has been much in news this year. Macroeconomic policies for growth require coordination between the finance ministry and RBI. Let's see where the synergies met and where they diverged!

NGOs vs. GoI: The Conflicts and Scrutinies

Last year, a much publicised leaked report by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) warned us that several NGOs, including Greenpeace India, were having a detrimental effect on India’s economic development. What does it mean? What's the background story and milestone developments in this news segment?

National Green Tribunal’s Role and Contributions

In the corridors of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), growing frustration is evident against NGT. Some call it a “power-hungry institution” that has failed the purpose for which it was created. But does NGT need to be reined in or do we need to give it more powers? How has it fared on various counts?

Civil Aviation Sector – CA Policy 2016, UDAN, Open Skies, etc.

India has the potential to become the third largest aviation market by 2020 and the largest by 2030. There is large untapped potential for growth due to the fact that access to aviation is still a dream for nearly 99.5% of its population. This story captures the essence of all that is trending in this segment.

AIIB & The Changing World Order

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an international financial institution proposed by China. AIIB is regarded as a rival for the IMF, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which the AIIB says are dominated by developed countries like the USA and Japan. In this Article We will explain everything about AIIB and also why India has joined it and… Continue reading

GI(Geographical Indicator) Tags

All that you need to know about GI tags in India

5 Most Important Recommendations by the Debroy Committee on Railways

The panel on restructuring of the Indian Railways, headed by Mr. Debroy, submitted its final report. Improving accountability, decentralising power and setting up an independent regulator are the key recommendations.

A beginner’s guide to approaching Ethics – Part 2

Thanks you students for appreciating the thoughts. It is imperative that in current day and age we work out to mitigate the fears of GS and lay down and approach which works best and is all inclusive.

Art of Concentration

Ever wondered why you can’t concentrate on anything. Be it your studies or movies or anything going on. You are never ever able to hold your attention. The good thing is; science is justifying your lack of attention and is suggesting that average attention span is 2.5 minutes. Concentration is not about a book or… Continue reading

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