Value Added Article: Nutrition – Key to Development | Category – Poverty and Hunger | Source – Yojana

With a population of about 1.2 billion as per 2011 census, India is likely to be the most populous country on this planet by 2030 with 1.6 billion people. Thus, ensuring food and nutrition security is a challenge for India.

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Value Added Article: What Kind of Reforms Do the Civil Services Really Need? | Category – Governance | Source – EPW

Recently, there has been talk of reforming the administrative services and especially, the process of recruitment. Earlier this year the government decided to allow the recruitment of 10 experts to the joint-secretary level from outside the services.

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Static – World History – The Two Europe Since 1945 – (6) | Focus – Mains

The communist countries of eastern Europe were joined in a kind of unity under the leadership of the USSR. The main difference between the unity in eastern Europe and that in the west was that the countries of eastern Europe were forced into it by the USSR, whereas the members of the European Community joined voluntarily.

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Static – World History – The Two Europe Since 1945 – (5) | Focus – Mains

A summit meeting of all the heads of the member states was held in Maastricht (Netherlands) in 1991, and an agreement was drawn up for creating an even closer union among the peoples of Europe.

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Editorial Simplified: Nepal Reset | GS – II

Nepal’s decision to pull out of the first joint military drill by member countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) stands in sharp contrast to Nepal army’s slated participation in a 12-day long military exercise with China later this month.

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