Astivya RAS class notes

Habitat III Habitat III is United Nation UN conference on housing and sustainable Urban Development  which will be held in Quito Ecuador in October 2016 India is preparing National report for Habitat 3  the broad focus on national report is in :- inclusiveness  efficiency  sustainability and  empowering the local government  India still doesn’t have a … Read more Daily current affair 12 October 2015

Qutub Minar  UNESCO World Heritage site  is 72.5 metre hiegh  constructed with red and buff sandstone  it was constructed by qutubuddin Aibak in 1199 for the use of muazzin (crier to give call for prayers)and his Sun En-law samsuddin added 3 more storeys    Begging bowl Presently in Afghanistan is believed to have been used … Read more Daily current affair 11 October 2015

Sunset clause on tax exemption It will  provide open and corporate tax exemption . While trimming the list of sector that are entitled to such benefits on research and development and capital expenditure it will help in phasing out corporate exemption and thus it will lower the corporate tax rate and on the other hand … Read more Daily current affair 10 October 2015

Gender equality  women will soon be inducted into the fighting arm of Indian Airforce, although Indian women serves in the Air Force, navy and army as support and technical stuff   World Bank president is Jim Yong Kim  International Monetary Fund Managing Director is Christiane lagarde   Transfer pricing  Transfer pricing is referred to as … Read more Daily current affair 9 October 2015

Sahitya Akademi Award winners returning their awards Against the recent killings of rationalist and writers mm Kalburgi ,Narendra Dabholkar and Govind pansare Sahitya Akademi winners have returned their awards. They have termed such attacks not only to be against the constitution of India which provide right to life under article 21 but even against the … Read more Daily current affair 7 October 2015

National war Memorial and National war Museum  at Princess Park near India Gate New Delhi. in the memory of all Indian soldiers who have made the supreme sacrifice for the country post independence. India Gate was built to Commentate the sacrifice of 13,300 soldiers who died in World War 1 and third Anglo Afghan war … Read more Daily current affair 8 October 2015

Indo German agreements During the visit of German chancellor Angela Merkel two sides find various such as:- Memorandum of understanding on security cooperation  joint declaration of intent on cooperation in field of disaster management  border protection  aviation security  cybercrime illegal migration and  counterfeit currency India Germany climate and renewable energy Alliance:- a comprehensive partnership to … Read more Daily current affair 6 October 2015

Problems with criminal justice system National crime record Bureau figures for 2014 states that almost 68 % of the inmates of India’s overflowing prison are under trial and 70 % of those converts are illiterate in 1987 The Law Commission recognised that the low operation ratio is  leading pendency in courts and had recommended that … Read more Daily current affair 5 October 2015