Month: June 2013
#India – The Great Fertilizer Robbery
The Prime Minister’s Revenge: Sharif Charges Former Gen. Musharraf with Treason
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 …
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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 …
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How To Prepare For The UPSC Civil Services Exam
Last year’s successful candidates who made it into IAS including the topper Shena Aggarwal and other 17 IAS officer trainees under the guidance of Nikhil Pavan Kalyan, IAS, came together and wrote an extensive document to guide serious IAS aspirants in their exams.
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 …
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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 …
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The 100 Best Books Of All Time
Those who passionately love books cherish the dream of reading the best books of all time while still they are alive. Making a list of best books whether in fiction or non-fiction is a controversial and difficult task as tastes and opinions of people vary from one another. “The World Library is a list of the 100 …
Devastating North India Floods Likely Worsened by Tourist Boom
Importance Of Remembering UPSC Syllabus By Heart
Many aspirants tend to overlook General Studies Syllabus and think that the questions asked by UPSC in the examination were not there in syllabus itself. Some even say that questions under General Studies papers can be asked from anywhere and about anything. They say GS is like ocean and is so vast to cover etc etc. …
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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.
Detailed Syllabus Of UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam (New Pattern)
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General Studies- I: Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society.
. Indian Culture will cover the salient aspects of Art forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
. Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present
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’ …
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Prelims Dilemma: What To Do After UPSC Prelims?
Preliminary examination conducted by UPSC for Civil Services is a crucial first step in realizing the dream of becoming an IAS or IPS officer for millions of aspirants in India. This exam is held in late May every year (except 2011) to select eligible serious aspirants for Main examination which is usually held 4-5 months …
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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 …
Speaking Volumes: Riotous Writers
The Dreams, The Goals and The ROADBLOCKS!
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 …
