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Daily News Simplified 02-01-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbdyGDojhsM
Naweed Akhtar
1) USA threatens to stop financial aid to Pakistan
2) Demand for new state in Tripura
3) Need to regulate cryptocurrencies
4) Secularism and Indian Constitution
5) The new Asian century
6) Growth in Core Sectors

Daily News Simplified 03-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN3WAIpMhwA
Ankur Sharma
1. FRDI Bill, 2017
2. Electoral Bond
3. National Medical Commission Bill, 2017
4. Triple Talaq (Reference)
5. India-ASEAN Relations
6. Chandrayaan - 2

Daily News Simplified 04-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRb3v6d8_wE
Naweed Akhter
1) Violence at Bhima Koregaon - Social/Historical/Governance perspective
2)Triple Talaq Bill in Select Committee
3) Issue related to Citizenship
4)India-China relations on a confrontational path
5)National Telecom Policy - 2018
6)Centre approves National Waterway project

Daily News Simplified 05-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvR1iMH6icM
Ankur Sharma
1. Kulbhushan Jadhav Case - I.R. Perspective
2. Triple Talaq Bill - Critique
3. Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act
4. Children Trafficking & Human Rights Court
5. Bhima Koregaon Conflict - Reference
6. Bank Recapitalisation Bonds

Daily News Simplified 06-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSrS5JeId6o
Anukriti Sharma
1. US Security assistance to Pakistan
2. GDP growth rate slowdown
3. Disability Rights
4. North Korea and South Korea talks
5. Acid Attack

1
Daily News Simplified 08-01-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6OoPQdmrTI
Anukriti Sharma
1. INS Arihant
2. Electoral Bond scheme
3. Triple Talaq
4. Anti-torture law
5. India's Climate Change commitments

Daily News Simplified 09-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQtIP4n0CiU
Naweed Akhter
1. Larger Bench to hear on Section 377 IPC
2. Transgender Issue
3. Web portal to register Cyber crimes
4. PM address to police officials
5. Pratyush - India's super computer
6. Data breach of Aadhaar
7. Future international scenario in Asia
8. Overseas Bonds

Daily News Simplified 10-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3xTVxXRYao
Ankur Sharma
1. National Anthem Issue & 12 Member Panel
2. India-UK Illegal Migrant Pact
3. Hanging & Capital Punishment
4. ISRO Mulls Launching 65 Satellites
5. Agricultural needs a reform package
6. 1st PIO Parliamentarian Summit
7. China-Maldives FTA (Reference)
8. Section 377 (Reference)

Daily News Simplified 11-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nQPq71YVCA
Anukriti Sharma
1) Aadhar Security
2) FDI Norms
3) National Medical Commission Bill
4) Rural Distress
5) FDI in retail

Daily News Simplified 12-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAshYxy-k9o
Naweed Akhter
1. Appointment of Indu Malhotra as Judge of Supreme Court
2. Meeting of NSAs of India and Pakistan
3. India-Israel relations
4. Israel PM to visit India
5. Right to Education
6. Benami Transactions

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Daily News Simplified 13-01-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wblylswRAYk
Ankur Sharma
1. Judges Controversy
• Allocation of Benches by CJI
• Admin. Of SC Roster by CJI
2. Khandamal Turmeric & GI Tag
3. ISRO Satellite Launch
• Difference b/w PSLV & GSLV
4. B.N. Srikrishna Committee & Data Protection Law
5. Union Budget 2018-19 & Impact of GST
6. Chahbhar Port
• Recent History
• Indian Involvement

Daily News Simplified 16-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRDRLiFlwQk
Ankur Sharma
1. LoC and International Border
2. Face Recognition & Aadhaar
3. National Medical Commission Bill, 2017
4. Jasmine Revolution
5. Agricultural Policy:
• Cobweb Model
• Farmer Distress
6. India-Israel Relations
• UN Vote
7. Judges Controversy (Reference)

Daily News Simplified 17-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbMNSaCXliQ
Naweed Akhter
1. Government to reconsider on reports of Malimath Committee
2. Haj subsidy to be phased out
3. Leadership and organisational skills
4. Missing grasslands in western ghats
5. ASER Report on youths
6. Jallikattu
7. Bond yields affecting bank's balance sheet
8. Draft farm export policy

Daily News Simplified 18-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J77A2dIDLrk
Maharshi Sharma
1. Constitution bench hearing - Aadhaar case
2. NABARD
3. Polavaram Project
4. RTE Act and ASER Survey
5. Tax policy on tobacco products
6. Kurds - Syrian conflict

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7. ECR status - passport

Daily News Simplified 19-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm7cHKzeJmc
Ankur Sharma
1. Article 324 & VVPAT
2. Padmavat Controversy
- Supreme Court Order
- Article 19(1)(a)
- CBFC
3. Agni V Missile
4. Early Warning Dissemination System
5. Solar Powered Agriculture

Daily News Simplified 20-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrSUVfD_rlY
Maharshi Sharma
1. MLA disqualification
2. Doklam issue
3. India joins Australia Group
4. IAC-I Vikrant
5. India, US, Pakistan - Geopolitics
6. Liveability Index
7. Corporate Social Responsibility

Daily News Simplified 22-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8LOXtuVz0w
Naweed Akhter
1. Disqualification of members of Delhi Legislative Assembly
2. Election Commission on Office of Profit
3. Doklam Standoff - Quiet Diplomacy
4. Capacity building of Primary Health Care
5. Job creation in formal sector
6. Reasons for girls dropouts from school in rural India
7. Understanding CIBIL

Daily News Simplified 23-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IibHHUQK2II
Ankur Sharma
1. 4th All India Tiger Estimation, 2018
- NTCA
- Project Tiger
- M-STrIPES
2. Three Language Formula
3. Kurdish Conflict
- World History Perspective
4. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
5. Bad Loans to Rise
- Non Performing Assets
- Stressed Assets
- Asset Reconstruction Companies

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- Provisioning
6. Getting Back on the Democratic Path

Daily News Simplified 24-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FStig9fpQ7I
Maharshi Sharma
1. World Economic Forum - Davos meet
2. INSPIRE scheme
3. Malimath Committee Report
4. IMF’s World Economic Outlook
5. Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill
6. ASEAN India Commemorative Summit

Daily News Simplified 25-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKljHTsT_Qk
Naweed Akhter
1. Bank’s Recapitalisation
2. Capital Adequacy Ratio
3. SARAS
4. UDAN 2
5. HPV Vaccine
6. India-ASEAN
7. Environmental Performance Index

Daily News Simplified 27-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7z-LoSk1u0
Ankur Sharma
1. Difference between Asia-Pacific & Indo-Pacific
2. Brief on India-ASEAN Relations
3. Impeachment of Supreme Court Judges
4. Asian Century (Lead Article)
5. Rise in Oil Prices
- Causes
- Impact on Indian Economy
6. Atal Pension Yojana
7. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (Reference)

Daily News Simplified 29-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbvpeCqHIcI
Naweed Akhter
1. Creamy layer for SC/ST
2. MPEDA
3. Mahadayi issue
4. Bank Recapitalization
5. Electoral Bonds
6. Textile Sector
7. FAME Scheme

Daily News Simplified 30-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXOIkF8o8pE
Maharshi Sharma

5
1. Economic Survey 2017-18:
- Highlights
- Sector wise performance
- Agriculture
- Industry & Infrastructure
- Public Finance
- External sector
- Science & Technology
2. Pivot in Asia - India-USA
3. Simultaneous Elections

Daily News Simplified 31-01-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4CPy-pLcdY
Ankur Sharma
1. Impeachment of:
- Judge of High Court
- Judge of Supreme Court
2. OPED of Chief Economic Advisor
- Oil Prices & Excise Duty
- Cautious on Stock Market
- Fiscal Consolidation
- Private Investment
3. Lead Article
- US Fed Policy & Impact on India
- Domestic Challenges for Budget
4. India - ASEAN
- India as Balancer in S.E. Asia
- Steps to Improve Relations
5. Jurisdiction of International Court of Justice

Daily News Simplified 01-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uOH-5N0hA8
Maharshi Sharma
1. Budget 2018-19: Expected policy changes
2. Rohingyas and India's refugee policy
3. INS Karanj submarine
4. Aadhar and U.S SSN: A comparison
5. Inter-state river water disputes
6. Visit to Palestine : De-hyphenation policy

Daily News Simplified 02-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1h_8qN9pRA
Maharshi Sharma
Union Budget 2018-19:
1. Agriculture & Rural Economy
2. Health, Education & Social Protection
3. MSMEs & Employment
4. Infrastructure Development
5. Financial Sector Development
6. Institutions & Public Service Delivery
7. Fiscal Management

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8. Tax Proposals

Daily News Simplified 03-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiHbCWRk8Gg
Ankur Sharma
1. Long Term Capital Gains Tax
2. Jallikattu & Art. 29(1)
3. Dust Mitigation Plan
4. Floating Treatment Wetland
5. Forging a New Nuclear Deal
6. Ayushman Bharat Scheme (Reference)
7. KUSUM Scheme

Daily News Simplified 05-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQDAI3XJwEo
Ankur Sharma
1. Crisis in Maldives
2. Conservation of Olive Ridley Turtles
3. Shortage of Satellites
4. Lead Editorial & Refugee Policy
5. Outward Direct Investment Policy
6. Amendment to Finance Bill, 2018
- SEBI

Daily News Simplified 06-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3pcNvSFofA
Maharshi Sharma
1. Emergency in Maldives
2. Liberty - freedom of choice - honour killing
3. Vehicular pollution
4. LTCG tax
5. Ease of doing business index - enforcement of contracts
6. National Health Protection Scheme
7. EU expansion

Daily News Simplified 07-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep4QH-vLCDU
Ankur Sharma
1. Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016
2. India’s Tiger Census
3. Agni-I Missile
4. Manufacturing & Inverted Duty Structure
5. Allocation of Benches in Supreme Court
6. Palestine asks PM Modi for Mediation

Daily News Simplified 08-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeAp204_xMA
Maharshi Sharma
1) RBI Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement
2) Shravanabelagola ceremony
3) Union Budget: health and rural development

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4) Interventionist foreign policy
5) Issues with evergreening of patents
6) Impact of informal sector on GDP growth

Daily News Simplified 09-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR0ANRBWqLE
Ankur Sharma
1. Political Crisis in Bangladesh
2. Ceasefire Agreement, 2003
-LoC & AGPL
3. Economic Survey & S&T in India
4. State Flag & Article 51-A
5. NABARD Act
6. Interview of Russian Ambassador

Daily News Simplified 10-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgWPbYFIA70
Maharshi Sharma
1. Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act
2. PM’s West Asia Tour
3. China’s stand on Maldives Crisis
4. Health Index
5. Panels on Artificial Intelligence

Daily News Simplified 12-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b-AI6U4XE8
Naweed Akhter
1. Implementation of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015
2. Sexual Harassment at Workplace
3. Competitive Healthcare - Health Index
4. Military Intervention in Maldives by India
5. India-UAE relations
6. Trust based Model to implement NHPS

Daily News Simplified 13-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KQGiXSwMCA
Ankur Sharma
1. INS Chakra
2. India State of Forest Report, 2017
3. Jallikattu & Art 29(1)
4. Environmental Adaptation Projects
5. Trafficking
-ILO Report
- Trafficking of Persons Bill, 2016
6. Financial Secrecy Index
7. PM Modi visit to Oman

Daily News Simplified 14-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDCBJeXc-TA
Naweed Akhter
1. Impact of Automation

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2. Data Management
3. Burning of crop residue and Air Pollution
4. UGC to grant autonomous status to colleges
5. India - Palestine - Israel
6. Ways to improve Forest cover in India
7. RBI - new norms on NPA resolution

Daily News Simplified 15-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgpZoLc5nXE
Maharshi Sharma
1. Money laundering - ED
2. Credit ratings
3. WASH programme
4. Iranian President’s visit to India
5. India’s involvement in Iraq Reconstruction Programme

Daily News Simplified 16-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHVOQumStII
Naweed Akhter
1. Prasar Bharati
2. Cauveri River Sharing
3. Nirbhaya Fund
4. Tiger & Dolphin Census - Odisha
5. Need for Structural Reform in Education
6. Canada’s PM on visit to India

Daily News Simplified 17-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POhulEHw5Bs
Maharshi Sharma
1. Cauvery river sharing : SC verdict
2. Disclosure of assets for elections : SC
3. Chandrayaan II
4. Critical appraisal of National Health Protection Scheme
5. International Solar Alliance

Daily News Simplified 19-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJW1M5MuzOc
Ankur Sharma
1. For India, it should be neighbourhood first
2. Licentiate Medical Practitioners
3. Wildlife fast track courts
4. India still hopeful of nuclear deal (Reference)
5. Modus Vivendi for India-China Relations
6. Boosting investment in Indian economy

Daily News Simplified 20-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WjZkDAaBu0
Ankur Sharma
1. Justin Trudeau visit (snub) to India
2. Overview of Iranian President Rohuani visit to India
3. Chabahar Port

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4. Lead editorial on India-Nepal Relation
5. Niti Aayog pilot project on DBT for fertiliser subsidies
6. NGT order on cleaning of river Ganga

Daily News Simplified 21-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpj8jERxEJg
Maharshi Sharma
1. CCEA norms for auction of coal mines
2. Centre’s approval for Mahanadi tribunal
3. Risk management in banking system
4. Artificial intelligence
5. Transparency in election process
6. Political developments in Maldives

Daily News Simplified 22-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD4lFGNTYcU
Naweed Akhter
1. Impact of protectionism on remittances
2. Use of Blockchain technology
3. e-NAM
4. Heavy Falcon launch - Space-X
5. 13 digit sim for M2M communication
6. NITI Aayog prepares list of sick PSUs

Daily News Simplified 23-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I19p7YTrlHk
Naweed Akhter
1. UNICEF Report on Neo-natal Mortality
2. Challenges to electric vehicles in India
3. Consumer Protection Bill, 2018
4. Olive Ridley Turtles
5. India-Canada strategic dialogue

Daily News Simplified 24-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Lb2Voq9Zw
Maharshi Sharma
1. US tightens norms on H-1B visa
2. Meeting to appoint Lokpal
3. Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
4. Coal mining open for private sector
5. KUSUM scheme
6. India - Iran relations

Daily News Simplified 26-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDSwFIqrqhE
Ankur Sharma
1. Rustom - 2
2. Uncertain Future Course of NPA’s
3. Coop. between India & Canada
4. Banking Sector Regulations
5. Turing Test for AI-Human Interaction
6. Sophia Robot

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Daily News Simplified 27-02-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GxSox2Hg3g
Maharshi Sharma
1. Assam - Arunachal border dispute
2. Prison reforms
3. China’s presidential term limit proposal : Impact on India
4. Agriculture reforms: Union Budget hits and misses
5. Nostro and Vostro accounts

Daily News Simplified 28-02-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA-8bYf1Ado
Naweed Akhter
1. Milan Naval Exercise
2. Vietnam to discuss South China Sea
3. Exclusion in Insurance policies
4. QUAD’s alternatives for BRI
5. Pakistan in FATF’s Grey List - Security Implications

Daily News Simplified 01-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIJhfCJ5Rzk
Ankur Sharma
1. Lead Editorial - Land Acquisition Bill, 2013
2. E-Way Bills
3. Defence Acquisition Council
4. Halving the Syllabus & Rote-Learning
5. GDP Surges in Q3
6. Fiscal Deficit Overshoots

Daily News Simplified 05-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSPfrpLuYxE
Maharshi Sharma
1. Impact of bank frauds on buyers’ credit
2. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016
3. National Financial Reporting Authority
4. Priority Sector Lending Norms
5. India - Myanmar Border Pact 6. IUCN

Daily News Simplified 06-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZJ5PoopKOA
Naweed Akhter
1. Disclosure of information from banks under RTI
2. Steering Committee on FINTECH
3. SAPOSHI Malware
4. Erosion of Human Rights
5. CPEC
6. India-China engagements

Daily News Simplified 07-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdUmHV6awwQ
Ankur Sharma
1. Lead Editorial - Neighbourhood first again

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2. RBI may pay interim dividend
- Sources of Income & Expenditure of RBI
- Surplus Transfer
3. IMPRINT Scheme
4. Interview - Former CEC
- Electoral Bonds
- FPTP & P.R.
5. European Bank of Reconstruction & Development

Daily News Simplified 08-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohann2UPqeU
Maharshi Sharma
1. Rooftop Solar
2. Wetlands
3. Impact of U.S trade policy
4. Bank losses due to bond yields
5. North Korea - South Korea talks

Daily News Simplified 09-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iimAjhGL1XM
Ankur Sharma
1. Lead Editorial - New Non-Alignment Movement
2. Prohibition of Unlawful Assembly (Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances) Bill
3. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
4. National Nutrition Mission
5. Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018
6. Karnataka State Flag - Constitutional Perspective

Daily News Simplified 10-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZzUjvFq08E
Naweed Akhter
1. Supreme Court upholds Passive Euthanasia
2. Endless life support is inhuman
3. Death with Dignity
4. It will be doctor’s call
5. Signing of CPATPP
6. Rajasthan proposes death penalty for child rape

Daily News Simplified 12-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asNxRiw48xY
Maharshi Sharma
1. India’s contribution to International Solar Alliance
2. Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
3. WTO’s Dispute Resolution Mechanism
4. Special Category Status for states
5. China’s Presidential term limit approval : Impact on India

Daily News Simplified 13-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVehvQNxNI
Ankur Sharma
1. SC seeks data on child sex abusers

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2. Measures to strengthen criminal justice system in cases regarding children
3. Indo-French cooperation in Indian Ocean region
4. India & New World Order
5. Global Arms Trade Report
6. E-Way Bill

Daily News Simplified 14-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8LQIJEU7qA
Naweed Akhter
1. Extension of Aadhaar deadline
2. Compulsory Licensing
3. Farmer’s protest
4. Discontinuation of LOU by RBI
5. CAG: Operating Ratio of Railways
6. India-France ties

Daily News Simplified 15-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27TCsHM420U
Maharshi Sharma
1. Annual Survey Of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) 2017
2. World Bank’s India Development Update
3. India-based Neutrino Observatory Project
4. Impact of micro plastics on the environment
5. Stephen Hawking - Contribution to the field of cosmology
6. India - Japan economic relations

Daily News Simplified 16-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euy949g_Fek
Ankur Sharma
1. Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018
2. Lead Editorial - Strategy of Conflict
3. Asian Premium
4. US-India WTO
5. Impact of ban on LoU’s
6. Re-engaging India-Russia ties

Daily News Simplified 17-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xht2aKahYw
Naweed Akhter
1. No Confidence Motion
2. TB and its kinds
3. Current Account Deficit
4. Dollar Denominated bonds
5. Model Villages in Arunachal Pradesh
6. Centre to scrap old commercial vehicles

Daily News Simplified 19-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2UBcv26Z-o
Maharshi Sharma
1. IIP and PMI
2. ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook Report

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3. Amendment to Finance Bill, 2018 and foreign political funding
4. Impact of micro plastics on the environment
5. US struggling in Afghanistan

Daily News Simplified 20-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhbfxMvXaaU
Naweed Akhter
1. Religious Minority status to Lingayat community
2. Law on Online Hate Speech
3. Health Care - National Medical Commission bill, 2017
4. SCM - need to move beyond export subsidies
5. Lack of budget allocation for Defence
6. Banks Board Bureau

Daily News Simplified 21-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXg_YWJuyE
Ankur Sharma
1. India & European Copernicus Programme
2. Nature-Based Solutions - UN World Water Dev. Report
3. Supreme Court guidelines on SC & ST Act, 1989
4. Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Bill
5. Data Point on reduction in LWE
6. Lead Editorial - Aadhar Interim Order (Reference)
7. Move Out, Move Up Approach

Daily News Simplified 22-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNq2jA5HT_Q
Maharshi Sharma
1. Fly Ash Action Plan
2. Ayushman Bharat Scheme
3. Rhinos in India (Key points for Prelims)
4. Election Commission’s role in deregistration of political parties
5. Agriculture distress: possible solutions

Daily News Simplified 23-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pl_GF8skUw
Naweed Akhter
1. Privilege Motion
2. Face Authentication & Virtual ID
3. Boosting Exports
4. Prevention of Atrocities Act
5. Data Leaks - hampering elections
6. Brahmos - Seeker technology
7. Melting of glaciers
8. Coral Reefs

Daily News Simplified 24-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEFhdJCqIzw
Ankur Sharma
1. Office of Profit - Prelims Perspective
2. Election to Rajya Sabha - Prelims Perspective

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3. Chandrayaan - 2 - Prelims Perspective
4. National Health Protection Mission - Reference
5. US Fed. rate increase & its impact
6. Lead Editorial - Tibet is not a card

Daily News Simplified 26-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt0s0UZDiCs
Ankur Sharma
1. GSAT - 6A
2. Draft Defence Production Policy - Link: goo.gl/HG8njB
3. Europe’s New Data Protection law
4. Difference b/w fast-track courts & special courts
5. Approaches to combat forest fire
- @15:50, refer to combating forest fires within the additional syllabus purview of 'Disaster
Management'

Daily News Simplified 27-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibt1sZOgV_E
Naweed Akhter
1. Water Crisis
2. White Paper on Data framework
3. Pink bollworm - Bt-cotton
4. Inflation Indexed Bonds
5. India China plan FTA

Daily News Simplified 28-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKEWPPv4nP8
Maharshi Sharma
1. Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan : Prelims
2. Powers and Functions of Election Commission : Prelims
3. Coral bleaching in Great Barrier Reef : Prelims
4. Honour killing : SC judgement
5. Prison reforms : SC suggestions

Daily News Simplified 29-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn_Xu-0MS6Y
Ankur Sharma
1. National Testing Agency - Prelims Pers.
2. Electric Vehicles & FAME Programme - Prelims Pers.
3. Collegium System
4. Green Manufacturing Mix
5. Farmer’s Freedom from Indebtedness Bill, 2018
6. Farmers Right to Guaranteed Remunerated MSP for Agricultural Commodities Bill, 2018

Daily News Simplified 30-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ6q4j_im9Y
Maharshi Sharma
1. Integrated scheme for school education - Prelims
2. Bharatmala Pariyojana - Prelims
3. Assomption Island Agreement - Prelims
4. Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill, 2017 - Prelims

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5. Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 - Prelims

Daily News Simplified 31-03-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN0RjWxZKb8
Naweed Akhter
1. Indian Brain Template
2. CBSE
3. Budget proposals implementation from 01-04-2018
4. Floodplains - ways to replenish ground water
5. National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey - 2017-18

Daily News Simplified 02-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIuXl8bfNLk
Ankur Sharma
1. Chilika Lake - Prelims Perspective
2. Central Vigilance Commission - Prelims Pers.
3. Air India Disinvestment
4. Removal of CJI, Judge of SC & HC - Prelims Pers.
5. Difference b/w Hybrid Vehicles & Electric Vehicles

Daily News Simplified 03-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-IHeJV118o
Maharshi Sharma
1. Federalism in India - Prelims
2. Western Ghats - Prelims
3. 8 core industries - Prelims
4. Tiangong 1 - Prelims
5. RTI Act, 2005 - Prelims

Daily News Simplified 04-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBAQTmQkXf4
Ankur Sharma
1. National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)
2. ICAN & Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
3. Space X & Falcon 9
4. Measuring Income Inequality & Poverty
5. E-Way Bill System

Daily News Simplified 05-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHoB6UYpp_U
Maharshi Sharma
1. Internet Security Threat Report, 2018
2. New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative
3. CBSE exam process: Review Committee
4. Monsoon prediction: Models and agencies
5. Compensatory Afforestation Funds Act, 2016
6. Clemency powers: President and Governor

Daily News Simplified 06-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW4ylcU23qg
Naweed Akhter

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1. Skill Development - Sharada Committee Recommendations
2. RBI holds interest rates
3. RBI switches back to GDP
4. Facts about GM-Mustard
5. Committee to regulate online media

Daily News Simplified 07-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95rqsippuj4
Ankur Sharma
1. Govt. bans import of Oxytocin
2. Adjournment & Prorogation
3. Kaziranga National Park
4. Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI)
5. Measures to boost Innovation

Daily News Simplified 09-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng1etjRDCQ8
Maharshi Sharma
1. Silent Valley National Park:Prelims
2. CIBIL: Prelims
3. Electoral bonds: Prelims
4. Landmarks in Forest Policy
5. SC adds procedural safeguards under Prevention of Atrocities Act

Daily News Simplified 10-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImC500Hpfo
Ankur Sharma
1. Swachhagrahis & Champaran Satyagraha
2. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (2016-20)
3. E-Aadhaar
4. QR Code
5. Central Vigilance Commission (Reference)
6. Patents and Protect Public Health

Daily News Simplified 11-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbX7JofB2uQ
Maharshi Sharma
1. IRNSS: Prelims
2. NHRC: Prelims
3. Draft National Forest Policy, 2018
4. Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016
5. Indo-Nepal relations

Daily News Simplified 12-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4YkGmUCp40
Ankur Sharma
1. Olive Ridley Turtles
2. Supplementary Nutrition Rules, 2017
3. Lead Editorial - Finance Commission
4. Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy
5. Western Disturbances

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Daily News Simplified 13-04-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcYVO3p9cNE
Maharshi Sharma
1. CPI inflation: trends and causes
2. 15th Finance Commission
3. NavIC
4. Phytoplanktons
5. Ayushman Bharat Scheme

Daily News Simplified 14-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQkjyiiSVY
Ankur Sharma
1. Comprehensive & Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership
2. Dr. Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar
3. Defence Production Corridors
4. Strategic Partnership Model
5. Market Intervention Scheme
6. Office of Profit
7. Doval meets Chinese diplomat
8. India, UK talks over education

Daily News Simplified 16-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjUKkoJ4KKQ
Ankur Sharma
1. Aspirational Districts Programme
2. Financial Action Task Force
3. Concerns with ToR of 15th Fin. Comm.
4. Demonitisation & Tax Collection
5. Jhum Cultivation

Daily News Simplified 17-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0jPYuNMXmc
Maharshi Sharma
1. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
2. World Bank’s projections for India
3. Internal migration
4. India’s engagement with its neighbours
5. Reforms in higher education (UGC Act)

Daily News Simplified 18-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egs550lVHjY
Naweed Akhter
1. Law Commission - Simultaneous Elections
2. Aadhaar - Recent developments
3. J.S. Verma Committee
4. India to grow at 7.8%
5. BHARAT-22 ETF
6. India’s engagement with neighbours

Daily News Simplified 19-04-18

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IBQ1K00ISU
Naweed Akhter
1. National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)
2. Relaxation in CRZ Regulations
3. Soft Power of India
4. Possible Vulnerabilities to Indian Economy
5. OPCW
6. Minority Educational Institutions

Daily News Simplified 20-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3VHLuZ4l4w
Maharshi Sharma
1. State of Global Air Report, 2018
2. Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
3. Defence Planning Committee
4. BCCI and RTI
5. Ranthambore National Park

Daily News Simplified 21-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EQH1U87O60
Ankur Sharma
1. Impeachment Procedure for Chief Justice of India
2. Swell Waves
3. Lead Editorial - Income Inequality & Poverty
4. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 & Art. 22
5. Rohingya Crisis- Transitionary News

Daily News Simplified 23-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHE3FKwG--o
Maharshi Sharma
1. Blockchain technology and its applications
2. Death penalty for child rapes
3. Oil price rise and its impact on the economy
4. Earth day : Key points
5. Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)

Daily News Simplified 24-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmkBYZ2Luoo
Ankur Sharma
1. Asian Ripple Effect
2. India & China Guardians of Multipolar World
3. World Bank Global Findex Report
4. The Risks in Fracking
5. Earth BioGenome Project
6. Warangal Dhurries & G.I. Tag
7. India Highest Recipient of Remittances

Daily News Simplified 25-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c1K7ZBmcSM
Maharshi Sharma
1. Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018

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2. SAFAR and National Clean Air Programme
3. Predatory pricing
4. GSAT-11
5. India-China in global geopolitics

Daily News Simplified 26-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nXIPkWRFUQ
Ankur Sharma
1. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0
2. Global Nuclear Cloud is Darkening
3. National Bamboo Mission
4. Cautionary Notes for Wuhan
5. Revisit AFSPA
6. Indu Malhotra as SC Judge

Daily News Simplified 27-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a13Uz2oSqds
Maharshi Sharma
1. National Biopharma Mission
2. Bank mergers: benefits and challenges
3. India-China reset of ties
4. Appointment of Supreme Court judges
5. Afghan Great Game

Daily News Simplified 28-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyRxV-kzvFE
Ankur Sharma
1. RTI & Information Commission
2. Lead Editorial - SC at the crossroads
3. Elephant in the Patents Office
4. Rupee under strain
5. India should get sanctions waiver
6. A new Korean beginning

Daily News Simplified 30-04-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDEU7lpSjF0
Maharshi Sharma
1. DDUGJY and Saubhagya Yojana
2. POSHAN Abhiyaan and National Council on Nutrition
3. India-China informal summit
4. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
5. Social Audit

Daily News Simplified 01-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vn2WjykZ4A
Ankur Sharma
1. Local Government in Disarray
2. Lead Editorial- Dangerous Incursion (Reference)
3. Bhagat Singh- Shared Hero of India & Pak.
4. Electrification Definition
5. Environmental Kuznets Curve

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6. NASA’s InSight & MarCO
7. Lake Victoria

Daily News Simplified 02-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svu1w0CnDO0
Maharshi Sharma
1. T-bills and foreign portfolio investment : Prelims
2. CPCB bans party poppers : Prelims
3. Access to electricity : Issues and solutions
4. Socio-political issues in 2018
5. Press Freedom Index
6. Israel on Iran’s nuclear programme

Daily News Simplified 03-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPWo5tlCo4I
Ankur Sharma
1. Lead Editorial - Wuhan Meet
2. Army HQ - Maintain Peace along LAC
3. India’s Role in ending Korean War
4. Increase in GST Revenue
5. Draft National Digital Communication Policy 2018
6. PM Vyaya Vandana Yojana
7. Observations on WHO Report on Air Pollution
8. Ramsay MacDonald Award & Partition

Daily News Simplified 04-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B2ZQZC9Ndw
Maharshi Sharma
1. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Prelims
2. China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Impact on India
3. SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act) : SC guidelines and their impact
4. Iran’s nuclear programme and Iran nuclear deal
5. Ecological aspect of Cauvery river dispute

Daily News Simplified 05-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_fM8dmB6cw
Mangal Singh
1. Thunderstorms: characteristics and causes
2. Stem cells: basics and its uses
3. Karl Marx: 200th birth anniversary
4. Volcanoes: basics and world distributions
5. GST Council Meeting

Daily News Simplified 07-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EImtq_d_qI
Maharshi Sharma
1. Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
2. African Continental Free Trade Agreement
3. Hague Convention on International Child Abduction
4. Simultaneous elections: Critical Appraisal
5. Tholu Bommalata puppet dance

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6. Aranmula snakeboat race

Daily News Simplified 08-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzuJopixeM
Ankur Sharma
1. Draft labelling norms by FSSAI
2. Citizenship (Amd.) Act, 2016 & Assam Accord
3. Problems with a DNA Registry
4. Steps to improve state of science education
5. Hot Money & Bond Tourists
6. Price freeze of petrol & diesel
7. National Nutrition Mission

Daily News Simplified 09-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSC4dfPibkg
Mangal Singh
1. Animal free testing for drugs
2. Gold import - weakening
3. UNESCAP - Report
4. Reset of neighbourhood policy
5. Transfer of trial
6. Trans oral robotic surgery

Daily News Simplified 10-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCDep7-ca3U
Ankur Sharma
1. US Pullout from Iranian Nuclear Deal
- International Perspective
- Impact on India
2. IMD Forecasting & Drowning in Dust
3. MP panel reports are public papers: SC
4. Windmills & Env. Impact Assessment
5. India & China on Chabahar Port
6. PM Modi Visit to Nepal

Daily News Simplified 11-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh4g0jUZzcc
Naweed Akhter
1. Supreme Court Collegium - issue of primacy
2. NHRC - powers & functions
3. 15th Asia Media Summit 2018
4. Slowing down of India’s nuclear trade
5. Commercial Division Bench - 2015 Act and Amendment Bill, 2018

Daily News Simplified 12-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB-OkQZqpPg
Mangal Singh
1. Cauvery - Ecological crisis
2. Sexual harassment at workplace act 2013
3. NASA - Carbon Monitoring System
4. Rare Butterflies

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5. Iran Oil Sanction - Impact on Indian economy
6. Iran oil Sanctions - Impact on Indian Diplomacy

Daily News Simplified 14-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Z7u7nezCg
Ankur Sharma
1. SC on domestic violence
2. ISRO making green propellant
3. SC on prison-overcrowding
4. Critique of ToR of Fin. Comm. (Reference)
5. Shell firm definition
6. Grey area in Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code
7. Issues with Open Acreage (OALP) & Hydrocarbon Exp. (HELP)

Daily News Simplified 15-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJzp61drDUc
Naweed Akhter
1. Gender bias causing “Excess Deaths”
2. National Register of Citizens - Assam
3. Global warming - Meeting at Bonn
4. Jobs for women in Renewable Sector
5. 22 Degree Halo
6. Constitutionality of Article 35A

Daily News Simplified 16-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-fUFTSse9g
Mangal Singh
1. Shifting of Tigers: Satkosia Tiger Reserve
2. Lokpal: Appointment
3. Governor: Discretionary power of Governor in a ‘Hung House’
4. Cauvery Draft Scheme submitted by the Centre
5. MGNREGA - Lacunae in Implementation

Daily News Simplified 17-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-7bABJORs
Maharshi Sharma
1. Rupee depreciation: causes and consequences
2. Swachh Survekshan 2018 rankings
3. National Policy on Biofuels
4. Vulture safety zones
5. Ozone layer protection: conventions and agreements
6. PM Modi’s Nepal visit

Daily News Simplified 18-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lBJ5lwJyQY
Ankur Sharma
1. East Asian Reset
2. US CAASTA law & Indian Response
3. Xth certification for Gurukul students
4. Requirement of I & B Ministry?
5. UN World Urbanisation Prospects, 2018 Report

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6. Growing cities & Urbanisation
7. Creation of DG of Trade Remedies

Daily News Simplified 19-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBh1Wmce1yY
Naweed Akhter
1. Governor’s discretionary power & Pro tem Speaker
2. Balancing claims by 15th Finance Commission
3. Online portal for academicians
4. Blocking Statute by EU - Iran Nuclear Deal
5. DoT okays eSIMs

Daily News Simplified 21-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcNGsp3PF3A
Maharshi Sharma
1. Factors leading to rupee depreciation
2. Permanent Residency Status Scheme
3. All-India Tiger Estimation and M-STrIPES
4. Solutions to curb judicial delays
5. Wuhan Summit: Key takeaways
6. Nipah virus: Key points

Daily News Simplified 22-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ujw6kru9U8
Ankur Sharma
1. India-China Coop. on connectivity infra.
2. Significance of election procedure for democracy & governance
3. Meghalaya social audit law
4. Lead Editorial: Crisis in higher education
5. Future challenges for Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code

Daily News Simplified 23-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUug2gXm-S8
Naweed Akhter
1. App to curb electoral malpractice
2. Habitat loss of bat - Nipah Virus
3. Loss of Agricultural Credit - Small & Marginal Farmers
4. Tussle between Executive and Judiciary
5. Air Pollution causing premature deaths

Daily News Simplified 24-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKKD0OVeMXM
Mangal Singh
1. Natural Capital - Green GDP
2. Relevance of the office of Governor
3. US imposes import duty on Steel and Aluminium
4. Justice and Redemption
5. Mobile App - Advance lightning warning

Daily News Simplified 25-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z0bZPBE168

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Naweed Akhter
1. Recalibration of India-Russia ties
2. Remembering Maulana Azad
3. Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2018
4. Windfall Tax on Oil Producing Companies
5. Global Warming - Impact on Rice
6. Clean Air India Initiative
7. Samagra Shiksha Scheme

Daily News Simplified 26-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ry-sRZVBU
Mangal Singh
1. Indian Crocodiles: basic facts
2. Fall in forex reserves
3. RERA - Challenges
4. Conflict in West Asia
5. Teesta River - Geography

Daily News Simplified 28-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doj6Ggd0QZ0
Naweed Akhter
1. Political parties not under RTI: EC
2. Reforms needed in Water Management
3. North Korea - USA engagement
4. Ayushman Bharat Scheme - Challenges
5. Report on Stunting of Children

Daily News Simplified 29-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BivXuFUfiU
Ankur Sharma
1. Impact of environment on FDI
2. Cost of deterrence
3. CBM's by govt. in Kashmir
4. Lead Editorial - Independent Judiciary (Reference)
5. India: No sanctions on Iran
6. EC - Political parties under RTI
7. Analysis of performance of Jan Dhan Yojana
8. VVPAT

Daily News Simplified 30-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUNqGSIWlQg
Mangal Singh
1. Jim Corbett National Park
2. India-Indonesia
3. GI tags - Chau Masks
4. Analysis of National Biofuels Policy
5. Great Barrier Reef

Daily News Simplified 31-05-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2I3aSUSOJo
Naweed Akhter

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1. Tackling glitches in VVPAT
2. Nuclear India
3. Health Access & Quality Index - India
4. State bird of Andhra Pradesh
5. Contaminants in food-contact items
6. Chola Architecture

Daily News Simplified 01-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw_Wvy43X6c
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Hillock Gibbon - Key facts
2. WHO report - Tobacco consumption in India
3. The Commercial Court Act 2015 - Amendments
4. National Medical Commission Bill, 2017
5. Left Wing Extremism - Challenges

Daily News Simplified 02-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGNA7IUSfmk
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Quarter 4 GDP - 7.7% & Challenges
2. India’s Manufacturing PMI eases in May
3. India - Singapore relations
4. Shangri La Dialogue - PM address
5. Resistance to Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 - Assam Accord

Daily News Simplified 04-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKZK_vOlzGQ
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. India & Mauritius - Indian Ocean as zone of peace?
2. Agni V
3. What’s driving the GDP revival
4. 15th Finance Comm. & Coop. Federalism
5. ’Blue Flag’ Project
6. Farmers Welfare Fund

Daily News Simplified 05-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGYlzPgi4i4
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Green GDP
2. International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
3. Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
4. Third Generation of Food Security
5. Governors & Governance
6. States & Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

Daily News Simplified 06-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BarfvoDzIDg
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. World Environment Day - Environment & Constitution
2. Article 35A
3. Fortification of Rice

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4. Shangri-la dialogue
5. Energy Efficiency
6. Sculpture of Lord Shiva

Daily News Simplified 07-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZvcj0_ejAg
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. RBI raises Repo Rate
2. Upcoming SCO summit
3. Divergence in India-US views
4. Ground water recharge - Atal Bhujal Yojana
5. Urban Co-operative banks - Small Finance Banks
6. MMR drops in India
7. Genetic mapping of superbugs

Daily News Simplified 08-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dssCmdwgDw
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. NGT- Ganga river pollution
2. Key Terms :
a. Foodgrain Bank
b. Population Bottleneck
c. AISAM
3. Mapping Species - For Earth’s conservation
4. Petermaritzberg Incident - Mahatma Gandhi
5. V-shape growth- Indian economy

Daily News Simplified 09-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXNUQt2c5Wk
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. NEET challenges - for students & states
2. Economic Performance - Supply Side
3. Uranium contamination of groundwater
4. Elgaar Parishad
5. Readmission of Russia - G7

Daily News Simplified 11-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cKfWe233bc
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Qingdao Declaration - Security Perspective
2. Open Data Access Policy
3. Why no one is worried about MPC rate hike
4. 11th World Hindi Conference
5. Draft Pesticide Management Bill

Daily News Simplified 12-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S7DU4XCDl4
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. eDNA
2. GreenWashing
3. BIMSTEC

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4. Credit Enhancement Fund
5. PM Matru Vandana yojana
6. Artificial Intelligence
7. India’s regional role redefined.

Daily News Simplified 13-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k22rB3c2jm4
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. ISRO offers battery technology to firms
2. RITES
3. CPI & IIP
4. Recycling of Plastic Waste
5. Historic Trump-Kim meet

Daily News Simplified 14-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJX80Qh7p0Q
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Dam Safety Bill, 2018
2. Dis-empowerment of urban local government
3. ’Bad Bank’
4. Proposed Oil Buyers Club
5. Asian Premium
6. Challenges in achieving renewable energy targets

Daily News Simplified 15-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJKMpjEcQJ0
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. NITI Ayog report on Water Crisis
2. Wholesale price index
3. Fed Rate Hike
4. India- Maldives
5. Decongesting cities

Daily News Simplified 16-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjCnzaRcEY4
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Evolution of Secularism in colonial India
2. Pulse imports- Farmer distress & international obligation
3. SBI to stop handling Iranian oil payments
4. Merchandise trade deficit widens
5. Critique of package to sugarcane sector

Daily News Simplified 18-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCZpluvCVVw
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. IRNSS - prelims 2018 question (DNS & Focus Magazine)
2. CWMI index analysis
3. Marginal Cost of funds based Lending Rate
4. Broad Based Trade & Investment Agreement
5. National Health Protection scheme
6. Dhanush Artillery Gun

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Daily News Simplified 19-06-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jJvZ2PmbBE
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Prelims 2018 - FTA Partners of ASEAN
2. Operation Cease-OPs & Operation All Out
3. 2+2 Dialogue - India & U.S.
- Foundational Defence Pacts
4. National Testing Agency
5. 5th National Data Centre
6. Liberalised Remittances Scheme

Daily News Simplified 20-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdGnrQQ3uo
Mr. Nagendra Pratap
1. Need for National Asylum Policy
2. Generalised System of preference
3. India and SCO
4. Biofuels
5. Database on unorganised workers
6. Rare species of spider found

Daily News Simplified 21-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaRbyxkfOE8
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Prelims 2018 - Cyber Attack (DNS,Focus)
2. Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)
3. Zero tillage farming
4. Conservation Agriculture
5. Jal Swavalamban Abhiyan & Jal Kranti Abhiyan
6. Pattiseema lift irrigation Scheme
7. Tigers shifted from MP to UP
8. Plastic pollution

Daily News Simplified 22-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUf8E--BQR8
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Prelims 2018 - PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana
2. UN Sustainable Development Goals Report, 2018
3. Should Delhi be given Statehood?
4. Indo-US Tariff War
5. International Yoga Day
6. Indo-US 2+2 Dialogue (Reference)
7. Citizenship (Amd.) Bill, 2016

Daily News Simplified 23-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxcRTu_Cvh4
Mr. Nagendra Pratap
1. Kamakhya Temple
- Dravida, Nagara & Vesera Style
2. Pandemic Virus Infection - H1N1

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3. Seychelles- Assumption Island
4. OPEC
5. Banning Plastics

Daily News Simplified 25-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ2Cq4PPQic
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Prelims 2018 - Towns Mentioned in News
2. Critique of R2P & Humanitarian Intervention
3. Caste Data in Census of 2021
4. India & its extended neighbourhood - Mongolia
5. Chilika Lake
6. AIIB & NIIF

Daily News Simplified 26-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roTs9MKwoZ8
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Prelims 2018 - Rule of Law Index
2. National Register of Citizens
3. Plastic Waste - Segregation & Re-cycle
4. Anchor Bank & Bad Bank
5. Malnutrition in Tribal Children
6. Vallam Kali
7. Malnutrition in Trees

Daily News Simplified 27-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBlqYugVL6o
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Prelims 2018 - Merchant Discount Rate
2. Pathalgadi Movement
3. Formalin Contamination
4. Enlightened Anthropocentrism
5. Uranium Contamination
6. Organ Transplant
7. RBI - Financial stability Report

Daily News Simplified 28-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9bRR3Mfx2g
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Prelims 2018 - GSLV & PSLV
2. Hambantota Port & String of Pearls
3. 2+1 Dialogue Mechanism
4. Draft Higher Education Commission of India Act, 2018
5. PM Ujwala Yojana
6. UDAN Scheme

Daily News Simplified 29-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qECqabuLc
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Prelims 2018 - GM Mustard
2. Target to improve farmer’s income

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3. Swachh Iconic Places
4. India-US disconnect
5. Biodiversity a hurdle - CBD, Cartagena Protocol, Nagoya Protocol
6. James Webb Telescope

Daily News Simplified 30-06-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq9TkTPkGBg
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Prelims 2018 - NSG
2. Bandhavgarh National park
3. Central Pollution Control Board
4. Higher Education Commission of India bill 2018
5. FATF and Pakistan
6. GST - Issues with the implementation

Daily News Simplified 02-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnRMKHG8d-Y
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Cauvery Water Management Authority
2. One year of GST
3. NITI Aayog on reforming judicial delays
4. Sunil Mehta Committee - stressed assets in PSBs
5. Increase in Diabetes due to Pollution

Daily News Simplified 03-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85A-aJgGfL8
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Cauvery Water Management Authority
2. One year of GST
3. NITI Aayog on reforming judicial delays
4. Sunil Mehta Committee - stressed assets in PSBs
5. Increase in Diabetes due to Pollution

Daily News Simplified 04-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gCHbwz8SH8
Mr. Mangal Singh
1.Thanjavur Paintings
2.Police Reforms
3.Thinking Skin concept
4.Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement
5.cVIGIL app

Daily News Simplified 05-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QevDHX9TTZs
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. SC judgment on Role of L-G - Delhi
- Collaborative Federalism
- Representative Democracy
2. Land-locked Nepal - moving towards China
3. Paradox of Job Growth
4. Fuel: Getting the right mix for Ethanol

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5. Cabinet clears DNA Profiling Bill, 2018
6. Higher Education Financing Agency - HEFA

Daily News Simplified 06-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH-FFnlL7SE
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Law Commission report on legalising Gambling in sports
2. Legal backing for MSP
3. Carnatic Music
4. ISRO - Pad Abort System
5. Mob Lynching
6. India-US Trade negotiations

Daily News Simplified 07-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRVJ23fEwQc
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Kharif crops MSP Hike - New Formula
2. Centralised Pool of Documentary Evidence
3. Key Terms - Import cover, BIS & Forex Reserves
4. Aspirational Districts Programme
5. Advantages to switching towards alternative cereal farming
6. Revision - SC guidelines on SC & ST Act, 1989

Daily News Simplified 09-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwFe1QhOjCY
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. National Information Security Policy & Guidelines
2. Tracking non-cash financial transactions
3. North-Eastern Council
4. ’C2’ formula for MSP
5. Immediate Payment Services
6. Water scarcity in Arunachal Pradesh

Daily News Simplified 10-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=949kMRaHPXo
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Supreme Court proceedings to go live
2. WhatsApp - Mass lynching
3. Institutions of Eminence
4. French Loan - Smart Cities Project
5. Display of generic medicine in shops
6. Sadmridangam gets patent

Daily News Simplified 11-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXN2D5t6Gm0
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. FSSAI - Eat Right Movement
2. Simultaneous Elections
3. India - South Korea
4. Pepper Farming Issues
5. Big Data in Disaster Management

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6. Sendai Framework

Daily News Simplified 12-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imGRRKFcTuw
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Making Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 effective
2. Private Conservancy Rules & Wildlife Private Conservancy
3. Nipah Virus
4. Trafficking of Persons (Prev., Prot., & Rehab.) Bill, 2018
5. Biogas & PNG as cooking fuel
6. Niligiri Tahr

Daily News Simplified 13-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfMurIemGqM
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Swat Buddha
2. Environment vs Development (Essay)
3. India- Indonesia - Joint vision for Indo-Pacific
4. NATO
5. Constitutionality of Section 377 of IPC
6. Institutes of Eminence - Issues

Daily News Simplified 14-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPBCdkAr0pg
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. DNA Profiling Bill - Addressing Concerns
2. SC: We are not a Surveillance State
3. Swachh Survekshan Grameen - 2018
4. NGT to hear cases via Video Conferencing
5. Inclusive Growth of Higher Education - Editorial
6. US Steel Tariff - Indirect Impact on India
7. India - Iran: US Sanctions

Daily News Simplified 16-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoUtSSBbrLM
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Tackling Fake News
2. CSR for improving higher education
3. RBI Report: Cash Transfers - Alternative to PDS
4. Jute Sector - Challenges & Initiatives
5. Cyber security products procurement
6. Indian black turtle

Daily News Simplified 17-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu8GkIvpu_k
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Brahmos Missile
2. Vikas Engine
3. WPI - Inflation
4. IMF Growth Forecast
5. Companies Act 2013 - Review Committee

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6. Sugarcane Overproduction

Daily News Simplified 18-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwCHx7E6IQg
Mr. Nagendra Pratap
1. Lab/ Synthetic Meat
2. Genetic manipulation in plants to produce fertiliser
3. SC verdict on Mob lynching
4. Bru Pact
5. WPI & CPI

Daily News Simplified 19-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X88EC--9450
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. No Confidence Motion
2. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
3. India-U.S. Foundational Agreements (Revision)
4. Protecting India’s linguistic diversity through Census
5. Advantages of 2+1 Dialogue Mechanism
6. Formaldehyde - A fishy matter
7. NELP & HELP Policy on Hydrocarbon exploration

Daily News Simplified 20-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDmlLVGOdw0
Mr.Mangal Singh
1. India’s presence in Arctic
2. Foreign Education institutions bill 2010
3. Supreme court on Lynching
4. Government policies related to farmers
5. US - India trade dispute at WTO
6. Rani-Ki-VAV

Daily News Simplified 21-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wr1BKbezlg
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Cap on WhatsApp messages
2. Fault-lines in a ‘landmark’ Judgment - Article
3. Counting on Tiger - 4th National Tiger Census - Article
4. GST Council meeting - Natural Gas
5. RBI on cryptocurrencies

Daily News Simplified 23-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsTN_X0MqdE
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. US proposal on dealing with Taliban & Impact on India
2. White Helmets
3. Proposed changes to RTI Act, 2005
4. GDP Deflator
5. CAATSA Law implications on India - Revision
6. Watershed Development
7. Slow progress under PMKSY

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Daily News Simplified 24-07-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WFSmWKKx0c
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Government panel on mass lynching
2. Right to protest a fundamental right: SC
3. 10th BRICS Summit
4. GST Tax cut - Editorial
5. Mini Cloud Burst
6. PM tour to Africa
7. FDI increase in Karnataka & Tamil Nadu

Daily News Simplified 25-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCck7b0GbXY
Mr. Nagendra Pratap
1. Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018
2. Appointment of Lokpal
3. Inter-Creditor Agreement
4. India’s need for smart urbanisation
5. Steps to improve higher education

Daily News Simplified 26-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdFlvIRLFJ4
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Guiding principles for Indian foreign policy in Africa
2. Policy of Detention & Amendment to RTE
3. Underground lake detected on Mars
4a. Privilege Motion
4b. Parliamentary Privilege
4c. Breach of Privilege
4d. Committee on Privilege
5. Israel’s new law & Zionism

Daily News Simplified 27-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5gVOp-AH1o
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. SC on women entry in Sabarimala
2. Tackling HIV - Editorial
3. India - AI superpower or client nation
4. Lok Sabha passes Anti-trafficking Bill, 2018
5. Gravitational Redshift - Einstein
6. Amyloid levels - Alzheimer’s

Daily News Simplified 28-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCD2zrAr6uE
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018
2. Ethiopia - Eritrea conflict: Badme
3. Drop in faculty in higher education
4. India as nodal centre for for flash flood forecasts
5. World Metrological Organisation

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6. Wuhan Summit reaffirmed at BRICS summit - Revise

Daily News Simplified 30-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEm55sKeVak
Mr. Nagendra Pratap
1. Domestic Institutional Investors
2. Merger of Vodafone & Idea
3. FASTag
4. Global Tiger Day
5. Deep Ocean Mission
6. NASMAS II
7. SMERCH

Daily News Simplified 31-07-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCTHFLanciA
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Justice Srikrishna Committee Report - Editorial
2. Oxytocin
3. Feminisation of Indian Agriculture
4. Strategic Partnership Model - Defence
5. BRICS Summit - Article
6. Need for balancing act - Prevention of Corruption Bill, 2018 - Article

Daily News Simplified 01-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn6H0L6I9b0
Mr. Nagendra Pratap
1. National Register of Citizens & Assam Accord
2. Joint Parliamentary Committee on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016
3. India-South Korea relations
4. Bio-fuels in Rajasthan
5. Zika virus
6. Numbers of King Penguin

Daily News Simplified 02-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3nwsVTkFoc
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Cabinet clears Bill to restore SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act
2. TRAI approves 5G spectrum
3. RBI raises interest rates - Concerns & Impact
4. Population Equivalence for devolution of taxes
5. Fields Medal winners

Daily News Simplified 03-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N87umG-v6oo
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Data localisation & CLOUD Act
2. AAD Interceptor Missile
3. Draft e-Commerce policy
4. National Commission for Backward Classes
5. Concerns with Dal lake

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Daily News Simplified 04-08-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_9N6R5lTqk
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Halting Mob Violence/ Public Lynching
2. Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport
3. WHO observation on Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin
4. PMI Index
5. Zero net import of Telecom Equipments by 2022

Daily News Simplified 06-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m_Cu80aYEA
Mr. Nagendra Pratap
1. Citizenship & Compassion
2. Solar Duty may bring more harm
3. Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill
4. Energy efficiency
5. Indian star tortoise
6. Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

Daily News Simplified 07-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9B91w44QUI
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. HIV Hotspots in North-Eastern States
2. RBI must resume issuing LoUs & LoCs
3. Ensuring Skill Development through ITIs
4. Article 35A & Basic Structure of the Constitution
5. Xingkong-2 Hypersonic Aircraft

Daily News Simplified 08-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO8QBsh9aQI
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Earthquake in Indonesia
2. Scrub Typhus - Encyphalitis
3. Report on Breastfeeding
4. Restricted Area Permit - Andaman&Nicobar
5. CAG report on Railways

Daily News Simplified 09-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7qSzyjFL0
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Committee constituted by SC on jail reforms
2. Forensic Audit
3. Pest attack in Karnataka
4. 2+2 Dialogue - India - USA
5. Reforming civil services - lateral entry

Daily News Simplified 10-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_EqRM2egYo
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Election of Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
2. RBI Report on Inward Remittances

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3. Gains from US Nuclear Deal
4. Inter-Creditor Agreement
5. US Space Force
6. Environmental Performance Index report
7. Anti-Trafficking Bill

Daily News Simplified 11-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IiREjO1R7Q
Mr.Mangal Singh
1. Private member’s bill
2. Idukki dam
3. Index of Industrial production (IIP)
4. Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve
5. Yemen crisis
6. GSAT-11

Daily News Simplified 13-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnRONvKDodg
Mr.Ankur Sharma
1. Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)
2. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Expenditure
3. Rising Drug Abuse among Women in Punjab
4. Inter-State Migrants
5. Decriminalisation of Begging (Lead Editorial)
6. Trends in FDI Inflows
7. Ghazni, Afghanistan

Daily News Simplified 14-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJjyTnb3m9Q
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Pune tops Ease of Living Index
2. Disclose panels on sexual harassment
3. Lead Article - Growth picks - concerns remains
4. Coral Reefs - Algae: Symbiotic relation
5. Editorial - e-Cigarettes
6. India rejects UK proposal on DNA test for illegal migrants

Daily News Simplified 16-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tIYSnVw8C4
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Gaganyaan - GSLV Mk III & CARE
2. Turkish Lira Turmoil
3. National Health Protection Mission
4. Pink Bollworm
5. T.K. Viswanathan Committee & SEBI
6. Sec. 17A of Prevention of Corruption (Amd.) Bill, 2018

Daily News Simplified 17-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhZWMXK_knQ
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Bhaitarkanika National Park

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2. National payments corporation of India
3. LIGO
4. Mullaperiyar Dam
5. Currency crisis in emerging economies

Daily News Simplified 18-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No3rQ-mHs2Q
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. City level GDP
2. MSME - Credit growth & Export
3. Nutrition issues - Lead Article
4. FCRA & Amnesty International
5. Chilika Lake - Montreux Record

Daily News Simplified 20-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCzMy9XlNcQ
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Concerns in India-Bhutan relation
2. All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey, 2016-17
3. Features of Carnatic music
4. Rupee depreciation & impact on Indian economy
5. Classifying Natural disaster as National calamity
6. PFRDA
7. Idlib, Syria

Daily News Simplified 21-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXnE77BONmA
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. RCEP - Editorial
2. Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan - waste management
3.Brief History of Rupee - Cripps Mission
4. Public Credit Registry - RBI
5. Educating people on climate change

Daily News Simplified 22-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGhzHcuqUjo
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Ban on Firecrackers
2. NOTA in Rajya Sabha Polls
3. ILO report on wage inequality
4. Demand for imposition of cess
5. State Finance Commissions

Daily News Simplified 23-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rTWptN_HxM
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Quadrilateral Grouping
2. Concerns with ToR of 15th Finance Commission
3. SC- State can stop voluntary retirement of Doctors
4. National Institutional Ranking Framework
5. Earth’s Equilibrium & Tipping Point

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Daily News Simplified 24-08-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5ux9LzgMpo
Mr.Mangal Singh
1. Personal laws Bill 2018 - Leprosy
2. Refusal of Foreign Assistance for Kerala Relief
3. Spitzer Space Telescope
4. Aeolus Satellite
5. WhatsApp – Privacy
6. Curbing circulation of Sexual abuse videos
7. Credit Ratings

Daily News Simplified 25-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-fDRJdhpk4
Mr. Basava Uppin
1. Electoral Reforms
2. Forex Reserves
3. Western Ghats - Sustainable Development
4. Legislative Council
5. Vehicular Pollution

Daily News Simplified 27-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIS9zsO_c5M
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Cheetah Reintroduction Project
2. Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
3. Catastrophe Bonds
4. Article 35A and Basic Structure
5. Dams Policy

Daily News Simplified 28-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LArhj2Y-SnA
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Sabarimala Case in ambit of Article 17
2. NAFTA (Prelims Perspective)
3. How dams can control floods
4. Mannar, Sri Lanka
5. Khasi Tribes
6. Biofuel for air transport

Daily News Simplified 29-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqPKsvl263o
Mr. Basava Uppin
1. EESL to get funding from World Bank
2. PM’S Science, Technology and Innovation Council (PM-STIAC)
3. Audit of NCPCR of Child Care Homes
4. Kudumbashree Model
5. Air Pollution in India

Daily News Simplified 30-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktB1FIAbvBg

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Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. RBI Annual Report - Demonetisation & FDI Inflow - (0:26)
2. Cabinet nod for Postal Bank - (4:47)
3. RBI flags higher inflation - (10:44)
4. Root cause for Kerala floods - (17:02)
5. O-SMART - (25:53)

Daily News Simplified 31-08-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkgwWenv_ws
Mr. Basava Uppin
1. Hip prosthetics - Editorial - (0:24)
2. Nilgiri Tahr - (6:40)
3. BIMSTEC - (10:19)
4. Law Commission on Sedition - (14:15)
5. Shale Gas - (17:28)

Daily News Simplified 01-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaI4NEG_iCA
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Indo-US relations - Convergence & Divergence (0:25)
2. Crisis in currencies of emerging economies (10:47)
3. Law panel report on Uniform Civil Code (Art. 44) (17:46)
4. United Nations Relief & Works Agency (22:53)
5. National Trust Centre & M2M Learning (28:04)

Daily News Simplified 03-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zXf5WF5l4k
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Making peace with Naya Pakistan - Lead Article . - (0:27)
2. For a shift in gear - Article (3:03)
3. Protecting the dissenters - Article (10:26)
4. UN to begin talks on treaty to protect high seas (19:58)
5. Upcoming 2+2 dialogue - India - USA - Editorial (22:27)
6. Risks remain - Editorial . (28:54)
7. Financial savings (33:53)

Daily News Simplified 04-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQO4AmXp2T4
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Mongmong Festival - Prelims Perspective (0:29)
2. NITI Aayog report on Spring Water System (2:05)
3. India Wage Report - Data Point (6:53)
4. BIMSTEC Summit - Positives & Concerns (9:14)
5. Draft Charter of Patients Rights (15:09)
6. Dedicated Freight Corridor - Prelims Perspective (19:15)
7. Bedaquiline & MDR-TB (21:33)

Daily News Simplified 05-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5t0rblIZqM
Mr. Basava Uppin
1. Majuli Island - Prelims Perspective - (0:28)

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2. Addressing Soil Loss - (3:37)
3. Routes to Afghanistan . - (7:39)
4. RCEP Talks - (14:46)
5. Google to help EC to monitor Political Advertisements . - (17:41)
6. GM Mustard - (20:58)

Daily News Simplified 06-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukBH-zwgBZ8
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Draft Bill for Ganga protection - (0:27)
2. Integrated Theatre Command - Lead Article - (5:36)
3. Food Grain & Mycotoxins - Article . - (9:59)
4. Report of Committee on Lynching - (13:38)
5. Madumalai Tiger Reserve - (17:05)
6. Mid-air refuelling - LCA - (21:50)
7. India supports Mauritius - Chagos Island - (24:24)

Daily News Simplified 07-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nynz09sTtSM
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 (0:34)
2. Chemical Weapons Convention & OPCW (04:16)
3. Plantation Sector (08:03)
4. Contours of the recent 2+2 Dialogue (14:11)
5. Section 377 (19:49)
6. Salisbury, UK & Idlib, Syria (24:41)

Daily News Simplified 08-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clQ3-oIo6Z4
Mr. Basava Uppin
1.Global Mobility Summit - (0:29)
2. Chabahar Port - (7:18)
3. India Posts Payment Bank - Editorial - (11:17)
4. Buyback of Shares - (16:52)
5. COMCASA - (21:25)
6. Code of Ethics for Doctors - IMA - (24:57)

Daily News Simplified 10-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZE_s8vlcyc
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1.Clemency powers of Governor/President - (0:30)
2. Rights during arrest - (Editorial) - (09:30)
3. UNFCC - Commitment by developed nations - (Editorial) - (14:14)
4. Heritage tag for 2 irrigation facilities - (22:27)
5. Pondicherry shark spotted - (24:49)
6. SEBI Circular on FPI - (26:58)

Daily News Simplified 11-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG-1ufYpPGw
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Digital Dispensaries (00:53)

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2. Damocles Index (03:54)
3. El Nino phenomenon (07:08)
4. Delhi doorstep delivery of services (14:30)
5. Gotmar Festival (18:17)
6. Nepali reluctance for BIMSTEC Military Ex. (19:02)
7. Hama, Syria (22:13)

Daily News Simplified 12-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN3UI_h3PmM
Miss. Shubhangi Sharma
1. Tirupati Brahmotsavam - (0:36)
2. India’s first missile tracking ship - (04:01)
3. Small loans could turn bad - (10:23)
4. US threatens sanctions on ICC - (21:01)
5. Encouraging young minds - Article - (27:39)

Daily News Simplified 13-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBQqnvhLuo
Mr. Basava Uppin
1. PM AASHA - (0:28)
2. Paying at the pump - (8:27)
3. Prison of Patriarchy - (13:56)
4. Consumer Price Index - (17:52)
5. International Whaling Commission - (21:32)
6. An education that is in sync - (23:14)

Daily News Simplified 15-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRMx-459A8o
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. SC on RBI circular on NPAs & impact on Power Sector (0:33)
2. M&M to go Carbon Neutral - How? (6:04)
3. Science Based Targets (9:30)
4. HIV Estimation 2017 Survey (12:30)
5. SC questions ‘Leprosy Free’ tag for India (16:20)
6. Wholesale Price Index (19:28)
7. Aerosol Pollution & its impact (22:02)

Daily News Simplified 16-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nsfkhMcbnY
Mr. Naweed Akhter & Miss. Shubhangi Sharma
1. Bhutan’s PM party ousted in general election - (0:38) Mr. Naweed Akhter
2. Trade Surplus with USA - (2:11) Mr. Naweed Akhter
3. PM launches cleanliness campaign - (8:05) Mr. Naweed Akhter
4. Diabetes - Global Burden of Disease Study, 2016 - (12:02) Mr. Naweed Akhter
5. PSLV to launch 2 UK satellites - (17:29) Mr. Naweed Akhter
6. Huntigton’s Disease - (22:32) Mr. Naweed Akhter
7. Health impact of Bisphenol - (25:14) Mr. Naweed Akhter
8. Glutamate in plants - (26:46) Mr. Naweed Akhter
9. BUFFALO Survey - (28:44) Miss. Shubhangi Sharma
10. Researchers dive in to restore coral ecosystem - (31:06) Miss. Shubhangi Sharma
11. UN agree on global plan to battle TB - (38:11) Miss. Shubhangi Sharma

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12. NASA puts laser satellite to track ice loss - (40:50) Miss. Shubhangi Sharma

Daily News Simplified 17-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGlUntt_Wqg
Mr.Basava Uppin
1. The Rupee Problem - (0:34)
2. CPCB Report on River Pollution - (11:17)
3. Lethal Filth - (17:09)
4. Where goes the Rupee? - (21:27)
5. MPLADS - (26:49)
6. Green Agriculture Project - (30:52)

Daily News Simplified 18-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9bvtJa80pE
Mr.Ankur Sharma
1. Concerns in Indo-US relationship (00:34)
2. Jhum Cultivation (6:17)
3. Observations of NITI Aayog on shifting cultivation (09:04)
4. Fluoride contamination (16:26)
5. Merger of Banks (20:00)
6. Recent rifts in India-Nepal relation (26:13)

Daily News Simplified 19-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1esrGiaZHGM
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. H1N1 & Influenza virus - (0:32)
2. Financial Crisis 2007-08 - Lead Article - (6:40)
3. Pluto - Dwarf Planet - Editorial - (11:52)
4. New Pipeline to Bangladesh - (17:52)
5. Foodgrain Output - (19:29)
6. Space Technology Incubation Centre - (25:14)

Daily News Simplified 20-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h17Z-pjmTdc
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. How far does a Ph.D. go? (00:33)
2. NRI Bonds (4:26)
3. India & South Korea relations (9:23)
4. Climate Resilient Water Management (17:04)
5. Dam. Rehabilitation Improvement Project (22:07)
6. Muslim Women (Protection of Rights of Marriage) Bill (24:06)
7. Ordinance - Prelims Perspective (28:52)
8. Palay, Sri Lanka (30:39)

Daily News Simplified 21-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGUxS7NpCX8
Mr. Basava Uppin
1.Is NITI AAYOG Relevant today? - (0:32)
2. Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary - (12:25)
3. National Sex Offenders’ Registry - (15:55)
4.HIV Aids Act 2017 - (20:42)

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5. Lion Reintroduction Project - (27:14)
6. Capital Structure - (30:23)
7. Mt. Paektu - (31:38)

Daily News Simplified 22-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDhRLeXHKI
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1.1 Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue (00:33)
1.2 Recent Indo-Pak. talk proposal
2. National Rural Drinking Water Programme (08:08)
3.1 Cross-Border hotline (14:17)
3.2 Difference btw. IB, LoC & AGPL
4. Environment Impact Assessment (19:15)
5. Gaganyaan Mission (24:21) - https://bit.ly/2OGC2bf
6. US exit from Afghanistan - Lead Editorial (25:07)
Preparation for CSE:
1. Preparing for govt. schemes for prelims (8:27)
2. Making notes from DNS through transcripts (31:27)

Daily News Simplified 23-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpkfGFbeHSw
Mr. Naweed Akhter & Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
1. Work permit for spouses - H-1B Visa - (0:39) Mr. Naweed Akhter
2. Differential Rotation of the Sun - (3:31) Mr. Naweed Akhter
3. New battery to cut carbon emissions - (7:24) Mr. Naweed Akhter
4. SFTS - Fever - (10:10) Mr. Naweed Akhter
5. New Genetic disorder - ODC-1 - (12:33) Mr. Naweed Akhter
6. Frogmarched Snakes (Section 2) - (14:29) Mr. Naweed Akhter
7. Small Savings Schemes - Interest Rate hiked (Section 2) - (18:59) Mr. Naweed Akhter
8. Co-origination Framework - RBI - (21:22) Mr. Naweed Akhter
9. Alcohol consumption - WHO Report - (24:25) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
10. Royal’s Pikas - C3 plants - (30:18) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
11. Rhino, Milk & Poop - (36:28) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
12. Basking Sharks - (42:08) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
13. MUDRA Loans - (43:20) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma

Daily News Simplified 24-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKZ8AoQ-Shw
Mr. Basava Uppin
1. Ayushman Bharat Scheme (0:34)
2. Citizen Science Initiative for Hornbills (13:43)
3. Saving Cauvery’s Cradle (17:57)
4. Decoding Total Expense Ratio (TER) (22:23)
5. Primary Anchor for health care roadmap- Article (24:42)
6. Data Point- MPI (28:56)

Daily News Simplified 25-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EnOFlNqELk
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Open Market operations ( 0:30)
2. Nutrition norms for Severe acute Malnutrition (6:02)

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3. India- Maldives ( 13:35)
4. Rethinking Disaster management (Article) (17:47)
5. Challenges in the implementation of Ayushman Bharat Scheme (Editorial) (23:40)

Daily News Simplified 26-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kARsN6L95XI
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. SC on decriminalisation of politics - (0:33)
2. Liquidity crisis in NBFC - (10:29)
3. Unemployment Report - (17:32)
4. Maldives new President - Editorial - (25:13)
5. Ecological Succession - (26:25)
6. Froth in Bellandur Lake - (30:39)

Daily News Simplified 27-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVwhd2zJ9qA
Mr. Basava Uppin
1. SC Judgement on Aadhaar- Editorial - (0:33)
2. Govt’s package for Sugar Industry - (14:01)
3. National Digital Communications Policy 2018 - (20:46)
4. Imposition of Import duty on Goods - (28:44)
5. SC Judgement on Reservation in Promotion for SC/ST - (32:44)

Daily News Simplified 28-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmNcZpszcIQ
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Adultery is not a crime: SC - Editorial - (0:33)
2. Aadhaar: Social Justice v Privacy - Lead Article - (5:34)
3. Idlib on world map - (19:39)
4. Brownian Motion - Concept - (23:11)
5. Merchant Discount Rate - MDR - (25:01)
6. High TB Burden - Data Point - (28:21)

Daily News Simplified 29-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOcMngcTJEU
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Sabarimala Judgement : SC (0:29)
2. Freedom to Pray (Editorial) (12:48)
3. Muziris Port (15:47)
4. Aadhar : Social Welfare (19:52)
5. Current Account Deficit (Editorial) (27:38)

Daily News Simplified 30-09-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PziSptW2eWQ
Mr. Naweed Akhter & Mr. Basava Uppin
1. NALSA - (0:43) Mr. Naweed Akhter
2. INTACH & Fundamental Duties - (9:05) Mr. Naweed Akhter
3. Hepatitis - E - (17:21) Mr. Naweed Akhter
4. Colistin - (20:43) Mr. Naweed Akhter
5. 59 plants in IUCN List - (24:10) Mr. Naweed Akhter
6. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana - (28:04) Mr. Basava Uppin

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7. Public Provident Fund - (35:11) Mr. Basava Uppin
8. Post Office Monthly Income Scheme - (40:09) Mr. Basava Uppin
9. National Savings Certificate - (41:34) Mr. Basava Uppin
10. Senior Citizen Savings Scheme - (43:10) Mr. Basava Uppin

Daily News Simplified 01-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx6pXzg6jQU
Mr.Mangal Singh
1.MPC - Dilemma in Policy Rates (Editorial) (0:30)
2.Liquidity Coverage ratio (6:23)
3.Mahatma Gandhi - Previous Year Questions (13:08)
4.E-Vehicles (22:02)
5.Electoral reforms - Role of Social media (28:23)

Daily News Simplified 03-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W8BPnJGr3c
Mr. Basava Uppin
1. UNESCO Global Geopark Network Status (0:35)
2. Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 (10:10)
3. WHO - Global Guidelines on Health and Sanitation(17:42)
4. Deoband Movement and Wahabism- (Article) (25:24)
5. A Flight path with Obstacles- (Article) (30:38)

Daily News Simplified 04-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crOaKKTae3c
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Sworn in of CJI - Justice Ranjan Gogoi - (0:34)
2. Finance Commission - Special Category Status - (6:10)
3. Polio Virus - Type 2 - (17:32)
4. Swachh Bharat Mission - Editorial - (25:56)
5. Reference - SC/ST Creamy Layer & Sabarimala verdict - (29:42)
6. Trio gets Chemistry Nobel - (31:22)
7. S-400 - India - Russia - (34:01)

Daily News Simplified 04-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaA-dZqaO0I
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands ( 0:30)
2. PM Modi’s Speech - Sustainable Future (9:22)
3. Gir Lions - Deaths (20:41)
4. Sabratha - UNESCO (23:44)
5. MSP hike for Rabi crops (26:06)
6. More Liquidity for Lending (28:57)
7. ECB norms eased for Oil firms (29:42)

Daily News Simplified 05-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_AY2Lwmg-E
Mr. Basava Uppin
1. Indo-Russia Relations: S-400 and CAATSA (0:36)
2. Centre cuts fuel prices (16:41)
3. Eyes on India (21:58)

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4. Crafting Excellence (27:44)
5. Digi Yatra (30:49)
6. Places in News: Hodeidah (33:25)
7. Fields of Concern (Editorial) (36:47)
8. Next Steps at Gir (38:13)

Daily News Simplified 06-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJLneZI_LcY
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Musi River (0:29)
2. RBI : Policy rates unchanged ( 7:46)
3. Nobel Peace Prize (22:58)
4. EVM & VVPAT ( 26:57)
5. Methanol Fuel : India’s first (33:27)
6. Reference : S-400, Gir Lions & Polio Vaccine ( 35:18)

Daily News Simplified 07-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NBPCP26GuU
Mr. Basava Uppin and Miss. Shubhangi Sharma
1. Picking out silent ghosts in the deep (0:47) Mr. Basava Uppin
2. India leaves out offset clause (10:20) Mr. Basava Uppin
3. cVIGIL (15:13) Mr. Basava Uppin
4. Prithvi Missile (17:48) Mr. Basava Uppin
5. FISTA World Automotive Congress (21:30) Mr. Basava Uppin
6. Eurasian Otter (25:25) Mr. Basava Uppin
7. Turbidity Currents (27:50) Miss. Shubhangi Sharma
8. Common Ants as Pollinators (33:00) Miss. Shubhangi Sharma
9. E-Cigarettes (37:39) Miss. Shubhangi Sharma
10. National Conservation Zone (42:38) Miss. Shubhangi Sharma

Daily News Simplified 08-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjYX-JI6_zA
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Ganga Task Force - (0:33)
2. India & Russia - Editorial - (4:56)
3. Narrative against sexual crimes - Article - (11:01)
4. Upgraded MiG - 29 - (18:05)
5. Gloriosa Superba - (20:52)
6. Black Gold still rules - (23:31)

Daily News Simplified 09-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZkZoV7G3Sg
Mr. Mangal Singh
1.IPCC - Special Report (0:30)
2.Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (10:13)
3.Nobel prize - Economic Sciences (14:21)
4.Diaspora and Disaster (19:25)
5.Amendments to Electricity Act 2003 (25:44)

Daily News Simplified 10-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkLihPw0gW0

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Mr. Basava Uppin
1. Salvaging a strategic Partnership (Lead Article) (0:35)
2. Data Localisation: Need and Concerns (13:24)
3. Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (19:06)
4. How Rising Water cost us all (24:09)
5. World Economic Outlook Report(28:21)
6. Conditional Convergence (Conceptual) (30:33)
7. DNS Reference: Target 1.5 (Editorial) (32:14)

Daily News Simplified 11-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-IN4qdRZec
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Non Alignment Movement (Article) (0:29)
2. Zika Virus ( 9:29)
3. India-Japan (Article) (15:55)
4. Section 124 of IPC (Editorial) (21:00)
5. National mission on Clean Ganga (26:20)
6. Reference : Gir Lions (31:22)

Daily News Simplified 12-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOI6yzbPtsY
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Anti-Microbial Resistance & Antibiotic resistance (0:33)
2. Global Hunger Index Report, 2018 (8:48)
3. Greenpeace (13:38)
4. An economic Fix - Editorial (14:44)
5. Stubble Burning (17:50)
6. Decriminalisation of politics - Editorial (22:00)

Daily News Simplified 13-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbk6mKtgi10
Mr. Mangal Singh
1.GDP as measure of welfare (0:29)
2.Estimates Committee (8:25)
3.UNHRC (12:55)
4.Tripura NRC (editorial) (15:50)
5.PMSTIAC (20:23)
6.Prompt Corrective Action (25:40)

Daily News Simplified 14-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_qvGC0EOOI
Mr. Naweed Akhter & Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
1. Rehabilitation of slum dwellers - (0:38) Mr. Naweed Akhter
2. Ind AS - 115 - (08:33) Mr. Naweed Akhter
3. State Animal of Arunachal - (12:37) Mr. Naweed Akhter
4. Human Leopard Conflict - (15:52) Mr. Naweed Akhter
5. Biphasic Scaffold - (19:58) Mr. Naweed Akhter
6. Chandra Telescope in Safe Mode - (26:13) Mr. Naweed Akhter
7. Annapurna Devi passes away - (28:53) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
8. Toxic glitter - (36:14) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
9. Tectonics on Ganymede - (41:08) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma

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10. Flapshell Turtle - (45:16) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
11. Olive Ridley Turtle - (49:57) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma

Daily News Simplified 15-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApmXjeQ0Uv0
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Environmental impact of Windmills (00:32)
2. Indo-US Military Exercise (4:18)
3. Hodeida, Yemen (6:52)
4. India & China in Africa (10:39)
5. Justice Verma Committee report (15:10)
6. Lead contamination (20:27)
7. Feminisation of Agriculture (23:17)

Daily News Simplified 16-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsJf_8QQmJY
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Human Capital Index (0:29)
2. Provisioning Norms (11:15)
3. Pollution forecast system (12:52)
4. RTI amendments - Article (15:50)
5. Ayushman Bharat (22:44)
6. Open Market Operations (29:52)
7. Data localisation (30:45)

Daily News Simplified 17-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swUvSL743jo
Mr. Basava Uppin
1. A Security Architecture without Mortar (Lead Article) (0:36)
2. Slippery Slope (Editorial) (12:38)
3. ICRA Report on Solar Power Projects (16:25)
4. RBI’s Guidelines on PPIs (21:07)
5. Mehar Baba Prize and Swarm Drones (24:16)
6. SELF4SOCIETY App (26:22)
7. Concept of Revolving Door (27:11)

Daily News Simplified 18-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ3FYYSUnLw
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. SC bars states from diverting CAMPA funds - (0:33)
2. Low voter turnout in Jammu & Kashmir - Editorial - (7:35)
3. Mental Health Strategy - UN - (13:45)
4. Ghost Gear - Article - (19:47)
5. Rural Survey & Mission Antyodaya - (23:25)
6. Reference - Zika Virus - Editorial - (27:12)

Daily News Simplified 20-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjqLSlwLCzg
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Gel to protect from pesticides- Organophosphate (00:34)
2. Pen is mightier than the Sword (4:40)

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3. Khashoggi Issue & Impact on India (7:11)
4. India, Japan and US Military Ex. (9:46)
5. Repo Rate (10:40)
6. Payment Regulatory Body (14:51)
7. Kandahar, Afghanistan (16:31)
8. Petroglyphs of Ratnagiri (17:29)

Daily News Simplified 21-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSrqY2Zpjq0
Mr. Basava Uppin and Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
1. Calamity Tax (0:45) Mr. Basava Uppin
2. Siang River (10:41) Mr. Basava Uppin
3. Bacteria to degrade Toluene (14:34) Mr. Basava Uppin
4. C-FLOWS (18:05) Mr. Basava Uppin
5. Carbon Sequestration (20:28) Mr. Basava Uppin
6. National Police Memorial (24:36) Mr. Basava Uppin
7. Hyperion Supercluster (26:03) Mr. Basava Uppin
8. Red Fort: Flag Hoisting (27:43) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
9. Vallabhai Patel: Ekta Yatra (36:36) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
10. Carrots for Green building (41:58) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
11. Spacecraft to Mercury (46:04) Ms. Shubhangi Sharma

Daily News Simplified 22-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bg9BEDItkk
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. UPSC Mains 2018 discussion - 15th Finance Commission - (0:17)
2. Marigold as symbol of India’s sacrifice - (7:04)
3. Simlipal National Park & Satkosia Tiger Reserve - (11:02)
4. Jobs in formal corporate sector - (15:41)
5. Green Climate Fund - (20:34)
6. China’s melting glacier - Impact on Third Pole - (26:10)
7. US to pull out of INF Treaty - (31:53)

Daily News Simplified 23-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFVOidQ5v-k
Mr. Mangal Singh
1. Mains 2018 Question discussion - Arctic Resources (0:30)
2. Tadobha Andhari - Tiger Reserve (5:41)
3. Sagar Island (9:14)
4. Purple urchins & Kelp Forests (10:12)
5. Direct Tax Base widens ( 13:29)
6. Fecal waste into Rivers - Study (19:05)
7. Payments Regulatory Board (23:09)
8. UN model on Cross Border Insolvency (29:03)

Daily News Simplified 24-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIW6238nQKk
Mr. Basava Uppin
1. Mains 2018 Question discussion - Minimum Support Price (MSP) (0:37)
2. SC Judgement on Nation wide ban on crackers (7:15)
3. In the net (Editorial) ( 17:51)

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4. Outcomes vs Promises ( Lead Article) (24:56)
5. Mission Antyodaya (31:46)
6. Aravallis (35:17)
7. Taiwan Strait (39:52)

Daily News Simplified 25-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrieZWAFDHw
Mr. Mangal Singh
1.Mains 2018 Question discussion - WTO Reform (0:29)
2.SC ban BS IV vehicles (4:58)
3.Punjab Herbicide Ban (12:42)
4.India-Israel deal (14:31)
5.Cell Sized Robot (16:48)
6.NBFC - Liquidity crisis (21:18)
7.EU ban on single use plastics (22:29)

Daily News Simplified 26-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieii2--FWFc
Mr. Ankur Sharma
1. Mains, 2018 Discussion - India & Israel (00:30)
2. Sludge Waste Management - (9:48)
3. Provisioning - (15:30)
4. IMPRESS & SPARC Schemes - (18:03)
5. Operation Digital Board - (23:20)
6. Tenth Schedule & Defection - (24:03)
7. Tackling Fake News - (29:35)
8. Making Notes for Mains, 2019 - (30:00)

Daily News Simplified 27-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8tgC4nvAb0
Mr. Naweed Akhter
1. Mains, 2018 Discussion - EVM controversy - (0:32)
2. SC asks CVC to submit report on CBI Director - Editorial - (14:47)
3. Migratory birds at Chilika lake - (25:04)
4. Suspect Anthrax cases in A.P - (29:57)
5. India-Japan - Editorial - (33:45)
6. RBI to inject Rs. 40,000 crore - OMO - (37:54)

Daily News Simplified 28-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEw726HvQvk
Mr. Basava Uppin and Ms. Shubangi Sharma
1. Agalega Project (0:46) Mr. Basava Uppin
2. Monkey Pox Virus (10:44) Mr. Basava Uppin
3. ARIIA (16:11) Mr. Basava Uppin
4. Save Bandipur Campaign (18:35) Mr. Basava Uppin
5. Pulicat Lake (23:04) Mr. Basava Uppin
6. Bada Imambara (25:23) Ms. Shubangi Sharma
7. Thanjavur Paintings (32:59) Ms. Shubangi Sharma
8. Delhi Durbar (39:12) Ms. Shubangi Sharma
9. Gecko Species (44:58) Ms. Shubangi Sharma
10. Maldharis and Banni Grassland (49:49) Ms. Shubangi Sharma

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Daily News Simplified 29-10-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLPiPI2R98
Mr. Ankur Sharma
DNS notes PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-29-Oct-2018
1. Mains Discussion, 2018 - JCPOA (00:40)
2. Amur Falcon (8:00)
3. Multidimensional Poverty Index (10:57)
4. Important Pollinators (14:45)
5. Depreciating Rupee & Exporters (15:43)
6. Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 (21:42)

Daily News Simplified 30-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DApIlSGjpU
Mr. Mangal Singh
DNS notes PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-30-Oct
1.Mains Question discussion : Left Wing Extremism (0:30)
2.Currency Swap Agreement (9:08)
3.Shanghai Cooperation Agreement (14:42)
4.EU-GDPR (18:16)
5.WHO: Impact of Pollution on children (23:37)
6.Delhi tops bad air quality(28:01)
7.Tax Collection base : CBDT Report ( 31:00)
8.Indo-Japan : Reference (37:04)

Daily News Simplified 31-10-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFKr9yfxvPs
Mr. Naweed Akhter
DNS notes PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-31-Oct
1.Mains Question discussion : Aspirational District Programme - (0:32)
2. Universities & Patents - Article - (11:33)
3. Statue of Unity - (16:34)
4. India faces soil biodiversity threat - (20:16)
5. FSDC meet - (24:50)
6. Feud between Centre & RBI - (27:49)
7. India-US - Strategic Relationship - Article (32:35)

Daily News Simplified 01-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjIgsI0rtE4
Mr. Ankur Sharma
DNS notes PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-01-Nov-18
1.Mains Question discussion: CPEC & OBOR
2. Internal Migration (7:30)
3. Appointment of Judges (18:56)
4. Ease of Doing Business Index report (23:57)
5. Kepler Space Telescope (26:27) Link: http://bit.ly/2CSXmr0
6. Core Industries (30:01)
7. Section 7 of RBI Act (30:42)

Daily News Simplified 02-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNufd1LCWho

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Mr. Basava Uppin
DNS notes PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-02-Nov-18
1.Mains Question discussion: Protectionism and Currency Manipulation (0:31)
2. US revokes duty free import (12:23)
3. India hopes for US waiver on Iran (22:32)
4. Surge in NRI deposits (28:40)
5. Catalogue for all that’s valuable (38:54)
6. BASIC Group (44:53)

Daily News Simplified 03-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAVFsULMc_0
Mr. Mangal Singh
DNS notes PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-03-Nov-18
1.Mains Question discussion: LG vs Delhi Assembly (0:24)
2. Partial Credit Enhancement (12:54)
3. Govt. initiatives to boost MSME sector (17:09)
4. SWIFT/ EU SPV (21:10)
5. NASA Dawn Mission (25:09)
6. Green Crackers (Reference)(26:39)

Daily News Simplified 04-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG966Ki5JZ4
Mr. Naweed Akhter and Basava Uppin
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-04-Nov-18
1.GSAT-11 returns to Guiana (0:35) Mr. Naweed Akhter
2.Insurgency in Manipur (4:48) Mr. Naweed Akhter
3.Van der Waals and Graphene (10:59) Mr. Naweed Akhter
4.Palau bans Sunscreen to Save Corals (15:09) Mr. Naweed Akhter
5.Zika Virus- Biomarker (19:23) Mr. Naweed Akhter
6.TRAFFIC and OWL Protection (24:54) Basava Uppin
7. Dhokra Sculpture (33:38) Basava Uppin
8. Robust Corals (35:58) Basava Uppin
9. Payment Card Network- NPCI and RuPay (39:52) Basava Uppin
10. Nipah Virus- Lacunae in India’s response (44:35) Basava Uppin

Daily News Simplified 05-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzh4odE6caY
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-05-Nov-18
1. Mains Question Discussion - IRNSS (0:28)
2. Greater Flamingo /Hope Island (5:42)
3. Bhungroo Water Management System (8:58)
4. New Caledonia (13:17)
5. Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (15:00)
6. RBI Reserves (15:41)
7. POCSO Act (21:57)

Daily News Simplified 06-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-mBxLd2eqg
Mr. Ankur Sharma
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-6-Nov-18

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1. Mains Question Discussion - Central Asia
2. INS Arihant & Nuclear Triad (12:06)
3. Impact of WWI on India (15:43)
4. Preserving the Nuclear taboo - Lead Editorial (21:28)
5. Impact of Windmills on ecosystem (26:45)
6. No respite from poverty for Muslims (30:26)
7. CIC issues notice to RBI Governor (35:01)
8. Ozone layer - http://bit.ly/2RxQGT2 (27:03)

Daily News Simplified 10-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb2eWJ07oQc
Mr. Ankur Sharma
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-10-Nov-18
1. M777 Howitzer & K9 Vajra T (00:32)
2. Moscow Format (04:01)
3. Olive Ridley Turtles (15:13)
4. Indian Star tortoise (19:29)
5. Hazaras & Idlib, Syria (20:55)
6. RCEP (24:10)
7. Fake Indian Currency Notes (30:03)
8. Double Jeopardy (31:57)
9. Problems with Credit Stimulus to MSME sector (35:04)
10. Interventions to curb deaths from Pneumonia & Diarrhoea (40:10)

Daily News Simplified 11-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGudjMxqqB8
Mr. Naweed Akhter
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-11-Nov-18
1. EPCA ban on construction (0:32)
2. Monogenic Diabetes (12:19)
3. Sharqi Architecture (15:52)
4. Papier Mache Art (19:20)
5. Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary (20:11)
6. Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary (25:14)
7. Report on ground water depletion (26:53)
8. Reference: Polio Virus (33:10)

Daily News Simplified 12-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1m_G_eIzpU
Mr. Basava Uppin
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-12-Nov-2018
1. Decoding the Central Board of the RBI (0:36)
2. Behind India’s Leap in Ease of Doing Business Index (7:23)
3. Lorenz Curve and Gini-Coefficient (12:28)
4. Ripples of Discord (Gravitational waves)- Editorial (16:36)
5. Protecting the little helpers (20:38)
6. SpiNNaker Supercomputer (25:07)

Daily News Simplified 13-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9zU7cNhES4
Mr. Naweed Akhter

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DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-Nov-2018
1. Rafale Deal (0:31)
2. Disguised Unemployment (8:39)
3. RBI not to open window for NBFC (10:25)
4. Abu Dhabi inks deal to store crude in India (16:08)
5. Global Cooling Prize (18:47)
6. Konark Sun Temple (22:18)
7. Dangerous Tactics - Maoists Challenge (27:16)

Daily News Simplified 14-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2awmAVjtYU
Mr. Mangal Singh
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-14-Nov-2018
1. Quad Grouping (0:29)
2. OPEC (6:09)
3. Pradhan Fasal Bima Yojana (8:55)
4. GST & Cooperative Federalism (16:46)
5. Ease of doing Agri - Business (21:40)

Daily News Simplified 15-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-7yGu1hsOY
Mr. Ankur Sharma
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-15-Nov-2018
1. Credit Rating Agencies (00:34)
2. Setting a proper diet plan - Malnutrition (09:50)
3. MFN Status (17:51)
4. GSAT - 29 (22:32)
5. GSLV Mk III (25:41) - http://bit.ly/2QI4rP5

Daily News Simplified 16-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaWq1BqKBh0
Mr. Mangal Singh
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-16-Nov-2018
1.Judicial Activism (0:29)
2.Moscow Format (5:42)
3.Pendency of Cases (11:10)
4.Bharat Net Project (18:40)
5.Super Earth Planet (22:17)

Daily News Simplified 17-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2GlAidOwFk
Mr. Basava Uppin
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-17-Nov-2018
1. Electoral Bonds (0:35)
2. New Definition of Kilogram (9:46)
3. General Consent for the RBI (15:27)
4. India’s Nuclear Triad (17:30)
5. Maternity Benefit Amendment Act (21:20)

Daily News Simplified 18-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqXUclyVxKA

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Mr. Naweed Akhter and Mr. Mangal Singh
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-18-Nov-18
1. GROWTH India Telescope - (0:40) Mr. Naweed Akhter
2. Araku Valley - (8:15) Mr. Naweed Akhter
3. Proton Mass - (11:50) Mr. Naweed Akhter
4. Omega-3 protects against premature birth - (17:07) Mr. Naweed Akhter
5. India’s Oil Sourcing Network - (19:39) Mr. Naweed Akhter
6. Micro plastics - impact on marine life - (22:40) Mr. Naweed Akhter
7. Carbon Sink - (27:44) Mr. Mangal Singh
8. Kerela Flood & Invasive Species - (33:27) Mr. Mangal Singh
9. Butterfly Migration Project - (37:38) Mr. Mangal Singh
10. Ganga Waterway Project - (39:59) Mr. Mangal Singh
11. Air Pollution Perception Study - (41:47) Mr. Mangal Singh

Daily News Simplified 19-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjYaVKs0j7g
Mr. Ankur Sharma
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-19-Nov-18
1a. Composite Water Management Index (00:34)
1b. Power sector impact on Water stress (03:31)
2. Sri Lankan frogmouth & Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary (08:41)
3. Positive steps for logistics sector (11:23)
4. India’s agro-diplomacy in China (18:37)
5. Disinvestment (24:36)
6. RBI central Board Meeting (27:09)
7. Question for the day: http://bit.ly/2QUKyod

Daily News Simplified 20-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olni80osEH4
Mr. Basava Uppin
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-20-Nov-18
1. RBI’s Board Meeting (0:34)
2. Draft Witness Protection Scheme 2018 (15:31)
3. IGLA-S Missile System (20:19)
4. Reservation for Marathas (Editorial) (23:18)
5.UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report (26:04)

Daily News Simplified 21-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1wan1wl3ws
Mr. Naweed Akhter
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-21-Nov-18
1. Amid Institutional Decline - (0:32)
2. Dongaria Khond tribe - (11:49)
3. Katowice 2018 - COP24 - (20:32)
4. Framers hit badly by demonetisation - (24:56)
5. Board Committees to assist RBI - (29:00)
6. Shortage of natural gas - (31:10)
7. When giants clash - APEC 2018 - Editorial - (33:15)

Daily News Simplified 22-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGZadgaA5vg

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Mr. Ankur Sharma
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-22-Nov-18
1. Calimere Wildlife & Bird Sanctuary (00:32)
2. MH-60R Helicopter (05:48)
3. Virtual Climate Summit - Pacific island nations (08:30)
4. Sentinelese tribe (12:11)
5. PIL on CEC Appointment (20:02)

Daily News Simplified 23-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6W3RU2Zsvo
Mr. Basava Uppin
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-23-Nov-2018
1. Aligning the Triad (Lead Article) (0:34)
2. RTI Amendment Bill 2018 (9:22)
3. Central Forensic Science Laboratories (15:53)
4. Allied and Healthcare Professionals Bill 2018 (21:21)
5. Kartarpur Corridor (26:18)
6. Unlawful Dissolution (Editorial) (27:52)

Daily News Simplified 24-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPL7KyRC3Gs
Mr. Ankur Sharma
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-24-Nov-18
1. India to study Marijuana derived drugs (00:34)
2. Chandrayaan 2 (05:56)
3. SC on Death penalty (10:00)
4. Recent dip in oil prices (12:02)
5. Bank capital infusion & Capital Conservation Buffer (16:15)
6. India - Vietnam relationship (Editorial) (21:24)
7. Questions for Practice (29:54)

Daily News Simplified 25-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kky0ha4a68
Mr. Naweed Akhter and Basava Uppin
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-25-Nov-2018
1. Bilingual Tribal Dictionary (0:33) Mr. Naweed Akhter
2. Hemis Monastery (11:52) Mr. Naweed Akhter
3. Pre-mature Birth in India (19:13) Mr. Naweed Akhter
4. Amur Falcons (25:42) Mr. Naweed Akhter
5. Water flow inadequate in Ganga (28:28) Mr. Naweed Akhter
6. Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI) (34:16) Basava Uppin
7. Plastic Road Technology (42:22) Basava Uppin
8. UN Global Compact for Migration (48:46) Basava Uppin
9. Hantavirus (53:58) Basava Uppin
10. Kambala Buffalo Race (56:16) Basava Uppin

Daily News Simplified 26-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeoO-AWUdM0
Mr. Mangal Singh
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-26-Nov-2018
1. Saltwater crocodile (0:30)

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2. Andaman & Nicobar : Faunal Species (4:31)
3. BRI & Multilateralism (Article) (12:49)
4. Ten years of Mumbai Attack (Article) (18:22)
5. Malaria : Lessons from Odisha (Editorial) (23:09)

Daily News Simplified 27-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QfMwyem-WE
Mr. Naweed Akhter
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-27-Nov-2018
1. Notice to Centre on Anti-graft - (00:59)
2. NASA’s INSIGHT Rover - (6:14)
3. Mahatma Gandhi & Karl Marx - Common Grounds - (13:55)
4. Tawang Monastery - (23:24)
5. Rules for Resolution - (26:17)

Daily News Simplified 28-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttQQdPMYLr0
Mr. Basava Uppin
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-28-Nov-2018
1. Breathing Space- Editorial (0:37)
2. NPAs on downhill path (9:13)
3. Raksha Gyan Shakti (15:46)
4. HysIS Satellite (19:43)
5. Lessons from a tragedy - Lead Article (24:14)

Daily News Simplified 29-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIuwz1mXRoE
Mr. Mangal Singh
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-29-Nov-2018
1.Protecting Indigenous tribe - Article (0:26)
2.Rbi & RBI Board - Lead Article (10:48)
3.Without Maternity Benefits (17:19)
4.GDP Back series data (22:35)
5.Criminal Law Riots (26:58)
6.Reference : Oil swings and Economy - FAQ (30:39)
7.Reference : Central Bank Recap (31:55)

Daily News Simplified 30-11-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6JkI8IrWMg
Mr. Basava Uppin
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-30-Nov-2018
1. Lancet Countdown 2018 Report- Editorial (0:36)
2. RBI eases liquidity norms for NBFCs (11:31)
3. Two federal bodies mooted (16:18)
4. Walking the tight rope (21:22)
5. Case for Progressive International Movement (26:17)
6. Reference: HysIs Satellite (31:04)

Daily News Simplified 01-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IJoIdzP_s
Mr. Mangal Singh

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DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-01-Dec-2018
1.India-EU relations(Article) (0:29)
2.Import Cover (08:07)
3.Death Penalty (Editorial) (11:08)
4.Neighbourhood First? (Article) (16:22)
5.ILO - Global wage rate report (Editorial) . (23:21)

Daily News Simplified 02-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQix-7OJPwY
Naweed Akhter & Ms. Mehaq Rao
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-02-dec-2018
1. Team INDUS ties up with NASA - (00:35) Naweed Akhter
2. Regulator for civil aviation - (4:46) Naweed Akhter
3. New frigates to get BRAHMOS - (9:13) Naweed Akhter
4. Red Sanders - (18:44) Naweed Akhter
5. The fate of plastics in our cities - (24:00) Naweed Akhter
6. Measles - an unpleasant comeback - (31:58) Ms. Mehaq Rao
7. Exotic Animals - (36:54) Ms. Mehaq Rao
8. General guidelines for creches - (41:49) Ms. Mehaq Rao
9. Can iron be used in solar cells? - (46:09) Ms. Mehaq Rao
10. Tigers numbers on the rise - (50:02) Ms. Mehaq Rao

Daily News Simplified 03-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTR0aDQhDwU
Mr. Ankur Sharma
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-03-Dec-2018
1. New World Order (Editorial) (00:34)
2. Leaky atmosphere & VISIONS-2 (8:10)
3. Indo-US Military Exercise (10:45)
4. Hornbill festival (12:31)
5. Additional income for farmers (Editorial) (14:51)
6. Food Sustainability Index (19:10)
7. Repo Rate (21:42)

Daily News Simplified 04-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hEUwHoc3I4
Mr. Naweed Akhter
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-04-Dec-2018
1. Qatar to quit OPEC - (00:32)
2. National Democratic Front of Bodoland - (6:09)
3. OSIRIS-REx-Bennu Asteroid - (11:40)
4. Make planning fashionable again - (15:15)
5. Two Punjabs, One South Asia - (22:06)
6. About Houthis - (26:11)

Daily News Simplified 05-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQJofUmA1aI
Ms. Mehaq Rao
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-05-Dec-2018
1. Disabilities Act, 2016 (00:33)
2. Investment scenario in India (07:02)

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3. Combating stubble burning (13:43)
4. Khandamal Haldi & G.I. Tag (18:31)
5. Shift to Low carbon (24:19)
6. Observations from Global Nutrition report (30:27)

Daily News Simplified 06-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euqXJpA73Kc
Mr. Naweed Akhter
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-06-12-2018
1. Option to opt out of Aadhaar - (00:31)
2. Vrischikolsavam Festival - (9:35)
3. CO2 level poised for record high - (10:50)
4. RBI keeps key rate unchanged - (17:21)
5. Cash Reserve Ratio - (28:58)

Daily News Simplified 07-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I5bVzDf_Xk
Mr. Basava Uppin
DNS Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-07-12-18
DNS PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-07-12-18-pdf
1. Is Social Media Polarising the Society? (0:37)
2. Agri-Exports Policy (11:34)
3. Global Nutrition Report 2018 (16:24)
4. Deaths due to Air Pollution- Report (23:03)
5. Still on the Last Chance Saloon - Lead Article (25:04)
6. Shielding Witnesses- Editorial (30:19)
7. Ref: OPEC cuts down on Oil Production (32:32)

Daily News Simplified 08-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic88krKRPA8
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-08-12-2018
Doc Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-08-12-18
1a. About Electoral Bonds (00:35)
1b. Critique of Electoral Bonds (Ed.) (08:00)
2. Sri Brihadeeswarar temple (13:33)
3. Background: NSCN(IM) & NSCN(K) (16:25)
4. De-notified tribes (Editorial) (20:51)
5. Asset Quality Review of NBFCs (26:25)
6. Searching topics from DNS (30:35)

Daily News Simplified 09-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo81ogkkOzI
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-09-12-2018
1. Farm Debt Crisis (0:25)
2. Andaman Sea Kraits (11:20)
3. Narmada Project/River (14:04)
4. Pharma drugs in Yamuna (18:14)
5. Cross-Bow-18 (21:17)
6. Yellow vests Protests (23:18)

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Daily News Simplified 09-12-18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaagRviilRY
Mr. Naweed Akhter
DNS PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-09-12-2018
1. Global warning - Great Dying - (00:32)
2. PCPNDT Act - (9:48)
3. Memristive Cells - (19:34)
4. Antibodies that delay ALS - (22:08)
5. Report on toxic talc worries India - (25:42)

Daily News Simplified 10-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu4o9xvJEvE
Mr. Ankur Sharma
DNS Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-10-12-2018-word
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-10-12-18-pdf
1. Citizenship Rules, 2009 amended (00:34)
2. GSAT-11 Ground System (05:21)
3. Death in the air (Ed.) (09:03)
4. India-Russia military exercises (12:09)
5. Gulf Cooperation Council (14:09)
6. Asian arms race & Indo-Pacific region (18:00)
7. Bio-plastics (22:56)
8. Concerns with ToR of 15th FC - Ref. (26:48)

Daily News Simplified 11-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlZ6qE1fOqA
Mr. Naweed Akhter
DNS Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-11-12-18-Word
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-11-12-18-PDF
1. Resignation of RBI Governor - (Editorial) - (00:31)
2. Many Combination Drugs not Approved - (15:15)
3. Rights based intervention - TB Patients - (Article) - (19:42)
4. Don’t believe the anti-GMO campaign - (Article) - (25:19)
5. Pacific Black Ducks - (32:49)

Daily News Simplified 12-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ph3h8uo1c
Ms. Mehaq Rao
DNS Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-12-12-18-Word
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-12-12-18-PDF
1. Election Commission - (00:33)
2. Minority status for Lingayats - (16:40)
3. Providing health for all - India Japan (25:08)
4. Eco-sensitive zone - (29:57)
5. Bio-blitz for trees - (35:28)
6. Asteroid Bennu - (38:04)

Daily News Simplified 13-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5_2HGB6nLI
Mr. Basava Uppin

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DNS Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-12-18-word
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-12-18-PDF
1. CPI, IIP and WPI - (0:36)
2. Mekedatu Project - (15:04)
3. Dam Safety Bill - (19:24)
4. National Trust for Autism- (24:35)
5. Submarine Rescue System- (28:22)
6. National Security Guard- (30:55)

Daily News Simplified 14-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVLndYnGMq4
Mr. Ankur Sharma
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-14-12-18-pdf
DNS Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-14-12-18-word
1. Fear of Executive Court (lead Ed.) (00:36)
2. Rights for aged a concern: SC (10:36)
3. CGWA & Water Conservation Fee (13:47)
4. Pro & Against Death penalty (Op-Ed.) (18:18)
News in Brief: (23:12)
5. Daily News Headlines (DNH)
6. Pungunar Cow
7. Migratory birds at Chilika lake
8. Anatomy of a police station (Ed.) (http://bit.ly/2UILIWa)
9. India-Russia joint defence production
10. Appointment for CIC
11. Spat at SAARC meet
12. India-China MoU on tea
13. Duty Drawback Rates

Daily News Simplified 15-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltQuyaosxxA
Mr. Mangal Singh
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/2BjMnV3
DNS Word Link: http://bit.ly/2Gkoh28
1. Farming and Global warming (0:24)
2. Plastic Pollution (10:12)
News in Brief: (15:52)
3. H5N1 (16:06)
4. INS Sunayna (18:12)
5. Oxytocin (19:28)
6. Bru tribes (21:57)
7. India Post - E com Portal (23:06)
8. RBI Board Reference (23:49)

Daily News Simplified 16-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D95d3RY7p9I
Mr. Basava Uppin
DNS PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-16-12-18-PDF
DNS Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-16-12-18-Word
1. Public Credit Registry (0:36)
2. Katowice Climate Change Talks (11:32)

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3. National Green Tribunal (18:50)
4. Graphene (25:00)
5. Tuberculosis (27:40)
6. Border Guarding Forces (33:31)

Daily News Simplified 16-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbeaqfUvKqk
Ms. Mehaq Rao
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-16-12-18-PDF
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-16-12-18-Word
1. Kaliyattam (0:25)
2. Govt says SC misread note- PAC (05:47)
3. France India focus on energy sector (14:58)
4. India, Nepal Bhutan plan task force to protect wildlife (19:13)
5. Poachers kill rhino in Kaziranga (23:34)
6. Migratory Gulls (26:05)

Daily News Simplified 17-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIk5M8qvZbo
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-17-12-18-PDF
Word link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-17-12-18-Word
1. Direct Benefit Transfer for TB patients - (00:32)
2. Kerala slips in Baby Friendly Status - (10:36)
3. Navy to helm Centre on Maritime Security - (19:56)
4. MSMEs, Traders witness job loss - (26:29)
5. Impact of GST on Indian Agriculture - (31:42)
6. News in Brief - 1. Tiger deaths 2. ISRO’s GSAT-7A 3. The Indian Bustard - (37:22)

Daily News Simplified 18-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY38KzhQtQI
Mr. Ankur Sharma
Word link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-18-12-18-Word
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-18-12-18-PDF
1. Right prescription- Oxytocin (Editorial) (00:36)
2. Critical Review: NOTA (Op-Ed.) (05:35)
3. India-Maldives aid package & concerns (13:52)
4. PM Ujjwala Yojana (19:41)
5. Social Audit (Op-Ed.) (26:12)
News in Brief: (30:16)
6. HC Ban: E-pharmacies
7. Blended Bio-fuel
8. ISRO phones for TN fishermen
9. Hot Air at Katowice (Reference)
10. Transgender Bill
11. SEBI eyes NASDAQ model
12. Israeli spacecraft gets a special rider

Daily News Simplified 19-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSDGBbf-daY
Mr. Basava Uppin

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Word link: http://bit.ly/2EEnc3F
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/2CmnIAV
1. Farm loan Waivers (0:36)
2. Mullaperiyar Dam Issue (16:34)
3. Groundwater Notification - Criticisms (23:08)
4. Draft Child Protection Policy (28:16)
5. Bolstering Paris (Reference)
6. Restoring the Balance (Reference)
News in Brief:
7. Banks Board Bureau
8. Open Market Operations (OMOs)
9. DNA Profiling of Elephants
10. Ganga Sagar Mela
11. IAF shows Mastery in ‘airlift’

Daily News Simplified 20-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUiHLLYc4-A
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-20-12-18-PDF
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-20-12-18-Word
1. Transgenders Bill (0:26)
2. Niti Aayog Vision Document (06:44)
3. A river running Dry (14:48)
4. GSAT- 7A (19:33)
5. President’s rule in J& K(26:42)
News in Brief: (34:56)
7. CommerciAL Surrogacy Bill
8. Befriend thy Neighbour
9. Mandatory jute packaging
10. Pampa River Basin

Daily News Simplified 21-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1259blYSOpw
Mr Basava Uppin
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-21-12-18-PDF
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-21-12-18-Word
1. Recapitalisation of Public Sector Banks (0:35)
2. Consumer Protection Bill 2018 (13:34)
3. Towards a Genetic Panopticon - Lead Article (19:09)
4. Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (24:16)
News in Brief:
5. US Fed raises Interest Rates (27:22)
6. RBI Caps outstanding ECBs (29:38)
7. Colistin Resistant Bacteria (30:45)
8. Indigenous Gun Trials (32:03)
9. CDSO issues safety norms for acne drug (33:09)

Daily News Simplified 22-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9dG7ucqDFM
Mr Ankur Sharma
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DNS Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-22-Dec-18-Word
1. Protecting individual privacy (lead Ed.) (00:37)
2. India-Maldives relations (Op-Ed.) (8:44)
3. Rules Committee (15:55)
4. Data Interception Order (19:46)
5. SDG India Index (28:28) Link to DNS 03/12/18: http://bit.ly/2LurJGp
News in Brief: (31:56)
6. Atang Ane
7. Proposed US exit from Syria (Ed.)
8. India reminds China of Peace

Daily News Simplified 23-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2j9PkDfJUo
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-23-12-18-PDF
1. Restoration of Golconda Fort - (00:36)
2. Brown Fat - (6:47)
3. Dark Matter - (10:28)
4. Waterfowl steal Rhino thunder in Kaziranga - (15:56)
5. Stem Cell shots linked to bacterial infections - (20:56)
6. Magazine - Freezing Coral Larvae - (26:05)

Daily News Simplified 23-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSjOpYbK8wg
Mr Mangal Singh
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-23-12-18-PDF
1. Bogibeel Bridge (0:31)
2. Rat Hole Mining (2:37)
3. Sariska Tiger Reserve (6:04)
4. Sikkim Timberline (7:26)
5. Pokkali Paddy (11:46)
6. How green was the year (Magazine) (16:36)

Daily News Simplified 24-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NwjgJPMYJQ
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-24-12-18-PDF
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-24-12-18-Word
1. Altruistic Surrogacy (Op-Editorial)(00:35)
2. First Indians & genetic drift (Op-Ed.)(08:51)
3. Women literacy & Workforce participation (16:59)
News in Brief: (20:54)
4. Anak Krakatoa (http://bit.ly/2RgRWO1)
5. Kartarpur Corridor
6. Important Sites associated with Gautama Buddha
7. Gandhi statue removed in Ghana (Lead Editorial)
8. Water Woes (Op-Ed.)
9. Dredging
10. Questions for Practice

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw4_yIvP54E
Mr Ankur Sharma
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-25-12-18-PDF
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-25-12-18-Word
1. Surveillance State (Lead Editorial)(00:34)
2. Recruitment for lower Judiciary (Op-Ed.)(16:30)
3. Implementing NOTA (Op-Ed.)(25:37)
4. Draft IT Rules, 2018 & Tackling Fake News (29:53)
News in Brief: (35:36)
5. State Startup Ranking report, 2018
6. Cell towers & Maoism
7. US withdrawal from Syria - Ref.
8. Proposed incentive package

Daily News Simplified 26-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnVHmaCFyhs
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-26-12-18-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-26-12-18-Word
1. On a Shaky Foundation (0:35)
2. Chabahar tidings (Editorial) - (12:15)
3. Govt’s draft rules to regulate Social Media (19:50)
4. UNICEF and WHO Report on Neonatal Deaths (24:25)
News in Brief:
5. Special Mention Account (SMA) - (27:55)
6. Banks under PCA sitting on cash pile - (31:01)
7. Foreign fund outflows highest since 2008- (33:45)
8. Poaching of Leopards - (38:10)

Daily News Simplified 27-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K1BrTvGMmQ
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-27-12-18-PDF
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-27-12-18-Word
1. Anti-Trafficking Bill (00:33)
2. the shape of growth matters(Editorial) (10:28)
3. centre tightens rules for selling online (18:04)
4. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana to have separate High Court (23:39)
5. Being a good neighbour (26:55)
News in Brief:
6. Olive Ridley Nesting site ( 34:10)
7. Panel on RBI’s Economic Capital Framework (35:21)

Daily News Simplified 28-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJHS4M1BAIA
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-NOTES-28-12-2018-PDF
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-NOTES-28-12-18-WORD
1. Amid protest, Triple Talaq Bill passed - (00:31)
2. Horse lovers throng Chetak Festival - (10:25)
3. Fiscal deficit touches 115% of target - (13:29)

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4. (i) Business models, investment channels will have to change (ii) Traders welcome new E-commerce
rules - (25:36)
5. River Dolphins go missing in Sunderbans - (29:42)

Daily News Simplified 29-12-18


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Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-29-12-18-PDF
1.Coastal Regulation Zone rules 2018 (0:26)
2.POCSO Act 2018 Amendment (13:11)
3.RBI - Report on Banking (18:32)
4.Kashmir Stag/Hangul (26:48)
5.Rhino Species (28:56)
6.Gaganyaan Mission (31:30)
7.E-Commerce Policy (Reference) (34:05)

Daily News Simplified 30-12-18


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Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-30-12-18-PDF
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-30-12-18-Word
1. ISRO readies for busy 2019 (00:37)
2. Bio-plastics (14:35)
3. Galapagos Island (22:20)
4. Thanjuvar Dolls( 25:11)
5. Himalayan Griiffon Vulture ( 27:33)

Daily News Simplified 30-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IukFQeJBpoE
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-30-12-18-PDF
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-30-12-18-Word
1. Freedom of Literature Bill 2018 (0:38)
2. Connecting the dots with Artificial Intelligence (9:35)
3. GFRB Building Technology and Clean Development Mechanism (19:00)
4. Hepatitis C Disease (24:50)
5. On the tracks of Earth’s Mantle Helium (28:39)

Daily News Simplified 31-12-18


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nqczszxyoI
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-31-12-2018-PDF
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-31-12-2018-Word
1. Farm Loan Waiver - Pg no - 8 (00:26)
2. Business Models of Credit Rating Agencies Pg no - 14 (11:03)
3. Gross Capital Formation Pg no - 14 (22:19)
4. SC judgement on Sec 377 Pg no - 9 (25:34)
5. Makaravilakku festival Pg no - 5 (31:01)
6. Ujjwala Sanitary Napkin Pg no - 6 (33:04)
7. Renaming of Islands Pg no - 11 (34:57)

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Daily News Simplified 01-01-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqvUNAcY3NY
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-01-01-2019-pdf
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-01-01-19-Word
1. ASI declared 6 monuments of National Importance - (00:34)
2. A Liberal move - Editorial - (10:14)
3. Centre extends AFSPA in Nagaland - (17:58)
4. Sudhir Bhargava is new CIC - (25:25)
5. New Horizon beams back about Ultima Thule - (31:59)
6. Diary of year to come - Lead Article - (35:00)

Daily News Simplified 02-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEFDKU7I6uI
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-02-01-19-Pdf
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-02-01-19-Word
1. Signs of a Turnaround- Editorial (0:34)
2. The bilateral Transformation - Lead Article (13:45)
3. Boost to plain packaging (21:45)
4. Strange bedfellows in West Asia (24:48)
5. Parliamentary Committee irked by States’ insensitivity (28:19)

Daily News Simplified 03-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08YaoeGML7E
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-03-01-2019-Pdf
Word: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-03-01-2019-Word
1. Polity & Governance Assam Heritage Panel (00:33)
Aadhar Amendment Bill, 2018 ( 33:06)
2. International relations Powering South Asia Integration ( 13:08)
3. Security Deterrence or danger ( 22:03)
4. Economy Purchasing Manager’s Index (06:39)
GST shortfall ( 36:27)
5. Environment Exotic species eating western ghats (29:07)
Climate Change Performance Index (35:00)
Murmurations by Starlings ( 39:29)

Daily News Simplified 04-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SK6yhM-EE0
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-04-01-2019-pdf
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-04-0-2019-word
1. Economy
i) Hope with concerns in 2019 (00:34)
a) Investment Ratio (01:36)
b) Banking System (13:35)
c) Employment Growth (20:27)
d) Current Account Deficit (25:27)
e) Agrarian Distress (28:44)
ii) E-com Rules - (http://bit.ly/2TyGHyb) (45:06)

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2. Polity & Governance
i) RERAs without judicial powers (42:31)
ii) Judges retirement age (44:04)
iii) Maggie: SC reviews suit against Nestle (41:39)
iv) Sabarimala Judgement (http://bit.ly/2scII7r) (43:31)
3. International Relations
i) Trump’s remarks rejected by India (39:09)
4. Science & Technology
i) Chang’e 4 (33:54)

Daily News Simplified 05-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAVi12rPvKA
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-05-01-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-05-01-19-Word
1. A Global Slowdown? (Editorial) (0:34) # Economy
a) Conventional Monetary Policies (4:50)
b) Interest Rates and Economic Growth (8:07)
c) Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) (9:26)
d) Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP) (10:57)
e) Helicopter Money (13:25)
2. After the inevitable exit (Lead Article) (20:09) # International Relations
3. Mother of All Bombs (MOAB) (25:34) # International Relations
4. Left out, abused (Editorial) (30:19) # Polity & Governance
5. Silicosis (33:34) # General Science
6. AP unveils second largest rock art trove (35:41) # Cultural History

Daily News Simplified 06-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls7AEAYRG8o
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-06-01-19-Pdf
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-06-01-19-Word
1. Fugitive Economic Offender (00:37) #Economy
2. m-RNA - (9:06) #Science & Technology
3. TEXPROCIL - include cotton yarn in IES - (16:46) #Economy
4. Detecting ultra low levels of mercury - (23:07) #Science & Technology
5. $10 rise in crude impacts inflation - (31:46) #Economy

Daily News Simplified 06-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q77R2L46Dsw
Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-06-01-19-Pdf
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-06-01-19-Word
1. Lakhon Khol Mask Dance- (00:46) #History and Culture
2. Lakshmi Narasimha Temple - (10:49) #History and Culture
3. Phuti Masjid - (18:33) #History and Culture
4. Plant yield boost - (25:15) #Science and Technology
5. Dioscorea Fossil - (32:33) #Environment

Daily News Simplified 07-01-19


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Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-07-01-19-pdf
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-07-01-19-word
1. India’s options with Taliban & Pashtun factor (Ed.) (00:34) (# International Relations)
2. CBI & Rules of political combat (Lead Ed.) (08:01) (# Governance)
3. Lessons for Kashmir from the Kuriles (Ed.) (17:26) (# International Relations)
4. OMOs for easing tight liquidity conditions (25:52)) (# Economy)
5. Panel proposes legal status for SSC (33:49) (# Polity)
6. Central Administrative Tribunal (36:25) (# Polity)
7. India’s Atlantic challenge (Ed.) (39:58) (# Economy) (http://bit.ly/2ABCmmu)

Daily News Simplified 08-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcs-cnoOrow
Mr. Naweed Akhter
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-08-01-19-Word
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-08-01-19-PDF
1. Centre plans 10% quota for poor - (00:32) # Polity and Governance
2. SC notice to EC on VVPAT verifications - (07:48) # Polity and Governance
3. Gas hydrates produced under space conditions - (13:57) # Environment # General Science
4. No decision yet on quantum of interim dividend - (17:40) # Economy
5. Leprosy no longer a ground for divorce - (22:04) # Polity and Governance
6. Animals begins to arrive at Waynad - (25:12) # Environment
7. Jaitapur: A risky and expensive project - (29:06) # International Relations

Daily News Simplified 09-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLsbj5X2x4k
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-09-01-2019-pdf
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-09-01-19-word
1. A renewed attack on Privacy- Lead Article (0:36) # Polity and Governance
2. Quota Questions -Editorial (10:49) # Polity and Governance
3. ST Status to 6 Assam Groups - (15:55) # Polity and Governance
4. Reinstated conditionally-Editorial (21:21) # Polity and Governance
5. DNA Technology Bill - (25:03) # Polity and Governance
6. Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite- (30:32) # Science&Technology
7. LS Passes Citizenship Amendment Bill - (31:46) # Polity and Governance

Daily News Simplified 10-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPD0AKB1eIc
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-10-01-19-pdf
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-10-01-19-word
1. Parliament passes bill to provide 10% quote for poor (0:32) # Polity and Governance
2. Tokenisation (15:32) # Economy
3. The great game : on handling Afghanistan (Article) - (22:39) # International Relations
4. Gold Monetisation Scheme (28:00) # Economy
5. Judicial Evasion(31:16) # Polity and Governance
6. A ‘ Bio-safe’ way to fight mosquitoes — (34:15) # Science & Tech

Daily News Simplified 11-01-19


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Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-11-01-19-pdf
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-11-01-19-word
1. GST Council Meeting (0:35) # Economy
a. Composition Scheme (4:04)
b. GST Council- Composition and Voting Weightage (9:04)
2. Let the grassroots breathe (Article) (13:05) # Polity & Governance
3. A Solution in search of a Problem (Lead Article) - (22:45) # Polity & Governance
4. National Clean Air Programme ( 32:54) # Environment
5. Caution Ahead- Editorial (34:58) # Economy
6. Interlinking of Rivers (38:49) # Environment
7. RBI notifies deferment of capital norms (40:22) # Economy

Daily News Simplified 12-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_K4cDPJ3E
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-12-01-19-Pdf
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-12-01-19-Word
1. Pre-Independence Anti-Caste movement & Sabarimala Movement (Lead Editorial) (# Social Justice)
(00:34)
2. Vote on Account (# Polity)(8:11)
3. PSLV-DL (# Technology)(15:03)
4. AI based Automated Visual Automation (# Technology)(19:13)
5. Heating of Oceans & Argo (# Environment)(21:18)
6. Appointment of Judges (# Polity)(25:36)
7. Renuka Multipurpose dam project (# Geography)(31:44)

Daily News Simplified 13-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plmcBExLDxs
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-01-19-pdf
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-01-19-word
1. Major seaports in India ( # Economy) (00:40)
2. Solar winds at the night side of the moon ( # Since and technology) (10:45)
3. national policy on treatment of rare diseases ( # Social issues) (17:25)
4. E- Choupal initiative (# Economy) (23:36)
5.Trishna wildlife Sanctuary(# Environment) (28:05)

Daily News Simplified 13-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCROEMWC_8U
Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-01-19-pdf
Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-01-19-word
1. Rosary Church: Section 2 ( # History and Culture) (00:38)
2. Guru Gobind Singh ( # History and Culture) (05:48)
3. Jallikattu ( # History and Culture) (11:33)
4. 70% towns along Ganga let out garbage into the river(# Environment) (15:17)
5. Northeast in home to 6 new lizards(# Environment) (22:11)

Daily News Simplified 14-01-19


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Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-14-01-19-pdf
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-14-01-19-word
1. Universal Basic Income- Pros and Cons - Article ( # Economy) (00:35)
2. A way out of Morass- Lead Article ( # International Relations) (10:53)
3. First India-Central Asia Dialogue ( # International Relations) (17:27)
4. Coal Cess and National Clean Energy Fund (# Economy) (23:09)
5. RBI warns of NPA spike in MUDRA Loans (# Economy) (26:41)
6. Mekedatu Project (# Environment) (31:25)
7. International Kite Festival (# CurrentAffairs) (32:22)

Daily News Simplified 15-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyEepnCd-8g
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-15-01-19-pdf
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-15-01-19-word
1. Swadesh Darshan Scheme ( # Economy) (00:32)
2. Sedition ( Editorial) ( # polity & governance ) (08:58)
3. UDAN Scheme ( # Economy) (16:54)
4. Desalination Plants (# Environment) (23:55)
5. Plastic Waste Management ( Editorial) (# Environment ) (28:59)
6. Katowice Agreement ( Article) (# Environment) (33:51)

Daily News Simplified 17-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF8m2G_C0yA
Mr. Naweed Akhter
Word file: http://bit.ly/17-01-19-Word
PDF file: http://bit.ly/17-01-19-PDF
1. Manipur shows the way - (0:31) # Governance and Internal Security
2. 10% reservation in all admissions - (8:51) # Polity & Governance
3. Slump in numeracy skills of class VIII students - (11:45) # Social Issue
4. Learning to compete (16:30) # Economy
5. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (28:23) # International Relations

Daily News Simplified 18-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SEab7464H8
Ms Mehaq Rao
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-18-01-2019-word
Pdf - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-18-01-2019-pdf
1. Learning Little ( Editorial) - (00:32) # Social Issues
2. Collegium controversy ( Editorial) - (05:05) # Polity & Governance
3. Afghan Round table ( Article)- (13:15) # International Relations
4. Rupee Pact with Iran (20:03) # Economy
5. The view from outside ( Article) (24:01) # International Relations
6. Angel Tax (29:21) # Economy
7. Kayotsarga (33:58) # History and culture

Daily News Simplified 19-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPnWTpUjaVQ
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-19-01-19-PDF

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Word Link - http://bit.ly/DNS-19-01-19-WORD
1. Dangers of reciprocity in Judiciary (00:35) (Editorial) # Governance
2. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin (05:31) # Govt. Scheme
3. Great Indian Bustard (12:24) # Environment
4. Nudged intro action on Lokpal (Editorial) (16:34) # Polity
5. Japan satellite to deliver artificial meteors (18:54) # Technology
6. Artificial Intelligence (21:03) # Technology
7. Questions for Practice (24:22)

Daily News Simplified 20-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt2K9gTA-Tk
MS Mehaq Rao
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-20-0-19-pdf
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-20-01-19-word
1. Embodied logic # Science and Technology (00:40)
2. Kaveri Crater # Environment (06:41)
3. Digital Seismic Imaging# Science and Technology(10:58)
4. Bandipur Tiger Reserve #Environment (14:40)
5. Cassini space mission # Space Technology ( 18:22)
6. Forging Industry # Economy (22:02)

Daily News Simplified 20-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iREv3DaDoGc
MS Shubhangi Sharma
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-20-0-19-pdf
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-20-01-19-word
1. Lothal : Harappa # Ancient Indian History (00:18)
2. Yusuf Chak of Kashmir # Medieval Indian History (10:21)
3. Kashi Vishwanath Temple# Art and Culture (14:59)
4. Swine Flu # Science and Technology (20:08)
5. Elephant Corridor # Environment( 24:04)
6. Chetak Festival # Art and Culture (27:04)

Daily News Simplified 21-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Yw5YSlHdU
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-21-01-19-pdf
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-21-01-19-word
1. Steel frame or steel cage? # Governance (Lead Editorial) (00:33)
2. Problems in MGNREGA # Social Issues (Op-Editorial) (06:35)
3. This is not the future we want # Environment (Op-Ed.) (12:45)
4. Irrawaddy Dolphin & Ganga Dolphin # Geography (17:19)
5. Wholesale Price Index # Economy (20:50)
6. World Energy Outlook report, 2018 # Economy (23:22)
7. Aadhar is now a passport for Nepal & Bhutan # Polity (27:51)
8. Triple drug therapy for Elephantiasis # Science (28:50)
9. Questions for Practice (31:32)

Daily News Simplified 22-01-19


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Ms. Mehaq Rao

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PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-22-Jan-19-PDF
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-22-Jan-19-Word
1. Bird Sanctuary at Manipur # Environment (00:31)
2. Justice Delayed is market stymied # Polity and governance (05:32)
3. Why EVMs must go # Polity and Governance (12:37)
4. IMF- World Economic Outlook # Economy (19:13)
5. 19 amphibian species # Environment (21:15)
6. the fault lines of diplomatic recrimination # International relations (23:50)

Daily News Simplified 23-01-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebI5lauBL64
Mr. Naweed Akhter
Word link: http://bit.ly/DNS-23-01-19-Word
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1. India stares at water scarcity - (Lead Article) # Environment (0:32)
2. Buried in the sands -CRZ (Article) # Environment (5:12)
3. ILO urges universal labour guarantee # Economy/Social Issues (13:28)
4. Centre’s debt-to-GDP falls, States’ rises # Economy (18:04)
5. Inflation conundrum (Editorial) # Economy (24:38)
6. India can lead the world on solar gird: PM # Environment # Current Events (31:26)

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Mr. Ankur Sharma
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1. Moving away from 1% (Op-Editorial) (00:35) # Social Issue
2. South Africa's new Indian migrants (Op-Ed.) (11:17) # International Relations
3. Gene editing & CRISPR-CAS 9 (Editorial) (17:06) # Technology
4. Exercise Sea Vigil (22:37) # Security
5. Kyasanur Forest Disease/ Monkey fever (23:31) # Science
6. Northeast autonomous council (26:48) # Governance
7. EVMs & Paper Ballot (Lead Ed.) (30:20) # Polity
8. Questions for Practice (31:24)

Daily News Simplified 25-01-19


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Mr. Naweed Akhter, Ankur Sharma and Basava Uppin
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1. SC refuses to stay amendments to SC/ST Act # Polity (00:31) Mr. Naweed Akhter
2. Season’s worst # Science (08:30) Mr. Naweed Akhter
3. India and South Africa: Strategic Partnership # International Relations (15:45) Mr. Ankur Sharma
4. Rejected Report on Al-Qaeda # Security (28:39) Mr. Ankur Sharma
5. Undermining our Scientific Temper # Social Issues (30:23) Mr. Basava Uppin
6. Nitrogen pollution # Environment (40:05) Mr. Basava Uppin

Daily News Simplified 27-01-19


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Mr. Basava Uppin
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1. The Municipal Model is Broken # Polity & Governance (0:43)
2. Climate Change and International Security (Section 2) # Environment (14:31)
3. Baltic Dry Index (Section 2) # Economy (21:49)
4. CMB-Bharat Project # Science & Technology (26:03)
5. India-Australia Extradition Treaty # International Relations (Section 2) 30:27)

Daily News Simplified 27-01-19


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Ms. Shubhangi Sharma
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1. Harappan Civilization: Rakhigarhi # History and Culture (00:42)
2. Sarus Crane # Environment and Biodiversity (09:01)
3. Antarctic Krill # Environment and Biodiversity (18:58)
4. Charter of Patients’ Rights # Social Issues (25:07)
5. Zearalenone # Science and Technology (30:14)

Daily News Simplified 28-01-19


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Mr. Naweed Akhter
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1. Removing roots of farmers distress (Lead Article) # Economy (0:31)
Prices & Incomes - (2:22)
Low Productivity - (7:13)
Land size - (8:56)
2. KALIA & Rythu Bandhu Scheme # Economy (12:52)
3. Kelkar moots NITI Aayog 2.0 # Economy (21:30)
4. State of Play - states inequality # Economy (24:41)
5. Model for malaria control # Social Issue (28:55)

Daily News Simplified 29-01-19


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Mr. Ankur Sharma
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1. Capable even if disabled (Op-Editorial) # Social Issues (00:34)
2. Learning to probe early (Op-Ed.) # Social Issues (04:35)
3. Investment over subsidies (Op-Ed.) # Economy (11:57)
4. SC on I&BC 2016 (Editorial) # Polity (17:23)
5. Prayers in Kendriya Vidyalayas # Social Issues (21:21)
6. Kondaveedu fort & Satavahanas # History (23:40)
7. No War Zone - Kurds # International Relations (26:55)
8. Social Audit # Governance (31:50)
9. Questions for Practice (33:45)

Daily News Simplified 30-01-19


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Mr. Basava Uppin
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1. Think Universal Basic Capital (Lead Article) # Indian Economy (0:35)
2. Parker Solar Probe # Science & Technology (13:39)
3. National Statistical Commission # Indian Economy (17:56)
4. Sterlite Copper Plant: Environmental Principles # Environment (20:29)
5. Greenpeace Report on National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) # Environment (23:46)
6. Golden Langur Breeding Project # Environment (26:46)
7. Questions for Practice

Daily News Simplified 31-01-19


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Mr. Naweed Akhter
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1. Ministries flouting norms, says EC # Polity and Governance - (00:32)
2. Gold Rush (Editorial) # Economy - (5:29)
3. Renaming of DIPP # Economy (9:54)
4. India-South Africa # International Relations - (14:02)
5. Biopolymer # Science & Technology - (20:21)
6. Stormy weather awaits India (Lead Article) # International Relations - (22:12)
7. Questions for Practice - (28:22)

Daily News Simplified 01-02-19


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Mr. Ankur Sharma
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1. New age security challenges (Lead editorial) # Security (00:34)
2. Periodic Labour Force Survey # Economy (10:44)
3. Index of Core Industries # Economy (15:27)
4. Forward class reservation (Op-Ed.) # Social Justice (20:25)
5. The new Artic normal # Geography (26:58)
6. Provisioning # Economy (28:05)
7. Questions for Practice & Budget Information (31:48)

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Mr Mangal Singh
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1. Indus Dolphin # Environment (00:35)
2. Meenakshi Temple # Art&Culture (03:36)
3. Colombo to Kandy Highway # International Relations (06:29)
4. PM-KISAN analysis # Economy (09:33)
5. Rewards of reform (Lead Article) # Economy (17:44)
6. Practice Questions (PYQ on Budget) (25:45)

Daily News Simplified 02-02-19


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Mr. Basava Uppin

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Facets of the Interim Budget 2019-20
1. Understanding the Concept of Interim Budget (0:38)
2. State of Indian Economy (4:45)
3. Initiatives for Various Sectors
a. Agriculture Sector (6:30)
1. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
2. Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog
3. Rashtriya Gokul Mission
4. Fisheries
5. Agricultural Credit
b. Social Welfare Initiative (12:11)
1. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan
2. Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities
c. Poor and Backward classes (17:34)
1. Saubhagya Yojana
2. Aspirational District Programme
3. Healthcare Initiatives
d. Women Empowerment (22:07)
1. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
2. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)
e. Infrastructure Development (24:27)
4. Taxation Proposals (27:30)
5. Receipts of the Government (32:53)
6. Expenditure Profile of the Government (36:23)
7. Fiscal Indicators (37:28)
8. Vision of the Interim Budget (39:32)

Daily News Simplified 03-02-19


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Mr. Ankur Sharma
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1. Leadership Qualities (Op-Editorial) # Ethics (00:34)
2. INF Treaty # International Relations (11:22)
3. NATO Membership: Macedonia # International Relations (15:16)
4. Stupa hoping in Sarnath # History (20:31)
5. Micro-plastics # Environment (23:55)
6. Questions for Practice (25:01)

Daily News Simplified 03-02-19


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Ms Mehaq Rao
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1. Kole Wetlands # Environment (00:31)
2. Turtles in Assam Temple# Enviroment (04:36)
3. Kerala Price Monitoring and Research Unit # Polity and Goverance (08:08)
4. APMC # Economy (13:11)
5. MGNREGA # Polity and Goverance (21:13)

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6. Practice Questions (30:58)

Daily News Simplified 04-02-19


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Mr. Mangal Singh
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1. Varahi river # Geography (00:24)
2. Endosulphan # Geography (03:36)
3. Araku Valley # Geography (05:28)
4. HIV drug # S&T (06:14)
5. Inkjet Solar Panels # S&T (07:01)
6. General Consent(CBI) # Polity (12:33)
7. Basic Structure # Polity (16:53)
8. Afghanistan at crossroads # IR (23:40)
9. Practice questions (29:05)

Daily News Simplified 05-02-19


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Ms. Mehaq Rao
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1. Transport emissions # Environment (00:33)
2. Elephant Corridors # Environment (07:08)
3. Appeasement budget # Economy (14:24)
4. PM-KISAN and Aadhaar # Polity (19:41)
5. Senkaku Island Issue # International relations (22:43)
6. Rohingya Deportation # Polity (27:12)
7. Cash Transfers # polity (35:09)
8. Export/import of India # Economy (41:01)
9. Angel tax # Economy (42:44)
10. Practice questions (43:25)

Daily News Simplified 06-02-19


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Mr. Naweed Akhter
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1. Cracks in the framework - (Lead Article) # Governance (00:32)
2. Dry Run (Data Point) # Environment (7:30)
3. Government subsidy spend on the rise again # Economy (11:40)
4. Risks to global growth (Article) # Economy (19:31)
5. Siamese Fighting Fish # Environment (25:07)
6. A bullet that tears into forest land # Environment (27:25)
7. Russia to develop new Missile system by 2021 - Reference # International Relations (33:18)
8. Practice Questions (33:58)

Daily News Simplified 07-02-19


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Mr. Basava Uppin
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1. Leap in Healthcare Spending # Indian Economy (0:36)
2. A worrying Approach # Polity & Governance (09:43)
3. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan Scheme Analysis # Indian Economy (18:04)
4. Tough Talking- Editorial # International Relations (23:17)
5. Unregulated deposit schemes to be banned # Polity & Governance (26:07)
6. Resort Project at Andamans # Environment (29:15)
7. GSAT-31 # Science & Technology (30:55)
8. Practice questions (31:45)

Daily News Simplified 08-02-19


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Mr. Ankur Sharma
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1. Governing India’s many spaces (Lead Editorial) # Economy (00:34)
2. Road to peace in Afghan through Iran (Op-Editorial) # International Relations (05:54)
3. International IP Index # Technology (12:26)
4. INF treaty & China (Op-Editorial) # International Relations (20:50)
5. Panel on regional transport planes # Economy (25:38)
6. Guru Padmasambhava # History (26:52)
7. More contours to the policy # Economy (28:50)
8. Repo rate # Economy (32:10)
9. Questions for Practice (36:52)

Daily News Simplified 09-02-19


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Mr. Mangal Singh
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1. Unemployment Survey # Economy (00:28)
2. Lion Conservation Plan # Environment (10:05)
3. Tuberculosis Drug # Science & Technology (15:52)
4. Generalised System of Preference # IR (17:45)
5. Sela Pass # Geography (22:19)
6. Question for Practice (25:03)

Daily News Simplified 10-02-19


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Mr. Naweed Akhter
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1. Scientists perform in body gene editing (section 2) # Science and Technology - (00:32)
2. Dwindling Anglo-Indian face identity crisis # Polity and Governance - (7:34)
3. Kathakali (section 2) # History and Culture - (10:51)
4. Rise in leprosy cases # Social Issue - (15:03)
5. Push for rehab schemes for Nagas # Internal Security - (21:47)
6. Practice Questions - (24:19)

Daily News Simplified 10-02-19


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Mr. Basava Uppin
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1. Earthquake Swarms # Geography (0:46)
2. Divine Bliss- Jainism # Art and Culture (12:22)
3. Ancient Lost Civilization of Mizoram (Section 2) # Art and Culture (18:05)
4. Deep Sea Treasures # Science & Technology (20:41)
5. Bedin 1 # Science & Technology (22:32)
6. Practice questions (23:50)

Daily News Simplified 11-02-19


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Mr. Mangal Singh
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1. MGNREGA vs PM-KISAN # Economy (0:25)
2. India-US trade relations # IR (10:30)
3. Forest Rights act 2006 # Polity (15:30)
4. Special Economic Zones # Economy (29:05)
5. Aryans # History (38:22)
6. Xinxiang # IR (42:30)
7. Practice questions (44:37)

Daily News Simplified 12-02-19


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Mr. Naweed Akhter
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1. Rajasthan to scrap education criteria # Polity & Governance - (00:32)
2. SDG India Index # Social Issues - (5:43)
3. Buy-back of shares # Economy - (14:26)
4. Integrity Pact # Governance # Ethics - (18:57)
5. PCSK-9 Gene # Science & Technology - (25:59)
6. Bill to counter exploitation by NRI spouses # Polity & Governance - (29:44)
7. Practice Questions - (32:22)

Daily News Simplified 13-02-19


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Mr. Basava Uppin
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1. The Shape of Jobs crisis- Lead Article # Indian Economy (0:35)
2. Joint Parliamentary Committee # Indian Polity (15:33)
3. A Case for Commons sense # Environment and Biodiversity (20:36)
4. Minority Status for Aligarh Muslim University # Indian Polity (26:00)
5. CPI and IIP Data # Indian Economy (28:24)
6. Contribution of Sarojini Naidu- Birth Anniversary # Indian History (32:51)
7. Practice questions # 34:18

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Ms. Mehaq Rao
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1. Transfat- Kerala # Science & Teach (00:31)
2. Lapsing of Bills # Indian Polity (13:03)
3. India-Saudi relationship # International relations (19:31)
4. Saubhgaya Scheme # Indian Polity (25:49)
5. 106 coastal sites piled for conservation # Environment (30:27)
6. Subarnrekha Port # Economy (34:23)
7. Green New deal # International Relations (36:08)
8. National Board for wildlife protection # Environment (37:32)
9. PM-Kisan Challenge # Polity & Governance ( 37:58)
10. Questions for Practice (38:26)

Daily News Simplified 15-02-19


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Mr. Ankur Sharma
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1. Circulation of Cash post-demonetisation # Economy (00:34)
2a. Global Happiness Index # Social Issues (08:27)
2b. Social Hostilities Index # Governance (10:40)
2c. Global Peace Index # International Relations (11:38)
3. Waste to Energy Plants # Environment (12:41)
4. Employment crisis for real? (Op-Editorial) # Economy (24:35)
5. National Minimum Wage # Economy (31:23)
6. Questions for Practice (36:48)

Daily News Simplified 16-02-19


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Mr. Naweed Akhter
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1. Why only bureaucrats on Information Panel: asks SC # Polity & Governance - (00:32)
2. Gaganyaan # Science and Technology - (6:09)
3. NDM1 gene found in Arctic # Science and Technology - (11:23)
4. India revokes Pakistan’s MFN status # Economy - (18:02)
5. SC asks states to sensitise police on section 66A # Polity & Governance (21:10)
6. Merchandise Trade Deficit widens in jan # Economy - (24:18)
7. Practice Questions - (26:32)
8. Reference - Heralding a new dawn # International Relation - (28:45)

Daily News Simplified 17-02-19


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Mr. Mangal Singh
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1. Secularism # Polity (00:25)
2. WTO reform # IR (10:47)
3. Chabahar port # IR (16:11) Reference - Chabahar Port - http://bit.ly/2DKUM57
4. Mari culture # Economy (19:01)

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5. Multi spectral Imaging # Science (25:09)
6. Thane creek (reference) # Environment (29:05)
7. Questions for Practice (29:44)

Daily News Simplified 17-02-19


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Ms Mehaq Rao
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1. National Security Act (section 1) # Polity and Goverance - (00:38)
2. Chisti Order- Sufi silsilas ( section 1) # History - (14:49)
3. Pangolins (section 1) # Environment - (22:42)
4. Space Harpoons- RemoveDEBRIS Mission ( section 2) # Science and Technology - (25:36)
5. Artificial leaves # Science and Technology (section1 ) - (29:51)
6. Hornbill (Section 1) # Environemnt (32:38)
7. Questions - (33:12)

Daily News Simplified 18-02-19


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Mr. Naweed Akhter
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1. Delhi Dilemma (Editorial) # Polity & Governance - (00:31)
2. How the 16th Lok Sabha fared # Polity & Governance - (12:14)
3. Finance Commission sticks to 2011 census # Polity & Governance - (24:48)
4. Blackbuck # Environment - (30:36)
5. Policies biased against rain fed agriculture # Economy - (32:01)
6. Scientists discovers mountain under earth’s crust # Science & Technology - (36:59)
http://www.ncert.nic.in/ncerts/l/kegy...
7. Practice Question - (38:21)

Daily News Simplified 19-02-19


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Ms Mehaq Rao
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1. Social Auditing Bill in Rajasthan # Polity & Governance - (00:32)
2. Sanitation workers and Manual Scavenging ( Article) # social issues - (12:03)
3. Kulbushan Jadav and ICJ #International relations - (21:12)
4. Revised guidelines for chartering # Economy - (29:38)
5. Interim surplus # Economy - (32:44)
6. Synthetic plastics # Environment - (36:58)
7. Practice Question - (38:12)

Daily News Simplified 20-02-19


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Mr Mangal Singh
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1. Holistic development of Island territories # Geography (00:23)
2. Corruption and Democracy # Polity (05:00)

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3. Rooftop Solar Power program # Economy (06:16)
4. Saudi - India - Pakistan # IR (14:16)
5. National Electronics Policy # Economy (19:35)
6. Angel tax # Economy (25:15)
7. Pollutants from Coal Power plants # Environment (28:57)
8. Practice Questions (33:46)

Daily News Simplified 21-02-19


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Ms Mehaq Rao
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1. Recapitalisation of PSB # Economy (00:32)
2. Inflation eased # Economy (11:43)
3. Private sector in public health # social Issues (18:00)
4. Sea Squirts # I Environment (22:54)
5. MFN status more symbolic # international relations (24:50)
6. Ghosts Nets # Environment (29:17)
7. Practice Questions (32:21)

Daily News Simplified 22-02-19


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Mr. Ankur Sharma
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1. Picking sides in West Asia (Op-Editorial) # International Relations (00:35)
2. Half measure: Angel tax (Editorial) # Economy (12:26)
3. Assam Rifles # Security (17:54)
4. BharatNet # Economy (24:01)
5. Digital Communications Commission # Governance (27:20)
6. Forest dwellers face eviction # Social Issues (29:02)
7. Questions for Practice (30:11)

Daily News Simplified 23-02-19


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Ms Mehaq Rao
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1. Without land or recourse (Article ) # Social Issues (00:31)
2. Financial Action Task Force # International relations (10:03)
3. Stopping flow of water to Pak # Geography (17:24)
4. Bio-ATF # Science and Technology (21:43)
5. Public Domain Name Server for India # Science and Technology (25:57)
6. Olympic Issue #International relation (29:23)
7. Gita Govind # History and culture (34:24)
8. Wallace Giant Bee # Environment (35:22)
9. Questions for Practice (36:51)

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Mr Mangal Singh

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1. Dongaria Kondh tribe # polity (00:43)
2. Thothapally - Olive Ridley turtle # Environment(05:40)
3. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) # IR (08:54)
4. Limi Valley # IR (13:08)
5. Rythu Bandhu - reference - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu2bT... (15:53)
6. Indus Water treaty - reference - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GsML...
7. Combating Forest Fire - reference - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt0s0...
8. Practice Questions (17:30)

Daily News Simplified 25-02-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L27OOXbjXgc
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-25-02-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-25-02-19-Word
1. EVM are Information under RTI # polity (00:32)
2. Aerial Surveillance for AIF- high spectral Imaging # Science and Technology (07:58)
3. PRC issue in Arunachal Pradesh # Polity & Governance (13:25)
4. Nitrogen pollution ude to sewage # Environment (16:41)
5. DNA Analysis for wildlife crimes # Environment ( 22:21)
6.Banning of unregulated depositors scheme ordinance 2019 # Polity ( 26:53)
7. FATF Grey list & Pak - reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GsML...
8. Practice Questions (33:22)

Daily News Simplified 26-02-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXo4sGCu9pk
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-26-02-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-26-02-19-Word
1. Diplomatic isolation of Pakistan - lead Ed. # International Relations (00:33)
2. E-Pharmacies - Adv. & problems (Op-Ed.) # Social Issues (08:15)
3. Chagos archipelago dispute # International Relations (18:34)
4. National War memorial # History (24:51)
5. External benchmark rate # Economy (28:21)
6. El - Nino (Reference) # Geography (33:13)
7. Questions for Practice (34:35)

Daily News Simplified 27-02-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN9-uYE6QaM
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-27-02-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-27-02-19-Word
1. Declaring 5 year IT-Return a must # Polity and Governance - (00:32)
2. WHO, Ministry conclave on Yoga # Social Issue - (6:07)
3. Start farming in a warm world # Economy - (13:00)
4. Fiscal Deficit at 121.5% in January, 2019 # Economy - (23:06)
5. The Gig economy is expanding # Economy - (28:16)
6. Reference - New order in West Asia # International Relations - (32:02) -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R64Xu...
7. Practice Questions - (32:42)

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Daily News Simplified 28-02-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7iID03_8us
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-28-02-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-28-02-19-Word
1. Regulating the Drug Prices # Indian Economy (0:36)
2. Centre brings 42 non-scheduled cancer drugs under Price Control # Indian Economy (12:15)
3. Geneva Conventions # International Relations (15:54)
4. A Patchwork approach to GST Problems # Indian Economy (21:38)
5. Manufacturing Unanimity # Polity & Governance (27:43)
6. Reference - Calming Arunachal (Editorial) # Polity & Governance (30:45)
7. Questions for Practice (31:17)

Daily News Simplified 01-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbp2Qn4f1n0
Ms Mehaq Rao
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-01-03-19-Word
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-01-03-2019-PDF
1. FAME India Scheme # Indian Economy (00:32)
2. Software Products Policy # Indian Economy (07:58)
3. J&K reservation Ordinance # Polity (13:57)
4. Aadhaar Ordinance # Polity (20:36)
5. New Delhi declaration on Rhino Conservation # Environment (23:06)
6. National Mineral Policy, 2019 # Polity & Governance (29:07)
7. Development Scheme for Knitting sector # Economy (36:45)
8. Questions for Practice (38:39)

Daily News Simplified 02-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhyT0fttAqc
Mr. Basava Uppin
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-02-03-2019-Word
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-02-03-19-PDF
1. Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) # Indian Economy (0:37)
2. National Investment Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) # Indian Economy (08:31)
3. Forest Fires # Environment and Biodiversity (16:04)
4. Changing the Stripes of Conservation # Environment and Biodiversity (22:04)
5. Red Sanders # Environment and Biodiversity (26:50)
6. Ensure a minimum income for all (Reference) # Indian Economy (30:18)
7. Practice questions (31:10)

Daily News Simplified 03-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH9vZC4hVLs
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-03-03-19-pdf
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-03-03-19-word
1. Forest Rights Act # Social issues (00:24)
2. Sugar Industry # Economy (07:39)
3. UNSC blacklist # IR (14:12)
4. RCEP # IR (18:28)
5. Theyyam Art # History & Culture (22:49)

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6. Practice questions (25:31)

Daily News Simplified 04-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaXvB7AgB7w
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-04-03-19-PDF
Word: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-04-03-19-Word
1. Palghar to get another seismometer # Geography (00:31)
2. Pench Tiger Reserve # Geography (06:05)
3. Motupalli Port - AP # History & Culture (09:14)
4. India’s electric vehicle success story # Science & Technology (15:21)
5. Deepening slowdown (Editorial) # Economy (21:27)
6. Practice questions (26:38)

Daily News Simplified 05-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Op5cEov1U
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-05-03-19-pdf
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-05-03-19-word
1. Simultaneous Elections in India # Polity (00:31)
2. Shanghai cooperation Organisation # International relations (12:37)
3. Work from Home scheme # Polity (17:31)
4. SWIFT Network # Economy (22:53)
5. Crop Residue Burning leading cause of respiratory illness # environment (26:09)
6. National common Mobility Card # Economy (30:36)
7. New Delhi Declaration on Rhino conservation (reference) (33:08)
8. Practice questions (33:32)

Daily News Simplified 06-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMOteRBFmLw
Mr Mangal Singh
PDF : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-06-03-19-PDF
Word : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-06-03-19-Word
1. Generalised system of preference # Economy (00:24)
2. Organisation of Islamic cooperation # IR (11:10)
3. Smart Fencing # Security (16:40)
4. Polluted cities # Environment (20:57)
5. Green crackers # Environment (25:15)
6. Pradhan Mantri Shram Mandhan Yojana Reference (28:46)
7. Practice questions (29:09)

Daily News Simplified 07-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wyUEtOdPdI
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-07-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-07-03-19-Word
1. A Strange Paradox for Indian Women # Social Issues (0:35)
2. Integrated Child Development Scheme # Social Issues (13:31)
3. Tackling Child Malnutrition # Social Issues (16:50)
4. Earth Museum # Current Affairs (21:46)
5. Import of Plastic Wastes # Environment & Biodiversity (24:06)

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6. Fight for Forests # Environment & Biodiversity (26:12)
7. Ref: Model Code of Conduct # Polity & Governance (29:20)
8. Practice questions (30:02)

Daily News Simplified 08-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gClOGzVWBNg
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-08-03-2019-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-08-03-19-Word
1. Imperial Cabinet & an acquiescent court (Lead Article) # Polity & Governance - (0:33)
2. Breathing Clean (Editorial) # Environment - (16:45)
3. Probing the press (Editorial) # Polity & Governance # Modern History - (22:34)
4. Cabinet empowers AM on disinvestment # Economy - (29:22)
5. Large Hydro project gets renewable energy status # Economy - (32:42)
6. Scheme to rebate embedded taxes on garment sector # Economy - (35:47)
7. Practice questions (38:10)

Daily News Simplified 09-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id8j8UBcuDc
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-09-03-2019-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-09-03-2019-Word
1. Forest Surveys # Environment (00:25)
2. CII employment Survey # Economy (08:13)
3. White label ATMs # Economy (12:02)
4. Italy joins BRI # IR (16:48) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjIgs...
5. UIDAI levies fee for verification # Polity (22:26)
6. External Benchmarking (Reference) # Economy (24:49) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXo4s...
7. Practice questions (25:37)

Daily News Simplified 10-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YAekxiMwsw
Ms. Mehaq Rao
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-10-03-19-pdf
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-10-03-19-word
1. Ribbon worms - Regeneration # Environment #Science (00:31)
2. Purple Frog # Environment (05:49)
3. Sundarbans # Environment (09:39)
4. Graphene # Science (14:53)
5. Andaman Tourism Project # Environment (19:28)
6. Bees ain’t safe # Environment (21:37)
7. Belle II Experiment #Science and Tech (24:32)
8. GSP Reference - Reference( 26:53)
9. Official Secrets Act - Reference (27:13)
10. Practice questions (27:32)

Daily News Simplified 11-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAm1isnUOF0
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-11-03-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-11-03-19-WORD

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1. Lok Sabha Polls from April 11 to May 19 - Press Conference of ECI #Polity & Governance - (00:32)
2. Swachh Survekshan 2019 - Data Point #Social Issue - (19:37)
3. India asks Saudi to invest in Strategic Oil Storage #Economy - (23:29)
4. Karnataka set to tap the clouds yet again #Environment - (27:23)
5. Wind loses energy - policy constraints #Economy - (30:58)
6. Practice questions (36:40)

Daily News Simplified 12-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIX7wGFAjXs
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-12-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-12-03-19-Word
1. WHO strategy plan for Influenza #Social Issues - (00:31)
2. Avoiding a slowdown (Editorial) #Economy - (06:30)
3. Wood Snake- Meghamalai National Park #Economy - (11:27)
4. Solar power- Policy constraints #Economy - (14:10)
5. UN Environment Assembly #Environment - (18:34)
6. Sirsi Supari- GI tag #Science (21:11)
7. Laurus's HIV Drug (Reference) (23:51)
8. Practice questions (24:10)

Daily News Simplified 13-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHtJR9MXW60
Mr Mangal Singh
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-03-19-Word
1. Thakurani Jatra #History & Culture (00:26)
2. Baghouz #IR (4:30)
3. Frog named after a tribe #Environment (7:55)
4. Pinaka - guided rocket system #Security (8:55)
5. Official secrets act #Polity (10:09)
6. FPTP vs Proportional system #Polity (17:26)
7. Practice questions(29:42)

Daily News Simplified 14-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkuI7ftJQ28
Mr Basava Uppin
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-14-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-14-03-19-Word
1. Police Reforms and Appointment of DGP #Polity & Governance (0:35)
2. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) #Indian Economy (09:57)
3. United Nations Transport Internationaux Routiers Convention #International Relations (15:36)
4. Foreign Exchange Buy/Sell Swap #Indian Economy (19:27)
5. India’s grand strategy on Pakistan #International Relations (22:09)
6. A Model Policy for Women in Police #Polity & Governance (26:31)
7. West Nile Fever #Science (31:09)
8. Global Environment Outlook Report #Environment & Biodiversity (33:26)
9. Practice Questions (36:45)

Daily News Simplified 15-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU-r1Jk29pM

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Mr Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-15-03-2019
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-15-03-2019-Word
1. On Death penalty (Lead Editorial) # Polity (00:34)
2. UNSC Sanctions Committee (Editorial) # International Relations (07:01)
3. ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee # International Relations (13:24)
4. Climate Vulnerability Index # Environment (16:23)
5. RTI trumps Official Secrets Act: SC # Ethics (21:05)
6. Questions for Practice (23:49)

Daily News Simplified 16-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIloxr60HKU
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-16-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-16-03-19-Word
1. Petition for Cross Verification of 50% of VVPAT #Polity&Governance - (0:33)
2. France impose sanctions on Masood Azhar #InternationalRelations - (7:13)
3. Export rise 2.44%; Trade Deficit Narrows #Economy - (10:00)
4. Global Environment Outlook - Editorial #Environment - (15:59)
5. Ivermectin Drug - Treat Malaria #Science&Technology - (22:35)
6. Questions for Practice - (25:56)

Daily News Simplified 17-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7oZiooXKd0
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF LINK: http://bit.ly/DNS-NOTES-17-03-2019-PDF
WORD LINK: http://bit.ly/DNS-NOTES-17-03-2019-WORD
1. Vanquita Porpoise # Environment (00:44)
2. Chitosan Gel # Science & Tech (06:25)
3. UNEA, INI, Future Earth # Environment (10:03)
4. NGT & CPCB # Environment (15:43)
5. Dongaria Kondh (magazine) - Reference # Environment (22:01)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUZDs...
6. Italy Joins BRI (magazine) - Reference # Environment (22:28)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id8j8...
7. Rani ki Waw (Magazine) - Reference # Environment (23:09)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDmlL...
8. Practice Questions (23:54)

Daily News Simplified 18-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwj1Zj5BddA
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-18-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-18-03-19-Word
1. Sovereign Gold Bonds #Indian Economy (0:35)
2. Hydro-power Policy #Indian Economy (10:57)
3. Scorpene Submarine Project #Science&Technology (18:30)
4. Nehru, China and UNSC #InternationalRelations (21:12)
5. Twin pit Toilets #SocialIssues (26:36)
6. Green Power Cables #Environment&Biodiversity (30:40)
7. Urban Questions #Polity&Governance (32:58) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbdGS...

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8. Problems in Jobs, not wages #IndianEconomy (37:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B0Iz...
9. Practice Questions (37:56)

Daily News Simplified 19-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNZP8G1y4RA
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-19-03-19-pdf
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-19-03-19-Word
1. Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (Op-Editorial) # Disaster Management (00:33)
2. India - Maldives relations #International Relations (07:57)
3. Hayabusa2 & Ryugu # Technology (16:12)
4. Anti-Profiteering Body # Polity (22:28)
5. A fatal margin of error (op-Editorial) # Governance (27:18)
6. Framing Schemes- Executive and/or Judiciary Decision? # Governance (27:50)
7. Questions for Practice (29:42)

Daily News Simplified 20-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBxFapqyh-w
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-20-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-20-03-19-Word
1. World press freedom index #Polity (00:26)
2. World Intellectual property Organisation #Economy (03:49)
3. Delimitation #Polity (06:36)
4. Competitive Federalism #Polity (20:01)
5. Forest Rights Act / Gram Sabha #Social (33:39)
6. Questions for Practice (37:16)

Daily News Simplified 22-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb59ST4BJkA
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-22-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-22-03-19-Word
1. Political Parties under RTI Act #Polity & Governance (0:45)
2. Autonomy of Election Commission #Polity & Governance (11:16)
3. Doul Utsav #Art and Culture (18:57)
4. Indelible Ink #Polity & Governance (23:23)
5. Golan Heights #International Relations (26:20)
6. Yanadis Tribes #Social Issues (28:41)
7. Nawroz Festival #Art and Culture (30:29)
8. Useful Tool- Editorial #Indian Economy (33:14)
9. World Happiness Report #International Relations (35:50)
10. Questions for Practice (37:40)

Daily News Simplified 23-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET5KJTtqK8k
Mr. Ankur Sharma
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-23-03-19-Word
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-23-03-19-PDF
1. Afghan Great Game (Lead Editorial) #InternationalRelations (00:34)
2. Revolutionary Bhagat Singh (Op-Ed.) #History (11:08)

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3. Law to empower forest staff #Environment (13:20)
4. Venezuela Sanctions: Impact on India #InternationalRelations (15:07)
5. Missing Muddle #Economy (22:37)
6. Questions for Practice (29:39)
7. DNS References (32:17)

Daily News Simplified 24-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZDhpKYQo0
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-24-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-24-03-19-Word
1. Kudambashree #social issues - (00:32)
2. Lokpal #polity and Goverance - (06:30)
3. Bumphead Parrotfish #Environment - (18:01)
4. RBI defers implementain of Ind AS #Economy - (19:47)
5. Urban areas are cooler than non urban areas during heat waves #Geography - (23:04)
6. BRI ( reference) #IR (26:48)
7. Questions - (27:09)

Daily News Simplified 25-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhxfX5Z6z7k
Mr Ankur Sharma
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-25-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-25-03-19-Word
1. Indo-US: GSP (Op-Editorial) #InternationalRelations (00:33)
2. Fake News (Op-Editorial) #Security (04:09)
3. Virtual SIM #Technology (12:26)
4. Olive Ridley Turtles (Q4P) #Environment (17:49)
5. Rising Sea Level & INCAA #Environment (19:48)
6. Fiscal Federalism (Lead Editorial) #Governance (22:24)
7. Questions for Practice (Q4P) (34:43)

Daily News Simplified 26-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5N7XoSRwxg
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-26-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-26-03-19-Word
1. SC on VVPAT count #Polity&Governance - (0:33)
2. PSLV-C45 - ISRO #Science&technology - (04:23)
3. Chandrayaan-2 will carry NASA's laser instruments - #Science&technology - (09:44)
4. Man made forest - Mango Meadows #Environment - (13:59)
5. Yield Curve #Economy - (16:07)
6. Regulation of Sandbox Policy #Economy - (21:23)
7. Balancing work #SocialIssue (28:54)
8. Practice Questions - (34:08)

Daily News Simplified 27-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgihEW5M0E
Ms. Mehaq Rao
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-27-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-27-03-19-Word

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1. Let Finance Commission function the way it does now #Polity (00:32)
2. Govt. notifies new rules for clinical trials #Polity (10:33)
3. India’s carbon dioxide emissions up by 5% #Environment (16:24)
4. BJD symbol promotes fold dance form #Art&Culture (20:41)
5. A bridge to nowhere (Article) #Polity (25:37)
6. Network of lakes found beneath Antarctica #Environment (32:15)
7.Simultaneous election (Reference) (34:12)
8.RBI receives aggressive bids (Reference) (34:30)
9.Practice Questions (34:45)

Daily News Simplified 28-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVjrdcHTDYw
Mr Mangal Singh
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-28-03-19-Word
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-28-03-19-PDF
1. Mission Shakti - ASAT #Science (0:26)
A. India and the Arms race in outer Space
B. Space debris
C. Kessler's Syndrome
2. Electoral Bonds #Polity (21:27)
3. Base Erosion & Profit Shifting #Economy (29:44)
4. NOTA #Polity (42:09)
5. Article 370 #Polity (46:33)
6. Practice Questions (49:07)

Daily News Simplified 29-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES_p6aIJgm8
Mr Basava Uppin
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-29-03-2019-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-29-03-2019-Word
1. External Benchmarking of Interest Rate #Indian Economy (0:35)
• Concept of MCLR
• Problems with MCLR
• External Benchmarking of Loans
• Concerns with External Benchmarking of Loans
2. Urban Employment Guarantee #Polity & Governance (23:42)
3. Govt defends the move on Finance Act #Polity & Governance (32:06)
4. Ecotourism Centres in Wayanad #Environment & Biodiversity (37:39)
5. Israel unveils world's longest salt cave #Current Affairs (39:46)
6. Power in Space (Editorial) - Reference #Science & Technology (41:01)
7. Practice Questions (41:37)

Daily News Simplified 30-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW_-v0XsOZs
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-30-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-30-03-19-Word
1. Debris from anti-satellite to fall in 45 days #Science&Technology - (0:32)
2. UBI v NYAY - Pathways to an income guarantee - Article #Economy - (7:39)
3. A reality check - UNSC listing of Azhar Masood - Editorial - #InternationalRelations - (12:28)
4. International Energy Agency Report - Editorial #Environment - (18:27)

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5. Five varieties of coffee awarded GI tag #Science&Technology - (27:33)
6. Practice Questions - (32:37)

Daily News Simplified 31-03-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTkN1uGHOdU
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-31-03-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-31-03-19-Word
1. Ramappa temple for World Heritage site #History (00:34)
2. PSLV C45 / EMISAT Mission (Q4P) #Technology (03:59)
3. VVPAT (Q4P) #Governance (06:18)
4. Climate change may hit India's wind power #Environment (11:06)
5. Toluene & Benzoic Acid #Science (14:15)
6. Third Pillar- Community & Globalisation #Society (15:39)
7. Issues with Anti-Cancer drug caps #SocialIssues (19:19)
8. Questions for Practice (22:13)

Daily News Simplified 01-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLDOeq8hX50
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-01-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-01-04-19-Word
1. Tough times for NBFCs #Indian Economy (0:36)
Problems with NBFCs
Differences between Banks and NBFCs
Categories of NBFCs and their regulators
2. Rural Job Crunch #Indian Economy (11:48)
Official Labour Force Survey Reports
Economic Terms related to Labour Force Surveys
3. Election Manifesto #Polity & Governance (21:17)
4. The arrogance of the ignorant #Environment & Biodiversity (23:54)
5. Seeking the next Frontier- Lead Article #Science & Technology (30:34)
6. Kartarpur Focus - Editorial #International Relations (34:15)
7. Questions for Practice (37:15)

Daily News Simplified 02-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhUb5klIZ54
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF LINK: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-02-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-NOTES-02-04-19-WORD
1. SC questions Assam govt. over untraced foreign immigrants #Polity&Governance - (00:31)
2. Taking cue from Japan - 2nd Belt & Road Forum, 2019 #InternationalRelations - (10:29)
3. Electronic Voting Machines #Polity&Governance - (14:19)
4. Deepening Insecurity - Article #InternationalRelations - (21:33)
5. Dhimsa Dance #History&Culture - (27:17)
6. Editorial - EC on PM's national address over AT-SAT #Polity&Governance - (29:05)
7. Questions for Practice - (32:57)

Daily News Simplified 03-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6uZfR84Ats
Ms Mehaq Rao

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PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-03-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-03-04-19-Word
1. RBI circular for defaulting loans quashed #Polity&Governance - (00:32)
2. Poll time censorship #Polity&Governance- (09:33)
3. Many different faces of terrorism #Internal Security - (17:05)
4. Enzyme to curb bacterial growth #Science &Technology - (24:08)
5. 24*7 power for all # Economy (27:04)
6. Special category status # Polity&Governance - (30:43)
7. EU drags India to WTO #international relations - (36:28)
8. Questions for Practice - (37:16)
9. Prelims Compass Economy - Overview ( 39:43)

Daily News Simplified 04-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fpzdsxNai4
Mr Mangal Singh
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-04-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-04-04-19-Word
1. Judiciary under RTI #Polity (0:25)
2. Unconditional cash transfer Schemes #Economy (16:08)
3. Lokpal - Jurisdictional issues #Polity (25:10)
4. State of Global air report 2019 #Environment (30:25)
5. Feb 12 circular of RBI - Reference (31:55)
6. External Benchmarking - Reference (32:35)
7. Practice Questions (33:09)
8. Prelims Compass Environment - Overview (36:05)

Daily News Simplified 05-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjQX4u9a-bY
Mr Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-05-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-05-04-19-Word
1. Making democracy meaningful (Lead Ed.) #Essay (00:34)
2. Global Outer Space Regulatory Regime (Ed.) #InternationalRelations (09:13)
3. Repo Rate & Output Gap #Economy (16:21)
4. Indian Vulture & Komodo Dragon (Q4P) #Environment (24:50)
5. Mishing Community #Culture (27:02)
6. Questions for Practice (30:08)

Daily News Simplified 06-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH93sYjaNSc
Mr Basava Uppin
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-06-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-06-04-19-Word
1. Privacy in the age of sunshine laws #Polity & Governance (0:35)
2. Process of Appointment of World Bank President and World bank Group #International Relations
(11:35)
3. International Criminal Court (ICC) #International Relations (17:04)
4. Konyak Tribes #Art & Culture (25:35)
5. New Spider Species in Kerala #Environment & Biodiversity (27:36)
6. Rise in Obesity and Vision related Issues #Social Issues (29:27) 7. Practice Questions (30:40)

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Daily News Simplified 07-04-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNMvQ39yNsY
Mr Mangal Singh
DNS Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-07-04-19-PDF
DNS PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-07-04-19
1. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre- 100 years (Magazine) #History (00:25)
2. Neela kurinji #Environment (08:23)
3. Electoral Bonds #Polity (11:24)
4. Bacteria that degrades Aromatic pollutants #Environment (19:00)
5. Practice Questions (21:38)

Daily News Simplified 08-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAKF42m5aio
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-08-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-08-04-19-Word
1. Bicameral Legislature #Polity (00:32)
2. Capital high #Economy (09:16)
3. The heat is On # Environment (13:37)
4. Fungus Immune to drugs #Science and Technology (18:25)
5. Discolouration of Periyar River - eutrophication #Environment (22:13)
6. About 85% of Ujjwala beneficiaries still use earthen stoves #Social Issues (26:15)
7. Cleaning up the mess #Environment (30:51)
8. Practice Questions (34:56)

Daily News Simplified 09-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vml4fEAMk3A
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-09-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-09-04-19-Word
1. Judicial Accountability & Independence (Lead Article) #Polity&Governance - (00:32)
2. Maldivian Wave (Editorial) #InternalRelations - (15:21)
3. Playing politics (Article) #InternalRelations - (21:35)
4. National Institutional Ranking Framework - NIRF #SocialIssues - (27:28)
5. Army gets Dhanush Artillery guns #Science&Technology - (32:10)
6. Practice Questions - 33:22

Daily News Simplified 10-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWDU42U1yGU
Ms. Mehaq Rao
PDF Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-10-04-19-PDF
Word Link : http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-10-04-19-Word
1. Flow of Money (Data Point) # Economy- (00:31)
2. MF forecast dip in global growth in 2019) #Economy- (07:02)
3. India's Gold reserve increase marginally in February : WGC #Economy - (11:12)
4. Is there a problem with 10% quota (Article) # Polity& governance - (14:54)
5. The right to criticise (Article) #Polity& governance - (22:02)
6. Technology and the Unhurried mind - EVM & VVPAT #Polity& governance (29:28)
7. Practice Questions - (29:56)

Daily News Simplified 11-04-19

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cUMiiSqMc0
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-11-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-11-04-19-Word
1. Image of the Blackhole #Science&Technology (0:35)
2. Office of Governor- Gubernatorial Impropriety #Polity&Governance (15:48)
3. Forcing China's Hand #InternationalRelations (27:55)
4. Trickeries of Money Bill - Lead Article #Polity&Governance (31:59)
5. Global Financial Stability Report #IndianEconomy (34:43)
6. Electoral Bonds - Reference #Polity&Governance (36:35)
7. EC puts on hold the release of biopic on PM Modi #Polity&Governance (37:32)
8. Practice Questions (39:07)

Daily News Simplified 12-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_u_GEMvH5k
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-12-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-12-04-19-Word
1. Brexit crisis that resists hasty solutions (Lead Ed.) #InternationalRelations (00:34)
2. Space X & Falcon #Technology (13:00)
3. India stares at a pile of solar e-waste #Environment (13:48)
4. Is India's ASAT a game changer? (Op-Ed.) #InternationalRelations (18:18)
5. Jallianwala Bagh (Q4P) #History (23:15)
6. Questions for Practice (24:44)

Daily News Simplified 13-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mej2V5LIpY4
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-04-19-PDF
Work Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-04-19-Word
1. Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation(CDSCO) #Polity (00:48)
2. Hazaras & Quetta #IR (04:12)
3. Index of Industrial Production #Economy (06:19) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5_2H...
4. Electoral bonds #Polity (11:45)
5. Black Hole (Editorial) #Science (23:35) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cUMi...
6. Jallianwala Bagh #History (26:14)
7. Practice Questions (34:44)

Daily News Simplified 14-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEmRvxMDjZQ
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-14-April-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-NOTES-14-Apr-19-WORD
1. Great Backyard Bird Count (Magazine) #Environment - (00:32)
2. India becomes net importer of steel #Economy - (7:59)
3. Double Deadline - GSP & Iran Oil Waiver #Economy - (10:58)
4. Gold Hallmarking - BIS #Economy - (14:49)
5. Yeast strain to increase ethanol production #Environment - (21:00)
6. El-Nino, Indian Ocean Dipole - Reference #Environment - (26:01) -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG-1u...
7. Practice Questions (28:48)

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Daily News Simplified 15-04-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7YcSKy4uM
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-15-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-15-04-19-Word
1. Steps to ending poverty (Lead Ed.) #SocialJustice (00:34)
2. Kurds & Uighurs #internationalRelations (11:51)
3. UPI & E-Wallets #Economy (18:42)
4. Bihu Festival #Culture (25:25)
5. Defence Acquisition Council #Security (26:32)
6. Questions for Practice (27:12)

Daily News Simplified 16-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19f4VPoBj94
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF Linl: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-16-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-16-04-19-Word
1. Trade statistics #Economy (00:25)
2. WPI/CPI/IIP #Economy (07:01) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5_2H...
3. Asset monetization of PSE #Economy (12:10)
4. Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary #Environment (18:20)
5. 3D printing #Science (19:20) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx0Z6...
https://3dprinting.com/what-is-3d-pri...
6. Model Code of Conduct - reference #Polity (26:06) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9lsW...
7. Questions for Practice (27:52)

Daily News Simplified 17-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEnXoLI9EZ8
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-17-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-17-04-19-Word
1. Clouds on the Horizon: Global Economic Slowdown #IndianEconomy (0:36)
2. Cassini Huygens Mission: Lakes on Titan #Science&Technology (11:35)
3. Election Commission and Hate Speeches #Polity&Governance (17:38)
4. Entry of Women into Mosques #Polity&Governance (22:10)
5. Protests in Sudan- Places in News (Editorial) #InternationalRelations (27:22)
6. Questions for Practice (30:40)
7. Prelims Compass on Indian Polity & Governance (33:07)

Daily News Simplified 18-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxY9wuOy4Vw
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-18-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-18-04-19-Word
1. Crisis of Credibility - ECI #Polity (00:33)
2. Chenchu believe the fox ushers in fortune # Environment (08:48)
3. Zinc deficiency rising in Indians # Social Issues (11:39)
4. Visit to all protected monuments is free today- World Heritage Day # History and Culture (15:08)
5. Rising prices worry cotton trade #Economy (17:22)
6. For a referee (Reference) (20:05)

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7. A rise in joblessness (Reference) (20:33)
8. Questions for Practice (21:09)

Daily News Simplified 19-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCrhgod8tb4
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-19-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-19-04-19-Word
1. Predictable chaos in Libya (Op-Ed.) #InternationalRelations (00:34)
2. Stubble Burning #Environment (10:47)
3. A Struggle to breathe (Op-Ed.) #Environment (15:20)
4. Tendered Vote #Polity (18:55)
5. Genome sequencing #Science (21:18)
6. Exceptions to Right to Vote #Polity (23:52)
7. Model Code of Conduct #Governance (25:36)
8. Questions for Practice (27:30)

Daily News Simplified 20-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHuuy1ockWM
Mr. Naweed Akhter
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-20-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-20-04-19-Word
1. Pharmacy to replace chemists & druggists #Polity&Governance - (00:36)
2. Ganga has higher proportion of anti-bacteria (bacteriophage) #Environment - (5:33)
3. India Navy to participate in International Fleet Review #Security - (11:48)
4. Problems with Draft Forest Act, 2019 (Editorial) #Environment - (15:26)
5. Alarming rise in cases of measles - WHO #Social issues - (24:00)
6. Questions for Practice (28:52)

Daily News Simplified 21-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gbhq1jyN9w
Mr. Mangal Singh
DNS Notes WORD - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-21-04-19-Word
DNS Notes PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-21-04-19-PDF
1. Election Commission Of India - powers and limitations #Polity (00:26)
2. Olive Ridley Turtle #Environment (14:58)
3. Indian Bull frog #Environment (17:23)
4. National ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) #Environment (19:20)
5. Gohain Uliuwa mela - Karbi People #Art&Culture (23:11)
6. Questions for Practice (24:24)

Daily News Simplified 22-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E42MlFbmunU
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-22-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-22-04-19-Word
1. Being fair & transparent (Lead Ed.) #Governance (00:35)
2. Press Freedom Index #InternationalRelations (04:58)
3. Solar Thermal industry #Economy (06:58)
4. Medicine labels in regional language #SocialJustice (13:38)
5. Indian Forest Act, 1927 (Q4P) #Polity (14:37)

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6. Questions for Practice (16:10)
7. Previous Year Questions (17:16)

Daily News Simplified 23-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQtpcivpCNA
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-23-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-23-04-19-Word
1. Line of Caution (Editorial ) #International relations ( 00:33)
2. a half written promise #social Issues (09:40)
3. Down to earth on the ASAT test #Science and technology (16:39)
4. Purse Sein fishing and LED fishing #Environment (22:00)
5. Recount #Polity (24:53)
6. US ends waiver for India on Iran Oil (Reference) (26:51)
7. Press freedom Index (reference) (27:47)
8. Questions for Practice (28:08)

Daily News Simplified 24-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4ZEan5iVSY
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-24-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-24-04-19-Word
1. Permanence of Arab uprisings (Lead Ed.) #InternationalRelations (00:34)
2. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank #InternationalRelations (09:46)
3. Capping prices of medical devices: Problems #SocialJustice (16:53)
4. Problem of Cherry Picking Data (Editorial) #Economy (22:44)
5. US Sanctions & SWIFT (Editorial) #InternationalRelations (25:43)
6. Questions for Practice (30:16)

Daily News Simplified 25-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9jLqIPXEms
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-25-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-25-04-19-Word
1. RBI divests stake in NHB and NABARD #Economy (00:25)
2. LIBOR #Economy (08:27)
3. BRI - Why India should show interest? #IR (16:02)
4. Free Trade Agreements - Issues #Economy (22:19)
5. Echidnas #S&T (31:20)
6. Questions for Practice (32:49)

Daily News Simplified 26-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isKZE2Ws828
Mr. Naweed Akther
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-26-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-26-04-19-Word
1. Research on cell-based meat #Science&Technology - (00:34)
2. An illustrative case & Has the SC been discredited? #Polity&Governance - (04:33)
3. Uncertain times - price rise for Brent crude (editorial) #Economy - (12:30)
4. Breaking ground - marrying rights for transwoman #SocialIssue - (18:40)
5. RBI Ombudsman #Economy - (25:38)

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6. Negombo - Map #WorldGeography - (29:19)
7. Practice Question - (30:27)

Daily News Simplified 27-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI4DoWPt9iE
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-27-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-27-04-19-Word
1. RBI under the RTI Act #Polity&Governance (0:35)
2. Attracting Foreign Faculties to Indian Universities #Polity&Governance (14:01)
3. Safe City Project #Polity&Governance (23:53)
4. Lessons from Military Encounter- Lead Article #InternationalRelations (27:12)
5. Inter-governmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
#Environment&Biodiversity (29:35)
6. Royal Turtles #Environment&Biodiversity (33:52)
7. Questions for Practice (36:21)

Daily News Simplified 28-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBz7LDMQwuQ
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-28-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-28-04-19-WORD
1. How judges of the supreme court are probed ? # Polity&Governance (00:33)
2. National commission for Protection of child rights # Polity&Governance (13:50)
3. Neglected diseases # Social Issues (18:00)
4. FSSAI to recuse chicory content in coffee # Economy (25:21)
5. Suspension of cross border LOC Trade(reference) # International relations (29:09)
6. Blackholes(Reference) #Science and technology (29:33)
7. Questions for Practice (29:58)

Daily News Simplified 29-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV26-Wxhj3A
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-29-04-19-PDF
Word: Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-29-04-19-Word
1. Principles for Free & Fair elections (Lead Ed.) #Governance (00:34)
2. Information about Voting #Polity (06:45)
3. BCIM Economic Corridor #InternationalRelations (08:51)
4. BS VI Emissions (Editorial) #Technology (14:58)
5. Public Sector Banks & Jan Dhan #Economy (19:33)
6. Kartarpur Corridor (Q4P) #Culture (22:18)
7. Questions for Practice (24:05)
8. SC on RBI Disclosure (Reference) (27:35)

Daily News Simplified 30-04-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmUO2P_rDig
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-30-04-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-30-04-19-Word
1. For a Malnutrition Free India #SocialIssues (0:36)
2. Anti-Microbial Resistance #Science&Technology (10:28)

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3. India-China Pharma Meet # IndianEconomy (15:06)
4. Army invokes Emergency Powers for Missile Deal #Science&Technology (18:12)
5. Genes of Climate Resistant Chickpea #Science&Technology (22:14)
6. Social and Environmental impact of Palm Oil #Environment&Biodiversity (26:10)
7. Line of Confidence- Cross-LoC Trade (Reference) #InternationalRelations (29:10)
8. National Clean Air Programme #Environment&Biodiversity (30:05)
9. Questions for Practice (32:49)

Daily News Simplified 01-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SXuCKsPwq0
Ms Mehaq Rao
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-01-05-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-01-05-19-Word
1. Dissolution of Lok Sabha #Polity (00:32)
2. Tourist footfall in Hampi down by nearly a lakh #HistoryandCulture (07:27)
3. Article 239A allows for greater powers for Puducherry House #Polity (13:47)
4. An employment oriented economic policy (Article) #Economy (18:47)
5. ASI unearths treasure at UP site #HistoryandCulture (25:00)
6. Core sector growth at 5-month high in March 2019 #Economy (27:24)
7. Transparency Road (Reference ) (Reference) #InternationalRelations (29:08)
8. Questions for Practice (29:28)

Daily News Simplified 02-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6WU8EH_ObY
Mr Naweed Akhter
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-02-05-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-02-05-19-Word
1. Masood Azhar a global terrorist: UNSC #InternationalRelation - (00:35)
2. Varuna - indo-French naval exercise #InternationalRelations - (14:24)
3. Chandrayaan-2 gets new launch date #ScienceandTechnology - (17:35)
4. Independent Candidate #Polity&Governance - (24:47)
5. Anti-microbial resistance (Editorial) #ScienceandTechnology - (28:59)
6. Beyond Khalistan #InternationalRelation - (36:33)
7. Questions for Practice - (40:16)

Daily News Simplified 03-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP6vglY1AcE
Mr Mangal Singh
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-03-05-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-03-05-19-Word
1. Cyclone Fani #Geography (00:25)
2. Central banks buying Gold #Economy (11:00)
3. Lottery Elections #Polity (14:58)
4. Women in Workforce #Economy (16:22)
5. Chandrayan-2 (Reference) #Science (22:35)
6. Purchasing Manager's Index (Reference) #Economy (22:58)
7. Questions for Practice (24:35)

Daily News Simplified 04-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDZqeuxLnSA
Mr Basava Uppin

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PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-04-05-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-04-05-19-Word
1. Trends in GST Collections - Editorial #IndianEconomy (0:36)
2. Not keeping record of Pre-Natal Tests is Criminal: SC #SocialIssues (12:49)
3. Image Makeover of Belt and Road Initiative #InternationalRelations (19:52)
4. A new Fault line in Sri Lanka- Places in News #InternationalRelations (29:04)
5. Termination of GSP Benefits to India #IndianEconomy (31:07)
6. Questions for Practice (41:27)

Daily News Simplified 05-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5olg2sQs7BY
Mr Mangal Singh
PDF - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-05-05-19-PDF
Word - http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-05-05-19-word News covered today:
1. Maruti Suzuki phasing out Diesel Models #Environment (00:25)
2. PepsiCo vs farmers #SocialIssue (10:40)
3. Himroo, Paithan, Ikat, Mashroo, Kalamkari (Magazine) #Art&Culture (18:49)
4. 3 D printed Human skin #Science (26:58)
5. RBI vs Supreme Court #Economy (35:14)
6. Questions for Practice (41:21)

Daily News Simplified 06-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRfUSu2xqAk
Mr Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-06-05-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-06-05-19-Word
1. Prelims Compass Discussion - Int. Relations (00:29)
2. Difference between Job & Work (Lead Ed.) #Ethics (04:45)
3. 2nd M.M. WTO Conference (Op-Ed.) #InternationalRelations (16:21)
4. INS Vishal #Security (23:28)
5. Bank Reforms #Economy (24:51)
6. Non-Functional Upgradation #Governance (30:31)
7. Questions for Practice (33:23)

Daily News Simplified 07-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUB1rjrc1kA
Mr Naweed Akther
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-07-05-19-PDF
Word Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-07-05-19-Word
1. NGT seeks report on illegal construction in tiger reserve #Environment (00:37)
2. Grizzled giant Squirrel spotted in Tamil Nadu #Environment (04:17)
3. Returning Officer #PolityandGovernance (10:14)
4. Election Commission must act tough (Article) #PolityandGovernance (15:50)
5. Conservation minus the people (Article) #Environment (23:03)
6. One million species at risk of extinction: UN #Environment (30:45)
7. Questions for Practice (39:49)

Daily News Simplified 08-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QreOB4e8CSw
Ms Mehaq Rao
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1. Road accidents still cause most deaths #Social Issues (00:31)
2. Govt refutes report on Discom debt levels #Economy (07:33)
3. Surveillance wars in space ( Article ) #Science and technology (15:48)
4. In the pipeline - National Gas Grid #Economy (20:49)
5. Proxy voting #Polity (24:51)
6. Belt and Road 2.0 ( Reference) #International relations (27:53)
7. Questions for Practice (28:21)

Daily News Simplified 09-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQlI_3KXs1U
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-09-05-19-PDF
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1. Problems with GDP Estimation #IndianEconomy (0:35)
2. Problems with State Finances: RBI #IndianEconomy (09:10)
3. Wake up Call on Proprietary Seeds #IndianEconomy (22:13)
4. India’s newest Pit Viper Snake #Environment&Biodiversity (28:15)
5. WHO for Eliminating Industrially Produced Trans-Fats #GeneralScience (29:25)
6. Tiwa Tribes #Culture (32:28)
7. Questions for Practice (35:21)

Daily News Simplified 10-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y90qrvZSq-w
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-10-05-19-PDF
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1. Number of Judges in Supreme court #Polity (00:26)
2. Class action Lawsuit #Economy (06:30)
3. Barn owl - Biocontrol #Environment (10:09)
4. Stockholm Convention #Environment (12:13)
5. Loya Jirga - Afghan Issue #IR (14:36)
6. Sexual Harassment Case - CJI #Polity (16:51)
7. Questions for Practice (24:20)

Daily News Simplified 11-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDhdVg32InQ
Mr. Ankur Sharma
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-11-05-19-PDF
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1. Resolving India's banking crisis (Lead Ed.) #Economy (00:33)
2. Shortage of healthcare providers #SocialJustice (17:43)
3. Chilika Lake #Geography (18:42)
4. Out-of-coverage firms Controversy #Economy (22:31)
5. Karnataka Law on SC/ST Promotion #Polity (29:35)
6. Questions for Practice (37:43)

Daily News Simplified 13-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJCfo07W3kk
Ms. Mehaq Rao
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-13-05-19-PDF

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1. The war on terror (Article) #InternationalRelation (00:32)
2. Assam produces an orchid link to orient #Science (09:03)
3. Protecting forest fringes (Article) #Geography (16:06)
4. Atal pension Yojana #Economy (23:07)
5. Kolam tribe #Geography (27:13)
6. Proposal to train self help groups #SocialIssues (31:10)
7. Substantive equality (reference) #Polity (33:47)
8. Of shells, companies and GDP (reference) #Economy (34:08)
9. Questions for Practice (34:30)

Daily News Simplified 14-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RS80lEbH54
Mr. Mangal Singh
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-14-05-19-PDF
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1. Water Hyacinth #Environment (00:25)
2. Yuvika Programme #GovernmentScheme (09:57)
3. Thrissur Pooram #Art&culture (12:47)
4. DNA database of Rhino #Environment (15:38)
5. CAG - Redactive Pricing #Polity (17:22)
6. Election Commissioners (reference) #Polity (25:48)
7. WTO reforms (reference) #Economy (26:19)
8. Questions for Practice (26:53)

Daily News Simplified 15-05-19


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re2nrt44t_4
Mr. Basava Uppin
PDF Link: http://bit.ly/DNS-Notes-15-05-19-PDF
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1. Slowdown in Indian Economy- Reasons (Editorial) #IndianEconomy (00:35)
2. Facing the Climate Emergency #Environment&Biodiversity (12:13)
3. OECD’s Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) #IndianEconomy (21:02)
4. Election Petition #Polity&Governance (26:18)
5. Diagnostic Test for Haemophilia #GeneralScience (31:04)
6. Questions for Practice (35:12)

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