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Sudipto Mundle committee report: Understanding the back series data on GDP growth - Civil Services Strategist The back series data released by the Sudipto Mundle-led committee show that GDP growth under the UPA government crossed 10 percent in 2007-08, which was only the second time in history.

Civil Service Mains Economy Questions set - 2 - Civil Services Strategist What is back series GDP data? Why such data is needed? What are the new lights thrown by Sudipto Mundle Committee’s calculation of back series data?

The escalating trade war between the United States and China - Civil Services Strategist The US- China trade war caught momentum in since the beginning of 2018 as US president Donald Trump started taking measures to implement his promise during electoral campaign. He had promised to pressurise China to rectify trade distortions such as US high trade deficit with China (approx $300 billi...

A nationalism that’s anti-national - Civil Services Strategist The recent outreach by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi seems to have succeeded in its principal objective: an image makeover for a niche audience. Thanks to an obsequious media and a commentariat ever willing to suspend disbelief, the event has yielded the soft, liber...

RSS Outreach: Wind of Change? - Civil Services Strategist The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) outreach was an effort to help people understand what RSS really stands for and to demystify its conventional image of a hardline HINDU NATIONALIST OUTFIT. The list of invitees was planned to include even the sharpest critics like Rahul Gandhi along with leaders...

Economics Test Paper 1 for Civil Services Mains 2018 - Civil Services Strategist Why India has been described as the engine of economic growth for the world by the IMF in its recent report in the next three decades? What are the main problems facing Indian economy that cast doubt in realizing its potential as an engine of growth? Although the Indian economy is doing pretty well....

Yemeni Crisis: Political Instability, Civil War, Water Crisis and Outbreak of Cholera - Civil Services Strategist Yemen is at present bruised because of ongoing political instability, civil war, water crisis and Malaria. The conflict has its roots in the failure of a political transition supposed to bring stability to Yemen

Current Affairs from CAAS for 09/02/2018 -

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On May 8, US President Donald Trump announced Washington’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. The US president said that old sanctions would be restored, and new ones would be introduced in case Tehran attempted to pursue its nuclear ambitions. At the same time, Trump called for making a new agreement. However, Trump actually advanced unfulfillable conditions for Tehran. Several US sanctions came into force on August 7, covering Iran’s car manufacturing sector, as well as gold and other precious metals trade. [ 419 more words ]

New US Sanctions on Iran Iran filed a case against the US Sanctions before the ICJ in late July, 2018 calling on the top UN tribunal's judges to order the immediate lifting of sanctions