Polity of the Nations

Parliament has passed the bill to amend the constitution making it mandatory for chattisgarh and Jharkhand to have a tribal minister while freeing bihar from having a minister unless to choose on its own.

Criminal Tribes act – 1871
Indian Govt repealed this act in 1952

POK intern act 1974 – according to this, in POK, only those candidates whose signed dellaration of “States Accession to Pak are allowed to contest the elction”
It is considered a violation of UN’s universal declaration of human rights

20 point program formulated y Indira Gandhi in 1975 as a compliment to Garibi Hatao Slogan
GoI is structuring and launching a new 20 point program

The 4th bus service between india and pak – connecting in Poonch in JK and Rawalkot in POK

Dandi Yatra route – given national heritage status – from Sabarmati ashram to dandi in Gujarat to break the salt tax.

Madan lal khurana – bharatiya jan mahasangh
New governor of Bihar – GAVAi
Meghalaya CM – Rhim Bhai

Great June apprising – observed in Manipur to pay tribute to those who died fighting for protection of territorial integrity of Manipur – June 2001

Phillippees abloished death sentence.

Kuwait – for the first time woman cast a vote in parliamentary elections

Netherlands – Jan Peter Balkanende – the PM who resigned ddue to withdrawl support by coalition partners.

East Timor – Jose Ramos Horta – the nobel laurete being considered for PM – replaced – Mari Alkatri

Part XX1 A- plea bargaining

Shamil Basayer –the chenchus rebel leader who was killed

Razaigat and habania – these are the arab tribes that are involved in the conflict over control of grazing lands in southern Darfur

Actuaries bill-2005it seeks to regulate and develop the profession of actuaries.

Nandini satpathi – oriya writer and former Orissa CM for two terms and elected to LA 7 times in row.

COMMUNAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION CONTROL AND REHABILITATION OF VICTIM OF BILL – 2005

It empowers center to send forces to communally disturbed ares to maintain law and order.

GOI banned the employment of children from 10th oct 2006 as domestic service or in hospitality sector.

National Security Advisory Board is reconstituted with former secretary MK Rasgotra as its convenor for the second time.

UN resolution 1707 – called for immediate for succession of hostility in Lebanon

Thar express from Munabao in India to Khokhrapar in Pak

Parliament – (prevention of disc act) – 1959 – being amended under the title of the Office of profit bill.

the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Bill, 2006, to put a one-year moratorium on demolitions in the capital and the Constitution (105th Amendment) Bill, 2006

SA legalized gay marriages

Muzaffir hussain beg – deputy cm of JK who lost the position of PDP legislature party

Shwna – Pretoria SA – Shaan declaration signed by SA president and Indian PM it is a 25 point joint declaration in which the leaders agreed that international civilian nuclear cooperation under IAEA safeguards among nuclear countries could be enhanced through acceptable approaches

A permanent exhibition of Mahatma gandhi has been set up at old fort in Johaannesburg
Satyagraha – the idea of satya graham was proposed by Mahatma Gandhi at phoenix settlement in 1906 outside durban

Pheonix settlement at Gandhi museum international painting press, Gandhi health center etc.
Satyagraha centenary celebrations were launched in Durban

Jambhoori vatan party of pak – whose leader nawab akhtar mukthi killed in a military operation in bambhor hills of balochistan

World peace gong – a symbol of brotherhood peace and nature is inaugurated at Gandhi smriti center in new delhi to commemorate centenary of satya graha

UN report on migrants – US has the largest inflow of migrants , afghanisthan topped the list in the ot flow of migrants followed by sudan

September 7th observed as the global day for Darfur
It is observed through out the world calling for the end of the fighting

Anti terrorism mechanism by india and Pak agreed in the Havana meeting

World’s resistence army – rebel group of Uganda
Conclave of CMS on state of states 2006 – new delhi
Punjab – overall best performance award, HP – best state in primary education and health
Kalidasa statue at shanghai , china first statue is of Gandhi

Pondicherry renamed Pudicherry by Pondicherry (Alteration of name) Act 2006
Uttaranchal – state alteration of the name bill in December 2006 to uttarakhand
Bangalore –alteration of the name bill in December 2006 to Benguluru

India – japan –year of friendship
India – china – year of friendship through tourism

TEMPLE OF RAVANA – (Kanpur) –located in kailash mandir complex-140 yrs old-opened for devotee on oct-2 after 10 yrs.

Khasi hills autonomous dist. Council in shilling – chief executive member – Martamlyn pirbot.
MP celebrating golden jubilee(created in 1956)

Karnataka.kerala.AP,TN – golden jubilee on NOV 1
Nov 1 is the sixth anniversary of chattisgarh

HP- state forest deppt decided to transfer the wild life sanctuary to wild life wing.
There are: Dhauladan sanctuary, simla catchment forest, sechutuan sanctuary, kugti sanctuary ,tundah sanctuary.

ICANN- international cooperation for assigned names n numbers (1988) (california)-deals with internet domain names n ISBN marking.

Yasushi Akashi – Japanese special envoy for talks with LTTE and SL government

6th scheduled areas –the 7 expert committee appointed by govt of india by V ramachandra to view the progress of NE and three hill councils of Darjeeling, ladakh and jkargil

Rehabilitation council of india –established as statutory body under ministry of social justice and empowerement.

Union cabinet has approved a provision of 150 crores for commemorating the following
150th anniversary of first war of independence may 07-08
60th indepencdence aug 0708
Centenary celebrations of vandemataram as a ational song – sep 0506
Birth centenaery of bhagat singh and 75th anniversary of his martyrdom 0607

Foreigners Tribunals award 2006 was held unconstitutional by the SC this order puts the onus of proof regarding the foreigner on the complainer accord to the sc goes against the article 355

Jallian wala bagh – national massacre amend bill 2006 – passed amending the 1951 act – to provide for the extension of management of the national memorial commemorating the april 13 1919 massacre

India US Totalisation Agreement: totalization agreement involves taking into account or linking security taxes payable and benefits enjoyable by migrant workers in their home country as also host country.
This is exploring the possibility of exempting the preofesionals from both the countries from social security taxes for short term duration

“The Way forward” – a report on war of Iraq prepared by a 10 member Iraq study group co chaired by James Baker III and Lee Hamilton

2007 is the year of India in Russia
2008 – will be the year of Russia in india
2007 declared as the year of Broadband – BSNL CMD – AK Sinha

CCTV 9 is the china based English news channel

WHO submitted its report called world report on Read traffic injury prevention. The provisions of WHO are incorporated in section 129 of Motor vehicles act calling of compulsory use of standard helmet and not all states of india has enforced this section

UN 1937 resolution – regulating iran nuclear program

June 29 will be the National Statastical day in the

memory of Mahabolis from 2007 who was the
founder of Indian Statastical Institute – Kolkata

Indo japan agreement on the visit of Shizno Abi –
Comprehensive economic partnership agreement
Participate in power generation
Would invest in proposed rail freight corridor

Indian national center for ocean information service being set up at Hyderabad

Goa Bachao andolan – against the state regional plan 2007
Chennai port celebrating 125 years
Panipat – which houses babri masjid the tomb of Ibrahim Lodhi located on NH 1

EU Trade commissioner – Peter mendelson

India Isreal is celebrating the 15th annicersary of their bilateral raltions 29th jan 1992
Raleb Najadeleb – the arab muslim to be nominated in to the ministry of Isreal

India and SL – Indian railways is going to construct a 160 km route from Colombo to mathara – this is an Indian railways first foreign venture
Thiruvananthapuram is the first dsit to ban beggary

SACRA ROT- Vatican – it is the appeals court of the church of Vatican it is in news bcoz of its duties that is to consider appeals for couples and grant them
Feb 4th – world cancer day and independence day of SL – 59th
· Logan blue saffire – SL
· Mahavamsha is the historical chronicle of ceylone
· Yala games sanctuary identified as ramsar site
· Nuwas eliya called little England and also called the swiss of east
· India SL FTA came into effect in 2000
· Bilateral trade 2.2 billion dollars 06 07
· 2 billion dollars 05 06
· SL is the largest trading partner of india in SAARC
· Mannar basin is alloted to india for exploration and production of oil – OVL

New Power P5 countries – India, China, Brazil, Mexico and SA

Sampur – the new site announced by Rajapakse the president of SL on 59th independwence day for setting up the NTPC plant
Originally proposed at Tricanmole
Sampur is the eastern town captured by the SL military from the LTTE
TULF – tamil united liberation front – leader is anand sanghavi
EPDP – Ealem People’s democratic party – Devananda is the head

India staked its claim from UN SC non permanent seat for 2 year term ie 2011 2012 in the asian kota
Earlier India was a non permanent member for 6 times

Russia had an org called Sikobiki – an org of senior officials in security and law enforcing agency
This org is opposed putting plans of handing over the power to deputy PM

First PM of Russia – Dimitriv Medyadev

Prevention of Money Laundering Act pasded in 2003 and notified in 2005

India Bhutan new friendship treaty signed between pranab mukherjee and Jigme Kesa Wuunhchuk
It upgrades the Aug 4 a949 for the friend ship treaty and the new treaty includes fresh provisions for expanding economic relations and cooperation in culture education health ST etc

Indo – china discussed abt
BAB – AL – MANDAO – straight – red sea and Arabian sea
Cape of good hope – SA
Straignht of homroz – separating iran and oman

Banda-aaceh – Irawady Yusuf – the former rebel leader of free ASOM movement
Was inaugurated as the new governor from 07 12

MPRF – madhesi peoples rights forum – convenor – upendra yadav – they live in the talai region – Nepal – 30 % of nepals population and they demand autonomy

New citizen ship test involving qs from civics – USA
Indias legislation addressing terrorism – narayanan – FEMA

Narcotics drugs and psycotrpphic sunstance act 03 –
prevention substances act 03 effect from 05
Unlawful activity prevention act 1967 and amended in 04

Chinese external affairs – lie – zhoseiang
Discussed abt possibility of opening of new consulates at guangzou and Kolkata

Iindia – Italy agreement – fiat and tata motors
Tata motors and IVECO (Commercial vehicles of Fiat)

Bet Cararo group and Mahindra and Mah – to produce farm agreement
ONGC and ENISPA
Bank of baroda and pioneer – Global asset managing company

UNICEF report on child poverty:
Child poverty in perceptive: a overview of child well being in rich countrie.this is unicef’s first study of child welfare in developed countries.40 countries were listed with Briton at the bottom.
First three countries:Sweden,Iceland,finland

J&k – Indian sharait act -1937 which was applicable to rest of india is now adopted by j&k legislative council.

Trilateral business meet bet india , china, Russia to be held in nov nov-2007
China supports Russia in EAS

UN convention on migrated species has declared 2007 as the year of the dolphins.(prince albert 2 of the Monaco is the patron of the year of the dolphin)

BAGLIHAR dam:
-india did not violated the Indus valley water treaty-1960
-the dam could be completed with slight modifications in design n without any imopact of 450mw power capacity
-the gated spillways are not a violation of the treaty as they are recognized by international org. on large dams.
The listed issues of bone of contention
1.gated spillways
2.dam ht: ind was to reduce the ht of the free board from 4.5 to 3m
3.width of the pondage: india’s method of calculation was accepted rejecting Pakistan
4.level of intake for running the turbine can be increased by 2m

Red brigader – Itlay (terrorist group)

AP state tree – neem tree
Bihar n haryan – papal tree
HP – deodar
J&k – chinar
Jharkhand –sal
Karnataka – sandal
Kerala – cocnut
Maharastra – mango
UP – asoka tree

Communist party of Nepal – prachanda
Party celebrated the 11th anniversary of it’s peoples war.
Nepal converted to secular state on 18th may 2006

Iranain revolution day 11th feb 1979 – azadi square of Tehran

Meghalaya will observe 2007 as the year of the farmer

Achievable nationhood – it is a vision document on the resolution J&K conflict released by chairman of people’s conference – sajjad ghani lone

The new foreign minister of Sl – rohita bogallagama
Akshara dasoha – mid day meal initiated by Karnataka

Ind – pak exchange of lists of nuclear installation for the 16th time under the prohibition of attack against nuclear installation and facilities.

www.indlii.org-legal information website

ITUC – a new workers body created in Vienna with membership 150 countries formed after dissolution n merger of two largest bodies of the world conference of labour.

Global ambassador of peace – jus K Narayana Kurup

Ruth manorama(India’s women’s right activist)
And Daniel estberg (former employee of pentagon)

China has launched clean development mechanism fund to help finance climate change.it is the largest emitter of CO2 after US

What is Year 2007 termed?A: International Polar Year

name a major country which is not a member of wtoA: Russia

who is the deputy secretary general of UN?A: It is Tanzanian Foreign Minister Asha-Rose Migiro

what is the previous position of BAN KI MOON in the UN?A: Cheif of Staff of the president of the General Assembly

what is the position of shashi tharoor before contesting the election in the UN?A: Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information

What is Armenian Genocide?A: armenian genocide is allegedely commited by turks during the first world war and is termed as the first genocide of the last century. 2006 Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has written books supporting the alligations.

What is Western Sahara Movement?A: Western Sahara movement is we can say a self-determination movement by the P

olisario group which tries to overthrow the Morocco goverment’s rule over the Sahara territory. Saudi Arabia, USA are at the back of Morocco.Algeria has also a part to play, but the problem is put in the hands of the international players

What is INTERPAT?A: INTERPAT is an international registration of marks by some pharmaceutical companies of US, Swiss, Japan etc ..and so is the madrid protocol related with TRIPS.India has decided to join the Madrid Protocol very recently

who is the speaker of commonwealth parlimentry committee?A: HA.Halim-speaker of west bengal