THEHINDU editorial through QUESTIONS

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Indian criminal justice system suffer from many problems, which was also recently highlighted by the Ryan International School student murder case. Discuss various problem associated with criminal justice system. Also discuss ways to improve the situation.

Q-2

"Oil economy runs the politics of West Asia". Discuss in the background of reform in Saudi Arabia

Q-3

Indian Forest Policy has envisaged 33% green coverage in the country. Discuss various steps taken in this regard. What further steps need to be taken to achieve the objective?.

Q-4

"Recapitalisation of bank is the part of the banking reform needed not the only reform required". Discuss

Q-5

There are various rules relates to school education but not much is used in practice. What are the ways to increase accountability of school education?.

Q-6.

Discuss significance of poultry sector in Indian economy and its potential for India. Also highlight law Commission recommendations on preventing cruelty to poultry.

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PIB and THEHINDU facts for PRELIMS-09/11/17

1.Right to privacy as Fundamental Right---under Justice K S Puttaswamy vs UOI case.

2.UN decade of action on nutrition--2016-2025.

3.National Institutional Ranking Framework----a comprehensive official ranking of higher educational institutions, be the university, engineering colleges or business schools

Parameter-

-1-teaching, learning and resources

-2-research and professional practice

-3-graduation outcome

-4;outreach and inclusivity

-5-perception

4.Organic World Congress---in Greater Noida

---Part of once every three year exercise organised by International Federation of Organic Farming Movement(IFOFM)

5.Chennai is being added under UNESCO creative city network for its rich musical tradition.

6.Paradip Refinery---Odisha 

7.Island in Andaman AMD Nicobar---Smith,Ross,Long, Avis

8.Island in lakshdweep--Minicoy, Bangaram, Thinnakara, Cheriyam, Suheli

9.Atal Innovation Mission----under NITI Ayog

10.Technology and Innovation Support Centre---

---by World Intellectual Property Organisation(WIPO)

--provide--innovator in developing countries with locally based high quality technology information and service and tp create, protect and maintain their IPR

11.Island Development Agency(IDA)----

--by NITI Ayog

--for development and implementation of sustainable development to build thriving economy on Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshdweep

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1.Delhi is the pollution capital of the world. Also India's rank in Global Health Index is very poor. Is there a correlation between these two?. Identify and discuss the uunderlying problem related to both.

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PIB and THEHINDU facts for PRELIMS-08/11/17

1.GATT's ---Most Favouree Nation provision---

tarrif concession agreement signed between 2 countries will be automatically extended to others

2.Travel and Tourism Competitive Report--World Economic Forum

3.Most Polluted Capital City in World---New Delhi

4.Fiji hold the presidency of Bonn COP,(conference of parties) 23

5.Emission Gap Report---by UN

6.India commitment---lower the emission intensity of its GDP by 33-35% by 2030 from 2005 level

7.Musa paramjitiana---Wild Banana species discovered in Andaman and Nicobar Island

8.Travancore Natural History Society---NGO associated with species research

9.Country's Ant man--Musthak Ali

10.Indomalayan bioregion---extend from southern India and Sri Lanka to soutg east Asia

11.New Ant specie---Tyrannomyrmex alii---found in Western Ghat

12.Periyar Tiger Reserve--Western Ghat

13.Kambala---traditional buffalo slush track race in Karnataka

14.Belgium---member of EU

15.SHe Box--

-online complaint management system for women in Public and Private organisation for women to lodge complaint of sexual harrasment at workplace.

-to ensure effective implementation of Sexual Harrasment of Women at Workplace Act,2013

16.Nirbhay--

India's first long range sub-sonic cruise missile

--Can be deployed from.multiple platform

--has the capability to loiter and cruise at .7 mach and at altitude as low as 100 m

17.AstroSat---

India's multi-wavelength space telescope

18.Power subject is in Concurrent List

PIB and THEHINDU facts for PRELIMS-07/11/17

1.Jauhar---self immolation among Rajputs in early times.

2.Independent India first voter---Shyam Saran Negi--voted in Kalpa in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh

3.Pulicat Lake---Andhra Pradesh

4.Brown Planthoppers---Pest that attack paddy plant

5.Largest oil exporter of world--Saudi Arabia

6.Nelapattu bird sanctuary ----- Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh

-Migratory Birds--Grey Palicans, Nught herons, open billed storks

7.Peahens frolic bird---found in Delhi

8.India's theme at conference on parties,23 at bomn,Germany is "Conserving now, Preserving future"

9.Conference of parties,22 held at Marrakesh

10.East Asia Summit----in Philippines in 2017

11.Commonwealth head of government meeting will be held in London next year

12.Mysuru gets Best Non-Motorised Transport Award for its Public Bicycle Sharing

Kochi wins Best Urban Transport Initiative Award for fastest completion of its integrated Metro Rail

Hyderabad commended for Traffic Management; Chittor for accident reduction initiative

Awards for Best Urban Transport Practices announced by Central Government at UMI Conference in Hyderabad

Madhya Pradesh: Commendable Urban Mass Transit Initiative for implementing Cluster Based Bus

                                  Transit System

Bhopal : Commendable Initiative for introducing Public Bicycle Sharing  

Noida and Greater Noida: Commendable City Bus Service Project initiative

Andaman        : Commendable Initiative for introducing Special Bus Services for women

Lucknow  Metro Rail Project : Commendable Urban Mass Transit Initiative

13.Shakti---Indian army exercise with France army

14.Garuda---Indian Air Force exercise with France air force

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1.Communalism came to world stage with October revolution and it fall off fron the stage with the collapse of Soviet Union. Discuss(12.5)

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PIB and THEHINDU facts for PRELIMS-06/11/17

1.East Asia Summit---Will be held ----Philippines in 2017

2.Nagarahole National Park

State--Karnataka

Animals found----Tiger, Elephant

3.GI tag to

-Banaganapalle mangoes of Andhra Pradesh

-Tulaipanji rice of West Bengal

-Darjeeling Tea

-Tirupati Laddu

-Kangra painting

-Nagpur orange

-Kashmir pashmina

-Pochampally ikat of Telangana

-Gobindobhig rice of West bengal

-Durgi stone carvibg of AP

-Etikoppaka toys of AP

-Chakshesang shawl of Nagaland

Given to

1.Agriculture

2.Natural

3.Manufactured

--Granted by--Indian patent office

4.Classical language status to

-1-Tamil

-2-Sanskrit

-3-Kannada

-4-Odia

-5-Telugu

-6-Malayalam

5.Taekwondo---Korean martial art

6.INS Vikrant---India's first domestic carrier---under construction

7.National River of India--Ganga declared in 2008

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1.Flood and Draught are the two extreme of the pole and Indian climate move from one one extreme to another every year. Discuss this statement and reason for same(12.5 marks)

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PIB and THEHINDU facts for PRELIMS-02/11/17

1.Indian Pitcher Plant--Nepenthes khasiana---use CO2 to lure prey

2.Energy Efficiency Service Limited(EESL)---under Ministry of Power

3.Creating and sustaining market for energy efficiency project with partnership btw GEF(Global Environment Facility) and EESL

4.Energy Efficiency revolving fund(EERF)---proppses by EESL for sustaining funding mechanism for energy efficiency project in the country

5.EESL partnered with UN's environment district energy cities initiative. Suppprted by GEF 

6.GEF--Global Environment Facility---

Member-183, international institutions, civil society organisation, private players

Address-global environment issue

7.Goa Maritime Conclave of Navy Chiefs of Indian Ocean littoral states 

--Intended to be held every year

Aim-bring together like minded countries to evolve collective reaponse to challenges in the maritime domain

8.INS Ghariyal----2nd landing ship tank of Indian Navy

-indigenously build and commissioNed in 1997

-The ship can carry troops and vehicles and hence is ideally suited for amphibious operations.  Due to the above it is closely associated with the Mechanised Infantry where both compliment each other evenly.

9.Food regulatory portal---by ministry of food processing and FSSAI

What?--single interface for food business to cater to domestic and food import

10.Newton Bhabha programme---India-UK partnership in science, technology and innovation

-based on principle of co-funding, co-development, co-creation

11.NPS-National Pension Scheme--

Age-max age increase from 60 to 65 and continue upto age of 70 year.(subsrviber joining after 60 will have same choice of Pension fund and investment choice as person joining before age of 60

-In case of death entire corpus will be paid to nominee

12.Transfet pricibg documentation and country by country reporting---under OECD base erosion and profit sharing project

13.CPI-Industrial Worker---released by labour Bureau

14.

Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme was launched by the Government in 2003 which has been extended to the Notified 21 States and 4 Union Territories to promote the use of alternative and environment friendly fuels. This intervention also sought to reduce import dependency for energy requirements.

However, since 2006, OMCs were not able to receive offers for the required quantity of ethanol against the tenders floated by them due to various constraints like State Specific issues, Supplier related issues including Pricing issues of ethanol.

In order to augment the supply of ethanol, the Government in December, 2014, decided to administer the price of ethanol under EBP Programme.

15.Cabinet Committee on Economic Affair---headed by PM

16.The NCTE Act(  National Council for Teacher Education )  1993 came into force on 1st July, 1995 and is applicable throughout the country, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

objective----is to provide for the establishment of a NCTE to achieve planned and coordinated development of the teacher education system, regulation and ensure proper maintenance of norms and standards in the said system. In order to achieve the objectives of the Act, separate provisions have been, made in the Act, for recognising Teacher Education courses and to lay down guidelines for compliance by recognized Institutions/Universities.

17.Clubfoot is one of the most common orthopaedic birth defects.Ponseti method – has been developed to treat and correct clubfoot without surgery

PIB and THEHINDU facts for PRELIMS-04/11/17

1.SAAW--Smart Anti Airfield Weapon, indeginously developed, light weight glide bomb which can target large enemy infrastructure

-developed by DRDO

2.FATF--Financial Action Task Force---

-Work--looks into terror financing

-members-37

-Nature of group--Voluntary

-Power-not much power to enforce its ruling

-Process-work through peer pressure, naming and shaming countries into compliance on terror finance by putting them on "grey lists and black lists"

3.1267 Counter terror committee of UNSC

4.Sweet revolution--related to Honey

5.World first non communicable diseases congress at chandigarh in 2017.jointly organized by "The World NCD Federation" & "Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)", Chandigarh

6.Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana

Aim- create world class food processing infrastructure

-expected to leverage investment of $5 billion

-benefit 2 billion farmer

-generate more than half a million job over next 3 years

Provision-mega Food park is part of this scheme

7.Nivesh Bandhu portal---unique portal or investor friend

What?-provide centre and state government policy on food sector

-maps resources upto local level, for processing requirement

-platform for networking for farmers, processor, traders etc

8.Deen Dayal SPARSH(scholarship for promotion of aptitude and research in stamps as a hobby) yojana---

Aim-to increase reach of philately(hobby of collecting and studying of stamps)

Scholarship-6000 per annum or 500 rs per month

Candidate-class 6th to 9th having good academic record and having philately as a hobby.

Selection-40 student per postal circle

9.The Coastal Berth Scheme under Sagarmala Programme Aim---to provide financial support to ports or state governments for creation of infrastructure for movement of cargo and passenger by sea or national waterways. 

PIB and THEHINDU facts for PRELIMS-03/11/17

1.Cochin Devaswom(after Travancore Devaswom Board) in Kerala open doors to Dalif priests

2.Yadukrishna is the first Dalit priest of 150 year old Manappuram Siva Temple--by Travancore Devaswom Board

3.PRABAL DOSTYK--Army exercise between India and Kazakhstan

4.Meghalaya---1st state to have Social Audit for government programme during its implementation stage--cliamed by Meghalaya CM

5..World Food India---organised by India to attract investment and make India global food factory with aim of doubling farmer income by 2022.

-organised by ministry of fodd processing

-1st time India is holding such event on food processing sector

6.GI tag from Andhra Pradesh---

-Etikoppaka toys

-Kondapalli toys

-Bobbili Veena

-Tirupati Laddu

-Srikalahasthi Kalamkari

-Uppada Jamdani sareea

-Shadow puppets

---Etikoppaka toys---

->400 year old

-unique in shape,form and material used

---GI Tag

-name or sign

-correspind to specific geographic location or origin

-recognized for their origin,quality and reputation

7.GridConnectivity in the Leh Ladakh region in Jnk have been completed ---1st time in India that ny 220kv voltage evel substation is built at such high altitude of above 11000 ft

8.A wildlife conservation reserve dedicated exclusively for blackbuck is coming up in trans-Yamuna region of Allahabad in UP

--Blackbuck known got majestic spiral horn and coat colour contrast

-found in grassland and open forest

-inhabitants in Velandar Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat, Ranibennur Blackbuck santuary in Karnataka

-they once ruled the open savannahs of north and central India but now restricted to fee due to Human population growth, ecosystem degradation and hunting

9.State government can use Wildlife protection act to declare conservation reserve

10.The International Solar Alliance is an initiative jointly launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the President of France on 30th November 2015 at Paris, in the presence of the Secretary General of the UN, on the side lines of COP21 UN Climate Change Conference.

main objective----- is to undertake joint efforts required to reduce the cost of finance and the cost of technology, mobilize more than US $ 1000 billion of investments needed by 2030 for massive deployment of solar energy, and pave the way for future technologies adapted to the needs of 121 countries lying fully or partially between the Tropics.

---ISA will be the first international inter-governmental treaty based organization to be headquartered in India.

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1.What is the commonality between politician and criminals? What is the effect of criminalisation of politics has on democracy? What are the steps taken to reduce criminalisation of politics?

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Fake news or no news, which is better?.What are the effect of both ib a democracy? How to counter fake news?

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PIB and THEHINDU facts for PRELIMS-011117

1.Visva Bharati University---founded by Rabindranath Tagore

2.PM is the Chancellor of Central University

3. Defence acquisition council---headed by Defence Minister

4..1st ever airport at sikkim is coming up at pakyong

5.flood occur in 4 northeastern state--Assam,Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur

6.infrastructure sector-

-coal, crude oil, natural gas---(energy source)

-fertilizer--(agriculture)

-electricity--(energy source converted into electricity)

-steel, cement--(basic product for building home)

-refinery product--(energy source, crude oil, cobverted into refinery product)

7.core sector growth---released by Commeece and Industry ministry.

8.Ease of Doing Business report---World Bank

--ranking incl 190 countries

--10 indicator which span the lifecycle of business

--India has improved in 6 out of 10 indicator--resolving insolvency, getting credit, paying taxes,enforcing contract,protecting minority investors,construction permit

--score against Distance to Frontier Scale

--improved 30 ranks from 130 to 100---highest improvement by any country

---only country in south asia or BRICS to feature among the most improved economies

9.8 core industries has base rate of 2011-12

10.8 core industries comprise 40.27% of Index of Industrial production

11.Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) a mission mode project under the National e-Governance Plan which will help modernize the Police Force and envisages national wide networking enabling share of information between Police Stations, State Officers and Security Agencies. this provides citizen interface to register complaints and to avail citizen services and covers all 35 States and UTs in India

12.--Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) ------to give a boost to the learning of science, technology and mathematics among the youth-especially the school students, - a nationwide science talent search examination will be held on 26th November.

----This programme has been organized by eminent scientists and academicians associated with Vigyan Prasar (VP) - an autonomous organisation under Department of Science and Technology and National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) of Ministry of Human Resources and Development and Vijnana Bharati.

----Through VVM programme, India’s generation next  will be made aware about the India’s Rich Contribution to Science from ancient period to modern times.

----Registered students will undergo multilevel testing. -----------Successful students will get a chance to undertake study tours and interactions with renowned scientists of our country as well as abroad.

----Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) is one of the largest science movement in the country led by eminent scientists and to inculcate  and generate scientific temper, foster excellence in students and nurture and mentor them for their careers in pure sciences.

13.Yarlung tsangpo---name of Brahmaputra in China

14.Tributary of Ganga----Alaknanda, Bhagirathi, Ramganga, Kali, Hindon

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PIB and THEHINDU facts for PRELIMS-31/10/17

1.Lakshmikanth Bezbaroa----doyen of Assamese literature.

2.Art 35A---Gives JnK legislature a power to decide who is the petma4residents of the state and grant them special privilege in state public jobs, acquisition of property within state and other welfare service

--no act of state legislature coming under Art 35A can b challenged as violation of Constitution or any any other law of the land

---it was incorporated by presidential order i. 1954.

3.Art 370 (1)(d)---allow president to make certain exception and modification to the Constitution for the benefit of 'State Subjects' of JnK

4.Art-32 cant be used by state vs centre---it can b used only by individual

5.Petroleum Coke is used in Cement manufacturing

6..MSME Samadhan--delayed payment portal for MSME for resolution of delayed payment of MSME

7.Assam---paddy grown

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1.Sustainable Development Goal(SDG) and Paris Treaty both aimed at inclusive development. Elaborate on this while highlighting the commonality between above two. What are the issues in the implementation of SDG?.

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1.In the background of successful organisation of U-17 FIFA world cup in India, Highlight the issue faced in the sports scenario in the country? What should be the ways need to be adopted to improve the situation?