UPSC notification PDF download SBI PO Written exam call-letter/hallticket download Uttar Pradesh PSC uploaded cutoff and prelim marks Vacancies have increased Where to apply? RE-apply: PEACE OF MIND? How much fees? Failed payment? Age Attempt relaxation Age DOUBTs? Attempt [...]
D1: India's No First Use (NFU) Police for Nuke weapons D2: Pakistan: Conditional NPT signature D1: No First USE policy for nuke weapons Topic is in news because BJP Manifesto called for updating the NFU policy. Q1. Discuss in [...]
ICJ: Structure Functions Marshal Islands case against India @ICJ Marshall Island's Arguments: What next for nuclear states? ICJ Structure Functions Mock Q. Write a note on the structure and functions of ICJ. Why has Marshall Islands filled a case [...]
Jhum cultivation: pros and cons Favor of Jhum cultivation Against Jhum cultivation Agri. Ministry: Rabi crop reforms Neera Sap New hybrids: Tea and Banana Jhum cultivation: pros and cons of course we all know what is Jhuming but topic [...]
What is Special 301 report? Priority List countries for 2014’s Report Why India in Priority watch list of Special 301 report? #1: Movie piracy #2: Internet piracy #3: Ever Greening: Novartis Judgement #4: Compulsory license: Nexvar Judgement #5: Drug [...]
Vulture restaurant More birds: Short eared Owl & Houbura Bustard Mangar forest NCZ Rainbow warrior 3 Vulture restaurant Vulture is a scavenger bird that feeds on dead carcasses But farmers use diclofenac drug for cattle,which is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory [...]
Jackfruit =Food security in Climate change Mattu gulla & Vengeri brinjals States with Highest # of GI tags Brinjal / Eggplant Factoids: Jackfruit =Food security in Climate change Why in news? Earlier IPCC and World bank warned that climate [...]
Copy pasting UPSC's official pressnote uploaded on their official website today (May-23-2014) There are no other changes in the format and syllabi of papers contained in the Civil Services Examination. except one- that Government has decided to allow two additional [...]
Supreme Court guidelines on Sting Operation Timeline/Sequence of Events SC observation on Sting-Ops Law commission Observations Supreme Court guidelines on Sting Operation This topic should come as handy fodder points in GS-4 Ethics paper case studies related to Sting [...]
Prologue E1: [WTO SPS Agreement] EU Ban on Indian Mangoes Mango Ban: Timeline / Sequence of Events India's stand on EU Mango Ban Anti-Arguments Preventive measures against Fruit Fly Sample question for Mains E2: [Banking] HDFC Bank vs FIPB: [...]
Prologue Royalties: Drain of wealth #1: Quantitative restriction on royalties #2: Tax on Royalties paid Royalties: TDS (Tax deduction at source) What Happened in Nokia Royalty case? Timeline: Nokia Royalty Case Nokia’s excuses Nokia’s current legal-strategy UNCITRAL / Nokia [...]
As such an old topic but came in news against because Mamata's election rallies in India & Protests in Bangladesh. Geography of Teesta River Teesta originates from Kangse Glacier, Charamu Lake in Sikkim, most of its catchment area lies [...]
Events leading to Bengal Pact Bengal Pact: Features Why Bengal Pact failed? Events leading to Bengal Pact Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, then CM of Bengal supported the "Two nation" theory and Pakistan. But He feared India will get Bengal's industrialized [...]