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Along the new Silk Roads

Mains Paper 1: International Relations
Prelims level: Silk Roads
Mains level: India and its neighborhood- relations. Bilateral, regional and

No Platform For Violence

Mains Paper 5: Internal Security
Prelims level: Social Media
Mains level: Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social

November 24, 1978, Forty Years Ago: Charan Clarifies

Mains Paper 4: History
Prelims level: Anti-Shah Riots
Mains level: Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country

Looking beyond the optics

Mains Paper 2: International Relations
Prelims level: India’s Look East Policy
Mains level: India and its neighborhood- relations

Not by ordinance

Mains Paper 3: Indian History
Prelims level: Ayodhya Temple issue
Mains level: Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country

Corridor of hope: On the Kartarpur proposal

Mains Paper 1: International Relations
Prelims level: Kartarpur proposal
Mains level: India and its neighborhood- relations

(Download) UPSC IAS Mains 2015: Hindi Compulsory Question Paper

Subject: Hindi Compulsory

Exam Date: 22nd December 2015

Partnership With A Difference

Mains Paper 5: International Relations
Prelims level: G20
Mains level: India and its neighborhood- relations

Rethinking the CRA regulatory framework

Mains Paper 4: Economy
Prelims level: CRA
Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth,

Get the model right: on state-sponsored insurance

Mains Paper 3: Economy
Prelims level: Insurance Sector
Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth,

Unlawful dissolution: On J&K Assembly

Mains Paper 2: Polity
Prelims level: Dissolution of Assembly
Mains level: Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues

Aligning the triad: On India’s nuclear deterrence

Mains Paper 1: Internal Security
Prelims level: INS Arihant
Mains level: Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages

An uneasy truce, but will it sustain

Mains Paper 4: Economic Development
Prelims level: RBI
Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth,

We need to think beyond ease of doing business ranking

Mains Paper 3: Economic Development
Prelims level: Ease of doing business ranking
Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of

Make it the Indian way: Why the country must adapt to additive technologies

Mains Paper 2: Science and Technology
Prelims level: Make in India
Mains level: Indigenization of technology and developing new technology

When giants clash: on the US-China discord

Mains Paper 1: International Relations
Prelims level: APEC
Mains level: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate

Raja Mandala: Battle for islands

Mains Paper 4: International Relations
Prelims level: Raja Mandala
Mains level: India and its neighborhood- relations. Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements

Tackling India’s inflation and policy puzzles

Mains Paper 3: Economy
Prelims level: Inflation
Mains level: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it

Quota math: on Maharashtra's Maratha reservation proposal

Mains Paper 2: Polity
Prelims level: Reservations
Mains level: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies Government policies and interventions

Criteria for the courts: on the appointment of judges

Mains Paper 1: Polity
Prelims level: Judiciary
Mains level: Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various