Thursday, July 18, 2019
How should I prepare for UPSC without any coaching?
VisionIAS
06:48
Yes , you CAN and you SHOULD .
I always suggest to go without coaching as coaching has become almost redundant today because of online initiatives.
Coaching classes only burn a BIG HOLE in your pocket and waste your precious time .
Are you really serious about the attempt ?
Are you willing to give 110% ?
Indian History Audio material in English free download
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Pre Historic Societies – Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures –
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Bronze age – Indus Valley Civilisation – Harappan Civilisation
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Late Harappan Cultures
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Iron age – Aryans – Vedic Period
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Ajivikism, Mauryan Dynasty, Sunga Dynasty, Indo-Greeks – Kushanas, Satavaahana Dynasty
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Rashtrakutas, Kakathiyas, Kadambas (North Karnataka), Sangam age (Tamil land), Pallava dynasty, Chalukya dynasty
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Delhi Sultanate, Bahamani dynasty, Adil Shahi dynasty (Bidar and Bijapur), Nizam Shahis (Ahmad Nagar), Qutbshahis (Golconda),
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Mughal Empire and other medieval Indian dynasties
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Daily Current Affairs, 17th July 2019
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20:08
1) Govt to increase coal production to one billion tone by 2022-23
2) Rajya Sabha passed the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2019
•The total outlay for the Central University project is Rs 902.07 crore and for Tribal University is Rs 836 crore. The Tribal University will offer research facilities in the fields of art, culture and technology to the tribal population.
3) President appoints Governors for Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh
4) Health Ministry to launch a “Jan Jagrukta Abhiyaan” in Delhi
•It will start from 17th to 19th July, 2019 in Delhi through active involvement of people’s representatives, officers from Government of India, Government of NCT Delhi, all three Delhi Municipal Corporations, New Delhi Municipal Council, Railways and Cantonment board and other stakeholders to combat malaria, dengue and chikungunya.
5) China gifts warship ‘P625’ to Sri Lanka
•The Type 053 frigate was commissioned into China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy in 1994 as the Tongling.
6) Ursula von der Leyen elected EU commission president
7) Israel Aerospace signs $50 million deal with Indian navy
•Israel Aerospace signs $50 million follow-up deal with Indian navy. Under the deal, Israel Aerospace Industries will provide complementary missile systems to the Indian navy and India’s MDL Shipyard.
•The agreement also involves a range of maintenance and other services for sub-systems of Israel Aerospace’s naval medium range surface-to-air missile.
8) Centre cuts interest on GPF by 10 bps
•During the year 2019-2020, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the GPF and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 7.9% with effect from July 1, 2019 to 30th September 2019.
9) National Digital Health Blueprint released
•The objective is to establish state-of-the-art digital health systems, for managing the core digital health data, the infrastructure required for its seamless exchange.
10) India, Italy to set up fast-track mechanism
•The meeting was attended by Ambassador of Italy to India, Lorenzo Angeloni and Secretary of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ramesh Abhishek. The fast-track system in Italy aims to identify and solve problems faced by Indian companies and investors.
11) 13th Meeting of India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee
•The 14th meeting of the JETCO would take place in New Delhi in 2020.
12) Justice AK Sikri appointed as judge in SICC
•The President of the Republic of Singapore has made the appointment of Justice Sikri. It currently has 16 international judges as part of its panel.
•The SICC is a division of the Singapore high court and part of the Supreme Court of that country, designed to deal with transnational commercial disputes.
13) India, Uzbekistan exchange views on combating terror financing
•The meeting was co-chaired by Mahaveer Singhvi, the Ministry of External Affairs’ Joint Secretary for Counter-Terrorism and Ambassador Farhod Azriev of Uzbekistan.
14) Rohan Bopanna and Smriti Mandhana got Arjuna Award
•Bopanna who won the Gold medal in tennis men’s double category in Asian Games 2018 and Mandhana was the ICC women’s player of the year 2018.
The HINDU Notes – 17th July 2019
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19:44
📰 321 protected monuments, sites encroached upon, Rajya Sabha told
No study to assess impact of illegal constructions: Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel.
•Over 300 Centrally-protected monuments and sites, including World Heritage Sites, across the country are “under encroachment”, according to the government.
•Responding to a question by Nationalist Congress Party member Vandana Chavan in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State (independent charge) for Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel admitted that Centrally-protected sites and World Heritage Sites had been encroached upon.
•Asked whether a study had been done to assess the impact of the illegal constructions or encroachments on the sites, he replied in the negative.
•“Although no impact study has been done, proactive steps have been taken by the Archaeological Survey of India under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 and Rules, 1959 to keep the historical monuments free from encroachments,” he stated. Of the total 321 encroached-upon monuments and sites that Mr. Patel’s reply listed, the highest number were in Uttar Pradesh (75), followed by Tamil Nadu (74), Karnataka (48), Maharashtra (46), Rajasthan (22), Delhi (11), Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab (seven each), Assam, Bihar and Odisha (six each), Himachal Pradesh (three), Madhya Pradesh (two) and West Bengal (1).
•Among the monuments that have encroachments are Purana Qila in Delhi, Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, Sun Temple in Konark in Odisha and Brahma Temple in Pushkar, Rajasthan.
•The Minister’s reply stated that superintending archaeologists of the ASI were authorised to issue show cause notices to remove encroachments.
•“In order to contain the encroachments and remove them, the superintending archaeologist in charge of the Circles have been vested with the powers of Estate Officers to issue eviction notices/orders to the encroachers under Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971. In addition to the regular watch and ward staff, private security personnel, State police guards and CISF have also been deployed for the safety and security of selected monuments,” the reply said.
📰 Chinese check: on economic troubles
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Daily Current Affairs, 16th July 2019
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18:56
1) World Bank offer $250 million to Kerala
2) U.S. sets $5 bn fine for Facebook
3) U.S. celebrates 50 years of the Apollo 11 mission
4) 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO
5) UN Report: Over 820 million people suffering from hunger
•A UN report has said, more than 821 million people suffered from hunger worldwide last year. It is the third year in a row that the number has risen.
•The report named, ‘The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World’, produced by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and other UN agencies, including WHO, was released.
•The report is part of tracking progress towards Sustainable Development Goal to Zero Hunger, which aims to end hunger, promote food security and end all forms of malnutrition by 2030.
6) ‘Nagarkirtan’ wins big at SAARC film fest
•Two other Indian films have won awards at the fest,‘Na Bole Wo Haram’, a 20-minutefilm by debutant director Nitish Patankar, bagged the ‘Best Short Film’ award, while ‘Walking With the Wind’ by Praveen Morchhale received the Special Jury award for direction and story.
7) RBI fines Union Bank, SBI for flouting norms
•SBI was fined Rs 7 crore for non-compliance on Income Recognition and Asset Classification norms, code of conduct for opening and operating current accounts and reporting of data on Central Repository of Information on Large Credits, and fraud risk management and classification and reporting of frauds.
•The central bank also imposed a Rs 10 lakh fine on Union Bank of India for non compliance with the directions on the cyber security framework in banks.
8) India will host ISSF World Cup 2020
9) Sharath Kamal voted IOC Sportsperson of the Year
•Sharath Kamal is a professional table tennis player from Tamil Nadu, India.
