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Be Happy, Share & Help Each Other!!!

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Lecture

1- Quote2- Editorials

3- Current Affair Q4- Subjective Q

5- Vocabulary6- Maps Practice-(Q-India)

7- Capital & Currency8- News Analysis

9- Revision10-Prelims Focus Facts


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Delhi Edition of The Hindu

Australian climate scientist and conservationist TimFlannery, in The Weather Makers (2005), provides aresearched and cogent explanation of carbon dioxide‟srole in keeping the globe warm and preventing itfrom deep freezing

Provides a foundational understanding ofall the connected phenomena.

It is encouraging that a young generation now wants togo green and shun(अस्वीकार) fossil fuels.

UN Climate Change Conference (CoP23)-Place-? Chairperson of COP 23-?

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GST Council rationalises(युक्तिसंगत) the tax regime further, But simplicity is still not within grasp(मुट्ठी)

GST Council delivered some relief measures on Friday. At its meeting in Guwahati, the Council lowered the

tax rates on over 200 products, compared to 27 items inits previous meeting and about 100 tweaks since GSTrates were •finalised in May.

Finance Ministry mandarins face a unique challenge on revenue visibility. Poor implementation (the GST Network)- Q- Introduced as The

Constitution -?- Amendment) Act 2017 Opposition has criticised the latest reboot of the GST as a Gujarat campaign

effect. Designed One Nation, One Tax system Over 1,200 products and services had been placed in •five tax brackets —

0%, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%.Copyright @ Study-IQ education

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goods_and_Services_Tax_(India)

The AI battle•fieldWe need global norms to address the rise of machine autonomyin armed conflictSudarshana Chakra- at least, used— not directlyAncient India had rules of war, just as we do: they required •fighting to cease at sunset.On November 13, a United Nations (UN) group of experts inGeneva kicks o•the first formal intergovernmental discussionon what machine autonomy means for the laws of armedconflict and the future of international security

“killer robots”

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The American tech billionaire Elon Musk and over 100others recently signed a letter warning that the weaponisation ofAIbased technologies risks opening a Pandora‟s box.

Mr. Musk‟s letter called on the UN to “•find a way to protect usfrom all these dangers”

Alan Turing, the British scientist- called the father of AI AI challenges us to learn in

new ways about ourselves as individual sentient beings —and as nations and societies increasinglybrought together in an interconnected globe.



Today- Question


Question:-

Does AI really pose an existential threat to humanity? In the light of the ongoing debate on threats of AI, discuss critically.

http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ideas-mark-zuckerberg-vs-elon-musk-or-utopia-vs-dystopia-4779524/

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Prelims Focus Facts-News Analysis Be Happy, Share & Help Each Other!!!

Page-1- Navigation rights •figure in •first Quadrilateral talks Narendra Modi lands in Manila to participate in ASEAN, East Asia summits



India is being pulled into alliances to counter China‟s connectivity initiatives. Sunday, foreign ministry officials from India, Australia, Japan and the U.S.

held discussions on sidelines of the East Asia summit in Manila in Philippinesand discussed peace and stability in the region in addition toaddressing common challenges.

They agreed that a free, open, prosperous and inclusive IndoPacific regionServes longterm interests of all countries in region and of world at large,”a statement from the Ministry of External Affairs said while reiteratingthat India‟s Act East Policy was the “cornerstone of its engagement inthe IndoPacific region”.

Referred to as the “quad”- a quadrilateral alliance of “likeminded” countries. Taking it a step further, Japanese Foreign Minister- inclusion of France

and Germany


Contours of a counterBRI

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India has been trying to build connectivity under various initiatives in itsown Northeast region

U.S. has begun investing in India‟s periphery, and Japan is attempting toalign its own development initiatives to improve connectivity in the regionwith India‟s Act East policy.

September, the U.S. signed a $500 million agreement with Nepalto build infrastructure for the latter‟s electricity and transportation needsand to promote “more trade linkages with partners in the region like India

U.S. Secretary of Defence James Mattis had endorsed (समर्थन किया)

India‟s sovereignty concerns surrounding the BRI India and Japan are also cooperating on a project for LNG (liquefied

natural gas) supplies to Sri Lanka Addition connectivity projects in Africa under the proposed

„Asia Africa Growth Corridor‟



Time for caution- While cooperative mechanisms are crucial to maintain stability in the Indian Ocean Region

It would be prudent(कििेिी) on India‟s part to do a cost benefit analysis of

building Such grand alliances in such uncertain times, especially onrole of U.S. with President Donald Trump at the helm.

It must await policy clarity from the U.S. both on Afghanistan and beyond On the other hand, Russia has asked India to join its International

NorthSouth Transport Corridor, arguing that it would be a gateway forIndia to connect with Central Asia through Chabahar port in Iran andvia Afghanistan

Excessive dependence on multilateral frameworks to fulfil nationalobjectives may seem lucrative in the short term but could prove to be aCostly mistake in the long term and comprise Indian sovereignty.


Conclusion

East Asia Summit


East Asia Summit (EAS) is a forum held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian regions.

Membership expanded to 18 countries including the United States and Russia at the Sixth EAS in 2011.

EAS meetings are held after annual ASEANleaders' meetings.

The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 December 2005.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_East_Asia_Summit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Southeast_Asian_Nations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia


Page-1- 16 dead as boat capsizes in Krishna river First status survey of the fauna in the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary (KWL),

one of the rarest ecoregions in the world, has commenced



After a gap of three decades, Narikkuni, a village in Kozhikode district of Kerala, witnessed the zeal of „Oorchatheli‟, a traditional cattle race in a paddy •field



Page– 7 American launches a satyagraha to free Indian standards Carl Malamud has filed a public interest litigation in Delhi High Court, with

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and the Bureau of Indian Standards [BIS] as respondents, appealing to make standards „freelyavailable to the public at large.‟

The case gets its first hearing today Mr. Malmud calls the effort a Gandhian civil disobedience. “It is satyagraha. A sustained campaign of protest.”



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Page-11- New education policy draft by Dec. „Kasturirangan panel is at work‟ Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash

Javadekar said in Ahmedabad on Sunday thatthe Kasturirangan Committee on the new educationpolicy was expected to submit its first draft by the endof December.

Mr. Javadekar, however, did not offer a clear date asto when the policy — expected for the past three years— would be implemented, saying this would happenwell in time to ensure quality education from 2020 to2040.

It will offer a new vision of modernthought and growth in science, technology and human values.



Page-12- Trump offers to mediate in South China Sea dispute

U.S. President DonaldTrump landed in the Philippines on Sundayfor a summit of Southeast and EastAsian nations, hours afteroffering to mediate on competing claimsto the South China Sea that have longstoked tensions in the region.



Page-13-First Rafale will land in India by 2019: Trappier Eric Trappier, chairman of the €3.6 billion Dassault

Aviation, was recently in India to lay the foundationstone of Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL‟s)manufacturing facility at Mihan in Nagpur.

With production from DRAL expected to start as early as2018 and the first Rafale expected to land in India in2019, Mr. Trappier talks about Dassault‟s future plansand getting repeat orders for Rafale combat jets from theIndian government.



Vettel wins, Hamilton battles to fourth Ferrari‟s Sebastian Vettel

won the Brazilian Grand Prixon Sunday while LewisHamilton fought throughfrom last to fourth forMercedes.

Advani clinches 17th world crown Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani clinched his 17th world

title, defeating Mike Russell of England 6-2 in the final ofthe IBSF World billiards championship here on Sunday.



Last Day- Q‟s- Answers…

Committee set up for handling Rohingyas' issue is "Kofi Annan Committee," former Secretary General of UN.

International Court of Justice (ICJ) Establishment - 1945 HQ -The Hague, Netherlands No. Of States participants - 193 Total no. of Judges - 15 Their terms - 9 years



Last Day- Q‟s- Answers… Non Residential Indian(NRI's) Day is celebrated on 9th of January from 2003. On this day "Mahatma Gandhi" came back from South Africa in 1915. It's organised by "Ministry of External Affairs." NRI's Day of 2017 was celebrated from 7 - 9 Jan. in Bengluru, Karnataka.

Top oil reservoir countries in this year (2017) • Russia • Saudi Arabia • USA • Iraq • China • Canada • Iran • UAE

Article 324 declares about the Election Commission of India. In 1950, the commission had only a Chief Election Commissioner. Two additional commissioners were appointed to the commission for the 1st

time on 16 October, 1989 - 1st January, 1990. The Election Commissioner Ammendment Act, 1989 made the commission a

multi member body. It was in acted from 1992 to still.




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