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1. List of Abbreviations
2. IR/Diplomacy
1. FebW1IR
2. FebW2IRDiplomacy
3. FebW3IR
4. FebW4IR
3. Economy
1. FebW1Economy
2. FebW2Economy
3. FebW3Economy
4. FebW4Economy
4. Polity, Governance
1. FebW1Polity, Governance
5. Environment, Agro
1. FebW1Environment, Agro
6. Science Tech, Defense, IT, Healthcare
1. FebW1Science Tech, Defense, IT, Healthcare
7. History & Culture
1. FebW1History & Culture
8. Download Excel File (Dec2014 till now)
List of Abbreviations
P Only important for prelim only
P+M important for prelim and mains
Important for mains, essay and interview but has none or negligible utility in
M+I
prelims.
One line fodder point that can be quoted in some descriptive answer, essay,
OLF
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interview or Group discussion. But doesn’t warrant an article by itself.
Because (A) I see bad:cost benefit in pursuing it OR (B) I don’t think it’s
Ignored important for UPSC exam given the trend in last few years. (C)I already
covered it in old article.
IR/Diplomacy
FebW1IR
February to be jampacked with maiden visits of Presidents from Singapore
M+I
(Tony Tan) and SriLanka (Sirisena) to India
APEC – Asia Pacific economic cooperation India will soon become its
M+I
members and benefit from this free trade block
40 Indians missing from Mosul, Iraq, believed to be captured by extremists.
OLF
Red Cross DG says India should put more efforts to get them rescued.
ExPakistani Diplomat Husain Haqqani says Pakis shouldnot try to achieve
parity with India because India is a much larger and developed country.
OLF
Pakistan’s twonation theory and parity doctrine is outdated, they need to be
more pragmatic based on changing geopolitical scene at world level.
India polio free since 2011. Part of softdiplomacy, our Health ministry
offered expertise to Afghanistan and Pakistan to combat Polio. Afghans said
OLF
yes yes, but Pak. Yet to respond, although they too began giving firearms
training to teachers doing Poliocampaign in Peshawar region
Sushma’s China visit outcomes: Modi to reach China in late May 2015.
Notes exchanged for opening altenrative route to Mansarovar via Nathu La
OLF pass in Sikkim it’ll significantly reduce travel time compared to current Lipu
Lekh pass in Uttarakhand. Mountpass vs state important for Prelims, new
route as mains fodder.
In the 90s, after the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Croatia and Serbia armies
OLF had murdered each others civilans but in the latest ICC verdict absolves
them of committing preplanned genocides
Srilankan Government gives greenlight to Chinese port Development project
OLF
in Colombo worth $1.5 billion
Mitt Romney the former U.S. Republican presidential nominee announced
Ignored not to enter in 2016 Presidential election. This will help chances of Jeb Bush
the younger brother of George Bush and an exgovernor of Florida.
BNP leader Khaleda Zia launching nationwide protestshartals against ruling
Ignored
PM Haseena. Haseena cuts down electricity to Khaleada’s office.
Ignored Prince Charles and Diana contemplated calling off wedding
Jordon pilot Maaz alKassasbeh burned alive by ISIS terrorists. Jordan
retaliates by executing 2 Iraqi Jihadists. Columnists angry over Obama’s
inaction. Turkey capable of destroying ISIS but Turkey wants Obama to
Ignored
dethrone Syrian regime of Assad. Obama valvet gloving Assad to please
Irani establishment so nukedrama can end & Israel can sleep easy…..and
so on Hence Turkey sitting idle in ISIS crisis
ExAlQaeda operative says Saudi princes funded them and even planned a
Ignored
stinger missile attack on US President’s plane the “Air force one”.
Ignored TransAsia plane crashes in Taiwan river.
Sholey Made in 1975 finally permitted for theatrical release in Pakistan after
Ignored
40 years.
Paki PM Nawaz Sharif says Kashmir is their jugular vein and India altering
Ignored demogrpahic makeup of this region through settling Hindu “nonstate” people
here.
FebW2IRDiplomacy
After ModiObama meeting, the proposed format of Civil Liability for Nuclear
Damages Act (CLND 2010) is: (1) US nuclear suppliers will not be directly
M+I liable if there is any nuclear accident. (2) Their liability will covered from a
Rs.1500 crore insurance pool. Government and Governmentowned
Insurance companies will contribute 50:50 money in this pool.
1996: Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) launched. So far
180+ nations signed and 160+ ratified. Thus, CTBT is one of the most widely
supported armscontrol treaties. It requires the signatories never to conduct a
nuclear explosion. India does not support this treaty. Comprehensive
M+I
NuclearTestBan Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) constantly monitoring
earth’s crust, atmosphere etc. possible Nuclear explosion done by any
country. This data collection also helps in early detection of natural disasters,
climate change and meteor showers.
M+I Visit of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during FebW3
India suspends trade with Pakistan through road, after a Paki truck driver
OLF
found with narcotics
India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is India’s Special Representative
for the boundary issue With China. Recently he met with is counterpart
OLF
China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi in Munich — to resolve the SinoIndian
border.
Pranab wisdom We have conveyed a strong message to our neighbours that
the region must decide whether to live in perpetual tension or understanding.
OLF We have already made big announcements for bilateral cooperation in trade
and security, however government must finish the “followup processes” to
conclude such initiatives.
India needs to pursue a policy of equidistance diplomacy with US, China,
OLF Japan and others. We antagonise one country to please the other, it will hurt
our growth and development agenda.
An elderly Indian, Sureshbhai Patel Was brutally assaulted by the police
OLF officers in Alabama, USA. MEA issued protests. IndianAmerican Diaspora
calls for need to train police officers on how to deal with minorities.
Islamic state(IS) was previously called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant
OLF (ISIL). Home Ministry plans to Notify it as a terror outfit under the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act
After the death of over 5000 and displacement of 10 lakh people, finally
Ukraine cease fire deal reached at Minsk Summit among the leaders
OLF
Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France. Outcome: Both Russia and Ukrain
will withdraw heavy weapons from the frontline.
UN concerned over ongoing Bangladesh Turmoil between PM Sheikh
OLF
Hasina (Awami League) vs. Opponent Khalida Zia (BNP)
China did not openly declare support for India’s permanent seat at UN
OLF Security Council. China only said we respect the aspiration of India and
Brazil to play bigger roles that UNSC.
Myanmar Government says Rohingya and other people without full
OLF
citizenship, are not eligible to vote.
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan becomes the first ModiMinister to
to visit Pakistan. He sought Paki support for faster implementation of the
OLF 1,800km TurkmenistanAfghanistanPakistanIndia (TAPI) natural gas
pipeline project. It’ll also help building Modi’s proposed national gas grid for
India.
China launches first silk road cruise liner, under its maritime silk Road
OLF
initiative. This vessel will visit Malaysia and Vietnam.
David Beckham launched a new UNICEF fund called “7” for children living in
Ignored warzone. 7 is the jersey number he wore during Manchester United football
games.
Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council (NPC) passed a resolution accusing
Ignored
successive governments of ignoring justice in Tamilgenocide.
Modi calls us Nawaz Sharif. Columnists eagar to know when Dialogue
Ignored
process will resume again.
The Sri Lankan Army will release 1000 acres of land in Tamilmajority North
Ignored
Province.
UN declared June 21 as International Yoga day. But a US senator is bringing
Ignored
a bill to ban tightfitting Yogapants because they’re vulgar.
Ignored IMF chief Christine Lagarde gave ~18 billion$ loan to crisisridden Ukrain.
ExISI officer, in his AlJazeera interview says that Pakistan probably knew
Ignored
about Osama.
Chinese President “11th” Jinping likely to be the chief guest of Pakistan’s
Ignored
National Day Parade on March 23
After the controversial replacement of Foreign Secretary Sujata Singh, the
Ignored Government has amended the rule for tenure of Foreign Secretary – two
years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
FebW3IR
Sri Lanka planning to sign nuke energy pact with Pakistan. Modi to visit Sri
M+I
Lanka in midMarch 2015
Outcome of Sri Lankan Pres’s visit to India: (1) nuclear energy cooperation –
transfer of both trained men and material (2) cooperation in agriculture, food
processing, culture (3) participate in Nalanda University. Unresolved issues
M+I
resettlement of Srilankan Tamils who had fled to Tamilnadu during LTTE
years. Srilanka seeks indian help in housing projects for Tamil plantation
workers in its Central province
Feb 2015 was the 29th foundation day of Arunanchal Pradesh, Modi visits
OLF
the state, China criticizes.
OLF Home Minister Rajnath Singh says there is >420% per cent jump in tourist
arrivals last year, because of the Evisa facility.
After the death of Col. Gadhafi, Libya has become a failed state, with various
sects and terrorist ruling over the region. Recently, ISIS terrorists Executive
21 Egyptian Christians who had come to Libya in search of work. Now Egypt
OLF
has requested UN Security Council for an international intervention in Libya.
However later it is clarified that it will not want an international “military”
Intervention in the Middle East region.
North Myanmar>Shan State>Kokang region. Here, heavy fighting between
the Myanmar army and Kokang rebels for control of Laukkai township. This
OLF is led to large influx of refugees towards China. However Chinese
government has assured that it will not interfere in domestic affairs of
Myanmar.
India’s High Commissioner in London will outsourcing of key consular
services e.g. visa/passport and OCIcard applications. Because they have to
OLF
process the work 6 lakh applications a year. Outsourcing will help reducing
delays in operation.
China to give $50 Billion fund for Asian infrastructure investment bank and
OLF another $40 billion for Implementation of Silk Road Economic Belt — to
integrate Asian and European Economies along the Eurasian corridor.
1991: India and Israel established formal diplomatic relations. 2015: for the
OLF first time, Israeli defence Minister will visit India (during to participate in “Aero
India 2015” in Bengaluru)
China says its new embassy in Pakistan will be largest Chinese overseas
OLF Embassy. This is the evidence of our deepest friendship with the failed state
known as Pakistan(!)
Nobel Amartya Sen is the Chancellor of Nalanda University but Government
of India has not given approval for his second term, file kept pending. so he
Ignored has resigned. Although Government maintains we have not interfered (only
we kept the file pending ता阃क वो खद
ु हᅬ समज के दे
इᅬतीफा दे ).
Ever since NATO and USA withdrew from Afghanistan, the civilian toll in
Ignored
terror attacks increased by 22%
Coast guard DIG says he had ordered blowing of the Pakistani boat on
Ignored 31/12/2014 because he did not want to serve them biryani. Later retracts his
statement.
Terrorist attack the Copenhagen conference in Denmark and killed jews.
Israel Prime Minister has invited all European Jews to migrate to his country.
Ignored Some reports allege that Danish Security and Intelligence Service (known as
PET) Already knew about the attacks, but did not do anything perhaps to let
the terrorists kill a few jews under Denmark’s unofficial ‘safety valve’ policy.
The U.N. Human Rights Council Was to release a report on Sri Lankan civil
Ignored war in March 2015. But they have postponed it to September 2015. Ignored
because basics already covered in old article.
During India Pakistan match, All India Radio Twitter account retweeted a
Ignored number of ‘obnoxious’ and antiPakistan tweets. I&B Ministry ordered an
enquiry
Maldives ExPresident Mohd. Nasheed arrested Under antiterrorism law,
Ignored because in 2012, He tried to arrest a senior judge Using military without
authority.
FebW4IR
Next summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be held in
P+M Basharkostan, Russia. Putin will push for India’s full membership in this
body. SCO was setup in 2001, as a counter to NATO.
Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention law
requires US government to take action against any country that doesn’t
facilitate returning of abducted American children. Earlier one Indian
P+M American couple divorced but husband ran away with twins in 2008. Indian
courts not facilitating their return, now US congress forcing Obama to take
action against India. But India counters we are not party to 1983 Hague
convention on International child abduction.
China backs a trilateral partnership with India and Sri Lanka to establish a
M+I
Maritime Silk Road (MSR) and promote the rise of Eurasia.
Pakistan’s is on fast track to weaponise spent nuclear fuel using its
OLF plutonium reprocessing plant in Chashma in Punjab, says new satellite
scans.
MEA and Afghan government finally managed to get release of Jesuit priest
OLF
Fr. Alexis Premkumar Antonysamy after 8 months of Taliban captivity.
Maldives government arrested exPresident Mohammad Nasheed under
antiterror law for ordering arrest of a senior judge in 2012 that led to large
OLF
scale violence. India expressed concern over “manhandling” of expresident
during arrest.
Union government is adopting a “soft approach” towards youth radicalized by
ISISterror outfits e.g. instead of arrest, they’re doing counseling with help of
OLF family members, and letting them off with an undertaking under Section 108
of the Criminal Procedure Code (security for good behaviour from persons
disseminating seditious matters).
H1B visa holding professional are eligible to work in USA and later can get
“Green card”. But their H4 visa holding spouses were not eligible. This led to
OLF
martial discords. But from May 2015, they too will be eligible to work as per
the new US government guidelines.
Given the high profile petroleum ministry – corporate espionage case, now
union government is planning security audit of all government computers
with help of Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY).
OLF Although exercise won’t be of much help because already more than 3000
government computers were infected by foreign spyware and have leaked
sensitive information to China, United States, Ukraine, France and the
Netherlands.
Subramaniyam Swami wrote letter to CBI asking them to register FIR against
OLF Amartya Sen for embezzlement of Nalanda University funds while he was
the chancellor
Pakistan makes stringent norms for mobile phone owners after Peshwar
school attack. They’ll to give finger print records as well, which will be
OLF
crosschecked with national database. Otherwise, service will be cut off.
perhaps indian Government too should learn lesson.
OLF Afghan Government planning “Lapis Lazuili” route to connect with Central
Asian and European economies
2008: NIA setup through an act, with its own special court. To combat terror
finance and naxal finance, NIA has a separate cell called ” Terror Funding
OLF
and Fake Currency Cell (TFFC)”. It has been monitering suspect bank
accounts but no links to naxal found yet
Foreign Secretary, S. Jaishankar begins with “SAARC nation” yatra as part
OLF
of “silent backchannel diplomacy”
“Jihadi John”, the masked ISIL terrorist responsible for beheading orange
Ignored prisoner suit journalists, has been identified. He is Kuwaitborn London
computer programmer Mohammed Emwazi.
Ignored ISIS begins kidnapping Assyrian Christians in Syria, others begin to flee.
Economy
FebW1Economy
Bhai updates monetary policy: SLR reduced from 22 to 21.5, other
rates and ratios unchanged. However person can invest upto
Banking
P+M 250,000$ a year under LRS remittance scheme. What’re its
Finance
implications? Wait for future lecture video on BoP, exchange rates
and capital account convertability.
Committees: Usha Thorat, ExDyGovRBI for processing small
Banking
P+M bank applications; and Nachiket Mor, RBI Board director for
Finance
processing payment bank applications.
Indian companies allowed to raise capital from abroad, using ADR
Banking
OLF and GDR. If IT act is amended to provide more clarity on tax
Finance
liabilities, it’ll be easier to attract funds through ADR and GDR
Modi Government planning to launch 5000 crore ETF in March
Banking
OLF 2015 for faster disinvestment. Basics explained in previous
Finance
lecture.
Rajanbhai permits banks to give “differential rates” on fixed
deposits e.g. if you make above 1 crore FD with no option for
Banking premature withdrawal= then bank will pay you higher interest rate,
OLF
Finance compared to chillar FDs of 1020,000 made by ordinary
customers. This will help bankers in asset liability management
and give largevaluelongterm loans for business projects.
in Coal India disinvestment (Offer for sale / OFS) 10% shares
Banking were reserved for retail investors but their response was
Ignored
Finance luckwarm. Hence cabinet aims to reduce their quota to just 5% in
future Disinvestments
Jet ATF selling at 46/liter even cheaper than petrol and diesel.
BoP Ignored Although hardly 510% discount expected in planetickets
because companies wanting to recover earlier losses first.
Mcgrawhill’s Standard and Poors rating deliberately gave good
ratings to mortgage backed securities that ultimately lead to
BoP OLF
assetbubble and subprime crisis. Now S&P required to pay over
1 billion dollar damages to US Federal and state governments
America’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) released
International IP Index. India was ranked second from the bottom
BoP OLF because (1) India’s patent laws not in sync with intl. laws (2) no
specific laws for IPRs in pharma/biotech/life sciences. (3) Massive
piracy both online and offline.
gold import India world’s largest consumer in 2014, imported over
BoP OLF
850 tonnes, even ahead of China.
The 14th Finance Commission chairman Y.V. Reddy recommends
42% shares from union taxes to state governments for 2015 to
Fiscal
P+M 2020. But Member Abhijit Sen gave dissenting note states
Policy
deserve only 38%. Jaitley likely to table report in parliament,
during budget session.
At present, IT act Sec 80C now allows tax reliefs for upto Rs.1.50
lakh invested in PPF, NPS, Insurance etc. Rajanbhai says this
Fiscal limit should be increased further. In recent years, National savings
OLF
Policy rate reduced from >35% to ~30% of GDP. IF tax relief increased,
juntaa will save more money and through financial intermediaries
it can become credit/capital for faster growth of Indian economy.
Disinvestment: Government wants to sell 10% shares from Indian
Fiscal Oil Corporation (IOC) . They’re looking for a merchant banker to
OLF
Policy help in the process, but since Government offering too low rates,
most bankers hesitant.
Fiscal
Ignored ED gives notice to Sahara for violating Foreign exchange rules
Policy
Niti Ayog ‘s first meeting. Same old bolbachchan about
Fiscal
Ignored cooperative federalism, mfgboost etc. basics already covered in
Policy
old article
Badminton player Jwala Gatta accuses National Coach
HRD Ignored Gopichand of ignoring capable players who’re not from his
“coaching class” such as Ashwini Ponnappa
National Games 2015 at Kerala. Sports topic beaten to death in
HRD P Only both Essay and Mains papers of 2014. Although venue, motto,
leading medalists should be prepared for prelims.
UNESCAP says during 200411, India had 8% GDP growth rate,
it helped reducing poverty from ~42% to just 33%. Thus India
HRD OLF achieved the 1st MDG goal i.e. reduce poverty by half on 2015.
However, India yet to succeed in other goals such as universal
primary education, Universal youth literacy, employment and
political participation for women, reducing IMR & open defecation.
Sports ministry’s Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for
HRD OLF
helping Indian atheletes win medals.
Nawaz Sheikh son of a daily wage labourer, designs logo for
HRD Ignored
India’s new education policy
Government of Gujarat introduces common syllabus for 11 State
HRD OLF universities – to ensure uniformity in teaching and skill
Development.
NSSO data on PDS leakage. Best States Chhattisgarh, Andhra
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu; Most Bogus: Manipur, DiuDaman,
industry OLF Delhi. Argument in favour of linking PMJDY accounts with aadhar

agro and money be directly transferred to them, instead of supplying
over 50MMT grains to 5 lakh raashankidukaan, because most of
the grains will never reach beneficiary anyways.
Government planning to amend the Archaic Tea Act of 1953 to
give more powers to Tea board of India, encompass small tea
industry
OLF growers in the definition and protect IPR. As such “salient features
agro
of Tea Act” seems quite unlikely question but matter can be used
as fodder for Teabeveragesfoodprocessing industry in GS3.
Shanta Kumar report on FCI restructuring had recommended
moving towards direct cash transfers due to large scale leakages
industry
P+M in PDSfoodgrain supply chain. Now Economists Jean Dreze and
agro
his coterie of jholachhap economists are disputing the survey
methods used by this Committee to show PDS leakages.
Competition Commission of India (CCI) says realestate players
Industry using unfair trade practicies and oligopoly to extract more money
OLF
Service from clients. But CCI did not impose penalty because evidence
lacking.
Modi wants to shutdown UPA’s brainchild Urban Institute of India
infra OLF because same bolbachchangiri work done by the National Institute
of Urban Affairs (NIUA) under Urban Development Ministry.
Rockefeller Foundation announced the 100 Resilient Cities project
infra OLF
with a $100 million worldwide. Bengaluru, Chennai, Surat chosen.
Cisco will develop Vizag as first smart city – skill Development
infra OLF centres with global talent tracker, civic amnestics through ICT and
other fancy things.
2009: Indian steel and coal PSUs formed “ICVL international coal
infra OLF venture ltd”. It aquired mining rights in Mozambique will help fetch
over 10 million tonnes of coal in next 3 years
After ModiObama meet on nuke deal, PMO sets target of
infra OLF
doubling npower in India by 3x times in next 10 years
Government planning to levy cess on Airfares to finance the
infra OLF expansion of Aviation sector in NorthEast. + to counter China,
India plans 6 airports in Arunanchal Pradesh.
FebW2Economy
Union government has decided to infuse ~7000 crore Rs. equity
Banking
OLF capital in nine public sector banks, According to their
Finance
performance. State bank of India will get the highest.
Under The Coinage Act 2011, RBI can issue all notes except Rs.1
note. Union Government planning to print new Rs.1 notes with
Banking Hindi & English signatures of new finance Secretary Rajiv
P Only
Finance Mehrishi. Although Bankers feels this is mere publicity stunt,
because as such cost of printing Rs.1 note is more than the ‘face
value’ of Rs.1 note.
Banking OLF Supreme Court criticises RBI,Sebi and other financial regulators

Finance for turning blind eye to chitfundscumponzi scams running in
West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Tripura and neighbouring States.
ICICI Bank launched India’s first digital bank called “Pockets” it is
a moble app cum ewallet. Even a nonICICI Client can clean up
this electronic wallet from money from any other bank. This wallet
uses a virtual Visa card to help you transfer money to any email
Banking id, mobile number, Facebook account, online shopping site, retail
P Only
Finance mall, Paying utility bills etc. Transaction limit: Rs.10,000, if you’re
not an ICICI client. You can even add a zero balance saving
account and earn interest on your deposit. Thus, ‘Pockets’
integrates a digital wallet, a physical prepaid card and a basic
savings bank account all features of an upcoming payment bank.
Banking Currency Building, Kolkata was built in 1833. It was the first office
Ignored
Finance of the Reserve Bank of India.
Earlier Government had setup TK Viswanathan Committee to
frame bankruptcy law. Committee recomends amending the
Banking
OLF Companies Act 2013, to get insolvet companies windup their
Finance
business quickly it’ll help us improving our Ease of doing
business ranking.
Crooks are increasingly using shell companies for tax evasion,
money laundering and even bidding lucrative coal mines with
Banking
OLF good railroad connectivity so they can be resold to genuine
Finance
companies at a higher price (similar to 2G scam). therefore, SEBI
began an exercise to find and suspend such shell companies.
Because of Government and RBI restriction of on Gold, its import
BoP Ignored
decliend by 14% in 2014, says World Gold Council (WGC) report.
G20 members’ summit at Istambul: India demands (1) IMF quota
BoP OLF
reforms (2) Automatic exchange of tax information.
Japan is the most indebted country in the world, at 400 per cent of
Fiscal GDP. High debt, whether public or private, makes economies
OLF
Policy more vulnerable to economic shocks and tends to fuel booms and
bust cycles
Indian Express & International Consortium of Investigative
Journalists, released the names of ~1200 Indians having accounts
Fiscal in HSBC’s Swiss bank worth total 25,000+crore rupees. Finance
OLF
Policy Minister says we’ll “investigate”. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi
assures SC that Government will make new legal provisions
during budget session
Recently, Modi held first meeting of NITI Ayog usual bol
bachchan about cooperative federalism etc. already covered in old
Fiscal
Ignored article. CM Mamata Banerjee remains absent saying planning
Policy commission was brain child of Subhas Chandra Bose, and Modi
has insulted him by abolishing Planning commission.
Fiscal Modi asks state governments to create 2 taskforces under Niti
OLF
Policy Ayog – 1 for poverty removal and 1 for agriculture
Government asked richPSUs to issue bonus debentures to their
Fiscal
OLF respective ministries this cash inflow will help Government meet
Policy the fiscal deficit targets under FRBM
Most of the FIIs have parked their money in coal India
disinvestment and buying shares of HDFC. Hence not much
Fiscal liquidity left in the market, therefore government of India has
OLF
Policy decided to postpone the 5% disinvestment of ONGC, because it is
unlikely to attract those FIIs and fetch good prices for the ONGC
shares.
PFRDA chairman has requested government to give same tax
Fiscal benefits to new pension scheme subscribers like those available
OLF
Policy to EPF subscribers. Only then people will be interested to invest in
NPS.
Companies who do not pay any taxes by using various tax
exemptions, they are required to pay a minimum alternate tax of
Fiscal
Ignored 20%. New budget is likely to cover foreign portfolio investors more
Policy
stringently and clearly under the MAT regime. Let the budget
come first
Impact investingmeans investing in projects that makes profit and
simultaneously achieves specific social and environmental
HRD OLF causes. Impact investing can help people invest private money in
social initiatives, but both investors and the NGOs need to be
trained first.
Guj. Government to implement Food security act in following
format (1) BPL/APL will be phased out (2) New beneficiaries to
HRD OLF
be identifed from SocioEconomic Caste Census 2011 such that
66% juntaa is covered.
In battery cages, each hen is confined in a size less than A4 sized
paper and made to produce eggs like a machine. This type of
animal cruelty is banned in Europe, therefore companies like “big
Industry Dutchman” selling their equipment to Indian paltry companies.
OLF
Agro Allahabad highcourt has sent notice to All stakeholders for The
violation of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. Exam
relevance: Mains GS3 Upstream issues in the food processing
industry.
2014: Tea exports declined in value and volume because (1)
Industry OLF India’s rivals Kenya and Sri Lanka have increased tea production
agro (2) because of adverse weather, India’s tea production was lower
than usual.
Britain’s early industrialisation distanced farming from business
industry
OLF and technology. Latest data reveals per hectre productivity of the
agro
British farms is far less then other European countries.
Peter Pan is a fictional character that never grows up.
Industry Researchers pointed out that Indian retailers are suffering from
OLF
MFG Peter Pan syndrome (i.e. Never grew up, Never accept New
technologies) because of the high level of corruption.
Central Statistics Office (CSO) launches new series of Consumer
Industry
P Only Price Index (CPI) with 2012 as base year. First data will cover
MFG
January 2015 month and will be released in Feb 2015.
Industry OLF Central Statistics Office (CSO) had changed the GDP base year

MFG from 2004 to 2011. Accordingly India’s latest growth projection is
7.4% and we’ll become a $2.1trillion economy.
Government’s proposed Amendments to BIS act. 1986: more
Industry products will need ISI certificate. Misuse of ISI will become a
P+M
MFG cognizable offence. Both distributor and retailer can be held liable.
Product liability, product recall and compensation to consumers.
Modi’s Make in India campaign faces two dilemmas (1) cheap
Industry money policy required to boost expansion of factories but (2)
OLF
MFG cheap money policy will also weaken Indian rupee against dollar
thereby making the exports unattractive.
Industry Under ‘Digital India’ initiative, Modi wants to setup BPOcall
OLF
Service centres mofussil towns.
Communication minister says the white revolution of the dairy
Industry industry should be replicated in the information technology arena,
OLF
Service only then we can transform the lives of rural people. Target 2020:
11,500 startup companies to provide jobs to 2.5 lakh people.
Kerala’s Vizhinjam International Multipurpose Seaport project
infra OLF wasn’t kicking up due to lack of funds, but now union Government
promised to pay ~4,000 crores.
To extract coal from Odisha, CIL’s subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields
infra Ignored
Ltd. (MCL) will create to new SPVentities.
At present a builder has to get 3050 approval from union and state
governments hence avg. 90600 days wasted in getting files
infra OLF cleared. In hill states, majority of the land falls under forest area,
so very difficult to get environment clearance. Union Government
wants to cut down these red tapes to promote smart cities.
Power minister Piyush Goel says India will be a power surplus
country in the year 2019, because we will take following measures
infra OLF (1) Reviving the gas based and coal based power plants (2)
Ensure continuous supply of coal at cheap prices (3) encouraged
the use of LED lights
Dredging Corporation of India will begin dredging Adani Vizag coal
infra OLF port to help Panamax vessels with upto 1 lakh tonne cargo to
enter inner harbour.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana guidelines revised. First
priority will be given to villages under Saansad Adarsh Gram
infra OLF
Yojana (SAGY). State governments will be required to maintain
those roads, even beyond the default 5year period.
SAIL and NMDC to form a jointventure company to setup a 6MT
infra OLF
Greenfield steelplant in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh
Government is planning the privatisation of airports of Jaipur,
infra OLF A’bad, Kolkata, Chennai. GMR, GVR, Adani and others are
interested.
FebW3Economy
Until now public sector banks focused on building cadres of
officers hoping they’ll continue with them till retirement. But since
Banking
OLF flow of foreign investment has increased banks should be ready
Finance
to face attrition i.e. officers leaving to other financial organizations
for better packages, says RBI dy.gov. R.Gandhi.
Banking Rajanbhai criticizes the lack of specialist in Government who can
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Finance properly make budget or manage public debt.
Previous Justice BN SriKrishna’s Financial Sector Legislative
Reforms Commission (FSLRC) panel had recommended one
“Indian financial code” IFC in place of all other laws, and
revamping the financial regulatory bodies in India with one
“Financial sector appellate tribunal” (FSAT) at top. Rajanbhai has
now criticized this move saying from license raj, we’ll be put into
“Appellate Raj”. Rajanbhai also indirectly criticized Modi’s style of
Banking
OLF functioning: “Hitler provided Germany with an extremely effective
Finance
administration — the trains ran on time, as did the trains during
our own Emergency in 197577. His was a strong government, but
Hitler took Germany efficiently and determinedly on a path to ruin,
overriding the rule of law and dispensing with elections. So, “It is
not sufficient that the trains run on time, they have to go in the
right direction at the desired time. Means, strong governments
might not always move in the right direction.”
New Indian Accounting norms (Ind AS) aims to align Indian
accounting practices with international IFRS code. From 1/4/2015,
Banking
P Only companies need to voluntarily begin implementing this. From
Finance
1/4/2016, this is mandatory for companies with 500 crore or more
networth. Says Corporate Affairs ministry.
Under EPFO act, Government of India has to appoint Employees
Banking Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal (EPFAT). But officials not
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Finance appointed since a long time, SC gave 4 weeks to Government to
fix this problem.
Greece Crisis and Euro bailout packaged. Basics already covered
BoP Ignored
in last lecture. More when ball by ball commentary ends.
RBI relaxes gold norms banks can import gold on consignment
BoP OLF basis. Banks can grant gold metal loans on such imported gold.
This will help jewelry industry.
Finance Ministry relaunched its website for filing FDI applications.
New website needs submission of single document instead of 15
BoP OLF
18 copies earlier part of the ‘ease of doing business’ and make in
india’.
BoP Ignored Hike in petrol and diesel prices announced.
Fiscal Corporate espionage smuggling of keypolicy documents from
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Policy the Oil Ministry, to benefit corporate giants ahead of budget.
Modi unlikely to implement Shanta Kumar panel to revamp FCI
Fiscal
OLF PDS system & reduce the coverage of NFSA, after defeat in Delhi
Policy
elections. Basics already done in old article.
Swiss authorities raid HSBC’s offices to probe money laundering.
HSBC allegedly helped crooks from 200 countries to stash ~120
Fiscal OLF billion USD. While HSBC issues full page apology in British

Policy newspaper ‘We have absolutely no appetite to do business with
clients who are evading their taxes’
If we compare countries on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) then
India is not very bad. India ranks second in highest number of
mobile towers, motorcycle manufacturing, rice and so on. But still
India’s ranking in the UNDP’s Human Development Report (2011)
HRD OLF is 134. Some critics say during such “Human development
rankings”, India should be given two ranks one for entire country
and separate rankings for each of its states. Because many of our
states are bigger both area and population wise compared to
many African and European countries.
Gujarat Government to develop “smart schools” with wifi, school
HRD OLF Management software, LCD in every class, biometric attendence
etc.
In recent time, potato supply increased and prices declined. So,
industry
OLF Government removed it from “minimum export price” (MEP)
agro
regime to help farmers sell off in foreign market.
‘Brown money’ is the value of unused goods lying at people’s
Industry
OLF homes. Thanks to sites like olx and quikr, brown money trading
MFG
has increased.
Rajanbhai had criticized Central Statistics Office (CSO) for
Industry
Ignored confusing calculation of GDP. Hence CSO DG met bhai and
MFG
“powerpointed” him to the GDP calculation method.
Noted industrialist Deepak Parekh says businessman are
Industry
OLF impatient because despite 9 months of Modiraj, the “ease of
MFG
doing business” has not improved on the ground
Industry
Ignored WPI only 0.39% in January 2015
MFG
SBI composite index Tracks India’s manufacturing activity using
SBI’s internal loan portfolio because it mirrors the loan demand
Industry by the manufacturing units. Accordingly, this index has two
MFG P Only
components (1)Manufacturing cycle (monthly) (2)growth (yearly).
For Feb2015, this index shows manufacturing activity has
declined in India.
Maharastra Government aims to make Mumbai the first city in the
country to be open all day and night — 24×7. The city will be
Industry divided into ‘special entertainment zones’ with adequete food,
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Service security and safety features. This will boost tradetourism but
critiques say it’ll hurt physical wellbeing of the youth and poor
workers.
Central statistical Organisation (CSO) Publishes annual survey of
Industry industries (ASI) each year. Now they are planning: similar annual
P Only
Service survey of services. For better estimation of job creation, GDP
production etc.
Government aims to auction 2g and 3g radiowaves for Rs.1 lakh
infra OLF crores in March 2015. Ambanis, Airtel, Vodafone, Idea total 8
telecom giants interested.
Gujarat: ‘Diamond Research and Mercantile (DREAM) City
planned near, Surat, to boost diamond cutting and polishing
infra OLF
industry. similarly GIFT (Gujarat International Finance TecCity)
and Dholera special investment region
Urban Housing Ministry has found that state governments have
not spent crores of rupees given to them under Rajiv Rinn Yojana,
infra OLF Rajiv Awas Yojana, National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM)
etc. now the ministry wants to divert that unused amount to Metro
rail projects in major cities.
FebW4Economy
fiscal
P+M Rail budget, Economic survey and General Budget.
policy
RBI says Rs.5000 overdraft facility awarded to Pradhan Mantri
JanDhan Yojana (PMJDY) bank accounts will be counted under
given Bank’s Priority sector lending (PSL) quota, under “Weaker
Banking
P+M section / others” category. But condition is that borrower’s
Finance
household annual income should not be more than 60k in rural
areas and 1.2lkh in urban areas. Overdraft facility is ‘unlocked’ in
your account after having satisfactory operation for 6 months.
Government declares budget day as “nonbusiness” day for
Banking mutual funds. This is to forbid Investors from buying/redeeming
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Finance their mutual fund units on Feb 28, to prevent any windfall gain.
Although trading permitted in ETFs.
Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) final deal worked out to stop
Banking Bankstrikes. (1) 15% salary increase from Nov.2012. (2) 2nd and
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Finance 4th Saturdays will be holidays while remaining Saturdays will have
full working days.
Banking NSE will setup interntional exchange at GIFT city Gujarat for
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Finance trading of shares, bonds, currencies and derivatives.
finmin invites applications for MDCEO posts at PNB, BoB, IDBI,
Banking BoI and Canara. even private bankers eligible to apply. First time
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Finance “Flexypay” package offered. Term limit: 3 years duration or 60
years age
IRDA Chief TS Vijayan permits GIC to setup 1500 crore nuclear
Banking liability pool to cover any damages from nuclear reactor accidents.
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Finance As such IndoUS nuke deal part of diplomacy but such minor facts
for bankingfin. GK
2014 6th BRICS summit at Fortaleza, Brazil – chalked out the
plans for setting up BRICS Bank/ New Development Bank (NDB)
and its 100 Billion Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA), to
BoP P Only
help member countries for Development loans and balance of
payment crisis. Modi Cabinet now formally approves necessary
paper agreements.
BoP Ignored EU approves 4 months extension to Greece bailout package.

Basics already done in ppt/video.
As per Water Sanitation Hygiene programme for school (WASH)
1 toilet per 80 boys and 1 toilet for 40 girls required but not even
30% of Rajasthan schools meet the norms for girl toilets.
HRD OLF
Rajasthan HC ordered the state government not to grant
permission to any new school/colleges if they don’t meet such
norms.
Arjun Award selection revamped. Now a Committee headed by
retired SC/HC judge with noted persons associated with sports will
decide the names. Only 1 sportsperson from any given field to
HRD OLF
avoid bias towards that field’s nominees. More weightage to
individual sports over team sports. Meeting proceedings to be
video graphed.
University professor retirement age 65 but CSIR scientist
HRD Ignored retirement age is 60. so Modi planning to raise scientists’
retirement age.
Andhra govt. reviving the ‘letter of permit’ vessels for deep sea
industry tuna fishing. Local fishermen concerned because foreign vessels
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agro will enter after getting permits under Benami local Indian and
takeaway the “shishami tuna fishes” from Indian waters.
2007: agricultural policy was framed based on recommendations
of the M.S. Swaminathan Commission. But a PIL filed in Supreme
Court alleges that government has done nothing to implement it.
industry Government counters saying we’ve done more than enough to
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agro make India and its farmers selfsufficient in food production even
though India accounts for only 2.4 per cent of the world’s
geographical area and 4 per cent of its water resources, we
support 17% of world population and 15% livestock.
Unease of doing business: Coca cola exits from Modi’s Varanasi
Industry
Ignored Constituency after Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA)
MFG
delays giving clearance.
AirIndia begins restructuring based on Dharmadhikari report.
Industry
Ignored Revised payscales from March1 to achieve pay parity between
Service
AirIndia and merged Indian Airlines workers.
The Odisha Government has decided to scrap joint venture
agreements with the mining giants Rio Tinto, Vedanta, Sesa
infra OLF
Sterlite and Hindalco. This goes against “ease of doing business”
because those firms already invested capital in setting up plants.
Trai to implement all India mobile number portability from May 3.
infra OLF
Until now it was confined only to user’s own telcom circle.
TRAI planning to reduce interconnection charge that one operator
pays to the other for using their network. Same way TRAI
infra OLF planning to reduce tariffs for national roaming services first time
after 2013. Likely to reduce call and SMS charges by 3580
percent respectively.
Polity, Governance
FebW1Polity, Governance
Social justice ministry celebrated Raahgiri day on 1st Feb 2015. Focus:
Disabled peoples’ participation in cultural and sports activities. OnRaahgiri
Dayare cordoned off for vehicle movement. Then citizens free to cycle, walk,
P Only run, skate, play, dance, yoga and enjoy the streets. Thus it help community
to get together and celebrate their city and their lives. The concept is inspired
by “Ciclovia”. This weekly event held in Bagota, Columbia. Many other
nations follow it as Open Streets, Summer Streets, etc. names.
1981: During Indira Raj, Interstate agreement signed among Punjab,
P+M Haryana and Rajasthan for sharing of RaviBeas system. Punjab
Government moved to SC demanding more water share from these rivers.
P+M Collegium system to continue until NJAC is appointed for selecting judges
A CPI leader sent to 4 weeks jail for contempt of court. Columnists demand
M+I relooking at the “imperial” provisions about contempt of court. Because
originally provisions were made to enforce foreign rule over natives.
Controversy about political parties doing money laundering after some NGO
Avaam vs AAP controversy about donation of Rs.50 lakhs. As per
Representation of People’s act a political party has to give audited annual
M+I
statement of all contributions over Rs.20,000 to EC, then they’re exempted
from income tax payment. NIPFP’s black money report even recommends
reducing such ITexemptions.
Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami sacked for trying to influence CBI
officials not to arrest a TMC leader in Saradha connection. Anil voluntarily
resigned, thus eligible for whatever pensiongratuity benefits of IAS officer.
M+I Some columnists demanding he ought to be formally dismissed so he can’t
get such benefit otherwise its same like those tainted judges who resign
before they can be impeached to ensure pension benefits. Makes a good
GS4 Ethical case study.
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has mooted the idea of automatic
M+I suspension of members who entered the Well, because it present this is no
specific rule on how to deal with those unruly elements.
Pros and Cons of giving full statehood for Delhi. (Because AAP manifesto
M+I
demands it)
Nepalese Constitution drafting Committee gives guiding principles for new
M+I Constitution democracy, federalism, republicanism, secularism, and
inclusiveness
As per Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Ordinance, only those with class 8 and 10
degrees can fight Sarpanch and Zila Parishad. Noble intention but (1)
OLF candidates using bogus marksheets (2) at many places crooks elected
unopposed because rivals couldn’t apply due to educational certificate. (3) at
posts vacant because no applications received!
Law Commission chairman Justice A.P. Shah recommends amending Civil
Procedure Code and setting up special commercial courts for the speedy
OLF
disposal of “high value commercial suits” preferably by enacting a new law.
Until Government actually draft bill, topic just OLF
Union tells SC that IT Act section 66A is not meant for curbing freedom of
OLF
speech, but only to curb cybercrimes
OLF Research paper in World Development journal says reservation of backward
communities didn’t hurt performance of Indian railways.
SC says if a candidate hides his pastcriminal record, junta can’t chose right
OLF candidate, due to lack of information so if such criminal wins election, it’ll be
declared null and void.
Union Government’s Justice G.P. Mathur panel’s suggestion to make a new
OLF
SIT to reinvestigate 86’s AntiSikh riots.
Delhi EC asks Schools to distribute ‘pledge letter’, get parents sign on them
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“we’ll vote in assembly elections”. This will help increasing voter turnout.
GS4: World bank definition of CSR is “business commitment for economic
development and quality life for workers, families, communities, society at
large”. Companies have to achieve “Triple bottom Line approach” i.e.
balance of economic, environmental and social imperatives. BUT without
ignoring shareholders’ interests. Indian businessmen long pursued idea of
OLF idea of trusteeship, charity and philanthropic activity for community
development, educational, cultural and research projects. But now they must
work beyond charity and philanthropy, and focus on the words ‘social’ and
‘responsibility’ to improve junta’s economic and social conditions with main
focus on weaker societies. Else we can’t achieve continuous growth of GDP.
( Vice President Hamid Ansari)
GS4: Government communication: ideal characteristics (1) use digital media
and social media for their reach, scale, variety and accessibility especially
during emergency and natural disasters. (2) officer’s communication must
OLF have speed, accuracy, brevity and clarity of thought. (3) Perception
management is also important. (4) webpage must provide info on policies
initiatives, vernacular languages – easy to read and understand. (5) use
cloud computing to minimize costs. ( Vice President Hamid Ansari)
Egovernance: Modi aims for Digital lockers – to store each citizens birth
OLF certi, marksheets etc which he can use to fill online forms for job, passport
etc. Maharashtra already has this, covered in old article
Gujarat state government planning to allot Fair price shop (raashan ki
OLF
dookaan) licenses to women only.
Freedom of Speech: Chinese Government ordered blog and chatroom
platform owners to register all users with their realname and give
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undertaking they’ll never challenge Communist political system, further
tightening control over Internet use.
Mullaperiyar water level declined after Tamilnadu began discharging water.
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Basics already covered in old article.
Mumbai police summons Arun “ImineveryPrakashJhamovie’ Rampal for
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meeting Jailed Gangster Arun Gawli in hospital without permission.
cousumer court says if a person doesn’t have idproof, railway still cannot
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throw him out of the train
NHRC orders Delhi police to deploy constables in night shelters to ensure
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junta safety
45,000 PakHindu refugees living in Jammu. They’re eligible to vote in
parliament election but not in J&K State assembly elections, because J&K
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state law forbids it. Now PDP says ‘middlepath’ to ensure Government
formation with help of BJP.
CBI court bails Gujarat cadre IPS officers D.G. Vanzara and P.P. Pandey in
the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case. Columnists furious over rumors about
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DG Vanzara’s possible appointment as a director of some Gujaratstate
PSU.
Saradha chit fund ball by ball arrest of xyz leaders, TMC wants SC to
Ignored monitor CBI probe, SC refuses…. Chit fund mechanism, scamoverview in
my upcoming lecture on youtube
Delhi HC awards 30 years to Vikas Yadav and aide for honor killing of Nitish
Ignored
Katara.
Secularism: Obama says the religious intolerance of new India would have
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shocked Gandhi. Jaitley reacts sharply – that we sheltered Dalai Lama.
Secularism: Amit Shah says BJP respects preamble the way it is we don’t
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have any plans to replace the words ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’.
Ignored Delhi assembly election to use VVPAT. Basics already covered in old article.
Delhi voters will be inked with brush instead of stick, because brushpainting
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helps drying the ink at faster rate.
AAP leaders apprehensive about temping of Electronic Voting Machines
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(EVMs). But EC it’s not possible.
BJP manifesto for says North Eastern Immigrants will to be protected in
Ignored Delhi. Word “immigrant” draws largescale protests in Assam. BJP
apologizes.
Ignored Churches in Delhi vandalized. Home minister Rajnath orders quick action
Ignored Bihar Power struggle between Manjhi and Nitish Kumar
Freedom of Speech RSS magazine warns Government against the “5th
Ignored column members in the armed forces, who use social media to spread
negative publicity against their own establishment”
Freedom of Speech: AIB (All India Bakchod group) organized a show with
filmstars full of profanity, with Karan Johar as host. Enraged Censor member
Ignored Ashoke Pandit even abused them on twitter and MNS demanding
unconditional apology. Video removed from youtube after getting 80 lakh
views.
Government doubled the sharecapital of National Minorities Development
and Finance Corp. from Rs.1,500 crore to Rs.3,000 crore. New sharholding
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norms: 73:26:1 among Union : State: (individual and institutions.). The earlier
ratio was 65:26:9.
SC says if a public servant practices bigamy, then Government is free to
sack him, irrespective of religion. Because Article 25 permits freedom of
P+M religion only as long as it doesn’t violate public order, health or morality.
Polygamy is not integral part of religion and monogamy was a reform within
the power of the State under Article 25
Modi Government had appointed Shashi Kant Sharma (IAS) as CAG. But
some ‘concerned’ citizen filed PIL in SC asking his removal because earlier
he has taken some controversial decision as defense Secretary. CJI refused
P+M to intervene saying the court should not react to every sound of alarm and
“meddle” in constitutional appointments. As per the Constitution, it was the
Executive’s prerogative to recommend the name of the CAG to the
President.
The representation of People’s act prevents under trial prisoners from voting
rights. However, under trial people out on bail, can vote in the election. This
P+M conundrum violates article 326 of the Constitution – which permits voter
disqualification only on the grounds of nonresidents, unsound mind, crime or
corruption.
A fifth petition Filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional
M+I
validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
To implement Bezbaruah report on safety of North East people Government
mooted following ideas: (1) transit camps and special hostels for them in big
cities (2) NCERT to add NER historyculturegeography in class 612
textbooks. HRD ministry will ask state education boards to do the same (3)
M+I
10,000 UGC fellowship for NERstudents (4) more NERpeople to be
recruited in Delhi Police by relaxing physical and educational requirements.
(5) more funds for Imphal sports centre and setting up National Sports
University in Manipur State through an act of parliament.
SC is concerned: India till now is a secular country… we don’t know for how
long it will continue to remain secular. There is a need to “stamp out” religion
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from civil laws. Observation comes after a group demands Christians o be
exempted from Indian Penal code provisions for biogamy.
Freedom of Speech: Censor board chief prepares a list of vulgur words to be
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banned from movies including salaa, kutta etc. Artist community enraged.
To cut down the burden of backlog cases, Government needs to come up
with alternative dispute resolution mechanisms like “meditation”. If large
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number of people have to litigate against the government in the court, then it
is a sign of Bad governance, says a Supreme Court judge.
Freedom of Speech: Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai was planning to
“badmouth” Indian Government in front of England MPs, but she was
stopped from boarding the flight from India. Home ministry officials justify the
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move saying “if we allow such individual to criticize India abroad, then their
testimonies are used by first world countries against India during trade
negotiations.”
After Ubertaxi rape, the app was banned in India. Now they added new
OLF safetyfeatures in the app: (1) Passengers can share ride details with their
contacts in real time. (2) “SOS” button to call the local police directly.
Dalit NGO launches online toolAtrocity Tracking and Monitoring (ATM).
OLF Send message to 9898915455, the system will notify the concerned
authorities to help the victim.
Previously Himachal Pradesh assembly became paperless by adopting E
OLF technology. Now Haryana planning the same. And Modi cabinet to use
kindles instead of papers.
Every month, National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa) to Organize Lok
Adalats throughout the Country. Every month will be allotted specific issues
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e.g. one month for cheque bounce & bank frauds. This will be reduce
pending cases and deliver cheap justice no further appeal possible.
ECourts Mission Mode Project being done by Justice Department, SC and
NIC. Phase 1 computerize the subordinate courts. Phase2: efiling and e
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payment gateways. These eCourts portals will be part of the National
Judicial Data Grid. They’ll help citizen get casestatus, courtdocument etc.
If a man refuse To provide maintenance to his estranged wife, it amounts to
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economic abuse says Delhi High Court.
2008: After Kandhamal riots in Odisha, victims began moving out to Kerala,
Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. PIL was filed but State government maintains
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These people have migrated for the search of a better livelihood and not
because of the persecution by radical Hindus in Odisha.
“One Billion Rising,” a global action plan that involves a billion activists in
over 207 countries coming together to dance, sing and raise their voice to
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end violence against women and girls. Recently they organized an event at
Delhi University.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University’s plans to open a special hostel for
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Northeast students
Kejriwal victory in Delhi state assembly election and the ball by ball
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commentary.
After vulgar AIB Roast video starring Bollywood celebrities, a PIL has been
fileddemanding that Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry should
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create a mechanism to keep a check on videos uploaded on YouTube. Topic
ignored for exam, until Bombay HC delivers verdict
Annual World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) ranks India 136 out of 180
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nation.
Activist Teesta Shetalvad accused of duping PostGodhara riot victims. SC
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gave stay on her arrest.
Critics say Modi Government’s Strategy of naming centrally sponsored
Ignored schemes With Sankritised Hindi names One type of cultural chauvinism, it
will hurt national integration.
1984, October 31 Indira Gandhi assassinated. Subsequent AntiSikh riots
left over 3000 people dead in Delhi, UP, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra etc. Modi Government had declared 5 lakh compensation and
Ignored setup Justice GP Mathur Committee – which recommended setting up a new
SIT to reopen the cases. So now 3member SIT formed under IPS officer
Pramod Asthana.
Delhi Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) questions Shashi Tharoor
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about Mysterious death of his wife.
Narendra Modi temple in Rajkot. Although after his displeasure, the
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organizers decided to shut it down.
Tharoor says hanging of Parliament attack mastermind Afzal Guru, was a
Ignored badly handled event, because family was not allowed to meet him, his body
was not given to them.
Shirin Dalvi, the editor of Urdu newspaper Avadhnama had published a
Ignored cartoon of Charlie Hebdo magazine. She is slapped with criminal charges
and columnists gone crazy about protecting the freedom of speech.
21 Feb: International Mother Tongue Day celebrated by CBSE and NCERT
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celebrate
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Kerala, Karnataka, Orissa and
Chhattisgarh have already given 50% reservation to women in local bodies.
Now Union wants to take states in confidence and then move an amendment
P+M
for 50% women reservation in urban local bodies. At present they’re given
1/3rd reservation. Government will also promote ‘engendered cities’ with the
objective of welfare of women through their participation.
Supreme Court judge Rohinton Fali Nariman says Indira Gandhi shouldnot
have included the words ‘socialist and secular’ in the Preamble to the
P+M Constitution through the 42 nd amendment 1976. Because Socialism and
secularism are inbuilt in our Constitution through directive principles of State
policy (DPSP)
2014: Gujarat local authorities bill 2009 passed it provides for compulsory
voting in the local bodies and 50% reservation to women therein. 2015, Oct:
P+M
Gujarat election commission will Offer the option of online voting in the six
municipal elections.
New guidelines for speedier childadoption process. (1)annual target 15k
adoption (2) deadline for each application 4 months (3) implemented by
CARA (Child Adoption Resource Authority) monitoring on a weekly basis.
M+I (4) juvenile protection bill to give more powers to CARA (5) CCTVs in
hospitals/maternity homes to prevent illegal adoptions. (5) centralized
registration at CARINGS (online adoption system) (6) children in adoption
homes will be given Aadhar Cards (7) Media awareness campaign
Brazil’s Electoral court aims to ban corporate donations to political parties, to
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combat nuisance of money in elections.
Under the present law, a person has to be convicted, before he is
disqualified for elections. SC says it applies only after conviction. But Barring
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a person from contesting elections as soon as criminal charges are framed
against him will stigmatise him even before he is proven guilty
CBI’s Wrong interpretation of RTI act CBI says it can provide RTI
OLF information about corruption Charges against its own officials, but RTI Does
not apply ongoing CBI probes against outsiders.
The ‘safe harbor’ clause in IT act, ensures that websites are not punished if
their platform is used for illegal content without knowledge of the owner. After
vulgar AIBroast show in YouTube, PILs filed in Bombay HC to undo this
OLF ‘safe harbor’ and require the site owners to verify the legality of the content
before serving it to large internet audience. in the meantime, Bombay HC
grants interim relief to AIBroast participants’ arrest, saying their language
was vulgar but not obscene.
Freedom of speech: Given the rise of Internet trolls, many popular news
websites have stopped comment system. However a Jewish site “tablet”
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came up with a novel idea reading articles is free, but to post comment a
person will have to buy subscription!
Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) facing financial crisis. They plan to
‘auction’ naming of new buildings and roads after local people if their family
OLF members give money. Critiques argue even goondalog can get buildings
and streets named after them after paying illgotten money. Makes a good
case study for GS4
Modi wisdom: Large case pendency in India because laws adopted by
unqualified people, and so many loopholes, grey areas and litigations.
OLF Reforms done: (1) We are uploading all the bills on government websites,
seeking opinion of the lawyers on how to prevent such issues. (2) in 9
months of Modiraj, over 1700 laws repealed.
In recent times, many safety apps for women like Himmat, SmartShehar,
VithU, BSafe, Raksha. Majority of them merely help the victim to call
police/relatives for help. But if mobile already snatched/broken by the
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goondalog OR if police fails to respond in time, then it’s of no use. Besides,
These apps work only in smartphones. Hardly 13% of total Indians have
such phones. So what’s about safety of women without smartphones?
Under the current law, divorce is granted if a couple jointly file appeal with
mutual consent. Otherwise, either husband or the wife has to prove certain
grounds under which a marriage can be dissolved such as adultery, cruelty,
insanity, desertion or medical reasons etc. but this makes the whole process
very time consuming, expensive, sometimes either party will deliberately find
‘faults’ to defame the other party. solution? UPA wanted to amend Hindu
OLF Marriage Act, 1955, and the Special Marriage Act, 1954, to make
“irretrievable breakdown of marriage” a ground for divorce IF couple living
separately 3 years. Bill pending in Rajya Sabha since 2013. Modi
Government hesitant to amend because opposition from certain groups that
(1) crooked women will enter in sham marriages and run away with half
property by misusing such facility (2) men will fear marrying as a result more
‘livein’ relationship & breakdown of family values.
of the 884 SC judgments in 2014, only 7% dealt with substantial matter of
law & Constitution. Remaining 93% just appeals against misc. orders by high
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courts. Due to majority of such chillar cases, SC is bogged down with
unnecessary work.
Star channel has won telecast rights for world cup matches. But they’re
required to share the feed with Prasar Bharati for ‘public interest’. However,
Ignored
Prasar Bharti further gives these videos to private channels. Hence Star went
to SC but no relief.
Earlier an Kerala MLA went to Mullaperiyar dam with journalists, to show
Ignored how weak and dangerous it has become. Now Tamilnadu went to SC asking
for CISF cover to protect the dam against such ‘elements’.
UGC increased NET/JRF exam fees to 1000 | 500 | 250 for General | OBC |
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ST/ST respectively. JNU students protesting.
Earlier union Government amended Motor Vehicle Act to permit Erickshaws.
Ignored But dismal registration in Delhi. Now Kejrisarkar running awareness
campaign.
The Manjhi vs Nitish drama finally ends. Nitish becomes CM of Bihar, after
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Manjhi resigns instead of facing vote of confidence in Vidhan sabha
Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board or Vyavsayik Pareeksha
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Mandal Is nicknamed “Vyapam” in Hindi. Major controversy erupted about
the involvement of Chief Minister in Vyapam recruitment scam.
Previously SC appointed N.R. Madhava Menon Committee on sarkaari ads
had Recommended that names and pictures of political parties and their
officebearers should not be mentioned in government advertisements. SC
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aims to order Government to enact a law to implement this. However,
Government opposed claiming this will amount to a violation of article 19 and
imposition of precensorship. Ignored because final verdict awaited.
Attack on Christian Churches in Delhi. Modi assures religious freedom and
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protection to all regions.
Gangster Abu Salem convicted by Terrorist and Disruptive Activities
(Prevention) Act (TADA) for Pradeep Jain murder case. Court Gives him life
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imprisonment. But during extradition from portugal, indian Government had
assured their court we won’t give him more than 25 years jail.
Delhi Government says Private electricity distribution companies fall under
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the ambit of CAG. Companies are opposed. Legal battle ongoing.
Tamil Nadu High Court high court bans beauty contests in colleges, because
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it leads to erosion of moral values among youth according to a petition.
Delhi court asks Government whether online sale of sex toys violate IPC
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Section 377
Government withdraws insurance, coal mining and motor vehicle
amendment bills from Rajya Sabha. Plan is to put them in Lok sabha it’ll get
passed due to Modi majority. Then again put in Rajya Sabha it’ll not be
P+M
passed due to Modi minority. But then Modi will call joint session of
parliament because 1 house passed while 2nd house rejected the same bill.
In joint session Modi majority will get everything passed.
SC says that If a Christian reconverts to Hindu Schedule Caste, he’ll get
P+M reservation benefits, but condition there is clear proof of his
parents/grantparents belonging to the said SC caste.
Central Information Commission (CIC) orders Delhi civic bodies to distribute
OLF sweets to people on all national festivals to promote cultural diversity.
(Earlier they’d do it only on religious festivals.)
NHRC orders placement agencies to give full report of people employed as
OLF domestic servants after reports that such agencies are involved in human
trafficking, and even selling poor Indian women abroad.
EGovernance: New Delhi Municipal Council launches “NDMC pleasefix”
OLF
App to help citizens lodge complaints via smartphones.
Rajya Sabha MP Ramdas Athawale demands social boycott and breaking of
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arms and legs of rapists.
Delhi police aims to install frontfacing CCTV cameras on emergency
vehicles like ambulances, disaster management vehicles, and police patrol
OLF vans. This will help recording evidences and ensure other drivers act
responsibly.
Modi vs Anna vs Opposition parties on Land ordinance. Basics already
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covered in old article
Vyapamrecruitment scam SIT says Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh
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Yadav also involved.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat and Shiv Sena allege Mother Teresa used
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money and sweet talk to convert poors to Christianity.
Ignored Rahul Gandhi on leave of absence.
Essar group whistleblower leaks internal documetns showing how Nitin
Gadgari used Essar yatch “Sunrays” in 2013 for free riding with his family.
Ignored
Opposition demands action under prevention of corruption act for any undue
favors given to Essay for such freebies.
Environment, Agro
FebW1Environment, Agro
Junta protesting against Koteshwar dam across the Bhagirathi in Tehri
P Only district, Dehradun after cracks and seepage reported in dam wall. Location
important for MCQ
During 1660s Newton wrote a book “vegetables” – on how plant roots suck
P Only minerals and waters and pump it upwards against gravity. Although it took
another 200 years for Botanist to explain this.
Two algae species Ulva paschima Bast, and Cladophora goensis Bast. They
grow on shorelines, can be used for carbon sequestration due to (1) their
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high growth rate near shorelines and (2) their ability to absorb atmospheric
carbon dioxide.
Central African endangered plant Sirdavidia named after Sir David
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Attenborough a noted environmentalist
Sinkholes form in riverbeds with gypsum, dolomite or limestone. They melt in
water available in the sub surface channels, leading to a sudden collapse.
First time, Andhra Pradesh’s Anatapur reported Sinkholes because (1)
P+M
overexploitation of groundwater (2) water table not recharged thanks to poor
rain. For prelims definition and reasons for Mains as a fodder on water
exploitation.
Maharashtra Government gives fieldtrial approval for GM crops. Top
countries with largest areas under GMcultivation Argentina, Brazil, US,
P+M
India (4th). We are far ahead of China. IndiaGM the company Monasoto
enjoys near monopoly, while in China GM developed through PSUs.
World Bank report say Sunderbans carrying capacity exceeded the
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population pressure.
Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) says Santhal and other tribals have
OLF shifted from agriculture to menial Labour in past few decades. Because
agriculture has became an unsustainable business for them
Najafgarh has Delhi’s longest sewage drain, and it had became an
OLF alternative wetland habitat for birds. However, Asian Water bird Census says
less migrant birds coming to Delhi due to climate change.
Hollywood actor Arnold says Gujarat’s clean energy projects makes it the
OLF “California of India” and to combat climate change the subnational
Governments must take similar initiatives.
Over 1 lakh metric tonne solid waste generated everyday in Indian cities.
Quantity sufficient to generate ~450MW electricity and sufficient compost
fertilizer to reduce chemical fertilizer usage by 30%. Over 35,000 million litre
sewage generated every day sufficient to irrigate >1 lakh ht. crops.
OLF
Therefore, Urban minister V.Naidu wants a proper framework for municipal
waste to be converted to fuel, fertilizer and water. Main focus on Refuse
Derived Fuel (RDF) which is obtained by separating combustible part of
municiple solid waste from other waste
Some food experts believe idli originated from Indonesia, while others argue
Ignored Arabs bought it to India because they were confused about which food was
haram and which one was halal so simply started boiling riceballs as food.
Josephoartigasia was the largest rodent ever on planet earth. It used front
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teeth just like an elephant tusks.
Ongoing Tussle between NGO Greenpeace vs Government of India over
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Foreign contribution and antinational activities.
Bru people speak Kau Bru language of TibetoBurmese origin. They
migrated from Mizoram to Tripura following the ethnic clashes in ’97. But
P Only their long stay in Tripura relief camps = damage to environment by firewood
collection and poaching. They also clash with indigenous people of Tripura.
Hence Union ministry planning their repatriation back Mizoram.
American plants generate over 2000 tonnes of nuclear waste every year.
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Government planning to store them under Yucca Mountains in Nevada state.
TSR Subramanian’s Green law panel submits 55 recommendations.
M+I
Environment Ministry has partially accepted some of them.
Modi wants to permits deep sea fishing vessels, but Local fisherman afraid
OLF foreign operators will corner such permits and their livelihood will be affected,
hence protesting.
India’s initiatives for monitoring climate change electronically. (1) along with
20 nations, we will deploy a global calculator (In MS – Excel format) to
calculate climate impact scenarios in our country e.g. transport, crop yields,
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forests etc. We will also upgrade our existing tool Indian Energy Security
Scenarios (IESS) (Which was originally designed by the former planning
commission).
2011: Adani Purchased Abbot Point terminal In Queensland, Australia. Now
OLF Adani wants to dredge the Great Barrier Reef To expand coal port.
Environmentalists opposing this move
Israel runs world’s largest desalination plants and recycles 90 per cent of
OLF water for agricultural. They have offered to share their expertise in cleaning
ganga.
Around 1540, the Spanish Empire forced Peru’s Incas to in silver mines of
Potosi mountains. Now Scientists observed evidence of mining/smelting
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pollution in the icecaps near Peru. Thus, Humans have begin polluting the
earth 240 years before the Industrial Revolution.
A parasitic wasp employs a virus as a “biological weapon” to paralyse a
Ignored
beetle and turn it into a bodyguard for wasplarva.
Ituglanis boticario is a carnivore fish living underground caves in central
Ignored Brazil. Researchers claim increased cattle ranching= less water reaching the
caves=fish population declined.
The Delhi High Court asks Delhi Government to furnish pollution map of the
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city since 2010.
Water Resources Ministry planning to revive Brahmaputra Board with a new
Ignored mandate and schemes. Topic becomes important only after its officially
notified.
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune launched “SAFARAir”
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app to increase airpollution awareness among juntaa.
Geoengineering aims to fight climate change by removing carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere or by increasing the reflectivity of the earth using
artificial clouds or even space dust to reduce the sun’s warmth and thereby
Global warming. But now even CIA interested in geoengineering to
P Only “weaponize” weather. Although it is nothing new, previously united kingdom
wanted to produce artificial clouds to stop smooth flight of German bombers.
Similarly During Vietnam war, America’s “operation Popeye” aimed to
increase Rainfall in Vietnam to reduce the movement of North Vietnamese
Army in the jungle.
P Only ‘Vanaj 2015’ Tribal festival held at Delhi
Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) setup in 1916 began planning for its
upcoming cemetery celebrations. Will convert paper database into online
P Only taxonomy. So far India has reported 96,000 species = ~8% of total species in
the world. However, ZSI believes so far we have discovered hardly 10% of
our actual species in India.
latest report of Forest Survey of India: 5,871 sq km increase in the forest
cover of India, West Bengal accounts for nearly 64 per cent of this rise. Top
P Only gainers Bengal> Odisha>Kerala. Top losers: Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh.
Pilot whales are most common species of whale in New Zealand waters.
P Only Topic in news because 100 of them stranded on a New Zealand, rescue
workers waiting for high tide to push’em back into the water.
ICAR achievements: EKapas voice based service for cotton farmers,
infocrop wheat module for identifying location based suitable variety of
wheat, Chitosan based hand sanitizer, derived policonasol from lac, lac
P+M based coating to preserve fruit freshness, health supplement from collagen
of fish scales, Aseel: indigenous chicken breedits genome decoded. 4G
nano based nutritional agriculture inputs (P, Mg, Zn, Fe); Deepasha: the only
surviving wildfemalebuffalo from Asha breed in Chhattisgarh.
PM launches ‘Soil Health Card scheme’ with gives slogan: “Swasth Dharaa.
Khet Haraa.” – Healthy Earth. Green Farm. Card validity 3 yearsthen renew.
P+M Card to display soil fertility and recommend fertilizers accordingly. This will
improve crop yields, prevent soilwater contamination due to excessive use
of fertilizers and thus reduce Government subsidy bill.
Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) is now renamed to
Jal Sadhana with tagline “Conserve water, Conserve life”. Will be monitored
through mobile app “drishti”. Features (1) involve community at every stage
P+M
(2) use remote sensing and satellite imageries (3) desilting of water
harvesting structures before monsoon2015. (4) ensure every farm receives
water.
Mridaparikshak’, is a MINILAB that can determine soil health using digital
mobilesoiltest kit. Developed by Bhopal centre of ICAR. It determines all
the important soil parameters i.e. soil pH, EC, organic carbon, nitrogen,
P+M phosphorus, potassium, sulphur and micronutrients like zinc, boron and iron.
Accordingly, farmer gets SMS info. on recommended fertilizer. System
compatible with Soil health card system. Even 1112 pass farmers
themselves can use it with little training.
To relocated Lions from Gir (Gujarat), Madhya Pradesh had began
expending Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary. In this process, ~8,000 Sahariya tribal
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people displaced in late 90s. New study says it has reduced their life
expectancy.
Madhya Pradesh>Singrauli District>Mahan Coalmines. Tribals are
opposing it. Greenpeace activist Ms. Pillai wanted to raise this matter to
British MPs. But Government of India banned her foreign travel. New
condition: if she gives written undertaking that she will not make any
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submissions about rights violations in India before a British Parliamentary
Committee, only then she’ll be allowed to travel. Because such testimonies
lead to release of “biased annual reports” by EU and US parliaments and
adverse trade negotiations.
Brazil is called the “Saudi Arabia of water” Given the abundant water
resources of Amazon. But now, Sao Paulo facing the worst draw period in
OLF the century because of its polluted rivers, deforestation and population
growth.
“Operation Opson 4″ run by Interpol and Europol to stop “foodadulteration”.
So far they have investigated lakh of litres of misbranded alcohol, malt,
OLF whiskey, beer and caviar from China and other Asian countries coming to
Europe. In a way its good because such cheap Asian exports were hurting
Indian food processing industry.
Union Government permits 5% ethanol blending with petrol. Steps taken –
remunerative prices offered to sugar mills to supply ethanol to oil marketing
OLF cos. But problems (1) states levy additional taxes in pretext of ‘importexport’
and even extra octroi (2) state excise inspectors don’t give NOC for Inter
state movement of ethanol easily. These “transaction barriers” are hurting
the policy implementation.
India is the 4th largest energy consumer in world. Demand to dobule by
2030, make in India can’t succeed hence must focus on renewable. ~34 out
~250 GW of India’s energy output comes from renewable sources. Problems
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(1) 70% solar cells imported from USA and China (2) small hydro power
potential 20GB but so far achieved not even 4% (3) need to permit finance
through taxfree “green bonds” just like in USA, China and Europe
Nobel winner and TERI DG R. K. Pachauri accused of sexually harassing a
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colleague.
Auction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dark suit with golden pinestrips, at
Ignored Surat. A diamond merchant Lalji Patel won it for 4.31 crores, money to be
spent on Ganga cleanup.
NGT order Delhi Government to explore possibility of rainwater harvesting on
Ignored its flyovers. NGT fines 11 Delhi hospitals for not adopting water harvesting
methods and so on
Science Tech, Defense, IT, Healthcare
Swine Flu mechanism 4CSAT, Government action plan 4mains
FebW1Science Tech, Defense, IT, Healthcare
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Signed contract to supply 14
Defense P Only
Dornier228 aircraft to the Indian Air Force.
RK Gupta the DRDO project director for nukecapable Agni
Defense Ignored
V missile moved out.
China has only one aircraft carrier ship – Laoning. But given
the increased presence of US forces in the region under
Defense OLF
Obama’s AsiaPivot policy, the Chinese Government planning
to induct more aircraft carrier vessels.
A Shanghai builder planning World’s tallest 3Dprinted
IT/electronics OLF
building” using a 3D printer.
Army making its own Mobile Cellular Communications
System (MCCS) using BEL handsets and Code Division
Multiple Access (CDMA) technology because its harder to
IT/electronics OLF
spoof. They also created a separate Army Wide Areas
Network (AWAN) to connect HQ with battalion level
formations using optical fiber network.
Silicene is world’s thinnest silicon material. Researchers used
IT/electronics P Only
it to create Oneatomthin silicon transistors
Spectrum is a frequencies band of electromagnetic waves or
radio waves. Radio waves are used for communication and
broadcasting. Example FM radio 88 to 108 Mhz, Mobile
IT/electronics P Only services on providers 9001800 MHz and so on. But Two
operators cannot use the same frequency in the same region,
else interference. Therefore, Government allocates spectrum
among the service providers through auction
Ultra Wide Band (UWB) are popular for short and medium
range communications. They use minimal spectrum, minimal
power and don’t interfere with other communication services.
Department of Space working on the main passive
components of the Ultra Wide Band systems i.e. “antenna”
and “filter” on Silicon Substrate.
Scientists studying Mixed Lineage Leukaemia (MLL) protein
Medical Ignored
to find out leukemia occurs in people.
NACO working on special software to link Aadhar cards of
AIDS patients. Next time person goes in a different clinic, it’ll
Medical OLF
automatically show data about his previous registration and
tests.
WHO fears cancer deaths will rise by 70% in next 20 years.
Must focus on HPVvaccine, HepB vaccine and reduce non
Medical OLF ionizing sunlight radiation. These measures will help reduce
deaths from noncommunicable diseases by 25 per cent by
2025
Health ministry submits to SC, our expert panel working to
Medical OLF amend Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 to give more
punishment to milk adulteration crooks.
under Right to education Act, 11 categories of weaker
sections eligible to 25% quota and free education in the
Medical OLF private schools including BPL, SC/ST and even HIV infected.
For the first time, a private school in Ahmedabad ordered to
give free education to an HIVinfected class10 boy.
Till now, Scientists believed stem cells can be used to create
Medical P Only new eggs and thereby cure infertility. New research says it’s
not possible.
Litchi seeds contain ‘methylenecyclopropylglycine’ (MCPG).
Researchers claim its responsible for the summer outbreaks
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of mysterious brain disease in among young children in
Muzaffarpur district of Bihar.
Medical P Only Feb 10: the national deworming day by health ministry.
The inventor of contraceptive pills, Carl Djerassi died recently.
Medical P Only
So, principle behind the pill becomes important for MCQ.
UK passes law for regulation of ‘3parentbaby’ treatment. If
mom has defective DNA for mitochondria, baby will suffer
Medical P+M heartliverbrain damage. Solution insert healthy DNA code
from another female into her egg, fertilize it with father’s
sperm= 3 parent baby.
Rising Swine flu cases. Union framing an action plan. Origin
Medical P+M Symptomstreatment important for prelims and action plan for
mains.
INSV Mhadei sets record of sailing 1 lakh nautical miles. In
Defense P Only 2010 and 2013, Indian navy officers have circumnavigated
the globe in this boat.
Royal British Navy’s HMS Hermes had participated in the
Falkland wars and in late80s it was inducted in Indian navy
Defense P Only as INSViraat, the aircraft carrier. Navy planning to
decomission it in 2016, because (a) expensive repair work (2)
its Sea Harrier aircrafts not much use in moderncombat.
Defence Minister Parrikar says While we may not be able to
produce latest defense equipment like developed countries,
Defense OLF but still we’ve expertise to build and export hitech stuff to
other developing countries who’re already interested in
buying ISRO’s spaceexpertise after Mangalyan success.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister says hardly any
Defense OLF war documentaries made in India. Our war history needs to
be popularised using the digital media.
CISF personnel are Responsible for the security of Delhi
International airport. But Delhi airport not paying for their
Defense Ignored
services since last seven months, hence their salary is
entirely bourne by Government of India.
Net neutrality principle requires ISPs not to give advantage to
one type of traffic over the other. Violation cases (1) Airtel’s
decision to charge extra money on its mobileinternet users IF
they use skype to make free calls over internet. Although later
decision taken back. (2) Facebook launches internet.org
initiative in India with help of Anil Ambani’s Reliance
communication. We are 6th country in the world to be
IT/electronics M+I covered under facebook’s ‘freeinternet’ scheme. Basic idea
is every reliance phone subscribe will get free internet
access to facebook, wikipedia etc selected sites. Criticism:
Neutrality principle is violated because other similar social
networking sites / and knowledge sites will not get visitors.
Because junta given ‘free internet’ only for a selected group of
sites allied with Facebook. So in a way, facebook misusing its
dominant position via this “zerorating” business strategy.
ultrathin sheets have thickness of just few atoms, and width of
just few micrometers. They’re made using transition metal
IT/electronics P+M dichalcogenides (TMDs). They haven numerous applications
such as better rechargable batteries, but at present TMD
manufacturing very expensive. IndianAmerican scientist
Gurpreet Singh given 5 lakh dollar “CAREER” award for
pursuing this research.
Government admits foreign agents committed Cyber
IT/electronics OLF espionage against Indian Government servers but real
culprits yet to be identified.
Raspeberry 2 the new more powerful edition of that
IT/electronics Ignored Raspberry credit card sized computer. Ignored because
basics already done in old article
Brain: Shortterm memory stored in “PreFronta” and long
Medical P Only term memory stored at Hippocampus, a horseshoe shaped
paired structure.
Government will vaccinate all the health workers dealing with
H1N1 cases. And simultenously to reduce workload of
medical staff, Union home ministry declares new guidelines
against swine flu.Patients are now classified into three
Medical P+M categories. Category A: people with mild fever, headache etc.
but do not require testing for H1A1 And don’t need to be
hospitalised. Category B : those with high grade fever and
highrisk category. Category – C: those with all symptoms of
category a and B, and need to be hospitalised.
Biocapsules are made of a polymer with size less than one
militer. These capsules are filled with insulin or antibiotics.
Doctor places them placed on the infection site, and gives
Medical P+M
microshock waves through a handheld machine. These
shockwaves kill Staphylococcus bacteria and facilitate in
drugrelease from capsule. Injections not needed anymore.
10th Feb is National Deworming day by health ministry. To
protect kids from 1 to 19 age from intestinal worms.
Albendazole tablets will be given to kids. These parasites can
Medical P+M live throughout the body but prefer to live on intestinal wall.
Kids get them via contaminated food, water and soil. Main
species: helminth, roundworm, hookworm. They give
diarrhoea, abdominal pain, weakness and anaemia.
As such India to spend 2 billion$ till 2020 for family planning.
Yet, we are unlikely to achieve fifth Millennium Development
Medical OLF Goals (MDG5) of reducing maternal mortality to 109 per
1,00,000 live births by 2015. But we’ll be able to reduce total
fertility rate (TFR) to 2.1 (right now 2.3.
Google to add a “healthrelated” feature in its searchengine.
Medical OLF
So, if you type “malaria”, it’ll show symptoms and treatments.
The inventor of Laser & Nobel winner, Charles H. Townes
died in USA recently. Hence laser principal and application
SciTech P Only
becomes important for UPSC. Laser applications: surgical
instruments, bar code readers, CD players etc.
As such heavy water is used in nuclear power station but,
SciTech P Only Gulf countries also use it for for oil exploration. Now
Department of Atomic energy will begin such feasibility in
India.
Spacetech P Only 2019: world’s biggest solar telescope will be opened in Hawaii
U.S. helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky says it’ll produce S
Defense OLF 70B Seahawk naval helicopters in “Make in India” IF
Government orders 120 multirole helicopters from them.
Women power in armed forces: After a lady officer gave
guard of honor to Obama, after a contingent of Womenonly
Defense OLF armed forces parade during 26th Jan, now at Aero India
show two women are part of IAF’s “Sarang” Helicopter
formation team.
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha says Sukhoi is not a
Defense Ignored replacement for Rafale as their capabilities are different. They
complement each other but do not replace each other.
Kalyani group to from JV with Rafael (Israel) for joint defense
Defense OLF
production (5149 partnership)under “Make in India”.
Privthi2 missile test fire. Full strike range 350 kms, nuke
Defense P Only
capable yes.
Russian Irkut Corp’s Su30 MKIs are manufactured in HAL’s
Defense OLF
Nasik plant. Yak130 combat trainer.
‘Aero India 2015’: held at Bengaluru. Focus: Make in India
Defense P Only for aerospace, defence, civil aviation and airport infrastructure
in line with the government’s mantra.
Dakota3 this aircraft played crucial role in Bangladesh
Defense P Only liberation war. IAF donated Dakota3, Twin Otter plan and
Aloutte3 helicopter to Bangladeshi Airforce.
Government aims to create a ‘triservices chief’ known as
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). Most countries have this official
with overall perspective of 3 services and direct liaison with
Defense OLF
the President. At present we’ve CISC (Chief of Integrated
Defence Staff) 3 star post headed by Air Marshal P.P.
Reddy. The three Services chiefs are fourstar.
Pakistan Army launched Operation ‘Zarbeazab’ against
Taliban in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). They
Defense P Only
aim to finish it before end of 2015, Then begin reconstruction
and rehabilitation of people.
New research says People who are insecure in their
relationships are more actively engaged on Facebook And
IT/electronics Ignored
other social networking sites. This tendency is called
“feedback seeking” behavior.
internet penetration (1) first world saturated (2) China many
restriction, so all techgiants looked at India. Internet business
to cover 600 million indians and 7% of India’s GDP in 2020.
so, to get junta hooked up with net, 3 initiatives (1) Facebook
Anil Ambani tieup for Internet.org to give free access to
IT/electronics P+M
limited sites in their mobile phones + solarpowered internet
drones in future (2) Google to beam internet using helium
balloons + working on google fiber to give 100 times faster
net than broadband (3) microsoft to get unused television
spectrum from doordarshan to launch “whitefi” internet.
Automotive emergency braking (AEB) Use a short distance
lowpower radar operation at 7677 Ghz frequency, to
automatically brakes on the car during emergency. Same way
blindspot detection apps work in 2481 Ghz frequency.
Automobile companies are requesting the Department of
Telecom delicense This frequency bandwidth so that such
safety measures can be implemented in more number of cars
and mid and lowcost segment.
Apple Inc. planning to build electric cars, even poaching
IT/electronics Ignored experts from noted automobile companies, says a leaked
report.
Nanogold particle usages (1) bind it to drug molecule using
sulphur. Then drug can be delivered to any part of body (2) if
they’re delivered to cancer site and then Infrared light is
Medical P+M emittedthey get excited, hot & kill cancerous cells because of
“surface plasmon resonance” property. (3) can improve
efficiency of solar cells (4) breaking down organic
contaminants for waterpurification.
Serum Institute of India, Pune will being production of
Nasovac the Swine flu (H1N1) vaccine soon. This is an egg
Medical P+M
based, trivalent, live attenuated vaccine with shelf life of 1
year.
Albinism is a hereditary genetic condition. Result: No
pigmentation in skin, eyes and hairs. 1 out of 1400
Tanzanians have Albinism mostly due to inbreeding. Idiotic
Medical P Only Tanzanian Mobs kills such people and sell their bodyparts for
$600$75,000 for witchcrating. UN Human rights
commissioner has condemned this practice.
70% liquid drugs in India are sold in plastic (PET) bottles. But
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) interacts with drug
molecules, releases bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates that
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can reduce immunity, induce miscarriage, abnormal DNA
birth defects etc. Hence Delhi doctors demanding ban on
using PET bottles in pharma companies.
Diarrhea and pneumonia are the biggest reasons for under5
child mortality in India. Bihar ranks the top. WHO
recommends only oral rehydration salts (ORS) for diarrhea.
Nothing else. But a new study revealed, majority of Indian
Medical OLF
health workers and pediatricians give other unnecessary
drugs and antibiotics, sometimes even without checking the
child patient. Hardly 4% give correct treatment. Hence so
many deaths.
Low density lipoprotein (L.D.L) Cholesterol creates fat
deposits in blood vessels. Later on if coronary artery gets
blocked you get heart attack. If vessel supplying blood to
Medical P+M
brain gets affected then you get stroke. Now scientists
binding cholesterol lowering Statin drugs with AC226
nanoparticles to prevent this clotting
To cure MDR and XDR TB, scientists binding polymers with
antibioticnanoparticles. Polymer will bind to bacteria in body
Medical P+M
and nanoparticile will release the drug. This “personalized”
targeted drug delivery will help faster recovery from TB.
ATP molecule acts as a storehouse of energy and fuels the
physiological activities. Similar molecule IP7 also responsible
for energy, DNArepair, bloodcloting and other processes in
Medical P Only
the cell. IP7 made up of sugar and 7phospate groups.
Scientists believe its DNArepair mechanism can be used to
cure cancer.
IMA warns that Tamiflu is not an Overthecounter (OTC)
Medical P Only precautionary drug for Swine flu. Unless you have tested
positive, you must not take it.
Malnutrition levels are high among Children’s of migrant
Medical Ignored
workers, says a new study.
International Epilepsy Day celebrated on February 9. Epilepsy
Medical P Only is a neurological disorder that is treated with medication. It’s
not a contagious disease, it does not spread by touch.
Rajasthan State Government aims to launch health insurance
scheme for people covered under food Security act. Critics
argue This is a ploy to handover public health care system to
private clinics (because Government will simply pay money to
beneficiary irrespective of whether he gets treated at a public
Medical OLF hospital or a private hospital.) need of the hour is hosting the
public health Infrastructure. And since Modi’s factory – labour
reforms where previously inspired from Rajasthan State
government, critiques fear same model will be replicated at all
India level under the proposed national health assurance
scheme.
Thailand bans surrogacy by foreign couples after a couple
refuses to take away their ‘baby’ born with Down’s syndrome
Medical OLF
and overall moral degeneration of women’s body into ‘rental
wombs’. Perhaps India should consider.
Limpets are small aquatic creatures. There have teeth are so
SciTech Ignored strong, its structure can be copied to make cars, boats and
planes of the future.
Scientists baffled by plumes rising 250 kms above mars
Spacetech Ignored surface. Scientists to use satellites over 700 kms to check
ocean acidification.
Achuthanandan and Vaiko to launch joint campaign against
the proposed Indiabased Neutrino Observatory (INO) at
Theni, alleging it’ll harm both people and environment.
Spacetech Ignored Dharna ‘specialist’ Medha Patkar also invited. Union
Government defends (1) no weapons or radioactive material
in this lab (2) deliberately set undergroundto prevent
instruments from cosmic radiation. (3) tunnels won’t harm
dam or ecology.
Mars one projects aims to setup permanent human
Spacetech P Only settlement at Mars. Kerala’s Dr. Lekha Menon Margassery
selected through contest, she’ll be shipped in 2024.
History & Culture
FebW1History & Culture
Sarnath: here Lord Buddh delivered first sermon and 11th Jain Trithankar
P Only Shreyamshanath was born. World bank will fund for upgrading this site,
nearby villages and their handicraft industries.
UNESCO officers to visit Ahmedabad soon, to decide if it deserves “heritage”
P Only
tag.
Navjivan trust members say there is need to replace Gandhian icons with
OLF changing times. E.g. Charkha causes noise pollution – better just gift it as a
memento.
A 400yearold Tamil ‘hero stone’ proves existence of Bullsport Jallikattu in
Ignored India. Earlier Maneka Gandhi had said Jallikattu was a foreign event
introduced in India.
Union to give money to Harayana for conversation of Hariana, Sahiwal and
P Only Gir breeds of indigenous cattle, under ‘Gosamvardhan and Gosanrakshan’
projects.
Sunda Pangolins are critically endangered species of Vietnam. Restaurants
P Only
buy them at premium price for ‘alleged’ medicinal benefits.
Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa has raised a women only group
P Only
“Black Mambas” for protecting the rhinos.
India’s coalbased thermal power plant most inefficient in the world says
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)’s Green Rating Project (GRP).
Reforms suggested (1) stronger norms for Particulate matter, Sox, NoX,
OLF mercury (2) higher use of ash (3) increase coal washing (3) capacity
expansion permit only for those plants using super critical technology (4)
encourage PAT (Perform, Achieve, Trade) (5) water tariff should be raised to
prevent its excessive use.
US universities research says Indian life expectancy reduced by 3 years due
OLF
to high pollution.
After industrial revolution the aerosols increased in atmosphere.
Consequently ITCZ shifted southwards since 1900. As a result southern
OLF
atmosphere got warmer, more evaporation and rainfall. While northen
hemisphere got cooler leading to dry climate and less rainfall.
Ignored Fukushima nuke plant again leaking radioactive water in the sea.
NGT says vintage cars can’t be driven on road because they are more
Ignored
polluting than modern cars.
India Russia jointly want to build 400 fifth generation aircrafts
(FGFA) but research phase agreement yet to be sorted out
Defense OLF
between HAL and its Russian counterpart. Hopefully matter
will resolve after this year’s Russia visit of Pranab and Modi.
INS Sindhugosh’s periscope damaged during an exercise,
Defense Ignored
because of a fishing vessel near mumbai coast.
An Israeli company “Sesame Enable” is Designing handsfree
smartphone that works by tracking the head movements of
IT/electronics OLF
users. This will be of great help to disabled people,
particularly with spinal cord injuries
Govt. to celebrate Internet Safety Week from 10th to 17th
IT/electronics P+M February 2015. CERT, google an Mygov will focus on internet
safety, particularly for children and youngsters.
French company Gemalto makes 2 billion SIM CARDS a
year. ExNSAoperative Edward Snowden claims USUK spy
IT/electronics OLF
agencies have hacked that sim maker company to moniter
calltextsemails made from mobiles.
In 1347, Black plague killed 1/3rd of European population. Till
now scientists believed Black rats carried plague bacteria,
Medical P Only Yersinia pestis. But new research says due climate change
even other mammals such as great gerbils and marmots also
harbored this bacteria.
AIIMS and allied bodies released a book “Voice of
Conscience From the Medical Profession”. It details the
Medical OLF unethical practices private hospitals deliberately give targets
to its employeedoctors to prescribe surgeries to patient even
if it’s unnecessary to raise the hospital bill.
The UNICEF and the Indian Medical Association have joined
Medical OLF hands to train doctors on how to treat child sexual abuse
(CSA) victims.
WHO requests nations to switch over to smart syringes” to
stop the menace of Hepatitis and AIDS. Smart syringes don’t
Medical OLF work after single use. This prevents spread of diseases
through needlesharing.
Medical OLF Smokers die 10 years sooner says a report.
Chemical ministry to celebrate 2015 as “Year of Active
Pharmaceutical Ingredients”, with focus on “make in India” so
we become selfreliant on bulk drug production, instead of
Medical P+M
importing from China. Government also setup “Katoch”
Committee to bulk drug issues. It gave report, but yet to be
implemented.
Mission ‘Indradhanush: for vaccination against 7 preventable
disease by 2020. This diseases are diphtheria, whooping
Medical P+M cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B.
plus our universal immunization program to include 3 more
vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio
Medical Ignored Alaska becomes 3rd US state to legalize marijuana
IISc Bangalore researchers produce a superior water filter
using Polymer Reverse osmosis (RO) Nanomembranes
(using PVDF and PMMA material). RO membranes now
require less pressure to produce pure water. Plus, silver,
SciTech P Only titanium dioxide and carbon nanotubes are embedded on
membrane to kill E. coli bacteria. (1) Silver kills bacteria by
damaging its cell protein integrity (2) Titanium Dioxide works
best in presence of UV light (3) Carbon nanotubes kill the
bacteria through direct physical contact.
NASA astronauts complete spacewalks to setup a “parking
Spacetech Ignored spot” for Boeing and SpaceX spacecraft at International
Space Station (ISS).
Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) planning to
build its own space outpost similar to International Space
Spacetech P Only Station (ISS). ROSCOSMOS will stop its modules to ISS after
2024. At present Russia is the only country that can ferry
humans to ISS using its Soyuz rockets.
Khongjom Parma: it is a Manipuri ballad that recalls heroic battle between
Manipuris against the British army on India Burma road, during 1891. April
P Only
23 is observed as remembrance day in Manipur to mark this event. Ibemni
Devi first woman khongjom balladeer, won Padma Shri (2012).
2008: Tourism ministry launched ‘Explore Rural India’ program under its
‘Incredible India’ campaign to make foreign tourists vacation in villages,
OLF
providing livelihood opportunities to rural junta. Puducherry’s Alankuppam
village selected (2011)
The Peranakan Chinese are descendants of southern Chinese traders who
settled in SouthEast Asia and married local women. Their culture is rooted
Ignored
in Chinese traditions, but with strong influences from SouthEast Asia and
Europe. Topic in news because Delhi Museum holding an exhibition
ASI had found Satvahan remnants in Medak district of Telangana in 2009
Ignored Lajja Gauri statue, coins, terracotta seals etc. It has strong linkages to Hampi
of Karnataka. But not much progress in excavation due to lack of funds.
ExCAG Vinod Rai’s Audit report says over 200 kg of gold Siphoned off from
Ignored
Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala. Basics Already covered old article.
World History: When Apartheid S.African Government closed down all avenues
for legalpeaceful protests, Nelson Mandela felt violence was the only means. He
went underground and began sabotaging while avoiding civilian causalities.
M+I
Caught in 62, released in the 90, became President only once. Topic in news
because he was released in 11/02/1990 so 2015 marks 25th anniversary of his
release.
The muchawaited unveiling of a Mahatma Gandhi bronze statue to be unveiling
P at London’s Parliament Square. Designer: Philip Jackson. Jaitley may be the
Only special guest.Status commemorates 100th anniversary of Gandhiji’s return to
India from South Africa to launch the Independence Movement.
Britain will honor Indian soldiers who fought in WW1. 11 out of 628 winners of
P
Victoria cross, were from undivided India. Kanpore’s Seopy Chatta Singh’s
Only
stone laid in a ceremony at Staffordshire. + planning to raise a Sikh regiment
Download Excel File (Dec2014 till now)
Download the EXCEL File
Q. In above excel file, you’ve used gibberish codes like “00P, 0P+M, OLF,
z_ignored”, why?
It helps sorting all cells quickly in ascending or descending order based on their specific
utility. 00P means only for prelims, 0P+M = Prelim and mains, OLF = One line fodder
“End result” of the gimmick= a neatly arranged topiclist
Q. What exactly is this list?
Ans. It contains of weekly list of important Current Affairs topics from theHindu,
IndianExpress, pib.nic.in, frontline and other sources –which are important from UPSC
exam point of view.
Q. How do you define weeks in Current Affairs
list?
Week Dates
W1 17
W2 814
W3 1621
W4 22 to 28/29/30/31 depending on month
Q. I had read xyz column in Hindu but I don’t see it here listed here.
Ans. As such all columns should be read for improving reading comprehension skills for
CSAT PaperII. So, no point in listing here. Keep a habit of reading them on daily basis.
Q. What is the purpose of listing these topics? You have not written any content
about them!
Ans. Those are the topics from Hindu, Indian express, PIB, frontline etc. which I consider
important for UPSC prelims and mains. I’ll be covering them at my own pace.
Q. Will you finish all these topics in your articles before the mains exam?
Ans. No. Unlike Salman Khan, I make no “commitment” of delivering fulllength articles
those topics.
Q. Then why have you listed these topics?
Ans. To help the serious players crosscheck and update their notes accordingly, for
UPSC civil service exam.
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industry­ OLF Delhi. Argument in favour of linking PM­JDY accounts with aadhar

Banking­ OLF Supreme Court criticises RBI,Sebi and other financial regulators

Industry­ OLF Central Statistics Office (CSO) had changed the GDP base year

Fiscal OLF billion USD. While HSBC issues full page apology in British

BoP Ignored EU approves 4 months extension to Greece bailout package.

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industry OLF Delhi. Argument in favour of linking PMJDY accounts with aadhar

Banking OLF Supreme Court criticises RBI,Sebi and other financial regulators

Industry OLF Central Statistics Office (CSO) had changed the GDP base year