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Government to develop Buddhist tourism centres in

Ghantasala/Krishna region of Andhra Pradesh, with Japanese
00P only help
Muzris port- some new facts appeared. Will update old
00P only article.
00P only rock paintings of Kadapa
00P only Thatheras brass and copper craft gets UNESCO tag
Justice VR Krishna Iyer- contribution as "personalities" in
0P+M
post-independent India.
Sushma wants Gita be declared as National Scripture,
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Congies oppose.
Questions raised on succession in British Crown after testing
z_Ignored Richard the third's DNA line

14_12_DecW1

Modi Government refuses to disclose files related to

Subhashchandra Bose saying it'll hurt diplomatic relations
z_Ignored with some countries.

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PIB 2nd december had truckload of matter on sports related

Government schemes, policies, interventions. But since
UPSC asked too much sports in Essay and GS2 paper of
z_Ignored Mains-2014, not much point in chasing it for next exam.
00P only Rock paintings at Kilvalai, Puducherry
00P only Buddha Heritage walk route.
00P only Amaravathi becomes UNESCO heritage city

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Gonds may have migrated from Indus Valley civilization

towards Central and Southern India -according to Hampi
Pictographs
C. Iyodhee Thass Pandithar. There is no guarentee freedom
fighter type questions won't reappear again.
Bharat Ratna Malviya and Vajpayee
Baba Amte: 100th Bday
Buddhist sites found @Pakistan

15_01_JanW2

Kuka movement-in news because new postal stamp released

Gyan Sangam meeting at Pune between Government and
0P+M
Bank CMDs to banking sector reforms.
00P only Adarsh Smaraks across India
00P only Sulba Sutra- origin of Pythagorean theorem
00P only Chandayan Harrapan Site: housing plans found
00P only pre-historic rock paintings at Marayur-Chinnar forest.
00P only Budduist relic casket founded at Phanigiri, Nalgonda
Swamy says he'll ask Modi to release Bose's file. Matter
z_Ignored already covered in old article.

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Hauz-e-Shamsi built by Illtutmish in 1230 CE in Mehrauli,

Delhi. ASI cleaned it up for arriawal of Himalayan water birds

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Union cultural ministry working on Museum acquisition

z_Ignored policy. Let'em notify first
Maharashtra Government decides to buy the bunglow where
z_Ignored Dr.Amedkar lived during his studies in London.
PM Modi gifts Obama, a telegram of Secretary State Dean
OLF
Acheson to Indian Constituent assembly in 1946
contribution of AMU alumni Raja Mahendra Pratap in
0P+M
Freedom struggle
Sarnath: here 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.

15_02_FebW1

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A 400-year-old Tamil hero stone proves existence of Bullsport Jallikattu in India. Earlier Maneka Gandhi had said
z_Ignored Jallikattu was a foreign event introduced in India.

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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.
UNESCO officers to visit Ahemdabad soon, to decide if it
deserves "heritage" tag.

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. Puducherry's Alankuppam
village selected (2011)

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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
z_Ignored 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
z_Ignored funds.

15_02_FebW2

Ex-CAG Vinod Rai's Audit report says over 200 kg of gold

Siphoned off from Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala.
z_Ignored Basics Already covered old article.

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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Britain will honor Indian soldiers who fought in WW1. 11

out of 628 winners of Victoria cross, were from
undivided India. Kanpore's Seopy Chatta Singh's stone
laid in a ceremony at Staffordshire. + planning to raise
a Sikh regiment

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15_03_MarW1

HRD ministry replaces the members of Indian Council of

z_Ignored Historical Research (ICHR) with RSS-backed historians.

15_03_MarW1

z_Ignored Brazil capital Rio De Janeiro was founded on March 1, 1565 by Portug

15_03_MarW1

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S. Chandnibi, noted Historian on Chola-empire says (1) Cholas gave

15_03_MarW1

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Sahitya Akademi completes 60 years on March 12. Its origin,

function, jurisdiction becomes import for prelims.

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Parrot lady is a scuplture of a Naayika (Heroine) with her

Parrot Pet-friend (sakha). Such scupltures associated with
medieval temples in central and south India. Topic in new
because one such stolen sculpture from Belur temple, found
its way to Canada.

15_03_MarW2

0P+M

March 10-14, India will commemorate the centenary of WW1, where

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Buddha attained Enlightenment under Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya. 288B

Jaitley unveils Mahatma Gandhi bronze statue in London's

Parliament Square. Designer: Philip Jackson. Status
commemorates 100th anniversary of Gandhijis return to
India from South Africa to launch the Independence
Movement.

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z_Ignored Mysore King Tipu Sultan's arms and armour will go for auction in Lon

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2014: Project Mausam launched at World Heritage Comm

Images of Jagannath puri gods are made up of Margosa tre

rch 1, 1565 by Portuguese explorer Estacio de Sa. 2015 marks its 450th anniversary.

says (1) Cholas gave land grants to Kashmiri brahmin "Bhattas" for giving Vedic education and mid-day

nary of WW1, where ~75k Indian soldiers died fighting in Asia, Africa and Europe.

e in Bodh Gaya. 288BC, Ashok's daughter Princess Sanghamitra brings southern branch of this tree to

go for auction in London.

d Heritage Committee meeting at Doha, Quatar. Now Government of India will setup cro
up of Margosa tree wood. But wood decays after a period of time. Last time images rep

education and mid-day meals to children in Tamilnadu. They were even given the official title "Rayan"

n branch of this tree to Anuradhapura, the first capital of Sri Lanka till 8th BC. Later it grows into Mahab

f India will setup cross cultural linkages with 39 Indian ocean nations.
ast time images replaced in 1996. So, 2015 will be observed as Nava Kalevara festival- t

he official title "Rayan" (2) during 6 to 13th CE, south Indian kings gave land grants to officials but with

ter it grows into Mahabodhi tree. Modi offered prayers here during Sri Lanka visit.

Kalevara festival- the ceremony to replacement of Jagannath image. And this year's Ra

nts to officials but with specific instruction of using the said land for public purpose. So North Indian ty

. And this year's Rath yatra has been named Nabakalebar Rath Yatra as this comes afte

ose. So North Indian type feudalism is non-existent in South. (3) Pandhya and Chera kings measured la

a as this comes after 19 years.It'll be promoted as an international tourism event.

hera kings measured land as 'grain capacity', but Chola kings measured land with units like like ma,

ourism event.

th units like like ma, veli and Kuzhi.

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i-MOT software for monitering terror network
vanadia nanowires to reduce cell damage
GSAT-16, althogh basics already covered in earlier articles.
Pravati-2 Garlic variety
Defense: Agni-4 test fired, final decision to purchase Rafale jets
fish drier using solar-biomass energy
(Robotics) Kiva Robot of Amazon, Robotic Chitah
Space tech: GSAT-6, GSLV Mk-III, NASA's new horizon mission for Pluto
Watson sells his nobel medal for chairt. So his discovery becomes automaticaly important for
prelims
HIV becoming less aggressive.
Hayabusa2 explorer
Glonass K satellite
DGCA add Addendum 2015 to Pharmacopoeia 2014. This is important for pharmacists'
interviews. Not much anywhere else.
Google to release new slimmer version of Google glasses. Well let it come first.
Artificial intelligence could eliminate mankind: Hawking
Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) news repeated but topic already covered.
New research to inject stem cell in bald head- to promote hairgrowth
Anti-biotic resistant bacteria found in Kerala's fishes. They're capable of harming human as
well. These bacateria would have reached in ocean water via untreated sewage from coastalhospitals.
NASA finds new evidence of water on Mars
SC lifts ban on Hookah bars
Pinaka Mark-II rocket test fired. It has range of 60 km, can fire 12 rockets in 44 seconds and
cover a blast area of approx. sq. 4 kms
Web index measures Internets contribution to social, economic and political progress of a
country. 2014 Ranking: #1, Denmark, and India sucks the most among BRICS nations.
Inventor of WWW says affordable access to the Internet should be recognized as a human right
Stem cells can restore vision and provide alternative to corneal transplantation
NPPA increase price limits on 52 essential drugs- thereby allowing the companies to sell them
at bit higher price.
China testing "Wu-14" hypersonic glide missile. It can even evade US Missile shield.
According to TRAI data, India is losing war against spammer and tele-marketing callers.
SC rejects Bayer pharma's plea to stop generic version of its Kidney cancer drug Nexavar. This
will help NATCO to produce cheaper generic version.
mosquito coils contain "Pyrethrin" a carcinogenic pesticide.
ISRO's space Programs are protected by New India Insurance. Same company could be utilized
for insuring nuclear power stations.
Lancet Journal says life expectancy of Indian woman has increased to 68.5 years
Carbon nanotubes can be used as smart-shock-absorbers in mobiles and tablets. Research
ongoing
GSLV Mark-III test flight successful. Altogather topic already covered in old article.
Government clears defense purchase of Samyukta electronic warfare system, P7-platform etc.

IIIT Idupulapaya students design path-programmable robotos for vaccum-cleaning the house
etc. but no fancy name given hence just OLF
UN official says India can be AIDS-free by 2030.
Hongkong researchers say 6% of world population addicted to internet.
NASA's Kepler spacecraft found a "superearth" 180 light years away from our planet.
CGS Barracuda- this is first Indian petrol vessel export. Mauritius purchased it.
Arihant Nuke powered submarine- some experts believe its fuel capacity is insufficient for long
distance operations.
DRDO's Glide Bomb
India aims to purchase Russian Kamov-226T helicopters but not yet materialized.
history of horse domestication revealed through horse DNA genome analysis.
C-DAC's protable device to lift injured cattle and large animals. It doesn't have a fancy name
yet, hence not that important.
Ezhil Programming language
Global Hawk UAV drone - India interested to buy from USA
Hyperloop trains-will run faster than bullet trains.
China arrests 30,000 for online porn and gambling
India needs to reduce dependence on Chinese bulk-drugs.
Naval version of LCA
ISRO's Multi-object tracking radar
FDA to allow gay men to donate blood.
top-10 sncience breakthrus in 2014 (although selective)
NASA maps water-vapor distribution in Mars
govt admits Japanese encephalitis cases increasing
Panchi UAV by DRDO
ACIS helmets with airbags for save batsmen from bouncers
China JL-2 missile and sea based nuke deterrent
Government to launch Action plan against Diarrhea, pneumonia
MoM Incubator
Robotic sea turtle by Indian origin scientists
ICRISAT Green Phablet
NASA's SMAP instrument to measure soil moisture.
Artemisinin-naphthoquine drug-combo should be used for Malaria, says a research report.
Agni-5 Launch postponed.
Telecom Department orders ISPs to ban 32 websites including pastebin, dailymotion, vimeo etc.
using Section 69A of IT act.
National policy for drug demand reduction
Sugamya Bharat Campaign
Mission Indradhanush for full immunization of Children by 2020
White-FI and Digital locker
National Health Policy 2015
USA's NSA found it difficult to crack Zoho email service. Indian Sridhar Vembu is founder of this
company.
Modi wants to declare health as a fundamental right, although no concrete announcement on
Constitutional amendment.

We can't make world class aerospace engines due to shortage of titanium. US bullet proof vests
are 10-12 times heavier hence unable to suit Indian men.
2/3rd of Cancer cases are just bad luck and not because of environment or genetic factors.
new compound 6-thiodG can stop cancer cells.
NATMO publishing Braille maps for VH
net neutrality, VOIP, Airtel
rising number of Caesaren deliveries in Kerala's Government hospitals because doctors get
more money in Caesarean than in normal delivery.
ASSOCHAM says cybercrime will doubple in 2015.
NASA working on inflatable aircraft for landing men on mars
Bombay Blood group
can Aspirin cure dementia? Australian university trying to find out.
Modi approves Neutrino project. Basics already covered in old article.
2011: Fukushima radiation leakage. Finally in 203 their rice passed the radation test hence fit
for consumption.
AIIMS says Asaram Bapu doesn't need surgery or bail.
Spider telescopes will circle around Antarctica to obserev microwaves in space.
102nd science congress: talks about aeroplane knowledge existed 7000 years ago and then
debate war between "Communal" vs "Secular" columnists in theHindu
Samsung working on "Internet of Things" e.g person removes his earphones after reaching
home then same song will resume on his home-theater. Ignored because basics of "Internet of
Things" already covered in revision notes for GS3.
Comet Lovejoy
ISRO prepares to launch IRNSS-1D. Although basics already covered in old article- IRNSS will
have 7 saetellites, this is the 4th one to be launched after A,B and C.
BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj asks Hindu couples to produce 4 children.
Punjab bans the sale of loose cigarettes and tobacco
Keplar telescope finds 8 new planets. This type of MCQs ceased to appear since last few exams
hence ignored.
Government planning to shift from"sickcare" to "healthcare" - because preventive health will
empower everyone.
NASA building Volcanobot to explore extra-terrestrial volcanos.
ESAT-6 protein from TB bacteria can be used for better treatment. Ignored because research
still in infant stage and no fancy names involved.
new antibiotics from soil-bacteria
Nissan and NASA joined hands to manufacture self-driving cars but no fancy brand name given
yet
Modk orders Health ministry to draft accountability mechanism for doctors. Although no
notification /rules out yet.
WHO wants to eliminate TB by 2050, but India unlikely to meet this target.
President Obama wants new laws- requiring companies to inform customers within 30 days, If
their site was hacked. Another law- to prevent companies from selling information of students
to advertizement / tele-marketing/spam companies.
China relaxed one child policy. If either husband/wife was the single child of their parents, the
couple can have 2nd child but only after approval from Government. 10 lakh couples applied so
far.
Health ministry working on roadmap to solve malnutrition problem in tribal kids.

Goa sports minister says he can heal gays and lesbians with medicine.
Virgin coconut oil is high in lauric acid, helps in obesity.
There will be 213 million mobile users in India by June 2015
new Amendment bill to ban sale of loose cigars and increase fine on smoking at public places
absent o Rs.1000
Misuse of technology: Whatsapp is being used for betting on cockfights in Andhra Pradesh
ISRO's fire-retardant compound CASPOL.
Insecticide resistant "Super mosquito"
MenAfriVac: a vaccine against Meningitis
Government requested SC to take action against online-sex determination ads
During Obama's visit India-US will sign MoU to jointly fight Ebola
false alarm at International space station. Russian and American space agencies trying to fix it.
11 years ago, Britain's Beagle-2 spacecraft went missing in Mars. Now it's found
new technology to watch 3d effects without 3d glasses
Novartis Glivec Nexavar patent fight. It is becoming "Vodafone" of patent cases- seems the
topic will never end
China starts clinical trials on using stem-cells to cure spinal cord injury
Google halts production of Google-glass, but will release a new consumer friendly version soon.
Mali declared Ebola free. List of countries "affected" and list of compares "list of countries
became free"- becomes important for prelim list, given the ball-by-ball commentary on ebola
every week.
WHO says 50% of Chinese men are smokers
Stemrad belt to protect you against Radiation
DRDO's Agni-V test (on Jan 31st)
Andhra Pradesh CM says his state is facing "demographic" crisis therefore people should
produce more kids, else we'll become similar to Japan
LCA (Tejas) still has to cross many tests before it can become battle ready. It'll take years
"Ceres" is a dwarf planet in Mars-Jupiter asteroid belt. NASA's Dawn space craft recently
captured its photos
WHO says Indians face high chances of dying in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) heart,
cancer, diabetes and respiratory ailments.
NACO=>funds to Union Government => funds to State Government. But some states not
releasing AIDS-funding to NGOs on time, hence Hyderabad-NGOs stopped working.
Women-child ministry will give Rs.1 crore award to 1-crore award for any innovative village
attaining a balanced sex ratio.
From Genome studies, Research found TB baterium had originated from China
Indian-American builds braille printer with Lego parts. I covered this already last year 2014. but
Indianexpress only noticed this news in January, 2015
Government setsup AK Bhargava Committee for examine "Net Neutrality". Report awaited.
Microsoft's 3D Hololens
Haryana doctors compulsorily required to install a tracking device on their ultrasound machinewhich automatically transfers test-database to Chief medical officer. This helps curbing
nuisance of female foeticide and doctors no longer need to manually fill the compliance forms
under PNDT act.

After epicfail response in Ebola crisis, now WHO mulling reforms in its operational structure
After Nigeria, Senegal- now Mali becomes 3rd country in world to be declared Ebola free.

Ceres is a dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter. NASA's Ceres spacecraft reached near it.
"Penghu-1" prehistoric human found in Taiwan. It is older than the oldest specimen of Homo
Sepians
Scientists using drones for researching on irrigation, applying plant-herbicide, fertilizer etc.
Scientists found nerve cells governing thirst in humans
Thar rail express- two passenger died in Crimean Congo fever. All major diseases-symptops
should be prepared in self-study irrespective of whether they appear in hindu or not.
SC orders Google, Yahoo and Microsoft search engines not ot display ads about sexdetermination tests.
DRDO's Agni-5 launched from Odisha's wheeler island in a caniester mounted on a truck, it can
carry 1.1 tonne nuke warehead for 5000kms. India's first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
A Shanghai builder planning Worlds tallest 3D-printed building using a 3D printer.
NACO working on special software to link Aadhar cards of AIDS patients. Next time person goes
in a different clinic, it'll automatically show data about his previous registration and tests.
UK passes law for regulation of '3-parent-baby' treament. if mom has defective DNA for
mitochondria, baby will suffer heart-liver-brain damage. Solution- insert healthy DNA code from
another female into her egg, fertilize it with father's sperm= 3 parent baby.
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.
WHO fears cancer deaths will rise by 70% in next 20 years. Must focus on HPV-vaccine, Hep-B
vaccine and reduce non-ionizing sunligtht radiation. These measures will help reduce deaths
from from non-communicable diseases by 25 per cent by 2025
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.
Silicene is world's thinnest silicon material. Researchers used it to create One-atom-thin silicon
transistors
Till now, Scientists believed stem cells can be used to create new eggs and thereby cure
infertility. New research says it's not possible.
Scientists studying Mixed Lineage Leukaemia (MLL) protein to find out leukemia occurs in
people.
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.

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
Feb 10: the national deworming day by health ministry.
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Signed contract to supply 14 Dornier-228 aircraft to the Indian Air
Force.
RK Gupta- the DRDO project director for nuke-capable Agni-V missle moved out.
Rising Swine flu cases. Union framing an action plan. Origin-Symptoms-treatment important for
prelims and action plan for mains.
China has only one aircraft carrier ship - Laoning. But given the increased presence of US forces
in the region under Obama's Asia-Pivot policy, the Chinese Government planning to induct
more aircraft carrier vessels.
Ultra Wide Band (UWB) are popular for short and medium range communications. They use
minimal spectrum, minimal power and don't interfere with other communication services.
Department of Space working on the main passive components of the Ultra Wide Band systems
i.e. antenna and filter- on Silicon Substrate.
under Right to education Act, 11 categories of weaker sections eligible to 25% quota and free
education in the private schools- including BPL, SC/ST and even HIV infected. For the first time,
a private school in Ahmedabad ordered to give free education to an HIV-infected class-10 boy.
The inventor of contraceptive pills, Carl Djerassi died recently. So, principle behind the pill
becomes important for MCQ.

Defence Minister Parrikar says While we may not be able to produce latest defense
equipment like developed countries, but still we've expertise to build and export hi-tech
stuff to other developing countries who're already interested in buying ISRO's spaceexpertise after Mangalyan success.
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 we'll be able to reduce total fertility rate (TFR)
to 2.1 (right now 2.3.
The inventor of Laser & Nobel winner, Charles H. Townes died in USA recently. Hence
laser principal and application becomes important for UPSC. Laser applications: surgical
instruments, bar code readers, CD players etc.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister says hardly any war documentaries made
in India. Our war history needs to be popularised using the digital media.

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.

Net neutrality principle requires ISPs not to give advantage to one type of traffic over
the other. Violation cases (1) Airtel's decision to charge extra money on its mobileinternet users IF they use skype to make free calls over internet. Although later decision
taken back. (2) Facebook launches internet.org initiative in India with help of Anil
Ambani's Reliance communication. We are 6th country in the world to be covered under
facebook's '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.

Brain: Short-term memory stored in "Pre-Fronta" and long term memory stored at
Hippocampus, a horseshoe shaped paired structure.
Google to add a "health-related" feature in its search-engine. So, if you type "malaria", it'll show
symptoms and treatments.
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 don't 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.

ultrathin sheets have thickness of just few atoms, and width of just few micrometers.
They're 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.

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.
2019: worlds biggest solar telescope will be opened in Hawaii

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 Navy's HMS Hermes had participated in the Falkland wars and in late-80s it was
inducted in Indian navy as INS-Viraat, the aircraft carrier. Navy planning to decomission it in
2016, because (a) expensive repair work (2) its Sea Harrier aircrafts not much use in moderncombat.

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. Mainspecies: helminth, roundworm, hookworm. They give diarrhoea, abdominal
pain, weakness and anaemia.
Government admits foreign agents committed Cyber-espionage against Indian Government
servers but real-culprits yet to be identified.
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.
Raspeberry 2- the new more powerful edition of that Raspberry credit card sized computer.
Ignored because basics already done in old article

Nanogold particle usages (1) bind it to drug molecule using sulphur. Then drug can be
delivered to any part of body (2) if they're delivered to cancer site and then Infrared
light is 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 water-purification.

Serum Institute of India, Pune will being production of Nasovac- the Swine flu (H1N1)
vaccine soon. This is an egg-based, trivalent, live attenuated vaccine with shelf life of 1
year.
U.S. helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky says it'll produce S-70B Seahawk naval
helicopters in "Make in India" IF Government orders 120 multirole helicopters from
them.
Women power in armed forces: After a lady officer gave guard of honor to Obama, after a
contingent of Women-only armed forces parade during 26th Jan, now at Aero India show- two
women are part of IAF's "Sarang" Helicopter formation team.

Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha says Sukhoi is not a replacement for Rafale as their
capabilities are different. They complement each other but do not replace each other.
Kalyani group to from JV with Rafael (Israel) for joint defense production (51-49
partnership)under "Make in India".

Privthi-2 missile test fire. Full strike range 350 kms, nuke capable yes.
Albinism is a hereditary genetic condition. Result: No pigmentation in skin, eyes and hairs. 1
out of 1400 Tanzanians have Albinism- mostly due to inbreeding. Idiotic Tanzanian Mobs kills
such people and sell their bodyparts for $600-$75,000 for witchcrating. UN Human rights
commissioner has condemned this practice.
70% liquid drugs in India are sold in plastic (PET) bottles. But polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
interacts with drug molecules, releases bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates that can reduce
immunity, induce miscarriage, abnormal DNA-birth defects etc. Hence Delhi doctors demanding
ban on using PET bottles in pharma companies.

Diarrhea and pneumonia are the biggest reasons for 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.
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.
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 AC226 nanoparticles to prevent this clotting
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 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.
Scientists baffled by plumes rising 250 kms above mars surface. Scientists to use satellites over
700 kms to check ocean acidification.
Russian Irkut Corp's Su-30 MKIs are manufactured in HAL's Nasik plant. Yak-130 combat trainer.

Aero India 2015: held at Bengaluru. Focus: Make in India- for aerospace, defence, civil
aviation and airport infrastructure in line with the governments mantra.
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.
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 we've CISC (Chief of Integrated Defence Staff)- 3 star post headed by Air
Marshal P.P. Reddy. The three Services chiefs are four-star.

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.
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.
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.

Malnutrition levels are high among Children's of migrant workers, says a new study.

internet penetration (1) first world saturated (2) China many restriction, so all techgiants looked at India. Internet business to cover 600 million indians and 7% of India's
GDP in 2020. so, to get junta hooked up with net, 3 initiatives (1) Facebook-Anil Ambani
tieup for Internet.org to give free access to limited sites in their mobile phones + solarpowered internet drones in future (2) Google to beam internet using helium balloons +
working on google fiber to give 100 times faster net than broadband (3) microsoft to
get unused television spectrum from doordarshan to launch "white-fi" internet.

International Epilepsy Day celebrated on February 9. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder

that is treated with medication. It's not a contagious disease, it does not spread by
touch.
Rajasthan State Government aims to launch health insurance scheme for people covered under
food Security act. Critics argue This is a ploy to handover public health care system to private
clinics (because Government will simply pay money to beneficiary irrespective of whether he
gets treated at a public hospital or a private hospital.) need of the hour is hosting the public
health Infrastructure. And since Modi's factory labour reforms where previously inspired from
Rajasthan State government, critiques fear same model will be replicated at all India level
under the proposed national health assurance scheme.

Achuthanandan and Vaiko to launch joint campaign against the proposed India-based
Neutrino Observatory (INO) at Theni, alleging it'll 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 won't harm dam or ecology.

Mars one projects aims to setup permanent human settlement at Mars. Kerala's Dr.
Lekha Menon Margassery selected through contest, she'll be shipped in 2024.

Automotive emergency braking (AEB)- Use a short distance low-power 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.
Thailand bans surrogacy by foreign couples after a couple refuses to take away their 'baby'
born with Down's syndrome and overall moral degeneration of women's body into 'rentalwombs'. Perhaps India should consider.
Apple Inc. planning to build electric cars, even poaching experts from noted automobile
companies, says a leaked report.

India Russia jointly want to build 400 fifth generation aircrafts (FGFA) but research
phase agreement yet to be sorted out between HAL and its Russian counterpart.
Hopefully matter will resolve after this year's Russia visit of Pranab and Modi.
INS Sindhugosh's periscope damaged during an exercise, because of a fishing vessel near
mumbai coast.
In 1347, Black plague killed 1/3rd of European population. Till now scientists believed Black rats
carried plague bacteria, Yersinia pestis. But new research says due climate change even other
mammals such as great gerbils and marmots also harbored this bacteria.
NASA astronauts complete spacewalks to setup a "parking spot" for Boeing and SpaceX
spacecraft at International Space Station (ISS).
An Israeli company "Sesame Enable" is Designing handsfree smartphone that works by tracking
the head movements of users. This will be of great help to disabled people, particularly with
spinal cord injuries
IISc Bangalore researchers produce a superior water filter using Polymer Reverse osmosis (RO)
Nanomembranes (using PVDF and PMMA material). RO membranes now require less pressure to
produce pure water. Plus, silver, titanium dioxide and carbon nanotubes are embedded on
membrane to kill E. coli bacteria. (1) Silver kills bacteria by damaging its cell protein integrity
(2) Titanium Dioxide works best in presence of UV light (3) Carbon nanotubes kill the bacteria
through direct physical contact.

AIIMS and allied bodies released a book Voice of Conscience From the Medical
Profession. It details the unethical practices- private hospitals deliberately give targets
to its employee-doctors to prescribe surgeries to patient even if it's unnecessary- to
raise the hospital bill.
The UNICEF and the Indian Medical Association have joined hands to train doctors on
how to treat child sexual abuse (CSA) victims.

WHO requests nations to switch over to smart syringes" to stop the menace of Hepatitis
and AIDS. Smart syringes don't work after single use. This prevents spread of diseases
through needle-sharing.
Smokers die 10 years sooner says a report.

Chemical ministry to celebrate 2015 as "Year of Active Pharmaceutical

Ingredients, with focus on "make in India" so we become self-reliant on
bulk drug production, instead of importing from China. Government also
setup "Katoch" Committee to bulk drug issues. It gave report, but yet to be
implemented.
Govt. to celebrate Internet Safety Week from 10th to 17th February 2015.
CERT, google an Mygov will focus on internet safety, particularly for
children and youngsters.
Mission Indradhanush: for vaccination against 7 preventable disease by
2020. This diseases are diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio,
tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B. plus our universal immunization
program to include 3 more vaccines against rotavirus, rubella and polio
Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) planning to build its own space outpost
similar to International Space Station (ISS). ROSCOSMOS will stop its modules to ISS
after 2024. At present Russia is the only country that can ferry humans to ISS using its
Soyuz rockets.
French company Gemalto makes 2 billion SIM CARDS a year. Ex-NSA-operative Edward
Snowden claims US-UK spy agencies have hacked that sim maker company to moniter calltexts-emails made from mobiles.
Alaska becomes 3rd US state to legalize marijuana
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) clears (1) buying Pilatus basic trainer aircraft from
Switzerland (2) building Mine Countermeasure Vessels (MCMV) @Goa Shipyard (3) HTT-40
trainer aircraft from HAL.

IIT-Jodhpur analyzed big data about Indian cuisine, and revealed that Western recipes work on
Consumer affairs ministry requires even cosmetic products to put red / green dot label to notify
whether they're vegetarian or non-veg. One pharma giant Reckitt Benckiser goes to court
saying this goes against drug and cosmetic act provisions.
Even children from well to do Indian families are shorter and smaller than Sub Saharan kids
because Indian mothers have less body mass during pregnancy. India needs to come out with
national guidelines for healthy weight gain during pregnancy.
Peshawar police arrests over 450 parents for not allowing polio workers to vaccinate their
children.
Gilead Science blockbuster Hepatitis-C drug "Sovaldi" sells for $1,000 a pill. Hence unaffordable
by many in the developing countries. Finally NATCO Natco Pharma signed deal with Gilead to
sell generic copies of this drug to 91 developing nations and pay 7% royalty to Gilead

Under national numbering plan 2003, the Department of telecom has reserved 111 to 115
numbers as spares. But Vodafone using 111. TRAI orders vodafone to stop this.
New data from Census 2011: childbirth declining every year and as a result child sex ratio also
declining because (1) people stop having more babies as soon as they got a son and (2) sexselective abortion.
ISRO postpones launching of IRNSS-1D navigation satellite due to technical snag.
Sun Pharmaceutical's Dilip Shanghvi becomes richest Indian ($21.5 billion). Forbes wealthiest
people in world: Dilip rank 37, Mukesh Ambani ranks 43rd. Azim Premji 48th.
Fulgurites are glassy products formed in rocks and sediments. They are made up of volcanic
ash melted by lightning.
Researcher working on Oral swab technique to detect TB. Although no "final product" or funky
abbreviation yet launched. Hence ignored.
~13.8 billion years ago, universe originated after a big bang. But New theory says there was no
there was no Big Bang and the universe existed all along, without beginning or end.
Researchers working on a chikungunya vaccine that is based on a measles vaccine virus. Final
product yet to be launched.

Cloud Self-Organised Learning Environment (SOLE) facility in India and US. In SOLE method, c

America is worried by satellite-jamming capabilities and anti-satellite missiles being develope

2.8-million-year old jawbone of a Homo habilis (Handy Man) found in Ethiopia. Researchers Be

American engineers wired mini-computers into cockroach's nervous system, to control its mo

Health Ministry to celebrate International Womens Day as Safe Motherhood Da

ISRO to carry out a test flight of Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV-TD) by mid-2015.
Space-X falcon 9 rocket launches world's first 2 all electric satellites into orbit for private
companies Euteslsat and ABS. Conventional satellites use chemical propulsion system, while
these two were all electric, hence need much less energy, thereby reducing cost of operation.
But downside is, they take much longer time to reach orbid.

Bhavani- Women safety portable device designed by Dr. Pavan Kohli and launched by Nirbhay

Home Ministry has given in-principle approval for recruitment of women officers in the Indo-Ti
Country with largest open defecation (1) India of course (2) Indonesia (3) Pakistan. UNICEF sa
After Facebook acquired Oculus Virtual reality for $2 billion, Google deploys a team to build
Android Operating system for Virtual reality applications, and it will be distributed free of cost.
Google hopes this move will help to capture the market just like it did in android powered
smartphones.
Frances Parliament working on a bill, that'll allow Terminally ill patients to opt for heavy
sedatives to undergo "deep sleep" until they die. Critics say this amounts to euthanasia in
disguise.
Modi launches "3-dose ROTAVAC" vaccine. This is India's first indigenously developed and
manufactured rotavirus vaccine for children under 5, with help of US. Rotavirus kills ~80k kids
every year in India. We'll even supply this Vaccine to other low income countries for $1 a dose,
It will also promote "make in India".
People with "A" bloodgroup are more vulnerable to malaria because plasmodium parasite
damages their protein, makes these red blood cells clump (Rosettes) to vessel walls and
thereby obstructing blood flow and even causing death- says a new report.

Relative Humidity is the ratio between amount of water vapour present in air vs. the amount of
water vapour the air can hold. During high temperature high relative humidity scenario, human
body tries to control temperature by evaporating moisture as per commands from
hypothalamus. But since outside air already has high relative humidity, it cannot hold any more
moisture, hence sweat doesn't evaporate quickly, therefore it appears as if we are sweating
more profusely during high humid climate.

Mutation is a permanent change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism. M

One Rank One pension to be implemented from 1/4/2015.

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Amendment Draft Bill proposes to allow ayurvedacha
Minesweeper vessel INS Alleppey (bought from Russia in 70s) got decommissioned. Now we're
left with only 5 minesweeper vessels.
Pakistan developing indigenous Drone named Barraq (flying horse) and laser guided missile for
that drone, named "Barq" (lightening)

Pharma Jan Samadhan: an online portal where public can file complaint about (1
Largest defence importers of 2014. number 1 is S.Arabia. Then India, China, UAE, Taiwan etc.

ecipes work on "positive pairing" i.e. combining similar tasting ingredients while Indian recipes rely on n

OLE method, children are put into self-organized groups and self study with help of computers, with min

eing developed by China. Americans will raise this matter during 1st India-US space security dialogue a
esearchers Believe over the years, H.Habilis species split further into H. erectus and Homo-sapiens (m

control its movements. Such live insect-bots can (1) go into small places, detect environment 2) escap

herhood Day: free check-ups from 8th to 10th March 2015. 40-60 years women will ge
y mid-2015. It uses solid boosters to launch spacecraft and later detaches and falls into

ed by Nirbhaya's parents. Feature: 2 foot collapsible batton, non-lethal stun gun, 10-foot range pepper

in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). So from next round of CAPF exam, UPSC will notify vacancies
an. UNICEF says over 40 million Pakistani don't have access to toilet, therefore stunted growth & low H

n organism. MIT researchers say the H1N1 Swine flu virus has undergone mutation in India, thus it has
ayurvedacharyas, homoeopaths and nurses to conduct abortions. Indian Medical Association (IMA) is

aint about (1) overpriced medicines (2) shortage of medicines (3) sale of medicine witho

E, Taiwan etc. in the previous year, India was 1st largest importer.

Indian recipes rely on negative food pairings where dissimilarly flavoured ingredients are combined in

of computers, with minimal rules.

ace security dialogue and perhaps try for a global code/treaty on use of outer space in a safe manner.
and Homo-sapiens (modern Man)

environment 2) escape predators and move through debris better than human design mechanical rob

ears women will get breast cancer test, 30-60 years women will get cervical cancer test
aches and falls into sea where it can be recovered for future use. This will help reducing

, 10-foot range pepper spray, panic-button with GPS locator that'll SMS to 5 relatives and police.

C will notify vacancies accordingly. ITBP guards ~3500 km India-China border at high altitudes along th
stunted growth & low Human development.

ion in India, thus it has become easier to spread, more deadly, difficult to cure.

al Association (IMA) is against this move, saying it'll put womens' lives in danger.

e of medicine without approval of NPPA. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA

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pace in a safe manner.

design mechanical robots. Although controlling biological organisms through artificial means, raises 'et

cervical cancer tests. Pregnant women will get Mother and Child Protection (MCP) cards
s will help reducing cost of space missions.Topic Ignored till something concrete happen

tives and police.

high altitudes along the Himalayan ranges.

cing Authority (NPPA) will begin action with 48 hours. Overall, matter falls under chemic

ificial means, raises 'ethical' concerns.

otection (MCP) cards. Family planning services and nutritional advice free of cost to all.
ng concrete happens.

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Topic
Lima COP-20 climate summit
Swatch-bharat kosh
Government relaxes norms for E-Rickshaws.
Old laptop batteries can be used for powering slums
Conserving indigenous Javeri territory in Brazil
Mastodon elephants of North America
Banning Oxytoxin drug used for increasing milk production
Boeing's ecoDemonstrator 787. It is world's first aeroplane using green diesel (85% jet fuel +
15% green diesel)
Biodigestor toilets by DRDO for Swatch bharat abhiyan. Topic covred multiple times in earlier
articles.
ISRO satellites to assess coral bleching.
Gadgil demands that his report on Western Ghat should be implemented completely
regenerative ammonia battery system to generatepower from awaste heat
Karnataka: Nagarhole tiger reserve installs camera traps to check on poaching
List of pollutants responsible for discoloration of Taj Mahal
Flora: Blood red Kashaya plant- IUCN vulnerable species
In 2013, the Co2 emissions were all time high in India, says a report.
Flora-Fauna: Indian wins Green Oscar for documentary movie on Kakapo parrots of Newzealand.
Flora-Fauna: Hainan Gibbon- only 25 left.
CNR Rao's work on Synthetic gas.
Chillai Khurd and Chillai Kalan: Cold weather period in Kashmir
Marine Debri; Coral Bleaching due to El Nino, and how by 2050 Corals will vanish
NGT case: US and Europe trains have emission standarnds, India doesn't. NGT tells Railways to
ensure diesel trains don't pullute.
NTCA wants two new tiger reserves at Cauvery and MM Hills, But Karnataka Government says
nope, because too much human population will be displaced.
IPCC Chief Pankaj Pachauri says national targets should be reviewed on regular basis.
register on http://www%2Ersmcnewdelhi@imd.gov.in/ to get free SMS alert during natural
disasters
Plant protection code by Tea board of india
NGT orders Railways to install dustbin.
INCOIS working on a GIS based 3D protocol for tsunami warning; India to give $1 million to UN
ESCAP trust fund for better tsunami prediction
Swatch-bharat: Modi nominates Mumbai's Dabba-walla for campaign
Union wants to declare 100 kms area between Gaumukh to Uttarkashi as "eco sensitive zone" so
that new hydro-projects, mining, industries etc can't be setup but Uttarakhand cabinet passes
resolution against this move.
Green climate fund to accept donations from private sector
Koral leaf nosed bats
Hyderabad HC bans cockfights during Sankranti
NGT orders Police to confiscate Mobile DJ systems for noise pollution during new year
celebrations.
NDMA reconstituted. Except Modi, no high profile names hence not much important for MCQs

Hamara Jal, Hamara Jeewan initiative by Water resources ministry.

In 2014, India lost 64 tigers, says NTCA.
Forest rights act is not delaying projects, says Government
MDU-1: new fiber rich cluster bean variety developed in Tamilnadu. Ignored because it doesn't
have a fancy name.
Floating Solar Power plant at Kolkata
Kerala plants to become fully organic farming state by 2016.
Carbon Fertilization effect
Indian Ocean exploration expedition by NIO
New plant species found: Chlorophytum palghatense,
Public sector banks will give loans for setting up solar-panels on home during construction or
renovation.
govt wants to add 100MW solar energy in next 2 years.
Prakash Path- LED bulb distribution scheme
Bangladesh's estuarine islands are sinking because of tidal erosion
Raksha Blue vaccine for bluetongue disease among the cattle
Government wants to achieve 1 lakh MW solar power generation by 2022. They've asked PSUs
to invest in solar energy to achieve this target.
India's highest zoo at Darjeeling begins conversation program for Himalayan herbivoers.
3 new plant species in W.Ghats- don't have much MCQ worthy info. bad cost:benefit
River interlinking projects to fix water shortage in Metros- For Delhi: Sarda and Yamuna; For
Mumbai: Damanganga and Pinjal
NGT's judgment 'Maili Se Nirmal Yamuna project 2017'- banning waste dumping in Yamuna river,
otherwise 5000 to 50,000 rupees fine
Bill Gates foundation partners with Urban Development ministry for Swatch Bharat Abhiyan
Dolphin like creature's fossils found near Scotland
Agra district bans burning of coal and cow-dungs to protect Taj Mahal
NRDC's superabsorbent Hydrogel technology
Kribhko's Neem Coated Urea- features, benefits
China obtained 15 years deep-sea exploration rights of Indian Ocean from ISA (International
seabed authority). Now it has sent a manned mission to search polimetalic nodules in Indian
ocean
Japan offers to help moderanization of Indian ship breaking industry at Alang, Gujarat IF we
ratify Hong kong convention on ship recyling.
Government allows private biodiesel makers to sell it directly to customers like Indian railway.
Maneka Gandhi says Tamilnadu's Jallikattu (Bull-taming sport) is a western concept. It's good
that SC has banned it for Animal cruelty
American scientists say 2014 was Earth hottest year
Environment minister seeks transboundary cooperation for developing Hindu-Kush Himalayan
region
Eco-sensitive zones and eco-fragile zones. Important because Government plans to notify 60
eco-sensitive zones this year
USA wants to collaborate with India for clean energy but Modi's "Make in India" requirement will
pose challenge in selling American solar energy devices in India
Kerala's Periyar Tiger reserve got biennial award for local participation in Tiger conservation

Modi's first meeting of the PMs Council on Climate Change. provides good fodder for descriptive
questions. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/make-solar-energy-more-accessiblemodi/article6804988.ece
Tamilandu parties asking Government to drop the idea of making Kanyakumari tiger sanctury
because it'll affect Kani tribals.
Kerala Government drafted a bill to provide compensation to Plachimada villagers for ecological
damage by Coca Cola factory. But Union Government says its unconstitutional because it
violates Art.253, Green tribunal act.
Mexico plans to use drone-petrolling for protection of Vaquita Marine- world's smallest porpoise
and a critically endangered species
2015-16 will be celebrated as "Jal Kranti Varsh" by water resources ministry
National green tribunal (NGT) prohibits parking on Delhi roads, else fine of Rs.1000
Asiatic lion survey is conducted in Gir, Gujarat every five years. This time from 2nd to 5th May,
2015
Blooming of Neela Kurinji in Western Ghats after 12 years period
Green tribunal orders West Bengal to seup a panel for monitering Sunderbans, ensure costal
zone regulations are not violated.
Obama's agra trip was cancelled. Theory #1: SC order for battery operated cars only. So
Obama's "Beast" could not be taken. Theory #2: Obama wanted to leave early for Saudi hence
cancelled the plan.
Ex-Congi environment minister Jayanthi Natrajan says she rejected files on environment
clearance because Congi-high-command and Rahulbaba had ordered her to do so.
Scientists found oldest snake-fossile called "Eophis underwoodi" near Oxford, England
Union Government planning to setup Sweage treatment plants in all 118 towns and cities on
Ganga banks
Environment ministry suggests SC about doubling the parking fees, allowing only Bharat Stage-3
or stage-4 vehicles only etc. but what the minister doesn't understand is- Delhi is beyond
saving, just like Gotham city.
SC continues ban on night-travel in Bandipur tiger reserve, Karnataka- to prevent death of wildanimals in accidents.
North Karnataka farmers seek GI status for Gulbargas toor
Status of Tiger report 2014
Sinkholes form in riverbeds with gypsum, dolomite or limestone. They melt in water available in
the sub surface channels, leading to a sudden collapse. First time, Andhra Pradesh's Anatapur
reported Sinkholes- because (1) overexploitation of groundwater (2) water table not recharged
thanks to poor rain. For prelims- definition and reasons for Mains as a fodder on water
exploitation.
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.
Junta protesting against Koteshwar dam across the Bhagirathi in Tehri district, Dehradun after
cracks and seepage reported in dam wall. Location important for MCQ
World Bank report say Sunderbans carrying capacity exceeded the population pressure.

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.
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.
Josephoartigasia was the largest rodent ever. It used front teeth just like an elephant tusks.
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
Najafgarh has Delhi's 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.
Hollywood actor Arnold says Gujarat's clean energy projects makes it the "California of India"
and to combat climate change the sub-national Governments must take similar initiatives.
Central African endangered plant Sirdavidia named after Sir David Attenborough- a noted
environmentalist

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
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.

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.

India's initiatives for monitoring climate change electronically. (1) along with 20 nations,
we will deploy a global calculator (In MS Excel format) to calculate climate impact
scenarios in our country e.g. transport, crop yields, forests etc. We will also upgrade our
existing tool Indian Energy Security Scenarios (IESS) (Which was originally designed by
the former planning commission).
TSR Subramanian's Green law panel submits 55 recommendations. Environment Ministry has
partially accepted some of them.

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
Around 1540, the Spanish Empire forced Peru's 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.
A parasitic wasp employs a virus as a biological weapon to paralyse a beetle and turn it into a
bodyguard for wasp-larva.

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.
Israel runs world's largest desalination plants and recycles 90 per cent of water for agricultural.
They have offered to share their expertise in cleaning ganga.
The Delhi High Court asks Delhi Government to furnish pollution map of the city since 2010.
Water Resources Ministry planning to revive Brahmaputra Board with a new mandate and
schemes. Topic becomes important only after its officially notified.

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.
American plants generate over 2000 tonnes of nuclear waste every year. Government planning
to store them under Yucca Mountains in Nevada state.

Nobel winner and TERI DG R. K. Pachauri accused of sexually harassing a colleague.

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.
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.
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

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune launched "SAFARAir" app to increase
air-pollution awareness among juntaa.

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, Aseelindigenous chicken breedits
genome decoded. 4G nano based nutritional agriculture inputs (P, Mg, Zn, Fe);
Deepashathe only surviving wild-female-buffalo from Asha breed in Chhattisgarh.

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, America's "operation Popeye" aimed to
increase Rainfall in Vietnam to reduce the movement of North Vietnamese Army in the
jungle.

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.
"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.

Vanaj 2015 Tribal festival held at Delhi

Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) setup in 1916- began planning for its upcoming
cemetery celebrations. Will convert paper database into online taxonomy. So far India
has reported 96,000 species = ~8% of total species in the world. However, ZSI believes
so far we have discovered hardly 10% of our actual species in India.
latest report of Forest Survey of India: 5,871 sq km increase in the forest cover of India, West
Bengal accounts for nearly 64 per cent of this rise. Top gainers- Bengal> Odisha>Kerala. Top
losers: Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh.
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 push'em back
into the water.

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 don't give
NOC for Inter-state movement of ethanol easily. These "transaction
barriers" are hurting the policy implementation.
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.

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.
Mridaparikshak, is a MINILAB that can determine soil health using digital-mobile-soil-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.

India is the 4th largest energy consumer in world. Demand to dobule by

2030, make in India can't succeed hence must focus on renewable. ~34 out
~250 GW of India's energy output comes from renewable sources. Problems
(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

Indias coal-based thermal power plant most inefficient in the world says Centre for
Science and Environment (CSE)'s Green Rating Project (GRP). Reforms suggested (1)
stronger norms for Particulate matter, Sox, NoX, mercury (2) higher use of ash (3)
increase coal washing (3) capacity expansion permit only for those plants using super
critical technology (4) encourage PAT (Perform, Achieve, Trade) (5) water tariff should be
raised to prevent its excessive use.

US universities research says Indian life expectancy reduced by 3 years due to high pollution.

Union to give money to Harayana for conversation of Hariana, Sahiwal and Gir breeds of
indigenous cattle, under Gosamvardhan and Gosanrakshan projects.
Sunda Pangolins are critically endangered species of Vietnam. Restaurants buy them at premium
price for 'alleged' medicinal benefits.

Fukushima nuke plant again leaking radioactive water in the sea.

After industrial revolution the aerosols increased in atmosphere. Consequently ITCZ
shifted southwards since 1900. As a result southern atmosphere got warmer, more
evaporation and rainfall. While northen hemisphere got cooler- leading to dry climate
and less rainfall.
Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa has raised a women only group "Black
Mambas" for protecting the rhinos.
NGT says vintage cars can't be driven on road- because they are more polluting than modern
cars.

Ex-Anchor of CCTV (Chinese Doordarshan) Ms.Chai King's documentary on China's pollution p

President approves Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 1995 to ban slaughter of
cattle. Beef selling punishable upto 5 years. Will affect 1 crore people's livelihood. North Eastern
states don't prohibit it. remaining states either completely prohibit or selectively permit with
'certificates' to slaughter cattle other than cow.
Pro slaughter Points: cheap source of protein for poors. Livelihood to millions. No point in
wasting grassfodder to useless or aged animal. Anti slaughter points: The weak and meek need
more protection and compassion.
Australian authorities kill ~700 koalas because they were starving due to food shortage.
The difference in partial pressure of the CO2 between seawater and air facilitate gaseous
exchange. Due to this physico-chemical process, Ocean acts as the largest carbon sink on earth.
The dissolved carbon dioxide is important because (1) it regulates PH of seawater and thereby
health of marine organisms (2) helps marine organisms form calcareous material, later they
die=>sediments => petroleum (3) help Phytoplanktons in photosynthesis.
Japan's Aoshima island is also known as Cat island because cat to human population ratio is 6:1.
Critically Endangered Great Indian Bustards (GIB) is the State bird of Rajasthan. Total 150 GIB
live in India, out of them ~100 in Rajasthan alone, and remaining in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and
Andhra Pradesh. But the new census says only 50 GIB left in Rajasthan. And zero GIB left in Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar. Thar desert of Rajasthan is the breeding ground for GIB. Officially its called
"Desert National Park" but legally its only a sanctuary therefore human activities permitted,
even Supreme court permitted school constructions here. Other dangers (1) installation of
windmills (2) shortage of forest guards.
Sarus Crane is the official bird of UP state. NGT orders declaring Dhanauri and Parasaul as
wetland to protect this species.

2012: google develops trekker camera, to provide "Street view" of notable tourist sites. Lates

ISRO study says Sunderbans losing green cover and land mass.

NGT orders ONGC and other bodies to pay ~95 crores to the traditional fishermen families of
Corroboree frogs founding Australian ranges. At one point, only 4 were left, hence considered

Global Forest Watch is an online platform that generates satellite images of forest loss worldw
Ulvella leptochaete is an "endophytic" Algae found in British Isles and Indian Ocean. These are
microscopic alage live inside macroscopic seaweeds. Such endophytic marine organisms usually
produce taxol/paclitaxel - which can be used in anti-cancer drugs. Although this algae is yet to
be tested for presence of this anti-cancer compound.
Chamaleons emeged in Africa post-Gondwana period, around 90 million years back. Raman
Spectruscopy decodes the Chameleon color changing mechanism. Their skin is made up of
lattice of nanocrystals called "iridophores", that can come together and shift light's wavelength
to change color.
Global warming / climate change will increase pest population and variety because (1) insect
development stages get changed (2) they don't die quickly in winters because temperature not
cold enough.
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
she'll be allowed to travel. Because such testimonies lead to release of biased annual reports
by EU and US parliaments and adverse trade negotiations. Final verdict: Delhi HC lifts the ban
saying- "development activites and counter point debates going on since ages. But that can't be
used for curtailing citizen's fundamental rights', mere expression of counterpoint can't be
claimed "anti-national" activity . hence Pillai free to go.

Buddha / Malabar Peacock butterfly is endemic to South Asia. Remaining varities of peacock b
Highest population of Rhinos in India: (1) Kaziranga National Park in Assam (2000) (2) Jaldapara
National Park, W.Bengal (250). But in Bengal, the rhino male-female ratio is 2:1, hence difficult
to manage sustainable population.

Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), the worlds first solar aircraft that aims to circumvent globe without a d
World conference on disaster risk reduction at Sendai, Japan from 14-18th March 2015. India's

's pollution problem, has became hit on internet. Even Chinese parliament expected to debate on it. M

t sites. Latest Maping: (1) Amazon rainforest (2) Sagarmatha national park, Mount Everest.

n families of Raigad district in Maharashtra. This is the highest compensation order passed so far.
e considered the rarest frog in the world.

st loss worldwide, using google maps. Governments and NGOs use it as benchmark to assess forest los

of peacock butterflies found in West Bengal. Plus a new Malayan Green Banded Peacock butterfly (Pap

e without a drop of fuel. It began journey from Abu Dhabi and landed in Ahmedabad. Pilots cum develo
2015. India's home minister will participate. They will evolve strategy following the current Hyogo Fra

cted to debate on it. Movie's impact is even compared to Rachael Carson's book "Silent Spring" (1962

nt Everest.

der passed so far.

ark to assess forest loss.

Peacock butterfly (Papilio palinurus) also discovered in W.Bengal recently. This butterfly is also found i

abad. Pilots cum developers are Andre Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard from Switzerland. Aircraft weig
the current Hyogo Framework of Action.

"Silent Spring" (1962) that started environment movement in USA.

butterfly is also found in Mynmar, Borneo and Philippines.

witzerland. Aircraft weight: 2300, wings larger than Boeing 747 but weights just like a car. speed betwee

ike a car. speed between 36 to 140kmph. plans to cover world in 25 days flight spread across 5 month

spread across 5 months duration.

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bill to amend medical termination of pregnancy Act
Modi bill to repeal 90 amendment ent acts
SC asks Government's help to curb online ads for sex-determination
IT Act-section 66A and the proposed 'web filter' against pornography, SC verdict awaited
CBSE toppers against CCE: continous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE)
UGC's Prof. Goverdhan Mehta Committee to improve National higher education framework. Later
when report comes.
Uber taxi rape in Delhi. Need for regulations.
Survey finds Child marriage still rampanent
Schools should be made liable if student is sexually abused. SC verdict awaited
Shadow Committee system by Opposition
Delhi HC gives verdict on 40 year old murder case of Rail minister LN Mishra
Gujarat HC says Muslim girls can marry at 15.
City Spiders for Puducherry and SWAT teams for Delhi
Ashram of Godmen have become centers of Terror
Modi Government says UPA's decision to give reservation to Jats is right. [Bigger picture worth
mains/interview will emerge later when Maratha reservation verdict comes].
Delhi HC asks information ministry why are you not curbing astrology based TV shows?
Kiran Aggarwal Committee says reduce IAS training period from 103 to 75 weeks and change the
training syllabus. Government yet to decide
Survey says Women without mental disability, are dumped into asylums.
Government orders officers not to use private gmail ids for official communication because
servers stories data outside hence its breach of Public records Act
Babri Masjid petitioner Mohd. Hashim Ansari withdraws from the case.
Janta Dal parties planning a merger. Let them merge first.
Modi to Follow Vajpayee's "Insaniyat" approach for Kashmir. Mostly bolbachchan.
private detective agencies regulation bill 2007
Bombay HC says no need to relook at Fadnavis proving majority in Vidhan Sabha using voice
vote.
NIA officials too afraid to touch bomb-sacks. Asked a child to check the shelves in Bardhaman
Mullaperiyar Ball by ball. Basics already covered in old article.
Rohtaks sisters who thrashed men in a bus. Later turns out to be an alleged case of seat dispute
rather than eve teasing.
Union Minister Sadhvi Nirajnan Jyoti controversial remarks against opposition parties.
E-governance: "Karnataka MobileOne" app to deliver over 200 state government services via
smart phone
rights: UN Population fund report says elderly are unable to access benefits of Government
schemes in India.
Section 309 of IPC criminalises attempted suicide. Law commission recommended Government
to repeal this. Finally Government agreed.
Delhi HC says Voluntary castration is not an offense.
RPA: Government tells SC that NRIs can vote from abroad.
Rights: Earlier SC ordered Government to give 3% quota to disabled candidates but NGO filed
petition this is not implemented. SC has sought Government reply.

RPA: allows postal voting Government servents. SC asked Government, can same right be given
to inter-state migrants?
Superstition: Atleast 1 human sacrifice performend every month in Maharashtra
Kerala state government planning proxy voting for its NRIs in local body election. But notification
yet to come.
SC orders Karnataka HC to wrap up Jayalalitha's disproportionate asset case in 3 months
Earlier bombay HC had stay's Maharashtra Government's 16% Maratha reservation. SC refused
to intervene in this matter.
Transparency: SC ordered its registry to make open the procedure followed in handling
complaints against judges, including sexual harassment.
SC orders Government to consult it before appointing CVC. Because previously appointment
made without giving large publicity to invite better candidate
disrputions in Rajya Sabha after Sadhvi Jyoti's remark- Modi asks partymen to show restrain of
speech.
Allahabad HC says if a person converts to Islam only for the sake of multiple marriages then such
conversion is void.
E-Governance: E-file system in all departments of Andhra Pradesh by March 31, 2015
E-governance: Telangana liquor store refuse to install PCs despite State excise Department 's
order. Because they fear if govrnment monitered computerized-barcode enabled selling of liquor
begins then they'll be caught if doing malpractices such as selling liqor on dry day etc.
Rights: Indian blind cup won fourth world cup in South Africa yet went unnoticed from Indian
media. Shows apathy of Indian society towards its disabled citizens
Sarv Khap Panchayat wants gotra marriages banned
Mahrastrata state RTI rules forbidding RTIs above 150 words, and how it vitiates the spirit of act.
Home ministry forms GP Mathur Committee to examine need to setup SIT for Sikh riots. Report in
3 months
Andhra Government will withdraw ration cards, LPG connections and welfare benefits of Red
sanderwood smugglers. Although makes a curious ethical-case study case as well- for example
what if criminal wants to re-join mainstream but can't because he is not getting welfare benefits
after prison!?
Outcomes of 2014-Winter session of Lok Sabha
CBSE schools ordered to hold "good governance" essay competition on 25th December. Critiques
claim its a move to overshadow Christmas festival
Citizenship amendment bill 2014
Telengana's Karimnagar muni. To become first in India to introduce zero hour discussion.
UGC planning new accountability mechnism for research funds.
CVC forms panel to give sanctions against corrut officers to CBI
DoPT's IMG Khan Committee recommends online-SSC exam
Aandhra Pradesh to increase Vidhan Parishad seats
DoPT orders ministries and dept.to stop using pvt mail ids because (1) CERT says security threat
(2) Public records Act '93 prohibits official data being stored outside
25th Dec the b'day of Vajpayee and Malviya to be celebrated as good governance day.
HRD ministry extended good governance competition because some students couldn't attend
and PIL filed in Delhi HC
govt endorses SC's passive euthansia guidelines

Kolkata's Jadavpur University convocation protests because of earlier police brutality

govt planning joint sessions of parliament in 2015, to get important bills passed.
CIC to decide if corporate debt restructring falls under RTI- well let the decision come first.
Polavaram Project committed formed to finish dam by 2018. Basics already covered in old article.
Delhi HC says they won't lift ban on Uber Taxi App
Home ministry's new guidelines for acid attacks- basically (1) online database of acid stocks and
sales (2) hassle-free treatment to acid victims
Home ministry forms an expert group to tackle cybercrime. Let the report come
Rape victim of Asaram Bapu goes missing
election result of J&K and Jharkhand
Modi planning new land ordinance to catalyse PPP and infrastructure. Let him notify first.
Rajasthan ordiance barring people below class8 education from contesting Panchayat elections.
Bill: 15 states ratify NJAC Bill (121st Amendment)
Under Lokpal act, Government employees have to disclose foreign banks account details.
Need for amending CRPF Act
CLPR's "rights in Review" report 2014
Land Acquisition ordinance.
Each state to have on SMART police station - with basic amnesties, receptionist, restroom for
constables.
HRD ministry vs. IIT D Chief RK Shevgoankar.
Advertising standards council of India orders Amazon to stop claiming "India's largest online retail
store". Organization's structure function needs to be prepared.
Amit Shah's name removed from Sohrabuddin Fake encounter case.
Ordiance Raj: Arbitration Act 1986
Modi is considering to give Constitutional status to OBC commission
I&B ministry will ban live coverage of Anti-terrorism operations by amending "Cable Television
network rules, 1994".
Good-Governance: CPWD releases "Maintanance Charter" showing deadline of solving complaints
Bill: Government wants to update Whistleblower act to remove national security and sovereignty
related issues. Let Cabinet clear the bill first.
Corruption: Lokpal act requires departments to upload employees' asset info. of their website.
But DoPT simplifies forms for official assets of bureaucrates. They won't have to give exact bank
account numbers etc. so that it can't be misused on internet.
NIA will investigate Assam Massacre by NDFB (Songbijit) group
E-governance: Puducherry's Lt.Governor launches SAFE app- Storage Analysis and Archival
Solution for Finance- for keeping track of public Expenditure
E-governance: Gadkari launches webportal to give online approval to heavy vehicles.
Article 371-J and excluse website for it.
Himmat App for Women safety
32k RTI appeals pending because CIC not appointed yet
Government not to scrap collegium system until members are appointed for National Judicial
appointment commission (NJAC)
Raabert Vadra's land deals in Rajasthan cancelled.
Govt extendeds AFSPA in Assam for one more year.

If post is delayed, we can't sue post Office in consumer court because they're protected under
Indian post office act.
SC refuses to hear pleas against Rajasthan ordiance which bars people below class8 education
from contesting Panchayat elections.
SC has inhouse mechanism to deal with complaints against the judges. SC has released their
operating procedure in public domain- to retain public faith in judiciary.
CIC orders Government to upload information about bungalows allotted to political parties.
CBI says India has 22 lakh NGOS and hardly 20% of them file annual income / expense reports.
And Tamilnadu state government is refusing to share NGO data with CBI. On the other hand
Union Government ordered Rajanbhai to block foreign funds of 4 NGOs
Tharoor's wife was murdered says Delhi police.
E-governance: Hyderabad police launches online portal, offenders can now pay traffic
challangean through netbanking/card.
SC refuses to hear plea against NJAC
Government plans to give "Classical langauge" status to Marathi soon.
Earlier CIC had ruled that political parties fall under RTI but they've not yet complied and now
refused to come to CIC hearing.
SC orders BCCI to pay service tax on selling recorded cricket matches to private TV-channels.
Minority minister Najma Heptulla says there is no need for a new anti-conversion law.
Law panel asks Government to amend law- so that if husband is unable to provide for the wifehis family should give the money.
Goa CIC orders Archibishop is a public authority and falls under RTI
Andhra Pradesh Government will shift to "Zero based budgeting" system from next year
Home ministry proposes "IUCAW" crime units to help women in distress in 20% district of every
state
Celebrity prisoner Sanjay Dutt's furlough controversy
Presidential rule recommended for J&K after resignation of Omar Abdulla
Bihar CM Jeetan Ram- controversial statements to rumors of removal.
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim booked for castrating 400 followers in his Ashram.
CPWD engineer dismissed from service after remaining on unauthorized leave for 25 years. It
shows the lack of stringent HRM-producedures in personnel administration.
E-governance: Election commission launched "Delhi Election" App to help voters find out their
Constituencies and other information
National consumer body says RTI applicant is not a consumer, he cannot approach consumer
court for deficiency in service by the Public information officer, just because he paid Rs.10. RTI
has built-in provisions for appeal at FAA and CIC level.
rights issues: WHO considers trans-sexualism a "gender identity disorder". Russian government
used this, to debar them from getting driving license- same for gays and lesbians
E-governance: Railways "m-indicator" app for women safety.
Ordinance Raj- Citizenship ordinance
UGCs INFLIBNET portal will have e-content for undergraduation and post-graduation courses, in
a month. Topic itself isn't exam-worthy- but let's hope this "e-material" provides alternative to
the defunct egyankosh- for prelims and mains.

Censor board chairman Leela Samson & 12 other members resigns after Ram Rahim's
"Messanger of God" movie cleared by Appellate board. Union Government says they did not
interfere with censor board. The structure function of censor board and its appellate board
becomes important for GS-2 Government organizations.
controversy surrounding Perumal Murugan's book "Madhorubagan" (one part woman) in
Tamilnadu. Free speech vs public order
BJP leader Javadekar says 20 staets will have BJP Chief ministers before next Lok Sabha poll
Shazia Ilmi and Kiran Bedi join BJP
Over 15k CCTV camera installed for Obama visit. Delhi HC says keep them running even after
Obama leaves, to increase vigilance in Delhi.
Kiran Bedi's 6P formula for women safety: people (parents, principal etc.), politician, police,
prosecution, prison and press. Can come handy in essay and interviews
Tribal rights: in the late 90s, Reang (Bru) tribals fled from Mizoram to Tripura, due to ethnic
violence. Government gives each person 1 soap, 1 t-shirt and 1 pant for the whole year- saying if
we give more facilities they'll only stay in relief camps instead of going back to settle in Mizoram.
SC reprimanded Government for this mindset.
Punjab state government launches a new scheme "Drugs peddlers ke baare mein information n
dedo yojana". If you give such tip on helpline number 181 or on mobile number 7696-181-181
through WhatsApp, then you'll be awarded Rs.10,000
rights issues: Pope Francis asked men to listen to women's ideas more and not be male
chauvinists.
SC says it can't give bail to a murder convict on the grounds of insanity alone.
Government says there is no deliberate delay in appointment of CIC, CV and Lokpal, we'lll
appoint them soon.
Last year 7% of SC judgements dealt with Constitutional matters
Article 108: the preconditions of a joint sitting of Parliament.
rights issue: Mcdonald staff throws out a street kid from its premise- even though a customer was
willing to buy him food.
EC allowed Tibetian refugees to registered voters id cards for Delhi assembly elections. It'll help
them get Indian citizenship
Haryana Government had decided to reduce retirement age of Government employees from 60
to 58- to ensure more job opportunity for youth. Punjab-Haryana HC refuses to entertain pleas
agaist this decision
Child-rights: Pope says couples need to show 'responsible parenting' rather than breeding like
rabbits.
Rights issues: Navy is working on a policy to allow women officers on-board warships in the next
few years.
RPA: Chief Election Commissioner H.S. Brahma says India has 83 crore eligible voters= even
more than the population of Europe!
E-governance: Andhra Pradesh police launched I-CLIK (Instant- Complaint Login Internet Kiosk)to help public and especially women.
Rights issues: Gurgaon traffic police launched Pink-Autos exclusively for women
Gujarat becomes first state in the country to allow direct recruitment of Police inspectors.
EC censures Kejriwal for violating model code of conduct through his communal speeches
SC verdict on BCCI- bringing it par on other Government organization- for RTI and public
accountability. Now anyone can drag BCCI in court. Which is a good thing -
.

Nithari killer Surender Koli's death sentence commuted to Life sentence by Allahabad HC,
because inordinate delay in deciding his mercy petition.
Delhi police had arrested one Liaquat Shah for terrorism charges, NIA investigation reveals it to
be bogus, NIA recomends action against guilty cops
After rape incident, Government had banned online taxi booking service "Uber". But to dodge the
ban they setup a frontal company, now Ola-cabs following its footsteps.
CM Akhilesh Yadav says law and order situation better than other states, IF you look at statistics
only.
need for amending Cinematograph Act 1952 and censor board, based on Justice Mukul Mudgal
Committee recommendations back in 2013 i.e. (1) five categories of films: U, U/A, A, under-12,
under-15. (2) let junta file grievances to separate tribunal (3) add more officers (4) digitized
platform for clearing moving- so that delays, discretion and corruption reduced. New Censor chief
PAhlaj Nihalani says he'll implement them.
Pranab's speech for 66th Republic day = essay fodder.
Padma Awards. Such PIN-award MCQs not seen in recent CSATs.
Ahmedabad Muni.Corps asked all schools to organize "Saraswati puja" on Vasant Panchamicreating controversy because notification sent even to Urdu Schools.
Hindu Mahasabha asked Saif, Amir etc celebrities to convert to hinduism to prove loyality to their
wives.
in present system, a woman can get only short-service commission upto 10 years in the army,
hence unable to draw pension or reach top-ranks in the army. They had won the court-case but
issues remain
When National anthem is played, Principal Dignitary & persons in uniform take salute. Those in
civil dress stand in attention. Vice President did not salute during 26th Jan hence some
controversy in social media.
E-governance: Chandigarh Civic administration launched a mobile app to deliver all citizencentric services.
Original preamble did not contain the words "socialist and secular". They were added during
emergency, now communication minister Ravishankar Prasad says there should be a 'debate' on
whether we should revert to old preamble?
Kejriwal says if same party rules both union and states then its dangerous for democracy!
SC says a toilet in structure is not a toilet in reality until it has proper cleaning and maintanace
Human rights watch (HRW) - a top international NGO body criticises India's record- violence
against minorities, women and tribals.
Gujarat Forensic univ. signs MoU with a Finland company to build a "Cyber-army" against
terrorists!
E-Governance: Modi aims for m-governance and make mobile numbers as new identity for
citizens- something akin to Apple-Pay
E-governance: award-winning projects at 18th E-governance conference
Women-rights: Australian court releases a stalker after he claims he was inspired by Bollywood
movies that stalking woman is "OK", and they finally fall in love! Perhaps a wakeup call for how
movies are written and produced in India
Pravasi Bharatiya Awards made from 22-carat gold worth Rs.2.75 lakhs; while Padma awards
brass worth only Rs.200 each

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 couldn't apply due to educational
certificate. (3) at posts vacant because no applications received!
Law Commission chairman Justice A.P. Shah recommends amending Civil Procedure Code and
setting up special 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
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.
Mullaperiyar water level declined after Tamilnadu began discharging water. Basics already
covered in old article.
Controversy about political parties doing money laundering after some NGO Avaam vs AAP
controversy about donation of Rs.50 lakhs. As per Representation of People's act- a political party
has to give audited annual statement of all contributions over Rs.20,000 to EC, then they're
exempted from income tax payment. NIPFP's black money report even recommends reducing
such IT-exemptions.
Mumbai police summons Arun "I-m-in-every-Prakash-Jha-movie' Rampal for meeting Jailed
Gangster Arun Gawli in hospital without permission.
Union tells SC that IT Act section 66A is not meant for curbing freedom of speech, but only to
curb cybercrimes
Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami sacked for trying to influence CBI officials not to arrest a
TMC leader in Saradha connection. Anil voluntarily resigned, thus eligible for whatever pensiongratuity benefits of IAS officer. Some columnists demanding he ought to be formally dismissed so
he can't get such benefit otherwise its same like those tainted judges who resign before they can
be impeached- to ensure pension benefits. Makes a good GS4 Ethical case study.
Research paper in World Development journal says reservation of backward communities didnt
hurt performance of Indian railways.
cousumer court says if a person doesn't have id-proof, railway still cannot throw him out of the
train
NHRC orders Delhi police to deploy constables in night shelters to ensure junta safety
45,000 Pak-Hindu refugees living in Jammu. They're 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.
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 Vanzara's possible appointment as a
director of some Gujarat-state-PSU.
SC says if a candidate hides his past-criminal record, junta can't chose right candidate, due to
lack of information so if such criminal wins election, it'll be declared null and void.
Saradha chit fund ball by ball- arrest of xyz leaders, TMC wants SC to moniter CBI probe, SC
refuses. Chit fund mechnism, scam-overview in my upcoming lecture on youtube
Delhi HC awards 30 years to Vikas Yadav and aide for honor killing of Nitish Katara.
1981: During Indira Ra, Inter-state agreement signed among Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan for
sharing of Ravi-Beas system. Punjab Government moved to SC demanding more water share
from these rivers.

Secularism: Obama says the religious intolerance of new India would have shocked Gandhi.
Jaitley reacts sharply - that we sheltered Dalai Lama.
Secularism: Amit Shah says BJP respects preamble the way it is- we don't have any plans to
replace the words secular and socialist.
Union Government's Justice G.P. Mathur panel's suggestion to make a new SIT to reinvestigate
86's Anti-Sikh riots.
Delhi assembly election to use VVPAT. Basics already covered in old article.
Delhi voters will be inked with brush instead of stick, because brush-painting helps drying the ink
at faster rate.
AAP leaders apprehensive about temping of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). But EC it's not
possible.
Delhi EC asks Schools to distribute pledge letter, get parents sign on them "we'll vote in
assembly elections". This will help increasing voter turnout.
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.
Pros and Cons of giving full statehood for Delhi. (Because AAP manifesto demands it)
Nepalese Constitution drafting Committee gives guiding principles for new Constitutiondemocracy, federalism, republicanism, secularism, and inclusiveness
BJP manifesto for says North Eastern Immigrants will to be protected in Delhi. Word "immigrant"
draws largescale protests in Assam. BJP apologizes.
Churches in Delhi vanadalized. Home minister Rajnath orders quick action
Bihar Power struggle between Manjhi and Nitish Kumar
Collegium system to continue until NJAC is appointed for selecting judges
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.
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 junta's economic and social conditions with
main focus on weaker societies. Else we can't achieve continuous growth of GDP. (- Vice President
Hamid Ansari)
GS4: Government communication: ideal characteristics- (1) use digital media and social media
for their reach, scale, variety and accessibility- especially during emergency and natural
disasters. (2) officer's communication must have speed, accuracy, brevity and clarity of thought.
(3) Perception management is also important. (4) webpage must provide info on policiesinitiatives, vernacular languages - easy to read and understand. (5) use cloud computing to
minimize costs. (- Vice President Hamid Ansari)

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
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"
Gujarat state government planning to allot Fair price shop (raashan ki dookaan) licenses to
women only.
Freedom of Speech: Chinese Government ordered blog and chatroom platform owners to register
all users with their real-name and give undertaking they'll never challenge Communist political
system, further tightening control over Internet use.
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.

If a man refuse To provide maintenance to his estranged wife, it amounts to economic

abuse says Delhi High Court.
2008: After Kandhamal riots in Odisha, victims began moving out to Kerala, Andhra
Pradesh and Gujarat. PIL was filed but State government maintains These people have
migrated for the search of a better livelihood and not because of the persecution by
radical Hindus in Odisha.
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.
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.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Universitys plans to open a special hostel for Northeast students

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
doesn't violate public order, health or morality. Polygamy is not integral part of religion
and monogamy was a reform within the power of the State under Article 25
Kejriwal victory in Delhi state assembly election and the ball by ball commentary.

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
Annual World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) ranks India 136 out of 180 nation.
Freedom of Speech: Censor board chief prepares a list of vulgur words to be banned from
movies- including salaa, kutta etc. Artist community enraged.

Activist Teesta Shetalvad accused of duping Post-Godhara riot victims. SC gave stay on
her arrest.
A fifth petition Filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)

Critics say Modi Government's Strategy of naming centrally sponsored schemes With
Sankritised Hindi names- One type of cultural chauvinism, it will hurt national integration.
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.
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.

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.
Delhi Polices Special Investigation Team (SIT) questions Shashi Tharoor about Mysterious
death of his wife.
After Uber-taxi rape, the app was banned in India. Now they added new safety-features in
the app: (1) Passengers can share ride details with their contacts in real time. (2) SOS
button to call the local police directly.
Dalit NGO launches online tool-Atrocity Tracking and Monitoring (ATM). Send message to
9898915455, the system will notify the concerned authorities to help the victim.
Previously Himachal Pradesh assembly became paperless by adopting E-technology. Now
Haryana planning the same. And Modi cabinet to use kindles instead of papers.

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.
Narendra Modi temple in Rajkot. Although after his displeasure, the organizers decided to shut it
down.

To implement Bezbaruah report on safety of North East people- Government

mooted following ideas: (1) transit camps and special hostels for them in
big cities (2) NCERT to add NER 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.
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. Phase 1computerize the subordinate courts. Phase-2: e-filing and e-payment gateways. These e-Courts
portals will be part of the National Judicial Data Grid. They'll help citizen get case-status, courtdocument etc.
The representation of People's act prevents under trial prisoners from voting rights. However,
under trial people out on bail, can vote in the election. This conundrum violates article 326 of the
Constitution which permits voter disqualification only on the grounds of nonresidents, unsound
mind, crime or corruption.
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.
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.

Star channel has won telecast rights for world cup matches. But they're required to share
the feed with Prasar Bharati for 'public interest'. However, Prasar Bharti further gives
these videos to private channels. Hence Star went to SC but no relief.
Brazil's Electoral court aims to ban corporate donations to political parties, to combat
nuisance of money in elections.

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'.
UGC increased NET/JRF exam fees to 1000 | 500 | 250 for General | OBC | ST/ST
respectively. JNU students protesting.
21 Feb: International Mother Tongue Day celebrated by CBSE and NCERT celebrate
Earlier union Government amended Motor Vehicle Act to permit E-rickshaws. But dismal
registration in Delhi. Now Kejri-sarkar running awareness campaign.
The Manjhi vs Nitish drama finally ends. Nitish becomes CM of Bihar, after Manjhi resigns instead
of facing vote of confidence in Vidhan sabha
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

Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board or Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal- Is

nicknamed "Vyapam" in Hindi. Major controversy erupted about the involvement of Chief
Minister in Vyapam recruitment scam.
Previously SC appointed N.R. Madhava Menon Committee on sarkaari ads had
Recommended that names and pictures of political parties and their 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 pre-censorship. Ignored because final verdict
awaited.
Attack on Christian Churches in Delhi. Modi assures religious freedom and protection to
all regions.
Gangster Abu Salem convicted by Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
(TADA) for Pradeep Jain murder case. Court Gives him life imprisonment. But during
extradition from portugal, indian Government had assured their court we won't give him
more than 25 years jail.

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
they're given 1/3rd reservation. Government will also promote engendered cities with the
objective of welfare of women through their participation.
Delhi Government says Private electricity distribution companies fall under the ambit of CAG.
Companies are opposed. Legal battle ongoing.

CBI's 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.

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.
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!

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

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)

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.
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 it's of no use.
Besides,These apps work only in smartphones. Hardly 13% of total Indians have such phones. So
what's about safety of women without smartphones?
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.

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

Under the current law, divorce is granted if a couple jointly file appeal with mutual
consent. Otherwise, either husband or the wife has to prove certain grounds under which
a marriage can be dissolved such as adultery, cruelty, insanity, desertion or medical
reasons etc. but this makes the whole process very time consuming, expensive,
sometimes either party will deliberately find 'faults' to defame the other party. solution?
UPA wanted to amend Hindu 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.
of the 884 SC judgements 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.
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.
Delhi court asks Government whether online sale of sex toys violate IPC Section 377
Modi vs Anna vs Opposition parties on Land ordinance. Basics already covered in old article
Vyapam-recruitment scam SIT says Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav also involved.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat and Shiv Sena allege Mother Teresa used money and sweet talk to
convert poors to Christianity.

Central Information Commission (CIC) orders Delhi civic bodies to distribute sweets to
people on all national festivals- to promote cultural diversity. (Earlier they'd do it only on
religious festivals.)
NHRC orders placement agencies to give full report of people employed as domestic
servants after reports that such agencies are involved in human trafficking, and even
selling poor Indian women abroad.

E-Governance: New Delhi Municipal Council launches "NDMC pleasefix" App to help
citizens lodge complaints via smartphones.
Rahul Gandhi on leave of absence.
Government withdraws insurance, coal mining and motor vehicle amendment bills from Rajya
Sabha. Plan is to put them in Lok sabha- it'll get passed due to Modi majority. Then again put in
Rajya Sabha- it'll not be passed due to Modi minority. But then Modi will call joint session of
parliament because 1 house passed while 2nd house rejected the same bill. In joint session Modi
majority will get everything passed.
Essar group whistleblower leaks internal documetns showing how Nitin Gadgari used Essar yatch
"Sunrays" in 2013 for free riding with his family. Opposition demands action under prevention of
corruption act for any undue favors given to Essay for such freebies.

Rajya Sabha MP Ramdas Athawale demands social boycott and breaking of arms and
legs of rapists.
SC says that If a Christian reconverts to Hindu Schedule Caste, he'll get reservation benefits, but
condition- there is clear proof of his parents/grantparents belonging to the said SC caste.
Delhi police aims to install front-facing CCTV cameras on emergency vehicles like ambulances,
disaster management vehicles, and police patrol vans. This will help recording evidences and
ensure other drivers act responsibly.

Quotes Against the ordinance Raj (1) GV Mavalankar: ordinance are inherently undemocratic,
e-gov: Delhi Government to upload e-ration cards on its website. Beneficiary can take printout
and use it to avail food security act entitlements.

Delhi is a union territory therefore, The Home Ministry is the nodal authority of making all top
CIC orders Delhi Lieutenant-Governors office comes under RTI act. Delhi HC orders Attorney
General's office comes under RTI act. Until now both had been dodging transparency, citing
pending court cases about interpretation of "public authority" term in RTI act.

Modi becomes the first prime minister to have launch @parliament canteen.
Over the last 10 years, expenditure by political parties for the Lok Sabha elections has raised by
400 per cent, says a report. 2004 election ~230 crores spent, 2014 election: ~1160 crores spent.
Japan willing to allow Indian lawyers to practice in Japan if India reciprocates by allowing
Japanese lawyers here.
Western Uttar Pradesh police setting up a social media monitoring lab to counter hate speech on
Facebook and Twitter. Because earlier miscreants used social media to incite riots at
Muzaffarnagar, Deoband, Meerut and Aligarh.
Land acquisition bill, Modi vs Opposition vs Anna ball by ball. Basics already covered in old article
on Land ordinance.
Salman khan driving and poaching cases.
Modi's Motion of thanks to President speech, defeated in Rajya Sahba. The modified version
thanks President but with regret that there is no mention of high level corruption or black money.
This motion-thanks-defeat is fourth in the history of Indian parliament.

Delhi judge orders Government to strictly implement Arms act and stop people from firing gun

SEBI offers 2 years special hardship leave to its women employees. So they can take care of their
family, kids and health, over and above the maternity leave. If other organizations followed the
same model, it'll help increasing women participation in workforce.
Maharashtra Government scraps 5% Muslim quota in Government jobs and admissions. But those
who already got job/admission- they'll continue to stay.

Kerjiwal vs P.Bhushan vs. Yogendra Yadav. Kejriwal's naturopathy.

International Parliamentary Union (Geneva) says women participation in parliaments have
doubles in last 20 years. Now they hold ~22% of all parliamentary seats worldwide. Best nation:
Rwanada, Boliva, Andorra, Sweden. Over 120 nations provide "Quota" to women in parliament
seats. Perhaps India should consider as well.
An Assamese Muslim trader was arrested in Dimapur (Nagaland) on charge of raping a Naga
woman. Nagaland newspapers and bloggers wrongly referred him as IBI (illegal Bangladeshi
immigrant). The enraged mob took law into their own hands, barged into the prison, dragged him
& murdered him in full public view at town square. Version 1: Shows the disenchantment of
people towards Indian police and judiciary in rape cases. Version 2: Person was falsely accused,
but murdered after he refused to pay illegal tax imposed by Naga secessionists.
58 Rajya Sabha MP petition to Vice President, to begin impeacehment process of Madhya Pradesh
HC judge SK Gangele for sexual harassment.
From 2009, Army adopted "Command Exit promotion policy", under which the officers from
infratry and artillary branches were given first preference in promotion to Colonel rank, compared
to the officers from other branches. Finally Army tribunal has quashed this policy as "violation of
Article 14".

Modi government setting up One-Stop Centres provide assistance, legal advice and psycholo

RTI : PMO refuses to disclose The letter correspondence between CM Modi and PM Vajpayee d
99th Amendment Act 2014 replaces collegium system with NJAC. A National Judicial Appointm
SC upholds life sentence for 6 oil-mafias who murdered IOC manager Manjunath Shanmugham
for his crusade against Oil adulteration in 2005. (so the case is going on in one court to another
for last 15 years).
Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju says Article 370 (J&K) of the Constitution is a
temporary and transitional provision. Some day it'll have to be removed, to fully integrate J&K
into India. However, he also confessed that Modi Government doesn't have the numbers to pass
such Constitutional amendment bill, so opposition shouldnot worry.

Law Commission- Justice A.P. Shah: 255th report about electoral reforms (1) ban newspaper a
Rahul Gandhi's security profiling / political snooping.

British film maker Leeslie Udwin made a documentary "India's daughter" about Dec 2012 gan

Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar summons Mohan for coal scam. Mohan, Kumar Mangalam B
Law Commission- Justice A.P. Shah: 255th report about electoral reforms (1) ban newspaper a

Column1

rights
Constitution

good-governance

freespeech

freespeech

democratic, and cannot be justified except in case of extreme urgency or emergency. (2) mid 80s: Biha

aking all top bureaucratic appointments. There had been a logjam between AAP Government vs MHA a

om firing guns during marriage procession because it can kill innocent bystanders.

rights

rights

and psychological counselling to women who faced violence or abuse, plus a mobile helpline number.

M Vajpayee during Godhara riots, saying "third party" information Cannot be disclosed. Third party bein
ial Appointments Commission will select the judges for Supreme court. Many PILs filed in SC against th

newspaper advertisements on the eve of elections be banned. (2) ban Independent candidates from co

ec 2012 gangrape. She interviewed accused Mukesh Singh in Tihar Jail, who showed no remorse and in

Mangalam Birla and then coal Secretary PC Parakh accused under Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA)
newspaper advertisements on the eve of elections be banned. (2) ban Independent candidates from co

gency. (2) mid 80s: Bihar Government began practice of issuing and renewing Ordinances at regular int

Government vs MHA about appointment of Delhi chief Secretary. Result: Goa Chief Secretary KK Sharm

bile helpline number.

losed. Third party being Modi himself.

Ls filed in SC against this act. Agitated attorney general says "judges job is to judge cases and not app

ent candidates from contesting elections because mostly they're dummy candidates with no chances o

wed no remorse and instead blamed the victim. Government of India bans its telecast on BBC / NDTV.

f Corruption Act (PCA) 1988 for giving Talabira-II coal block to Birla's HINDALCO. Prime minister is not im
ent candidates from contesting elections because mostly they're dummy candidates with no chances o

rdinances at regular interval. SC judgment said: The power to promulgate an ordinance is essentially a

hief Secretary KK Sharma, will take over as Delhi Chief Secretary.

dge cases and not appoint brother judges, and independence of judiciary does not include sitting jud

ates with no chances of winning (3) if any candidate indulges in paid news- disqualify him (4) ban elec

elecast on BBC / NDTV. But movie surfaced on youtube. Pro-ban arguments (1) Mukesh's villainous rem

Prime minister is not immune from criminal cases, whether he is in the office or outside the office. Alth
ates with no chances of winning, they only confuse the voters and split vote share. (3) if any candidat

dinance is essentially a power to be used to meet an extraordinary situation and it cannot be allowed

s not include sitting judges making judicial appointments."

qualify him (4) ban election related broadcast from both print and electronic media for 48 hours before

ukesh's villainous remarks will enrage the public, scare the women and may create law and order prob

outside the office. Although Mohan may try to dodge it by saying, I was a public servant at that time,
are. (3) if any candidate indulges in paid news- disqualify him (4) ban election related broadcast from b

d it cannot be allowed to be perverted to serve political ends, because it is contrary to all democratic n

dia for 48 hours before election (5) need to regulate exit polls and bring more transparency in their met

eate law and order problems. (2) case still going in Supreme court so not apt to release such video, the

c servant at that time, so Government permission necessary before beginning my prosecution under PC
lated broadcast from both print and electronic media for 48 hours before election (5) need to regulate

ary to all democratic norms that the Executive should have the power to make a law.".

ansparency in their methodology. (6) make it compulsory for parties to declare all donations, even if les

elease such video, they may affect judge's viewpoint about the accused. (3) allegations that Leeslie pa

y prosecution under PCA act. Then ball will fall in President Pranab's court to grant the sanction.
n (5) need to regulate exit polls and bring more transparency in their methodology. (6) make it compu

l donations, even if less than Rs.20,000 (7) need collegium / selection Committee to pick Election com

egations that Leeslie paid money to Mukesh to make such controversial remarks and / or she filmed him

ant the sanction.

ogy. (6) make it compulsory for parties to declare all donations, even if less than Rs.20,000, if total 20 c

ee to pick Election commissioners (8) did not favor compulsory voting model of Gujarat and NGO's dem

and / or she filmed him while he was unaware of the camera. (4) Leeslie violated terms and conditions

Rs.20,000, if total 20 crores or 20% of party contribution comes from such small amounts. Upload all s

Gujarat and NGO's demand for right to recall- right to proportional representation.

d terms and conditions laid down by Tihar jail administration. Anti-ban arguments (1) need to expose t

l amounts. Upload all such data on ECI website, penalty for non-disclosure. (7) need collegium / select

ts (1) need to expose the regressive male mindset. (2) in the age of youtube, not possible ban any vid

need collegium / selection Committee to pick Election commissioners. It should include PM, LoP in Lok S

ot possible ban any video fully. (3) Leeslie had got all raw footages cleared by Tihar jail administrator, o

nclude PM, LoP in Lok Sabha/leader of largest opposition party and CJI. (8) did not favor compulsory vo

har jail administrator, only after that movie was edited.

ot favor compulsory voting model of Gujarat and NGO's demand for right to recall- right to proportional

ll- right to proportional representation or even state funding of election. However, indirect subsidies in

er, indirect subsidies in-kind may be given to political parties. (9) introduce common electoral rolls for p

mon electoral rolls for parliament, Vidhan Sabha and local assembly elections by amending the relevan

amending the relevant acts. (10) Must use EVM totalizer to prevent voter harassment after results. (1

sment after results. (11) setup more election benches in high court and they should pass order within

ould pass order within 90 days after argument conclusion. (12) Amend the 10th schedule about anti-de

schedule about anti-defection. The disqualification decision should be made by President /governor wi

President /governor with help of ECI, instead of Speaker/chairman. (12) ECI should be given separate i

uld be given separate independent Secretariat.(13) if candidate fails to give proper record of election E

per record of election Expenditures, debar him for 5 years, instead of present 3 years.

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Topic
pre-paid card limit, styleup card by SBI
Wheat MSP increased to 1450 Rs per quintal. Same way Copra: Rs.5500/quintal.
Such oneliner facts are important for CAPF exam!
3rd Report of Shome's Tax Administration and Reform Commission (TARC).
GST bill reintroduction.
Amendments to RRB Act
Ashok Lahiri highlevel Committee on tax clarity
India should build a strategic petroleum reserve storage similar to China and
USA.
Government planning to give Indians the freedom to choose electricity
distribution companies (DISCOMS).
RBI monetary policy update: rates kept unchanged
SAIL 5% disinvestment began
Government to outsource cleaning work in 50 major rail stations
53% Indians hooked to internet every hour.
proposed 9 high speed red-corridors for 160-200 kmphs. Reason: when
railbudget and economic survey comes, it'll contain all such data within it.
Amendments to Companies Act 2013. Mostly technical stuff. Not important
except for interviews of B.Com/MBA profile candidates
PM holds meeting with CMs for replacing Planning commission. Basics already
covered, more attention only after something substantial happens
India is the 2nd largest producer of cotton. Government has relaxed export rules
for cotton but due to Weak demand from China, the export not picking up.
At present we've two-factor authentication for online payment- first PASSWORD
and OTP password from SMS. Rajanbhai is considering single-factor
authentication for small value transaction e.g. no need to get OTP from SMS.
This will reduce cost of service.
Earlier USA had imposed CVD on Indian steel imports. WTO has ordered USA to
stop it.
FM says we need a "Civilized" tax regim to attract investment.
subsidized 5 kg mini cylinders.
Government will dilutes its stakes in public sector banks- until it has only 52%
shareholding left. By selling these shares, Government hopes to earn ~1.7 lakh
crores from market.
Government says HSBC's list of 628 Indian has total ~4500 crore rupees black
money only
SBI launches monthly and yearly composite India to track economic activity .
This will rival HSBC's PMI index
Cabinet clears Constitutional amendment bill to implement GST.
Electricity Amendment bill 2014
Rajanbhai imposed penalty on ICICI and BoB for violating KYC norms, and warned
SBI and Axis to be careful.
US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen says she'll "patiently" increase policy rate.

Swiz national bank (their "RBI") will give "negative interest" rate IF other banks
park their cash in Central Bank. This is meant to encourage Swiz bank to lend
money to needy clients.
Book by a Catholic priest suggests "E-Rupee" - currency less transactions to wipe
out all forms of corruption and blackmoney
Union Government increased subsidy to tea plantation owners to rejuvinate their
old bushes.
SEBI bans 260 entities involved in money laundering via stock-trading.
Modi had earlier shifted both plan and non-plan Expenditure designing to
Finance ministry. Parliamentary standing Committee on Finance did not like this.
NOT ONE BIT.
EPFO will give 8.75% intereest rate to its subscribers.
FICCI report says Corporates can give Mobile connectivity to 50,000 villages
through CSR.
Modi has promised housing for all by 2022 under Sardar Mission. But Standing
Committee on Urban Development says erstwhile Rajiv Awas Yojana too failedhence unlikely that Sardar will suceed.
Government tabled Mid-Year Review of the economy in parliament. It blamed
past RBI governors for bogus monetary policy and inflation.
Wholesale inflation became 0% in november- lowest in over 5 years. But
Rajanbhai not willing cut repo rate yet
22 Indian railway officers begin training at Beijings Jiaotong University for heavy
haul technology
India is 3rd largest country with Black money stashed abroad- around 6 lakh
crore rupees, says a Washinton research group. #1 is Russia, #2 is China.
Government notifies draft rules for coal e-auction. No point in chasing ball by
ball, let the economic survey come.
SEBI new norms for Mutual funds
pre-2005 currency notes exchange deadline is June 30
Government splits CMD posts in Public sector banks
Insurance ordinance to increase FDI from 26% to 49%
SEBI norms for Municiple bonds
Pahal scheme for directly sending LPG subsidy to user's bank account
Parliamentary panel wants FDI banned in Brownfield Pharma projects, fearing
MNCs will takeover, and availablity of cheap drugs will decline.
only 17% of India junta has health insurance
Hyderabad planning "Food security cards" (FSC) from 2015
TN Vat on mobile is 14.5% so e-commerce sites sending from states where VAT is
5%
Chennai-Bengaluru industrial corridor Master plan in March 2015
Deep Sea port at Bhorsagar, Sundarabans. MoU to be signed in Feb 2015
Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian says Rajanbhai should reduce repo
rate to boost investment.
EPFO will launch special drive to cover contractual workers.
Rural ministry planning mobile monitering system on MNREGA for checking
worker attendence, work measurement etc.
Jan Dhan accounts to be linked with Adhar- to prevent overdraft misuse

govt planning interest subvention scheme for housing loans

RINL's disinvestment delayed because concerns over chinese dumping
Gold import curbs have catalysed smuggling, says government. Man that's a
commonsense knowledge.
Snapdeal ties up with India Post to help Varanasi weavers sell products online
Rajanbhai says I can't flipflop on interest rate after every up and down in CPI.
Only after inflation appears stablized, I'll reduce repo rate. So please stop
advicing me via stupid newspaper columns
Latest social audit report says Rs.1000 crores misappropriated in MNREGA.
Andhra has scammed the most.
PM, FM and Bank CMDs to hold "Gyan Sangam" meet in January at PUNE, to
chalkout revival strategy for public sector banks
Government planning to put maximum limit of Rs.20,000 for economy airfares,
to prevent private airlines from duping customers using hidden charges
Steel ministry wishes to merge small PSUs with largers ones, to get economies of
scale
latest NSSO survey says hardly 40% rural families depend on agriculture now.
China challanging India in polished diamond trade
CAG says NHAI gave undue benefit to highway developer companies at the
expense of public.
Rajanbhai says Government's debt waiver programs are ineffective at helping
agriculture growth or preventing farmer suicides.
Modi orders ministries to buy DESHI electronic products
international coal prices likely to fall due to oversupply and weakening of
currencies of coal-exporting countries.
Modi approves disinvestment and VRS in Central Inland water transport Corp.
Government to setup a Saffron development authority in J&K
MSME minister says National Coir policy to be rolled out in a month. Let him
notify it first.
RBI guidelines on non-cooperative borrowers. (too technical + bol-bachchan)
Indians companies borrowed over 19 billion from abroad, using Junk bonds
Modi to hold meetings for how to implement Make in India. Meeting outcomes
yet to come and basics already covered in old revision article.
Satyam Verdict to come in March.
Coal auction may violate CVC norms
PSBs have written off loans >1 lakh crore in last 5 years
jailed TMC MP Kunal Ghose says Mamta main beneficiary of Saradha chit fund
scam.
Govt to increase focus on inland waterways. Government wants more foreign
investment in Waterwars...Nitin Gadkari repeats this tape in every seminar.
Delhi HC asks RBI and banks abt the logic behind ATM withdrawl charges. Topic
ignored till verdict comes

Modi says Railways won't be privatized

Modi clears 8 FDI proposals worth 35 crores. Neither names or figure are
highprofile enough to warrant attention for exams.
SEBI allows company promoters to become Public shareholders. Technical nittygritties not important
SEBI allows one-time registration for DPs. You only need to know the basic
functions of DP in DEMAT-PAN card system.
Union plans common clearing house for commodity exchanges
IRDA name changed to IRDA of India under Insurance ordinance. Ignored
because same will be covered in Polity
TRAI recommends new base price for 3G auction. Ball by ball commentry not
important
Modi wants PM Krishi Sinchai yojana merged with MNREGA. Ignored because all
this will be covered in budget-economic survey. Not much point doing ball by ball
in between.
Creation of Niti Ayog to replace Planning Commission.
GDR is being used for blackmoney circulation
ESIC's Panchadeep e-governance programme
Outcome of "Gyan Sangam" seminar of Bankers- FinMin's blueprint to reduce
NPA
Niti Ayog replaces Planning commission. Arvind Panagariya becomes first vice
chairman. Planning commissions' website shifted to
http://planningcommissionarchive.nic.in/
RBI released norms for external commercial borrowing
Modi increases excise duty on petrol-diesel, to earn ~6000 crore rupees. Given
the falling prices of crude oil, this hiked excise duty won't bring inflation.
Difficult to meet the fiscal deficit target, because less than expected income
from taxes.
No custom duty on import of Channa/gram/chickpeas- to promote its sowing in
Indian farms.
given the uncertainity over coal-supply, BEL decides to use "fuel flexible boiler"
it can use 100% Indian coal to 100% imported coal.
fall in crude oil prices, will not help air-travellers because airlines already running
on loss-business so, they're unlikely to reduce ticket prices further.
infra: Gadkari orders new road projects to use concrete only
Gadkari proposes "Char-dham" project to build a New national highways
connecting the four shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri in
Uttarakhand
SEBI chief wants SEBI act amended so that no wilful defaulter can issue debt or
equity instruments in capital market.
Union cabinet clears 2g Auction.
Government plans to hire a PR-firm on social-media, to generate positive interest
among people in disinvestment of PSUs
Gujarat government has "U-Win" Smartcard for unorganized sector workers so
they can get benefit of all Government schemes. Modi planning to implement
same on all india- notification awaited.

Modi tells ministry to get ideas from public on how to spend budget money
Urban minister V.Naidu asks municipalities to increase taxes in next 2-3 years to
provide better urban amnesties.
Coal India workers go on strike, to oppose the coal ordinance.
India's first packaging plant to be setup in Vizag. This will help sea-foodexporters
through Visakhapatnam port
RBI extended deadline for applying for Small bank /payment bank license to 2nd
Feb. Basics already covered in old article.
SEBI new norms for E-IPO
Mining ordinance
World Bank advices countries to reduce fuel subsidies and built a 'fiscal buffer'
that can be used to fight against economic distress in future.
Government has 25 million tonnes of wheat reserves- 3 times the target. If
Government wants they can export it.
India should use more fly ash (thermal power byproduct) in agriculture, says
experts
Banks should participate in BCD (bond currency derivative) instruments- because
it'll help infrastructure finance- says RBI Dy.Governor
Statistics ministry aims to launch "Time-use" surveys to measure employment
levels and contribution of women in informal sector.
Indian economy will grow @6.4% in 2015, says World bank President Jim Yong
Kim
RBI signs pact with European central bank (ECB) for cooperation and information
exchange.
Australian trade minister visits India, saas FTA-conclusion is our priority
December 2014: retail inflation increases from 4.38% to 5% due to highr food
prices
SEBI wants easier norms for doemstic mutual fund managers.
Kerala's Idduki district becomes first in India to be linked with National Optic
Fibre Network (NOFN) for rural broadband
Oil price falls 6 years low- ~45$ per barrel due to weak demand vs
oversupply.RBI says fall in crude oil prices is a boon for India, it'll save $50 billion
in imports
World bank says India will catch up with China's growth rate by 2016
Disinvestment: Government planning to sell 10% shares from Indian Oil corp.
ASER-2014 report says 50% of class4 students can't do division, only 25% of
class3 students can read class2 book fluently and so on
Government cleared 30 oil-gas discovery files of Cairna India, ONGC etc. This will
fetch over 2.5 trillion cu.ft. gas
SBI interested in aquiring UTI, to create India's largest mutual fund house.
48,000 crores lost in PDS-thefts
FM drafts new accounting standards for business. Mostly technical stuff.
World bank signs pact with Gujarat Government for smart cities.
ESIC has decided to quit Medical education field saying it's not our 'core
function', they'll hand over the medical colleges to respective state
governments. Moral of the story- Insurance-walle ko medical college nahi
kholnaa chaayiye.

global economy will expand by 3% this year

World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Director General, Roberto Azevedo says Bali
Trade Facilitation agreement with help developing countries to integrate into the
world economy. Matter already covered in old article
only deserving cities will be given funding for smart city project- says
U.D.minister
buffer food stock guidelines have not be revised since 2002. Modi plans to sell
away excess wheat in open market to reduce inflation and reduce cost-of-storage
in FCI & fetch ~50,000 crore via sales
Rail minister Suresh Prabhu says Rail-finances are in deep trouble- we are caught
in vicious cycle of low profit= poor services.
Fuel retailers announced price reduction but simultenously Government hiked
excise duty on petrol and diesel, thereby hardly any reduction on customer's
pocket. Government wants to raise ~20k crores with this game
Air India begins 10% cost cutting- it'll help them save ~1400 crore annually
Rajanbhai says if company fails then promoters should absorbe losses.
Otherwise heads capitalism wins, tails system loses.
IITs and IIMs will launch free online courses
Obama planning to close tax-benefits given to trust funds. This will ensure
wealthy Americans don't evade taxes using loopholes. Perhaps India should also
consider something similar on charity bodies.
Rail minister says we need private capital, not privatization
IMF says India will beat China's growth rate in 2016
Government decided to slow down disinvestment process because (1) PSU share
prices declining and (2) trade union strikes.
Government launches "Make in NorthEast" Initiative- with focus on teaprocessing, organic farming, spa-tourism etc.
Government again thinking of using CPSE-ETF (Exchange traded fund)
mechanism to raise another 5000 crores from market. Concept already explained
in old article
Rajanbhai has expressed concern over "foreign investment tourists" in debt
market. Because their "hot money" runs away from India even on a whiff of
speculation, thereby creating volatility in market, and destabilizing rupee
exchange rate.
Rajanbhai reduces repo rate by 0.25%. Matter covered in my latest lecture in
youtube.
Social justice ministry launches Venture capital fund and Green biz.scheme for
SC. (I'll compile and publish all such schemes simultenously within next
Economic survey summary- for better revision)
Government launches "HRIDAY" heritage city development with 100% central
funding; Modi reviews Housing for all 2022. I'll cover them with economic survey
ch. On urban Development.
Economist Jagdish Bhagwati says Modil will relax FDI in multi-brand retail within
a year- but small traders protest against his statement
"ICICIBankPay"- allows ICICI customer transfer money via twitter account, check
balanace, recharge mobile etc. such bankingGK not asked in previous prelims

dates: Budget session to being from 23rd Feb, rail budget on 26, economic
survey on 27, General budget on 28. Topics important but dates are not
Petrol costs higher than ATF because of excise duty hike
EU lifts ban on Indian mangoes- basics already covered in old article
11.50 cr. bank accounts opened in PM-Jan Dhan. Basics already covered in old
article
Modi asks Rajanbhai to see feasibility of introducing 25 rupees note- to
overcome shortage of 5 rupee coins
UPA Government did not release religious data with Census-2011. Now Modi
planning to release it. well, let him release first, then some sort of ascendingdescending order could be asked in MCQ about religious minoirities / state-wise
distribution
until now, India's GDP was calculated with base year 2004-05. Base year
changed to 2011-12. Subsequently 2012'13's GDP growth rate is increased from
~4.7%to ~7%.
CSO to launch new index for retail inflation in Feb 2015
Jaitley says foreign investors are happy irrespective of whether we bring
economic reforms through law or through ordinance. And we are not planning to
increase tax rates soon.
Rajanbhai ordered banks to disclose more information about their loan rates and
service-fees on website by 1st April 2015- to bring more transparency in
business.
Rajanbhai orders banks not to ask "no due certificate" from small borrowers- so
they can take loans in hassle-free manner.
Government to sell 10% stakes in Coal India. Plans to fetch 24,000 crores
Govt wants to develop 99 rivers as water highways- Sutlej-Beas included.
UP govt plans high speed metro rail to connect lucknow to kanpur.
Karnataka farmers given e-Kisaan Tablet designed by Infosys, containing apps for
rainwater harvesting, food processing and sustainable farming practices.
Microfinance/microcredit is no panacea for poverty because Spandan (a
microfinance company) gave Rs.10,000 loans to ~120 SHGs and yet even after 5
years, there is no improvement in their education, healthcare or female
empowerments- says a research study
TRAI issues draft rules for full mobile number portability - throughout India by
updating MNP rules 2009.
under 5/20 rule, only an airline with 5 years xp and 20 aircrafts can get
permission to run international flights from India. Government planning to relax
this norm, plus asking airlines to reserve some of their capacity to Northeast, J&K
etc.
ONGC unconditionally agreed to partner with Cairn India in exploring Rajasthan
oil block.
Earlier IT Department had issued notice to Vodafone for a transfer-pricing-taxevasion case. Bombay HC ordered in Vodafone's favor. Government decided not
to purpuse this matter further in HC/SC- to win confidence of foreign investors.
Basics already done in old article - more updates in future lecture.

Disinvestment: after selling 10% shares from coal India, Government gets ~22k
crores. Although for FY16, Government planning to disinvest smaller PSUs only
Government orders compulsory jute packaging of sugar and foodgrains- to
ensure demand for jute bags.
Government approves 74% FDI in HDFC.
Just when USA's quantitative easing and fed tapering topics ceased, European
Union comes up with its own version of Quantitative easing policy, to harass the
UPSC aspirants.
Modi launches 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao'
report of Shanta Kumar expert committee on TPDS-FCI reforms
Labour is a concurrent subject hence plethora of wage-laws in India. Government
planning to release a new wage-code to streamline both unorgnized and
organize sector wages.
India not ready for full capital account convertability says RBI dy.gov HR Khan
National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL). In
news because logo and website launched
SEBI relaxes delisting of shares from stock-exchanges
Apple records 18 billion profit. Highest ever in corporate history. BizGK not
important for UPSC
Cabinet decides 3G spectrum base price as Rs.3705 crore
Coal block auction will begin from Feb 2015, likely to fetch 100 billion$ to the
government and hopefully electricity rates will be lowerwed. SC refuses to
intervene, Government refuses to compensate previous owners. Basics already
done in old revision note, let the topic develop further then it deserves update.
Ball by ball commentary not important
earlier ESIC decided to close its medical college and focus on its core-operations
only i.e. insurance service. Indian Medical Association requests PM and President
to stop this, otherwise students and faculties career will be endangered.
Delhi university wants to introduce credit-transfer scheme in new academic
session but HRD ministry sought clarification.
DTH (dish TV etc) want Government to declare their sector as an "infrastructure"
sector- so they can avail loans at concessional rates and get tax benefits.
earlier India banned some US agro-poultry products for fear of Avian influenza
under SPS agreement. WTO panel rejected this move, so now we've appealed
against that decision. Basics done in mains-2013 revision article.
Spectrum auction delayed till march because Government yet to workout pricing
for 2100MhZ band
under SARFAESI act, two types of entities- those bank who follow RBI's definition
for NPA and those who frame their own NPA guidelines. SC says banks free to
decide their NPA definitions in second category
Fiscal deficit overshoots budget target. Let the new budget come.

NSSO data on PDS leakage. Best States Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil
Nadu; Most Bogus: Manipur, Diu-Daman, Delhi. Argument in favour of linking PMJDY 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.
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.
Badminton player Jwala Gatta accuses National Coach Gopichand of ignoring
capable players who're not from his "coaching class" such as Ashwini
Ponnappa :P
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.
Jet ATF selling at 46/liter- even cheaper than petrol and diesel. Although hardly 510% discount expected in plane-tickets because companies wanting to recover
earlier losses first.
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. What're its implications? Wait for future lecture video on
BoP, exchange rates and capital account convertability.
Shanta Kumar report on FCI restructuring had recommended moving towards
direct cash transfers due to large scale leakages in PDS-foodgrain 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.
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Modi wants to shutdown UPA's brainchild Urban Institute of India because same
bolbachchangiri work done by the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)
under Urban Development Ministry.
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.
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.

America's Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) released International IP

Index. India was ranked second from the bottom- because (1) India's patent laws
not in sync with intl. laws (2) no specific laws for IPRs in
pharma/biotech/lifesciences. (3) massive piracy both online and offline.
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.
Disinvestment: Government wants to sell 10% shares from Indian Oil Corporation
(IOC) . They're looking for a merchant banker to help in the process, but since
Government offering too low rates, most bankers hesitant.
ED gives notice to Sahara for violating Foreign exchange rules
Rockefeller Foundation announced the 100 Resilient Cities project with a $100
million worldwide. Bengaluru, Chennai, Surat chosen.
Sports ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for helping Indian
atheletes win medals.
Cisco will develop Vizag as first smart city - skill Development centres with global
talent tracker, civic amnestics through ICT and other fancy things.
Indian companies allowed to raise capital from abroad, using ADR and GDR. If IT
act is amended to provide more clarity on tax-liabilities, it'll be easier to attract
funds through ADR and GDR
Committees: Usha Thorat, Ex-Dy-Gov-RBI for processing small bank applications;
and Nachiket Mor, RBI Board director for processing payment bank applications.
Modi Government planning to launch 5000 crore ETF in March 2015 for faster
disinvestment. Basics explained in previous lecture.
Rajanbhai permits banks to give "differential rates" on fixed deposits e.g. if you
make above 1 crore FD with no option for premature withdrawl= then bank will
pay you higher interest rate, compared to chillar FDs of 10-20,000 made by
oridinary customers. This will help bankers in asset liability management and
give large-value-long-term loans for business projects.
Niti Ayog 's first meeting. Same old bolbachchan about cooperative federalism,
mfg-boost etc. basics already covered in old article
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
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
Nawaz Sheikh- son of a daily wage labourer, designs logo for India's new
education policy
After Modi-Obama meet on nuke deal, PMO sets target of doubling n-power in
India by 3x times in next 10 years

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.
Government of Gujarat introduces common syllabus for 11 State universities - to
ensure uniformity in teaching and skill Development.
gold import- India world's largest consumer in 2014, imported over 850 tonnes,
even ahead of China.
Kerala's Vizhinjam International Multipurpose Seaport project wasn't kicking up
due to lack of funds, but now union Government promised to pay ~4,000 crores.
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.
To extract coal from Odisha, CIL's subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. (MCL) will
create to new SPV-entities.
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.
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.
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
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 we'll "investigate". Attorney General
Mukul Rohatgi assures SC that Government will make new legal provisions during
budget session
Recently, Modi held first meeting of NITI Ayog- usual bol-bachchan about
cooperative federalism etc. already covered in old 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.
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.
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

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.
Under The Coinage Act 2011, RBI can issue all notes except Rs.1 note. 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 'facevalue' of Rs.1 note.
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.
Because of Government and RBI restriction of on Gold, its import decliend by
14% in 2014, says World Gold Council (WGC) report.
Under Digital India initiative, Modi wants to setup BPO-call centres mofussil
towns.
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.
ICICI Bank launched India's 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
you're not an ICICI client. You can even add a zero balance saving account and
earn interest on your deposit. Thus, Pockets integrates a digital wallet, a
physical prepaid card and a basic savings bank account- all features of an
upcoming payment bank.
2014: Tea exports declined in value and volume because (1) India's rivals Kenya
and Sri Lanka have increased tea production (2) because of adverse weather,
India's tea production was lower than usual. Russia single largest importer, and
CIS countries ~25%
Currency Building, Kolkata was built in 1833. It was the first office of the Reserve
Bank of India.
Dredging Corporation of India will begin dredging Adani Vizag coal port- to help
Panamax vessels with upto 1 lakh tonne cargo to enter inner harbour.
Central Statistics Office (CSO) had changed the GDP base year from 2004 to
2011. Accordingly India's latest growth projection is 7.4% and we'll become a
$2.1-trillion economy.
Government's 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.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojanaguidelines 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.

Modi asks state governments to create 2 taskforces under Niti Ayog - 1 for
poverty removal and 1 for agriculture
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
SAIL and NMDC to form a joint-venture company to setup a 6MT Greenfield
steelplant in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh
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- it'll help us improving our Ease of
doing business ranking.
Modi's 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Communication minister says the white revolution of the dairy industry should
be replicated in the information technology arena, only then we can transform
the lives of rural people. Target 2020: 11,500 start-up companies to provide jobs
to 2.5 lakh people.
Britain's 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.
Government is planning the privatisation of airports of Jaipur, A'bad, Kolkata,
Chennai. GMR, GVR, Adani and others are interested.
G20 members' summit at Istambul: India demands (1) IMF quota reforms (2)
Automatic exchange of tax information.
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

Until now public sector banks focused on building cadres of officers hoping
they'll continue with them till retirement. But since flow of foreign investment
has increased- banks should be ready to face attrition i.e. officers leaving to
other financial organizations for better packages, says RBI dy.gov. R.Gandhi.
Rajanbhai criticizes the lack of specialist in Government- who can properly make
budget or manage public debt.

Previous Justice BN Sri-Krishna's Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission

(FSLRC) panel had recommended one "Indian financial code" IFC in place of all
other laws, and revamping the financial regulatory bodies in India with one
"Financial sector appellate tribunal" (FSAT) at top. Rajanbhai has now criticized
this move saying from license raj, we'll be put into "Appellate Raj". Rajanbhai
also indirectly criticized Modi's style of 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."
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.
Corporate espionage- smuggling of key-policy documents from the Oil Ministry,
to benefit corporate giants ahead of budget.
Greece Crisis and Euro bailout packaged. Basics already covered in last lecture.
More when ball by ball commentary ends.
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.
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.
Brown money is the value of unused goods lying at peoples homes. Thanks to
sites like olx and quikr, brown money trading has increased.
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.
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
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.

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.
Swiss authorities raid HSBC's 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
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'.
Maharastra Government aims to make Mumbai the first city in the country to be
open all day and night 24x7. The city will be divided into 'special
entertainment zones' with adequete food, security and safety features. This will
boost trade-tourism but critiques say it'll hurt physical wellbeing of the youth
and poor workers.
WPI only 0.39% in January 2015
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.
Gujarat: Diamond Research and Mercantile (DREAM) City planned near, Surat, to
boost diamond cutting and polishing industry. similarlarly GIFT (Gujarat
International Finance Tec-City) and Dholera special investment region
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.
Hike in petrol and diesel prices announced.
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.
Gujarat Government to develop "smart schools" with wifi, school Management
software, LCD in every class, biometric attendence etc.
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.
SBI composite index Tracks India's manufacturing activity using SBI's 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.

Andhra govt. reviving the 'letter of permit' vessels for deep sea tuna fishing.
Local fishermen concerned because foreign vessels will enter after getting
permits under Benami local Indian and takeaway the "shishami tuna fishes" from
Indian waters.
As per Water Sanitation Hygiene programme for school (WASH)- 1 toilet per 80
boys and 1 toilet for 40 girls required but not even 30% of Rajasthan schools
meet the norms for girl toilets. Rajasthan HC ordered the state government not
to grant permission to any new school/colleges if they don't meet such norms.
2007: agricultural policy was framed based on recommendations of the M.S.
Swaminathan Commission. But a PIL filed in Supreme Court alleges that
government has done nothing to implement it. Government counters saying
we've done more than enough to make India and its farmers self-sufficient in
food production- even though India accounts for only 2.4 per cent of the worlds
geographical area and 4 per cent of its water resources, we support 17% of
world population and 15% livestock.
The Odisha Government has decided to scrap joint venture agreements with the
mining giants Rio Tinto, Vedanta, Sesa Sterlite and Hindalco. This goes against
"ease of doing business" because those firms already invested capital in setting
up plants.
RBI says Rs.5000 overdraft facility awarded to Pradhan Mantri JanDhan Yojana
(PMJDY) bank accounts will be counted under given Bank's Priority sector lending
(PSL) quota, under "Weaker section / others" category. But condition is that
borrower's household annual income should not be more than 60k in rural areas
and 1.2lkh in urban areas. Overdraft facility is 'unlocked' in your account after
having satisfactory operation for 6 months.
Government declares budget day as "non-business" day for mutual funds. This is
to forbid Investors from buying/redeeming their mutual fund units on Feb 28, to
prevent any windfall gain. Although trading permitted in ETFs.
Trai to implement all India mobile number portability from May 3. Until now it
was confined only to user's own telcom circle.
2014- 6th BRICS summit at Fortaleza, Brazil - chalked out the plans for setting up
BRICS Bank/ New Development Bank (NDB) and its 100 Billion Contingent
Reserve Arrangement (CRA), to help member countries for Development loans
and balance of payment crisis. Modi Cabinet now formally approves necessary
paper agreements.
Unease of doing business: Coca cola exits from Modi's Varanasi Constituency
after Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) delays giving clearance.
Arjun Award selection revamped. Now a Committee headed by retired SC/HC
judge with noted persons associated with sports will decide the names. Only 1
sportsperson from any given field- to avoid bias towards that field's nominees.
More weightage to individual sports over team sports. Meeting proceedings to be
video graphed.
Indian Banks Association (IBA) final deal worked out to stop Bank-strikes. (1)
15% salary increase from Nov.2012. (2) 2nd and 4th Saturdays will be holidays
while remaining Saturdays will have full working days.

TRAI planning to reduce interconnection charge- that one operator pays to the
other for using their network. Same way TRAI planning to reduce tariffs for
national roaming services first time after 2013. Likely to reduce call and SMS
charges by 35-80 percent respectively.
EU approves 4 months extension to Greece bailout package. Basics already done
in ppt/video.
University professor retirement age 65 but CSIR scientist retirement age is 60. so
Modi planning to raise scientists' retirement age.
NSE will setup interntional exchange at GIFT city Gujarat for trading of shares,
bonds, currencies and derivatives.
finmin invites applications for MD-CEO posts at PNB, BoB, IDBI, BoI and Canara.
even private bankers eligible to apply. First time "Flexypay" package offered.
Term limit: 3 years duration or 60 years age
AirIndia begins restructuring based on Dharmadhikari report. Revised payscales
from March1 to achieve pay parity between AirIndia and merged Indian Airlines
workers.
IRDA Chief TS Vijayan permits GIC to setup 1500 crore nuclear liability pool to
cover any damages from nuclear reactor accidents. As such Indo-US nuke deal
part of diplomacy but such minor facts for banking-fin. GK
Under Smart city initiative, Delhi Muni. Will put smart signage on historic
monuments. Just scan their QR code in mobile and you get all information on
smartphone.

RBI and Finmin sign agreement to implement recommendations of Urjit Patel Co

RBI says loans to sanitation, health care and drinking water facilities, renewable energy and i
Gold refiner MMTCPAMP preparing a gold metal account scheme with help of
Switzerlands PAMP. Customer can deposit minimum 50 gms gold. He'll earn
'gold' interest instead of rupee interest over the time. This gold will be loaned to
jewelers.
Rajanbhai is distressed over the fact that post-Global financial crisis, the central
banks around the world are printing money and reducing interest rates to very
low levels. But since RBI has to combat inflation, we can follow that path of
reducing interest rates. This has led to avalanche of capital inflows in India,
and may create foreign exchange rate instability.

Spectrum auction ball by ball. Only final outcome and its consequences important
As such Rajanbhai releases "Bi-Monthly" policy review. But in 2015, twice

Union Government set up a taskforce for the development of Ajmer, Allahabad and Visakhapa
Under coinage act 2011, Government of India will restart printing 1 rupee note,
with bilingual signature of the finance Secretary. RBI will put these 1 Rs. Note
into circulation. Note will bear Ashoka Pillar symbol in the window without words
Satyamev Jayate, and carry a hidden numeral in the centre.
RBI expands LTV definition. Now Loan to Value ratio for housing sector, will also
include stamp duty, registration fees and other document charges. This will help
get bigger housing loans, but upto 10 lakh rupees.

At present money markets are controlled by the RBI. But mutual funds also play
a significant role in money market, and are regulated by SEBI. Earlier Bimal Jalan
and FSLRC reports recommended that RBI should not be managing Government
debt (through G-Sec, T-Bills). It should be done by An autonomous public debt
management authority/agency, will sell such a government securities to financial
intermediaries on voluntary basis. To implement this reform, Budget-2015's
Finance Bill will amendment sections 45U and 45W. After this, RBI will cease to
regulate government bonds and other money market instruments. Then perhaps
Public debt management agency (PDMA) will be made setup and made
responsible for handling G-Sec, T-bill. And RBI will focus only on the core
functions of central bank i.e. (1) controlling inflation (2) banking supervision (3)
controlling foreign exchange rate volatility.
1997: Chindu had Introduced the concept of three slabs of income tax i.e. 10%,
20%, 30%. Chindu says post-liberalization that has been rise In number of super
wealthy people in India.
Employee Provident Fund (EPF) and PPF schemes enjoy this status. EEE status
(exempt-exempt-exempt) i.e. (1) money deposited in the scheme (2) interest
earned in the scheme (3) money withdrawn from the scheme after maturity. At
all three stages, it is exempted from income tax calculation. In budget 2015,
while greatly increase the exemption limit in new pension scheme (NPS) from 1
lakh to 1.5 lakh, but still it does not enjoy EEE status. Presently, NPS has over 80
lakh subscribers, but given this EEE-anomaly, it will be difficult expand the base
further.

GIFT city, Gandhinagar, Gujarat International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). It

NSSO-2013: more than 5.5 crore MSME in India, mostly owned by SC, ST, OBC
yet only 4% of them get institutional finance. Budget-2015 announced Micro
Units Development Refinance Agency (MUDRA) Bank to give them last mile
credit delivery. It'll first begin as a subsidiary of SIDBI and later converted to a
full fledged bank through an act of parliament. If banks fails to meet priority
sector lending norms, they've to deposit money in NABARD's RIDF or SIDBI's
SEDF. RBI will pull out Rs.20,000 crores from such priority lending shortfall funds,
and give it to Mudra.
Atal Pension Yojana Is for "citizens" in unorganized sector, who joined NPS but
not any other social security scheme. Atal will give pension from 1000 to 5000
per month at 60 years age, depending on how much money subscriber
contributed. Membership age limit 18 to 40 years. Union will contribute 50% of
money given by subscriber or Rs.1000, whichever is less for first 5 years upto
2019-20.
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana. Membership age: 18 to 50 with a bank
account. Pay Rs.330 per year premium. Get 2 lakh accident cover from LIC.
Various ministries can co-contribute premium for their respective beneficiaries.
Common Publicity Expenditure will be borne by Government.

Minority affairs Ministry had setup Professor Amitabh Kundu (JNU) To assess the impact
Over 5 lakh abandoned children use railway station for living, begging and labor

For development in Naxal areas, Government working on two pronged strategy (A) physical in

Shell companies are the companies located abroad but controlled from India, to
evade taxes. Government aims to curb them by introducing "Place of effective
management" (POEM) in IT Act. thereby, such offshore companies will be taxable
in India, if key Management decisions are taken from India.

Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 mandates that no children should be failed till class5. But t
Delhi, Kerala and Tamil Nadu are Indias best ranked States in terms of genderrelated education indicators, says HRD and UNISEF report.
CSO new GDP calculation method says India grew @7.4% in 2014. Projects 8.18.5% growth rate for 2015. But IMF report says, hardly 7.5% possible for 2015.
LIC will give 1.5 lakh crore in next five years for railway projects.
As per RBI norms, Following citizens are forbidden from acquiring property in
India: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, China, Iran, Nepal or Bhutan.
3 more regions added in this blacklist: Hong Kong and Macau- both administered
by China.

Income tax Department demands 20,500 crores from Cairn India for share transaction to pare
SBI begins online auction of seized properties worth 1200 crore rupees.
Insurance bill passed to increase FDI limit from 26% to 49%. Congress abstains
in Lok Sabha and votes in favor in Rajyasabha. Cheaper premium will improve
insurance penetration, and make junta's savings flow to long term infrastructure
projects.

Dr. B. Meenakumari Committee gives report for deep-sea fishing Policy and Guideline

Railway wants to setup two factories in Bihar (1) electric locomotive @Madhepura and (2) die
Economist Jim O'Neil had given the term BRICS . Now he says India poised to
become world's 7th largest economy in 2017, and 5rd largest economy in 2020.
1983: Double taxation avoidance agreement signed between India-Mauritius.
Under this agreement, if a company registered in Mauritius sells assets from
India, then India can't levy capital gains tax. only Mauritius can levy CGT, but
they have 0% CGT. So Indian businessman misuse this provision for round
tripping i.e. investing their own money in India, but via Mauritius route to reduce
tax liability. During his Mauritius trip, Modi said he'll work to stop this abuse.

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es, renewable energy and incremental loans to exporters, will come under Priority sector lending. Plus

ences important
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er, Allahabad and Visakhapatnam as smart cities.

ervices Centre (IFSC). It'll be treated as an SEZ, and entities inside it, will be treated as n

(JNU) To assess the impact of minority welfare measures taken after Sachar committee report and Prim

ving, begging and laboring. Women ministry, Railway Ministry and NGOs have joined ha
ged strategy (A) physical infra: NITI ayog to announce additional central Assistance (ACA), Highwa

uld be failed till class5. But this has led to declined level of leaning, as seen in ASER report. Therefore,

for share transaction to parent company and subsequent capital gains. Cairn planning for international

fishing Policy and Guidelines to Agriculture ministry.

ve @Madhepura and (2) diesel locomotive @Marhora. For this, joint venture and FDI proposal invited fro

ty sector lending. Plus RBI panel recommends both foreign banks above and below 20 branches, shoul

will be treated as non-resident Indians located outside India. RBI-FEMA will permit setti

mmittee report and Prime Minister's 15 program for minorities. Amitabha gave report in late-2014. obse

GOs have joined hands For rehabilitation of these kids. Toll free helpline 1098. Public aw
ance (ACA), Highway ministry to focus on Road Requirement Plan (RRP-I) and communic

SER report. Therefore, Delhi Dy.CM cum Education minister Manish Sisodia requested union HRD minist

nning for international arbitration under India-UK bilateral investment protection treaty. Earlier Vodafo

FDI proposal invited from GE, Siemens and other giants.

ow 20 branches, should have same PSL targets i.e. 40%.

MA will permit setting up foreign banks here. Foreign banks in India can setup. Indian ba

eport in late-2014. observation: (1) Financial and physical targets are meagre compared to the ground

ine 1098. Public awareness campaign. Ultimately Authorities will try to get this children
RP-I) and communication ministry to use Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) for in

ested union HRD ministry to reduce this provision till class 3 only.

n treaty. Earlier Vodafone (Netherlands) and Nokia (finland) also called for arbitration under similar trea

can setup. Indian banks with offshore presence, can setup. Each bank can setup only on

mpared to the ground level requirement. (2) Need to increase the budgetary allocation to minority affa

to get this children back to their parents or provide them education and vocational skill
n Fund (USOF) for increasing mobile penetration. Strategy (B) Human resource infra: Un

ation under similar treaties with their nations- thus proving MNCs don't have much faith in Indian syste

k can setup only one IBU though. But they can't accept with retail customers or in India

ocation to minority affairs Ministry (3) Minority-scholarships should be made "Demand driven" (4) Sepa

and vocational skills.

n resource infra: Under Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana, a sub

ch faith in Indian system.

ustomers or in Indian currency. Minimum capital requirement 20 million. CRR-SLR applica

mand driven" (4) Separate leadership development scheme for minority women.

shalya Yojana, a subcomponent "Roshni". Roshni will setup 1 ITI and 2 skill development

on. CRR-SLR applicable: Nope. RBI won't help via repo rate and other liquidity measures

2 skill development centres in each of the 34 Naxal affected districts in 9 states. They'll

r liquidity measures. PSL norms won't apply. Similarly, IRDA will permit foreign insurers a

in 9 states. They'll provide short term & long term skill training to youth, so they can g

mit foreign insurers and reinsurers. SEBI will permit stock exchanges, merchant bankers,

outh, so they can get livelihood & don't get brainwashed by naxals.

merchant bankers, depository receipts (DR).

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Topic
India signs prisoner transfer treaty with Qatar. (In prelims, it may be asked as a places in news type M
Because the way randomly UPSC is swinging trends, one should be prepared)
Water diplomacy: India provides drinking water to Maldives, China to built coalpowered de-salination p
Lanka
China invites India for Indo-Pacific partnership
Maldives signs Maritime silkroad agreement with China
Indian ocean must remain a zone of peace- Ajit Doval
anti-hijacking bill
Putin's India visit 10-11 december.
China-Pak economic corridor. Although topic already asked in Mains-2013, but still important as fodde
exams
Terrorists attack Uri to disrupt polling in Kashmir
Pak is "mainstreaming the terrorism" by allowing Hafiz Sayeed & co. to spew venom against India in p
platforms
Talibans training birds as suicide bombers
FBI warns about massive cyberattacks in USA
UNGA resolution asks India, Pak and Israel to abandon their nuke weapons. z_Ignored because Indo-Pa
NPT-disarmament already covered in old article.
US senate report says CIA tortured its prisoners to extract information upon President Bush's order. Alt
Republican Governor Boby Jindal defends Bush for keeping USA safe after 9/11
China planning to export its nuclear reactors and technology after tasting success with export of hightrains.
Saudi Arabia signs pacts with India for hiring mais and domestic help. This'll ensure their safety and so
security
On December 6, 1971 Bhutan had recognized Bangladesh as a soverign nation, few hours before India
India-Israel FTA negotiation will resume soon.
Guwahati-Dhaka bus service resumed. It was closed after partition
American senate passed a bill to use force against ISIS.
Turkey President Erdogan trying to shakeoff Kamal Ataturk's legacy - just Modi doing with Nehru. Not i
because not affecting Indian interests, yet.
Terrorist attack on Army School in Peshawar, killing 132 children.
USA and Cuba to resume diplomatic ties. Ignored because not affecting Indian interest except those C
cum columnists in you know which newspaper
Home ministry issues guidelines to Schools to install tall boundry walls, CCTV cameras and safety drill
Peshawar like terror attack.
China to sign pact with Thailand for linking southeast Asia with its New Silk Road initiative
India-Bangladesh land swap deal- Mamta says she'll agree to it if only W.bengal was given compensat
package.
In 2014, China and Pakistan violated Indian airspace 16 times.

Visit of Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid. Nothing substantial. Pranab gave him AIR and Doordarsha
recordings related to Bangladeshi liberation war of 1971 under Din Dayal Diplomatic gift lelo yojana (R
Laxmibai lawyer)
Australia wants a quadrilateral dialogue with India-US-Japan.
if a person is seeking political asylum abroad, Indian Government can't deny him passport saying he'
India's sovereignty and integrity - ordered Delhi HC
Hostage crisis in Sydney caf.

Stillwell road served as trade route between Assam and China's Yunnan. But it was closed after '62s w
Rijiju says it should be re-opened to boost bilateral trade.
Arrest of Mehdi Masroor Biswas - Pro-ISIS twitter user under name "Shamiwitness".
NSA Ajit Doval wants Indian Ocean Zone of Peace (IOZOP) declaration. It'll prevent major world power
increasing military presence in Indian ocean.
Survey of India files police complaint against Google for wrongly depicting India's map.
China making new Anti-terror law due to increased attacks in Xinjian province.
West Pakistani refugees in Kashmir: Parliament standing Committee report
World bank changed its goal from poverty eradication to shared prosperity
UNSC's human rights Committee wants to drag North Korea to International criminal court, for human
violation
Obama wants to re-induct N.Korea in states sponering terrorism, after Sony database allegadly hacked
Koreans
growing China russia friendship. Russia being sanctioned for Crimea, so China pumping more funds th
loyality against Obama's Asian pivot
NDFB Bodoland militants massacreing triblas in Assam
Even after DGCA and Mumbai police banned drone-flying, freelances continuing, posing security threa
US state department promises better intel sharing to prevent repeatation of 26/11
Cyber-Vandalism: USA vs North Korea ball by ball.
Russia-Pak energy pact
India may end supporting Palestine in UN.
Ukraine Parliament dropped "non-aligned" status, planning to join NATO.

Modi says Happy b'day to Sharif and Sharif says the same to Vajpayee
Ban ki Moon asks Sri-Lanka to cooperate with Human rights investigation. Basics already done in old a
US gives one extra month to India, to sign FATCA law. Basics already covered in old article.
China pledges more aid to Nepal
Ban ki Moon asks Pakistan not to execute the terrorists.
Yoga visa: a student visa for person coming to India to learn Yoga
AirIndia flight crash.
NATO finally ends Afghan mission.
like Osama Bin Laden, Mulla Omar also hiding in Pakistan.
China bans gmail
Crash of AirAsia flight QZ8501
All civil nuclear facilities of India, are now under IAEA watch.
India-Pak ball by ball on Lakhvi bail.
Bangluru pipebomb blast
UN asks Myanmar to give citizenship to Rohingyas. Already basics covered in old article.
Union's ceasefire agreements with Sessionist groups of North East, have failed to curb their 'organized
Discuss in light of recent events and suggest remedies.
Defense Minister Parrikar orders soldiers to respond to border violations with double force.
Home ministry gives more financial powers to CAPF and intelligence agencies
India-Pak exchange list of nuclear facilties- exercise began since 1991.

Earlier Chindu wanted to setup NCTC as central body against terrorism. But many states opposed citin
misuse for political ends. Now intelligence agencies again demanding MHA to setup similar body. But
announcement yet.

Palstine joins ICC to puruse war crimes by Israel. Basics already covered in old article- how Palestine's
status makes it eligble to join UN bodies.
Coastguard destroys Paki terrorist boat, Congis say it was a smuggler boat.
ISIS's twitter campaigner Mehdi arrested from Banglore. Hindu publishing ball by ball commentary on
investigation.
5 new countries join UNSC as non-permanent members.
Assam has world's highest number of internally displaced people by conflict
despite LeT, Lakhvi bail issues, USA will continue giving foreign aid to Pakistan under Kerry Lugar Bill 2
Although Tulsi Gabbard voted against it.
Nepal to join Silkroad via Tibet. How does this affect Indian interests?
India to clear nuclear logjam during Obama's visit, by twreaking the insurance provisions in nuke liabi
13th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas at Gandhinagar
Terrorist attack on Chalie Hebdo magazine office at Paris, France
Lithuania joins Euro currency. Capital Vilnius
change of guards after Sri Lankan Presidential election.
In 2014, India had 2 lakh refugees says UNHCR. Syrians are the highest number of refugees under UN
protection.

in June 2014, Hamas and Fatah had formed "Unity government" in Palestine. Now Hamas wants new e
Home minister Rajnath says we'll not talk with any Militant group enganged in violence.
US-India investment initiative launched ahead of Obama's visiit
Crashed AirAsia plane's blackbox recovered from Java sea
Egypt court orders re-trial of Hosni Mubarak corruption cases. Not affecting India's interests, yet
Bhutan Seeks Amul's help to procure 2000 cows
Overseas Oil exploration competition between India-China
US court dismisses riot case against Modi, because as sitting head of a foreign Government, he is imm
American judiciary.
Pakistan is contemplating banning several terrorist organisations including the Haqqani network and J
Dawa (JuD)
internal-security: Home minister asks state governments to post young DM and SPs in Maoist infested

Indian-Americans campaigning to get US Postal Department issue a commemorative stamp for Diwali
got support fro msome US lawmakers, and perhaps Obama may announce it during 26th Jan visit to In
US thinktank report says Pakistan's Khusbab nuclear installation has added 4th reactor- this will help'e
more plutonium
International criminal court begins preliminary probe for Israel's war crimes in Palestine territories.
Obama says diplomatic talks ongoing with Iran on nuke issue, therefore IF US-Congress tries to enact
put new sanctions on Iran, I'll veto them.
Sri-Lanka: allegations that one RAW agent conspiered with opposition parties to ensure fall of Rajpaks
he was becoming pro-Chinese
Social media/internal security: Bangladesh blocks Viber and Tango messanging services due to securit
because difficult to keep track of conversations.
Selection process of Secretary General in UN. www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/looking-for-a-lady-from
europe/article6799477.ece
Government asks Indians not to visit Yemen due to fragile security situation
Maoists begin protests in Nepal, create obstacle against drafting new Constitution

Sri-lanka: PM says they'll implement 13th Amendment (born from Indo-Lanka accord in 1987), to give
powers to provinces, but Srilanka will continue to remain a unitary state.
hardliner SriLankan Buddist launch a party inspired by BJP-RSS, named "Bodu Bala Sena", wishing the
leader like Modi
SAIL India aims to open a greenfield steel plants at Bandar Abbas Port in Iran.
Defense Minister Parrikar says some Ex-PMs compromised India's deep strategic assets but didn't reve
names of the PMs.
India declares 1 day of National mourning for the dead of Saudi king Abdulla Abdulla
US court summons John Kerry in a which some human right group demanded Obama administration to
RSS a "Foreign terrorist organization".
China to build a 7,000 km high-speed rail track to connect Beijing with Moscow via Kazakhstan
IF Obama includes India in Customs and Border Protection agencys Global Entry umbrella program, th
passport holders can enter USA in much smoother manner.
Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh ousted despited 6 months left in tenure. New Secretary is US Jaishank
Important for PIN but beyond that not much
ISIS kills Japanese citizens
Extremism: Shia militants (Huthis) takeover Yemen's capital Sana'a
Outcomes of Obama's India visit
Pakistan has not banned JuD, only seized its assets. And still JuD even launches a new ambulance serv
US official says Rohingyas deserve citizenship in Myanmar. Basics already done in old article
Thai military regime gets ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra impeached.
Nuke capable Agni missiles were not shown during 26th January parade.
Fidel Castro says he doesn't trust USA
Shushma's visit to China
During '71's war, Paki army had raped over 2 lakh women in Bangladesh. Now Bangla government con
title o 'Birangana" (war-heroines) and their wards will be given compensated.
China-Myanmar oil pipeline to supply oil to Kunming and Chongquin industrial hubs alone Yangtze. Bu
Malacca strait, to ensure less danger from Indian and American navies.
40 Indians missing from Mosul, Iraq, believed to be captured by extremists. Red Cross DG says India s
more efforts to get them rescued.

Mitt Romney- the former U.S. Republican presidential nominee announced not to enter in 2016 Presid
election. This will help chances of Jeb Bush-the younger brother of George Bush and an ex-governor o
BNP leader Khaleda Zia launching nation-wide protests-hartals against ruling PM Haseena. Haseena cu
electricity to Khaleada's office.

Ex-Pakistani Diplomat Husain Haqqani says Pakis shouldnot try to achieve parity with India because In
much larger and developed country. Pakistan's two-nation theory and parity doctrine is outdated, they
more pragmatic based on changing geopolitical scene at world level.

India polio free since 2011. Part of soft-diplomacy, our Health ministry offered expertise to Afghanistan
Pakistan to combat Polio. Afghans said yes yes, but Pak. Yet to repspond, although they too began givi
training to teachers doing Polio-campaign in Peshawar region

Sushma's China visit outcomes: Modi to reach China in late May 2015. Notes exchanged for opening a
route to Mansarovar- via Nathu La pass in Sikkim- it'll significantly reduce travel time compared to cur
Lekh pass in Uttarakhand. Mountpass vs state important for Prelims, new route as mains fodder.
Prince Charles and Diana contemplated calling off wedding

Jordon pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh burned alive by ISIS terrorists. Jordan retaliates by executing 2 Iraqi Jih
Columnists angry over Obama's inaction. Turkey capable of destroying ISIS but Turkey wants Obama t
Syrian regime of Assad. Obama valvet gloving Assad to please Irani establishment so nuke-drama can
Israel can sleep easy..and so on Hence Turkey sitting idle in ISIS crisis
Ex-Al-Qaeda operative says Saudi princes funded them and even planned a stinger missile attack on U
President's plane the "Air force one".
February to be jampacked with maiden visits of Presidents from Singapore (Tony Tan) and SriLanka (Si
India
TransAsia plane crashes in Taiwan river.
In the 90s, after the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Croatia and Serbia armies had murdered each others c
in the latest ICC verdict absolves them of committing pre-planned genocides
Srilankan Government gives greenlight to Chinese port Development project in Colombo worth $1.5 b
Sholey Made in 1975- finally permitted for theatrical release in Pakistan after 40 years.
Paki PM Nawaz Sharif says Kashmir is their jugular vein and India altering demogrpahic makeup of this
through settling Hindu "non-state" people here.
APEC - Asia Pacific economic cooperation- India will soon become its members and benefit from this fr
block
India suspends trade with Pakistan through road, after a Paki truck driver found with narcotics

After Modi-Obama meeting, the proposed format of Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Act (CL
is: (1) US nuclear suppliers will not be directly liable if there is any nuclear accident. (2) Their
covered from a Rs.1500 crore insurance pool. Government and Government-owned Insurance
companies will contribute 50:50 money in this pool.

Indias National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is Indias Special Representative for the boundary
China. Recently he met with is counterpart Chinas State Councillor Yang Jiechi in Munich to
the Sino-Indian border.

Pranab wisdom We have conveyed a strong message to our neighbours that the region must
whether to live in perpetual tension or understanding. We have already made big announcem
bilateral cooperation in trade and security, however government must finish the "follow-up pr
conclude such initiatives.

David Beckham launched a new UNICEF fund called "7"- for children living in warzone. 7 is the
number he wore during Manchester United football games.

Sri Lankas Northern Provincial Council (NPC) passed a resolution accusing successive governm
ignoring justice in Tamil-genocide.

India needs to pursue a policy of equidistance diplomacy with US, China, Japan and others. W
antagonise one country to please the other, it will hurt our growth and development agenda.

An elderly Indian, Sureshbhai Patel Was brutally assaulted by the police officers in Alabama, U
issued protests. Indian-American Diaspora calls for need to train police officers on how to dea
minorities.

1996: Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) launched. So far 180+ nations signed a
ratified. Thus, CTBT is one of the most widely supported arms-control treaties. It requires the
never to conduct a nuclear explosion. India does not support this treaty. Comprehensive Nucle
Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) constantly monitoring earth's crust, atmosphere etc. possib
explosion done by any country. This data collection also helps in early detection of natural dis
climate change and meteor showers.

Modi calls us Nawaz Sharif. Columnists eagar to know when Dialogue process will resume again.
Islamic state(IS) was previously called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Home Ministry plans to N
terror outfit under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
The Sri Lankan Army will release 1000 acres of land in Tamil-majority North Province.

After the death of over 5000 and displacement of 10 lakh people, finally Ukraine cease fire deal reach
Summit among the leaders Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France. Outcome: Both Russia and Ukrain w
heavy weapons from the frontline.
Visit of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during FebW3
UN declared June 21 as International Yoga day. But a US senator is bringing a bill to ban tight-fitting Yo
because they're vulgar.
UN concerned over ongoing Bangladesh Turmoil between PM Sheikh Hasina (Awami League) vs. Oppo
Khalida Zia (BNP)
IMF chief Christine Lagarde gave ~18 billion$ loan to crisis-ridden Ukrain.

China did not openly declare support for India's permanent seat at UN Security Council. China
we respect the aspiration of India and Brazil to play bigger roles that UNSC.
Ex-ISI officer, in his Al-Jazeera interview says that Pakistan probably knew about Osama.

Myanmar Government says Rohingya and other people without full citizenship, are not eligible

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan becomes the first Modi-Minister to to visit Pakistan. H
Paki support for faster implementation of the 1,800-km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-In
natural gas pipeline project. It'll also help building Modi's proposed national gas grid for India.

Chinese President "11th" Jinping likely to be the chief guest of Pakistan's National Day Parade on Marc
China launches first silk road cruise liner, under its maritime silk Road initiative. This vessel will visit M
Vietnam.
After the controversial replacement of Foreign Secretary Sujata Singh, the Government has amended
tenure of Foreign Secretary two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Feb 2015 was the 29th foundation day of Arunanchal Pradesh, Modi visits the state, China crit

Nobel Amartya Sen is the Chancellor of Nalanda University but Government of India has not g
approval for his second term, file kept pending. so he has resigned. Although Government ma
have not interfered (only we kept the file pending ).

Sri Lanka planning to sign nuke energy pact with Pakistan. Modi to visit Sri Lanka in mid-Marc

Ever since NATO and USA withdrew from Afghanistan, the civilian toll in terror attacks increas

Coast guard DIG says he had ordered blowing of the Pakistani boat on 31/12/2014 because he
want to serve them biryani. Later retracts his statement.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh says there is >420% per cent jump in tourist arrivals last year, b
the E-visa facility.

After the death of Col. Gadhafi, Libya has become a failed state, with various sects and terrorist ruling
region. Recently, ISIS terrorists Executive 21 Egyptian Christians who had come to Libya in search of w
Egypt has requested UN Security Council for an international intervention in Libya. However later it is
that it will not want an international "military" Intervention in the Middle East region.

Terrorist attack the Copenhagen conference in Denmark and killed jews. Israel Prime Minister has invit
European Jews to migrate to his country. Some reports allege that Danish Security and Intelligence Se
(known as PET) Already knew about the attacks, but did not do anything -perhaps to let the terrorists
jews under Denmark's unofficial 'safety valve' policy.

North Myanmar->Shan State->Kokang region. Here, heavy fighting between the Myanmar army and K
rebels for control of Laukkai township. This is led to large influx of refugees towards China. However C
government has assured that it will not interfere in domestic affairs of Myanmar.

India's High Commissioner in London will outsourcing of key consular services e.g. visa/passport and O
applications. Because they have to process the work 6 lakh applications a year. Outsourcing will help r
delays in operation.

Outcome of Sri Lankan Pres's visit to India: (1) nuclear energy cooperation transfer of both t
and material (2) cooperation in agriculture, food processing, culture (3) participate in Nalanda
Unresolved issues- resettlement of Srilankan Tamils who had fled to Tamilnadu during LTTE-ye
Srilanka seeks indian help in housing projects for Tamil plantation workers in its Central provin

China to give $50 Billion fund for Asian infrastructure investment bank and another $40 billion
Implementation of Silk Road Economic Belt to integrate Asian and European Economies alo
Eurasian corridor.

The U.N. Human Rights Council Was to release a report on Sri Lankan civil war in March 2015
have postponed it to September 2015. Ignored because basics already covered in old article.

During India Pakistan match, All India Radio Twitter account re-tweeted a number of obnoxiou
anti-Pakistan tweets. I&B Ministry ordered an enquiry

1991: India and Israel established formal diplomatic relations. 2015: for the first time, Israeli d
Minister will visit India (during to participate in Aero India 2015 in Bengaluru)

China says its new embassy in Pakistan will be largest Chinese overseas Embassy. This is the evidence
deepest friendship with the failed state known as Pakistan(!)

Pakistan's is on fast track to weaponise spent nuclear fuel using its plutonium reprocessing plant in Ch
Punjab, says new satellite scans.
MEA and Afghan government finally managed to get release of Jesuit priest Fr. Alexis Premkumar Anto
after 8 months of Taliban captivity.

Maldives government arrested ex-President Mohammad Nasheed under anti-terror law for ordering arr
senior judge in 2012 that led to large scale violence. India expressed concern over "manhandling" of e
during arrest.

Union government is adopting a soft approach towards youth radicalized by ISIS-terror outfi
instead of arrest, they're doing counseling with help of family members, and letting them off w
undertaking under Section 108 of the Criminal Procedure Code (security for good behaviour fr
persons disseminating seditious matters).
H1B visa holding professional are eligible to work in USA and later can get "Green card". But their H4
spouses were not eligible. This led to martial discords. But from May 2015, they too will be eligible to
the new US government guidelines.

Given the high profile petroleum ministry corporate espionage case, now union government is plann
audit of all government computers with help of Department of Electronics & Information Technology (D
Although exercise won't be of much help because already more than 3000 government computers we
by foreign spyware and have leaked sensitive information to China, United States, Ukraine, France and
Netherlands.
Subramaniyam Swami wrote letter to CBI asking them to register FIR against Amartya Sen for embezz
Nalanda University funds while he was the chancellor

Pakistan makes stringent norms for mobile phone owners after Peshwar school attack. They'll
finger print records as well, which will be crosschecked with national database. Otherwise, ser
be cut off. perhaps indian Government too should learn lesson.

Jihadi John, the masked ISIL terrorist responsible for beheading orange-prisoner suit journali
been identified. He is Kuwait-born London computer programmer Mohammed Emwazi.

Afghan Government planning "Lapis Lazuili" route to connect with Central Asian and European econom

2008: NIA setup through an act, with its own special court. To combat terror finance and naxal finance
separate cell called " Terror Funding and Fake Currency Cell (TFFC)". It has been monitering suspect ba
accounts but no links to naxal found yet

Foreign Secretary, S. Jaishankar begins with "SAARC nation" yatra as part of "silent backchan
diplomacy"

Next summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be held in Basharkostan, Russia
push for India's full membership in this body. SCO was setup in 2001, as a counter to NATO.

Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention law requires US governmen
action against any country that doesn't facilitate returning of abducted American children. Ea
Indian-American couple divorced but husband ran away with twins in 2008. Indian courts not
their return, now US congress forcing Obama to take action against India. But India countersparty to 1983 Hague convention on International child abduction.

China backs a trilateral partnership with India and Sri Lanka to establish a Maritime Silk Road (MSR) an
the rise of Eurasia.
ISIS begins kidnapping Assyrian Christians in Syria, others begin to flee.
Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar's SAARC yatra continues.

Ex-Nepal PM and present maoist opposition leader Baburam Bhattarai visits India, says India has a ro
in the constitution-making conflict in Nepal, & peaceful Nepal is in Indias interest. Earlier Modi had s
Nepalese Constitution should be based on consensus rather majority. But at that time, he was criticize
interfering in Nepali affairs.
Iraqi forces launch attack to capture Tikrit from ISIS.
UN human rights commission vs. Sri Lanka. Basics already covered in old article.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes US-Iran deal because he fears it'll allow Iran to de
weapons. How does it affect Indian interst?

United States will deploy 60% of its Navy to Asia-Pacific region by 2020, under the Pivot to A
Knife attacker slashes the face of U.S. envoy to South Korea Mark Lippert. This attacker want

American Hindu diaspora angry because New York mayor declared Eid as school holiday but no holida

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used her personal email account for doing official work. This
against public record / transparency laws in USA. Although she has submitted ~55,000 pages of email
from that private id to the Government but opposition argues she has not given all data. This could b
disturbing point for her presidential candidacy.

China is funding a $1.3 billion port project in Colombo. But suddenly, Sri Lankan government has susp
project for environment clearance. Chinese government has told Sri Lanka not to "discriminate agains
company (vs. Indian companies)

Biochemistry professor at Germany's Leipzig University, refused to accept an Indian student f

Nigeria's Boko Haram group pledges allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group leader Abu Bak

This year, China and Russia will commemorate the 70th anniversary of WW2-victory and sim

Modi's three-nation tour to the Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka for "Indian Ocean outreach" and be
security provider' in Indian ocean, to counter Chinese presence. SAGAR concept Security and Growt
the Region.

Modi2Mauritius trip: (1) opening up the ocean economy, or blue economy. (2) India will bu

Modi2Seychelles Trip (1) 1% of 93,000 junta is India, only 15/116 islands are inh

Maldives Ex-President Mohd. Nasheed arrested Under antiterrorism law, because in 2012, He tried to a
senior judge Using military without authority. Final verdict- he's given 13 years jail.

J&K has a separate preventive detention law called "Public Safety Act (PSA)". Under this act, D

 doctrine. To counter them, China has raised its defense budget by 10%. Main focus: Submarines and
the North and South Koreas united.

nternship saying "we're hearing a lot of about rape problem in India and we have many female studen

-Baghdadi

aneously Russia will join as "core partner" to China's twin initiatives the Silk Road Economic Belt and

transport infrastructure (sea and air links) for the Agalega Islands (3) India gave coastal petrol vessel

ited, but has very large EEZ (2) India gave second Dornier aircraft for their coastal surve

uty Commissioner (district collector) can get any person into preventive custody for up to 2 years with

oy to India Michael Steiner wrote in his strongly-worded letter to the said professor- "India is not a cou

ntegrate European and Asian economies with China as the "anchor".

sugarcane cultivation and tourism promotion. (5) develop financial centres and petroleum hubs (6) Ind

ion for hydrography, infra and other fancy things. (4) Seychelles is a leader among the

der Masarat Alam was imprisoned under this act for a long time. He was mastermind of the stone pelti

sor- "India is not a country of Rapists."

petroleum hubs (6) Indira called Mauritius "Chhota Bharat" during her visit in 70s because 70% junta i

leader among the Small Island Developing States (SIDS), vocal member against climat

mind of the stone pelting mobs in Kashmir. Version #1: new CM MM Sayeed ordered release of such "p

0s because 70% junta is India. Mauritius celebrates its National Day on March 12 to pay homage to Gan

mber against climate change and part of Pan-African e-Network of hospitals

ered release of such "political prisoners" because no criminal charges framed so far. Version #2: His re

2 to pay homage to Gandhi's dandi march on same day in 1915. (6) Modi will address the issue of DTAA

o far. Version #2: His release file was already okayed by Union Home ministry during President's rule. E

dress the issue of DTAA, round tripping and tax avoidance by Indian companies who deliberately regist

uring President's rule. Either way, now union is contemplating to arrest him again under NIA act.

who deliberately register in Mauritius and then invest in India, to avoid taxes.

n under NIA act.

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