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• Today's Important News: 14 September 2011
• (Current Affairs) India and The World | August: 2011
• (Article) Rising Food Prices Worldwide: Civil Services Mentor Magazine August 2011
• (Current Affairs) Economic & Energy | August: 2011
• (Jobs) Recruitment of Accountants & Jr. Accountants at Rajasthan Public Service Commission: 2011
• (Article) London Riots: Civil Services Mentor Magazine August 2011
• (Current Affairs) International Events | August: 2011
• (Current Affairs) National Events | August: 2011
• (Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Forestry Paper II
• (Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Forestry Paper I
• (Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Civil Engineering Paper II
• (Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Civil Engineering Paper I
• (Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Chemistry Paper II
• (Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Chemistry Paper I

Today's Important News: 14 September 2011 Posted: 13 Sep 2011 11:44 PM PDT Today's Important News (14-09-2011) The Hindu National: Taliban attacks U.S. embassy, NATO HQ in Kabul Legislature alone can abolish death penalty: Supreme Court Villagers have to be on our side in battle against Naxals: Chidambaram Show zero tolerance of corruption, PM tells officials EGoM to decide on limiting subsidised LPG cylinder supply 'Privileges cannot be used to curb right to free speech' Eminent photographer Rajadhyaksha dead Foreign tourist arrivals up by 5.3% in a year International: France in damage-limitation mode China recognises Libyan rebels India & The World: Blast at French nuclear site may hit India's plans Sri Lanka, India join hands to teach English in schools Business News: Work collectively to overcome global financial crisis: Pranab Centre hopes to achieve disinvestment target RBI not to intervene in forex market: Sinha Greek default rumours hurt market sentiment in Europe S&T, Environment, Defence:  No News Sports: The Djokovic juggernaut rolls on… Others: No News Editorials & Articles: Land rush and sustainable food security Not Djoking The Times of India National: Naxalism is a bigger challenge than terrorism: Chidambaram International: No News India & The World: 'Indian intel tried to recruit slain Pak scribe Shahzad' Baruah, Khaplang escape unhurt in Myanmar army attack on N-E rebels' camps UK to debate 'violation of rights' in J&K Business News: RIL-led consortium owes govt money on KG: SG S&T, Environment, Defence: 36 light yrs away, hope for an Earth-like planet Sports: No News Others: No News Editorials & Articles: A crisis of faith The Indian Express National: To push rural schemes, Bihar invites applications for pvt CEO, team Govt: Need to strike balance between security, development in Naxal-hit dists International: Pak's ad on 9/11 in WSJ draws flak in US Gunmen attack US embassy, NATO in Kabul India & The World: India-China border: Joint mechanism on cards Business News: Don't flout bid process, MoF tells roads ministry S&T, Environment, Defence: Immune system designed to kill cancer Sports: The times they are a-changin' First bite of big apple Others: No News Editorials & Articles: Who's electable? Clarifying a crisis Not the solution Why the right to recall is flawed Chinese take away The Economist: No News Go To Integrated Guidance Program read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Current Affairs) India and The World | August: 2011 Posted: 13 Sep 2011 10:34 PM PDT India and The World Science and Technology Coordination Between India & USA Advisory For Germans Coming to Kashmir India & Mongolia India - Lithuania India - Japan India & Pakistan India & European Union India & South Korea India - US Strategic Dialogue The Importance of Indo-US Strategic dialogue China Agreed to Issue Visas to Karatekas India & Sri Lanka India and US Signed Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Article) Rising Food Prices Worldwide: Civil Services Mentor Magazine August 2011 Posted: 13 Sep 2011 10:30 PM PDT     Rising Food Prices Worldwide A sharp increase in food prices over the past couple of years, intensifying in early 2008, has raised serious concerns about food and nutrition formany poor people in developing countries. The key affected areas are Asia, sub-SaharanAfrica andCentralAmerica. There are also related concerns about inflation, and – in some countries – about civil unrest. The current situation is distinctive because it is not just a select few but nearly allmajor food and feed commodities that are seeing a 'concurrence of the hike in world prices'. Real prices are higher than they have been since the 1974 price spike.When adjusted for inflation and the recent decline of the dollar, the foodprice increases are smaller but still dramatic, carrying serious consequences for the purchasing power of the poor. Dramatic increases in international agricultural commodity prices began in 2006 and peaked in July 2008. An equally remarkable and rapid decline of those prices then ensued, accompanied by extreme volatility in those prices. The trend in food prices lagged the rapid increases in other commodity prices,with rice among themost expensive at the peak and rising as much as crude oil.High commodity prices quickly raised farmgate prices in developed countries. In developing countries, poormarket integration and border barriersmay have limited pass-through of these prices to the farmgate, but therewasmore rapid food price and general inflation than occurred in many developed countries. Countrieswere impacted to differing extents, and food riots occurred in the most affected cases. In response to the crisis, countries from India and Egypt to Vietnam and Indonesia banned exports of rice, a staple for half theworld.World food prices rose to a record in December on higher sugar, grain and oilseed costs, the United Nations said.An index of 55 food commodities tracked by the Food andAgricultureOrganization gained for a sixthmonth to 214.7 points, above the previous all-time high of 213.5 in June 2008, the Rome-based UN agency said in amonthly report. Moreover, debate persists on the exogenous mechanisms driving these changes,which are often interrelated (e.g.,worldwide economic boomand then global recession, speculation in commodities). The goal will be to identify factors likely to drive commodity prices in the future and to provide some understanding of the dynamics and persistence of the observed global price changes. There is an emerging and reasonable consensus among experts and academics about the range of causes.However, debate is ongoing about the relative contribution of these causes. There is certainly no one, single cause; rather, many factors are interacting in different, locally specificways. Causes vary between different places and over time, as has happened in previous commodity booms. Some are cyclical, some are structural and some are unique The cost of food climbed 25 percent froma year earlier in December, based on the FAO figures.The agency's food-price indicator rose from206 points inNovember. Record fuel prices, weather- related crop problems, increasing demand fromthe growing Indian and Chinese middle classes, and the push to grow corn for ethanol fuel all contributed to the crisis that year. Global food production will have to rise 70 percent by 2050 as the world population expands to 9.1 billion people from about 6.8 billion people in 2010, the FAO has said. Main factors responsible for the recent rises in food prices:- Weather disruptions, including serious droughts, have affected output in several key producing countries (Australia, Turkey, Ukraine and parts of North America) in the mid-2000s. This has led to two successive years of negative growth inworld cereal production. Under-investment in rural infrastructure and agricultural innovation. Increased demand due to use of food crops in biofuel production has resulted in reduced soybeanandwheat cultivation. World production of cereals has slowed, causing a decline in stocks over the last decade. This hasweakened the ability of theworld food systemto copewith shocks and created conditions in which short-term shocks cause large price increases (Wiggins, 2008).High cost of oil and energy is affecting transportation of agricultural inputs and outputs,mechanical cultivation, fertilisers and pesticides. Increasing and changing demand in China and India, due to economic growth, has led to increased consumer purchasing power and consequent shifts away fromtraditional staples and toward higher-value foods like meat and milk. However, some analysts believe that the effect of this onworld prices has been exaggerated. Topsoil erosion: modern ploughing, overgrazing, fertiliser and pesticide use result in the steady depletion of worldwide topsoil. Water and winds carry away the soil,when it is not fixed by plant cover. An estimated 25 billion tons of topsoil are lost to erosion each year. The UN estimates that erosion has now seriously degraded about 40 per cent of the world's agricultural land. Increasing urbanisation often means that more people are becoming purchasers rather than producers of food. Food in Figures: 93,000,000 Acres of corn planted by US farmers last year, up 19 per cent on 2006. 76% Amount of US corn used for animal feed. 8kg Amount of grain it takes to produce 1kg of beef. 20% Portion of US corn used to produce five billion gallons of ethanol in 2006-07. 50kg Quantity of meat consumed annually by the average Chinese person, up from20kg in 1985. 10% Anticipated share of biofuels used for transport in the EU by 2020. $500m The UNWorld Food Programme's shortfall this year, in attempting to feed 89million needy people. 9.2bn The world's predicted population by 2050. It's 6.6bn now. 130% The rise in the cost of wheat in 12months. 16 times The overall food consumption of the world's richest 20 per cent comparedwith that of the poorest 20 per cent. 58%Jump in the price of pork in China in the past year. $900 The cost of one tonne of Thai premier rice, up 30 per cent in amonth. It has been argued that by 2030 therewill be 600millionmore chronically under- ourished people in the. world due to continued pressure on prices, in part due to the conversion of maize away from food uses to ethanol production. Demand for agricultural commodities – food, feed, and fuel – is likely to continue to escalate.Climate change and rising energy demand could re-accelerate food prices in the future. Ad-hoc market and trade policies such as export bans and import subsidies add further volatility in the international foodmarket. read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Current Affairs) Economic & Energy | August: 2011 Posted: 13 Sep 2011 10:29 PM PDT Economic & Energy RBI's 3rd Financial Stability Report India Fell To 14th From 8th in FDI Essar Agreement With Jurong Aromatics Standard Chartered Bank Appoinyed as Custodian SEBI Okayed All-Important Takeover Code FSDC Reviewed Economic Situation Repo Rate Hiked to 8% Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) Scheme Anti-Dumping Duty On Imports of Gas Ashok Chawla Panel's Report EPFO Appointed 4 Mangers For Pension Fund Corpus Oil Ministries Action Against Cairn India CEIB a Nodal Agency to Share Black Money Information India Set For Bumper Food grains Production in the 2010-11 Wheat Output was Estimated to be Higher by 5.13 Million Tonnes in 2010-11 DoT Cleared NOFN For Broadband Connectivity Amendment to Customs Act, 1962 Chaturvedi Committee's Suggestions 1200 Crore into Air India Damodaran Panel's Suggestions Industrial Outlook Survey Finance Ministries Steps to Combat Black Money Menace PSBs to Boost Credit to Small Industry & Farmers SEBI Proposed  Regulations For Alternative Investment Funds Growth Rate Projection to 8.2 % For 2011-12 For India Uniform Licence Fee For Telecom Operators India's Exports Rose By 46.45 Per cent in 2011 Disclosure of Share Dealings is Mandatory Food Inflation Feclined To 7.33 % read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Jobs) Recruitment of Accountants & Jr. Accountants at Rajasthan Public Service Commission: 2011 Posted: 13 Sep 2011 03:04 AM PDT राजस्थान लोक सेवा आयोग, अजमेर राजस्थान अधीनस्थ लेखा सेवा नियम 1963 के अन्तर्गत कोष एवं लेखा विभाग के लिये लेखाकार एवं कनिष्ठ लेखाकार पदों हेतु निर्धारित आनलाइन आवेदन पत्र (On Line Application form) आमंत्रित किए जाते है। रिक्त पदों का विवरण: पद का नाम: Accountant and Jr. Accountant (लेखाकार एवं कनिष्ठ लेखाकार) कुल पद: लेखाकार: 395 कनिष्ठ लेखाकार: 924 शैक्षणिक योग्यता: लेखाकार के पदों हेतु: आवेदक भारत में विधि द्वारा संस्थापित किसी विश्वविद्यालय की कला, विज्ञान या वाणिज्य में स्नातक उपाधि अथवा आयोग के परामर्श से राज्य सरकार द्वारा तत्समान घोषित किसी विदेशी विश्वविद्यालयय की उपाधि जो भारत में विधि द्वारा संस्थापित किसी विश्वविद्यालय की स्नातक उपाधि के समकक्ष मान्य हो, प्राप्त हो अथवा कास्ट एन्ड वक्र्स अकाउन्टेट संस्थान, कलकत्ता से इण्टरमीडिएट परीक्षा या चार्टर्ड अकाउन्टेट आफ इन्डिया संस्थान, नई दिल्ली से इण्टरमीडिएट परीक्षा उत्तीर्ण हो। और इलैक्ट्रोनिक्स विभाग, भारत सरकार के नियंत्रणाधीन डीओईएसीसी द्वारा संचालित ''ओ'' या उच्चतर लेवल प्रमाण पत्र पाठ्यक्रम। कनिष्ठ लेखाकार के पदों हेतु: आवेदक भारत में विधि द्वारा संस्थापित किसी विश्वविद्यालय की कला, विज्ञान या वाणिज्य में स्नातक उपाधि अथवा आयोग के परामर्श से राज्य सरकार द्वारा तत्समान घोषित किसी विदेशी विश्वविद्यालयय की उपाधि जो भारत में विधि द्वारा संस्थापित किसी विश्वविद्यालय की स्नातक उपाधि के समकक्ष मान्य हो, प्राप्त हो । और इलैक्ट्रोनिक्स विभाग, भारत सरकार के नियंत्रणाधीन डीओईएसीसी द्वारा संचालित ''ओ'' या उच्चतर लेवल प्रमाण पत्र पाठ्यक्रम। लेखाकार एवं कनिष्ठ लेखाकार के लिये संयुक्त प्रतियोगी परीक्षा हेतु प्रष्न-पत्रों की स्कीमः- 1. प्रतियोगी परीक्षा में निम्नलिखित प्रष्नपत्र होंगे और प्रत्येक प्रष्न पत्र उसके सामने यथादर्षित अंकों और समय का होगा। प्रष्नपत्र-I क्र.सं. विषय अंक अवधि 1. हिन्दी (Hindi) 75 2.30 घण्टे 2. अंग्रेजी (English) 75 3. सामान्य ज्ञान (General Knowledge) (राजस्थान के संदर्भ में) 75 4. दैनिक विज्ञान (Every Day Science) 75 5. गणित (Mathematics) 75 6. कम्प्यूटर के मूल सिद्धान्त (Basics of Computer) 75   कुल 450 read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Article) London Riots: Civil Services Mentor Magazine August 2011 Posted: 13 Sep 2011 02:05 AM PDT London Riots (Causes & Cure) Controversy continues to surround the death of 29-year-old Mark Duggan in north London on Thursday evening. His shooting at the hands of police while he was traveling in a taxi cab sparked rioting and looting in Tottenham on Saturday. The unrest subsequently spread across London and other parts of the UK in what police have described as copycat attacks. Officers from Operation Trident the Metropolitan Police unit that deals with gun crime in London's black communities stopped the cab Duggan was travelling in during a pre-planned operation. Duggan died of a single gunshot wound to the chest, an inquest at north London Coroner's Court heard on Tuesday. The fact that a bullet had lodged in a police radio worn by an officer at the scene, raising speculation he might have been fired at from the vehicle. A non-police issue handgun was also recovered at the scene where Duggan was shot dead, the IPCC said. However, a report said that initial tests by the National Ballistics Intelligence Service on the bullet found lodged in the police radio suggested that the bullet fragments were from police-issue ammunition, meaning they could not have been from a weapon fired by Duggan, casting doubt on claims that he was killed in an exchange of gunfire. 120 people, including members of Duggan's family and community workers, marched to Tottenham police station in north London, only a short distance from the scene of the shooting.The march was peaceful according to reports, with protesters calling for "justice" and an investigation. Local roads were closed and traffic diverted. What sparked the rioting is still unclear but police said that certain elements, who were not involved with the vigil, took the opportunity to commit disorder and physically attack police officers, verbally abuse fire brigade personnel and destroy vehicles and buildings. "Police say the subsequent riots in other parts of London and the UK are copycat events that have little or nothing to do with the death of Duggan. Rioting had taken place in several London locations, including Battersea in south London, Ealing in the west and Hackney in east London. Disturbances were also reported in Birmingham in central England, Bristol in the southwest and Liverpool in northwest. England.Rioting and looting was reported from several other parts of London, including Brixton in south London, Enfield in north London and Oxford Street in central London, the capital's main shopping district. Yet the riots we are seeing now are fundamentally different from those that have gone before. They might, ostensibly, have been triggered by the police shooting of Mark Duggan, a notorious gangster, in north London; but they are fuelled by pure greed, by a belief that something can be had for nothing. The usual brakes on such behaviour – either an appreciation that it is wrong, or by the prospect that the culprit will be caught and punished – are largely absent. The police introduced special powers in four areas of London -- Lambeth, Haringey, Enfield and Waltham Forest -- allowing stop and search without reasonable suspicion in a bid to keep rioters off the streets.In theory, parliament could invoke powers to implement curfews, use water canons or even call in the armed forces.However, senior politicians and police officers have said that these options are unlikely to be used unless the situation got significantly worse.The government has yet to respond, most of them are sunning themselves on beaches across the globe but the Prime Minister doubtless to promise terrible retribution be visited upon those caught rioting. He will also say that there is no excuse for rioting or stealing and he will set up an 'enquiry' which will doubtless be headed by somebody who has never been unemployed, lived on a squalid council estate. They will cite poverty and unemployment but will not accept that immigration has played any part or that ill-discipline in schools and indeed in many homes has any baring. They will not accept that reducing the role of motherhood to something to be fitted around work has caused havoc in society for these people by and large have their own agenda which has the unfortunate pitfall of being utterly un-costed. Printing money and handing it out for free would not solve the problems faced. read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Current Affairs) International Events | August: 2011 Posted: 13 Sep 2011 01:41 AM PDT International Events Hina Rabbani Khar is Pak's New Foreign Minister 9.2 Percent Unemployment in USA Asia-Europe (ASEM) Meeting Salient Features of ASEM Meet South Sudan is Independent World Hepatitis Day 2011 Declared World Veterinary Year World Investment Report 2011 Missile Defence Shield for Russia Truong Tan Sang is Vietnam's 9th President Ban on Wearing Veils in Public in Italy UNSC Codemned The Syrian Government Euro Zone Summit Muammar Gadhafi's Regime Declared Illigetimate New Visa Category In Brita Famine in Two Regions of Southern Somalia read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Current Affairs) National Events | August: 2011 Posted: 13 Sep 2011 01:27 AM PDT National Events Drive to Detect Fake Driving Licenses Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Ban on Non-Iodised Salt Unconstitutional HRD Ministry Took Over NCTE Special Investigation Team On Black Money By SC Work on 2 Units of Atomic Power Station Inaugurated in Rajasthan National Social Security Fund (NSSF) India is 10th Largest Exporter of Services Renuka Dam Project Held Up By NGT Orders 20 Percent Rise in Tiger Population Campaign Against Diabetes and Hypertension Government's Lokpal Bill, 2011 36% Indians Suffered From MDE 142 Crore For 6 DD Channels Water Allocation is Not A Matter of Judicial Review Challenge to Uniform Syllabus Comprehensive Survey On Sex Workers' Number MPLADs Incresed to 5 Crore Rupees India Accepted International Norms to Limit Ship Pollution read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Forestry Paper II Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:44 AM PDT Union Public Service Commission Indian Forest Service Exam, 2011 read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Forestry Paper I Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:43 AM PDT Union Public Service Commission Indian Forest Service Exam, 2011 read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Civil Engineering Paper II Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:41 AM PDT Union Public Service Commission Indian Forest Service Exam, 2011  read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Civil Engineering Paper I Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:39 AM PDT Union Public Service Commission Indian Forest Service Exam, 2011  read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Chemistry Paper II Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:37 AM PDT Union Public Service Commission Indian Forest Service Exam, 2011  read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Download) UPSC: Indian Forest Service Examination Paper 2011 - Chemistry Paper I Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:34 AM PDT Union Public Service Commission Indian Forest Service Exam, 2011  read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com Important Study Material For UPSC Mains 2011 :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

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