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Current Affairs from The Hindu DATE: 15-02-15
S.NO. NEWS ITEM
SYLLUBUS
1.
India-China
a) I.R
boundary talks
likely by monthend (Page 10)
2.
Pak violates
a) I.R
ceasefire, fires
mortar shells
(Page 11)
3.
Optimism after a) I.R
countries agree on
draft in Geneva
(Page 11)
4.
Ukraine: fierce
a) International
fighting threatens
ceasefire (Page
14)
5.
EC drive to link a) National
electoral rolls
with Aadhaar
(Page 11)
ESSENCE OF THE ARTICLE
a) Indian and Chinese Special Representatives on the
boundary issue are expected to meet in India ahead of
PM Modis visit to China in May.
a) India and Pakistan traded charges of violating
ceasefire along the border area.
a) Countries agree on a negotiating text for the 2015
agreement in the Geneva Climate Change talks.
a) The ceasefire was to be the first test of the
commitment by Kiev and pro-Russian separatists to the
freshly-signed peace plan.
a) Election Commission will conduct an electoral roll
purification and authentication drive by linking electoral
rolls with Aadhaar numbers to find out duplication.
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Current Affairs from The Hindu DATE: 15-02-15
S.NO. NEWS ITEM
1.
India-China
a)
boundary talks
likely by monthend (Page 10)
SYLLUBUS
I.R
BACKGROUND
a) India – China
relations
b)
Border disputes
c) Economic and trade
ties
IMPORTANT POINTS
a)
Indian and Chinese
Special Representatives on
the boundary issue are
expected to meet in India by
month-end, ahead of PM
Modis visit to China in May.
b) Chinese news agency is
reporting that the PM
advocated stronger economic
and trade ties between two
countries, which would help
New Delhi and Beijing play
a more important role in
Asia and the world.
c) Swaraj had visited
China, signalling that Indias
multi-vectored diplomacy of
simultaneous engagement
with the major powers was
in full flow.
d)
Indias regular
patrolling along the border
areas has been increased and
a massive infrastructure
programme has been
launched in these areas.
2.
Pak violates
ceasefire, fires
mortar shells
a)
I.R
a) India – Pakistan
relations
e) The news quoting
Swarajs advocacy for an out
of the box solution to the
border issue, stressed that
such an approach is likely to
be reflected in a
development over the eastern
part of the border, which
contains the most
controversial area between
China and India.
a)
India and Pakistan
traded charges of violating
ceasefire along the border
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(Page 11)
b)
Border disputes
area.
c)
Line of Control (LoC) b) Official said that
Pakistani Rangers fired two
d) International Border to three mortar shells in
(IB)
Nowapind border outpost
area along the IB.
c) Pakistan army claimed
that a 60-year-old civilian
was killed in alleged firing
by Indian troops across the
LoC.
3.
Optimism after a)
countries agree on
draft in Geneva
(Page 11)
I.R
a) Geneva climate
change talks
b)
Carbon emissions
d) It also registered a
protest with India through
diplomatic channels over the
civilians death.
a) Countries agreed on a
negotiating text for the 2015
agreement on the last day of
the Geneva Climate Change
talks.
c) 2015 Paris climate
summit
b) Responding to the new
draft text, official said there
d) Worldwide Fund for is a new breath of optimism
for a progressive climate
Nature (WWF)
agreement in Paris and there
is also ownership by
e) Kyoto Protocol
countries.
f) Common but
c) It was important to
differentiated
scale up financial support
responsibilities
and ensure a high level
meeting for loss and damage.
g) United Nations
Framework Convention on
d) Official of the WWF
Climate Change
said a number of countries
(UNFCCC)
have to ratify a second
commitment period for the
Kyoto Protocol. The pre2020 ambitions also needed
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to be increased.
e) Keeping up the trend in
global climate talks by
industrialised nations to
reject historical
responsibilities, the US had
moved a new term
bifurcation and ending the
two different categories of
developed and developing
countries at the ongoing
talks in Geneva.
f) Indian official said that
India would stick to its stand
of common but differentiated
responsibilities.
g) The UNFCCC issued a
statement saying that a key
milestone towards a new,
universal agreement on
climate change was reached
in Geneva following 7 days
of negotiations by over 190
nations.
4.
Ukraine: fierce
a)
fighting threatens
ceasefire (Page
14)
International
a) Ukraine peace
summit
b)
Ukraine conflict
h) The agreement is set to
be reached in Paris at the end
of 2015 and will come into
effect in 2020.
a) Severe fighting
increased in Ukraine,
threatening a ceasefire deal
as Kiev and the US accused
Russia of fuelling a rebel
attack to seize territory hours
before the ceasefire began.
b) Ukrainian President
warned that increasing
fighting had pushed a peace
plan reached in Minsk after
marathon talks with Russian
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leader Putin into big danger
before it even got off the
ground.
5.
EC drive to link
electoral rolls
with Aadhaar
(Page 11)
a)
National
c) The ceasefire was to be
the first test of the
commitment by Kiev and
pro-Russian separatists to the
freshly-signed peace plan.
a) Election Commission a) Chief Election
Commissioner said that the
ERPAD by linking electoral
b) Electoral Roll
rolls with Aadhaar numbers
Purification and
from March 1 to Aug 15.
Authentication Drive
(ERPAD)
b) He said that the
exercise will largely help
c) Aadhaar
find out duplicate or multiple
entries of voters on rolls and
fake voter cards. It will also
help prevent fraud during
elections.
c) The drive will be
completed in 676 districts by
Aug 15 in all States barring
Jammu and Kashmir and
those in the Northeast, which
will be given a couple of
months more.
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