UPSC 2017: WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS (Aug 13 - Aug 19)

UPSC 2017: WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS (Aug 13 – Aug 19) for IAS Exam Preparation.

7 Minutes Read: Revision of Current Affairs made easy!

This section is the one place where IAS Aspirants can find the whole week’s news analysis for UPSC Current Affairs Preparation. This initiative is to make candidates current affairs revision easy and help them to remember important issues or events covered in a week.

Here, candidates can find the important news covered from 13 Aug to 19 Aug 2017 and categorized into GS Papers I, II, III, and IV of UPSC Mains Syllabus.

 

UPSC 2017 CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Aug 13 - 19

GS PAPER I
GEOGRRAPHY
  1. Largest volcanic region on Earth discovered under Antarctica
  2. Rain triggers flash floods in Bihar 
SOCIAL ISSUES
  1. Show collective will to build a New India, says Modi
  2. SC orders NIA to probe Kerala ‘love jihad’ case

 

GS PAPER II
POLITY
  1. Group of Secretaries recommendation: One govt English-medium school per block, HRD Ministry advises states
  2. SC refuses to entertain fresh plea against triple talaq
  3. Supreme Court appoints panel to frame scheme for rehabilitation, remarriage of abandoned widows
  4. Centre announces ₹85-crore children’s diseases research centre at Gorakhpur
  5. Tamil Nadu to get exemption from NEET for 2017
  6. NHRC seeks report on Gorakhpur deaths
  7. In absence of permission, Kannada film blurs tricolor
  8. No case for an all India judicial service
  9. Flag hoisting today? Do you know the rules? 
  10. Union Cabinet approves new metro rail policy
  11. ADR report on corporate donations
  12. Rights groups urge India to honour duty to Rohingyas
  13. Rajasthan govt. grants quota for Gujjars
  14. Bengal not for central recruitment of judiciary 
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
  1. In South Asia, be the Un-China
  2. U.K. seeks to work together with India over North Korea crisis
  3. Redrawing the arc of influence
  4. NHRC issues notice on Rohingyas
  5. No data from China on Brahmaputra this year 
HEALTH ISSUES
  1. 15%-29% AES fatality rate at BRD Hospital
  2. North States reel under swine flu

 

GS PAPER III
ECONOMICS
  1. All you need to know about the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017
  2. No level playing field
  3. From plate to plough: Plan for the agri-futures
  4. Ministerial group to oversee disinvestment
  5. Draft pharma policy calls for trade margins cap
  6. Cause for caution, not gloom 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  1. Scientists gene-edit piglets, bringing transplants to humans closer
  2. Internet of Things-enabled ultrasound scans: IIT Hyderabad
  3. MasterCard mulls using blockchain tech
  4. Getting charged up 
ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
  1. Human-avifauna conflict continues to escalate in Uppalapadu
  2. India has 27,312 elephants, census shows
  3. Cabinet clears stalled Bihar dam project 
INTERNAL SECURITY
  1. Assam, Manipur can now decide on AFSPA
  2. Hizbul Mujahideen labelled a ‘terror group’ 
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
  1. Living with the Deluge 
MISCELLANEOUS
  1. Full text of Tripura CM Manik Sarkar’s speech that DD, AIR refused to broadcast

 

GS PAPER IV
ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND APTITUDE
  1. Editing ourselves: On genes and ethics
IAS General Studies Notes Links
Al Biruni Poona Pact
Difference Between Battle And War Niti Aayog
Difference Between Lawyer And Advocate Buddha'S Teachings
Cpec Tnpsc Group 1 Syllabus
Union Territories Of India Gandhi Irwin Pact

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