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The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process (HoA) was founded in 2011 at Istanbul, Turkey. The Heart of Asia provides a platform for sincere and results-oriented regional cooperation by placing Afghanistan at its center, in recognition of the fact that a secure and stable Afghanistan is vital to the prosperity of the Heart of Asia region.

This platform was established to address the shared challenges and interests of Afghanistan and its neighbors and regional partners. The Heart of Asia is comprised of 14 participating countries, 17 supporting countries, and 12 supporting regional and international organizations.

Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
China
India
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
USA and Uzbekistan are not members of Heart of Asia.
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Revise these topics of current affairs prelims 2017. You may catch 10 to 15 questions...
Best of luck!
International issues
G4 countries- support each other bid for UNSC,G7; G20.SAARC, BIMSTEC, ASEAN, RECP (Regional economic comprehensive partnership) India is a member, Heart of Asia conference, Indus water treaty, permanent court of arbitration, akashvani maître, salma dam n highest civilian award of Afghanistan, Chahabar port, H1B1 visa, NAM, BRICS, Jaipur declaration, Indian ocean rim association, international org for migration; new York deceleration, BBIN, Shanghai corporation org, UNCITRAL, brexit( Lisbon treaty n all), TPP, ASEM (ulanbatar deceleration), Raisina dialogue; Shangri-la-dialogue, kafala system, RIMPAC , international energy agency
Ecology and environment
UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC), Kigali agreement, Montreal protocol (warming potential of all gases n all HFCs), Morocco COP 22, Kyoto protocol, Paris deal, International solar alliance
Global environmental facility, annex 1 n 2 countries, convention on biological diversity
Cartagena protocol, Nagoya protocol, UN convention to combat desertification, Bharat stages
.earth summit n related goals sustainable development, -majuli (1st carbon neutral district), 1st green corridor, air quality index; SAFAR, fly ash utilization policy, Stockholm convention, Asian water bird census
- Kashmir red stag; olive ridley ,deer antlers ;great Indian bustard; hornbill : balsams plant ; gangetic dolphins; seemai karuvelam tree, hangul ;kendrapada sheep;pashmina goat;nilambur teak(GI), wildlife crime control bureau, (Operation Thunderbird), WIFAX(winter fog experiment), GM crop, earth hour, habitat III convention,world largest Marine park, 1st halophyte garden in Tamilnadu, national biodiversity congress, carbfix project
Economy
GST bill ( all money n financial bill provisions) , GST council, revenue neutral rate , constitutional(101) amendment bill provision, NABARD_ EXIM _SIDBI_ all apex developmental banks of India, Post Payment banks, IMF n WB groups... WTO (trade facilitation agreement), subsidies issues, key terms like "buy local" regarding solar energy ; "agreement on agriculture"; etc, India's INDC (intended national determined contributions, national action plan for climate change, sagarmala project... Sagar project ...ports of India ...13th new port in Tamilnadu, Masala bonds, green bonds n green banks, National investment n infra fund (NIIF), UPI ( unified payment interface) n UBI(universal basic income ), diamond quadrilateral and triangle, public debt management cell, NPA ,boarder haats, digishala; digilocker etc, google tax/ equalisation levy, wpi; CPI; IIP, base erosion profit shifting... Tax avoidance , duties like countervailing ; anti dumping; safeguard duty n all, market economy status , monitory policy committee , financial stability n development council, Antrix corporation, National payment corporation of India, central water commission, algorithmic trading, mission 41k, SEZ, Bharat QR code
Science and Technology
All missile export control regimes (4),India is member of only 1 - MTCR(missile technology control regime), G7 formed ...( India since June 2016), Hague code of conduct -for missile proliferation, Asian infrastructure investment bank, national development bank, unique identification authority of India (given statutory status), Antarctic circumpolar expedition , THOR experiment
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Important commissions of India .
National commission for -SC –ST, women ,minority, ESB class(new) etc, imp statutory bodies of India in news, NGT, National ganga river basin authority (PM head) being replaced by National ganga council, National board for wildlife(imp due to ken-betwa link issue), National disaster management authority, Bureau of energy efficiency, press council of India, competition council of India, inland waterway authority of India, EPFO n pension fund regulatory authority of India, Telecommunication regulatory authority of India (TRAI), central electricity authority, SEB

I, zonal councils, inter-state councils, animal welfare board of India (jallilkatu issue) National Tiger conservation authority (project Tiger), national human right commission, Insolvency n bankruptcy board of India, NALSA( national legal service authority), airport authority of India, national pharmaceutical pricing authority, Central Board of direct taxes... Board for excise n custom, central silk board
Important schemes in news
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VETO POWER OF THE PRESIDENT
A bill passed by the Parliament can become an act only if it receives the assent of the President.

When such a bill is presented to the President for his assent, he has three alternatives (under Article 111 of the Constitution):
1. He may give his assent to the bill, or
2. He may withhold his assent to the bill, or
3. He may return the bill (if it is not a Money bill) for reconsideration of the Parliament.
However, if the bill is passed again by the Parliament with or without amendments and again presented to the President, the President must give his assent to the bill. Thus, the President has the veto power over the bills passed by the Parliamentl°, that is, he can withhold his assent to the bills.

The object of conferring this power on the President is two-fold--
(a) to prevent hasty and ill-considered legislation by the Parliament; and
(b) to prevent a legislation which may be unconstitutional.
The veto power enjoyed by the executive in modem states can be classified into the following four types:
1. Absolute veto, that is, withholding of assent to the bill passed by the legislature.
2. Qualified veto, which can be overridden by the legislature with a higher majority.
3. Suspensive veto, which can be over ridden by the legislature with an ordinary majority.
4. Pocket veto, that is, taking no action on the bill passed by the legislature.

Of the above four, the President of India is vested with three—absolute veto, suspensive veto and pocket veto. There is no qualified veto in the case of Indian President; it is possessed by the American President. The three vetos of the President of India are explained below:
Absolute Veto
It refers to the power of the President to withhold his assent to a bill passed by the Parliament. The bill then ends and does not become an act. Usually, this veto is exercised in the following two cases: (a) With respect to private members' bills (ie, bills introduced by any member of Parliament who is not a minister); and (b) With respect to the government bills when the cabinet resigns (after the passage of the bills but before the assent by the President) and the new cabinet advises the President not to give his assent to such bills. In 1954, President Dr Rajendra Prasad withheld his assent to the PEPSU Appropriation Bill. The bill was passed by the Parliament when the President's Rule was in operation in the state of PEPSU. But, when the bill was presented to the President for his assent, the. President's Rule was revoked. Again in 1991, President R Venkataraman withheld his assent to the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill. The bill was passed by the Parliament (on the last day before dissolution of Lok Sabha) without obtaining the previous recommendation of the President.

Suspensive Veto
The President exercises this veto when he returns a bill for reconsideration of the Parliament. However, if the bill is passed again by the Parliament with or without amendments and again presented to the President, it is obligatory for the President to give his assent to the bill. This means that the presidential veto is overridden by a re-passage of the bill by the same ordinary majority (and not a higher majority as required in USA). As mentioned earlier, the President does not possess this veto in the case of money bills.
The President can either give his assent to a money bill or withhold his assent to a money bill but cannot return it for the reconsideration of the Parliament. Normally, the President gives his assent to money bill as it is introduced in the Parliament with his previous permission.

Pocket Veto
In this case, the President neither ratifies nor rejects nor returns the bill, but simply• keeps the bill pending for an indefinite period. This power of the President not to take any action (either positive or negative) on the bill is-known as the pocket veto. The President can exercise this veto power as the Constitution does not prescribe any time-limit within

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Why do animals have tails?

Many animals, such as felines,mammals and insects have tails. The tail has many functions. In Africa animals have evolved into growing tails to brush away flies. It is also used for balance, by animals such as cats and kangaroos.
Although, the Arctic Fox uses it's tail for warmth, and the fish uses it to move through water. It is very peculiar that animals have gotten to use tails in ways you would never would have predicted. Some fish also use it to inject venom into their prey, thus bringing the conclusion that tails have evolved to defend, attack and even warm the animal itself.
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What ails Indian navigation constellation?
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👉 Note4Students:

The prime objective of ISRO is to develop space technology and its application to various national tasks.

🔘 NavIC was one such attempt to make India self reliant in GPS systems as during kargil war USA had denied access to its GPS system to India which led to development of NavIC.

Important news card as it contains major details regarding NavIC.

From UPSC perspective, following things are important:

🔘 Prelims level: 

NavIC, GPS, Rubidium and cesium clocks. (Also look at properties of these elements, position in periodic table etc.)
🔘 Mains level:

NavIC and various other missions of ISRO. (There was a question in Mains 2016 on this topic)

🔴 News:

The clocks on the first satellite, IRNSS-1A had failed in June 2016, affecting the accuracy of the “GPS”.
ISRO is trying to rectify this problem.

🔴 What is NavIC?

🔘 Navigation Indian Constellation (NavIC) is an independent Indian satellite-based positioning system for critical national applications.

🔘 NavIC consists of a constellation of seven satellites, three of which are in a geostationary orbit and four in a geosynchronous.

🔘 Its purpose is to provide ‘reliable position, navigation and timing services over India and neighbourhood’.

🔴 According to ISRO, the applications of IRNSS are:

🔘 terrestrial, aerial and marine navigation, vehicle tracking and fleet management, terrestrial navigation for hikers and travellers, disaster management, integration with mobile phones, mapping and geodetic data capture and visual and voice navigation for drivers.

🔴 What’s the problem?

🔘 NavIC relies on rubidium clocks as navigation requires the most accurate clocks.

🔘 This January, the ISRO confirmed that the clocks on the first satellite, IRNSS-1A had failed in June 2016.

🔘 Though six of the satellites are working fine, the one faulty one means the “GPS” isn’t working as accurately as it ought to be.

🔴 How’s it being fixed?

🔘 ISRO was trying to revive the clocks on 1A.

🔘 It is also readying one of the two back-up navigation satellites to replace it in space in the second half of this year.

🔴 Future prospects:

🔘 Rubidium clocks were the previous standard in accurate clocks and most organisations, that need precise time estimates, need cesium clocks.

🔘 Future clocks on such satellites, each with a lifespan of 10 years, will host such clocks.
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Ireland became the first country in the world to completely divest from fossil fuels. In this regard,
Irish Parliament passed legislation that will drop coal, oil, and gas (fossil fuel) investments from its
$8.56 billion Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. Once enacted, the bill will force the Ireland
Strategic Investment Fund to sell its investment in fossil fuel industries over the next five years.
Earlier in 2015, Norway’s sovereign pension fund had divested from some fossil fuel companies, but not fully.
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Ø  Banks look to recover bad loans worth Rs 1.5L cr

Ø  India's current account deficit widens in January-March

Ø  BP, RIL tie up for Rs 40,000 cr oil plan for India

Ø  Petrol price cut by Rs 1.12 a litre, diesel by Rs 1.24/litre

Ø  20 Indian firms in top 100 companies in Asia300 ranking

Ø  Builders must pass on lower GST to buyers: Govt

Ø  India's gold imports surge 3-fold to $4.95 billion in May

 

Ø Challenges remain amid govt's push for digital economy

Ø  Current account deficit widens in Q4 to 0.6% y-o-y

Ø  Centre to reduce stake in MSTC to 64% from 90%

Ø  RBI easing housing finance norms credit negative: Moody's

Ø  Sebi ups penalty for non-compliance

Ø  India Inc's overseas investment drops 56% in May

Ø  Solar, not coal, is India's future by 2030: Report

Business Line

 

Mint

Ø   GST Council to meet on June 18 to finalise draft rules, tax rate on lottery

Ø  Dumping duty imposed on hydrogen peroxide imports from 6 countries

Ø  ‘GST will be boon for tax payers and bane for evaders’

Ø  RuPay credit cards likely to be rolled out in a month: NPCI

Ø  Tesla in talks with govt to reduce import duty: Musk

Ø  Saudi Aramco seeks exclusive talks for stake in mega refinery

 

Ø  RBI likely to step up forex buying, rate cut on cards: report

Ø  Tata Capital said to raise $1 billion across three private equity funds

Ø  Non-farm jobs on the rise in India: McKinsey report

Ø  Reliance Jio spells big trouble for India’s small telcos

Ø  Mid-sized Indian firms to create 7 million jobs by 2021: survey

Financial Express

 

Financial Chronicle

Ø  Bank of England holds policy rates at record low 0.25%; India has it at 6.25%

Ø  Sensex, Nifty edge lower on profit-taking; bank stocks fall, pharma shares cheer

Ø  Havells India to issue Rs 150 crore commercial paper to Yes Bank

Ø  China, India seen as $4 tn opportunity for energy by 2040

Ø  Pennar group looks to set up joint venture in US

 

Ø  Warburg Pincus to pick up 43% in Tata Tech for $360m

Ø  A good monsoon is little comfort for despairing farmers

Ø  Centre approves Rs 580-cr to Markfed for buying pulses in MP

Ø  India top remittance receiving country in 2016, says UN report

Ø  RIL-BP to invest USD 6 bn in developing new gas fields.
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🔶Slang of the day :

📌Bust one's chops


Bust means "punch" and chops means "mouth", so "to bust someone's chops" literally means to hit them in the mouth, but most of the time it means to give (someone) a hard time.

bust someone's chops, Slang. to annoy with nagging or criticism

🗣Stop busting my chops—I'll get the job done.
🗣Don't bust my chops; I'm sick and tired of you calling my name

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🔶Idiom Of the day :

📌not sleep a wink
not get a wink of sleep

to not sleep at all

🗣I was so excited last night - I didn't sleep a wink.


🗣I didn't get a wink of sleep on the plane.

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Implementation of BS-VI Emission Norms by 2020

In a bid to curb vehicular pollution, the government decided to implement stricter emission norms of Bharat Stage (BS) VI from April 1, 2020 by skipping BS-V altogether. The Road Transport and Highways ministry was of the view the roll out of BS-V norms must start from 2019 but Petroleum Ministry expressed inability to comply with the deadline. Earlier in November 2015, a draft notification by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had advanced dates for implementation of BS-V norms to April 1, 2019 and BS-VI norms to April 1, 2021.


At present, BS-IV auto fuels are being supplied in whole of northern India covering J&K, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, parts of Rajasthan and western UP. The rest of the country has BS-III grade fuel.

The time required for implementation of each stage was estimated at around three years each.

According to the the roadmap put forward by the Auto Fuel Policy, it should take six years to bring in BS-V and BS-VI norms subsequently.

The roadmap also takes into account the time taken for phased introduction of fuel complying with the stage norms across India.The decision chops off two years from this plan.

BS-V requires auto manufacturers to fit all diesel cars with the diesel particulate filter which can only be effective if the fuel supplied complies with the stage norms. The BS-VI norms further mandate that diesel cars be equipped with selective catalytic reduction technology–a more advanced emission control technology.


Though the fuel quality is not much different in BS-V and BS-VI, the engines have to be compliant to use the fuel. In BS-V, vehicles have to be fitted with a diesel particulate filter, which needs to be optimised for Indian road conditions. In BS-VI, selective catalytic reduction technology has to be optimised.

At each stage, the technology would have to be validated over 6 lakh to 7 lakh kilometres.
Given the complexity of the process, these technologies can only be optimised in series and not simultaneously. It is not possible to skip BS-V.
Another side to this is that even if the vehicles are made to comply with BS-VI standards, the environmental benefits will be nulled if the grade of fuel doesn’t match.
As of now, while BS-IV norms are applicable to all four-wheelers across 33 cities in India, BS-IV fuel is only available in the NCR region and 13 major cities


The two-wheelers meanwhile adhere to B-SIII standards and have not been taken into account in the decision to skip BS-V.
The argument cited for skipping BS-V is that the difference in BS-V and BS-VI norms isn’t significant. The other factor is that BS-VI norms are more ‘fuel neutral’–which means that there would be no disparity in the emissions from vehicles that run on diesel and petrol, if the fuel quality and the vehicles comply with the standard.

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South Korean author, Han Kang, has won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’. With this Han becomes the first South Korean to win this prestigious literary prize.

he writer and her British translator Deborah Smith will share the 72,000 dollars prize money. Han’s novel ‘The Vegetarian’ tells a story of a wife (Yeong-hye lead character) who decides to become a vegetarian.

The decision provokes cruelty from her husband, and from her father, and obsession from her sister’s husband, as the woman, she dreams obsessively about becoming a tree.

The novel was picked unanimously by the panel of five judges chaired by Boyd Tonkin. It was chosen amongst six other novels.
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