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Now, Sonia does Nitish-bashing
Hearing to confirm Kasab’s death sentence begins
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Chopper companies make the most of polls
R’sthan becomes first state to take on khaps
The Last Word
Congress downplays rift between Dikshit, Kalmadi
CPM: Scrap fuel price deregulation
Despite ‘threats’, Jaya storms Alagiri’s bastion
UNICEF launches online campaign for RTE awareness
Indigenous H1N1 vaccine developed
Maoists trigger blast near BSF camp
Sena men flout noise norms, booked
Rly services restored
Now, CAT model for IAS prelims
Rly services restored
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After Rahul and PM, Sonia targets Nitish
She said that a peculiar alliance had been ruling the state for the last five years wherein the leader (Nitish) claimed to be a champion of secularism, but had an alliance with a party (BJP) “dead opposed to secularism”. Rahul and the Prime Minister had also questioned Nitish’s secular credentials on similar grounds during election meetings in the state some days ago. Stepping up the Congress attack on the state government for non-utilisation of central funds for various development schemes, Sonia reiterated what both the PM and Rahul had said earlier: the Centre had been providing crores and crores to the state government but had no inkling where the money went. Continuing her jibe at the state government, Sonia said that Nitish’s development claims were contradictory and asked the audience how many hours of electricity they got in a day. “What is happening to funds earmarked for education and healthcare? Why has no industry come up in Bihar?” she said. Citing the example of a large number of students leaving the state for studies and scores of patients going outside the state for treatment, Sonia said that the Centre was still waiting for the state government to allot land for opening an extension centre of Aligarh Muslim University at Kishanganj, which has a predominant Muslim population. The Congress chief did not spare Lalu Prasad and questioned what his Rashtriya Janata Dal had done for the minorities in its 15-year rule even though they had been behind him. Calling both the RJD and its ally the LJP as “opportunist parties”, Sonia cautioned the people -- particularly minorities -- to be cautious while voting. The Congress seems to be giving a lot of importance to the ongoing ‘Battle of Bihar’. Not only has the party put up candidates on all 243 seats after a decade, its star campaigners -- Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh -- have all been campaigning in the state. Rahul is scheduled to address three more election meetings in north Bihar on Thursday. Constituencies there would go to polls during the third phase on October 28. Advani to campaign
today New Delhi, October 18 Notably, Advani’s Bihar visit comes as the deadline for campaigning in the first phase of polling in 47 constituencies nears an end. The visit apparently was delayed due to the considerable presence of Muslim voters in these segments. According to Advani’s staff, his itinerary for tomorrow includes Motihari, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga. About any JD-U leaders addressing public meetings with him, an Advani confidant said, “You will get to know when he reaches there.” And to the same query, JD-U leaders preferred silence. Also, it was for the first time after the Ayodhya verdict that the Bihar CM was seen in public with BJP leaders other than his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi. Nitish, however, restricted it to a joint press conference with Arun Jaitley, BJP Bihar president CP Thakur and party general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad.
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Hearing to confirm Kasab’s death sentence begins
Mumbai, October 18 Opening his arguments, public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told the court that the terror attacks were a “classic case of sponsored terrorism, borne out of deep hatred against India”. Nikam also described how Kasab and his associates went on a rampage killing 166 innocent men, women and children in Mumbai. The arguments began in Court 49 through videoconference before Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice RV More to enable Kasab to hear the proceedings from the Arthur Road Central Jail where he is imprisoned in the high security, bomb and bulletproof cell. Kasab, 23, who appeared on a big screen at 11 a.m. sharp, seemed to be uninterested in the proceedings as most of the time he was seen smiling and yawning. At times, he scratched his head, played with the button of his prison uniform and stretched his arms. During the first half of the hearing, Kasab sought permission to go to the washroom. He gestured at jail staff, who informed the court. The judges allowed Kasab to take a break. This is for the first time that arguments on confirmation of death sentence are being heard through videoconference in the Bombay High Court, legal sources said. The hearing is expected to be complete in three months.
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Chopper companies make the most of polls
New Delhi, October 18 But as per industry experts what makes them tick, especially in a state like Bihar, is its sheer size, not many good roads and large rural population. “Helicopters are an expensive way of electioneering which most of politicians as individuals cannot afford. Hiring is largely done at the party level barring a couple of cases when individual politicians have also hired them,” they say. Using them to the maximum in the current Assembly elections, the two major political parties, the Congress and the BJP-JD (U) combine, have around six choppers each at their beck and call while the third angle of the political triangle in the state, Lalu Yadav, presently has one helicopter deployed for his convenience. They have the potential to land a politician in trouble with the Election Commission like it happened in the case of Daddan Pahalwan. The income tax notice sent him a notice, asking an explanation on how he can afford flying around in a chopper, which he has been using for the past four months. Now the EC has roped in the IT Department to monitor expenses during the elections, both by candidates and political parties. The reason why politicians prefer to use choppers, besides making transportation and accessibility to remote areas easier, is their great spectacular value. So while it ferries the politician faster to the place he wants to, a helicopter also serves as an attractive crowd puller for him. However, these luxuries do not come cheap. Chopper companies are charging anywhere around Rs 65,000 per hour for a single-engine aircraft and double that amount for the twin-engine variety. The reason why political parties have to hire twin-engine aircraft despite them costing much more is because as per rules VVIPs and VIPs cannot fly in single-engine aircraft. Therefore a large number of helicopters operating in Bihar are twin-engine Dauphin and Bell 412 and only a couple of single-engine Bell 407. Interestingly, choppers also serve another purpose-a function, which no political party will publicly concede to. There are reports how political parties are misutilising the helicoptors hired for the purpose of campaigning for ferrying money from one place to another for election purposes. Following these complaints, the EC ordered thorough search of helicopters being used by political leaders in Bihar. Air intelligence units have now been installed at Patna, Ranchi and Banaras airports to track movement of heavy cash by air. But it may not always be comfort and fun when it comes to electioneering by air. Weather conditions can play a spoilsport by delaying scheduled programmes of leaders. There were cases when scheduled departures of chartered choppers were delayed due to inclement weather. Also, though choppers are crowd-pullers, their presence can make the excited masses out of control. “Uncontrolled crowds can prove to be threatening not just to machine but also people. There have been accidents when people came too close to a helicopter,” he says. While companies do make huge profits, there are also high levels of stress involved in election operations. Politicians are not the best of people known to stick to schedules, which means that last landing time may become a nail-biting event for the pilot. Politicians are also known to make demands that can turn to be life threatening. Besides landing at places, not really meant to be serve as a helipads, can prove be an unsafe proposition. Costly affair
Chopper companies are charging anywhere around Rs 65,000 per hour for a single-engine aircraft and double that amount for the twin-engine variety. The reason why political parties have to hire twin-engine aircraft despite them costing more is because as per rules VVIPs and VIPs cannot fly in single-engine aircraft Ferrying money
There are reports how political parties are misutilising the helicoptors hired for the purpose of campaigning for ferrying money from one place to another for election purposes. Following these complaints, the EC has ordered thorough search of helicopters being used by political leaders in Bihar.
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R’sthan becomes first state to take on khaps
New Delhi, October 18 Becoming the first state (among nine) to reply to the Supreme Court notice of June 30 on measures being taken to check caste groupings allegedly involved in honour killings, Rajasthan has said it will book khap panchayat perpetrators of such crimes under the National Security Law and Gunda Act (which includes offences against the human body like murder, criminal intimidation and insult) and will strip them of government facilities. For this purpose, it has asked the police officials to prepare a record of khap panches found committing illegal acts. “A list of such persons (panches) will be sent to the district administration to put them in the black list and deprive them of all government facilities,” the state has said. The admission forms part of the affidavit which Rajasthan filed this September 21 following the apex court’s June notices to nine states, including Punjab, Haryana, UP, Delhi, WB, Jharkhand and MP, in the Shakti Vahini case on honour killings. The states like Punjab, Haryana, UP and Delhi which account for 96 per cent of the reported honour crimes in India have not yet replied to the notice. Of the 121 honour killings in the past two years, UP recorded 48, Haryana 41 and Delhi 15. Rajasthan is the first state to admit that caste panchayats tend to perpetrate honour crimes. “We have taken a stringent view about the matter in which certain groups styled as socially sanctioned denominations tend to perpetrate these crimes. India is governed by the rule of law and no denomination can claim any legitimate right flowing out of customs which infringes the law,” states the affidavit The Tribune has procured. The state government has directed every SHO to immediately register FIRs and even detain the perpetrators under the National Security Act of 1980, which allows a deputy commissioner or a commissioner of police to order such detention in the interest of public order. Rajasthan has also, for the first time, defined honour crime; it would constitute financial, physical punishment; torture or harassment of women or causing any harm to the respect of a woman; nullifying relations that have come to exist between a man and a woman after they have married; exiling any person or family from a village; damaging movable or immovable property of families of couples involved. “If the police receive information about a khap panchayat torturing a couple from sources other than official, top echelons of the district would be held responsible,” the landmark affidavit states, serving an example to states like Haryana which have so far defended caste panchayats as centuries-old groups with charitable intentions.
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Germany hopes India signs CTBT
New Delhi, October 18 “We are encouraged by signs that India could be prepared to sign the CTBT. That will be a very important step forward to our position,’’ German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said after talks with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna here. He, however, hastened to add that it was up to New Delhi to make its position clear on disarmament issues. Earlier, the two countries discussed steps to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation while deciding to give a fresh impetus to their joint efforts for reforms in the UN Security Council. The talks between Krishna and Westerwelle also focused on various other issues like expanding defence and economic cooperation and climate change. After the talks, the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on celebrating the Year of Germany in India in 2011-2012 and the Year of India in Germany in 2012-2013. The celebrations will mark 60 years of Indo-German diplomatic partnership. India and Germany were last week elected non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for 2011-2012. The two countries are part of the Group of Four (G4) -- also comprising Japan and Brazil -- which is pushing for a permanent seat in the Security Council.
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The Last Word
The first BJP government in the South is in deep trouble, arguably because its chosen Chief Minister is either too weak or too stubborn. Corruption has dogged the Karnataka government headed by BS Yeddyurappa and even members of his family have not escaped the mud being flung around.
Yeddyurappa himself has either kowtowed to the Bellary brothers, accused of illegal mining and worse, and succumbed to various pressure groups or he has stubbornly insisted on first inducting and then reinstating close ‘friend’ Shobha Karandlaje. His MLAs revolted last year demanding that Shobha be sacked and she was dropped from the Cabinet. But this year, the CM decided to drop six of his ministers and induct Shobha back into the Cabinet, sparking off a fresh round of rebellion. The Karnataka Chief Minister survived the trust vote, thanks to the Speaker, and was given a fresh lease of life on Monday by the Karnataka High Court, which deferred a decision on the validity of the Speaker disqualifying 16 MLAs before the trust vote. But Yeddy seems to have lost face and caused enough embarrassment to the RSS and the BJP for them to seriously contemplate a change in leadership. He is, of course, best known for his crying fits in public. No Chief Minister of a state has been seen weeping so often as BS Yeddyurappa of Karnataka! He wept on television last year after he was forced to drop Shobha Karandlaje from the Cabinet. When a farmer was killed in police firing, the Chief Minister called on the family and openly cried with them. He again cried at a public rally organised in July this year to celebrate the BJP government’s two years in office. It would almost seem that he is suffering from a persecution complex as he is prone to ask aloud what wrong or sin he had committed to deserve so much criticism. Even otherwise, he is prone to begin sobbing while addressing meetings, much to the embarrassment of those present. Normally, Yeddy is stoical and stern. Said to be short-tempered, he does vent his anger a little too frequently. He yelled at a BJP legislator during a rally in Gulbarga. At another rally at Davangere, he gave a tongue lashing to the District Superintendent of Police after a group of Dalit protesters sneaked into the meeting ground. He is also said to be mentally tough and people recall how he went about attending party functions even after being informed of his wife’s death in a freak accident at home in 2004. He was just an MLA then. The RSS claims the man from Mandya joined the outfit at 23 and went on to single-handedly build the organisation in Karnataka. Assigned the task of establishing the roots of the BJP in Karnataka, he is credited with building the party from scratch and gifting the BJP its first government south of the Vindhyas. Undoubtedly the architect of BJP’s victory in the 2008 Assembly election, Yeddyurappa displayed his political skills when he persuaded legislators belonging to other parties to resign from their seats and contest again as BJP candidates. Most of them won and Yeddyurappa’s Operation Lotus enabled the saffron party to get a clear majority in the Assembly. The party had 110 MLAs in the House, three short of the halfway mark, but at the end of Operation Lotus, the party could boast of 117 MLAs. That he belonged to the powerful Lingayat caste helped. With both the RSS and Lingayats backing him, Yeddyurappa seemed to be in an unassailable position. But within months of taking over as Chief Minister, his government was rocked by one controversy after another -- police firing on farmers, communal riots, assault on women in pubs and criticism for promoting nepotism and corruption. His critics declared with glee: the BJP government was no longer a party with a difference; it, too, had become a party of self-seekers. The Chief Minister’s insistence on promoting the political career of 44-year-old Shobha Karandlaje provided grist to gossip mills. Like Yeddyurappa, Shobha has also been a full-time RSS worker and has renounced family life. The only woman in his Cabinet, she was dubbed the de-facto Chief Minister and bureaucrats complained that she who took all the important decisions. While she claimed that Yeddyurappa, a father of five, was like a father to her and a mentor, the relationship was frowned upon. While on a visit to Bellary last year, Shobha held a review meeting of revenue officials though she was not the revenue minister; one of the Reddy brothers holds the portfolio. The man — sometimes described as Karnataka’s Narendra Modi — turned out to be no iron-man though. He capitulated to the Reddys, dropped Shobha from the Cabinet and accepted all the conditions laid down by the rebels. His humiliation was complete, but he had survived to fight another day. That was a year ago. Since then, a visit abroad, an honorary doctorate from a US University and the Global Investors’ Meet at Bengaluru have bolstered his position and image. The World Bank declared Karnataka to be the most-favoured destination in India for foreign investors and Yeddy seemed to be on a song. The first three months of this year saw 72 industrial projects receiving clearance and the Chief Minister basked in the spotlight. However, the resignation of Lok Ayukta Santosh Hegde, who complained bitterly about the state government’s reluctance to fight corruption, dented the Chief Minister’s credibility. And though Hegde was persuaded to withdraw his resignation, the damage was done. Soon thereafter, a land scam surfaced and Yeddy was accused of denotifying a valuable plot of land in the state capital and allotting it to his favourites and family members. While this storm was brewing, Yeddyurappa decided to re-assert his authority and dropped first four and then two more ministers, while taking Shobha Karandlaje back into the Cabinet. This prompted the latest crisis and rebellion by the dropped ministers. While the Reddy brothers seem to be on his side this time, the rebels and Independent MLAs are now being cultivated by both the Congress and Janata Dal (S). While Yeddy has got a reprieve from the Speaker, who chose to disqualify the rebels under the Anti-defection Act, the dust is unlikely to settle soon. Whether he survives the storm remains to be seen. But then he has always been enterprising and a survivor. He had resigned from a clerical post in the government to work full time for the RSS. He took up a job, as a clerk in a rice mill but within years became the owner’s son-in-law. Soon thereafter, he set up his own hardware shop and has never looked back. It is difficult to say if he is riding the luck of the brave and the brazen, but the deeply religious and superstitious man clearly reposes trust in his gods. Advised by astrologers, he changed his name from ‘Yeddiyurappa’ to Yeddyurappa and has been visiting all important shrines from Tirupati to Vaishno Devi to the Rajarajeshwari temple of Kannur. The Opposition accuses him of “donating” Rs 15 crore of public money to temples. While Yeddyurappa remains tight-lipped, he did acknowledge offering 2.5 kg gold to Lord Venkateshwara at Tirupati but said it was from his personal account. The first BJP government in the South has taken a beating and exposed its Chief Minister as someone who — even as he sought to appease divine powers — used means far from divine to stay in power.
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Congress downplays rift between Dikshit, Kalmadi
New Delhi, October 18 However even as Congress spokesman Manish Tewari answered questions on the open war of words between Dikshit and Kalmadi, the prevailing sense of disapproval within the party over the issue was apparent. “We would like everyone to be restrained so that the statutory body set to probe the conduct of the Games can discharge its duties,” Tewari said replying to questions on the party's response to the acrimony between its two senior leaders on the alleged corruption in the conduct of the Games. Party leaders are upset with the way the situation is evolving between Dikshit and Kalmadi. They believe that the duo should not have made insinuations against each other publically and given extra fodder to the Opposition, which even otherwise is gunning for the ruling coalition on the issue. Mismanagement of the CWG and corruption associated with the mega event is expected to figure prominently in the coming winter session of Parliament. A beleaguered Kalmadi yesterday hit back at Delhi Chief Minister, telling her to do some introspection and “check corruption in her own government” before pointing fingers at the CWG Organising Committee. Dikshit on Saturday had said that the finger of suspicion over corruption was allegedly pointed at Kalmadi and that the probe would clear the “cobwebs”. Also, she dubbed as “mysterious” the manner of functioning of the Organising Committee. Slamming Dikshit, Kalmadi said her aspersions on corruption in the OC were "most disappointing and uncalled for" and that she must do self-reflection on corruption in her own departments.
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CPM: Scrap fuel price deregulation
New Delhi, October 18 “The public sector oil companies have increased the price of petrol by 70 to 72 paise per litre. This follows an increase of 27 paise per litre in September. The price of petrol has already been increased by Re 1 per litre in the space of three weeks," the politburo said in a statement here. The CPM said the rise in petrol prices will further add to inflation. —
IANS
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Despite ‘threats’, Jaya storms Alagiri’s bastion
Chennai, October 18 Buoyed by the huge turnout at the entry point of south Tamil Nadu, considered as Alagiri's citadel, the AIADMK leader charged Karunanidhi's son with trying to prevent AIADMK's public meeting by resorting to undemocratic methods. Referring to the threats to her life, she said, "I am not afraid of those threats. I treat such death threats as invitations." Citing the title of “Braveheart”, given to Alagiri, she said, "Those who are calling themselves braveheart are not brave at heart. People know who is brave and courageous and who are cowards. Those who issued death threats to me are cowards. The threats reveal that there are some people who are afraid of our public meeting. They are afraid of me. Why are they afraid of me, if they are not guilty?" Dwelling at length on various charges against Alagiri, she wondered how those who were charged with murder conspiracy could become Union ministers. Referring to Alagiri's remarks that his service to the people would continue, she said, "What service is he doing as a Union minister. He ran away from Parliament and was not able to answer the question of members. Such an efficient man is speaking about serving the people."
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UNICEF launches online campaign for RTE awareness
New Delhi, October 18 The campaign which invites people to sign up for the cause of eight million children currently out-of-school already has the participation of HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and film actor Priyanka Chopra. It now wants everyone to sign up and become a champion for the cause of education. The campaign will operate through the specially crafted website called www.awaazdo.in which will have a series of pointers to lead the visitor to different sections - including those on the salient features of the law which guarantees free and compulsory elementary education to all children in the age groups of 6 to 14 years, bars screening or physical and mental humiliation of students, among a lot of other things. Then there are leads on what one can do to help children. “The idea is to ensure that everyone fulfils his/her responsibility as a citizen. We want people to do what they can in this landmark effort. Currently, one out of two children who reach class VIII drop out. We must help the system track them and encourage them to go back to school. This is a challenge we have taken up against our own people as we know a lot of our own homes employ children as domestic workers. The new campaign allows people to participate in making India truly literate,” said UNICEF country chief Karin Hulshof at an interaction with mediapersons today. The website even allows people to have an overview of the neighbourhood schools; it has a section of schools (district, block and unit-wise) which people can visit to find what the school report card is. The website also offers a contest for best picture and best video on the subject, with its makers toying with the idea of honouring those visitors who manage to make a difference to the lives of school children.
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Indigenous H1N1 vaccine developed
Hyderabad, October 18 The company’s Chairman and Managing Director, Dr Krishna Ella, said that HNVAC™ would help prevent the spread of H1N1 pandemic influenza, which can spread rapidly with a high rate of disease and death. “Bharat Biotech is proud to develop and offer this vaccine with the best USFDA recommended cell culture technology for Indian consumers. While there is certainly widespread and growing concern around H1N1, there are a number of people who did not get a flu shot last year. Our goal is get the flu vaccine easily accessible and at affordable cost to high-risk groups,” Dr Ella said. The key benefit of the cell culture vaccine was its potential to scale up and produce large quantities quickly as required and it also has a much more sterile and faster production cycle, without the external dependence on eggs, the statement said. “We will also explore ways in which Bharat Biotech can assist consumers and government agencies throughout this and subsequent flu season to get HNVAC™ flu shot,” Dr Ella said. Bharat Biotech had received the approval from Drugs Controller General of India earlier this month to launch HNVAC™ vaccine. This single dose vaccine has been developed by Bharat Biotech’s scientists at the Genome Valley facility in Hyderabad.
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Maoists trigger blast near BSF camp
Malkangiri (Orissa), October 18 No one was injured as there was no movement near the site when the landmine exploded about 250 metres from the temporary BSF camp, he said. A portion of the road was damaged in the incident. The blast was probably aimed at thwarting a health and awareness camp, which was scheduled to be held by the BSF personnel deployed in the area, the police said. The proposed health camp was deferred in view of the blast. Combing operation and patrolling had been intensified in the area to track the ultras. —PTI
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Sena men flout noise norms, booked
Mumbai, October 18 According to the police, the case was filed after noise levels went above the 50-decibel mark, as ordered by the court. Assistant Commissioner of Police Madhukar Sankhe of the Shivaji Park police station said action would be initiated against the organisers of the rally for violating the HC orders. The HC had earlier this month allowed the Shiv Sena to hold its rally provided it abided by the noise restrictions. Environmental activists who were present in the area said noise levels went up to 94 decibels as against the 50 dB ordered by the court. “This was better than in earlier years when the noise levels rose to more than 120 dB,” Sumaira Abdulali of the Awaaz Foundation told reporters today. The peak noise level during yesterday's rally happened when Shiv Sena activists cheered Bal Thackeray during his speech, she added. Incidentally, Bal Thackeray had poked fun at the noise restrictions imposed by the HC challenging the policemen present to stop him. “This is the Shiv Sena's voice… a man's voice. It can never be suppressed under 50… your measurement equipment will be shattered by our voice…,” Thackeray said.
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Now, CAT model for IAS prelims New Delhi, October 18 From 2011 onwards, Civil Services Prelims Exams will have two papers - Paper I (general studies) that will test the general knowledge of the exam taker along with his ability to comprehend and follow events of current national and international importance; and Paper II, modeled on the Common Aptitude Test (CAT) Scheme the IIMs follow to test basic English language comprehension and a candidate’s proficiency in basic math and reasoning apart from his communication skills. Paper II was until today based on optional subjects, with a candidate free to take his pick from over 20 subjects on offer. Of late, it was felt the toppers in IITs, IIMs and medical institutions had tremendous subject advantage in Prelims II paper which overstressed knowledge of the academics that included mathematics, physics, medical sciences etc, allowing top IIT, medical scorers to take their subjects and score the requisite marks. In the old system, Paper I which tested general knowledge of the candidate carried 150 marks, while Paper II that tested his subject knowledge carried 300. Now, not just have the paper contents been streamlined to ensure level playing field for all exam takers, the weightage of both papers has been revised at 200 marks each. Also, in Paper I now, new age subjects like climate change, biodiversity have been added to ensure the IAS exams are in sync with the times. Paper I will henceforth consist of the following subjects - current events of national and international importance; history of India and Indian national movement; Indian and world geography - physical, social, economic geography of India and the world; Indian polity and governance - constitution, political system, panchayati raj, public policy, rights issues, etc; economic and social development - sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector initiatives etc; general issues on environmental ecology, bio-diversity and climate change-that do not require subject specialisation and general science. Paper II will comprise comprehension; interpersonal skills including communication skills; logical reasoning and analytical ability; decision-making and problem solving; general mental ability;
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After Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, it was the turn of Congress president Sonia Gandhi to attack the NDA Government in Bihar on
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Patna, October 18