Amazon Opens Its India-Specific Website (amazon.in) – With Lots Of Freebies

Amazon.com, world’s largest online retailer has started its India-specific operations through its newly launched website amazon.in. The introduction of 100% FDI in retail by the union government has enabled it to launch its operations here. It will continue to operate junglee.com, its subsidiary and an online marketplace. Also, US based e-commerce giant will both operate …

How To Answer Questions In UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination – Sociology Optional Example

The following post is taken from a comment (from Muralidharan)that appeared on this blog here. I thought that it would be useful to share it as a main post for other aspirants to read who may or may not have sociology as an optional for civil services examination. Answer writing skill is more important in …

Links To Government Of India Ministries, Departments, and Other Agencies

President of India Vice President of India Cabinet Secretariat Directorate of Public Grievances Performance Management Prime Minister’s Office Department of Ocean Development Department of Atomic Energy Nuclear Fuel complex Department of Development of North Eastern Region Directorate of Atomic Minerals Central Public Works Department Prime Minister’s Councils Council on Trade & Industry Economic Advisory Council …

UPSC 2013 Prelims (Preliminary) Exam Result And Cut-Off – Stop Worrying

Serious Aspirants are Practicing Answer Writing Here. Why not You? Complete List Of Reference Books For Mains 2013 UPSC CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMINARY EXAM 2013 RESULT (PDF) UPSC INDIAN FOREST SERVICES PRELIMINARY RESULT 2013(PDF) What NEXT? How To Get Over UPSC Prelims Failure? The result of 2012 Preliminary exam was declared on 28th July of that year. In …

Scenes from Brazil’s Angry, Nationwide Protests

Anti-corruption protests against government rocks Brazil! They are angry at corruption and high spending on next year’s football world cup. I see a parallel in Delhi protests against Commonwealth games scam and 2G scam. But, the government in Brazil is buckling under pressure unlike UPA which successfully swept the matter under carpet.

5 Books Every Serious IAS Aspirant And Bureaucrats Must Read

Every serious IAS aspirant must know beforehand what awaits him once he enters the ‘system’. Almost ever year, a retired bureaucrat or a diplomat pens an autobiography recollecting all the bad old memories and present them to the reader in the hope that his experiences might shed some light on the working of the ‘system’ …

15 Most Popular Motivational Books – To Help You Succeed In Both Personal And Professional Life

We keep facing failures no matter how rich or poor we are, or how much motivated or inspired we are.  Failures are good omens that come across our lives to set the course of life on correct path; only if we are willing to learn from our mistakes. To learn from failures, we need motivation …

Free E-Book On Ethics, Integrity And Aptitude In Public Administration (Governance)

   Ethics: Contemporary Readings – Download From Here (FREE) [In case you don’t know how to download – On the landing page, 1) Click on ‘REQUEST DOWNLOAD TICKET’ button, 2) Solve the  CAPTCHA (enter alphabets as given with space between two words) A Download LINK will appear] Other Free Materials: 1) IGNOU-Ethical Concerns in Public Administration 2) Ethics …