22nd and 23rd december

22nd DECEMBER

NO NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN: GENEVA CONFERENCE

2010: IRAN ANNOUNCED ITS NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSEàUS AND WEST OBJECTED (COVERT NUCLEAR BOMB PURPOSE): COLD WAR CONDITIONSàP5+1 PROPOSED IAEA MONITORED PROGRAM AND TRANSFER OF ENRICHED URANIUM TO RUSSIA AND TURKEY IN LIEU OF URANIUM FROM RUSSIA FOR SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL PURPOSESàBUT COZ OF US HOSTILITY & DRONE SURVEILLANCEàIRAN REJECTEDàSANCTIONS IMPOSED FROM US, EU AND UNàIRAN ECONOMIC CRISIS

2013: BACK ON TABLE TO NEGOTIATEàGENEVA ACCORD (P5+1)àNO NEW SANCTIONS

NATURAL UR (U 235): LESS THAN 20% URàENRICHMENTàUR 238/ PU 239 (WEAPONS GRADE UR:  MORE THAN 90% UR)

IRANS NUCLEAR REACTORS:

1.      FODO (NEAR TEHRAN)

2.      BUSHEHR (RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE),

3.      PARACHIN (SOUTH OF FODO),

4.      NATANZ (SOUTH OF PARACHIN)

INDIA STUDYING KISHENGANGA AWARD (PAGE 10)

2010-11: UN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: JHELUM  FLOWS IN KASHIR VALLEY (BASMATI RICE AND KIDNEY PEA), FISHING, TOURISM, NAVIGATION: SRINAGAR TO BARAMULLAH

INDIA WANTED TO CONSTRUCT: 330 MW RUN OF THE RIVER PROJECT (REGIONAL PLANNING)àNOT HOLDING THE WATER PERMANENTLYàCONSTRUCTION OF BARRAGEàPAKISTAN OBJECTED: (NEELAM RIVER) : LIVELYHOOD OF TRIBAL PEOPLE, RESTRICTED FLOW OF WATERàWATER DIVERTED FROM KISHEN GANGA TO BONAR NALA (ANOTHER TRIBUTARY OF JHELUM) (IMP FOR COTTON AND RICE CULTIVATION)àEASTERN PART OF PAKàPAK ALSO WANTS HYDRO POWER PLANT THERE, IF FLOW IS AFFECTED THEN IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION COURT, HAGUEàNOT A BREACH OF INDUS WATER TREATY 1960à IT PROVIDED 2 RESTRICTIONS ON INDIA

1.      DECREASING THE KINECTIC ENERGY COZ OF SILTATION OF BARRAGEàDESILTATION NEEDEDàDRAW DOWN FLUSHING TECHOLOGY USED BY INDIAàRESTRICT WATER FOR 6 DAYS TO DO SOàIAC SAID TO CHANGE THE TECHNOLOGY

2.      9 CUBIC METRE/SEC OF WATER FROM KISHANGANGA SHOULD BE ENSURED

MASS CONTACT PROGRAMME OF KERELA: GOOD GOVERNANCE

UN PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD 2013

1.      MP GRAMEEN HAAT PROGRAMME

2.      JHARKHAND: SWABLAMBAN: PENSION PROGRAMME

3.      MASS CONTACT PROGRAMME: FIRST PLACE (ASIA PACIFIC):

A.    DIRECT TO PEOPLE CONTACT

B.     PAVES WAY FOR NEW AVENUES OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS

C.     DIRECT, PRODUCTIVE, TRANSPARENT AND CORRUPTION FREE GOVERNANCE

D.    DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE

E.     SINGLE PLATFORM TO RESOLVE ISSUES

INDIA MYANMAR RELATIONS

WHY MYANMAR IS IMPORTANT FOR INDIA:

1.      LOCATION ON TRI JUCTION: GATEWAY TO SE ASIA

2.      IMPORTANT FOR PACIFIC CONNECTIVITY

3.      ECONOMIC RELATIONS: PULSES (PROTIEN), INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: TIN, TIMBER

4.      SUCCESS OF LOOK EAST POLICY: NE DEVELOPMENT

5.      INTERNAL SECURITY: NORTH EASTERN DEVELOPMENT, INSURGENCY ISSUES

6.      BAY OF BENGAL STRATEGIC INTEREST VIZ A VIZ CHINA

RECENT ISSUES WITH MYANMAR

1.      MANIPUR (MOREH), AP (HPUNGAN PASS): 4 INDIAN STATES HAVE BOUNDARIES BUT THESE TWO HAVE BORDER ISSUES COZ OF FENCING: ISSUES OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS

2.      CHIN (MANIPUR PPL: MUSLIM) VS ROGHINGA PPL OF MYANMAR

3.      MOREH TOWN: 18 VILLAGES: MYANMAR SAYS THEY HISTORICAL BELONG TO MYANMAR: JAN 1àMYANMAR FENCED OFF 18 VILLAGES

4.      INSURGENCY IN NAGALAND: MYANMAR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO KUKI

5.      INDIA NOW SUPPORTS JUNTA GOVTàAGT DEMOCRATIC NORMS : AAG SYU KYI NOT HAPPY

JOINT SURVEY ON BORDER FENCING NEXT MONTH

QUOTA’S FOR EDUCATION HELPED SCs, BUT BOYS ALONE REAPED THE BENEFIT

ISSUE OF EXCLUSION WITHIN EXCLUSION

QUOTAS HAD NEXT TO NO IMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR GIRLS

THOUGH ACCESS TO SC STATUS LED TO AN INCREASE OF 0.3% YEARS OF SCHOOLING

SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW PROGESS ON PAKISTAN NUCLEAR REACTOR

GRANDFATHERING CLAUSE: KHUSHAB (ENRICHED UR) NEAR ISLAMABADàPRODUCTION OF WEAPONS GRADE UR; CHASMA (KARACHI)

RUSSIA UPSTAGES WEST IN ARCTIC OIL RUSH, BEGINS PUMPING FROM OFFSHORE PLATFORM

PECHORA SEA AND BASINàEXPLORATION HAS BEGAN

NET DIRECT TAX COLLECTIONS UP 14%

TAX: PAYMENT WITHOUT ANY QUID PRO QUO

DIRECT TAX: THE PERSON WHO PAYS THE TAX AND WHOM IT WAS IMPOSED IS THE SAME, THE TAX  BURDEN CANNOT BE SHIFTED: THEREFORE IS PROGESSIVE TAXTION AS IT IS BASED ON ABILITY TO PAY: KINDS

1.      INCOME TAX

2.      CORPORATE TAX

3.      STT,CTT

4.      WEALTH TAX

·         SIDDHARTH BIRLA AS FICCI HEAD

GSLV D5 TO LIFT OFF ON JANUARY 5

INDIGENOUS CRYOGENIC ENGINE: WORKING BELOW -180 C; PULICAT LAKE (SHRI HARIKOTA)

2013 SOCIAL INNOVATORS AND INNOVATIONS

1.      MANGAL TURBINE: TURBINE W/O USING ELEC

2.      DURLABH SINGH: SUSTAINABLE GEYSER W/O ELECTRICITY

3.      PRIYADARSHINI KARVE: BHARAT LAKSHMI CHULA

4.      DRDO: DIO DIGESTER TECHNOLOGY TOILETSàFOR SIACHEN GLACIERàUSE OF BACTERIA AT VERY LOW TEMPERATURESàORGANIC BACTERIA WILL DISINTEGRATE INTO METHANE (FERTILIZER), WATER AND SLURRYàNOW INTRODUCED IN INDIAN RAILWAYSàSOLVE THE PROBLEM OF OPEN DEFECATIONàMANUAL SCAVENGING CONTROLLED (NIRMAL BHARAT ABHIYAN)àMINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ALSO NOW INTRODUCING THIS TO RURAL LANDSCAPE

5.      SHAKTI SURBHI GAS GENERATOR: SOLVING ENERGY PROBLEM IN RURAL INDIA

RESEARCHERS CLAIM DEVELOPMENT OF DIABETIC FRIENDLY RICE VARIETIES

RICE HAS HIGH SUGAR AND CARBOHYDATE CONTENT

SAMBA MASURI RICE VARIETY: DIABETIC FRIENDLY: SELECTIVE BREEDING THROUGH MARKER IDENTIFICATION METHOD

VULTURES BACK FROM THE BRINK

CARNIVORES: TOXITY LEVELS ARE VERY HIGH

PRIMARY PRODUCERSàPRIMARY CONSUMERS (NO BIO MAGNIFICATION AND ACCUMULATION)àSECONDARY CONSUMERS (TOXICITY IN FOOD INCREASES, BIO ACCUMULATION AND BIO MAGNIFICATION)àTERTIARY CONSUMERS (PURE CARNIVOROUS) (EXPOSED TO BIOMAGNIFICATION )

CAPTIVE BREEDING CENTRE: VULTURE CONSERVATION : PINJORE

NON CAPTIVE CENTRE: MAHARASTRA: DEAD FEED W/O AND SIDE EFFECTS: VULTURE RESTURANTS)

23^RD DECEMBER

FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DISABLED

RIGHTS OF DIABLED

1.      RTE

2.      EMPLOYMENT RESERVATION

3.      EQUAL OPPRTUNITY

4.      ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION

5.      EQUAL PROTECTION OF RIGHTS ACT

6.      RGT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

7.      COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION

8.      DISABLE FRIENDLY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

9.      RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE

10.  EXPANSION OF DEFINATION

11.  GOVT SCHEMES TO PROVIDE INSTRUMENTS AND TECHOLOGY

ARGONOMICS: DIABLE FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY

DEPT OF DIABILITY IS UNDER MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WILL HELP TO FILL THE GAP

AVALANCHE

PHYSIOGRAPHY OF HIMALAYAS

1.      TRANS HIMALAYS: ONLY J & K: KARAKORAM , LADAKH AND ZASKAR RANGES; IMPORTANAT FOR GLACIERS

2.      GREATER HIMALAYAS: 4 STATES: J&K, HIMACHAL, UK AND SIKKIM; GLACIERS ARE HERE TOO

3.      MIDDLE HIMALAYS/LESSER HIMALAYAS: J&K, HIMACHAL, UK: PIR PANJAL, DAULA DHAR (TILL HP); KUMAON AND MUSSORIE RANGES (UK)

4.      OUTER HIMALAYAS/SHIVALIKS: J&K, PUNJAB, HARYANA, UK, HP, SIKKIM AND AP (DMAM), UP???

ALL GLACIERSARE ASSOCIATED WITH AVALANCHES: THEY ARE LIKE LANDSLIDES GUIDED BY GRAVITY WHEN ICE MOVES TOWARDS VALLEY LIKE A RIVER. REASONS BEING:

1.      USE OF DYNAMITES

2.      TRANSPORTATION AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES

3.      HIGH HUMAN AND ANTHROPOGENIC MOVEMENT

4.      CLIMATE CHANGE

A NATURAL PROCESS WHICH HAS BECOME A DISASTER COZ OF HUMAN INTERVENTION IN FRAGILE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

BONE RELIC IN GOA CHURCH MIGHT BE OF KETEVAN OF GEORGIA

FIRST ANCIENT DNA STUDY IN SOUTH ASIA BY CSIR-CCMB

AN ABUSE OF IMMUNITY: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VIENNA CONVENTION

1.      ARTICLE 41: ANY COUSELLOR CAN BE CHARGED IF THERE IS A GRAVE CRIME (VIOLATION OF WAGE ROLL: GRAVE CRIME; DEFN OF GRAVE CRIME NOT EXPLAINED BY CONVENTION)

2.      JUDICIAL COMPETENT BODY ADJUDICATED THE PROCESS

3.      NO HAND CUFFING, SEARCH: THE METHODOLOGY WAS INCORRECT ACCORDING TO THE CONVENTION

4.      RESPONSIBILTY OF DIPLOMATS: SHOULD FOLLOW DOMESTIC LAWS: UN SERVICE OFFICERS ENJOYS MORE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY: INDIA UPGRADED THE STATUS OF DEVYANI TO UN SERVICE TO PROVIDE MORE IMMUNITY

QUESTION OF IMMUNITY

DIFFERNCE BW DIPLOMATIC AGENTS AND CONSULAR STAFF, FORMER CANNOT BE ARRESTED; THE LATTER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO ARREST PENDING TRAIL EXCEPT IN CASE OF GRAVE CRIME AFTER JUDICIAL PROCESS. CONSULARS ARE IMMUNE ONLY FOR OFFICIAL ACTS.

ARTICLE 41 (1): ARREST PERSUANT TO A DECISION BY JUDICIAL AUTORITY; GRAVE OFFENCE

LACUNAE LIES IN THE VIENNA CONVENTION IN DEFINING THE GRAVE CRIME : ACCORDING TO US DOMESTIC LAW IT WAS A GRAVE CRIME

US VIOLATED ARTICLE 41 (3): TREATMENT OF HANDCUFFING AND STRIP SEARCH

RETALIATORY MEASURES BY INDIA

1.      REMOVAL OF SEC BARRIERS: VIOLATE ARTICLE 22 (2) OF VIENNA CONVENTION

2.      WITHDRAWL OF AIRPORT PASSES

3.      ISSUANCE OF ID CARDS TO BE TURNED IN

4.      REFUAL TO MEET US REPRESENTATIVES

OBLIGATIONS OF INDIA AND INDIANS

1.      CHECK THE CONDUCT OF ITS DIPLOMATS AND OFFICERS ABROAD

2.      SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE DOMESTIC LAWS AND RESPECT IT

3.      INDIA ABUSED THE UN CONVENTION POWERS BY RAISING THE DIPLOMATIC STATUS OF MS DEVYANI: AS UN CONVENTION DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY IS HIGHER THAN VIENNA CONVENTION

INDIA NEPAL RELATIONS

WHY NEPAL IS IMPORTANT FOR INDIA:

1.      BUFFER B/W INDIA AND CHINA

2.      COUNTER TERRORISM: COUNTER FEITING OF CURRENCY

3.      ZONE OF WOMEN TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN: SEX TOURISM (UJJWLA SCHEME TO COUNTER IT): KOLKATTA, AP, MUMBAI, DELHI, HARYANA (PARO): EXCEPTS FROM UN REPORT

4.      EXTREMISM: MAOSIM IN COUNTRY: BIHAR, WB, ODISHA, CHATTISGARH, AP, EASTERN MP, JHARKHANDàRED CORRIDOR

5.      WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUE: NEED NEPALS ASSISTANCE TO REGULATE THEM:

A.    KALI/SHARDA

B.     GHAGRA

C.     GANDAK

D.    KOSI

6.      GOOD SOURCE OF RAW MATERIAL: AYURVEDA, TIMBER ETC

7.      CROSS BORDER TRADE: IMP SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD FOR BOTH

8.      IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO PEOPLE CONTACT AND TOURISM

RECENT TIES ARE TARGETED TOWARDS

1.      ECONOMIC TIES: TRADE FACILITATION AND CONTROLIING THE TRADE DEFICIT

2.      COMMON CURRENCY ISSUE: ASSISTING NEPAL’S ECONOMY

3.      COOPERATION WITH SSB (NEPAL AND BHUTAN)

4.      BUILD UP PHYSICAL CONNECTIVITY

5.      CHECK SMUGGLING AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION

6.      PROVIDING PORT FACILITY TO THEM

7.      OPENING 3^RD COUNTRY IMPORT AND EXPORT ZONES TO FACILITATE THEIR TRADE

8.      TRAINNING TO NEPAL OFFICIALS IN IMA

9.      WE WANT POLITICAL STABILISATION: EXCHG OF DEMOCRATIC/POLITICAL DELEGATIONS

NEPAL CRISIS

2007: 3 PARTIES: NEPALI CONGRESS, JAN MADESHI PARTY, MAOIST DIVIDED INTO 2 SECTIONSàNEPAL WENT FOR CONSTITIONAL ASSEMBLY WHICH POSED FRACTURED RESULTàMAOIST PARTY SHED VIOLENCE: INDUCTION INTO ARMY, SHED VIOLENCE AND ARMS: CONSTANT POLITICAL FLUCTUATIONS

2012: THE DEADLINE OF CA WAS CONTINOUSLY POSTPONEDà WHO WILL HEAD IT, WHAT WILL BE THE PATTERN OF POLITY, AUTONOMY OF TERAI REGION

SOLUTION OF NEUTRAL PERSON WAS ALSO REJECTEDàMAOIST: COLLABORATION BTW THEM AND CONGRESSàJAN MADHESHI WANTED THEIR OWN PERSON AS HEAD OF CAàCONSTITUTIONAL CRISISàRECENTLY ELECTIONS TO CA HELD IN WHICH NEPALI CONGRESS EMERGED AS THE LARGEST PARTY

INDIA NEPAL TO CHECK ILLEGAL BORDER TRADE

1.      CHECK UNAUTORISED TRADE AND CHECK TRADE IN FAKE CURRENCY

2.      INDIA WILL PROVIDE 10000 COWS FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS

3.      REDUCING THE TRADE DEFICIT WITH INDIA

4.      REDUCTION OF TARIFF BARRIERS

5.      AGREED ON 14 PT AGENDA TO ENHANCE TRADE

6.      EXPORT OF NEPALI BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS IN INDIA

7.      INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT TO FACILITATE 3^RD COUNTRY EXPORT AND IMPORT AT NEW CUSTOM POINTS

NATIONAL LIVESTOCK MISSION

INDIA HAS LARGEST POPLN OF CATTLEàMILKàDUNGàBIO GASàMETHANE (ENERGY)

A.    CATTLE: DROUGHT AND MILTCH BASED ANIMALS

B.     FODDER PRODUCTION

C.     FOOD SECURITY

D.    LIVELIHOOD SECURITY

STATUE OF UNITY DOES NOT HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE

SADHU DET ISLAND: NARMADA RIVER; SHOOLPANESHAR SANCTUARY

THIS IS A ECO SENSITIVE ZONEàVIOLATION OF EPA’86, EIA NOTIFICATION ‘2006

MOBILE SEVA: NATIONAL MOBILE GOVERANANCE INITIATIVE

1.      CENTRALISED MOBILE PLATFORM

2.      BRINGING PUBLIC SERVICES CLOSER TO CITIZENS: SMS, USSD, IVRS, MOBILE APPS

3.      BY DIETY

FRENCH ARTIFICIAL HEART IS 1^ST TO OFFER LONG TERM SOLUTION

A SMALL DEVICE THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN FIGHT AGT CERVICAL CANCER

ICMR HAS DEVELOPED INDIA’s 1^ST AV MAGNIVISUALISER THAT ENSURES EASYAND ACCURATE DETECTION OF CERVICAL CANCER: INDIGENOUS TECHOLOGY

MANISHA KOIRALA AS THE ROLE MODEL