Current Affairs Assignment

Details of Areas to be focused on for CLAT 2012 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Regime changes/elections - Names of new leaders, political parties they belong to etc. Violence in other countries - Wars, Blasts, Failed Terror Attacks etc Agitations in India - The Naxal problem, Telangana struggle and AFSPA in India etc GoI Initiatives - From Food Security Bill, Right to education, Retrospective Taxation etc People in news - Narendra Modi on TIME magazine etc; Important people who passed away since CLAT 2011. 6. International Groups - like the AOSIS, G-20, P-5+1, Arab League; their chiefs, headquarters etc. 7. India and the world- Its role in COP-16 (ICA), UN Women, UNSC (non-permanent member), UNHRC, etc 8. Leader Visits- Indian PM/Ministers to other countries and other leaders to India. And what exactly happened between them. 9. Business Changes- New business chiefs; acquisitions; mergers and significant product launches. Eg. The Akash-2 version tablet; Europe Crisis 10. Awards - Nobel Prizes, Magsaysay awards, Indias various prizes: Jnanpith, Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize, Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Nehru Prizes, Nishan-e-Pakistan etc. Keep an eye for ANY award that is given to an Indian or a person of Indian origin. 11. Founders-institutions/organizations, public personalities 12. Sports Events- Who won what? Where was it held? Any new records? 13. Defence News- new missiles, failed missiles, indigenous tanks etc 14. Important days- World Save A Girl Child Day etc 15. Supreme Court- Important orders that came; Legal fraternity in news for right & wrong reasons 16. Parliament- New Laws introduced in the parliament, new acts passed and new amendments 17. Committees/Commissions-and Chairmen like Aftab Alam(P.D.Dinakaran), Srikrishna(Telangana, interalia) etc 18. New controversies- Not just scams, but issues like Kingfisher-Make My Trip, What happened? Who? How? (in India & World) 19. The new superlatives - largest, biggest, newest, longest, tallest etc (Jaitapur Nuclear Reactor what is it going to be soon?) 20. Infamous natural & Man-made disasters- Mt. Merapi, floods in Venezuela, earthquake in Indonesia, various cyclones, Japans Tsunami etc 21. Regimes attitudes- USAs policy towards Pakistan/Iran ; India talking to rebels in the North East; ***
ALP 2012/Current Affairs Assignment