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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👉 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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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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Economic Times Business Standard
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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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Economic Times Business Standard
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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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🔶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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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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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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What is a carat, and how does it relate to a karat ?
A carat is a unit of weight for diamondsand other gemstones. One carat equals 200 milligrams (0.200 grams). There are 453 grams in a pound (1,000 grams to a kilogram).
A karat, when used with gold, is a unit of purity- 24-karat gold is pure gold, but usually you mix gold with a metal like copper or silver to make jewelry (because pure gold is too soft). Each karat indicates 1/24th of the whole. So if a piece of jewelry is made of metal that is 18 parts gold and 6 parts copper, that is 18-karat gold.
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What is a carat, and how does it relate to a karat ?
A carat is a unit of weight for diamondsand other gemstones. One carat equals 200 milligrams (0.200 grams). There are 453 grams in a pound (1,000 grams to a kilogram).
A karat, when used with gold, is a unit of purity- 24-karat gold is pure gold, but usually you mix gold with a metal like copper or silver to make jewelry (because pure gold is too soft). Each karat indicates 1/24th of the whole. So if a piece of jewelry is made of metal that is 18 parts gold and 6 parts copper, that is 18-karat gold.
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North Korea shares a border with 3 countries;China along the Amnok River, Russia along the Tumen River, and South Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
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North Korea shares a border with 3 countries;China along the Amnok River, Russia along the Tumen River, and South Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
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Kaveri:
Tributaries
- left Hemavati, Shimsha, Arkavathy
- right Kabini, Bhavani, Noyyal, Amaravati
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Committee Quick
Dinesh sharma - Digital currency aka bitcoin etc
Pritam singh - DPO
Watal - digital payment
Shekatkar - combat potential
Dhirendra singh - indigenous manufacturing defence
Amitabh kant - ecomm/ digital payment
Madhukar Gupta - Border Protection
Partha Mukhopadhyay - Migration
KS Valdiya - Saraswati Evidence
Chitale - Ganga Desiltation
Dalwai - Double farmers income
AK Sinha - Silt in Ganga
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Some random Military Exercises of India (India is present in all) —
Surya Kiran - Nepal
Al Nagah II - Oman
Bold Kurukshetra - Singapore
Nomadic Elephant - Mongolia
Prabal Dostyak - Kazak
Simbex - Singapore
Ekuverin - Maldives
Sampriti - Bangaldesh
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Committee Quick
Dinesh sharma - Digital currency aka bitcoin etc
Pritam singh - DPO
Watal - digital payment
Shekatkar - combat potential
Dhirendra singh - indigenous manufacturing defence
Amitabh kant - ecomm/ digital payment
Madhukar Gupta - Border Protection
Partha Mukhopadhyay - Migration
KS Valdiya - Saraswati Evidence
Chitale - Ganga Desiltation
Dalwai - Double farmers income
AK Sinha - Silt in Ganga
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Some random Military Exercises of India (India is present in all) —
Surya Kiran - Nepal
Al Nagah II - Oman
Bold Kurukshetra - Singapore
Nomadic Elephant - Mongolia
Prabal Dostyak - Kazak
Simbex - Singapore
Ekuverin - Maldives
Sampriti - Bangaldesh
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Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)- has definitely gone beyond its initial mandate of securing technological and economic cooperation among nations in the coast of Bengal. The inclusion of Nepal and Bhutan into BIMSTEC in 2004 — along with BRICS and SAARC membership — gave India an alternative platform to engage with all its immediate neighbours such as Sri Lanka, China, Bhutan, Burma, Nepal, while keeping Pakistan at an arms length.
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it wont be completely wrong to conclude that BRICS-BIMSTEC is the mini-congression of SAARC nations for 2016 with six of the eight – SAARC members participating in it.
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During the last leg of BRICS-BIMSTEC and signing of Goa Declaration, altogether six-different schedules have time-lined for the interaction of the leaders of the two groups during which deliberation and discussions will take place on Sunday.
India is a founder-member of BIMSTEC, and energising it would also accelerate India's Act East policy. The other advantage is that it would give impetus to India's domestic goal of developing the northeastern region, which is the country's geographical gateway to the east and sourtheast Asia.
Another plus-point with BIMSTEC, which will complete 20 years of virtually unnoticed existence, is that all members have concerns, though in varying degrees, about the increasing profile of China in their neighbourhood. On the contrary, within SAARC, the attitude towards China has been quite dissimilar to one another's. While Pakistan has a interrelationship of strategic trust with China, India has strategic suspicions towards China.
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Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)- has definitely gone beyond its initial mandate of securing technological and economic cooperation among nations in the coast of Bengal. The inclusion of Nepal and Bhutan into BIMSTEC in 2004 — along with BRICS and SAARC membership — gave India an alternative platform to engage with all its immediate neighbours such as Sri Lanka, China, Bhutan, Burma, Nepal, while keeping Pakistan at an arms length.
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it wont be completely wrong to conclude that BRICS-BIMSTEC is the mini-congression of SAARC nations for 2016 with six of the eight – SAARC members participating in it.
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During the last leg of BRICS-BIMSTEC and signing of Goa Declaration, altogether six-different schedules have time-lined for the interaction of the leaders of the two groups during which deliberation and discussions will take place on Sunday.
India is a founder-member of BIMSTEC, and energising it would also accelerate India's Act East policy. The other advantage is that it would give impetus to India's domestic goal of developing the northeastern region, which is the country's geographical gateway to the east and sourtheast Asia.
Another plus-point with BIMSTEC, which will complete 20 years of virtually unnoticed existence, is that all members have concerns, though in varying degrees, about the increasing profile of China in their neighbourhood. On the contrary, within SAARC, the attitude towards China has been quite dissimilar to one another's. While Pakistan has a interrelationship of strategic trust with China, India has strategic suspicions towards China.
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Continental System -- Napoleon -- block British goods inside Europe to isolate Britain
Timeline --
1. Berlin Decree 1806 -- no british goods inside Europe
2. Warsaw Decree Jan 1807 -- Continental System more strengthened
3. Reply by Britain in form of permits needed to be purchased by every neutral ship entering Europe
4. Fountain Blew Decree Oct 1807 -- Napolean -- all contraband goods to be burnt and seized
5. Milan Decree Dec 1807 -- any ship purchasing permit from Britain to be considered as enemy ship
Continental System abolished by Napolean in 1814.
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Continental System -- Napoleon -- block British goods inside Europe to isolate Britain
Timeline --
1. Berlin Decree 1806 -- no british goods inside Europe
2. Warsaw Decree Jan 1807 -- Continental System more strengthened
3. Reply by Britain in form of permits needed to be purchased by every neutral ship entering Europe
4. Fountain Blew Decree Oct 1807 -- Napolean -- all contraband goods to be burnt and seized
5. Milan Decree Dec 1807 -- any ship purchasing permit from Britain to be considered as enemy ship
Continental System abolished by Napolean in 1814.
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What is the difference between the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
The PCA is not a court, but rather an organiser of arbitral tribunals to resolve conflicts between member states . While ICJ is the primary judicial branch of the United Nations (UN)
"Unlike the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration has no sitting judges: the parties themselves select the arbitrators.
Permanent Court of Arbitration are held in private and are confidential.
The PCA also provides arbitration in disputes between international organisations and between states and international organisations.
PCA Ruling is binding and final but since no further mechanism to enforce it , ruling becomes difficult to enforce While ICJ Ruling in Contentious issue is binding to the party.
India - Bangladesh maritime Dispute was resolved via PCA.. India unlike CHINA accepted the Ruling which went in favor of Bangladesh...
The key principle is that the ICJ has jurisdiction only on the basis of consent of the party.
Note : Article 94 establishes the duty of all UN members to comply with decisions of the ICJ involving them. If parties do not comply, the issue may be taken before the Security Council for enforcement action. There are obvious problems with such a method of enforcement.
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What is the difference between the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
The PCA is not a court, but rather an organiser of arbitral tribunals to resolve conflicts between member states . While ICJ is the primary judicial branch of the United Nations (UN)
"Unlike the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration has no sitting judges: the parties themselves select the arbitrators.
Permanent Court of Arbitration are held in private and are confidential.
The PCA also provides arbitration in disputes between international organisations and between states and international organisations.
PCA Ruling is binding and final but since no further mechanism to enforce it , ruling becomes difficult to enforce While ICJ Ruling in Contentious issue is binding to the party.
India - Bangladesh maritime Dispute was resolved via PCA.. India unlike CHINA accepted the Ruling which went in favor of Bangladesh...
The key principle is that the ICJ has jurisdiction only on the basis of consent of the party.
Note : Article 94 establishes the duty of all UN members to comply with decisions of the ICJ involving them. If parties do not comply, the issue may be taken before the Security Council for enforcement action. There are obvious problems with such a method of enforcement.
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Agenda 2063 - African Socio-Economic Development
Prithvi - India's first indigenously built ballistic missile - DRDO
Hafnium Carbide, Tantalum Carbide - refractory ceramics, highest melting point
Guillain Barre Syndrome - Zika Virus, —— Zika transmits sexually too
Project Brahma Initiative - building India's biodiversity knowledge base
Rashtrakutas - Amogvarsha - Kavirajamarga, Pampa, Ponna
SASEC Members - Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Maldives
Wassenaar Agreement - regulation of arms, Berne Convention-protection of artistic work (India is a member)
Seychelles - gave India Assumption island for naval base (or for making assumptions ;p
Women's India association - by annie besant, margaret sis, - thesophical society
Goldman Environment Prize - Green Nobel - Prafulla Samantra - Niyamgiri-Dongria Kondh
Global Terrorism Index - Institute of Economics and Peace
Karpathuias.blogspot.in
Electricity Accessibility List - World bank