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The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 20th Dec 2017

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Interview Juergen Schmidhuber, 54, is a computer scientist who works on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Artificial intelligence is intelligence displayed by machines, in contrast with the natural intelligence displayed by humans and other animals My goal to build a general...

18th Dec 2017 – Press Information Bureau (Daily PIB PDF-UPSC)

Vice President's Secretariat Topic: Representative of People Shree M. Venkaiah Naidu has said A. 4 Cs: Character, Calibre, Capacity & Conduct are important to Politicians B. 4 Ps: Philosophy, Principles, Policies & Performance are needed in politics C. 3 Cs: Community, Caste...

16th Dec 2017 – Press Information Bureau (Daily PIB PDF-UPSC)

President's Secretariat The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, laid the foundation stone of the Nyaya Gram project of the High Court of Allahabad today (December 16, 2017) in Allahabad. Freedom of the judiciary is a cornerstone of our...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 19th Dec 2017

For a safe cyberspace Cyber security needs to be integrated in every aspect of policy and planning India is one of the key players in the digital and knowledge-based economy, holding more than a 50% share of the world’s outsourcing...

15th Dec 2017 – Press Information Bureau (Daily PIB PDF-UPSC)

Vice President's Secretariat World Conference on Vedas/“Vishwa Ved Sammelan” Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that the Vedas preach world peace, universal brotherhood and welfare of all. Vedas have great relevance to humanity. Yajurveda: knowledge of Vedas is meant for...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 16th Dec 2017

Centre to give ₹500 to TB patients every month Central TB Division has said the government would hand over a sum of •500 a month to each of India’s 35 lakh diagnosed TB patients in order to strengthen the fight against...

14th Dec 2017 – Press Information Bureau (Daily PIB PDF-UPSC)

NITI Aayog Atal Innovation Mission of NITI Ayog It will launch the Atal Tinkering Lab’s Community Day. CEO NITI Aayog, Mr. Amitabh Kant will launch the initiative Community Drive Initiative: 25 young mentors will engage with more than 200 students...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 15th Dec 2017

Whither disaster management after Ockhi? More lives of fisherfolk would have been saved if disaster management action plans were          implemented properly Widespread human, material, and environmental losses Most disasters — floods, cyclones, earthquakes, landslides — are due to nature’s fury(गुस्सा). Cyclone Ockhi struck Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu and parts of Kerala on November 29th night and 30th morning. As per the information given by fishermen associations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala,  over 120 fishermen are dead and about 900 are still missing. Failure in damage control- basic failings in the government’s response: 1)-the cyclone warning was delayed; already out at sea; and 2)-Once the cyclone struck, there was no war­like mobilisation and action , which are the hallmarks of good disaster management. The Coast Guard, they said, turned a deaf ear to their pleas Indian Navy with its vast array of ships, aircraft and state­of­the­art technology should have stepped in immediate. Indian Meteorological Department’s timing of the cyclone forecast -? What has happened to the1)-National Disaster Management Act (2005),2)-National Policy on Disaster Management (2009),...

13th Dec 2017 – Press Information Bureau (Daily PIB PDF-UPSC)

PM at Annual General Meeting of FICCI Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit out at Congress on the issue of huge Non Performing Assets-NPAs in banks. PM said that the previous UPA government forced banks to give huge loans to...

The Hindu Editorial News Analysis 14th Dec 2017

Anti-Defection Law Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis More time to link accounts to Aadhaar- Deadline extended from Dec. 31 to March 31, 2018 Hearing from today- Challenge to the validity of the Aadhaar scheme Prepare plan mapping air pollution sources: SC Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to notify a comprehensive action plan mapping the sources of air pollution in Delhi and the...