Indian Civil Services

South Sudan became the 54th nation in Africa and 193rd member State of United Nations (UN) on 14th July, 2011.

Facts:

1. President             :  Salva Kiir Mayardit

2. Area                   :   619,745 Sq.km.

3. Capital                :   Juba  (Largest City)

4. Main -Minerals   :   Petroleum

5. Climate               :    Equatorial

6. Official language  :   English


Geographical Importance:

Officially the  name is Republic of South Sudan,which is a landlocked country usually considered to be a part of North Africa or Eastern Africa. South Sudan is bordered by Ethiopia to the east, Kenya to the southeast, Uganda to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the southwest, the Central African Republic to the west, and Sudan to the north. South Sudan includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd formed by the White Nile, locally called the Bahr al Jabal.

The capital city is planned to be moved to the more centrally-located Ramciel in the future

Prithvi - II  Nuclear capable Ballistic Missile was test fired successfully on Monday, 26 September, 2011. The indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile was flight tested at around 8.50 am from a mobile launcher from the Integrated Test Range launch complex-III at Chandipur, Orissa.

This missile has a length of 9 metres and is one metre in diameter. It is propelled by two engines than run on liquid fuel.

Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme
Prithvi, the first ballistic missile developed under the country's prestigious Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, has the capability of carrying 500 kg of warhead and having a range of 350 km.

Preliminary Examination  will be held on 13th November 2011.

1. VACANCIES & RESERVATION

The number of vacancies and reservation and the breakup is as follows :

     No. of Posts                                 110

1.     General                                        47 

 
2. Scheduled Castes, Punjab               09

3. SC, Ex-Srvc/                                    02

Lineal Descendent of Ex-Srvc,

Punjab                                                 

4. Balmiki/Mazhbi Sikh, Punjab         18 (Backlog 08 )

5.Balmiki/Mazhbi Sikh                        04 (Backlog 02)

ESM/LDESM, Punjab.

6. BC, Punjab                                     09

7. BC/ Ex-Srvc                                  03 (Backlog 01)

Lineal Descendent of Ex-

Servc, Punjab                                     

8. Ex-Srvc /Lineal                            09 (Backlog 03)

Descendent of Ex-Srvc

Punjab                                               

9. PH Punjab                                   04 (Backlog 02)                             

10. Freedom Fighter, Punjab          01

11. Sports Person,Punjab                04 (Backlog 02)

2. ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

(i) Candidates must possess a Degree of Bachelor of Laws.

 (ii) Punjabi upto Matric or its equivalent Standard.

3. AGE

1. Candidate should not be below 21 years and above 37 years of age on the last date of

submission of Application forms.

2. The upper age limit for a candidate belonging to SC/ ST of all States and BC of Punjab  and Widows and Divorcees only shall be up to 42 years.

3.  Upto 47 years for all States/Central Government employees and PH Person ofPunjab.

4. Application Form:

Application Form must reach the office of the Secretary, Punjab Public

Service Commission, Patiala latest by 5.00 pm on or before 17.10.2011 alongwith

prescribed fee and documents.

For More information visit PPSC Website. (PPSC)

The Delhi High Court will conduct Delhi Judicial Service Examination (DJSE 2011) in two stages called


1).  Delhi Judicial Service Preliminary Examination


                   will be conducted on 18th December 2011 with objective type question paper with 25 percent negative marking.


2). Delhi Judicial Service Main Examination.


Vacancies:


 The total number of vacancies available are 50 (General- 23, SC-6, ST- 15, PH-6).


Eligibility:

      1). Applicants should be a Law Graduate from a recognized university.


      2).  They should be practicing as an Advocate in India or a person qualified to be admitted as an Advocate .


      3). Age should be below 32 years as on 1st January 2012. Relaxations apply as per rules of the government.


 Pay Scale:   Those selected to the service will get a revised pay scale of Rs. 15600 - 39100 with Grade Pay Rs. 5400.


 Application Form:


Interested candidates can obtain application form including the DJSE Registration Form by sending a Demand Draft / Pay Order (non-refundable) for Rs. 600/- (Rs. 100/- for Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe / Physically Handicapped candidates) along with a self addressed envelope of 38 cm X 25 cm size with postage stamp of Rs. 60/- affixed on it to 'Joint Registrar (Vig.), Delhi High Court, New Delhi. Request should be superimposed with words in bold letters, DJS EXAMINATION 2011. The DD / /pay order should be drawn in favour of ‘Registrar General, Delhi High Court, New Delhi’ payable at New Delhi.




How to apply:


Applications on the prescribed form and the DJSE Registration Form duly filled in as per Instructions, should be sent by "Registered Post Acknowledgement Due" addressed to the Joint Registrar (Vig.), Delhi High Court, Sher Shah Road, New Delhi – 110 003, by designation, enclosed in the envelope provided with the application form so as to reach him not later than 4:00 P.M. on 22.10.2011. Applications can also be submitted personally at the Filing Counter of Delhi High Court on any working day from 10:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. and 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. till 22.10.2011.  More details can be obtained from Delhi High Court Website or click this link..

Syllabus for Preliminary Exam:

Haryana Civil Service (Judicial Branch) Pre Exam 2011 held on 04 September, 2011 by Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) has been declared.

The number of pass candidates and Cut-off Marks are:
             
                  Students                 Cut-Off Marks

1. General  582                              348

2. SC        261                               207

3. BC       103                                295

4. Ex M    80                                 162

5.Others  32

Total     1058

Notification for HCS 2011 will be out soon.

Today UPSC has declared the result of Civil Service Mains and Interview 2010.

Total 920 Candidates are declared successful in which

General         428.
OBCs           270.
SCs              148.
STs                74.

Top 10 are mentioned below.

S Divyadarshini is the topper.

2. Sweta Mohanty
3. R V Varun Kumar.
4. Abhiram G Shankar.
5. Pulkit Khare.
6. Ravi Dhawan.
7. Karthik Gurunathan Iyer.
8. M Arvind.
9. Ajay Prakash.
10. Alok Ranjan Ghosh.

First and second place is occupied by Girls.

The break up of posts are:

 Indian Administrative Service (IAS)    151 (76 G, 41 OBC, 23 SC and 11 ST); 
 Indian Foreign Service    (IFS)             35 (18 G, 8 OBC, 3 SC and 6 ST);
 Indian Police Service     (IPS)             150 (77 G, 40 OBC, 22 SC and 11 ST);
Central Services Group 'A'                 623 (324 G, 161 OBC, 94 SC and 44 ST)
Central Services Group 'B'                  84 (55 G, 21 OBC, 6 SC and 2 ST).

For complete result visit UPSC Website.

India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle- C16 (PSLV) placed three satellites – ResourceSat – 2, an Indo-Russian YouthSat and Singapore's first satellite X Sat on a Sun-Synchronous Orbit.

1. ResourceSat – 2.

The data from ResourceSat – 2 will be used by 15 countries. The satellite, which weighs 1206 kg will collect data including those on ground water and mineral resources on land and fish density in the sea. The satellite is equipped with three cameras that can cover 740 km wide, 141 km wide and 17 km wide at resolutions ranging from 22 metres to 5 metres.

This Sattelite will help to monitor snow cover, glacier changes, urban landscape etc.

2. YouthSat

The 92-kg YouthSat is an Indo-Russian stellar and atmospheric satellite, built with the participation of students from Universities, to investigate the relationship between solar variability and upper layers of atmosphere.

3. X Sat

X Sat is a Singapore's first satellite and weighs 106 kg. The mini satellite has a multispectral camera IRIS as its main load. The satellite intends to demonstrate technologies related to satellite-based remote sensing and onboard image processing.
   This is the 17th successfull flight of PSLV that boost India's image once again in Space Research.

According to the provisional 2011 Census report, India's population is pegged at 1,210.2 million
Male -- 623.7 million and
Female -- 586.5 million


The Salient features of the report are:


1. Uttar Pradesh (200 million) is the most populous State in the country.

24th of June 2011 (Friday) onwards.

Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Ajmer has decided to hold interview of the successfull candidates of  RAS/ RTS Examination 2008 from 21 -02-2011 to 20-04-2011.

For more information click on this link RAS 2008 Interview.

The Haryana Public Service Commission has declared the result of HCS 2009 to the 183 posts of HCS (Ex. Br.) and other Allied Services.

Please click on this link for more information. HCS 2009 Result.