We
all have been reading reports off lately about the Chinese economic slowdown.
We might have wondered what it is and why is it of some grave importance in our
context. Chinese economic slowdown refers to the reduction in the rate of the growth of the Chinese economy than
what was predicted by the economists worldwide. The Chinese GDP growth was not
as fast was expected at 8% but was a
slower progress of 7%.
Saturday 31 October 2015
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Top 5 terrorist organisations operating from Pakistan
After
the terrorist attack in Punjab’s
Gurdaspur, the focus has once again shifted to Pakistan and its state
sponsored terrorism. The attack has cost
8 lives including a SP rank officer. Home Minister Rajnath Singh has
already informed the Parliament that the terrorists came from Pakistan. Pakistan’s
intelligence agency ISI has, for a long time, used terrorist networks to carry
out covert operations in India, Kashmir being a regular target.
Tuesday 27 October 2015
Updates on Child Labor Amendment Bill
Any
society’s future will be only as good as the way it treats and nurtures its
children today. This is a much talked about issue. Sociologists &
economists as well as our prime minister have emphasized this repeatedly. Today
the number of child laborers in India varies
from 50 lack to 5 crore in different estimate.
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Saturday 17 October 2015
Friday 16 October 2015
SSB Awareness series: Beti Bachao, Beti padhao - Part 1
The
Women sex ration going down in India has been of great concern. It has been
noted that the women sex ratio has gone down
from 945 in 1991 to 927 in 2001 to 918 in 2011 per 1000 males. This has
shown that our society is patriarchal
in nature is majorly aims at having male child rather than female counterparts.
Thursday 15 October 2015
SSB Awareness Series: A Visit by German Chancellor
Amongst
the growing Refugee crisis in Europe, the visit of German Chancellor was quite
important from India’s point of view as it could have impacted the investment in India from Germany. Germany is the largest trading partner of India from
Europe and 2nd most
technological partner in terms of technological collaborations. However,
the bilateral trade between Indian and Germany has stagnated in the last couple
of years due to various domestic and international factors.
Tuesday 13 October 2015
All you need to know about AFSPA : Armed forces special power act
The
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of
1958 is the act that gives the armed forces of India the special powers to
function in areas termed as ‘disturbed’ by the Governor of the state or the
Central government. The act was formed in 1958 for the first time to include
the North-Eastern states of India, also known as the seven sisters.
Saturday 10 October 2015
AFCAT 2/2015 Results out, Check here
As promised by SSB Vision Team
the result would be declared soon and here is that time now. AFCAT is held
twice a year and it is the gateway to get the coveted wings of the Indian
Air-force. This year the first AFCAT exam was help on 22 February 2015 and this was the second exam conducted on 13 September 2015 , we all
were eagerly waiting for the results. Finally the wait is over and Air-force
authorities have published the results.
What to do after clearing AFCAT2/2015?
First of all I would like to
congratulate who are among the ten thousand aspirants who have made through the
stage one of selection for the Indian Air force officers. The nest step is to
be taken immediately. I have been receiving a lot of queries in selection of
AFSB center and other such queries so i thought of solving those queries
collectively through this forum. The immediate next step is selecting a date
and a center for AFSB.
Friday 9 October 2015
Thursday 8 October 2015
SSB Lecturette series: A Scandal with the Diesel Engine - Part 1
The world is going mad
over environment protection. Most of the countries have declared their plans to
cut out pollution and increase their use
of renewable sources of energy by 2030. Even at the UN all countries are
going to address environment as their prime concern and discuss ways to
decrease pollution overall. And then comes a big scandal from a reputed brand
in the world of cars which has shocked the world. Two of the biggest brands of
the world, Volkswagen and Audi have
been found to be fooling the tests for amount of pollution they have been
producing through their cars.
Tuesday 6 October 2015
Friday 2 October 2015
All you need to know about INS Kochi: India’s Warship
The
Navy had commissioned a new Warship the INS Kochi, largest ever warship built in India. Commissioned by the Defense
Minister Manohar Parikar, INS Kochi is the second Indian Navy Kolkata class
destroyer. It has undergone sea trials and has been commissioned on September 30 2015. Destroyers are only second to
the aircraft carriers and in terms of raw combat and have high value in the
sea. The INS Kochi will make the 10th
destroyer in the India’s combat fleet.
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