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✌commit and deliver 100% - No compromise here
stick to minimum resources and revise it again and again
- have "The Right Guru" to sail you through this journey - Good luck for all those who think they can do it by themselves.
- leave all ego issues: whether to join coaching or not
- control extreme thoughts
- stay calm, composed and relaxed all time! - It's a pretty long journey
- don't listen to too many people - they will spoil
- take one week time and decide the optional - once your decided there should be no turning back: whatsoever it be
- read the news paper or watch the news to stay abreast of all the recent developments.
- Preparing for UPSC completely using online is a complete hoax, Online is always like a complimentary thing in your preparation. Please engage with your guru's or your guide face to face. Don't waste your money buying some online program

That's it

If you do follow the above steps 100% you will definitely clear this exam! Even if it is 99.9 percent you won't clear it!

 So to know how your doing 100% is through tests and evaluations. Every-time you write prelims test series or mains answers - make sure your improving for every single test or answer!

Rules are simple - we should leave all our ego's and give it the respect this exam deserves.

RBI Introduces 200 Denomination Banknote

The Reserve Bank of India will issue on August 25, 2017 ₹ 200 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank of India from select RBI offices, and some banks. The new denomination has Motif of Sanchi Stupa on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage. The base colour of the note is Bright Yellow. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse.

Courtesy -RBI

The image and salient features of Rs.200 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series are as under:


Obverse (Front)

1. See through register with denominational numeral 200

2. Latent image with denominational numeral 200

3. Denominational numeral २०० in Devnagari

4. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre

5. Micro letters ‘RBI’, ‘भारत’, ‘India’ and ‘200’

6. Windowed security thread with inscriptions ‘भारत’ and RBI with colour shift. Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted

7. Guarantee Clause, Governor’s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right of Mahatma Gandhi portrait

8. Denominational numeral with Rupee Symbol, ₹ 200 in colour changing ink (green to blue) on bottom right

9. Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right

10. Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (200) watermarks

11. Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side

12. For visually impaired
Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, raised Identification mark H with micro-text ₹ 200, four angular bleed lines with two circles in between the lines both on the right and left sides

Reverse (Back)

13. Year of printing of the note on the left

14. Swachh Bharat logo with slogan

15. Language panel

16. Motif of Sanchi Stupa

17. Denominational numeral २०० in Devnagari

Dimension

18. Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 146 mm

Supreme Court's judgment on Right to Privacy

In a landmark decision that will affect the lives of all Indians, the Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously declared that individual privacy is a "guaranteed fundamental right".

◆The verdict by a nine-judge Constitution bench could now test the validity of Aadhaar, the controversial biometric identification project the government has been pushing but critics have opposed as intrusive. (LIVE updates)

◆The judgment may also have a bearing on broader civil rights as well as a law criminalising homosexuality. A ban imposed on the consumption of beef in many states and alcohol in some could also come up for review.

◆Issuing the ruling, the bench said right to privacy was at par with right to life and liberty, and that the verdict will protect citizens' personal freedom from intrusions by the state.

◆The bench, headed by chief justice JS Khehar, comprises justices J Chelameswar, SA Bobde, RK Agrawal, RF Nariman, AM Sapre, DY Chandrachud, SK Kaul and S Abdul Nazeer.

★Key conclusions from the judgment:

1. Life and personal liberty are inalienable rights. These are rights which are inseparable from a dignified human existence. The dignity of the individual, equality between human beings and the quest for liberty are the foundational pillars of the Indian Constitution;

2. Judicial recognition of the existence of a constitutional right of privacy is not an exercise in the nature of amending the Constitution nor is the Court embarking on a constitutional function of that nature which is entrusted to Parliament;

3. Privacy includes at its core the preservation of personal intimacies, the sanctity of family life, marriage, procreation, the home and sexual orientation. Privacy also connotes a right to be left alone.

4. Personal choices governing a way of life are intrinsic to privacy.

5. ...privacy is not lost or surrendered merely because the individual is in a public place. Privacy attaches to the person since it is an essential facet of the dignity of the human being;

6. Technological change has given rise to concerns which were not present seven decades ago and the rapid growth of technology may render obsolescent many notions of the present. Hence the interpretation of the Constitution must be resilient and flexible to allow future generations to adapt its content bearing in mind its basic or essential features;

7. Like other rights which form part of the fundamental freedoms protected by Part III, including the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21, privacy is not an absolute right. A law which encroaches upon privacy will have to withstand the touchstone of permissible restrictions on fundamental rights.

8. Privacy has both positive and negative content. The negative content restrains the state from committing an intrusion upon the life and personal liberty of a citizen. Its positive content imposes an obligation on the state to take all necessary measures to protect the privacy of the individual.

9. The right of privacy is a fundamental right. It is a right which protects the inner sphere of the individual from interference from both State, and non-State actors and allows the individuals to make autonomous life choices.

10.The privacy of the home must protect the family, marriage, procreation and sexual orientation which are all important aspects of dignity.

11.In a country like ours which prides itself on its diversity, privacy is one of the most important rights to be protected both against State and non-State actors and be recognized as a fundamental right.

12.Right of privacy cannot be denied, even if there is a miniscule fraction of the population which is affected. The majoritarian concept does not apply to Constitutional rights...

13.Let the right of privacy, an inherent right, be unequivocally a fundamental right embedded in part-III of the Constitution of India, but subject to the restrictions specified, relatable to that part. This is the call of today. The old order changeth yielding place to new.

New Cadre Policy For IAS, IPS Officers

A new policy for cadre allocation has been finalized by the Central government for IAS, IPS and other officers, aimed at ensuring "national integration" in the country's top bureaucracy.

CADRE for All India Services 

Officers of all-India services -- the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS) -- will have to choose cadres from a set of zones instead of states.

The officers of the three services are currently allocated a cadre state or a set of states to work in.

They may be posted on central deputation during the course of their service after fulfilling certain eligibility conditions.

The existing 26 cadres have been divided into five zones in the new policy proposed by the personnel ministry.

Zone-I has seven cadres -- AGMUT (also known as Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories), Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana.

Zone-II consists of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha, while Zone-III comprises Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam-Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura and Nagaland will constitute Zone-IV, while Zone-V will have Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

The new policy will seek to ensure that officers from Bihar, for instance, will get to work in southern and north-eastern states, which may not be their preferred cadres, a personnel ministry official said.

"This policy will ensure national integration of the bureaucracy as officers will get a chance to work in a state which is not their place of domicile," the official said.

He said the new policy would help in upholding the rationale behind the all-India services.

"All-India service officers are supposed to have varied experiences which can be earned when they work in a different state, which is new to them. The officers may not be able to experiment new things if they work in their own domicile state," the official said.

Under the new policy, candidates appearing for the civil services examination-- conducted annually by the Union Public Service Commission -- will have to first give their choices in a descending order of preference from among the various zones.

"Thereafter the candidates will indicate cadres in order of preference from each zone," it said. A candidate can list all 26 cadres, following this process.

The preference for the zones will remain in the same order and no change will be permitted there, the policy said.

"If a candidate does not give any preference for any of the zones/cadres, it will be presumed that he has no specific preference for those zones/cadres," it said.

If candidates are not allocated any one of the cadres for which they have indicated a preference, they shall be allotted along with other candidates any of the remaining cadres, arranged in an alphabetical order, where there are vacancies, the policy said.

Candidates will be allotted their home cadre on the basis of merit, preference and vacancy in the category, it said. The official said while the policy had been finalized, it had not been decided when it would be put into effect.

OBC Creamy Layers

Creamy Layers(OBC's) annual income has been increased from 6 lakh rupees to 8 lakh rupees.

மத்திய அரசு தேர்வுகளில் OBC(Other Backward Classes) என்பது இரண்டு வகை creamy layer,non-creamy layer இதில் OBC க்கான  சலுகை non-creamy layer வகுப்பை சார்ந்தவர்க்கு மட்டுமே உண்டு '
அதாவது பெற்றோரின் ஆண்டு வருமானத்தை பொறுத்து அமையும், பெற்றோரின் ஆண்டு வருமானம் 8 லட்சத்திற்கு மேல் இருந்தால் creamy layer வகுப்பில் வருவர் அவர்களுக்கு எந்த சலுகையும் கிடையாது ..அதாவது அவர்கள் பொது பிரிவில் (general category) வந்து விடுவர்.. பெற்றோரின் ஆண்டு வருமானம்   8 லட்சத்திற்கு குறைவாக இருந்தால் non-creamy layer பிரிவில் வருவர் .இவர்களுக்கு மட்டுமே  OBC சலுகை கிடைக்கும்

இதில் UPSC நடத்தும் IAS, IPS, IFS.. போன்ற பதவிக்கான சிவில் சர்வீஸ் தேர்வினை  non-creamy layer மட்டுமே 9 முறை 35 வயது வரை எழுதலாம்
அதுவே  creamy layer யாக இருந்தால்,அதாவது  பெற்றோரின்  ஆண்டு வருமானம்  8 லட்சத்திற்கு மேல் இருந்தால் 6 முறை 32 வயது வரை மட்டுமே தேர்வு எழுத முடியும்

முன்பு பெற்றோரின் ஆண்டு வருமானம்  6 லட்சம் என்பதை 8 லட்சமாக  உயர்த்தி உள்ளார்கள்.

SSC Exmanaion and Syllabus

Staff Selection Commission - Combined Graduate Level Examination, often referred to as SSC CGL is an examination conducted to recruit staff to various posts in ministries, departments and organisations of the Government of India. It is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for selecting staff for various Group B and Group C posts.

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Reports and Committees

Committees in India

List of Important Committees in India and their Area

Butler Committee	Relation between Indian states & paramount power
Hurtog Committee	Growth of British India education -its effects
Muddiman Committee	Working of Diarchy as in Montague Chelmsford reforms
Malhotra Committee	Insurance Reforms
Janaki Ram Committee	Security Scam
Ajay Vikram Singh Committee	Faster promotions in Army
Rajinder Sachar Committee 1	Companies and MRPT Act
Rajindar Sachar Committee 2	Report on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslims of India.
Jyoti Basu Committee	Report on Octroi abolition.
Balwant Rai Mehta Committee	Recommendations on decentralization system
Sawant Committee	Enquiry on corruption, charges against ministers & Anna Hazare
Chelliah Committee	Eradicating black money
Wanchoo Committee	Tax enquiry
Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee	Agriculture
Agarwal Committee	Nepotism in granting petrol pump, LPG connections
Rangarajan Committee	Reforms in private sector
Naresh Chandra Committee	Corporate governance
Chakravarti Committee	Banking sector reforms
Rekhi Committee	Structure of indirect taxation
G.V.Ramakrishna Committee	Disinvestment in PSU shares
Kelkar Committee 1	First committee on backward castes
P.C.Hotha Committee	Restructuring of civil services
Justice B.N.Kirpal Committee	1st chairman National Forest Commission
Godbole Committee	Enron Power Project
J.C.Kumarappa Committee	Congress agrarian Reforms Committee
Swaminathan Committee	Population policy
Rangaraju Committee	Statistics
Wardha Committee	Inquiry on murder of Graham Staines
Vohra Committee	Criminalization of politics
Kelkar Committee 2	Direct - Indirect Taxes
Alagh Committee	Civil Service Examinations
Abid Hussain Committee	Recommendations on Small scale industries
Narasimham Committee	Banking sector reforms
Chelliah Committee	Tax reforms
Mashelkar Committee	National Auto Fuel Policy
Boothalingam Committee	Recommendations on integrated wages, income and price policy.
Omkar Goswami Committee	Industrial sickness
Yashpal Committee	Review of School Education system
Ram Nandan Prasad Committee	Constitution of creamy layers among Backward Castes.
Kelkar Committee 3	Enquiry on Kargil defense deals.
Saharya Committee	Tehelka tapes

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EASY HISTORY - SHORTCUTS

List of Mobile Operating Systems

Mobile Phone OS

Blackberry OS==>Released by RIM (Research In Motion) in 1999 for its Blackberry Smartphones.==>BlackBerry 10
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Apple iOS==>iOS was released in 2007 by AppleiOS 10
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Android OS==>Released by Google in 2008==>7.1.2 “Nougat”‎
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Windows OS==>Released by Microsoft==>Windows 10
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Sailfish OS==>Developed by Jolla==>2.1.0.11 (Iijoki)
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Tizen==>Released in 2012==>3.0
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Symbian OS==>Developed by Nokia in 2000 and discontinued in 2013,First modern mobile OS on a smartphone==>Discontinued
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Motion eXperience Interface (MXI) OS==>Developed by Wireless solutions company RADIXS in 2014,World’s first universal mobile operating system.==>Discontinued
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Bada==>Developed by Samsung Electronics==>Discontinued
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Palm OS (Garnet OS)==>developed by Palm in 1996 especially for Personal Digital Assistance (PDA).==>Discontinued
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Open Web OS==>developed by Palm but after some years it became the property of Hewlett Packard==>Discontinued
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MeeGo==>Released in 2010. A mobile operating system that combined Moblin and Maemo OS==>Discontinued
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Firefox OS==>Released in 2013 by Mozilla==>Discontinued
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Ubuntu Touch==>Released in 2011. Mobile version of the Ubuntu operating system==>Discontinued recently on 5 April 2017

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New President of India

Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India

President of India

Succeeding Pranab Mukherjee, Kovind-  the second Dalit after KR Narayanan- will be sworn in as the 14th president of India on July 25.

BJP-led NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind registered an emphatic win over his rival and Opposition candidate Meira Kumar. Succeeding Pranab Mukherjee, Kovind will be sworn in as the 14th president of India on July 25.

Kovind will be the seventh youngest person to be anointed to the coveted post. He is also the second Dalit after KR Narayanan to adorn the coveted post. He is the first President from Uttar Pradesh.

On June 19, BJP's Parliamentary Board decided to field Kovind as NDA's presidential candidate. He was Bihar governor then. Subsequently, Kovind resigned as governor to contest the presidential election which was held on July 17.

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RAM NATH KOVIND

Born on October 1, 1945 in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur Dehat, Ram Nath Kovind was a lawyer by profession. He practised as an advocate for the Central Government at Delhi High Court from 1977 to 1979. He was a permanent advocate for the Centre at the Supreme Court between 1980 and 1993.

The BJP-led Centre had appointed Ram Nath Kovind, 76, as Bihar Governor in August 2015 with a view to wooing the Dalits in the state Assembly elections held in December that year.

Ram Nath Kovind was a Rajya Sabha member between 1994 and 2006 from Uttar Pradesh. As Rajya Sabha MP, he visited Thailand, Nepal, Germany, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, Pakistan and United States of America on study tours.

Kovind was member of the Parliamentary Committees for SC/ST welfare, home ministry, petroleum and natural gas, social justice and rights, and law and justice. He was also the chairman of Rajya Sabha housing committee.

Ram Nath Kovind was a member of management board for Dr BR Ambedkar University, Lucknow and Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.

Kovind represented India at United Nations in New York and addressed the General Assembly in October 2002.

Ram Nath Kovind was the BJP's SC cell president from 1998 to 2002. He was also BJP's national spokesperson.

Ram Nath Kovind was also the member of BJP's National Executive Committee as a permanent invitee.

THE JOURNEY

Born in Paraunkh village of Derapur tehsil in Kanpur rural, Uttar Pradesh, Kovind is the youngest among three brothers. He completed his primary and pre-middle school education from Khanpur in Sandalpur block. He passed intermediate examination from Kanpur and bachelors in Commerce from DAV College. He became a law graduate from DAV Law College, Kanpur.

Thereafter, Kovind moved to the national capital to prepare for Civil Services examination. He cleared the coveted exams in his third attempt. However, he turned out the job offer as he was selected in the Allied Services.

Ram Nath Kovind started his career as a lawyer in the Supreme Court. After the formation of Janata Party government in 1977, he became private secretary to the then prime minister Morarji Desai. He also worked as a junior counselor for the Janata Party government in the Supreme Court. He subsequently came in contact of the BJP leaders.

BJP fielded him as a Lok Sabha candidate from Ghatampur in UP in 1990. However, he lost the election.

In 2007, BJP gave him a ticket for UP Assembly election from Bhognipur constituency. However, he lost that election too.

Thank you for reading.

Jai Hind.

Entomological surveillance in india

Entomological surveillance:

Effective malaria vector control is reliant on knowledge of local vector species and their susceptibility to insecticides, as well as on vector and human behaviours that may allow mosquitoes to avoid contact with interventions and thereby maintain residual transmission.

Five-year roadmap towards eliminating malaria — zone by zone, year by year

National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination (2017-22) lays down a blueprint of action to tackle the problem, working in parcels and identifying annual targets for each

What is this plan to eradicate malaria?
The NSP divides the country into four categories, from 0 to 3. Zero, the first category, has 75 districts that have not reported any case of malaria for the last three years. Category 1 has 448 districts, in which the annual parasite incidence (API, or the number of positive slides for the parasite in a year) is less than one per 1,000 population. In Category 2, which has 48 districts, the API is one and above, but less than two per 1,000 population. Category 3 has 107 districts, reporting an API of two and above per 1,000 population.

The plan is to eliminate malaria (zero indigenous cases) by 2022 in all Category 1 and 2 districts. The remaining districts are to be brought under a pre-elimination and elimination programme. The NSP also aims to maintain a malaria-free status for areas where transmission has been interrupted. It seeks to achieve universal case detection and treatment services in endemic districts to ensure 100% diagnosis of all suspected cases, and full treatment of all confirmed cases.

Same Names Different Roles

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✔Mukesh Sharma:- MD/CEO Nainital Bank
✔Shikha Sharma:-  MD/CEO Axis Bank
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✔Sunil Arora:- IICA DG
✔Sanjiv Arora:- Ambassador India-Lebanon
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✔Jatinderbin Singh:- MD/CEO Punjab & Sind
✔Govind Singh:- MD/CEO Utkarsh SF Bank
✔AP Singh:- MD/CEO IPPB
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✔Mahesh Kumar Jain:- MD/CEO IDBI Bank
✔Mukesh Kumar Jain:- MD/CEO OBC Bank
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✔Sanjiv Kohli:- HighCommissioner India-Niue
✔Sanjiv Arora:- Ambassador India-Lebanon
✔Sanjiv Singh:- Chairman of Indian oil
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✔Pinrayi Vijayan:- CM of Kerala
✔T.S Vijayan:- IRDA Chairman
✔Vijay Rupani:- CM of Gujarat

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Asia is the World's largest continent - 43,810,582 km². covering approximately 30% of the Earth's land and 8.66% of the Earth's surface.
It is bordered by the Ural Mountains to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Indian Ocean to the south.
The highest point in the World, is Mount Everest (8,848 m), situated in the Tibetan region of the Himalayas.
The longest river in Asia and third longest in the World is the Yangtze (6,211 km) which flows through China.

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ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA

Article 52 states that there shall be a President of India. The executive powers of the Union shall be vested in the President. He, as the head of a state, symbolises the nation. In some democratic systems, the head of the state is also the head of the government and, therefore, he will also be the head of the political executive. The US Presidency represents this form. In Britain, the monarch is the symbolic head, representing the British nation. The powers of the Government are vested in the political office of the Prime Minister. In Indian Parliamentary democracy we have adopted the latter form. The President of India is the first citizen and represents the Indian nation and does not, therefore, belong to any particular political party. He is elected by the representatives of the people through an Electoral College.

Article 54 of the constitution says:

"The President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of -

(a) The elected members of both Houses of Parliament and

(b) The elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States (including National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Pondicherry vide the Constitution 70th amendment Act, 1992)."

Thus in the election of the President the citizens play no direct part and he is elected indirectly by the representatives or the people, like the American President but no special electoral college is elected, as in the case of America. Another point of difference that may be noted is that the election of the President of India is by the system of proportional representation, by the single transferable vote, as provided by Article 55(3) of the Constitution, while the American President is elected by the straight vote system.

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We at Karpathu IAS want each and everyone from our community to go to Mussoorie and that makes us anxious in the same way as our fellow dailians.

Now coming to tomorrow’s prelims.

Respect the privilege that you’ve got to compete the best minds in country and also the fact that you’re now one amongst them.

Take it easy.

Everything will not always go accordingly as planned.

You will not always have the answer or a firm explanation of why that happened. Just go with flow so you can grow.

Understand that this is a journey. The journey will unfold to you many things.

One step, one thought, one day and one victory at a time.

Noticed we didn’t say failure there. No one expects failure. It just can happen. So don’t be so hard on yourself. Keep on steppin!



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I am reminded of a conversation between the oak tree and the reef. During a storm the oak tree was uprooted from the high winds and was washed down the river only to find reefs safe and still in their place. It wondered how it could be uprooted when it was so big and strong. The tree also questioned why the reefs were still in their place respectfully rooted. One of the reefs said, “its simple”. You fought against the storm and we bent with it. We knew how to be flexible.

So take it easy Champion. Go with the flow of a challenge so that you can learn and grow. The storm or challenge will make you stronger. Stay in it to win it. Believe the Champion in You!



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Revise these topics of current affairs prelims 2017. 

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International issues
G4 countries- support each other bid for UNSC,G7; G20.SAARC, BIMSTEC, ASEAN, RECP (Regional economic comprehensive partnership) India is a member, Heart of Asia conference, Indus water treaty, permanent court of arbitration, akashvani maître, salma dam n highest civilian award of Afghanistan, Chahabar port, H1B1 visa, NAM, BRICS, Jaipur declaration, Indian ocean rim association, international org for migration; new York deceleration, BBIN, Shanghai corporation org, UNCITRAL, brexit( Lisbon treaty n all), TPP, ASEM (ulanbatar deceleration), Raisina dialogue; Shangri-la-dialogue, kafala system, RIMPAC , international energy agency
Ecology and environment
UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC), Kigali agreement, Montreal protocol (warming potential of all gases n all HFCs), Morocco COP 22, Kyoto protocol, Paris deal, International solar alliance
Global environmental facility, annex 1 n 2 countries, convention on biological diversity
Cartagena protocol, Nagoya protocol, UN convention to combat desertification, Bharat stages
.earth summit n related goals sustainable development, -majuli (1st carbon neutral district), 1st green corridor, air quality index; SAFAR, fly ash utilization policy, Stockholm convention, Asian water bird census
- Kashmir red stag; olive ridley ,deer antlers ;great Indian bustard; hornbill : balsams plant ; gangetic dolphins; seemai karuvelam tree, hangul ;kendrapada sheep;pashmina goat;nilambur teak(GI), wildlife crime control bureau, (Operation Thunderbird), WIFAX(winter fog experiment), GM crop, earth hour, habitat III convention,world largest Marine park, 1st halophyte garden in Tamilnadu, national biodiversity congress, carbfix project
Economy
GST bill ( all money n financial bill provisions) , GST council, revenue neutral rate , constitutional(101) amendment bill provision, NABARD_ EXIM _SIDBI_ all apex developmental banks of India, Post Payment banks, IMF n WB groups... WTO (trade facilitation agreement), subsidies issues, key terms like "buy local" regarding solar energy ; "agreement on agriculture"; etc, India's INDC (intended national determined contributions, national action plan for climate change, sagarmala project... Sagar project ...ports of India ...13th new port in Tamilnadu, Masala bonds, green bonds n green banks, National investment n infra fund (NIIF), UPI (unified payment interface) and UBI(universal basic income), diamond quadrilateral and triangle, public debt management cell, NPA ,boarder haats, digishala; digilocker etc, google tax/ equalisation levy, wpi; CPI; IIP, base erosion profit shifting... Tax avoidance , duties like countervailing ; anti dumping; safeguard duty n all, market economy status , monitory policy committee , financial stability n development council, Antrix corporation, National payment corporation of India, central water commission, algorithmic trading, mission 41k, SEZ, Bharat QR code
Science and Technology
All missile export control regimes (4),India is member of only 1 - MTCR(missile technology control regime), G7 formed ...( India since June 2016), Hague code of conduct -for missile proliferation, Asian infrastructure investment bank, national development bank, unique identification authority of India (given statutory status), Antarctic circumpolar expedition , THOR experiment
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Important commissions of India .
National commission for -SC –ST, women ,minority, ESB class(new) etc, imp statutory bodies of India in news, NGT, National ganga river basin authority (PM head) being replaced by National ganga council, National board for wildlife(imp due to ken-betwa link issue), National disaster management authority, Bureau of energy efficiency, press council of India, competition council of India, inland waterway authority of India, EPFO n pension fund regulatory authority of India, Telecommunication regulatory authority of India (TRAI), central electricity authority, SEBI, zonal councils, inter-state councils, animal welfare board of India (jallilkatu issue) National Tiger conservation authority (project Tiger), national human right commission, Insolvency n bankruptcy board of India, NALSA( national legal service authority), airport authority of India, national pharmaceutical pricing authority, Central Board of direct taxes... Board for excise n custom, central silk board
Important schemes in news
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Milk Adulteration in Tamilnadu

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