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NOTES ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRs(discussed in months of june and July )

Asian Development Bank ?????

- a regional bank to facilitatet the development of Asian

Countries

- established in 1966

- has its motto "Fighting poverty in Asia and the Pacific"

- has 67 members (both in Asia-Pacific Region and Outside)

- its functional model resembles World Bank

- China and India holds the Second and Third largest

proportion in sharesHQ is at manila in Phillippines.

ONGC ?????

Oil and natural gas corporation

produces around 77% of India's crude oil

NDTV profit news channel says it is the only oil company in

India which earns 100 crore every day..

BRICS :

-As of 2012, the group's five members are Brazil, Russia, India,

China and South Africa


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-BRICS is the title of an association of leading emerging

economies, arising out of the inclusion of South Africa into the

BRIC group in 2010.

Summits :

1st BRIC (2009) -Russia

2nd BRIC (2010) -Brazil

3rd BRICS (2011) -China

4th BRICS (2012) -India

5th BRICS (2013) -South Africa

** International Red Cross is a humanitarian serviceorgansiation. It was established by Henry Dunant!

**The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a

private humanitarian institution founded in 1863 in Geneva,

Switzerland, by Henry Dunant.

** Its 25-member committee has a unique authority under

international humanitarian law to protect the life and dignity of

the victims of international and internal armed conflicts.*** The ICRC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on three

occasions (in 1917, 1944 and 1963)

**Henry Dunant is also the 1st recipient of Noble Peace Prize in

1901 for establishing International Committee of the Red Cross.

The main organ of UNO is the?

There r 6 main organs

1.general assembly


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2.security council

3.trusteeship council

4. International court of justice

5.secretariat6. Economic and social council

- General Assembly is the main delibrate organ of the United

Nations Organisation

- has 193 member states

- the work for the UNO derives largely from the mandate of the

General Assembly

Trusteeship Council

- suspended its operation on 1 November 1994

- it got suspended with the independance of Palau, the last

nation of UN trust territory

- the Trust Territories were mostly the territories taken from thedefeated nations of World War II

- the major objective was to promote self advancement of the

people of Trust Territories.

- also their development towards independance or self-

government

- this council was administered by the 5 permanent members

Which of the following years is/ was declared as

"International Year of Forests" by the UNO?

A) 2010

B) 2009

C) 2012

D) 2011

E) None of these


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in 2011

International Year of Forests; and

International Year of Chemistry; and

International Year for People of African Descent

in 2012

International Year of Cooperatives

salient features of american prez election...hw it is

different from india's prez election?

Is usa president directly elected by people? Can it be called a

direct election? People choose persons who can elect the

president. Every state has fixed number of electors and

washing ton d.c is given the electors tht r equal to the least

state electors process. These electors in turn choose vice

president and president. Senate has the final authority in fixingthe number. It calls for nomination process. Usa president

directly responsible to people.

In our system president is elected through electoral college

consists of 1. Elected members of both the houses 2. The

elected members of legislative assemblies 3. The electedmembers of union territories of pondicherry and national

capital territory delhi. It is held with the system of proportional

representation of single transferable vote and the voting is

secret ballot. All the disputes are adjudocated by supreme

court


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Proportional Representation of "Single TransferableVote"- in this system each elector has only one vote, irrespective of

the number of seats that needs to be filled- for instance, if 10 seats needs to be filled, elector gives 10preferences instead of casting 10 individual votes- in ordinary system, if the candidate obtains majority he iselected- in this system, the candidate needs to obtain a quota of votesthat is declared, inorder to get elected- for an example if there are 200 valid votes and 3 seats needs

to be filled,- Quota = (number of vaild votes by number of seats + 1) + 1- Quota would be (200/(3+1))+1 i.e., Quota = 51- there may be many rounds of calculation based on thenumber of preferences

G-20 countries ???????the finance minister of the group of (G-7) countries in

September 1999 established the G 20 as an international forum

to promote informal dialogue and coorperation among

systematically important countries within the framework of

Bretton woods institutional system with a view to preserving

international financial stability .

G-20 is the Group of 20 financially strong members, which is

consisted of 19 Countries and European Union. The head of

these nations along with their Finance Ministers and the

Governor of their Central Banks started to meet from 2008. Till

2010, it was a biannual summit, which became an annual

summit from 2011. 1st G-20 Summit held at Washington in2008 whereas, the 2012 summit took place at Los Cabos of


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Mexico. The group mainly discusses International Finance

related issues, which calls for global co-operation and a

consorted policy formation. This organization also seeks to

address the concerns of the rising economic giants who are notthe members of any elite international groups. There are 3

members from N.America(Canada, Mexico,U.S.A), 1 each from

Africa(S.Africa) and Oceania(Australia), 2 from South

America(Argentina, Brazil), 7 from Asia(China,Japan,

India,Turkey,S.Korea,Indonesia, Saudi Arabia), 5 from

Europe(Russia, France, Germany, Italy, U.K.) and European

Union

sir creek border ?

strip of disputed water between India and Pakistan

- located in Rann of Kutch marshland, about 96 KM in length

- flows into Arabian Sea

- India argue that the boundary should be in the middle- whereas Pakistan argues, that the boundary should be lie on

the South East bank

contribution of Franklin D. Roosevelt with the respect

to UNO ?

he suggested the name UNO

south-south co-operation?

South-South Cooperation is a broad framework for

collaboration among countries of the South in the political,

eocnomic, social, cultural, environmental and technical

domains. Involving two or more developing countries, it can

take place on a bilateral, regional, subregional or interregional

basis. Developing countries share knowledge, skills, expertiseand resources to meet their development goals through


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concerted efforts.

NATO was established in 1949 mainly due to the fear of

USSR n communist policy...after the disintegration ofUSSR in 1991 crticaly examine the role of NATO...?

NATO IS TODAY WHAT WE MEANT BY ACTIVE MEBERS OD

USA AND UK AND OTHER MEMBERS ARE JUST THERE FOR

SECURITY . IN TODAYS CONTYEXT NATO HAS TURNED ITS

ENEMITY FROM COMMUNIST TO MILITANTS AFTER 9/11

MAINLY . NATO POER BLOC IS TRYING TO RULE THE EARTHS

ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ENVIORMENT DUE TO ITS

STRONG PRESENCE !!

Two plus Two" security talk ?/ ?

two plus two security talk was in news when japan n india

started the discussion on various issues at foreingn ministry

level.

Vlhadimir Putin become Chairman of Rassia.

He has 3rd time chairman of RASSIA.

He had been president since from 2000-2008 of RASSIA.

RBI steps to shore up rupee fail ?? explain 4 steps ?

RBI increased in the limit on foreign investment in government

securities (G-Sec) by $5 billion to $20 billion while widening the

investor base.

It also hiked the limit of External Commercial Borrowing (ECB)allowed for Indian companies to $10 billion.


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In an effort to widen the non-resident investor base for G-Secs,

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), multilateral agencies,

endowment funds, insurance funds, pension funds and foreign

central banks to be registered with SEBI have also beenallowed to invest in G-Secs.

TAPI pipeline gas sale agreement signed.

1680 km pipeline to become operational by 2018.

Aim-of boost peace and give new shape to reginal energy

cooperation.

INDIA

PAK

AFGAN

TURkistan.

Historic gas sale purchase agreement (GSPA) FOR d -$7.6

BILLION.

TAPI-TURK,AFGAN,PAK,INDIA.

India is set to become eighth largest shareholder in IMF:

* India is ready to become the 8th largest shareholder in the

IMF after quota reforms which are expected to be finalized at

the agency's annual meeting at Tokyo in October 2012.

*Once the quota reforms are put through, India's share at IMFwill elevate to 2.75% from 2.44%.

* Presently India is at 11th position India had committed to

contribute10 billion dollars to the IMF's 430 billion dollars

bailout fund for the Eurozone.

* Some nations such as US have not yet ratified the proposal

which is essential for its complete implementation.

*The matter of quota reforms was discussed at the G20


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summit at Los Cabos and the world leaders had highlighted the

need for prompt completion of the quota reforms to provide

more power to emerging economies.

World Food Prize ?

In 2012 DHANIEL HILLEL,(washington)

NMIZs. ??????

National Manufacturing Investment Zone....

difference between World bank and WTO ??

World Bank is also known as International Bank for

Reconstruction and Development established in 1945 with an

objective to help the countries which are affected by the war.

** The name restructure and Development itself indicates. Now

it provides loans for Infrastructure development, i.e long term

loans. IDA, IFC, MIGA,ICSID through its agencies.

WTO is previously known as GATT, a multilateral trading and

also acts as trade dispute resoluting agency. Promotes trade

Fernando Lugo. ?????

Fernando Lugo :President of Paraguay was impeached by the

Senate on multiple charges involvement in a confrontation withpolice and farmer,improperly signing and international protocol

without consulting the Congress,allowed the leftist party to

conduct a meeting in army base etc..

the theme of 4th BRICS Summit was..


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a) partnership for global stabilty, security and

prosperity

b) partnership for global sustainable development, and

strengthening BRICS for global leadershipc) partnership for clean and green earth

d) partnership for regional cooperation, sustainable

devlopment and economic security.

a) partnership for global stabilty, security and prosperity

Kyoto Prize ?

The Kyoto Prize is awarded each year by the Inamori

Foundation, a charitable body established by the founder of

Japanese electronic component maker Kyocera Corp.

**It is Japans highest private award for global achievement.

>> Indias Gayatri Spivak, a literary critic and professor at

Columbia University, won the prize for arts and philosophy.

>>Americas Ivan Sutherland has won Japans annual Kyoto

Prize for his contributions to computer graphics technology and

interactive interfaces

>> Japans Yoshinori Ohsumi, a molecular, biologist at theTokyo Institute of Technology, was awarded for his work

in the basic sciences

IUCN LIST ?

UCN Red List has 132 species of plants and animals from India

The Red list of threatened species, prepared by the

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), haslisted 132 species of plants and animals as Critically


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Endangered, the most threatened category, from India. Plants

seemed to be the most threatened life form, with 60 species

being listed as Critically Endangered, and 141 as Endangered;

SAARC countries ..???????? need of the same ?

Sri Lanka, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and

Bangladesh.

Afghanistan joined the organization in 2007.

in 2010 upsc mains exam there was a ques...''israel is

the natural ally of india'' comment on dis...

This statement is given by SM Krishna on his visit to Israel

He referred that terrorism is the mutual problem that existed

in the two countries, so both shall work together on the

menace of terrorismAs Israel is often hit by the Hamas and our India is hit by the

various Islamic organizations like LeT, Jaish etc., so both can

work on the same issue. Mainly his intention stood for

combatting terrorism on the mutual basis. Israel is good in

defence equipment, by having good relations both can progress

together.

INS Sindhurakshak

INS Sindhurakshak

- Diesel Class submarine

- built in 1997

- it is last submarine bought from Russia. It is of 10 Kilo Classsubmarine


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- Currenty under modernisation process at Russia

- it is under repair process due to battery accident happened in

2010 which resulted in death of a sailor and injuring others.

- will be handed over to our navy later this year

Amur-1650

Amur Class Submarine

- Latest version of Russian Submarines. Improved version of

Kilo Class submarines that we have in our naval band.

- these are Non-Nuclear submarines

- these are much quieter, have new combat systems and have

Air-Independant Powerplant

- there are two variants Amur 1650 and Amur 950

- Air Independant Powerplant was the main crieteria of our

navy

- it will be compatible for our BrahMos missile systems

WHAT IS AIR INDEPENDENT POWERPLANT MEANS?

- normally the submaries need to surface out of water to get

contact with atmospheric oxygen.

- this helps the battries to recharge, so that they can stay

underwater for a considerable time

- this is the reason why we move for Nuclear submarines.

Because they allow the submarines to stay in water for longertime

- similary AIP systems allows the submarines to recharge the

batteries without the contact with atmospheric air.

Eurozone crisis ???? explain few points ???

The European debt crisis is the shorthand term for Europes

struggle to pay the debts it has built up in recent decades. Five


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of the regions countries Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and

Spain have, to varying degrees, failed to generate enough

economic growth to make their ability to pay back bondholders

the guarantee it was intended to be. Although these five wereseen as being the countries in immediate danger of a possible

default, the crisis has far-reaching consequences that extend

beyond their borders to the world as a whole. In fact, the head

of the Bank of England referred to it as the most serious

financial crisis at least since the 1930s, if not ever, in October

2011.

in GERMANY there is chancellor rules the country

......which type of democracy in germany?

Germany is a democracy and a federal republic with sixteen

states.

What role you see for India economic transformation of

Africa??

Mineral rich Africa offers great opportunity for resource hungry

India. Indian govt should work with African counterparts on -

strengthening of democratic values & institutions by helping

them financially, morally & politically, setting up new

educational & healthcare facilities, Infrastructure & networkdevelopment, software industry development & Cheap

Medicines. Indian companies should play an active role in

development of Industries in African continent as it offers

cheapest raw material, labor, growing market & huge untapped

natural resources; Lately India has started aid pr

ograms & funding of infrastructural & other projects in Africa,

which will give new direction to African progress.


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UN Security Council ?

Its primary responsibility is to look after peace and security. A

representative of each of its members must be present at alltimes at United Nations Headquarters

The General Assembly elected Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco,

Pakistan and Togo to serve as non-permanent members of the

Security Council for two-year terms starting on 1 January 2012.

The newly elected countries will replace Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ?

a) FAO recognized the tribals for Conserving Biodiversity ad

Climate resilient farming systems.

b) Kharia, Santhals, Gonds & Kohls are the tribes in this region.

c) Long back Kahingo Prize set up by FAO.

External Affairs Minister to visit TajikistanJuly 02, 2012

The External Affairs Minister is visiting Dushanbe the Capital of

Tajikistan on a bilateral visit on 2nd and 3rd of July. During the

visit the External Affairs Minister is expected to hold

comprehensive discussions with his Tajik counterpart and the

Tajikistan leadership on India-Tajik bilateral relations and on the

situation in the region.

The External Affairs Minister will also address a Regional

Conference of Indian Ambassadors in the Eurasian Region. This

is the Sixth Regional Meeting of Heads of Mission that the

External Affairs Minister is addressing. Given the growingstrategic importance of the Eurasia Region including Central


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Asia in our foreign policy, the External Affairs Minister is

expected to outline Indias policy priorities in this region. This

policy aims at greater political, economic and people-to-people

engagement with the countries of the region both bilaterallyand collectively.

New Delhi

June 02, 2012

can india do something about zangmu dam

controversy? put suggestions plz..

firstly china has assured india that it will be run of mill type

secondly india doesnt have any agreement on sharing of rivers

with china. so incase china doesnt maintain its promise, india

can do little through legal route. We can sove either through

dialogue or apply pressure through stalling trade etc

thirdly, china has refused to sign any of internationalconventions on water sharing, so india cant take help of

international organisations in this regard

however there are signs of china willing to share hydrological

data with india. If that happens, it will help build trust between

the two nations atleast on issues regarding water.

Explain the 'Grandfathering' pact signed between India

and Russia.

India and Russia have had a long enduring relationship. One of

the earliest cooperation pacts between two nations was in field

of nuclear energy. Russia has played an important role in

building nuclear energy sector in india. Under the nuclear pact,russia helped india build reactors in kudankulam. However


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following india's nuclear tests, india came under international

sanctions which barred nations form cooperating with india in

nuclear energy sector. Yet russia has continued partnership on

grounds that its earlier agreement included cooperation inbuilding more reactors and since agreement was signed before

sanctions came into force, it wouldnt have to obey sanctions.

This provision in agreement is known as grandfathering pact.

Now china is using the same grounds, for extending nuclear

cooperation to Pakistan

3 bigha corridor .......implicationss?

** is a strip of land belonging to India on the West Bengal

Bangladesh border, which in September, 2011, was leased to

Bangladesh so that it can access its DahagramAngarpota

enclaves

russia is a recently made a new member of WTO...t or

f ? how may member in WTO . n when indin added as

WTO Country ?.

154 members. It was formed on 1st January 1995

**85% majority support of WTO members is necessary to be a

member

for quota reforms it is 70%

CHOGM

CHOGM

- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

- was first held in 1971

- everytime the meeting is held at different member states ofcommonwealth nations


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- currently there are 54 member nations in commonwealth

- Commonwealth leaders meet every two years to disuss the

Global as well as commonwealth nation's issues

- the meeting is chaired by the President/Prime Minister of thehost nation

- he/she holds the position until the next meet

- Last meeting was held in 2011, in Perth, Australia, headed by

Julia Gillard

** pakistan was suspended two times first in 1999.. n

suspension was lift in 2004... agn suspended in 2007 for 6

mnths..

nigeria was d first state to get suspended.. but now.. Currently,

there is one suspended member, Fiji.

UNHCR ?

United Nation's High Commission for Refugees ,

looks after cases related to refugees , their settlments ,residence , plights , problems , etc & etc .

the main condition is member countries can not refuse

refugees to accept and settle down in their countries..and it is

permanently working in ghaja strip as war between from the

formation of Israel and Palestine...and else civil aspirant has

been written..

*** *Headquarters-Geneva,Switzerland *has won 2 Nobel

Peace Prizes[1954,1981]

Conference of ministers of the Heart of Asia countries was

held in Kabul:

* Conference of ministers of the Heart of Asia countries washeld in Kabul Afghanistan Delegations of 15 Heart of Asia


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countries and the countries supporting Istanbul Process along

with regional and international organizations are took part in

the conference Countries favoring the Istanbul Process are

United States,Britain,

Canada,

Japan,

Egypt and

Germany

Along with several other European countries.

Which are the Countries under HEART OF ASIA?

There are 15 Countries in HEART OF ASIA region The Countries

are:- .

Afghanistan .

Azerbaijan .Kazakhstan .

Kyrgyzstan .

India .

Iran .

Pakistan .

Russia .

Saudi Arabia .Tajikistan .

Turkey .

Turkmenistan .

UAE .

Uzbekistan.

what is instabul process????


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Istanbul process was declared after the Nov 02, 2011, Istanbul

Conference, to achieve a peaceful, secure and stable state of

Afganistan through regional co-operation by the countries of

'Heart of Asia'.

What are the hurdles in UN reforms? What are thestands of the big powers - US, Russia and China on thisissues?The major reform required in UN is increasing the nonpermanent members & permanent members in its Security

Council ...Regarding increase in non permanent membership , manycountries have acquired an imp position , both politically &economically in several continents . It is now highly necessaryto increase non permanent members from each continent to beaware of ground realities & circumstances . But the P5 can't

see their 'rivals' being given opputunities of having theiropinions in UNSC , which can contradict their policies &programmes that these P5 seek to pass as they posses VETO ...But the most imp & must have reform INCREASE INPERMANENT MEMBERSHIP seems to be more hurdled &resisted,infact vetoed by P5 .Big powers like US , RUSSIA , CHINA won't let , it seems so , tosee their rivals & counter parts like India , Japan , Germany ,Brazil , etc & etc to be included or given permanentmembership . It is so bcoz the new members will have theirown opinion & say in UNSC's policies & programmes . They willsurely contradict the policies that these P5 seek for their owneconomic & political & millitary influence .

But these reforms are necessary . Now there are not only theseP5 which must be leaders of world , but there seem to be more


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countries which have a global importance , both from political ,economic , & millitary point of view . They also have to begiven power for framing new SC policies which will have impact

on whole world .Moreover , these P5 are developed states . These countriesseem to be less serious or partial in their initiative to controlproblems relating pollution,green house gases , north southtrade dialogues , WMD , biological weapons , racism ,technology benefits , economic revieval of least developedcountries , etc & etc .

FATF?

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 by the Ministers of itsMember jurisdictions. The objectives of the FATF are to set

standards and promote effective implementation of legal,regulatory and operational measures for combating moneylaundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to theintegrity of the international financial system.

What are 'anti-dumping investigations' in context tointernational trade?

it is said dat sm nations like china give subsidy to their exportsdue to which the price of their products in internationalmarkets appears very less compared to other countries nd thishas hit the domestic manufacturers of other nations badly.sobodies like WTO or for dat matter nations like USA hasundertaken stringent steps like anti-dumping duties to stop

such non-ethical trade practices.moreover since it hurt the


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domestic manufactures,markets nd employment level sonations keep eye over all imports to prevent them

about ASEAN ?ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATION

UN millenium Summit ?

in sep 2005 ...known for"" Middle East Peace Negotiations"""

and millenuim declaration

middle east peace negotiation is very imp for civil services

why india,china relations r so complicated give five

reasons in short

* Indias grudge over the friendship of china with pak.

* border disputes and territorial claims, including an absense of

a clearcut historical demarcation of national boundaries. For

e.g. the lasa and tawang regions.

* India's relation with US.

* Growth of India and the predictions of surpassing of india's

growth over china's growth

* Pro-Tibet attitude of india.

* Political instability of close neighbours viz pak, afgan and

myanmar.

*Where did the first Coference of Parties (COP)

overseeing implementation of UN Conventions to

compact desertification was held

A) Geneva

B) Gyeongnam

C) Rome

D) Dakar


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rome , Itly 1997

what is full form of news

north east west south

No.of countries having ICBMs??names??

us, russia, china, india, uk n france

25 th NATO MEETINGS HELD WHERE???????? hosted

country??//wat r main points or descision taken

here???????

At the Chicago ( U.S.A.) Summit, 20-21 May 2012. The summit

will principally focus on three main themes:

the Alliance's commitment to Afghanistan through transition

and beyond ensuring the Alliance has the capabilities it needs

to defend its population and territory and to deal with the

challenges of the 21st century and strengthening NATO'snetwork of partners across the globe.

what is MIRCH

stands for mangolia,india,russia nd china consortium for

cultural co-operation

write full detail about RAW ?

Raw also known as research analysis wing.

It was formed on 21 sep 1968 with r.n kao as its director.

** It was formed due to the weakness of IB in external affairs.

Its work is to counter terrorism, gather clandestine information

and other nuclear power related.

**This is not answerable to the parliament of india.**It comes under prime minister purview


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In 2001, which Indian player was appointed as

'Messanger of Peace' by United Nations (UN), to

promote its peacekeeping efforts ?vijay amritraj

what was outcome of tokyo summit on afghanistan?

what are implications of US announcement of

afghanistan as a major non NATO ally?

At a major donor conference this weekend in Tokyo, the

international community linked its hefty financial aid for

Afghanistan over the coming years to concrete progress in

reforms by the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Countries pledged to provide a generous $16 billion in

reconstruction aid for Kabul for the coming four years. But thatmoney is only supposed to flow if swift and tangible

improvements are made in governance, in the fight against

corruption and in the strengthening of civil rights especially for

women.

opec ??

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting countries, H.Qrs -

Baghdad, Iraq. Member countries Republic of Iran, Iraq,

Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Venezuela, Qatar , Indonesia , Libya , the

United Arab Emirates , Algeria, Nigeria, Ecuador, Gabon and

Angola.

Ecuador suspended its membership.Gabon terminated its

membership in 1995. Indonesia suspended its membershipeffective January 2009. Currently, the Organization has a total


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of 12 Member Countries.

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is to

coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its Member

Countries and ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order tosecure an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum

to consumers, a steady income to producers and a fair return

on capital for those investing in the petroleum industry.

The Naval Science and Technological Laboratory

(NSTL), ....... a unit of Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an

affordable cochlear implant (also known as a bionic

ear). t or f?

True

Cochlear Implant

- it is a surgically implanted electronic device

- provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf- or severely hard of hearing due to loss of sensory hair cells in

their cochlea

International Labour Organisation ?

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the only

tripartite U.N. agency with government, employer, and worker

representatives. This tripartite structure makes the ILO aunique forum in which the governments and the social partners

of the economy of its 183 Member States can freely and openly

debate and elaborate labour standards and policies.

The ILO was created in 1919,

Boy Scouts ??

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest youth


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organizations in the United States, with 2.7 million youth

members and over 1 million adult volunteers.. it is founded in

1910 by founded by powell

Salvation Army ?

The Salvation Army is an integral part of the Christian Church,

although distinctive in government and practice.

operation ghost is deals wid ?

Operation Ghost is a code name given by FBI to a two-year

investigation of a criminal gang based in Estonia which is now

successfully completed..

releted to malware scam

''liu yang'' in news why

Chinas first female astronaut climbed excitedly out of a capsule

to find herself in a strange wasteland.

For a moment, she may have thought herself in some far-off

planet as she gazed around the sprawling terrain of Inner

Mongolia.

Liu Yang, 33, completed the 13-day mission to the country's

space station site along with commander and veteran astronautJing Haipeng, 45, and crew mate Liu Wang, 43.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an

international organization that was created on July 22,

1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference and came into

existence on December 27, 1945 when 29 countries

signed the Articles of Agreement.


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** originally had 45 members.

**The IMF's stated goal was to stabilize exchange rates

and assist the reconstruction of the worlds

international payment system post-World War II.is thr any limitation for IMF ?

The IMF will only lend money to countries if they agree to

certain conditions. These conditions increase poverty.

The livelihoods of people in poorer countries are destroyed by

unfair competition from foreign goods and services.

The IMF does not give good financial advice. Countries have

suffered by following it.

Org of Islamic Conference has hw mny members

57

Its an international organisation head quartered in saudi arabia

which is the main voice of muslim world in safegaurding the

interests & well being of muslimsOIC aims to preserve Islamic social and economic values;

promote solidarity amongst member states; increase

cooperation in social, economic, cultural, scientific, and political

areas; uphold international peace and security; and advance

education, particularly in the fields of science and technology.

rohingyas issue?rohingyas r actually muslim refugees frm bangladesh residing in

myanmar...currently their number is 7.5lakh in myanmar.they

often clashes with ethnic buddhist myanmaris who r in majority

there.problem is dat myanmar is finding it difficult to keep

them while bangladesh is refusing to accept them as its citizen


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Which country is not the permanent member of the

Security Council ?

A. Russia

B. USAC. Britain

D. Italy

Italy

meta-university

meta university scheme allows a student to pursue 2 different

courses in 2 different universities, for example a student who is

pursuing his engineering frm jammu university can at the same

time enroll himself for a sociology course in jawahar lal nehru

university delhi

which 3 states recently banned smokeless tobacco in

indiamp,kerala nd bihar

** kerala and goa also banned gutka

HED?

higher education dialogue.

the dialogue between india and us

What are EURO Norms-1,2,3,4,5,6 and their

predetermined levels????

Permissible emission levels of automobiles, like Bharat 1,2,3,4.

let's discuss on WIPO and issues attached with it ..??

WIPO is a non elected body and each state one vote

regardless of its population or contribution so it is inclined


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toWARDS Nothern countries so not taking strangent measures

against them in voilating IPR s n GI.

what is UNEP?United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

the world's leading institute which truly works on

environmental issue and as it's under uno..so, of course

member countries will have pressure to follow on some

limit...and earth summit, Kyoto protocol, Durban summit and

RIO20+ could be considered as successful summit..and many

others projects and awareness programs are working under

it..it's subsidiary branch united nation convention on climate

change ( UNCCC ) can be considered as overlooked to the

world on pollution matters..

hq--NAROIBE

sdr is an instrument used by world bank and imf tocreate the international liquidity of currinces and

reduce the higher dependency on doller in international

market.

SDR = Special Drawing Rights

SDR is associated with IMF only

What measures are being taken to secure India'scoastlines?

-enhance coastal police stations

-Technogical upgaradation of forces using GPS based

system,improve maritime security-clearcut divisions of

responsibility of coastal police,indian coastguard and navvy and

proper coordination among them, satteklite based monitoring

data etc


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Memogate scam???

scandal about alleged memorandom by pakistan ambassador to

usa, hussain haqqanini to us admiral m mullen to help pakistanicivil govt. in case of a coupe by pak armu

istanbul process?

afghan's effort for promoting regional co-operation &

sustainable economic growth.india insists that istanbul process

be an afghan owned process...

'the scream''? nd why in news

norwageian painting of $119.8 million due to which norway's

trade surplus in may rose to 44.5%

Western China Crisis (20 Words)

Xinjiang shares a border with Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

(PoK); China blames the separatist East Turkistan Islamic

Movement (ETIM) for fomenting trouble in the province.

what is micro irrigation (20-50 words

technique to feed directly the water to plant where it is

needed.by using sprinkle system,israel irrigation technique etc.

GOI started National Mission on Microirrigation providung 60

percent subsidy in lying pipes etc.it reduce the water wastageand insure optimum use of water resources.

scientist involved in this got dis yrs world food prize.

what is Ginni -Cofficient?

inequality measuring index...it can be social or economic

inequality...value is between 0 nd 1.more is value more is


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inequality.e.g.-in 2010 gini coefficient ws 0.27 nd in 2011 it ws

0.28 which means inequality increased in india in last one yr!

@#$%

Expand the term SWIFT

(A) Society for Worldwide Inter-national Financial

Telecommunications

(B) Society for Worldwide Inter-bank Financial

Telecommunications

(C) Society for Worldwide Inter-national Financial

Transfers

(D) Society for Worldwide Inter-bank Fiscal

Transactions

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications

It enables to financial institutions to send and receive

information about financial transactions world wide

national pension system(5 points )

1.applicable to all earners be it public ,private or any

unorganised sector.

2.compulsory for govt employees nd voluntary for rest

3.adopted in 2004

4.pple between 18-60 yrs of age can invest.5.govt actually invests the money in equity,govt bond nd

corporate bonds....(only)...this easesd the burden which

previously used to be charged from GOI pocket.

6.pfrda established to make it popular...bt pfrda yet to get

constitutional status becoz bill is pending frm last 8 yrs due to

which it face problem in dealing with defaulter pension fund

managers ,as to punish them in cases it has to visit civil court


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everytime.

after getting constitutional status pfrda will hav power of civil

court,nd will take such actions on its own.

7.due to volunteer nature scheme is nt popular among privateor unorganised sector.moreover pension fund managers dont

take much initiative in this regard becoz intensive is very

low(only0.0009%)

Which is NOT the principle of Indian Foreign Policy?

A. Anti-imperialis m

B. Peaceful coexistence

C. Nuclearisation

Anti-imperialis m

anti-imperialism:------ against any for of colonialism peaceful

Coexistence: panchsheel sidhant

liu wang who?one of the 2 chinese astronaut to visit space twice

contribution of G 8 AND G 20 in the world economy..G8 and G20 r axis of world economy.the entire wrd eco rdepend on them.g-20 developing nations grouping established at cancunsummit of wto,includes countries with export interests

Paraguay is undergoing crisis recntly...wrte abt it ?The Republic of Paraguay is in crisis. The institutionalbreakdown caused by the National Congress through aparliamentary coup, broke the democratic process that thepeople voted and elected in 2008. this attack against thelegitimate government of Paraguay, elected at the polls,besides being a terrible reversal of democracy that affects allcitizens Paraguayan democracy seriously threatens the entire

region, as it stands as a destabilizing element for all of Latin


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America.

International Trade Administration ?

The International Trade Administration strengthens thecompetitiveness of U.S. industry,promotes trades andinvestments also ensures fair trade through rigorousenforcement of its laws and agreements. ITA works to improvethe global business environment and helps U.S. organizationscompete at home and abroad.ITA supports President Obamasrecovery agenda and the National Export Initiative to sustaineconomic growth and support American jobs.

ITA consists of four sub-units. These are: Import

Administration (IA), Market Access and Compliance (MAC),

Manufacturing and Services (MAS) and the US Commercial

Service (USCS).

Kabuki theater?

Kabuki theater is in Tokyo,Japan where last week,a confrence

of 70 countries was organised for Restructuring Afganistan

after Nato leave it in 2014.they have decided to provid 16

billion dollor for reconstruction of Afganistan in forth coming 4

years.

Millenium Alliance?The Millennium Alliance: An India-US InnovationPartnership for Global Development will raise$50 million in seedcapital, grants, loans, guarantees, and technicalsupport for base of the pyramid solutions. The

Alliance will be modeled on USAIDs

Development Innovation Ventures to delivermaximum development impact by focusing on


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cost-effective solutions, rigorous testing andevaluation, and transition to scale via public andprivate pathways. USAID has committed $7.5

million to help launch the partnership with theIndian businesses matching it.

''Fatou Bensouda'',in news why?1st women nd 1st african lady to hold the postof chief prosecutor at icchere icc means international criminal court...

FII 'explain.in FDI dere is a direct long term investmentthrough infrastructure et c. nd in FII its throughsheyers nd securities etc........

Duma???

The lower house of russian parl.

different between fdi n portfolio investment?

Foreign direct investment can be described by directly investinginto another country. For example, Ford has discovered theycan increase their profits by building a car plant in Mexico. Thisis considered foreign direct investment because Ford is directlyusing Mexican workers as their means of production directly.Foreign portfolio investment can be explained through the

example of an American business man investing in stocks in theTokyo Stock Exchange. The business man is more passive in hisinvestment. He is not going out of his way to start up acompany or expand a company into the country. He is simplyinvesting in to a company that already exists. So, the keydifference between foreign direct investment and foreignportfolio investment is how involved the investor is. Acorporation is more likely to engage in foreign directinvestment because they will probably have enough money to


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expand. An individual is more likely to engage in foreignportfolio investment because the environment is simply betterfor them. The risk of foreign portfolio investment for an

individual is less risky than expanding or creating theircompany to a different country.

World Economic Forum?WEF is a non profit Swiss foundationheadquartered in Cologny,Geneva. it is anindependent international organization

committed to improving the state of the worldby engaging business, political, academic andother leaders of society to shape global, regionaland industry agendas. The 2012 meeting washeld on 25-29 January 2012, with the theme"The Great Transformation: Shaping NewModels"WEF is a non profit Swiss foundationheadquartered in Cologny,Geneva. it is an

independent international organizationcommitted to improving the state of the worldby engaging business, political, academic andother leaders of society to shape global, regionaland industry agendas. The 2012 meeting washeld on 25-29 January 2012, with the theme"The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models

Macarthyism?is the practise of making accusations of disloyalty without any

proper evidence came into picture during 2nd Red Scare period

in US.is the practise of making accusations of disloyalty without

any proper evidence came into picture during 2nd Red Scare

period in US.Macarthyism?is the practise of making accusations

of disloyalty without any proper evidence came into picture

during 2nd Red Scare period in US.Top of Form


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is the practise of making accusations of disloyalty without any

proper evidence came into picture during 2nd Red Scare period

in US.

UNFPA???

The agencys main goals are: Universal access to reproductive

health services by 2015 Universal primary education and

closing the gender gap in education by 2015 Reducing maternal

mortality by 75 per cent by 2015 Reducing infant mortality

Increasing life expectancy Decreasing HIV infection rates..

Head Quarters is located in New York

Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid al Maktoum????

The Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab

Emirates (UAE), and constitutional monarch of Dubai

UNIDO???

is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes

industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive

globalization and environmental sustainability.

it's headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

It is also a member of the United Nations Development Group.

it has Presently, 173 states are members of UNIDO

Executive head :Kandeh Yumkella

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNCTAD???

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

( UNCTAD)

It is the principal organ of the United Nations General


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Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development

issues.

The Secretary-General of UNCTAD is Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi.

it hq at Geneva, Switzerland established in 1964 .

Ladli lakshmi scheme ?

A benefit of Rs .1mn,for the girls marrying legally after 18yrs of

age, and born and brought up in Goa. for those born outside,

the state of goa, the cases will be scrutinised. Launching this

noble scheme goa cm Mr. M parikkar said, this scheme would

aim towards abolition of female foeticide cases. For this

scheme, the goa state govt has granted a package of rs. 150cr.

Rs. 1 lack each Girl to meet expenses

Compare and contrast the role of IMF with that of

world bank?IMF monitor the world economy its member countries

economic activities.all members of IMF R automatically member

of world bank. world bank gives loans to developing

countries.wb is co- institution of imf.

define state party nd national party

a party which gets minimum 6% of votes in 3states in state

level elections or 4% of votes in loksabha election or aquires

1seat in every 25 of loksabha seats is calld a natinal party.......

6

1 inc

2 bjp

3 bsp4 cpi


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5. cpi (m)

6 ncp

rupaantar project?rupaantar means transformation..it has been implemented in

assam with the help of oil india limited..it is becoming one of

the role model for the rural development..in this various self

help groups are formed and they are trained by the state

insitute of rural development..it assist te unemployed youth

and women to find alternate means of employment.its main

focus is on agro based industries..

Who was Famous as Frontier Gandhi?????

khan abdul gaffar khan

The newly-elected chairperson of the African Union

Commission, South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma,

was sworn into office today, becoming the first woman

to lead the pan-African institution. Erastus Mwencha,

the newly-elected deputy chairperson of the AU

Commission, and five new AU commissioners also took

the oath at the closing ceremony of the 19th AU

Summit, held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The

five new commissioners will be in charge of peace andsecurity, political affairs, social affairs, infrastructure

and energy, and rural economy and agriculture,

respectively.........

tell me about AU Summit

AU s a union consisting of 54 African states. The most

important decisions of the AU are made by the Assembly of the


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African Union, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and

government of its member states. The AU's secretariat, the

African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.

political capital are Addis Ababa and Midrand.Financial institutions OF AU

1. African Central Bank Abuja, Nigeria

2. African Investment Bank Tripoli, Libya

3. African Monetary Fund Yaound, Cameroon

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, in

existence since 1986, is established under the African Charter

on Human and Peoples' Rights .currently it combating malaria

and the AIDS/HIV epidemic in its region , estabilising

democratic regime in region etc.

discuss points about AUTOCRATIC GOVERMENT..

kin countries me thi ya abhi hai..

wahan ki rulings...

orders...

?????

An autocracy is a form of government in which the political

power is held by a single individual.e.g. in Russia from the

1600's-1917 there was on tsar (emperor) who is all powerful

over the country. There is no way for changing an autocratic

rulers mind because they believe they are there on God's will.inthis there would be no vote because political parties are illegal.

how many communist countries in world?

.the word communism is not really framed..it's by socialism..

Marxism ( Karl Marx )..but when govt. continue deal with every

sector of society and economy in automatically turned incommunism..the main purpose is all are equal and it's govt's


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responsibility that they must be equal..it's true somehow the

que of china and russia are very debatable just because both

have opened their economy with LPG concept but russia has

only one way globalization..their companies goes outside anddo business but other companies of the world are not allowed

except special permission of govt..you can see govt. is still

holding 95 % authority of economy ..that means govt. have

very crucial role in their economy..

What is the present political scenario of Iraq?

polity is divided in sectarian lines as kurds,shias,sunnis

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june and july..........

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