9 1 0 2 - Y A M Justice Bobde panel gives clean chit to CJI in sexual harassment probe A case for Judicial Self-examination Image source : Indian Legal Intellectual Property Control of Transboundary South-South MNC’s control vs Movements of co-operation over data- Ways, Farmer Rights Hazardous Wastes Means and Dominance RESULTS Incredible results in IAS 2013 5 Ranks 62 Ranks in Top 50 Ranks in the final list Rank 9 Rank 12 Rank 23 Rank 40 Rank 46 Divyanshu Jha Neha Jain Prabhav joshi Gaurang Rathi Udita Singh We broke our past record in IAS 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 We did it again in IAS 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 And we’ve done it yet again in IAS 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 And we’ve done it yet again in IAS 2017 5 Ranks 34 Ranks 236 Ranks in Top 10 in Top 100 In The Final List Rank 3 Rank 6 Rank 8 Rank 9 Rank 10 Sachin Koya sree Anubhav Saumya Abhishek Gupta Harsha Singh Sharma Surana Ashima Abhijeet Varjeet Keerthi Utsav Gaurav Abhilash Vikramaditya Vishal Mittal Sinha Walia Vasan V Gautam Kumar Baranwal Singh Malik Mishra Rank-12 Rank-19 Rank-21 Rank-29 Rank-33 Rank-34 Rank-44 Rank-48 Rank-49 Sambit Bodke Akshat Jagdish Hirani Swapneel Jyoti Pushp Amol Mishra Digvijay Govind Kaushal Chelani Adityavikram Paul Sharma Lata Srivastava Rank-51 Rank-54 Rank-55 Rank-57 Rank-60 Rank-64 Rank-75 Rank-80 Rank-83 Prateek Amilineni Sangh Rahul Kathawate Vaibhava Videh Plash Shilpa Jain Bhargav Teja Priy Shinde Mayur Ashok Srivastava Khare Bansal Singh Rank-86 Rank-88 Rank-92 Rank-95 Rank-96 Rank-98 Rank-99 Rank-112 Rank-116 Deepanshu Saurabh Abhimanyu Akash Abinash Sameer Jyeshtha Aaditya Ram Khurana Sabhlok Manglik Bansal Kumar Saurabh Maitrei Mishra Prakash Rank-120 Rank-124 Rank-128 Rank-130 Rank-139 Rank-142 Rank-156 Rank-158 Rank-162 Mainak Archit Virendra Ankit Saurabh Kritika Nahar Pranay Siddhant Shubham Nikita Ghosh Rank-183 Chandak Yadav Gupta Jain Prakash Jain Agarwal Khattar Rank-184 Rank-191 Rank-192 Rank-197 Rank-199 Rank-201 Rank-202 Rank-208 Kruti M Smit Deepesh Ankit Saurabh Rajat R Harsh Ghuge Rohan Bharat Patel Lodha Kedia Jain Baranwal Chaturvedi Singh Bapurao Mittal Rank-218 Rank-219 Rank-221 Rank-222 Rank-235 Rank-237 Rank-244 Rank-249 Rank-256 Dinesh Kumar Govind Shanu Shiv Narayan Sanjay Nikhil Tuhin Vijaypal Shubhank Yadav Mohan Dimri Sharma Kumar Singh Sinha Bishnoi Mishra Rank-257 Rank-260 Rank-270 Rank-278 Rank-279 Rank-280 Rank-281 Rank-290 Rank-291 Shakti Mohan Lavanya Jagtap Gagdish Chetan Amandeep Budumajji Satya Aman Mohd Nooh Apurv Avasthy Gupta Shankar Sharma Dhanoa Prasad Bishla Siddiqui Chauhan Rank-296 Rank-298 Rank-304 Rank-305 Rank-311 Rank-313 Rank-314 Rank-326 Rank-328 MAY-2019 1 CONTENT CHAPTER TITLE PAGE 1 POLITY 6 • Ashok Lavasa pulls out of poll panel meetings on model code • Election Visitors Programme • For a full bench (Judicial Appointments) • HC: United Nations not a State under Article 12 • Implementation issues in 10% reservation • Justice Bobde panel gives clean chit to CJI in sexual harassment probe • Lottery in elections • Madras High Court curbs L-G role in Puducherry administration • Post-Fani, Naveen seeks special category status • Redactive pricing audit and the CAG’s duties • Returning Officer • Strongroom • The need for judicial restraint • The Realities of Voting in India 2 ECONOMY 18 • Anti-dumping duty put on saccharine • Competition Commission of India (CCI) • Court questions PIL pleas challenging every tender • Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis • How is India driving to electric mobility? • Ilkal Saree • India and China sign protocol for Export of Indian Chilli Meal • Koyna Dam • Liquidity Framework guidelines for ailing NBFCs • National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) • Pension Scheme for small shopkeepers, retail traders • Potato IPR violation • Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) • Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) • Tubachi-Bableshwar Lift Irrigation Scheme • Under Rent Act, the tenant has a protected status: SC Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance MAY-2019 2 3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 27 • Beyond Khalistan • Coastal Radar Surveillance System • East Container Terminal at Colombo Port • IBSA • IN Ships undertake Group Sail • India gives 2 attack copters to Afghanistan • Initiatives by Commerce Ministry to Boost Trade with African Countries • Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar listed as global terrorist by UN • Muslim Brotherhood • Northern Sea Route (NSR) • Operation Safed Sagar/ “Operation White Sea” • Order of the Rising Sun’ award • SIMBEX • The case against war on Iran • Varuna exercise 4 SOCIAL ISSUES 38 • Challenges for Transgender-inclusive Sanitation in India • Children of today better off than 20 years ago • In joint family, brother-in-law has liability to pay maintenance to domestic violence victim: SC • India among countries where women face most violence by partner • Jiyo Parsi • Kolam Tribe • Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 • Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act of 1994 • Sahariya Tribe • The gender ladder to socio-economic transformation • Vayoshreshtha Samman 5 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 46 • Endobot • Kilogram update • MANAV: Human Atlas Initiative • RISAT-2B • Should Big Tech’s dominance be checked? • SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites • Ultima Thule • Women still under-represented in science, tech • YUva VIgyani KAryakram” (Yuvika) Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance MAY-2019 3 6 SECURITY AND DEFENSE 51 • Abhyas • AH-64E Apache attack helicopter • Ban on LTTE extended by five more years • Border Roads Organisation (BRO) • BrahMos • Centre bans terror outfit based out of Bangladesh • Deradicalization • Gadchiroli Maoist attack • Hot Pursuit • Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Council (HRC) report • Shaheen II • Vela- Scorpene-Class Submarine • Zakir Musa killed by Security forces 7 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 58 • Albino panda • Arunachal Pit Viper (Trimeresurus Arunachalensis) • Basel Convention • Conservation minus the people? • DNA database coming up for Indian rhino • Fani’s fury creates four new mouths in Odisha’s Chilika Lake • Global Assessment report by UN • Goldman Environmental Prize • Grizzled Giant Squirrel • Hornbills among top seed dispersers, most threatened • India CEO Forum on Climate Change • Indian Gaur/ Indian bison / Bos gaurus • Kashmir stag/ Hangul /Cervus hanglu • Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary • Lecanorchis Taiwaniana • Makalu Barun National Park • Mizo Rain Snake (Smithophis Atemporalis) • Mula River • Nandankanan Zoological Park • Not all animals migrate by choice’ campaign • Ozone pollution likely to spike in Capital • Painted Storks • Rajaji National Park • Scorching heat forces animals out of Seshachalam biosphere • Steering away from diesel • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) • Water experts warn of ‘desertification’ of Marathwada Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance MAY-2019 4 8 HEALTH ISSUES 70 • Chlorpyrifos • Doctors appearing in ads for hospitals may face action • Kerala to de-link ICU care from organ donation • Measles • Microbes in body could help predict future health • Pregnancy and Infant Cohort Monitoring and Evaluation (PICME) • Pulmonary hypertension • Quick, cheap diagnostic test for Haemophilia A • Telangana addresses maternal mortality • The cost of resistance • West Nile fever • WHO for eliminating industrially produced trans fats by 2023 9 ART AND CULTURE 76 • ASI identifies rare Indian artefacts seized from smuggler • Bandhani • Jama Masjid • Memory of the World Programme • Minaret of Jam • Pattachitra • Rare life-size stucco Buddhist sculpture in Telangana • Sanauli site yields OCP Culture coffins, burial goods • Thrissur Pooram • United Nations Day of Vesak • Vice President released a postage stamp • Vijaya Vittala Temple in Hampi 10 GOVERNANCE 80 • Aid to relative for buying property not a benami transaction: SC • Conjugal Visits in Prison • Non-Functional Upgradation (NFU) • What is India’s stand on data storage? 11 GEOGRAPHY 83 • Anthropocene Epoch • Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale • Ice calving- Brunt Ice Shelf • Kali Sindh River • Kuruvai paddy • Madden Julian Oscillation • Mawmluh cave and Therriaghat • Mount Agung/ Gunung Agung • Mulshi Dam • North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) • Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) • Pandoh Dam • Polar Amplification • Ponnaiyar River • Zero Shadow Day Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance MAY-2019 5 12 EDUCATION 88 • Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme 13 DISASTER MANAGEMENT 89 • Cyclone Fani • Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) • Kerala govt. readies new action plan to handle disasters • Sasakawa Award 2019 • Tripura Flash Floods 14 MISCELLANEOUS 93 • Darbar move • Private, public and political morality 15 PRACTICE QUESTIONS 95 16 ANSWER KEY 107 17 MAINS PRACTICE QUESTIONS 122 Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance MAY-2019 6 POLITY 1. Ashok Lavasa pulls out of poll panel meetings on • He says PM Modi’s speeches were not in accordance model code with Rules laid by EC. So EC should have sent a notice to Modi that his poll campaign speeches are not in Present composition of the Election Commission accordance with EC instructions. Thereby restricting • The Election Commission of India is a three-member his tempo and having a cautionary note in the future. body, with one Chief Election Commissioner and two Comments Election Commissioners • Lavasa Says “l am being forced to stay away from * It comprises of Chief Election Commissioner the meetings of the full commission since minority Sunil Arora and other election commissioners decisions are not being recorded.” Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra.