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Tuesday, December 07, 2010

UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun: 29/11/10 to 10/12/10



Climate Change Conference, the 16 session of COP 16 held at Cancun Mexico.

Refer to Kyoto Protocol and Copenhagen Accord also.

Refer to the following two links:

UNCCCC

Wikipedia


Saturday, December 04, 2010

What is a dhow?



A dhow is a traditional Arab sailing vessel. For detail check Wikipedia.

France and India in 2010



The President of France is in India. The Economic Times gives a report on his press conference in Bangalore. It reads a note on the relation between India and France.

Remember, three main leaders, namely The President of USA, The President of France and Premier of China (next to come) main visitors to India. Hence, the relations with three countries will form important issues during the interview. Similarly, it will definitely acquire place in May 2011.

Make note of these three countries. They are the probable issues for the Civil Services till May 2011.


Wednesday, December 01, 2010

AIR for civil services preparation



Many successful candidates have recommended using all India Radio as a source of locating the topics for the Civil Services and also getting updates on daily basis at your own leisure. If you are in job and preparing for Civil Services, then AIR radio becomes a very handy tool to remain updated at your own choosing. This you can access, listen and use on internet.

Visit  www.newsonair.com

Locate the news items in audio files spread over the whole website and its pages. The files are easily downloaded in a short duration. Do not need any special audio player or device to replay them. The Windows Media Player gives good out put.

One of the most recommended page on the site is News Feature sheet.


Security Concerns of India: Home Ministry Perception



The hitched report is based on the press conference given the Home Minister P. Chidambaram. The report contains the issues on which the Home Ministry is working. This report is valid for 2011 prelims as well as the interview in 2011.



Hitched Report: Chidambaram Press Conference Report by The Hindu


A P Singh, IPS, New CBI Chief



A P Singh IPS of Jharkhan Cadre will be the new CBI Chief. The earlier chief was Ashwani Kumar IPS of Himanchal Pardesh Cadre. Consult the appended report


Hitched Report
AP Singh CBI Chief


Corruption in Administration: Solutions and Ways



How can the increasing corruption in the government offices be curbed?

What role can the elected legislators and Executive perform?

Such questions are generally asked in the interview and expect some original ideas and ability to do coherent thinking. The Bihar government is going to come up with a legislation on the accountability of the bureaucracy. It is definitely going to become the issue of debate for a long time. All the issues of corruption which are in news will never be asked directly in written question papers. They can be asked in the interview. Therefore, the aspirants must develop a mature and balanced answer to such queries.

Make a note of the Report " Nitish Kumar's move to curb corruption, red-tapism".

Permanent Commission to Women in Armed Forces



The women will get permanent commission in armed forces. Consult the report here.

Liquidity Crunch: A theoretical perspective



The RBI is the monetary monitor in the country. The policies adopted by it has earned it appreciation through out the world.

Economic policies and foreign relations are two major topics which have emerged as major topics for General Studies Main paper. These two issues are highly specialized topics which all the aspirants are not expected to understand in their true dimensions. However, questions are there. They are to be prepared. The Economic Times and Business Standard are two such papers which regularly publish notes on the theoretical aspects on Economic policy issues. You do not have to have deeper knowledge of economics. The write ups are such that they could be understood by any intelligent educated person regardless of his or her academic background. The given report titled Liquidity Crunch: A tool to Transmit Monetary Policy is a note with such a content. There are many more issues taken up in the article like repo rate and reverse repo rate which are important topics which can be asked in the paper are also taken up. Kindly make note of that.


General Information


UPSC has taken initiative to display Last Year Question Papers of CS, CDS, NDA, CMS, Engineering Service on its site. Check them out at www.upsc.gov.in. The files are PDF.


go to www.upsc.gov.in and check what is new.




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