9 1 0 2 - H C R A M Christchurch Massacre Jacinda Ardern sets an example for Global Peace UN Environment's Will mediation Alternative India's flagship environmental help resolve sources of anti-espionage assessment. the dispute? energy act 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 MARCH-2019 1 CONTENT CHAPTER TITLE PAGE 1 Polity 7 • Ayodhya Dispute • Contempt of Court- Shillong Times editor gets SC relief • Diary Entries’ and Evidence Act • ECI collaborates with Indian Railways • Right to Self-Defense • Tactical Voting • Voluntary Code of Ethics for the 2019 General Election • VVPAT silence those sceptical of EVMs? • J&K ordinance cleared by Union Cabinet doesn’t tinker with 35A or 370 • When free speech is truly free 2 ECONOMY 17 • A SWIFT response could have saved banks • Coffee Blockchain Initiative • Coffee gets GI certification • Country-by-country (CbC) reports • EASE Reforms Index • Ensure a minimum income for all • Erode’s turmeric gets a GI tag • Farm loan waivers kill credit culture, says Rajan • FinTech Conclave 2019 • Hydroelectric policy • IBBI, SEBI sign MoU for better implementation of IBC • India Energy Modelling Forum (IEMF) • India ranks 11th in gold holding • Lima Group • Mobility Solutions get a boost • National guidelines on responsible business conduct • National Mineral Policy 2019 • National Policy on Software Products 2019 • Nice Agreement, Vienna Agreement, Locarno Agreement • Only 3.32 lakh MSME jobs created in 4 years • Pradhan Mantri Jl-VAN yojana • Public Disclosure Norm • Quality Assurance Scheme for Basic Composite Medical Laboratories • RBI governor Shaktikanta Das bats for permanent status to Finance Commission • RBI to inject liquidity via forex swaps • Regulatory Sandbox Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance MARCH-2019 2 • Resolution, at last (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) • Rooftop Solar Programme • Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS) • Shahpurkandi Dam Project • Sirsi Supari • Standards & Labelling (Star Rating) program • The problem is jobs, not wages • Time to usher in the EV revolution • Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) • Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) • Transports Internationaux Routiers’ (TIR) convention/ TIR Carnets • Ujjwala Didi • Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Launches GI Website & Tutorial Video on IPR • UNNATEE (Unlocking NATional Energy Efficiency potential) • Usha Thorat panel to study offshore rupee market • White Label ATMs (WLAs) • Yield Curve 3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 40 • Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) • Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19) • Arun-3 hydro project • Brexit • Christchurch Massacre • Ex Al Nagah 2019 • Golan Heights • Hanoi Summit • India – Croatia relations • India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (Ind-Indo Corpat) • Italy signs new ‘Silk Road’ protocol with China • Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) • Mainamati Maitree Exercise • Mitra Shakti • MoU between India and Indonesia • Nehru, China, and the Security Council seat • Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) • President of India visits Bolivia • The Gulf as a channel of peace (International Relations) • UNSC blacklisting of Osama bin Laden’s son • Venezuela Presidential Crisis Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance MARCH-2019 3 4 SOCIAL ISSUES 56 • Govt. issues model guidelines for development & regulation of retirement homes • India Urban Observatory & Video Wall • Nari Shakti Puraskar, 2018 • National Women Livelihood Meet -2019 • Rabha (Rava) • Septic Tank Deaths • Women in the police 5 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 59 • BARC • Belle II • Biomedical Research Career Programme • Emisat mission / PSLV-C45 • Gaia • Gale Crater • GRAPES-3 (Gamma Ray Astronomy PeV EnergieS phase-3) • KIRAN (Knowledge Involvement in Research Advancement through Nurturing) • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) • OSIRIS Rex • Potassium Nitrate 63 6 SECURITY AND DEFENSE • Abhedya - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Training Facility • Arms Import of India • BOLD–QIT project • Chinook Helicopters • Combat Casualty Drugs • Diplomacy is the Way Forward after Pulwama • High Court notice to Centre on Jamaat-e-Islami ban • Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) • Landing Craft Utility (LCU) L-56 • Operation Sunrise • Pinaka • Politicisation of Events Post-Pulwama • Smart Fencing • Terror Monitoring Group (TMG) • The Mizoram Maintenance of Household Registers Bill, 2019 • Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 19) Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance MARCH-2019 4 7 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 72 • Aves island- Laws amended by Environment Ministry • Bandi River • Bannerghatta National Park’s Eco-Sensitive Zone curtailed • Bumphead Parrotfish • Climate vulnerability index for India • Cool Spots” and “Hot Spots • Crop burning raises risk of respiratory illness threefold, says IFPRI study • Earth Day award • Earth Hour • Enforcing a ban will not end the menace of stubble burning, say researchers • Forest Surveys • G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development • Global Energy & CO2 Status Report • Global Environment Outlook (GEO) • Hamiltonian Spite • India has 15 out of 20 most polluted cities in world • Indian Forest Act, 2019 • Komodo Dragon • MoU on Antarctic cooperation between India and Argentina • National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) • New Delhi Declaration- Rhinos without borders • Noise Pollution Maps • Purple Frog/ Pig Nose Frog/ Nasikabatrachus Sahyadrensis • Sundarban Wetlands • Supreme Court on Aravali • United Nations Environment Assembly • World Forest Day/ International Day of Forests • World Water Day 8 HEALTH ISSUES 88 • Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 • Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) directive • Janaushadhi Diwas • Spurious Drugs • Troponin • West Nile fever • World Hearing Day • World Kidney Day • World Tuberculosis Day Call or WhatsApp 09980837187 for guidance MARCH-2019 5 9 ART AND CULTURE 93 • Azaadi Ke Diwane’ Museum at Red Fort Complex • Belum Caves • Danda Nata • Doul Utsav • Fag Festival • Firoz Minar • Gond paintings • India Bags First Prize at the International ‘Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2019’ • Nowruz • Thakurani Jatra Festival • Tholpava koothu • 12. Vijaya Utsav 10 DISASTER MANAGEMENT 96 • Cyclone Idai: India reaches out to Mozambique • International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 11 GOVERNANCE 99 • Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE) • Lokpal • Officers with six months’ tenure can be named DGP: Supreme Court • One Nation One Card • Police Encounters • Swachh Survekshan 2019 • The Official Secrets Act • Torture in Police Stations 12 GEOGRAPHY 105 • Indravati River • Liancourt Rocks, Dokdo