Tuesday, November 27, 2012

UPSC 2013 SCHEDULE OF EXAMS

S.No.NAME OF EXAMINATIONDATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF EXAM
1RESERVED FOR UPSC RT/EXAM06.01.2013 (SUNDAY)
2SCRA Exam, 201320.01.2013 (SUNDAY)
3C.D.S. EXAM.(I), 201317.02.2013 (SUNDAY)
4RESERVED FOR UPSC RT/EXAM03.03.2013 (SUNDAY)
5N.D.A. & N.A. EXAM.(I), 201307.04.2013 (SUNDAY)
6CIVIL SERVICES (Preliminary) EXAM., 201319.05.2013 (SUNDAY)
7RESERVED FOR UPSC RT/EXAM02.06.2013 (SUNDAY)
8ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION, 201328.06.2013 (FRIDAY)
9COMBINED MEDICAL SERVICES EXAM, 201330.06.2013 (SUNDAY)
10RESERVED FOR UPSC RT/EXAM07.07.2013 (SUNDAY)
11RESERVED FOR UPSC RT/EXAM04.08.2013 (SUNDAY)
12N.D.A. & N.A. EXAM.(II), 201311.08.2013 (SUNDAY)
13C.D.S. EXAM.(II), 201308.09.2013 (SUNDAY)
14INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAM, 2013To be Announced Later
15CENTRAL ARMED POLICE FORCES (AC) EXAM., 201320.10.2013 (SUNDAY)
16RESERVED FOR UPSC RT/EXAM27.10.2013 (SUNDAY)
17CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAM., 201308.11.2013 (FRIDAY)
18I.E.S./I.S.S. EXAM., 201307.12.2013 (SATURDAY)
19GEOLOGISTS\' EXAM., 201307.12.2013 (SATURDAY)
20S.O./STENO (GD-B/GD-I) LTD. DEPTTL. COMPETITIVE EXAM.21.12.2013 (SATURDAY)
21RESERVED FOR UPSC RT/EXAM29.12.2013 (SUNDAY)
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Friday, November 9, 2012

LATEST INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO

UN organizations

  • Food and Agriculture Organization
    • Director-General - José Graziano da Silva, Brazil (2012–present)
  • International Atomic Energy Agency
    • Director-General - Yukiya Amano, Japan (2009–present)
  • International Civil Aviation Organization
    • President of the Council - Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, Mexico (2006–present)
    • Secretary-General - Raymond Benjamin, France (2009–present)
  • International Labour Organization
    • Director-General - Guy Ryder, UK (MAY 2012–present)
  • United Nations
    • Secretary-General - Ban Ki Moon, South Korea (2007–present)
    • President of the General Assembly - Nassir Al-Nasser, Qatar (2011–2012)
    • Security Council members - China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States (permanent members); Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, South Africa (elected for 2011–2012); Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan, Togo (elected for 2012–2013)
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
    • Executive Director - Anthony Lake, United States (2010–present)
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
    • Director-General - Irina Bokova, Bulgaria (2009–present)
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
    • High Commissioner - Navanethem Pillay, South Africa (2008–present)
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
    • High Commissioner - António Guterres, Portugal (2005–present)
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
    • Director-general - Kandeh Yumkella, Sierra Leone (2005–present)
  • World Food Programme (WFP)
    • Executive Director - Josette Sheeran, United States (2007–present)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
    • Director-General - Margaret Chan, China (acting) (2007–present)
  • World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
    • President - Alexander Bedritsky, Russia (2003–present)
    • Secretary-General - Michel Jarraud, France (2004–present)
  • World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
    • Secretary-General - Taleb Rifai, Jordan (2010–present)

Political and economic organizations

  • African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) -
    • Secretary-General - Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Ghana (2010–present)
  • African Union -
    • Chairperson -
      1. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea (2011–2012)
      2. Yayi Boni, Benin, (2012–present)
    • Chairperson of the Commission -
      1. Jean Ping, Gabon (2008–2012)
      2. Erastus Mwencha, Kenya (2012–present)
    • President of the Pan-African Parliament - Idriss Ndele Moussa, Chad (2009–present)
  • Andean Community -
    • Secretary-General - Adalid Contreras Baspineiro (Bolivia), (2010–present)
  • Arab League -
    • Secretary-General - Nabil Elaraby, Egypt (2011–present)
  • Arab Maghreb Union
    • Secretary-General - Habib Ben Yahia, Tunisia (2006–present)
  • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
    • Executive Director - Muhamad Noor, Malaysia (2010–present)
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -
    • Secretary-General - Surin Pitsuwan, Thailand (2008–present)
  • Caribbean Community -
    • Secretary-General - Lolita Applewhaite, Barbados (2011–present)
  • Central American Parliament -
    • President - Dorindo Cortéz, Panama (2010–present)
  • Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) -
    • Secretary-General - Sindiso Ngwenya, Zimbabwe (2008–present)
  • Commonwealth of Nations -
    • Head - Queen Elizabeth II (1952–present)
    • Secretary-General - Kamalesh Sharma, India (2008–present)
  • Commonwealth of Independent States
    • Executive Secretary - Sergei Lebedev, Russia (2007–present)
  • Council of Europe
    • Secretary General - Thorbjørn Jagland, Norway (2009–present)
    • President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) - Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey (2010–present)
    • President of the European Court of Human Rights - Jean-Paul Costa, France (2007–present)
  • East African Community -
    • Secretary-General - Richard Sezibera, Rwanda (2011–present)
  • Economic Community of West African States
    • President of the Commission - Victor Gbeho, Ghana (2010–present)
    • Chairman -
      1. Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria (2010–2012)
      2. Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire (2012–present)
  • Eurasian Economic Community
    • Secretary-General - Tair Mansurov, Khazakstan (2007–present)
    • Chairman of the Interstate Council - Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan (2001–present)
  • European Free Trade Association
    • Secretary-General - Kåre Bryn, Norway (2006–present)
  • European Union (EU)
    • Presidency of the European Council - Herman Van Rompuy (2009–present)
    • Presidency of the European Union Council
      1. Denmark (2012)
    • President of the European Commission - José Manuel Barroso, Portugal (2004–present)
    • President of the European Parliament - Jerzy Buzek, Poland (2010–present)
    • Secretary-General of the Council and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy - Catherine Ashton (2009–present)
    • President of the European Central Bank - Mario Draghi, Italy (2011–present)
    • European Ombudsman - Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greece (2003–present)
    • President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) - Peter Straub, Germany (2004–present)
    • President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) - Werner Hoyer, Germany (2012–present)
    • President of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) - Vassilios Skouris, Greece (2003–present)
    • President of the European Court of Auditors - Hubert Weber, Austria (2005–present)
    • President of the Economic and Social Committee (ESC) - Anne-Marie Sigmund, Austria (2004–present)
  • Group of Eight (G8)
    • President (informal) - Barack Obama, United States (2012)
  • Gulf Cooperation Council
    • Secretary-General - Abdul Rahman ibn Hamad al-Attiyah, Qatar (2002–present)
  • Ibero-American Secretariat (Segib)
    • Secretary-General - Enrique V. Iglesias, Uruguay (2005–present)
  • Indian Ocean Commission
    • Secretary-General - Monique Andreas Esoavekomandroso, Madagascar (2004–present)
  • Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
    • Chairman - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran (2012-present)
  • Nordic Council
    • Secretary-General - Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland (2007–present)
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
    • Secretary-General - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Denmark (2009–present)
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
    • Secretary-General - José Ángel Gurría, Mexico (2006–present)
  • Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
    • Secretary-General - Lamberto Zannier, Italy (2011–present)
    • Chairman-in-Office - Audronius Ažubalis, Lithuania (2011–present)
    • High Commissioner on National Minorities - Knut Vollebæk, Norway (2007–present)
  • Organization of American States
    • Secretary-General - José Miguel Insulza, Chile (2005–present)
  • Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
    • Director-General - Len Ishmael, Saint Lucia (2003–present)
  • Organisation of the Islamic Conference (from July 2011 known as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)
    • Secretary-General - Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Turkey (2005–present)
  • Pacific Community
    • Director-General - Jimmie Rodgers, Solomon Islands (2006–present)
  • Pacific Islands Forum
    • Secretary-General - Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Samoa (2008–present)
  • Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
    • Secretary-General - Bolat Nurgaliyev, Kazakhistan (2007–present)
  • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
    • Secretary-General - Ahmed Saleem, Maldives (2012–present)
  • Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur)
    • Director of the Executive Secretariat - Agustín Colombo Sierra, Argentina (2009–present)
  • Southern African Development Community
    • Executive Secretary - Tomaz Salomão, Mozambique (2005–present)
  • Union of South American Nations (Unasur/Unasul)
    • President - Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana (2010–present)
    • Secretary-General -
      1. María Emma Mejía, Colombia (2011–2012)
      2. Alí Rodríguez Araque, Venezuela (2012–present)
  • Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
    • Secretary-General - Ngawang Choephel, Tibet (2010–present)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)
    • Director-General - Pascal Lamy, France (2005–present)

Financial organizations

  • African Development Bank -
    • President - Donald Kaberuka, Rwanda (2005–present)
  • Asian Development Bank -
    • President - Haruhiko Kuroda, Japan (2005–present)
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
    • President - Thomas Mirow, Germany (2008–present)
  • Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
    • President - Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombia (2005–present)
  • International Monetary Fund
    • Managing Director - Christine Lagarde, France (2011–present)
  • Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
    • President - Ahmad Mohamed Ali, Saudi Arabia (1975–present)
  • World Bank
    • President - Jim Yong Kim, Korea (June 2012 Onwards)

Sports organizations

  • Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
    • President - Zhang Jilong, China (2011–present)
  • Confédération africaine de football (CAF)
    • President - Issa Hayatou, Cameroon (1988–present)
  • Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
    • President - Alfredo Hawit, Honduras (2011–present)
  • Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL)
    • President - Nicolas Leoz, Paraguay (1986–present)
  • Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE)
    • President - Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian Federation (1995–present)
  • Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
    • President - Sepp Blatter, Switzerland (1998–present)
  • International Cricket Council (ICC)
    • President - Alan Isaac, New Zeland (2012–present)
  • International Olympic Committee (IOC)
    • President - Jacques Rogge, Belgium (2001–present)
  • International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
    • President - Philip Craven, United Kingdom (2001–present)
  • International Rugby Board (IRB)
    • President - Syd Millar, Ireland (2003–present)
  • Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
    • President - Reynald Temarii, Tahiti (2004–present)
  • Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
    • President - Michel Platini, France (2007–present)

Other organizations

  • Antarctic Treaty
    • Executive Secretary - Jan Huber, Netherlands (2004–present)
  • Colombo Plan -
    • Secretary-General - Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia, Malaysia (2007–present)
  • Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
    • Executive Secretary -
      1. Domingos Simões Pereira, Guinea-Bissau (2008–2012)
      2. Murade Isaac Miguigy Murargy, Mozambique (2012–present)
  • EDU - Intergovernmental Organization (EDU)
    • Secretary-General - G.Irving Levance, (2011–present)
  • La Francophonie
    • Secretary-General - Abdou Diouf, Senegal (2003–present)
  • Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
    • Executive Secretary - Mahboub Maalim, Kenya (2008–present)
  • International Committee of the Red Cross
    • President - Jakob Kellenberger, Switzerland (2000–present)
  • International Court of Justice
    • President - Hisashi Owada, Japan (2009–present)
  • International Criminal Court
    • President - Song Sang-Hyun, South Korea (2009–present)
  • International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
    • Secretary-General - Ronald Noble, United States (2000–present)
    • President - Khoo Boon Hui, Singapore (2008–present)
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
    • President - Tadateru Konoé, Japan (2009–present)
  • International Maritime Organization
    • Secretary-General - Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, Greece (2004–present)
  • International Organization for Migration (IOM)
    • Director-general - William Lacy Swing, United States (2008–present)
  • International Telecommunication Union
    • Secretary-General - Hamadoun Touré, Mali (2007–present)
  • Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
    • Director-General - Ahmet Üzümcü, Turkey (2010–present)
  • Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
    • Secretary-General -
      • Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria, acting (2006–present)
      • Mohammed S. Barkindo, Nigeria, acting for Daukoru (2006–present)
  • Universal Postal Union
    • Director-General - Édouard Dayan, France (2005–present)
  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
    • Director-General - Francis Gurry (2008–present)
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CURRENT AFFAIRS PREPARATION PLAN

“Current Affairs” and “General Knowledge” cover many topics like from economy to sports or education to politics, or even technology to automobiles. In every second some issues are happening around the world in these sectors, and to accumulate the excerpt of some highlighted news, and memorize it is a good plan to prepare current affairs and GK.

Some Important Tips to Follow:

Read Newspapers regularly

We all know that “Old is Gold”, same thing applies here too. We need to make a habit of reading newspapers regularly. I’ll suggest you to read more than one newspaper. It will be better if you read one newspaper of your mother language, and other of English. Some useful newspapers are “The Times of India”, “The Hindu”, “The Telegraph” etc. You need to start this habit at least 6 months before the actual exam that will help you to get access to all the important events of that period of time.

You need to keep an eye on what’s happening around you in your country and world as well. Trust me guys, you will surely find it interesting after several days. We all know that staying updated is always a good idea, as it will stand you apart from the rest.

Read Magazines thoroughly

This is another great option to prepare the subject we are talking about. There are many leading magazines that focus on current affairs and General Knowledge. You need to buy it from your local magazine seller, and start reading it thoroughly. These magazines beautifully categorize the articles with its genres to make it interesting to read on. Some of the useful magazines are Pratiyogita Darpan andManorma.

Try to read some business magazines and sports magazines too along with a general magazine. This will increase your chances of cracking the competitive exams with ease. Some useful business magazines areBusiness Today, Business Line etc.

Follow News Channels

You will need to follow news channels at least once a day. Now most of the leading news channels are active for 24*7. You need to pick up a suitable time for yourself to watch any favorite news channel of yours. You can watch ABP News, NDTV, Times Now, ET Now, Zee News etc. Try to go through all the breaking and highlighted news, and make it a habit.

I know that watching news channels for long will bore you, so I’ll suggest you to allocate only 30 minutes for it in a whole day. All the leading ones shows the glimpses of all important events of the day quite frequently, so 30 minutes will be enough for you to boost up your current affairs and GK knowledge.

Maintain a Diary

My teacher used to tell me that whenever you learn something try to write it down in your diary, as it will help you to memorize it in a better manner. He is so right, as this method helped me a lot to score good marks in every exam that I appeared for. As I already mentioned before that a lot of events are occurring in the country and around the world, so it is easily understandable that it is not easy to remember everything. It’s always a superb idea to maintain a diary of current events.

You need to update this diary on a daily basis with all the events that you consider as important ones. This diary will become quite useful for the revision part, as it will provide you information about all the important events at a place. You should keep revising the diary frequently, as it will help you to memorize important names, dates, awards etc.

Channelize your Preparation Accordingly

All the competitive exams are not same, as all of them have different pattern, even when it comes to the same topic as ‘Current Affairs’ or ‘GK’. For example for civil services exam, you need to give importance on events of National value. On the other scenario, in matter of bank job exam, the focus should be on the news on banking sectors, and economic and business news.

Thus I’ll suggest you to prepare as per the exams you are appearing for, as channelizing your preparation according to the pattern of the exam will accelerate your chance of getting selected.

Use Internet Resources

“Google, YouTube and Wikipedia are my favorite teachers’; one of my friends told me this once. This is quite true indeed, so you should use all the available online resources to study current affairs and GK for exams. For example this blog is all about “Current Affairs”, so you can check this blog regularly by subscribing to us (check the sidebar for subscription options). You can actively take part some forums that are focusing on current events. The good part is you can follow the websites of all leadingnewspapers online if you don’t have enough time to read newspapers.

Use Social Networking Sites for Good

Believe me or not you can surely use social networking sites to your benefits. Especially to prepare current affairs and General knowledge Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and StumbleUpon may help you a lot. You can join some Facebook pages, or follow some twitter accounts that are related to current affairs. You can join our Facebook Page too for this matter, or connect with me at LinkedIn or circle me in Google Plus for all the information on recent happenings to boost up your General Knowledgeability.

Give Priority to your Strength

We usually find difficulties when we try to learn everything at once. In that process basically we study a lot, but remember a little. We need to first select our strength areas for our preparation. Try to givepriority to your strength areas. It may be Sports, economy, Government Affairs or technology. Suppose you are applying for Bank exams, then you should prepare industry related news. Along with that you may pick any 2-3 areas of your strength like sports or technology. You need to prepare these sections to the utmost level. I can assure you that these strategies will help you to score much better in Current Affairs section.

Participate in Online Quizzes

You should participate in some free quizzes that are available online to evaluate yourself. For this matter you can easily access our “Quiz Section”. This will give you proper idea whether you are ready for the big exam day or not. As an added factor it will also provide you confidence i.e. very much essential. You can download Monthly-wise current affairs questions from Here.