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List of Abbreviations
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FebW1-IR
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FebW2-IR-Diplomacy
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FebW3-IR
Economy
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FebW1-Economy
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FebW2-Economy
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FebW3-Economy
Polity, Governance
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FebW1-Polity, Governance
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Environment, Agro
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FebW1-Environment, Agro
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Science Tech, Defense, IT, Healthcare

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FebW1-Science Tech, Defense, IT, Healthcare
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History & Culture

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FebW1-History & Culture
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List of Abbreviations
P Only
important for prelim only
P+M
important for prelim and mains
M+I
Important for mains, essay and interview but has none or negligible utility in
prelims.
OLF
One line fodder point that can be quoted in some descriptive answer, essay,
interview or Group discussion. But doesnt warrant an article by itself.
Ignored
Because (A) I see bad:cost benefit in pursuing it OR (B) I dont think its important
for UPSC exam given the trend in last few years. (C)I already covered it in old
article.
IR/Diplomacy
FebW1-IR
M+I
February to be jampacked with maiden visits of Presidents from Singapore (Tony

Tan) and SriLanka (Sirisena) to India
M+I
APEC Asia Pacific economic cooperation- India will soon become its members and
benefit from this free trade block
OLF
40 Indians missing from Mosul, Iraq, believed to be captured by extremists. Red

Cross DG says India should put more efforts to get them rescued.
OLF
Ex-Pakistani Diplomat Husain Haqqani says Pakis shouldnot try to achieve parity
with India because India is a much larger and developed country. Pakistans twonation theory and parity doctrine is outdated, they need tobe
more pragmatic
based on changing geopolitical scene at world level.
OLF
India polio free since 2011. Part of soft-diplomacy, our Health ministry offered
expertise to Afghanistan and Pakistan to combat Polio. Afghans said yes yes, but
Pak. Yet to respond, although they too began giving firearms training to teachers
doing Polio-campaign in Peshawar region
OLF
Sushmas China visit outcomes: Modi to reach China in late May 2015. Notes
exchanged for opening altenrative route to Mansarovar- via Nathu La pass in
Sikkim- itll significantly reduce travel time compared to current Lipu Lekh pass in
Uttarakhand. Mountpass vs state important for Prelims, new route as mains
fodder.
OLF
In the 90s, after the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Croatia and Serbia armies had
murdered each others civilans but in the latest ICC verdict absolves them of
committing pre-planned genocides
OLF
Srilankan Government gives greenlight to Chinese port Development project in

Colombo worth $1.5 billion
Ignored
Mitt Romney- the former U.S. Republican presidential nominee announced not to
enter in 2016 Presidential election. This will help chances of Jeb Bush-the younger
brother of George Bush and an ex-governor of Florida.
Ignored
BNP leader Khaleda Zia launching nation-wide protests-hartals against ruling PM

Haseena. Haseena cuts down electricity to Khaleadas office.
Ignored
Prince Charles and Diana contemplated calling off wedding
Ignored
Jordon pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh burned alive by ISIS terrorists. Jordan retaliates by
executing 2 Iraqi Jihadists. Columnists angry over Obamas inaction. Turkey capable
of destroying ISIS but Turkey wants Obama to dethrone Syrian regime of Assad.
Obama valvet gloving Assad to please Irani establishment so nuke-drama can end
& Israel can sleep easy..and so on Hence Turkey sitting idle in ISIS crisis
Ignored
Ex-Al-Qaeda operative says Saudi princes funded them and even planned a stinger
missile attack on US Presidents plane the Air force one.
Ignored
TransAsia plane crashes in Taiwan river.
Ignored
Sholey Made in 1975- finally permitted for theatrical release in Pakistan after 40
years.
Ignored
Paki PM Nawaz Sharif says Kashmir is their jugular vein and India altering
demogrpahic makeup of this region through settling Hindu non-state people
here.
FebW2-IR-Diplomacy
M+I
After Modi-Obama meeting, the proposed format of Civil Liability for Nuclear
Damages Act (CLND 2010) is: (1) US nuclear suppliers will not be directly liable if
there is any nuclear accident. (2) Their liability will covered from a Rs.1500 crore
insurance pool. Government and Government-owned Insurance companies will
contribute 50:50 money in this pool.
M+I
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
arms-control treaties. It requires the signatories never to conduct a nuclear
explosion. India does not support this treaty. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) constantly monitoring earths 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
OLF
India suspends trade with Pakistan through road, after a Paki truck driver found
with narcotics
OLF
Indias National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is Indias Special Representative for the
boundary issue With China. Recently he met with is counterpart Chinas State
Councillor Yang Jiechi in Munich to resolve the Sino-Indian border.
OLF
Pranab wisdom We have conveyed a strong message to our neighbours that the
region must decide whether to live in perpetual tension or understanding. We have
already made big announcements for bilateral cooperation in trade and security,
however government must finish the follow-up processes to conclude such
initiatives.
OLF
India needs to pursue a policy of equidistance diplomacy with US, China, Japan and
others. We antagonise one country to please the other, it will hurt our growth and
development agenda.
OLF
An elderly Indian, Sureshbhai Patel Was brutally assaulted by the police officers in
Alabama, USA. MEA issued protests. Indian-American Diaspora calls for need to
train police officers on how to deal with minorities.
OLF
Islamic state(IS) was previously called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Home
Ministry plans to Notify it as a terror outfit under the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act
OLF
After the death of over 5000 and displacement of 10 lakh people, finally Ukraine
cease fire deal reached at Minsk Summit among the leaders Ukraine, Russia,
Germany and France. Outcome: Both Russia and Ukrain will withdraw heavy
weapons from the frontline.
OLF
UN concerned over ongoing Bangladesh Turmoil between PM Sheikh Hasina

(Awami League) vs. Opponent Khalida Zia (BNP)
China did not openly declare support for Indias permanent seat at UN Security
OLF
Council. China only said we respect the aspiration of India and Brazil to play bigger
roles that UNSC.
OLF
Myanmar Government says Rohingya and other people without full citizenship, are
not eligible to vote.
OLF
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan becomes the first Modi-Minister to to

visit Pakistan. He sought Paki support for faster implementation of the 1,800-km
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline project. Itll
also help building Modis proposed national gas grid for India.
OLF
China launches first silk road cruise liner, under its maritime silk Road initiative.
This vessel will visit Malaysia and Vietnam.
Ignored
David Beckham launched a new UNICEF fund called 7- for children living in
warzone. 7 is the jersey number he wore during Manchester United football
games.
Ignored
Sri Lankas Northern Provincial Council (NPC) passed a resolution accusing

successive governments of ignoring justice in Tamil-genocide.
Ignored
Modi calls us Nawaz Sharif. Columnists eagar to know when Dialogue process will
resume again.
Ignored
The Sri Lankan Army will release 1000 acres of land in Tamil-majority North
Province.
Ignored
UN declared June 21 as International Yoga day. But a US senator is bringing a bill to

ban tight-fitting Yoga-pants because theyre vulgar.
Ignored
IMF chief Christine Lagarde gave ~18 billion$ loan to crisis-ridden Ukrain.
Ignored
Ex-ISI officer, in his Al-Jazeera interview says that Pakistan probably knew about
Osama.
Ignored
Chinese President 11th Jinping likely to be the chief guest of Pakistans National
Day Parade on March 23
Ignored
After the controversial replacement of Foreign Secretary Sujata Singh, the

Government has amended the rule for tenure of Foreign Secretary two years or
until further orders, whichever is earlier.
FebW3-IR
Sri Lanka planning to sign nuke energy pact with Pakistan. Modi to visit Sri Lanka in
M+I
mid-March 2015
M+I
Outcome of Sri Lankan Press 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 issuesresettlement 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
OLF
Feb 2015 was the 29th foundation day of Arunanchal Pradesh, Modi visits the
state, China criticizes.
OLF
Home Minister Rajnath Singh says there is >420% per cent jump in tourist arrivals
last year, because of the E-visa facility.
OLF
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 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.
OLF
North Myanmar->Shan State->Kokang region. Here, heavy fighting between the

Myanmar army and Kokang rebels for control of Laukkai township. This is led to
large influx of refugees towards China. However Chinese government has assured
that it will not interfere in domestic affairs of Myanmar.
OLF
Indias High Commissioner in London will outsourcing of key consular services e.g.
visa/passport and OCI-card applications. Because they have to process the work 6
lakh applications a year. Outsourcing will help reducing delays in operation.
OLF
China to give $50 Billion fund for Asian infrastructure investment bank and
another $40 billion for Implementation of Silk Road Economic Belt to integrate
Asian and European Economies along the Eurasian corridor.
OLF
1991: India and Israel established formal diplomatic relations. 2015: for the first
time, Israeli defence Minister will visit India (during to participate in Aero India
2015 in Bengaluru)
OLF
China says its new embassy in Pakistan will be largest Chinese overseas 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
Ignored
India has not given approval for his second term, le kept pending. so he has
resigned. Although Government maintains we have not interfered (only we kept
the le pending

).

Ignored
Ever since NATO and USA withdrew from Afghanistan, the civilian toll in terror
attacks increased by 22%
Ignored
Coast guard DIG says he had ordered blowing of the Pakistani boat on 31/12/2014
because he did not want to serve them biryani. Later retracts his statement.
Ignored
Terrorist attack the Copenhagen conference in Denmark and killed jews. Israel
Prime Minister has invited all European Jews to migrate to his country. 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 Denmarks unofficial safety valve policy.
Ignored
The U.N. Human Rights Council Was to release a report on Sri Lankan civil war in
March 2015. But they have postponed it to September 2015. Ignored because
basics already covered in old article.
Ignored
During India Pakistan match, All India Radio Twitter account re-tweeted a number
of obnoxious and anti-Pakistan tweets. I&B Ministry ordered an enquiry
Ignored
Maldives Ex-President Mohd. Nasheed arrested Under antiterrorism law, because

in 2012, He tried to arrest a senior judge Using military without authority.
Economy
FebW1-Economy
BankingFinance
BankingFinance
BankingFinance
Banking-
P+M
Bhai updates monetary policy: SLR reduced from 22 to 21.5, other rates
and ratios unchanged. However person can invest upto 250,000$ a year
under LRS remittance scheme. Whatre its implications? Wait for future
lecture video on BoP, exchange rates and capital account convertability.
P+M
Committees: Usha Thorat, Ex-Dy-Gov-RBI for processing small bank

applications; and Nachiket Mor, RBI Board director for processing
payment bank applications.
OLF
Indian companies allowed to raise capital from abroad, using ADR and
GDR. If IT act is amended to provide more clarity on tax-liabilities, itll be
easier to attract funds through ADR and GDR
Modi Government planning to launch 5000 crore ETF in March 2015 for
Finance
OLF
faster disinvestment. Basics explained in previous lecture.
OLF
Rajanbhai permits banks to give differential rates on fixed deposits

e.g. if you make above 1 crore FD with no option for premature
withdrawal= then bank will pay you higher interest rate, compared to
chillar FDs of 10-20,000 made by ordinary customers. This will help
bankers in asset liability management and give large-value-long-term
loans for business projects.
Ignored
in Coal India disinvestment (Offer for sale / OFS)- 10% shares were
reserved for retail investors but their response was luckwarm. Hence
cabinet aims to reduce their quota to just 5% in future Disinvestments
Ignored
Jet ATF selling at 46/liter- even cheaper than petrol and diesel. Although
hardly 5-10% discount expected in plane-tickets because companies
wanting to recover earlier losses first.
OLF
Mcgrawhills Standard and Poors rating deliberately gave good ratings

to mortgage backed securities- that ultimately lead to asset-bubble and
subprime crisis. Now S&P required to pay over 1 billion dollar damages
to US Federal and state governments
BoP
OLF
Americas Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) released

International IP Index. India was ranked second from the bottombecause (1) Indias 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.
BoP
OLF
gold import- India worlds largest consumer in 2014, imported over 850
tonnes, even ahead of China.
P+M
The 14th Finance Commission chairman Y.V. Reddy recommends 42%

shares from union taxes to state governments for 2015 to 2020. But
Member Abhijit Sen gave dissenting note- states deserve only 38%.
Jaitley likely to table report in parliament, during budget session.
OLF
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 limit should be
increased further. In recent years, National savings 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.
BankingFinance
BankingFinance
BoP
BoP
Fiscal
Policy
Fiscal
Policy
Disinvestment: Government wants to sell 10% shares from Indian Oil
Fiscal
Policy
OLF
Corporation (IOC) . Theyre looking for a merchant banker to help in the

process, but since Government offering too low rates, most bankers
hesitant.
Fiscal
Policy
Ignored
ED gives notice to Sahara for violating Foreign exchange rules
Fiscal
Policy
Ignored
Niti Ayog s first meeting. Same old bolbachchan about cooperative

federalism, mfg-boost etc. basics already covered in old article
Ignored
Badminton player Jwala Gatta accuses National Coach Gopichand of

ignoring capable players whore not from his coaching class such as
Ashwini Ponnappa
P Only
National Games 2015 at Kerala. Sports topic beaten to death in both

Essay and Mains papers of 2014. Although venue, motto, leading
medalists should be prepared for prelims.
HRD
OLF
UN-ESCAP says during 2004-11, India had 8% GDP growth rate, it

helped reducing poverty from ~42% to just 33%. Thus India 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.
HRD
OLF
Sports ministrys Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for helping

Indian atheletes win medals.
HRD
Ignored
Nawaz Sheikh- son of a daily wage labourer, designs logo for Indias
new education policy
HRD
OLF
Government of Gujarat introduces common syllabus for 11 State

universities to ensure uniformity in teaching and skill Development.
OLF
NSSO data on PDS leakage. Best States Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh

and Tamil Nadu; Most Bogus: Manipur, Diu-Daman, Delhi. Argument in
favour of linking PM-JDY accounts with aadhar and money be directly
transferred to them, instead of supplying over 50MMT grains to 5 lakh
raashan-ki-dukaan, because most of the grains will never reach
beneficiary anyways.
HRD
HRD
industryagro
industryagro
OLF
Government planning to amend the Archaic Tea Act of 1953- to give

more powers to Tea board of India, encompass small tea growers in
the definition and protect IPR. As such salient features of Tea Act
seems quite unlikely question but matter can be used as fodder for
Tea-beverages-food-processing industry in GS3.
P+M
Shanta Kumar report on FCI restructuring had recommended moving

towards direct cash transfers due to large scale leakages in PDSfoodgrain supply chain. Now Economists Jean Dreze and his coterie of
jholachhap economists are disputing the survey methods used by this
Committee to show PDS leakages.
OLF
Competition Commission of India (CCI) says real-estate players using

unfair trade practicies and oligopoly to extract more money from
clients. But CCI did not impose penalty because evidence lacking.
infra
OLF
Modi wants to shutdown UPAs brainchild Urban Institute of India

because same bolbachchangiri work done by the National Institute of
Urban Affairs (NIUA) under Urban Development Ministry.
infra
OLF
Rockefeller Foundation announced the 100 Resilient Cities project with

a $100 million worldwide. Bengaluru, Chennai, Surat chosen.
OLF
Cisco will develop Vizag as first smart city skill Development centres
with global talent tracker, civic amnestics through ICT and other fancy
things.
infra
OLF
2009: Indian steel and coal PSUs formed ICVL- international coal
venture ltd. It aquired mining rights in Mozambique- will help fetch
over 10 million tonnes of coal in next 3 years
infra
OLF
After Modi-Obama meet on nuke deal, PMO sets target of doubling npower in India by 3x times in next 10 years
OLF
Government planning to levy cess on Airfares- to finance the expansion

of Aviation sector in NorthEast. + to counter China, India plans 6
airports in Arunanchal Pradesh.
industryagro
IndustryService
infra
infra
FebW2-Economy
BankingFinance
OLF
Union government has decided to infuse ~7000 crore Rs. equity capital
in nine public sector banks, According to their performance. State bank
of India will get the highest.
Under The Coinage Act 2011, RBI can issue all notes except Rs.1 note.
BankingFinance
P Only
Union Government planning to print new Rs.1 notes with Hindi &
English signatures of new finance Secretary Rajiv 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.
OLF
Supreme Court criticises RBI,Sebi and other financial regulators for

turning blind eye to chit-funds-cum-ponzi scams running in West
Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Tripura and neighbouring States.
BankingFinance
P Only
ICICI Bank launched Indias first digital bank called Pockets- it is a

moble app cum e-wallet. Even a non-ICICI 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 id, mobile
number, Facebook account, online shopping site, retail mall, Paying
utility bills etc. Transaction limit: Rs.10,000, if youre 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.
BankingFinance
Ignored
Currency Building, Kolkata was built in 1833. It was the first office of the
Reserve Bank of India.
OLF
Earlier Government had setup TK Viswanathan Committee to frame

bankruptcy law. Committee recomends amending the Companies Act
2013, to get insolvet companies windup their business quickly- itll help
us improving our Ease of doing business ranking.
BankingFinance
OLF
Crooks are increasingly using shell companies for tax evasion, money
laundering and even bidding lucrative coal mines with good rail-road
connectivity so they can be resold to genuine companies at a higher
price (similar to 2G scam). therefore, SEBI began an exercise to find and
suspend such shell companies.
BoP
Ignored
Because of Government and RBI restriction of on Gold, its import

decliend by 14% in 2014, says World Gold Council (WGC) report.
BoP
OLF
G20 members summit at Istambul: India demands (1) IMF quota

reforms (2) Automatic exchange of tax information.
OLF
Japan is the most indebted country in the world, at 400 per cent of
GDP. High debt, whether public or private, makes economies more
vulnerable to economic shocks and tends to fuel booms and bust
cycles
BankingFinance
BankingFinance
Fiscal
Policy
OLF
Indian Express & International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,

released the names of ~1200 Indians having accounts in HSBCs Swiss
bank worth total 25,000+crore rupees. Finance Minister says well
investigate. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi assures SC that
Government will make new legal provisions during budget session
Fiscal
Policy
Ignored
Recently, Modi held first meeting of NITI Ayog- usual bol-bachchan

about cooperative federalism etc. already covered in old article. CM
Mamata Banerjee remains absent saying planning commission was
brain child of Subhas Chandra Bose, and Modi has insulted him by
abolishing Planning commission.
Fiscal
Policy
OLF
Modi asks state governments to create 2 taskforces under Niti Ayog 1

for poverty removal and 1 for agriculture
OLF
Government asked rich-PSUs to issue bonus debentures to their

respective ministries- this cash inflow will help Government meet the
fiscal deficit targets under FRBM
OLF
Most of the FIIs have parked their money in coal India disinvestment
and buying shares of HDFC. Hence not much liquidity left in the market,
therefore government of India has decided to postpone the 5%
disinvestment of ONGC, because it is unlikely to attract those FIIs and
fetch good prices for the ONGC shares.
OLF
PFRDA chairman has requested government to give same tax benefits

to new pension scheme subscribers like those available to EPF
subscribers. Only then people will be interested to invest in NPS.
Ignored
Companies who do not pay any taxes by using various tax exemptions,
they are required to pay a minimum alternate tax of 20%. New budget
is likely to cover foreign portfolio investors more stringently and clearly
under the MAT regime. Let the budget come first
OLF
Impact investingmeans investing in projects that makes profit and

simultaneously achieves specific social and environmental causes.
Impact investing can help people invest private money in social
initiatives, but both investors and the NGOs need to be trained first.
OLF
Guj. Government to implement Food security act in following format(1) BPL/APL will be phased out (2) New beneficiaries to be identifed
from Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 such that 66% juntaa is
covered.
Fiscal
Policy
Fiscal
Policy
Fiscal
Policy
Fiscal
Policy
Fiscal
Policy
HRD
HRD
IndustryAgro
OLF
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 Dutchman selling
their equipment to Indian paltry companies. 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.
OLF
2014: Tea exports declined in value and volume because (1) Indias
rivals Kenya and Sri Lanka have increased tea production (2) because of
adverse weather, Indias tea production was lower than usual.
OLF
Britains early industrialisation distanced farming from business and

technology. Latest data reveals per hectre productivity of the British
farms is far less then other European countries.
OLF
Peter Pan is a fictional character that never grows up. Researchers

pointed out that Indian retailers are suffering from Peter Pan syndrome
(i.e. Never grew up, Never accept New technologies)- because of the
high level of corruption.
P Only
Central Statistics Office (CSO) launches new series of Consumer Price

Index (CPI) with 2012 as base year. First data will cover January 2015
month and will be released in Feb 2015.
OLF
Central Statistics Office (CSO) had changed the GDP base year from
2004 to 2011. Accordingly Indias latest growth projection is 7.4% and
well become a $2.1-trillion economy.
P+M
Governments proposed Amendments to BIS act. 1986: more products

will need ISI certificate. Misuse of ISI will become a cognizable offence.
Both distributor and retailer can be held liable. Product liability,
product recall and compensation to consumers.
IndustryMFG
OLF
Modis Make in India campaign faces two dilemmas (1) cheap money
policy required to boost expansion of factories but (2) cheap money
policy will also weaken Indian rupee against dollar- thereby making the
exports unattractive.
IndustryService
OLF
Under Digital India initiative, Modi wants to setup BPO-call centres

mofussil towns.
Industryagro
industryagro
IndustryMFG
IndustryMFG
IndustryMFG
IndustryMFG
Industry-
Communication minister says the white revolution of the dairy industry

should be replicated in the information technology arena, only then we
Service
OLF
can transform the lives of rural people. Target 2020: 11,500 start-up
companies to provide jobs to 2.5 lakh people.
infra
OLF
Keralas Vizhinjam International Multipurpose Seaport project wasnt

kicking up due to lack of funds, but now union Government promised
to pay ~4,000 crores.
infra
Ignored
To extract coal from Odisha, CILs subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.

(MCL) will create to new SPV-entities.
OLF
At present a builder has to get 3050 approval from union and state
governments- hence avg. 90-600 days wasted in getting files 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.
OLF
Power minister Piyush Goel says India will be a power surplus country
in the year 2019, because we will take following measures (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
OLF
Dredging Corporation of India will begin dredging Adani Vizag coal portto help Panamax vessels with upto 1 lakh tonne cargo to enter inner
harbour.
infra
OLF
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana guidelines revised. First priority will
be given to villages under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY). State
governments will be required to maintain those roads, even beyond
the default 5-year period.
infra
OLF
SAIL and NMDC to form a joint-venture company to setup a 6MT

Greenfield steelplant in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh
infra
OLF
Government is planning the privatisation of airports of Jaipur, Abad,

Kolkata, Chennai. GMR, GVR, Adani and others are interested.
infra
infra
infra
FebW3-Economy
Banking-
OLF
Until now public sector banks focused on building cadres of officers

hoping theyll continue with them till retirement. But since flow of
foreign investment has increased- banks should be ready to face
Finance
BankingFinance
BankingFinance
BankingFinance
BankingFinance
BoP
attrition i.e. officers leaving to other financial organizations for better

packages, says RBI dy.gov. R.Gandhi.
OLF
Rajanbhai criticizes the lack of specialist in Government- who can

properly make budget or manage public debt.
OLF
Previous Justice BN Sri-Krishnas 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, well be put into Appellate Raj. Rajanbhai also indirectly
criticized Modis style of functioning: Hitler provided Germany with an
extremely effective administration the trains ran on time, as did the
trains during our own Emergency in 1975-77. 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.
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New Indian Accounting norms (Ind AS) aims to align Indian accounting
practices with international IFRS code. From 1/4/2015, companies need
to voluntarily begin implementing this. From 1/4/2016, this is
mandatory for companies with 500 crore or more networth. Says
Corporate Affairs ministry.
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Under EPFO act, Government of India has to appoint Employees

Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal (EPFAT). But officials not appointed
since a long time, SC gave 4 weeks to Government to fix this problem.
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Greece Crisis and Euro bailout packaged. Basics already covered in last
lecture. More when ball by ball commentary ends.
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RBI relaxes gold norms- banks can import gold on consignment basis.
Banks can grant gold metal loans on such imported gold. This will help
jewelry industry.
BoP
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Finance Ministry re-launched its website for filing FDI applications. New
website needs submission of single document instead of 15-18 copies
earlier- part of the ease of doing business and make in india.
BoP
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Hike in petrol and diesel prices announced.
BoP
Fiscal
Policy
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Corporate espionage- smuggling of key-policy documents from the Oil

Ministry, to benefit corporate giants ahead of budget.
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Modi unlikely to implement Shanta Kumar panel to revamp FCI-PDS

system & reduce the coverage of NFSA, after defeat in Delhi elections.
Basics already done in old article.
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Swiss authorities raid HSBCs offices to probe money laundering. HSBC

allegedly helped crooks from 200 countries to stash ~120 billion USD.
While HSBC issues full page apology in British newspaper- We have
absolutely no appetite to do business with clients who are evading their
taxes
HRD
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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 Indias ranking in the
UNDPs Human Development Report (2011) 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.
HRD
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Gujarat Government to develop smart schools with wifi, school

Management software, LCD in every class, biometric attendence etc.
industryagro
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In recent time, potato supply increased and prices declined. So,

Government removed it from minimum export price (MEP) regime to
help farmers sell off in foreign market.
IndustryMFG
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Brown money is the value of unused goods lying at peoples homes.

Thanks to sites like olx and quikr, brown money trading has increased.
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Rajanbhai had criticized Central Statistics Office (CSO) for confusing

calculation of GDP. Hence CSO DG met bhai and powerpointed him to
the GDP calculation method.
IndustryMFG
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Noted industrialist Deepak Parekh says businessman are impatient

because despite 9 months of Modi-raj, the ease of doing business has
not improved on the ground
IndustryMFG
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WPI only 0.39% in January 2015
Fiscal
Policy
Fiscal
Policy
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SBI composite index Tracks Indias manufacturing activity using SBIs
IndustryMFG
IndustryService
IndustryService
infra
infra
infra
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internal loan portfolio- because it mirrors the loan demand by the

manufacturing units. Accordingly, this index has two components
(1)Manufacturing cycle (monthly) (2)growth (yearly). For Feb-2015, this
index shows manufacturing activity has declined in India.
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Maharastra Government aims to make Mumbai the first city in the

country to be open all day and night 247. The city will be divided
into special entertainment zones with adequete food, security and
safety features. This will boost trade-tourism but critiques say itll hurt
physical wellbeing of the youth and poor workers.
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Central statistical Organisation (CSO) Publishes annual survey of

industries (ASI) each year. Now they are planning: similar annual survey
of services. For better estimation of job creation, GDP production etc.
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Government aims to auction 2g and 3g radiowaves for Rs.1 lakh crores

in March 2015. Ambanis, Airtel, Vodafone, Idea- total 8 telecom giants
interested.
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Gujarat: Diamond Research and Mercantile (DREAM) City planned near,

Surat, to boost diamond cutting and polishing industry. similarly GIFT
(Gujarat International Finance Tec-City) and Dholera special investment
region
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Urban Housing Ministry has found that state governments have not
spent crores of rupees given to them under Rajiv Rinn Yojana, 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.
Polity, Governance
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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, 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, Inter-state agreement signed among Punjab, Haryana and
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Rajasthan for sharing of Ravi-Beas system. Punjab Government moved to SC

demanding more water share from these rivers.
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Collegium system to continue until NJAC is appointed for selecting judges
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A CPI leader sent to 4 weeks jail for contempt of court. Columnists demand
relooking at the imperial provisions about contempt of court. Because originally
provisions were made to enforce foreign rule over natives.
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Controversy about political parties doing money laundering after some NGO
Avaam vs AAP controversy about donation of Rs.50 lakhs. As per Representation of
Peoples act- a political party has to give audited annual statement of all
contributions over Rs.20,000 to EC, then theyre exempted from income tax
payment. NIPFPs black money report even recommends reducing such ITexemptions.
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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 pension-gratuity benefits of IAS officer. Some columnists
demanding he ought to be formally dismissed so he cant 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.
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Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has mooted the idea of automatic suspension
of members who entered the Well, because it present this is no specific rule on
how to deal with those unruly elements.
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Pros and Cons of giving full statehood for Delhi. (Because AAP manifesto demands
it)
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Nepalese Constitution drafting Committee gives guiding principles for new

Constitution- democracy, federalism, republicanism, secularism, and inclusiveness
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As per Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Ordinance, only those with class 8 and 10 degrees
can fight Sarpanch and Zila Parishad. Noble intention but (1) candidates using
bogus marksheets (2) at many places crooks elected unopposed because rivals
couldnt apply due to educational certificate. (3) at posts vacant because no
applications received!
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Law Commission chairman Justice A.P. Shah recommends amending Civil

Procedure Code and setting up special commercial courts for the speedy disposal
of high value commercial suits- preferably by enacting a new law. Until
Government actually draft bill, topic just OLF
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Union tells SC that IT Act section 66A is not meant for curbing freedom of speech,
but only to curb cybercrimes
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Research paper in World Development journal says reservation of backward

communities didnt hurt performance of Indian railways.
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SC says if a candidate hides his past-criminal record, junta cant chose right
candidate, due to lack of information so if such criminal wins election, itll be
declared null and void.
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Union Governments Justice G.P. Mathur panels suggestion to make a new SIT to
reinvestigate 86s Anti-Sikh riots.
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Delhi EC asks Schools to distribute pledge letter, get parents sign on them well
vote in assembly elections. This will help increasing voter turnout.
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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 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 juntas economic and
social conditions with main focus on weaker societies. Else we cant achieve
continuous growth of GDP. (- Vice President Hamid Ansari)
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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) officers communication must 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)
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E-governance: Modi aims for Digital lockers to store each citizens birth certi,
marksheets etc which he can use to fill online forms for job, passport etc.
Maharashtra already has this, covered in old article
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Gujarat state government planning to allot Fair price shop (raashan ki dookaan)
licenses to women only.
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Freedom of Speech: Chinese Government ordered blog and chatroom platform

owners to register all users with their real-name and give undertaking theyll never
challenge Communist political system, further tightening control over Internet use.
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Mullaperiyar water level declined after Tamilnadu began discharging water. Basics
already covered in old article.
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Mumbai police summons Arun I-m-in-every-Prakash-Jha-movie Rampal for

meeting Jailed Gangster Arun Gawli in hospital without permission.
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cousumer court says if a person doesnt have id-proof, railway still cannot throw
him out of the train
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NHRC orders Delhi police to deploy constables in night shelters to ensure junta
safety
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45,000 Pak-Hindu refugees living in Jammu. Theyre eligible to vote in parliament

election but not in J&K State assembly elections, because J&K state law forbids it.
Now PDP says middle-path to ensure Government formation with help of BJP.
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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 DG Vanzaras
possible appointment as a director of some Gujarat-state-PSU.
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Saradha chit fund ball by ball- arrest of xyz leaders, TMC wants SC to monitor CBI
probe, SC refuses. Chit fund mechanism, scam-overview in my upcoming lecture
on youtube
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Delhi HC awards 30 years to Vikas Yadav and aide for honor killing of Nitish Katara.
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Secularism: Obama says the religious intolerance of new India would have shocked
Gandhi. Jaitley reacts sharply that we sheltered Dalai Lama.
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Secularism: Amit Shah says BJP respects preamble the way it is- we dont have any
plans to replace the words secular and socialist.
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Delhi assembly election to use VVPAT. Basics already covered in old article.
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Delhi voters will be inked with brush instead of stick, because brush-painting helps
drying the ink at faster rate.
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AAP leaders apprehensive about temping of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

But EC its not possible.
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BJP manifesto for says North Eastern Immigrants will to be protected in Delhi.
Word immigrant draws largescale protests in Assam. BJP apologizes.
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Churches in Delhi vandalized. Home minister Rajnath orders quick action
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Bihar Power struggle between Manjhi and Nitish Kumar
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Freedom of Speech- RSS magazine warns Government against the 5th column
members in the armed forces, who use social media to spread negative publicity
against their own establishment
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Freedom of Speech: AIB (All India Bakchod group) organized a show with filmstars
full of profanity, with Karan Johar as host. Enraged Censor member Ashoke Pandit
even abused them on twitter and MNS demanding unconditional apology. Video
removed from youtube after getting 80 lakh views.
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Government doubled the sharecapital of National Minorities Development and

Finance Corp. from Rs.1,500 crore to Rs.3,000 crore. New sharholding norms:
73:26:1 among Union : State: (individual and institutions.). The earlier ratio was
65:26:9.
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SC says if a public servant practices bigamy, then Government is free to sack him,
irrespective of religion. Because Article 25 permits freedom of religion only as long
as it doesnt 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
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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 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 Executives prerogative to
recommend the name of the CAG to the President.
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The representation of Peoples act prevents under trial prisoners from voting
rights. However, under trial people out on bail, can vote in the election. This
conundrum violates article 326 of the Constitution which permits voter
disqualification only on the grounds of nonresidents, unsound mind, crime or
corruption.
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A fifth petition Filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of
the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
To implement Bezbaruah report on safety of North East people- Government
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mooted following ideas: (1) transit camps and special hostels for them in big cities
(2) NCERT to add NER history-culture-geography in class 6-12 textbooks. HRD
ministry will ask state education boards to do the same (3) 10,000 UGC fellowship
for NER-students (4) more NER-people 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.
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SC is concerned: India till now is a secular country we dont know for how long it
will continue to remain secular. There is a need to stamp out religion from civil
laws. Observation comes after a group demands Christians o be exempted from
Indian Penal code provisions for biogamy.
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Freedom of Speech: Censor board chief prepares a list of vulgur words to be

banned from movies- including salaa, kutta etc. Artist community enraged.
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To cut down the burden of backlog cases, Government needs to come up with
alternative dispute resolution mechanisms like meditation. If large 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.
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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 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.
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After Uber-taxi rape, the app was banned in India. Now they added new 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.
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Dalit NGO launches online tool-Atrocity Tracking and Monitoring (ATM). Send
message to 9898915455, the system will notify the concerned authorities to help
the victim.
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Previously Himachal Pradesh assembly became paperless by adopting Etechnology. Now Haryana planning the same. And Modi cabinet to use kindles
instead of papers.
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Every month, National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa) to Organize Lok Adalats
throughout the Country. Every month will be allotted specific issues e.g. one
month for cheque bounce & bank frauds. This will be reduce pending cases and
deliver cheap justice- no further appeal possible.
E-Courts Mission Mode Project being done by Justice Department, SC and NIC.
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Phase 1- computerize the subordinate courts. Phase-2: e-filing and e-payment

gateways. These e-Courts portals will be part of the National Judicial Data Grid.
Theyll help citizen get case-status, court-document etc.
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If a man refuse To provide maintenance to his estranged wife, it amounts to

economic abuse says Delhi High Court.
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2008: After Kandhamal riots in Odisha, victims began moving out to Kerala, Andhra
Pradesh and Gujarat. PIL was filed but State government maintains These people
have migrated for the search of a better livelihood and not because of the
persecution by radical Hindus in Odisha.
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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 end violence
against women and girls. Recently they organized an event at Delhi University.
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The Jawaharlal Nehru Universitys plans to open a special hostel for Northeast
students
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Kejriwal victory in Delhi state assembly election and the ball by ball commentary.
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After vulgar AIB Roast video starring Bollywood celebrities, a PIL has been fileddemanding that Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry should create a
mechanism to keep a check on videos uploaded on YouTube. Topic ignored for
exam, until Bombay HC delivers verdict
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Annual World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) ranks India 136 out of 180 nation.
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Activist Teesta Shetalvad accused of duping Post-Godhara riot victims. SC gave stay
on her arrest.
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Critics say Modi Governments Strategy of naming centrally sponsored schemes

With Sankritised Hindi names- One type of cultural chauvinism, it will hurt national
integration.
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1984, October 31- Indira Gandhi assassinated. Subsequent Anti-Sikh riots left over
3000 people dead in Delhi, UP, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra etc. Modi
Government had declared 5 lakh compensation and setup Justice GP Mathur
Committee which recommended setting up a new SIT to reopen the cases. So
now 3-member SIT formed under IPS officer Pramod Asthana.
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Delhi Polices Special Investigation Team (SIT) questions Shashi Tharoor about
Mysterious death of his wife.
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Narendra Modi temple in Rajkot. Although after his displeasure, the organizers
decided to shut it down.
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Tharoor says hanging of Parliament attack mastermind Afzal Guru, was a badly
handled event, because family was not allowed to meet him, his body was not
given to them.
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Shirin Dalvi, the editor of Urdu newspaper Avadhnama had published a cartoon of
Charlie Hebdo magazine. She is slapped with criminal charges and columnists
gone crazy about protecting the freedom of speech.
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21 Feb: International Mother Tongue Day celebrated by CBSE and NCERT celebrate
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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 for 50% women
reservation in urban local bodies. At present theyre given 1/3rd reservation.
Government will also promote engendered cities with the objective of welfare of
women through their participation.
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Supreme Court judge Rohinton Fali Nariman says Indira Gandhi shouldnot have
included the words socialist and secular in the Preamble to the Constitution
through the 42 nd amendment 1976. Because Socialism and secularism are inbuilt
in our Constitution through directive principles of State policy (DPSP)
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2014: Gujarat local authorities bill 2009 passed- it provides for compulsory voting
in the local bodies and 50% reservation to women therein. 2015, Oct: Gujarat
election commission will Offer the option of online voting in the six municipal
elections.
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New guidelines for speedier child-adoption 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. (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
Brazils Electoral court aims to ban corporate donations to political parties, to
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combat nuisance of money in elections.
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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 a person from
contesting elections as soon as criminal charges are framed against him will
stigmatise him even before he is proven guilty
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CBIs Wrong interpretation of RTI act- CBI says it can provide RTI information about
corruption Charges against its own officials, but RTI Does not apply ongoing CBI
probes against outsiders.
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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
AIB-roast show in YouTube, PILs filed in Bombay HC to undo this 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 AIB-roast
participants arrest, saying their language was vulgar but not obscene.
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Freedom of speech: Given the rise of Internet trolls, many popular news websites
have stopped comment system. However a Jewish site tablet came up with a
novel idea- reading articles is free, but to post comment a person will have to buy
subscription!
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Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) facing financial crisis. They plan to auction
naming of new buildings and roads after local people- if their family members give
money. Critiques argue even goonda-log can get buildings and streets named after
them after paying ill-gotten money. Makes a good case study for GS4
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Modi wisdom: Large case pendency in India because laws adopted by unqualified
people, and so many loopholes, grey areas and litigations. 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 Modi-raj, over 1700 laws
repealed.
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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 goonda-log OR if police fails to
respond in time, then its of no use. Besides, These apps work only in
smartphones. Hardly 13% of total Indians have such phones. So whats 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
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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 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 live-in
relationship & breakdown of family values.
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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 courts. Due
to majority of such chillar cases, SC is bogged down with unnecessary work.
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Star channel has won telecast rights for world cup matches. But theyre required to
share the feed with Prasar Bharati for public interest. However, Prasar Bharti
further gives these videos to private channels. Hence Star went to SC but no relief.
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Earlier an Kerala MLA went to Mullaperiyar dam with journalists, to show how
weak and dangerous it has become. Now Tamilnadu went to SC asking for CISF
cover to protect the dam against such elements.
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UGC increased NET/JRF exam fees to 1000 | 500 | 250 for General | OBC | ST/ST
respectively. JNU students protesting.
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Earlier union Government amended Motor Vehicle Act to permit E-rickshaws. But
dismal registration in Delhi. Now Kejri-sarkar running awareness campaign.
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The Manjhi vs Nitish drama finally ends. Nitish becomes CM of Bihar, after Manjhi
resigns instead of facing vote of confidence in Vidhan sabha
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Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board or Vyavsayik Pareeksha MandalIs nicknamed Vyapam in Hindi. Major controversy erupted about the involvement
of Chief Minister in Vyapam recruitment scam.
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Previously SC appointed N.R. Madhava Menon Committee on sarkaari ads had

Recommended that names and pictures of political parties and their office-bearers
should not be mentioned in government advertisements. SC 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.
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Gangster Abu Salem convicted by Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention)

Act (TADA) for Pradeep Jain murder case. Court Gives him life imprisonment. But
during extradition from portugal, indian Government had assured their court we
wont give him more than 25 years jail.
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Delhi Government says Private electricity distribution companies fall under the
ambit of CAG. Companies are opposed. Legal battle ongoing.
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Tamil Nadu High Court high court bans beauty contests in colleges, because it
leads to erosion of moral values among youth- according to a petition.
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Delhi court asks Government whether online sale of sex toys violate IPC Section
377
Environment, Agro
SINKHOLE FEATURE-MECHANISM BECOMES IMPORTANT FOR PRELIM

MCQS
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Junta protesting against Koteshwar dam across the Bhagirathi in Tehri district,
Dehradun after cracks and seepage reported in dam wall. Location important for
MCQ
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During 1660s Newton wrote a book vegetables on how plant roots suck
minerals and waters and pump it upwards against gravity. Although it took another
200 years for Botanist to explain this.
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Two algae species Ulva paschima Bast, and Cladophora goensis Bast. They grow on
shorelines, can be used for carbon sequestration due to (1) their high growth rate
near shorelines and (2) their ability to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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Central African endangered plant Sirdavidia named after Sir David Attenborough- a
noted environmentalist
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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 Pradeshs Anatapur reported Sinkholes- because (1) overexploitation
of groundwater (2) water table not recharged thanks to poor rain. For prelimsdefinition and reasons for Mains as a fodder on water exploitation.
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Maharashtra Government gives field-trial approval for GM crops. Top countries

with largest areas under GM-cultivation -Argentina, Brazil, US, India (4th). We are
far ahead of China. India-GM the company Monasoto enjoys near monopoly, while
in China- GM developed through PSUs.
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World Bank report say Sunderbans carrying capacity exceeded the population
pressure.
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Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) says Santhal and other tribals have shifted
from agriculture to menial Labour in past few decades. Because agriculture has
became an unsustainable business for them
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Najafgarh has Delhis longest sewage drain, and it had became an alternative
wetland habitat for birds. However, Asian Water bird Census says less migrant
birds coming to Delhi due to climate change.
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Hollywood actor Arnold says Gujarats clean energy projects makes it the
California of India and to combat climate change the sub-national Governments
must take similar initiatives.
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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. 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
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Some food experts believe idli originated from Indonesia, while others argue Arabs
bought it to India because they were confused about which food was haram and
which one was halal- so simply started boiling rice-balls as food.
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Josephoartigasia was the largest rodent ever on planet earth. It used front teeth
just like an elephant tusks.
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Ongoing Tussle between NGO Greenpeace vs Government of India over Foreign

contribution and anti-national activities.
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Bru people speak Kau Bru language of Tibeto-Burmese origin. They migrated from
Mizoram to Tripura following the ethnic clashes in 97. But 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.
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American plants generate over 2000 tonnes of nuclear waste every year.
Government planning to store them under Yucca Mountains in Nevada state.
M+I
TSR Subramanians Green law panel submits 55 recommendations. Environment

Ministry has partially accepted some of them.
OLF
Modi wants to permits deep sea fishing vessels, but Local fisherman afraid foreign
operators will corner such permits and their livelihood will be affected, hence
protesting.
OLF
Indias 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, forests etc. We
will also upgrade our existing tool Indian Energy Security Scenarios (IESS) (Which
was originally designed by the former planning commission).
OLF
2011: Adani Purchased Abbot Point terminal In Queensland, Australia. Now Adani
wants to dredge the Great Barrier Reef To expand coal port. Environmentalists
opposing this move
Israel runs worlds largest desalination plants and recycles 90 per cent of water for
OLF
agricultural. They have offered to share their expertise in cleaning ganga.
Ignored
Around 1540, the Spanish Empire forced Perus Incas to in silver mines of Potosi
mountains. Now Scientists observed evidence of mining/smelting pollution in the
icecaps near Peru. Thus, Humans have begin polluting the earth 240 years before
the Industrial Revolution.
Ignored
A parasitic wasp employs a virus as a biological weapon to paralyse a beetle and

turn it into a bodyguard for wasp-larva.
Ignored
Ituglanis boticario is a carnivore fish living underground caves in central Brazil.

Researchers claim increased cattle ranching= less water reaching the caves=fish
population declined.
Ignored
The Delhi High Court asks Delhi Government to furnish pollution map of the city
since 2010.
Ignored
Water Resources Ministry planning to revive Brahmaputra Board with a new

mandate and schemes. Topic becomes important only after its officially notified.
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Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune launched SAFARAir app to

increase air-pollution 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 suns warmth and thereby Global warming. But
now even CIA interested in geoengineering- to 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, Americas
operation Popeye aimed to increase Rainfall in Vietnam to reduce the movement

of North Vietnamese Army in the jungle.
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Vanaj 2015 Tribal festival held at Delhi
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Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) setup in 1916- began planning for its upcoming
cemetery celebrations. Will convert paper database into online 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.
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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 gainersBengal> Odisha>Kerala. Top losers: Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh.
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Pilot whales are most common species of whale in New Zealand waters. Topic in
news because 100 of them stranded on a New Zealand, rescue workers waiting for
high tide to pushem back into the water.
P+M
ICAR achievements: E-Kapas 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-based coating to preserve fruit
freshness, health supplement from collagen of fish scales, Aseel: indigenous
chicken breed-its genome decoded. 4G nano based nutritional agriculture inputs
(P, Mg, Zn, Fe); Deepasha: the only surviving wild-female-buffalo from Asha breed
in Chhattisgarh.
P+M
PM launches Soil Health Card scheme with gives slogan: Swasth Dharaa. Khet
Haraa. Healthy Earth. Green Farm. Card validity 3 years-then renew. Card to
display soil fertility and recommend fertilizers accordingly. This will improve crop
yields, prevent soil-water contamination due to excessive use of fertilizers and thus
reduce Government subsidy bill.
P+M
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 (2) use remote
sensing and satellite imageries (3) de-silting of water harvesting structures before
monsoon-2015. (4) ensure every farm receives water.
P+M
Mridaparikshak, is a MINILAB that can determine soil health using digital-mobilesoil-test kit. Developed by Bhopal centre of ICAR. It determines all the important
soil parameters i.e. soil pH, EC, organic carbon, nitrogen, 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 11-12 pass farmers themselves can use it with little training.
OLF
To relocated Lions from Gir (Gujarat), Madhya Pradesh had began expending Kuno
Wildlife Sanctuary. In this process, ~8,000 Sahariya tribal people displaced in late
90s. New study says it has reduced their life expectancy.
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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 submissions about rights violations in India
before a British Parliamentary Committee, only then shell be allowed to travel.
Because such testimonies lead to release of biased annual reports by EU and US
parliaments and adverse trade negotiations.
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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 the century- because
of its polluted rivers, deforestation and population growth.
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Operation Opson 4- run by Interpol and Europol to stop food-adulteration. So

far they have investigated lakh of litres of misbranded alcohol, malt, 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.
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Union Government permits 5% ethanol blending with petrol. Steps taken

remunerative prices offered to sugar mills to supply ethanol to oil marketing cos.
But problems (1) states levy additional taxes in pretext of import-export and even
extra octroi (2) state excise inspectors dont give NOC for Inter-state movement of
ethanol easily. These transaction barriers are hurting the policy implementation.
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India is the 4th largest energy consumer in world. Demand to dobule by 2030,
make in India cant succeed hence must focus on renewable. ~34 out ~250 GW of
Indias energy output comes from renewable sources. Problems (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 tax-free green bonds
just like in USA, China and Europe
Ignored
Nobel winner and TERI DG R. K. Pachauri accused of sexually harassing a colleague.
Ignored
Auction of Prime Minister Narendra Modis dark suit with golden pinestrips, at
Surat. A diamond merchant Lalji Patel won it for 4.31 crores, money to be spent on
Ganga cleanup.
Ignored
NGT order Delhi Government to explore possibility of rainwater harvesting on 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
Defense
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Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Signed contract to supply 14 Dornier228 aircraft to the Indian Air Force.
Defense
Ignored
RK Gupta- the DRDO project director for nuke-capable Agni-V

missile moved out.
Defense
OLF
China has only one aircraft carrier ship Laoning. But given the
increased presence of US forces in the region under Obamas AsiaPivot policy, the Chinese Government planning to induct more
aircraft carrier vessels.
IT/electronics
OLF
A Shanghai builder planning Worlds tallest 3D-printed building

using a 3D printer.
IT/electronics
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Army making its own Mobile Cellular Communications System

(MCCS) using BEL handsets and Code Division Multiple Access
(CDMA) technology because its harder to spoof. They also created
a separate Army Wide Areas Network (AWAN) to connect HQ with
battalion level formations using optical fiber network.
IT/electronics
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Silicene is worlds thinnest silicon material. Researchers used it to

create One-atom-thin silicon transistors
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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 services on providers
900-1800 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
IT/electronics
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Ultra Wide Band (UWB) are popular for short and medium range
communications. They use minimal spectrum, minimal power and
dont 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.
Medical
Ignored
Scientists studying Mixed Lineage Leukaemia (MLL) protein to find

out leukemia occurs in people.
OLF
NACO working on special software to link Aadhar cards of AIDS

patients. Next time person goes in a different clinic, itll
automatically show data about his previous registration and tests.
OLF
WHO fears cancer deaths will rise by 70% in next 20 years. Must
focus on HPV-vaccine, Hep-B vaccine and reduce non-ionizing
sunlight radiation. These measures will help reduce deaths from
non-communicable diseases by 25 per cent by 2025
IT/electronics
Medical
Medical
Medical
OLF
Health ministry submits to SC, our expert panel working to amend

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 to give more punishment to
milk adulteration crooks.
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under Right to education Act, 11 categories of weaker sections

eligible to 25% quota and free education in the private schoolsincluding BPL, SC/ST and even HIV infected. For the first time, a
private school in Ahmedabad ordered to give free education to an
HIV-infected class-10 boy.
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Till now, Scientists believed stem cells can be used to create new
eggs and thereby cure infertility. New research says its not
possible.
Medical
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Litchi seeds contain methylenecyclopropylglycine (MCPG).

Researchers claim its responsible for the summer outbreaks of
mysterious brain disease in among young children in Muzaffarpur
district of Bihar.
Medical
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Feb 10: the national deworming day by health ministry.
Medical
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The inventor of contraceptive pills, Carl Djerassi died recently. So,

principle behind the pill becomes important for MCQ.
P+M
UK passes law for regulation of 3-parent-baby treatment. If mom

has defective DNA for mitochondria, baby will suffer heart-liverbrain damage. Solution- insert healthy DNA code from another
female into her egg, fertilize it with fathers sperm= 3 parent baby.
P+M
Rising Swine flu cases. Union framing an action plan. OriginSymptoms-treatment important for prelims and action plan for
mains.
Medical
Medical
Medical
Medical
Defense
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INSV Mhadei sets record of sailing 1 lakh nautical miles. In 2010

and 2013, Indian navy officers have circumnavigated the globe in
this boat.
Royal British Navys HMS Hermes had participated in the Falkland
wars and in late-80s it was inducted in Indian navy as INS-Viraat,
Defense
Defense
Defense
Defense
IT/electronics
IT/electronics
IT/electronics
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the aircraft carrier. Navy planning to decomission it in 2016,

because (a) expensive repair work (2) its Sea Harrier aircrafts not
much use in modern-combat.
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Defence Minister Parrikar says While we may not be able to

produce latest defense equipment like developed countries, but
still weve expertise to build and export hi-tech stuff to other
developing countries whore already interested in buying ISROs
space-expertise after Mangalyan success.
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Union Information and Broadcasting Minister says hardly any war

documentaries made in India. Our war history needs to be
popularised using the digital media.
Ignored
CISF personnel are Responsible for the security of Delhi

International airport. But Delhi airport not paying for their services
since last seven months, hence their salary is entirely bourne by
Government of India.
M+I
Net neutrality principle requires ISPs not to give advantage to one

type of traffic over the other. Violation cases (1) Airtels decision to
charge extra money on its mobile-internet 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 Ambanis Reliance communication. We are 6th country in
the world to be covered under facebooks free-internet 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 zero-rating business strategy.
P+M
ultrathin sheets have thickness of just few atoms, and width of just
few micrometers. Theyre made using transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDs). They haven numerous applications such
as better rechargable batteries, but at present TMD-manufacturing
very expensive. Indian-American scientist Gurpreet Singh given 5
lakh dollar CAREER award for pursuing this research.
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Government admits foreign agents committed Cyber-espionage

against Indian Government servers but real-culprits yet to be
identified.
Ignored
Raspeberry 2- the new more powerful edition of that Raspberry

credit card sized computer. Ignored because basics already done in
old article
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Brain: Short-term memory stored in Pre-Fronta and long term

memory stored at Hippocampus, a horseshoe shaped paired
structure.
P+M
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 categories. Category A:
people with mild fever, headache etc. but do not require testing for
H1A1 And dont need to be hospitalised. Category B : those with
high grade fever and high-risk category. Category C: those with all
symptoms of category a and B, and need to be hospitalised.
P+M
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 micro-shock waves
through a handheld machine. These shockwaves kill
Staphylococcus bacteria and facilitate in drug-release from
capsule. Injections not needed anymore.
P+M
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 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.
Medical
OLF
As such India to spend 2 billion$ till 2020 for family planning. Yet,
we are unlikely to achieve fifth Millennium Development Goals
(MDG-5) of reducing maternal mortality to 109 per 1,00,000 live
births by 2015. But well be able to reduce total fertility rate (TFR) to
2.1 (right now 2.3.
Medical
OLF
Google to add a health-related feature in its search-engine. So, if

you type malaria, itll show symptoms and treatments.
IT/electronics
Medical
Medical
Medical
Medical
The inventor of Laser & Nobel winner, Charles H. Townes died in

USA recently. Hence laser principal and application becomes
Sci-Tech
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important for UPSC. Laser applications: surgical instruments, bar

code readers, CD players etc.
Sci-Tech
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As such heavy water is used in nuclear power station but, Gulf

countries also use it for for oil exploration. Now Department of
Atomic energy will begin such feasibility in India.
Space-tech
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2019: worlds biggest solar telescope will be opened in Hawaii
OLF
U.S. helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky says itll produce S-70B

Seahawk naval helicopters in Make in India IF Government orders
120 multirole helicopters from them.
OLF
Women power in armed forces: After a lady officer gave guard of

honor to Obama, after a contingent of Women-only armed forces
parade during 26th Jan, now at Aero India show- two women are
part of IAFs Sarang Helicopter formation team.
Defense
Ignored
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha says Sukhoi is not a replacement for
Rafale as their capabilities are different. They complement each
other but do not replace each other.
Defense
OLF
Kalyani group to from JV with Rafael (Israel) for joint defense

production (51-49 partnership)under Make in India.
Defense
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Privthi-2 missile test fire. Full strike range 350 kms, nuke capable
yes.
Defense
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Russian Irkut Corps Su-30 MKIs are manufactured in HALs Nasik

plant. Yak-130 combat trainer.
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Aero India 2015: held at Bengaluru. Focus: Make in India- for

aerospace, defence, civil aviation and airport infrastructure in line
with the governments mantra.
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Dakota-3- this aircraft played crucial role in Bangladesh liberation

war. IAF donated Dakota-3, Twin Otter plan and Aloutte-3
helicopter to Bangladeshi Airforce.
Defense
Defense
Defense
Defense
OLF
Government aims to create a tri-services chief known as Chief of

Defence Staff (CDS). Most countries have this official with overall
perspective of 3 services and direct liaison with the President. At
present weve CISC (Chief of Integrated Defence Staff)- 3 star post
headed by Air Marshal P.P. Reddy. The three Services chiefs are
four-star.
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Pakistan Army launched Operation Zarbe-azab against Taliban in

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). They aim to finish it
before end of 2015, Then begin reconstruction and rehabilitation
of people.
Ignored
New research says People who are insecure in their relationships

are more actively engaged on Facebook And other social
networking sites. This tendency is called feedback seeking
behavior.
P+M
internet penetration (1) first world saturated (2) China many

restriction, so all tech-giants looked at India. Internet business to
cover 600 million indians and 7% of Indias 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 limited sites in their
mobile phones + solar-powered 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 white-fi internet.
IT/electronics
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Automotive emergency braking (AEB)- Use a short distance lowpower radar operation at 76-77 Ghz frequency, to automatically
brakes on the car during emergency. Same way blindspot
detection apps work in 24-81 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 low-cost
segment.
IT/electronics
Ignored
Apple Inc. planning to build electric cars, even poaching experts

from noted automobile companies, says a leaked report.
Defense
Defense
IT/electronics
IT/electronics
Nanogold particle usages (1) bind it to drug molecule using

sulphur. Then drug can be delivered to any part of body (2) if
theyre delivered to cancer site and then Infrared light is
Medical
Medical
Medical
Medical
Medical
Medical
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.
P+M
Serum Institute of India, Pune will being production of Nasovacthe Swine flu (H1N1) vaccine soon. This is an egg-based, trivalent,
live attenuated vaccine with shelf life of 1 year.
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Albinism is a hereditary genetic condition. Result: No pigmentation

in skin, eyes and hairs. 1 out of 1400 Tanzanians have Albinismmostly due to inbreeding. Idiotic Tanzanian Mobs kills such people
and sell their bodyparts for $600-$75,000 for witchcrating. UN
Human rights commissioner has condemned this practice.
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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 can reduce
immunity, induce miscarriage, abnormal DNA-birth defects etc.
Hence Delhi doctors demanding ban on using PET bottles in
pharma companies.
OLF
Diarrhea and pneumonia are the biggest reasons for under-5 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 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.
P+M
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 brain gets affected then
you get stroke. Now scientists binding cholesterol lowering Statin
drugs with AC2-26 nanoparticles to prevent this clotting
P+M
To cure MDR and XDR TB, scientists binding polymers with

antibiotic-nanoparticles. Polymer will bind to bacteria in body 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
Medical
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energy, DNA-repair, blood-cloting and other processes in the cell.

IP7 made up of sugar and 7-phospate groups. Scientists believe its
DNA-repair mechanism can be used to cure cancer.
Medical
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IMA warns that Tamiflu is not an Over-the-counter (OTC)

precautionary drug for Swine flu. Unless you have tested positive,
you must not take it.
Medical
Ignored
Malnutrition levels are high among Childrens of migrant workers,

says a new study.
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International Epilepsy Day celebrated on February 9. Epilepsy is a

neurological disorder that is treated with medication. Its not a
contagious disease, it does not spread by touch.
OLF
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 hospital or a
private hospital.) need of the hour is hosting the public health
Infrastructure. And since Modis 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.
OLF
Thailand bans surrogacy by foreign couples after a couple refuses

to take away their baby born with Downs syndrome and overall
moral degeneration of womens body into rental-wombs. Perhaps
India should consider.
Ignored
Limpets are small aquatic creatures. There have teeth are so

strong, its structure can be copied to make cars, boats and planes
of the future.
Ignored
Scientists baffled by plumes rising 250 kms above mars surface.

Scientists to use satellites over 700 kms to check ocean
acidification.
Medical
Medical
Medical
Sci-Tech
Space-tech
Space-tech
Ignored
Achuthanandan and Vaiko to launch joint campaign against the

proposed India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) at Theni,
alleging itll harm both people and environment. Dharna specialist
Medha Patkar also invited. Union Government defends (1) no
weapons or radioactive material in this lab (2) deliberately set
underground-to prevent instruments from cosmic radiation. (3)

tunnels wont harm dam or ecology.
Space-tech
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Mars one projects aims to setup permanent human settlement at

Mars. Keralas Dr. Lekha Menon Margassery selected through
contest, shell be shipped in 2024.
History & Culture

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Sarnath: here Lord Buddh delivered first sermon and 11th Jain Trithankar
Shreyamshanath was born. World bank will fund for upgrading this site, nearby
villages and their handicraft industries.
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UNESCO officers to visit Ahmedabad soon, to decide if it deserves heritage tag.
OLF
Navjivan trust members say there is need to replace Gandhian icons with changing
times. E.g. Charkha causes noise pollution better just gift it as a memento.
Ignored
A 400-year-old Tamil hero stone proves existence of Bull-sport Jallikattu in India.

Earlier Maneka Gandhi had said Jallikattu was a foreign event introduced in India.
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Khongjom Parma: it is a Manipuri ballad that recalls heroic battle between

Manipuris against the British army on India Burma road, during 1891. April 23 is
observed as remembrance day in Manipur to mark this event. Ibemni Devi- first
woman khongjom balladeer, won Padma Shri (2012).
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2008: Tourism ministry launched Explore Rural India program under its Incredible
India campaign to make foreign tourists vacation in villages, providing livelihood
opportunities to rural junta. Puducherrys Alankuppam village selected (2011)
Ignored
The Peranakan Chinese are descendants of southern Chinese traders who settled
in South-East Asia and married local women. Their culture is rooted in Chinese
traditions, but with strong influences from South-East Asia and Europe. Topic in
news because Delhi Museum holding an exhibition
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ASI had found Satvahan remnants in Medak district of Telangana in 2009- 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.

Ignored
Ex-CAG Vinod Rais Audit report says over 200 kg of gold Siphoned off from
Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala. Basics Already covered old article.
M+I
World History: When Apartheid S.African Government closed down all avenues for
legal-peaceful protests, Nelson Mandela felt violence was the only means. He went
underground and began sabotaging while avoiding civilian causalities. 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.
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Q. In above excel file, youve 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
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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
1-7
W2
8-14
W3
16-21
W4
22 to 28/29/30/31 depending on month
Q. I had read xyz column in Hindu but I dont see it here listed here.
Ans. As such all columns should be read for improving reading comprehension skills for CSAT
Paper-II. 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. Ill 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 full-length 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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February to be jampacked with maiden visits of Presidents from Singapore (Tony

40 Indians missing from Mosul, Iraq, believed to be captured by extremists. Red

Srilankan Government gives greenlight to Chinese port Development project in

BNP leader Khaleda Zia launching nation-wide protests-hartals against ruling PM

Prince Charles and Diana contemplated calling off wedding

TransAsia plane crashes in Taiwan river.

Visit of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during FebW3

UN concerned over ongoing Bangladesh Turmoil between PM Sheikh Hasina

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan becomes the first Modi-Minister to to

Sri Lankas Northern Provincial Council (NPC) passed a resolution accusing

UN declared June 21 as International Yoga day. But a US senator is bringing a bill to

After the controversial replacement of Foreign Secretary Sujata Singh, the

North Myanmar->Shan State->Kokang region. Here, heavy fighting between the

Maldives Ex-President Mohd. Nasheed arrested Under antiterrorism law, because

Committees: Usha Thorat, Ex-Dy-Gov-RBI for processing small bank

faster disinvestment. Basics explained in previous lecture.

Rajanbhai permits banks to give differential rates on fixed deposits

Mcgrawhills Standard and Poors rating deliberately gave good ratings

Americas Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) released

The 14th Finance Commission chairman Y.V. Reddy recommends 42%

Disinvestment: Government wants to sell 10% shares from Indian Oil

Corporation (IOC) . Theyre looking for a merchant banker to help in the

ED gives notice to Sahara for violating Foreign exchange rules

Niti Ayog s first meeting. Same old bolbachchan about cooperative

Badminton player Jwala Gatta accuses National Coach Gopichand of

National Games 2015 at Kerala. Sports topic beaten to death in both

UN-ESCAP says during 2004-11, India had 8% GDP growth rate, it

Sports ministrys Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for helping

Government of Gujarat introduces common syllabus for 11 State

NSSO data on PDS leakage. Best States Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh

Government planning to amend the Archaic Tea Act of 1953- to give

Shanta Kumar report on FCI restructuring had recommended moving

Competition Commission of India (CCI) says real-estate players using

Modi wants to shutdown UPAs brainchild Urban Institute of India

Rockefeller Foundation announced the 100 Resilient Cities project with

Government planning to levy cess on Airfares- to finance the expansion

Supreme Court criticises RBI,Sebi and other financial regulators for

ICICI Bank launched Indias first digital bank called Pockets- it is a

Earlier Government had setup TK Viswanathan Committee to frame

Because of Government and RBI restriction of on Gold, its import

G20 members summit at Istambul: India demands (1) IMF quota

Indian Express & International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,

Recently, Modi held first meeting of NITI Ayog- usual bol-bachchan

Modi asks state governments to create 2 taskforces under Niti Ayog 1

Government asked rich-PSUs to issue bonus debentures to their

PFRDA chairman has requested government to give same tax benefits

Impact investingmeans investing in projects that makes profit and

Britains early industrialisation distanced farming from business and