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Cryptocurrency UK and Mauritius Cellular Technology CSE 2018 Results 11 Ranks in Top 50 28 Ranks in Top 100 183 Ranks in the Final List Rank 11 Rank 16 Rank 21 Rank 24 Pujya Priyadarshni Dhodmise Trupti Ankush Rahul Jain Anuraj Jain RANK 31 RANK 32 RANK 33 RANK 36 RANK 39 Mainak Ghosh Sameer Saurabh Awhale Manisha Deepesh Kedia Patil Hemanta Keshav Manikrao RANK 41 RANK 43 RANK 52 RANK 53 RANK 56 Alok Kumar Akshay Agrawal Prateek Singh Sumit Kumar Dileep Mishra RANK 59 RANK 60 RANK 61 RANK 63 RANK 65 Chahat Bajpai Anya Das Girdhar Vishal Sah Preeti RANK 70 RANK 72 RANK 76 RANK 77 RANK 80 Suraj Patel Dilip Pratap Singh Akash Bansal Shivansh Awasthi Khushboo Gupta Shekhawat RANK 81 RANK 85 RANK 89 RANK 94 RANK 106 Jay Shivani Smit Santosh Lodha Sawan Kumar Jivani Kartik Sushil Kumar Nagjibhai Incredible Results Since 2013 CSE 2017 5 Ranks 34 Ranks 236 Ranks in top 50 in top 100 in the final list Rank 3 Rank 6 Rank 8 Rank 9 Rank 10 Sachin Koya Sree Anubhav Soumya Abhishek Gupta Harsha Singh Sharma Surana CSE 2016 8 Ranks 18 Ranks 215 Ranks in top 50 in top 100 in the final list Rank 2 Rank 5 Rank 12 Rank 30 Rank 32 Anmol Sher Abhilash Tejaswi Prabhash Avdhesh Singh Bedi Mishra Rana Kumar Meena CSE 2015 5 Ranks 14 Ranks 162 Ranks in top 50 in top 100 in the final list Rank 20 Rank 24 Rank 25 Rank 27 Rank 47 Vipin Garg Khumanthem Chandra Pulkit Garg Anshul Diana Devi Mohan Garg Agarwal CSE 2014 6 Ranks 12 Ranks 83 Ranks in top 50 in top 100 overall selections Rank 4 Rank 5 Rank 16 Rank 23 Rank 28 Rank 39 Vandana Rao Suharsha Bhagat Ananya Das Anil Dhameliya Kushaal Yadav Vivekanand T.S CSE 2013 5 Ranks 62 Ranks in top 50 in the final list Rank 9 Rank 12 Rank 23 Rank 40 Rank 46 Divyanshu Jha Neha Jain Prabhav joshi Gaurang Rathi Udita Singh JUNE-2019 1 CONTENT CHAPTER TITLE PAGE 1 POLITY 7 • CAT can exercise same powers as HC • CM revokes Naidu’s decision, CBI can resume work in A.P. • Increase number of judges, CJI urges PM • Is NITI Aayog old wine in a new bottle? • Leader of Opposition • Marathas Reservation • Merger in Anti Defection Law • NPP first from NE to get national party status • One Nation, One Election • Thin-skinned masters • Triple Talaq Bill • Unleashing the potential of urban India 2 ECONOMY 20 • Aluminium Scrap Dumping • Assistance to Farmers for Dairy Development Programme • Banks’ association tweaks inter creditor agreement • Beekeeping Development Committee • Beyond Mayday: On bankruptcy code for aviation sector • Bond Vigilante • Building confidence, BIT by BIT • Central ATFM Complex • Centre expands terms of reference of direct tax law body • Complaint Management System (CMS) • Counter Vailing Duty (CVD) on radial tyres imported from China • Dispute Resolution Mechanism for solar/wind sector • Food Corporation of India • Government revamps WPI revision team • IMD Competitiveness Rankings • India needs a Solar Manufacturing Strategy • India to actively curb ‘conflict’ diamonds • India’s Global Trade • Jet Airways Crisis • JNPT awarded ‘Best Port of the year (Containerised)’ at the 4th India Maritime Awards • Kaleshwaram Irrigation Project • Libra Cryptocurrency Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance JUNE-2019 2 • Loss Leader in Business • MCA & SEBI sign MOU • Mechanism to Deal with the Misleading Advertisements • 26.Namma Kolhapuri chappal gets GI boost • Nilekani Panel • Payments data must be saved locally: RBI • PM to head committee on economic growth • RBI revises stressed asset resolution norms • SEBI sets up panel to review margins on derivatives • Sinha-led panel proposes ₹5,000 crore stressed asset fund for MSMEs • 33.Steps Taken to Reduce Train Accidents • Technology Route to help Coffee growers boost yield • UN MSME Day • What does the merger of NSSO and CSO entail? • Yamuna Water Taxi Project 3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 37 • A clear arc from India to Nigeria • Chagos Archipelago • G 20 Summit • Hong Kong suspends extradition Bill • Hormuz Strait • Kailash Mansarovar Yatra • Neighbourhood First • New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) • Pakistan’s blasphemy ordeal • Palestinians reject economic part of US peace plan • Panda Diplomacy • Realising grand objectives • St. Petersburg consensus: On Russia-China bonhomie • Tiananmen Square/ June Fourth Incident/ Six four • U.S. visa process needs social media profiles now • UNSC non-permanent seat • Why South Asia must cooperate • Zero Chance’ – Australia Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance JUNE-2019 3 4 SOCIAL ISSUES 50 • A stable planet • Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) • Global Disability Summit • Go Tribal Campaign • Govt has taken several steps to increase enrolment of girls • Human Trafficking Report • Kathua Rape Case • Major initiative to make life easy for Pensioners • MEA rejects U.S. report on state of religious freedom in India • Nirbhaya Fund • Squandering the gender dividend • Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Gender Index • Uptick for India on sanitation in UN report • World Day Against Child Labour • 31.4% of Indian children will be stunted by 2022: report 5 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 58 • Apollo 15 Mission • Artificial Intelligence, the law and the future • Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) • 5G • IIT Madras develops material with properties suitable for quantum optoelectronics • India will have its own space station, says ISRO chief Sivan • NASA to send a drone to Saturn’s largest moon • National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) • National Mission on Natural Language Translation • New Company for Commercial Exploitation of Research and Development • PUNCH mission • Superconductivity 6 SECURITY AND DEFENSE 64 • Body scanners made mandatory at 84 airports • Cyber Coordination Centre • Dark Web • Disability pension will now be taxed • Foreigners Tribunals • goAML • Indian Navy Environment Conservation Roadmap (INECR) • Mission Based Deployments (MBD) • National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction • National Defence Fund (NDF) • Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) • Saudi Arabia becomes 1st Arab country to get FATF membership • UdChalo Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance JUNE-2019 4 7 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 72 • Arogyapacha • ASEAN vows to tackle ocean waste- “Bangkok Declaration” • Asiatic golden cat • Bonn Challenge • Chennai Water Crisis • Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary • Forests in news • Golden langur to get fruits of MGNREGA • Impressed Tortoise/ Manouria Impressa • Jal Shakti Abhiyan • Jal Shakti’ ministry • Kudakrumia Rangnekari • Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) • Olive Ridleys • Reversing the scale of priorities • Sambar (Rusa unicolor) • Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary • Serious concerns over Bt brinjal • Vespersaurus Paranaensis • White Carp Fish • World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 8 HEALTH ISSUES 81 • Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) • AWaRe- WHO Tool • Cyberchondria • Encephalitis and Meningitis • Food safety is everyone’s business: WHO • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) • Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019 • Lifestyle Diseases • Medical services hit as doctors’ agitation spreads • Monkeypox scare • Niti Aayog Health Index • What yoga can teach us • World Food Safety Day Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance JUNE-2019 5 9 ART AND CULTURE 91 • Bhawai • Chang dance • Chari Dance • Chaukhandi Stupa • Ghoomar • Kalbelia • Koodiyattam • National Film Heritage Mission • Nilgiri tribals tense as trekkers trash priceless rock art • Sahitya Academy Award • Tukaram 10 GOVERNANCE 93 • Compulsory Retirement • Prasar Bharati Act • Prison Statistics India 2016 • SMART Police 11 GEOGRAPHY 96 • Amundsen Sea • Cyclone Vayu • Danube • Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) • Mauna Kea • Puerto Williams 12 EDUCATION 99 • Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme • For more inclusive private schools under RTE • National Testing Agency (NTA) 13 DISASTER MANAGEMENT 101 • First Resilient Kerala Program • Flood Hazard Atlas • Surat fire Tragedy Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance JUNE-2019 6 14 MISCELLANEOUS 104 • Equator Prize • Liberals need to think again • Solanum Plastisexum • World Giving Index 15 PRACTICE QUESTIONS 106 16 ANSWER KEY 118 17 MAINS PRACTICE QUESTIONS 134 Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance JUNE-2019 7 POLITY 1. CAT can exercise same powers as HC What is General Consent? Context • The CBI is governed by the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act that makes consent of a state • The Delhi High Court has held that the Central government mandatory for conducting investigation Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which adjudicates in that state. service matters, can exercise the same jurisdiction and powers, as a High Court, in respect of its contempt • The general consent is routinely given by State proceedings. governments for periods ranging from six months to a year to the CBI and all agencies under the Delhi Laws Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946. • Supreme Court in its 2001 judgment has held that • The consent is necessary as the jurisdiction of these Section 17 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, agencies is confined to Delhi and Union Territories confers jurisdiction on the CAT to punish for its under this Act. contempt. • There are two kinds of consent: case-specific and • The Court has iterated that Article 323A of the general. Given that the CBI has jurisdiction only over Constitution