Mrunal List of Current Affairs Topics - October Week1, 2014 PDF

4/3/2015 Mrunal List of Current Affairs Topics: October Week1, 2014
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1. Diplomacy & International relations (IR)
1. OctW1
2. Oct.W2: IR & Internal Security
2. Economy
1. OctW1
2. Oct.W2: Economy
3. Oct.W3: Economy
4. Oct.W4: Economy
3. Polity
1. OctW1
2. Oct.W2: Polity
3. Oct.W3: Polity
4. Oct.W4: Polity
4. Environment
1. OctW1
2. Oct.W2: Environment, Agro, Disaster
5. ScienceTech
1. OctW1
2. Oct.W2: Science Tech & Public Health
6. History & Culture
1. OctW1
2. Oct.W2: History and Culture
7. Topper blogs and Model answers
8. Moral Disclaimers as usual
9. Random Rants
Diplomacy & International relations (IR)
OctW1: IR
All topics ignored because
1. Pak wants plebiscite in Kashmir. Dead horse topic. Unless frontline comes with an
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article, no mood of wasting time researching this.
2. Pak breaches ceasefire.
3. Hong Kong protests. Not part of the new syllabus of mains, because it’s not
‘affecting’ Indian interests, for now.
4. BritishIrish Visa scheme Indian and Chinese can get single visa and tour in both
countries. –online news. Doesn’t deserve an article even though it does ‘affect’
Indian interests.
5. Yal Devi Express contacting Colombo to Jaffna. Stopped during civil war.
Resumed with IRCON support. Mere a single fodder point perhaps later in Indo
SriLanka article.
6. Nepal promises new Constitution by Jan 2015 let them come with it then I write
article.
Oct.W2: IR & Internal Security
1. Africa Summit, MEA’s decision to cancel it.
2. Japan plus formed (will combine its points into Modi diplomacy Japan subarticle
later)
3. Pranab Norway Finland visit. (will drag on upto Week3)
Ignored
1. Finland raises Nokia tax dispute ahead of Pranab’s visit. (Dead topic unless they
sign a new DTAA because nokia row already done under Economy series).
2. IndoUS business summit opens. (Sufficient fodder available under modi
diplomacy. Costbenefit bad for covering all such chillar org. and summits)
3. Pakistan writes to U.N. chief on LoC issue but UN ignores it. (dead horse topic just
like week1)
4. Turkey permits USA to use its bases to fight ISIS (ball by ball commentary not
imp.)
5. 457 visa: four year temporary work visa for skilled professional in Australia
(oneliner GK)
6. Modi to visit UK in Jan. 2015 well let him visit first.
7. India UK financial partnership agreement. Just bolbachhan: develop bond market,
xpsharing for banking finance, HRD and other fancy stuff.
8. IB tells Telecom Department to block “WePhone” app because it helps the call to
spoof his number and location. (just oneliner fodder GS3 internal security, social
media).
9. Andhra Pradesh undercover cops ordered to delete facebook accounts because
sandlewood mafia keeping watch on them. (same as above)
1. SAARC powergrid and SAARC framework for energy cooperation.
2. NSG fears multicity attacks (will update old article on should India worry al
queda)
3. Cabinet cleared Development of Chabahar Port in Iran. (will upload old article on
the same topic)
Ignored:
1. EU court revoked antiterrorism sanctions from LTTE, now some Tamil politicians
want India to do to the same.
2. Paki doing copycat housing project in Mannar, Srilanka for Tamilrefugees, just
like India Government. (Oneliner fodder on IndoSrilanka).
3. Modi to attend G20 and Australia in November. (article after he is done visiting)
4. Digital armed force, cyber warfare: Modi mentioned them in a recent speech but
after some substantial reforms/column fodder comes.
5. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim doing “internal restructuring” such as cutting
down salary and perks.
Brahmos Mini and the plans to sell Brahmos to other nations.
India won UNHRC membership for the second term.
Vietnam PM visit to India. will becoming with Pranab visit to Vietnam.
Afghanistan says no to armsaid from India. Will update the old article.
Defense acquisitions for army, navy cleared.(under Defense collection).
Jt.Secretary post for MEA vs States
India Joins AIIB (will combine with BRICS bank because this one is just a few
lines)
Article 51 of UN charter, because USA uses it to attack terrorists in foreign
countries.
SAARC’s new Delhi declaration on education. I plan to combine Bamiyan
SAARC’s culture capital + SAARCH energy grid + this topic together.
India votes against NPT
Ignored
Sweden recognizes Palestine as a separate country after Malta and Cyprus.
Visit of Mexican foreign minister to India.
5 Indian fisherman to be hanged in Sri Lanka for heroine smuggling
2/3 of Srilankan Tamil refugees in India, don’t want to return to SriLanka.
Terrorist attack on Canadian parliament
Changzheng 2, a Chinese nuclearpowered submarine, docked at the Colombo.
India protests.
Modi visit to Fiji, Australia. Let him finish, then more articles under modidiplomacy
series.
East Asia summit in Myanmar in November. Same as above.
European commission wants UK to pay 1.7 billion pounds as surcharge.
ISIS using chlorine gas
JamaateIslami’s hartal in Bangladesh
Australia proposes law to stop Snowden like incident. Any person revealing
national security information, will get 10 years jail.
Home minister Rajnath Singh to visit Israel.
Bilawal shooed away from Million March in London.
China to setup antiterrorism intelligence unit.
Shahi Imam invited Nawaz but not Modi, for his son’s anointment ceremony.
Economy, Banking Finance
OctW1: Economy
Worth preparing
1. Centre’s two pronged strategy to improve ease of doing business
2. NSDA panel report on skill Development
3. Revised GST bill
Ignored
1. EPFOreal time update to subscriber (oneliner doesn’t deserve article)
2. P3Pashmina program started (will combine it with September topic called “fast
track textile ministry” for better revision.)
3. Bankers seek FM clarity on Basel tier1 bonds. RBI new directive on HTM portfolio
(technical, not worth the time and effort at this stage).
4. Nokia to shut down Chennai plant from Nov.1 (Nokia tax issue already covered in
old article.)
5. Premium Tatkal and privatization of ticket selling. Reason: after Bibek Debroy
Committee gives report, a better consolidated note can be prepared on railway
reforms/restructuring.
6. FinMin and RBI will draw new framework for monetary policy by December end.
Under this, Government will decide inflation target, and RBI will work to achieve it.
I’ve no plan for article until they release notification first. Because Urjit patel
Committee article pretty much contains the gist of why and how we need to target
inflation using monetary policy.
7. Government clears 19 defense projects just a fodder point for Make in India topic.
Oct.W2: Economy
Important
1. Sardar patel urban housing mission. Plus speech summary: Pranab @World
Metropolis congress.
2. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
3. Global infra. Facility (GIF)
4. New Government body for product recall.
5. New bill for small factories.
6. Producer’s price index to replace WPI from FY16 (will just combine it with old WPI
article under economic survey)
7. Economists write to Modi to continue MNREGA scheme. (will combine this and
earlier Gadkari reforms in sep2014 into original MNREGA article under economy
survey series).
8. Urban ministry signs MoU with NSDC for skilling Poors under DeenDayal
Antyodaya Yojana. (will combine with DeenDayal in SEpW4)
9. Food security act Next deadline 4th april 2015 will update the old article under
economic survey.
Ignored
1. New SEBI rule: stock brokers need only a single registration certificate.
2. RBI will moniter companies in debt market .
3. RBI thinking of Euroclear settlment for Gsec. (let’em come with notification)
4. Flipkart billion sale fiasco. (only after Commerce ministry come with
notification/guidelines.)
5. SEBI new guideline s on listing and delisting cos (they said it’ll come next month
so let it come).
6. Skill India mission to be launched in March 2015, so no hurry.
7. Finance ministry approved RBI’s plan for monetary policy reform. Just the same
thing what Urjit Patel recommended Monetary policy will focus on only one thing:
4% CPI (all India) inflation target with 2% band. Although Government will have
power to change this target.
8. Commerce ministry to review FTAs because they seem to benefit the partner
countries more than India. Well let them finish reviewing.
9. FDI in LLP (limited liability partnership) won’t require Government approval. That’s
just oneliner fodder for “Ease of doing business).
10. Kotak Mahindra facebook money transfer. Onliner Banking (1 liner GK)
11. IRCTC on Monday launched its Android app, IRCTC Connect, allowing users to
search, book and cancel tickets at a click of button (1 liner GK)
Oct.W3: Economy
Committee reports
1. FTAs not hurting Indian economy, says commerce ministry’s expert Committee.
2. TV Mohandas Pai committee report on DRISHTI (tax information sys.)
Subsidies, resource distribution and reforms
1. Eauction of coal blocks by prez.ordinance.
2. Diesel deregulated.
3. LPG subsidy on kilogram basis, Don’t need Aadhar card for LPG.
4. Modi to launch 6 labour schemes on 16th Oct.
5. RSBY to be shifted from labor ministry to health ministry under national health
assurance mission.
6. Exclude Income tax payers from PDS says Paswan (will combine with food law
article under eco.survey)
7. Tithi bojan scheme, World food prize to Indian scientist (same as above)
Banking, industries
1. Vishwanathan Committee for bankruptcy legal framework (finance ministry). Not
right now, let him come with report.
2. Corporation bank : Electronic mandate (combine under other banking topics)
Import export
1. Measures needed to protect rubber farmers (will combine with geographyrubber
plantation article)
2. India lost USpoultry ban case in WTO (will update poultry industry under food
processing).
Taxation
1. Revised GST bill in winter session let them upload on prs first.
2. Modi Government won’t reveal names of Swiz bank account holders because
1995 DTAA treaty forbids it. (Separate article later when ball by ball commentary
stops).
3. Government plans to setup a unified command to unearth black money. (same as
above)
IGNORED (Oct W3 Economy)
1. New finance Secretary and chief economic advisor => later under October PIN.
2. Rajanbhai got best governor award (under PIN)
3. Centre to fund cultivation of aromatic plants in J&K under “Jammu Kashmir arogya
gram yojana” withhelp of CSIR. (oneliner GK)
4. >1.2 billion people live on less than 1.25$ a day and 2.4 billion live on <2$ a day.
5. Telecom subscribers increased to 95 crore. (BizGK /oneline)
6. USTR begins out of cycle review for India. (Original topic Special 301 report
already covered, and this is just a oneliner update).
7. Government will reconsider gold duty rates after Diwali. Well then let them
reconsider first.
8. Govt. eases norms for private defense firms: private companies can sell items to
entities under union/state Government, without needing approval of the
Department of Defence Production [DoDP].” (one liner fodder for ‘ease of doing
business’.
9. Telecom players to get spectrum within 90s of payment. (same as above).
10. NSEL to be merged with parent company FTIL, then FTIL will repay the victims of
NSEL scam. (reason: basics of scam, already covered.)
11. Steel ministry will setup a Steel research and technology mission of India for
minimum emission, best use of raw material etc. (oneliner fodder)
Oct.W4: Economy
EPC vs PPP model for road construction
RBI orders banks to partially freeze KYC noncompliant accounts
Ordinance for coal mining.
DIPP forms Prabha Sridevan panel for new IPR policy. Not right now, let her come
with report.
India sucks more at ease of doing business report. New rank 142/189.
Linking Aadhar with SIM cards.
FDI relaxed in construction biz. Will update the old survey article on smart cities.
Electronic toll collection system on national highways.
Mandatory 10% reduction on nonplan Expenditure.
Ignored
Customs Department planning passenger risk profiling to check smuggling.
First NSEL merged with FTIL. Now Government planning to takeover FTIL to fix
the scam.
Government forced to give names of 600+ swiz account holders to SC. Article
later when ball by ball commentary stops.
India defers signing OECD’s CAA competent authority agreement.
Jaitley puts in place spending reforms. Did not find much exam worthy content
except for any technical question on financial administration under pub.ad
optional.
Finmin clears 20 FDI proposals worth ~1000 crore.
Swami wants Modi to ban Pnotes. Basics and implications already covered in old
article.
ED summons Maran in AircelMaxis case.
Railway union opposes the Railway restructuring plan. Well let Bibek Debroy
come with Committee report first.
NRI investors in ICICI real estate fund, have file case in Mauritius, claiming ICICI
made bogus claim and gave poor returns on their investment.
Polity
OctW1: Polity
Important
1. New bill on surrogacy Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Bill 2014.
2. SC Panel gives guidelines on Government ads
3. UPSC proforma vs rights of disabled candidates. (Although I doubt whether the
arrogant Lord Curzon will ask question about case in which they were defeated!)
Ignored
1. Modi’s radio speech but nothing new, same topics repeated clean India, Ganga
etc.
2. SC saysVictim’s kin can be witnesses. Trial court cannot reject it on the grounds
that it’ll be on naturally prejudiced against the killer. Because often, there are no
other witnesses available.
3. DD autonomy vs showing RSS chief’s speech.
4. Elections in Haryana, Maharashtra, Robert “look at my coat over baniyaan” Vadra
Oct.W2: Polity
1. Xaxa tribal Committee report.
2. after the SC verdict, NID, CAT, CEPT, National law univ. etc have put third gender
column in their application forms. (oneliner fodder.will update on earlier article
about TG rights).
3. SC refuses to setup cooling off period for retired judges before they get sarkaari
posting. (will include this into old article on sathasivam governorship)
Ignored
1. New bill on surrogacy. Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Bill 2014.
not yet available on pib/prs
2. Earlier SC order: reservation can’t exceed 50%. But its 69% in TN because their
act in 9th sch. Karnataka Government contemplating similar to increase ST
reservation but not possible without adding their act into 9th sch.
3. New petition SC should be renamed into “National At present SC handles all
appeals= poor party suffer. Law commission has suggested SC should only hear
Constitutional matters nothing else. After this petition SC asked Government to
reply. so let’s wait and watch.
4. Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest writ petition for a
direction to prevent removal of Sai Baba idols from Hindu temples across the
country.
5. Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati wants Sai Baba idols removed from Indian
temples. PIL filed against this. Supreme court refused to intervene. Asked
petitioner to file civil /criminal case s instead.
6. Women rights issue: Microsoft Chief Satya Nadela creates controversy that they
should focus on work rather than asking for pay raises.
7. Prof. Amitabh Kundu Committee gave final report to minority affairs ministry about
PostSacchar Developments. (no salient features given on pib)
Oct.W3: Polity
1. Proxy voting for NRIs
2. Jayalalitha gets bail (will becoming with original arrest topic in September)
Ignored
1. More attacks on North East people. (reason: basics of Bezbaruah already done)
2. Poll results in Harayana and Maharashtra.
3. Apple and Facebook will cover the costs of women employees who may seek to
freeze their eggs to postpone pregnancy during peakcareer years. At most one
line fodder for essay on women empowerment.
4. Delhi Being forced to travel by unreserved by train a human rights violation:
NHRC. It was in context of schoolchilren not getting reserved berths for a sports
meet. I Don’t consider it exam worthy.
5. Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami has denied in the Supreme Court that he
‘threatened’ Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi to resign.
6. DNA test can be used to prove infidelity :SC
Oct.W4: Polity
Dual citizenship for portugese goans
UGC updates antiragging guidelines. Just a few points, will update old article
under polity.
NCW chairman wants to legalize sextrade.
WEF’s Gender gap index 2014
Pranab Speech on CAG. Hardly a few fodder points. Will include in old article on
CAG can audit private companies.
Criminal defamation of Public servant vs Freedom of speech. Swamy petitione
that CrPC section itself is unconstitutional because Jayalalitha misused it. Now SC
asked union and state to reply. will become this Lily Thomas+Jaya article.
Ignored
Government formation in Delhi and LG’s role in it.
PAC and FM caution CAG not to sensationalize scam figures.
Pranab will visit Sakthi Sthal Indira Gandhi’s memorial but Modi won’t. Modi will
launch Run for unity for Sardar birth anniversary.
Marriages performed in secrecy in advocates’ chambers and Bar association
rooms will not amount to solemnisation within the meaning of the Hindu Marriage
Act, the Madras High Court has held.
PMO order CBI to investigation RAW’s irregularity in tent purchase
French film maker booked for filming Jarawa tribes.
PV Narsimharao blocked Rajnikanth’s entry in Congress party in 1996.
Nithari Killer Kohli. Some columnists in Hindu claiming, children still missing hence
organ trade angle involved. And Koli was made a scapegoat.
5 lakh compensation to victims of ’84s riots.
HRD forwards an RSS letter to IITs for serving only vegetarian food in canteen.
RSS wants HRD ministry to ‘correct’ history.
Baba Ramdev proposes CBSE to be replaced with BBSEBharatiya Board of
Secondary Education (BBSE) with blend of gurukul + modern syllabus.
Environment, Agro, Disaster
OctW1
1. Swatchch Bharat abhiyan/ clean India mission
2. Swatchhta Udhyami Yojana.
3. Global biodiversity outlook report No.4
4. Tibetan plateau: Meteorological importance of
Oct.W2: Environment, Agro, Disaster
Important:
Hudhud cyclone and Op. Lahar by Navy for relief work
Ignored
Typhoon Vongfong hits Sothern Japan (1liner GK)
Mysore tobacco its characterists may get prelim question but later publish
spearate compilation on such agroenvironment stuff.
Disaster Management
Using social media in disaster Management like Hudhud (all under single article
on Hudhud)
Importance of Ham radio during disasters (same as above)
Facebook’s safety check App. (same as above)
Energy and pollution
Compact Fusion reactor
Nuke safety deadline, Bhavini, PFBR
Solar mission revamped.
AQI: new airquality index
Farming
Benefits of agroforestry
Benefits of family farming.
Florafauna
Vulture genetic diversity will update earlier article on vulture restaurants.
Ignored
Over onefifth of India’s frogs under threat
Elephants can hear rainfall from miles away.
Ancient kangaroos could not hop
Government updated Drug and Cosmetic rules (2014) to ban import of animal
tested beauty products. We are the 1st country in S.Asia. (oneliner GK)
Microgrid power generation
Cyclone Nilofer (when ball by ball commetary stops).
Eco Cooker
Deepor Beel wetland (later for prelim).
Ashes imersion prohibited to save ganga. (later all points together when ball by
ball commentary stops)
7 new frog species discovered in W.Ghants (later in prelim special coverage of
EnB)
Why Western ghats in Karnataka get more rainfail than area in Maharashtra and
Kerala?
ScienceTech, Space, Defense
OctW1
1. Noble 2014
2. NISAR mission
3. IRNSS1C (not right now, only after its launched).
4. Under PIN series: Dongfeng missile, ISRO to launch candian satellite
5. COWL security mechanism
6. IoE [Internet of Everything]
7. Science ministry: INSPIRE, SEAT, SHE
Ignored
1. Mandatory rural service for young doctors. (cliched topic. not right now, let
Government come with notification and then experts will flood columns. Then
summary can be made easily)
2. Government to launch mental health policy (sepW3 was jampack with health
related updates from pib, so I’ll combine this topic there, for better revision).
3. NASA astronauts resume spacewalk (Cost:Benefit bad)
4. Use less amt. of radioactive iodine to cure thyroid cancer, else more chances of
side effects and new cancer. (That’s the gist of it).
Oct.W2: Science Tech & Public Health
Important
1. More Noble prizes. All will be covered in single article
2. BEE To promote use of LED (will combine with Nobel physics)
3. Confocal microscope (will combine with nobel chemistry)
4. Health: Global hunger report, child malnutrition reduced in India
5. IRNSS1C will combine with Oct.Week1: NISAR mission and other spacetech
topics from September.
6. Health: Expert group to stop new techniques of sexdetermination and Dr.Harsha
V. suggests strong measures. Important because PNDT act asked in past, and
Modi’s focus on “Beti Bachaao”.
Ignored
1. Government launched new mental health policy (sepW3 was jampack with health
related updates from pib, so I’ll combine this topic there, for better revision).
2. Lunar eclipe, first space weather station, blood moon, ISSRapidscat, NASA Orion
mission=> all later to be combined under spacetech series.
3. Rajasthan becomes more vigilant on polio because Pak recorded highest cases
and polio may reappear in India via illegal border migrants.
4. NASA says September 2014=warmest since 1951 due to sea termerature rise and
El Nino. (1 liner GK)
5. WHO ranks India most bogus among SAARC nations, because it is not
implementing graphical health warnings on tobbaco products.
Defense: Nirbhay missile, Amartya Vessel, Bramhos with verticle dive: later under
defense compilation
Public health: Cigar labelling rule updated.
Spacetech:
IRNSS1C (already published)
GSLV MK3 to be launched in 45 days. (published)
Comet siding spring (later under spacetech for prelims).
IT/security:
Vishing attack on bank accounts
Raspberry Pi computer
Ignored in Oct W3
Smoking during pregnancy alters DNA
Harsha Vardhan slepss out Ebola action plan will becoming later with old article
on Ebola. Gist of his statement is we are using thermal guns to scan incoming
tourists to isolate potential ebola patients. Nigeria did the same. And during SARS
too, we did the same.
China’s Chang’e5T1 lunar mission. Later in prelim compilation for spacetech.
Need to shift from oral polio vaccine to Injectable polio vaccine
Delamanid: new drug for MDRTB
GoogleX nanoparticles to detect disease.
India favours ban on ENDS (Ecigarettes). Will update earlier article on cigar
labelling.
indigenous diagnostic kit for celiac disease. Will combine with article on SRAVAN
and other kits, for rapid revision.
Ignored
Driverless cars will become affordable in 10 years.
GSAT6 to be launched in Mar’15
Diabetes triples TB risk.
If you’re above 60, desi liquor can sharpen your memory
Manipuri desi liquor is best in the whole country because it is made from nutritious
Manipuri rice. (not me, Hindu says so.)
History & Culture
OctW1
Nothing substantial. Begum Akhtar coin released but that’s more of a [DIN] Dead in
news, rather than full fledge topic. Postman hasn’t received frontline and epw yet. So
may update this later.
Oct.W2: History and Culture
Nothing worth 100200 words. Just one liner GKs this week, will be done under Monthly
PIN series.:
1. Deoris tribe, Kommu Koya tribe
2. Paniya tribal dances Kozhikode. tribal art form
3. Vachana literature Vachanakaras, the poetreformers of the 12 Century in
Karnataka. In News because someone launched a dictionary related to them
1. Freedom fighter Muthuramalinga Thevar because demands to name airport after
him – will combine and update old article on Bhagat Singh et al.
2. Rajendra Chola I: 1000 years RSS celebrating. Will update old article on Chola
architecture.
Ignored
1. Government will dissociate from organizing birth/death anniversaries of national
leaders except Gandhi. The work will be left to political parties.(one liner fodder)
2. Modi reconstitutes national Committee to celebrate Nehru’s 125th anniversary.
But did not include any members of NehruGandhi family. (let the Committee
come up with something substantial worthy of exam fodder)
3. Gandhi’s application to become Lawyer in Mumbai is published in some court
premise to inspire young lawyers.
4. Swami wants Bharat Ratna for Rajpaksha because he eliminated LTTE and thus
helped improving India’s security.
Sardar’s Birthday to be celebrated as national integration day.
Anagarika Dharmapala
Ignored
British spied on Marxist historians.
Subhas Chandra Bose’s aid was a Soviet spy.
Rani Chennamma demand for celebrating her birth anniv. As “Selfrespect day”.
Her contribution already covered in one of the old articles.
Topper blogs and Model answers
1. Last month, Gaurav (Rank 1) retired from blogging. But, I took password from him
to create a category wise articleindex: Checkout homepage of
thesupermanreturns.wordpress.com
2. Rachit Raj (Rank3) uploaded ethics model answers and tips on iasdream.com
3. Roman Saini (Rank18) created PowerPoint videos on how to prepare GS in a
time bound manner. Do watch youtube.com/user/unacademy/videos
Moral Disclaimers as usual
Q1. 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, EPW, which I
consider important for the prelims and mains. I’ll be covering them in future articles
under [Current] Series.
Q2. 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.
Q3. Then why have you listed these topics?
Ans. To help the serious players crosscheck and update their notes accordingly. And to
alert those who are still fighting with eachother over cutoffs and answerkeys that much
water has passed, and it’s time to get back to business.
Q4. XYZ topic was in news but you’ve not included it here.
Ans. True. It depends on my interpretation of their Cost: Benefit.
Q5. What about [Current] June to August?
Ans. will try to cover only the important topics from that era. I’m yet to finish September
series at the moment.
Q6. I want you to write on xyz other topic, studyplan, answerkey.
Ans. Sorry, I’m entirely focused on only one thing current series. Because I’ve faith it’ll
be handy to majority of people in majority of exams at written or interview stage.
Therefore, no plans of doing any other articles else at the moment.
Q7. You should write “Neutral” articles. Your proModi, proright wing, profree
market, antiNGO, articles, laced with undiplomatic comic strips on homepage
they’re are hurting my eyes and brain.
Ans. I write the way I enjoy writing. A civil service aspirant should be mature enough to
wade through such content and extract points useful for his exam purpose.
Random Rants (Click to Expand)
Comment wars and productive hours
Last 3 months of 2014: jam packed with so many exams IBPS, SSC, SBI
associate, CDS, UPSC Mains, CAT, MAT, StatePSC exams and so on.
Yet, some people are stuck in front of computer screen 24/7 for unproductive
debates about cutoffs, answer keys, reservation, agereduction, engineernon
engineer and result date predictions from “UPSCinsiders”.
I request the serious players don’t waste time responding to such
comments/threads. Because, when you reply to them, you’ll feel compelled to re
visit same page over and over, to see how other users responded to your
comment. Then you reply back…vicious cycle continues.
Thus, lot of productive hours are wasted, which could have been utilized for
studies.
Remember: every hour that you waste right now, will geometrically increase your stress
during the week before exams, because your syllabus/revision won’t finish. Always be
vigilant about every minute that you’re spending online.
Whatsapp
Nowadays lot of whatsapp groups mushrooming in pretext of ‘exampreparation’.
But usually people just sharing jokes, wallpapers and chainmails about fake ebola
deaths in such communities. Hardly any exam discussion (again, except those
cutoffs and result dates speculation).
So, when you’re studying keep the mobile on silent / keep it away from the desk.
Of failures and learning
A good read in education section of Hindu. I’m just copying and rephrasing a few lines
here:
Fastpaced world of online shopping and social media Natural to assume that the
‘orderandreceive’ formula will always work in competitive exams. But it does not.
To many youngsters get the first experience of disappointment, failure and
frustration when they appear in competitive exams.
But every small setback is actually a great life lesson. The next time you apply or
prepare, your experience will inform and guide your preparation, your decision and
action. Your expectations will be more realistic and guarded, and you will learn to
rustle up a smart backup package.
So temper your expectations with a more sober understanding of reality, learn to
adjust to the pace and rhythm of the real world, and be positive.
Rabid dogs and endangered cows
Rabid dog kills 7 cows, says theHindu 4th October. Before you discard it as a junk
news read further……Rabid dog killed “Vechur cow” a protected indigenous
cattle breed in Kozhikode red alert for CSAT MCQ on flora and fauna. Duh.
Height of rabidness: When I write a 100 words article on vechur cow, its IUCN
status, habitat, how resistant it is to drought and disease……just because the
hindu mentioned the word Vechur cow.
But I won’t. Because I’m caught up in some other stuff this time. So consider that a
“home work” !
Misc.
Modi says: “Gandhi had only two dreams, free India and clean India.” I pity the
poor suckers who waste their lives writing fat tomes on Gandhian thought. They
have no idea it’s just a oneliner. (says Kanjilal)
Subramanian Swamy says books of Bipan Chandra, Romila Thapar and other
Nehruvian historians should be set afire because they ignored role of Hindu
leaders. First reaction – “yes, yes, yes, one less book to prepare for exams.” But
then again, UPSC may begin asking question from some other book, thus raising
the time and money cost of preparation.
btw, Bipan Chandra was right – hard to sustain momentum in any civil movement
(during freedom struggle). History repeating itself – Hongkong juntaa began
agitation, nothing changed. Now everyone back to work.
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