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Feb 25, 2015

CAPF 2014 Final Result

UPSC Declared Final Result of CAPF (AC) 2014
Total  Number of Selection = 105
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News Bits - 25 Feb 2015

  1. Land and Coal Bills introduced in Lok Sabha.
  2. Corals in the Great Barrier Reef are eating small plastic debris in the ocean, Australian researchers said on Tuesday raising fears about the impact the indigestible fragments have on their health and other marine life.
  3. A gold-painted Chinese statue of a Buddha in sitting position hides the mummified remains of a high-status monk who lived nearly 1,000 years ago, scientists have found.
  4. Not for the first time, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has asked the Coal Ministry to not auction the

[PIB] 25 Feb 2015

[Ed] Getting the Railways back on track

Eight suggestions to reform the current rail structure in tune with the needs of the 21st century

Indian Railways is more than 150 years old and has played a vital role in the socio-economic development of the country. Today, the Railways is one of the largest rail networks in the world, transporting around 23 million passengers every day and employing 1.4 million people.
The Railway Board single-handedly manages the railway network consisting of 17 zones and 68 divisions. Since Independence, the growth of the railway system has been

[Ed] Food insecurity and statistical fog

The implementation of the National Food Security Act is mired in apathy and confusion. A grave injustice is being done to millions of people who live on the margin of subsistence. It is not too late to remove the roadblocks, but this requires a sense of urgency

An odd silence has surrounded the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the last few months — as if food insecurity were a thing of the past. It may be recalled that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), far from opposing the Act, vociferously demanded a more comprehensive law when the NFSA was being discussed in Parliament in 2013. In some States, notably Chhattisgarh,

The Hindu News - 25 Feb 2015

Can’t continue in present state: Pachauri
In his resignation letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday, R.K. Pachauri, Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said he had intended to resign in November 2014.
In his letter, he said: “The IPCC needs strong leadership and dedication of time and full attention by the Chair in the immediate future, which under the current circumstances I may be unable to provide, as shown by my inability to travel to Nairobi to chair the plenary session of the