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Saturday, April 28, 2018

UPSC Topper 2017 Durishetty Anudeep Biography

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Durishetty Anudeep

Durishetty Anudeep secured Rank 1 in the UPSC Civil Services Exam (CSE) 2017. More than 9.75 lakh candidates had applied for this year exam. Durishetty is from Hyderabad.

Anudeep Durishetty – An electronics Engineer From BITS Pilani

Though the official UPSC rank-list mentions him as Durishetty Anudeep, he is known among his friends as Anudeep or Duri.
Anudeep completed his engineering from BITS Pilani in Rajasthan in 2011.
Anudeep’s father is an Assistant Engineer with the TS Transco, while his mother is a home-maker.
This is his fourth attempt at Civils.
He qualified the examination with Anthropology as his optional subject.
Anudeep prepared without any major assistance from any coaching institution.
Durishetty had secured Rank Rank 790 in 2013 UPSC Civil Services Exam. Even though his mains marks were not that good, his interview marks were excellent then (204/275).
Anudeep is already a civil servant and is currently working as Assistant Commissioner (P) at Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Government of India.
He worked with Google in Hyderabad before he got into IRS.
He belongs to the OBC category.
Anudeep is a sports-lover and likes Tennis and Football.
He considers himself as an eclectic.
Anudeep is still a bachelor.
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UPSC 2017 Final Result PDF Download

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Click Here to Download UPSC 2017 Final Result PDF Download
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THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 28.04.2018

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Daily Current Affairs, 27th April 2018

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1)  World Intellectual Property Day: 26 April
•World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated on 26th of April to learn about the role that intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright) play in encouraging innovation and creativity.

 •The theme for WIPD 2018 is 'Powering change: Women in innovation and creativity'.

2)  PM Modi Launches Van Dhan Scheme To Help Increase Tribal Income
•The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi launched the Van Dhan Scheme of Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED, during the celebrations of Ambedkar Jayanti at Bijapur, Chattisgarh.

•The Van Dhan scheme along with others like Jan Dhan and Gobar-Dhan schemes had the potential to change the tribal-rural economic system. Under Van Dhan, 10 Self Help Groups of 30 Tribal gatherers would be constituted.

3)  India-Nepal IGC Meet Begins In Kathmandu
•India-Nepal Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) meeting on trade, transit and cooperation to Control Unauthorised Trade started in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Indian side is led by Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia. The main focus of the two-day meeting will be on further strengthening trade and investment ties between both the countries.

•The IGC meeting provides a regular platform to review the implementation of past trade and transit agreements besides discussing new measures to facilitate bilateral trade and investment.

4)  Indu Malhotra, 1st Woman Lawyer Appointed As SC Judge
•Senior lawyer Indu Malhotra was sworn in as the judge of the Supreme Court in the presence of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. The appointment was made by the President Ram Nath Kovind.

•Malhotra has now become the first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a Supreme Court judge.  In 2007, Mrs Malhotra was only the second woman to be appointed a senior advocate by the apex court, three decades after Leila Seth first made history.

5)  CSIR Bags National Intellectual Property Award 2018
•The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is awarded the National Intellectual Property (IP) Award 2018 in the category “Top R&D Institution / Organization for Patents and Commercialization”.

•Dr Girish Sahni, DG, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR received the award at the hands of Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce and Industry, at a function organized by the Indian Intellectual Property Office and Confederation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (CII) in New Delhi, to celebrate the World Intellectual Property Day (26th April).

6)  Google Ranked As Most Trusted Internet Brand In India: Report
•Online search engine Google is the most trusted Internet brand in India, followed by Facebook, as per the TRA Brand Trust Report 2018. With 1.2 trillion searches per year, Google has become the first port of call for all things on the Internet. Google was followed by Facebook, Amazon and eBay.

•The biggest falls in trust were seen by Snapdeal, who fell by 142 ranks over last year. The top trust gainers this year were Netflix (up 506 ranks over last year). TRA’s Brand Trust Report 2018 report covers 2488 consumer-influencers across 16 cities in India and generated 5 million data points.
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Friday, April 27, 2018

Geography for UPSC 2018: Syllabus & Books

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Preparing for UPSC 2018? Here’s a detailed syllabus and go to books that you should refer to master Geography for UPSC 2018. This post is brought to you by Oliveboard, an online exam preparation platform for government and banking exams.

UPSC Geography Syllabus

The revised syllabus of UPSC has mentioned UPSC geography syllabus in following words.
“Indian & World Geography: Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India & the World”
 The syllabus has clearly divided Geography into 2 components – Indian Geography and World Geography.
The Topics covered in the 2 components as given the following table.

Indian Geography
World Geography
Physiography of India
Atmosphere, its structure and components.
River Systems of India
World Climate with focus on major world climatic phenomena like Planetary winds, Clouds, Cyclones etc.
Climate
Geomorphic processes like Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Weathering, Erosion and Gradational processes and their associated landform features
Mineral Wealth of India
Major World Biomes, their components and features.
Soil & Soil Types in India
World Resources and their distribution
Agriculture
World Industries and their distribution
Forests
Major World Crops and Farming systems
Wildlife & Conservation
World Map related questions
Human Geography
World oceans and related processes like Ocean currents, tides
Universe related questions including topics like Solar system; earth and its movements;
asteroids, comets and meteors; satellites etc.
Disasters, like Tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, droughts.

More Question have been asked on Indian Geography as compared to world Geography. Hence you should prioritize your studies accordingly.All the topics mentioned about should be understood properly and the facts mentioned should be analysed with concepts given.

Books and Sources for UPSC Geography Preparation
· NCERT Books from 6th to 12th (Special focus should be on 11th and 12th NCERT’s)
·  C Leong’s Physical Geography
· General Studies Guide for Prelims, either from TMH or Arihant or Spectrum or Pearson
· Oxford Student atlas (do not confuse it with Oxford School Atlas)
· Orient Black Swann School Atlas (do not confuse it with Orient Black Swann Student Atlas)
· Various reports from Govt and NGO’s like Forest report, Agriculture census, HDI report, etc.
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The HINDU Notes – 27th April 2018

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📰 Nutritional politics
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THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 27.04.2018

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Thursday, April 26, 2018

Daily Current Affairs, 26th April 2018

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1)  PM Modi Embarks On 3-Day Visit To China
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi left on a three-day visit to China. Mr Modi will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during an informal summit in Wuhan city. 

 •It is expected that the meeting between Mr Modi and Mr Xi will be a milestone in India-China relations. This will be Mr Modi’s fourth visit to China after he came to power in 2014.

2)  HRD Ministry Launches 2nd Edition Of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
•The Ministry of Human Resource Development, HRD launched the second edition of the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan under which students from 750 higher educational institutions from across the country will adopt villages and visit them to get acquainted with lifestyle of people there and the problems faced by them.

•The minister advised the students to involve local village people at every stage of problem identification and solving issues relating to health, cleanliness, waste management, plantation, financial inclusion, women and child development.

3)  48th Foundation Day Of HUDCO Celebrated
•The Minister of Housing & Urban Development Hardeep Singh inaugurated the 48th Foundation Day of Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO).

•HUDCO is playing an important role in taking financial inclusion forward in the country, as it is taking care of the housing finance needs of the economically deprived sections.

4)  Mario Abdo Benitez Elected New President Of Paraguay
•Mario Abdo Benitez won the presidential election conducted in Paraguay. He belongs to the ruling Colorado Party. He had secured 46.5% of the votes, with 96% of 21,000.

•Efrain Alegre of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party came second with 42.7% of the votes. Mario Abdo Benitez’s 5-year term begins on 15th August 2018.

5)  World Press Freedom Index Report: India Ranks 138th, Norway Tops
•According to the 2018 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), India has ranked 138th (falling 2 positions down from 136th in 2017). The list has been topped by Norway. North Korea was at the bottom-most position (180th) in the list.

•The World Press Freedom Index measures the level of media freedom in 180 countries, including the level of pluralism, media independence, the environment and self-censorship, the legal framework, transparency, and the quality of the infrastructure.

•The Top 3 countries in World Press Freedom Index Report are:

1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. The Netherlands.

6)  Coastal Security Exercise 'Sagar Kavach' Held In Kerala
•Exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’ is being conducted to strengthen and assess the loopholes in the coastal security mechanism along Kerala shores. Along with Coastal Police and Marine Enforcement wing, Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy is also participating in Exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’.

•10 ships of Indian Coast Guard, three ships of the Indian navy, four fishing boats, and 20 coastal police stations from Vizhinjam to Kasaragod are among those taking part in this exercise. The Exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’ is held twice a year.

7)  CSIR And DoT Enter Into MoU For Establishing Nationwide Time Stamping
•An MoU on technical knowledge sharing for establishing a nationwide Time Stamping & Time Synchronization network and traceability of Time signal to UTC NPL Time was signed between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research -National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) and Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications. 

•The Nationwide, Time Stamping & Time Synchronization network consisting of 22 numbers of Time Synchronization Centers (TSC’s) will be set up by DoT with technical assistance from CSIR-NPL.
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