Important areas for this yr Prelims/CSAT

[phani siddha]

Dear Students,

plz check phanisiddha.blogspot.com for important areas for this year's prelims,,,

any new info comes across, plz feel free to mail back the issues... 

thanks and Best Wishes..

[RamaKrishna]

FOR CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMS/CSAT IMPORTANT AREAS

DEAR STUDENTS,

GIVE SOME TIME FOR FIRST 30 POINTS UP TO POSCO AT LEAST 

AND

GO FOR THE REMAINING IF TIME PERMITS

PRIORITISE AND THEN STUDY..

GOOD LUCK TO YOU

Falk lands is known for petroleum and for the conflict between Argentina and Britain,, Falkland war 1982, HMS Dauntless sent in 2012 to falklands by UK, Prince Harry’s combat training in FL and Chile, Brazil, MERCOSUR (South American Trading Block) comes to the Aid of Argentina and Support it.

La Nina effect on Northern Australia leading to flooding

El Nino effect starting after La Nina's fading

Samoa jumped west of the International Date line and thus lost a day, 

Anyone who moves East of the Date line Gains a Day (East-Gains a Day)(FROM 15TH MAY THEY CHANGE TO 14TH MAY AND HENCE THEY ENJOY 15TH AGAIN) and goes to a lower date SO A DAY GETS DELETED 15-1=14 and One who moves West of the Date Line Loses a Day and changes to a higher date(SO a day gets ADDED MOVING FROM 14TH IF YOU CROSS WEST OF THE LINE YOU ARE IN 15TH BUT YOU LOST A DAY)

Mount Aoraki, (matterhorn - the sharp peak formed due to erosion by glaciers)  the new name of Mt Cook of New Zealand as per Maori Tradition and top 10 meters falls down... Hence it is 10 meters short

Underwater Transverse Fault - which is a fault/fracture/crack/break of rock due to lateral movement of plates/rocks leads to an earthquake but does not cause a Tsunami as it is not a vertical displacement and hence does not cause displacement of oceanic water hence Eq of 2004 off Sumatra caused a Tsunami but 2012 Eq off sumatra did not...Plate Tectonics

North to South sequence of the Japanese Islands is Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Ryukyu.. Honshu the Largest, suffered the earthquake and Tsunami, Fukushima is located on Honshu Island on the east 

JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI-FUKUSHIMA DAICHI NUCLEAR PLANT INCIDENT AND THE REPURCUSSIONS ON INDIAN NUCLEAR ESTABLISHMENT

FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN INDIA

JAITAPUR, KUDANKULAM PLANT CONTROVERSY

Alternate route to Malacca strait in SE Asia is thru Sunda strait between Sumatra – Jawa and then Makassar Strait between Borneo – Celebes islands

STRING OF PEARLS THEORY OF CHINA, possibly TO CONTAIN INDIA, NEW PORT LOCATIONS IN HAMBANTOTA, COLOMBO IN SRI LANKA, AND A NEW PORT TO COME UP IN SEYCHELLES

TWO INDIAN BUSINESSMEN STUCK IN CHINA IN YIWU DIST NEAR SHANGHAI AS THEIR YEMENI BOSS VANISHES WITHOUT PAYING DUES TO CHINESE TRADERS

PARACEL ISLANDS AND SPRATLEY ISLANDS OF VIETNAM IN SOUTH CHINA SEA, LARGEST OF SEAS IN THE WORLD, WHERE INDIA WAS INVITED TO EXPLORE OIL WITH VIETNAM, UPON OVL’S (ONGC VIDESH LTD) SHIP BEEN SENT INTO SOUTH CHINA SEA FOR PROSPECTING,  BUT TURNED INTO A WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA.. 

A NAVAL BASE IN HO CHI MIN CITY OF VIETNAM VACATED BY RUSSIANS AFTER LEASE EXPIRED BECAME A HOTLY CONTESTED BASE FOR AMERICA,CHINA, RUSSIA

INTER STATE WATER DISPUTES AND THE SOLUTIONS ESPMULLAPERIYAR DAM CONTROVERSY

 TEESTA, A RIGHT BANK TRIBUTARY OF BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER WITH BANGLADESH, INDIA’S QUEST FOR BANGLA CORRIDOR. KOLKATA, DHAKA, AGARTALA LINK

ZHANGMU DAM ON GREAT BEND OF BRAHMAPUTRA CAUSING CONFLICTS WITH NEIGHBOUR CHINA..(GREAT BEND OF BRAHMAPUTRA/SYNTAXIAL BEND OF HIMALAYAS)

Methane will get released from Arctic Ice melting which is 32 times powerful as a Green House Gas than CO2

Myitsone Dam on Irrawady river cancelled by PM of Myanmar Thein Sein which was to be built by China. 

TIDES, HIGH TIDES AND SPRING TIDES BECOZ MV WISDOM GOT STUCK IN MUMBAI BEACH AND HAD TO BE TUGGED OUT IN SPRING TIDE... tides are caused due to the gravitational force of sun and the moon and most imp moon bcoz it is closer...

when sun earth moon or sun moon earth are in straight line higher high tides are caused called spring tides... in a high tide/spring tide (which is a higher high tide) the water level is highest and hence a ship can be tugged out due to buoyancy.

MUMBAI WORLI SEA LINK

SOMALIAN PIRATES ISSUE AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE, 

SOMALI & KENYAN CONFLICT DUE TO ABDUCTION OF FOREIGN TOURISTS OF KENYA BY SOMALI MILITIAMEN

Wave of democratic movements sweeping across northern Africa especially in countries like Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, El Baradai’s involvement of IAEA

Strait of Hormuz has Iran on North and Oman on south, connects Persian Gulf to Gulf of Oman in Arabian Sea of Indian Ocean, USA and Iran conflict,,

Gaza blockade – Israeli commando attack on Mariam shipping vessel carrying relief to gaza residents – many Nobel lauerettes associated with the relief mission

India’s bid to invest in more oilfields in Shakhalin and Russia’s lukewarm response. 

Flooding, Earthquake in Pakistan

Cloud burst in Ladakh 

 Cyclone Phet and the torrential rain in Rajasthan’s Thar

 Mumbai and Goan coastline – tanker collision and Oil spill – environmental hazard     

Genetically modified crops – Bt Cotton, GM Brinjal- Response/stand of Environment Ministry and People’s protests     

 Coastal Zone Regulation 2011 and Violations and orders for demolition of the Adarsh building in Mumbai from Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)     

Clean Energy concepts – Nuclear Power plants – Jaitapur/Sompeta/Kakarapalli shooting (Srikakulam), protests against the major projects, Granting of clearance to Jaitapur plant How to balance development, people’s aspirations with environmental sustainability Vedanta group, Vedanta Univ, Anil Agarwal, Niyamgiri Hills – bauxite mining, cancellation of the Environmental clearance due to tribal protests ( Support of the Star cast of Avtar – David Cameron’s movie to the tribals

POSCO and Opposition by Orissa Villagers    

SCAMS IN INDIA AND PARLIAMENTARY DEADLOCK DUE TO OPPOSITION STAND - Adarsh, CWG, Sukhna Land deal, Pune – Lavasa Construction company & the tribal land issue, 2G scam, Hassan Ali case – ED notice and subsequent arrest of Hasan Ali, CVC P J Thomas issue, Tax havens and Indian black money in Swiss/Lietchenstein banks case Bofors case diluted and Quottrochi a free man now     

Arrest and Sentencing of Binayak Sen Case,,

 Kidnapping and subsequent release of Malkangiri District Collector Vineel Krishna case    

Swami Aseemanand’s and Sadhvi Pragya’s arrest on terror charges, Chidambaram’s remark on Saffron terror and consequential political storm,, Terror attacks in Varanasi      

Aarushi Talwar Murder case,    

 Naga homeland movement, blockade of Manipur, terrible consequences      

Dalai Lama,, tibetan Monks suicides and response of China     

Intense rainfall in Mumbai – a never before event    

BHATTA PARSAUL THE VILLAGE IN NEWS DUE TO LAND ACQUISITION POLICY OF UP GOVERNMENT AND THE CONGRESS STAND AGAINST IT

WOMEN’S RIGHTS & PROTECTION DUE TO LARGE NUMBER OF ATTACKS ON WOMEN IN UP        AND

 MEDICAL TRIALS ON WOMEN AND GIRL CHILDREN GONE WRONG IN AP DUE TO TEST OF MEDICINE GARDASIL FOR CERVICAL CANCER BY PLANINDIA

  

WOMEN ENTITLED TO A LIFE OF DIGNITY- SUPREME COURTS JUDGEMENT ON SEX WORKERS..

SOUTHERN SUDAN AS THE 193^RD COUNTRY...   REASONS FOR THE CONFLICT OVER 3 DECADES

CENSUS - A DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND..CASTE BASED CENSUS, BIOMETRICS, URBAN POPULATION GROWING MORE THAN RURAL, POSITIVE GENDER RATIO, UIDAI AND AADHAR INITIATIVE,

CASTE CENSUS AND THE DEBATE...

 INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION... ANNA HAZARE AND TEAM, THE CIVIL SOCIETY MOVEMNT AGAINST GOVERNMENT... JAN LOK PAL BILL

ARMED FORCES SPECIAL POWERS ACT- IROM SHARMILA OF NORTH EAST INDIA

DEVAS – ISRO DEAL

NAXALISM AND THE RED CORRIDOR-- BIHAR TO AP

DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA

SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ON NARCO ANALYSIS AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL

GLOBAL WARMING, NATIONAL MISSION ON STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE..

NATIONAL MISSION ON ENHANCED ENERGY EFFICIENCY

CONFERENCE ON ACID RAIN IN CHINA IN 2012

GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX 2010, HDI REPORT 2010

SWISS BLACK MONEY TRAIL

PM’S PANEL’S RECOMMENDATION ON 49% FDI IN ALL SECTORS

INDIA OPPOSES TRADE BARRIERS FROM ADVANCED COUNTRIES CITING ENVIRONMENTAL GROUNDS..

OECD’S GREEN GROWTH STRATEGY FOR FOOD, AGRI

UNCTAD ; SOUTH CENTRED GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

40^TH DAVOS FORUM DISCUSSIONS ON GLOBAL ISSUES

WORLD BANK’S GREEN NATIONAL ACCOUNTS INITIATIVE

PERFORMANCE OF SEZ’S IN INDIA

TRADE POLICY REFORMS

CURRENCY WAR AND INDIA

INFRASTRUCTURE THE HIGHEST JOB CREATOR

IMF: INDIA VULNERABLE TO FOOD, ENERGY PRICE DISRUPTIONS

SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIAN STATES

INDIA’S ELECTION TO UNSC

EUROZONE’S DEBT CRISES

BOTSWANA BUSHMEN AND THE KALAHARI WATER DISPUTE

NAGOYA PROTOCOL

CHANDRAYAAN -1 AND -2

INDIAN REGIONAL NAVIGATION SATELITE SYSTEM

BIGGEST FULL MOON IN 18 YEARS.. IMPACTS

DIAMOND PLANET – CARBON FILLED PLANET – FOUND BY INDIAN SCIENTISTS..

URANIUM RESOURCES OF INDIA

ITER PROJECT AT CADARACHE AND LARGE HADRON COLLIDER (LHC) PROJECT) BOSON HIGGS PARTICLES

SUPERBUG – A GLOBAL CONCERN : WHO

DENGUE FEVER

STATE OF FOREST REPORT

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY 2010/DECADE OF BD 2011-20

VEDARANYAM PROJECT OF M.S. SWAMINATHAN FOUNDATION ON HALOPHYTES/MANGROVES

PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIWAS AND CHIEF GUEST KAMLA PERSAAD BISSESSAR PREMIER OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

IUCN TEAM IDENTIFIES 35 ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREAS IN INDIA... IN WESTERN GHATS

 NORTH AMERICA

1. British Petroleum’s biggest bungle in Gulf of Mexico region... the biggest oil spill in history of oil industry... penalised.. cleanup... damage to environment..Florida/gulf coastline...

Bloomers/sponges/Capping of the rig.. Environmental disaster unparalled...

2. Killings of Indian Students in USA goes unchecked, unemployment of local youth, easy targets, ethnic/cultural clash (similar issue with Australia)

3. Brazil to France Jetliner crash in the Atlantic - Is there a Bermuda triangleangle? (NO)

4. Plight of Indian Students in Tri Valley University in USA, issue, problems and Governments’ response

5. Julian Assange, Wikileaks, US Cables and subsequent embarrassment to Obama Admin, Arrest in UK on charges by Sweden, subsequent release

6. Mexico drug peddling and killings esp.. of officials

SOUTH AMERICA

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s functioning- association with Cuban leader Fidel Castro – Bad health of Fidel Castro and transfer of power to younger brother Raul Castro – Sour Relationship with USA

 Gautemala Sink Hole formation due to floods, What is a sink hole? (karst topography) 

Miners problems in Peru/Chile – trapped miners case, 33 days of entrapment in gold and silver mines and final release (Chinese Coal mines disasters which are frequent can be discussed)

EUROPE 

France – Evacuating Roma to Romania on reasons of high crime – internationally condemned act. France – Banning of Burqa in public. Strictly penalised for wearing veil in public places

 Belgium follows up with the banning of burqa.

Belgium divided along linguistic and cultural lines – Southern Poorer French Wallonia and Rich Flanders in North.. the divide in the political circles 

Heat waves in Europe – thousands die.  a consequence of global climatic change

Icelandic volcanic eruption and disruption of flight services, Eyjafjallajokull volcanic peak . Mid Atlantic Ridge, Sea Floor Spreading 

Indian Currency printing in Scandinavia/USA