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General

AwarenessCrasherSummers 2014 Preparation

Oct-Nov 2014

Nakul Makkar B Harish A


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!opics "hich ma#ene"s recentl$


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International

!he Hon% Kon% Protests!he &ise o' (S!he )a*a +on,ict

kraine-&ussia Stan#o.!he Scottish &e'eren#um


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India

No/el Peace Pri*e 2014+lean (n#ia +ampai%n

Mo#is &eport +ar#Space !echnolo%$ in (n#ia

!O isa%reement

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Protests

!he m/r

Porta/le um/rellas3 oprovi#e /etter proteca%ainst mi#-#a$ sun Protest lea#ers maina revolution /ut a civ

hat are the repercussions?

ho is afected?

hy in the news?

outh le# movement- %reater political autonom$ 'or Hon%-Kon% Soverei%nt$ o' HK-trans'erre# 'rom K in 1556-7imite# 'ree#om +ontinuous reinterpretation 'rom +hina le# to pro8$ %overnment isproportionate 'orce /$ police-sha#es o' !iananmen S9uare

Similarit$-outh le# movement: i.erence- HK is the Businessan# ;inancial +entre

+hina-+autious a/out the sprea# o' the movement to themainlan#

Ol#er %eneration-Activel$ oppose# to the movement-a'rai# o'anta%oni*in% +hina

Business +ommunit$-i.erences "ith the stu#ent communit$over sta/ilit$

;orei%n O

Short !erm-&etail Sales an# !ourism hit /a#l$?@0 percentcontri/ution

7on% !erm-7osin% 'avor "ith Beiin% as Special A#ministrative&e%ion

2C@ 'orei%n #irect investment via HK3 &aise mone$ on HK Stock

osh

;oun#er o' HK=Scholarism>

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References andLinks

Protests

httpFCCtimeGcomC@461@Chon%-kon%-um/rella-revolution-occup$-central-#emocracner--9uestionsC

httpFCCthinkpro%ressGor%C"orl#C2014C05C25C@I6@162Cever$thin%-$ou-nee#-to-kno"-a/om/rella-revolutionC

httpFCC"""Gi/timesGcomChon%-kon%-protests-ho"-china-lost-hon%-kon%s-$outh-156

httpFCC"""GeconomistGcomCne"sClea#ersC2121J0@-communist-part$-'aces-its-tou%hest-%e-tiananmen-time-it-must-make-"iser

httpFCCtimeGcomC@4I@6@Chon%-kon%-stan#s-upC

httpFCC"""G/usiness"eekGcomCarticlesC2014-05-@0Chon%-kon%-protests-tri%%er-ne"-"orrie

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http://time.com/3471366/hong-kong-umbrella-revolution-occupy-central-democracy-explainer-6-questions/http://time.com/3471366/hong-kong-umbrella-revolution-occupy-central-democracy-explainer-6-questions/http://time.com/3471366/hong-kong-umbrella-revolution-occupy-central-democracy-explainer-6-questions/http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/09/29/3573172/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-umbrella-revolution/http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/09/29/3573172/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-umbrella-revolution/http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/09/29/3573172/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-umbrella-revolution/http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/09/29/3573172/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-umbrella-revolution/http://www.ibtimes.com/hong-kong-protests-how-china-lost-hong-kongs-youth-1697305http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21621803-communist-party-faces-its-toughest-challenge-tiananmen-time-it-must-make-wiserhttp://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21621803-communist-party-faces-its-toughest-challenge-tiananmen-time-it-must-make-wiserhttp://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21621803-communist-party-faces-its-toughest-challenge-tiananmen-time-it-must-make-wiserhttp://time.com/3453736/hong-kong-stands-up/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-30/hong-kong-protests-trigger-new-worries-for-chinas-economyhttp://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-30/hong-kong-protests-trigger-new-worries-for-chinas-economyhttp://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-30/hong-kong-protests-trigger-new-worries-for-chinas-economyhttp://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-30/hong-kong-protests-trigger-new-worries-for-chinas-economyhttp://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-30/hong-kong-protests-trigger-new-worries-for-chinas-economyhttp://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-30/hong-kong-protests-trigger-new-worries-for-chinas-economyhttp://time.com/3453736/hong-kong-stands-up/http://time.com/3453736/hong-kong-stands-up/http://time.com/3453736/hong-kong-stands-up/http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21621803-communist-party-faces-its-toughest-challenge-tiananmen-time-it-must-make-wiserhttp://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21621803-communist-party-faces-its-toughest-challenge-tiananmen-time-it-must-make-wiserhttp://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21621803-communist-party-faces-its-toughest-challenge-tiananmen-time-it-must-make-wiserhttp://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21621803-communist-party-faces-its-toughest-challenge-tiananmen-time-it-must-make-wiserhttp://www.ibtimes.com/hong-kong-protests-how-china-lost-hong-kongs-youth-1697305http://www.ibtimes.com/hong-kong-protests-how-china-lost-hong-kongs-youth-1697305http://www.ibtimes.com/hong-kong-protests-how-china-lost-hong-kongs-youth-1697305http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/09/29/3573172/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-umbrella-revolution/http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/09/29/3573172/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-umbrella-revolution/http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/09/29/3573172/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-umbrella-revolution/http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/09/29/3573172/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-umbrella-revolution/http://time.com/3471366/hong-kong-umbrella-revolution-occupy-central-democracy-explainer-6-questions/http://time.com/3471366/hong-kong-umbrella-revolution-occupy-central-democracy-explainer-6-questions/http://time.com/3471366/hong-kong-umbrella-revolution-occupy-central-democracy-explainer-6-questions/


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Possible GDTopics

Protests

Ho" #i# +hina lost Hon% Kon%s $outh

Ho" is the m/rella &evolution #i.erent 'rom !iananmen S9uare

emocrac$ #oesnt matter as lon% as $ou are livin% in lu8ur$

Ho" shoul# (n#ia respon# to the Hon% Kon% protests

Hon% Kon% protests "ill #oom the economic recover$ o' the "hole "orl#

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The Rise o II

An un#ate# pic o


hat is their goal?

hy in the news?

!erritor$ co

at th

!he insta/ilit$ in S$ria a'ter the uprisin% a%ainst Bashar Assa#%ave a hu%e llip to the movement

Mostl$ #ominate# /$ Sunni sectarian har#liners: hascontinuousl$ preache# "ar a%ainst minorit$ sects "ithin (slam

an# other reli%ions +ontrols a lar%e s"athe o' territor$ in S$ria an# (ra9?mostl$

Sunni-maorit$ areas o' Dastern S$ria an# Northern (ra9 at themoment

Has /een #eclare# as a terrorist movement /$ several countriesinclu#in% GS3 DG3 an# Sau#i Ara/ia

Aim to esta/lish a %lo/al +aliphate: has #eclare# +leric A/uBakr Al-Ba%h#a#i as their +aliph at the moment

Aim to en'orce sharia strictl$ in all the areas the$ control

(#eolo%icall$ #riven e8tremists 'rom across the "orl# have/een conver%in% in (ra9 to support the %roup: there are 'earsthat these people "ill return to sprea# the messa%e o'e8tremism in their native lan#s

An e8tremist state like this coul# /e a launchin% pa# 'or %lo/al

terrorists like A'%hanistan "as #urin% the time o' the !ali/anG Minorit$ communities like a*i#is an# (ra9i christians have

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References andLinks

The Rise o II

httpFCCstop"arGor%GukCne"sCei%ht-'acts-ever$one-shoul#-kno"-a/out-the-rise-o'-isis-an#-t"ar-in-ira9

httpFCC"""GtheatlanticGcomCinternationalCarchiveC2014C05Co/ama-ira9-s$ria-isis-"ar@J002C

httpFCC"""Gp/sGor%C"%/hCpa%esC'rontlineCrise-o'-isisC

httpFCCrtGcomCne"sC1J@04J-isis-%ro"-e8pan#-iha#istC

httpFCC"""GcounterpunchGor%C2014C05C25Cthe-rise-o'-isis-an#-the-ori%ins-o'-the-ne"e-east-"arC

httpFCC"""G/rookin%sGe#uCresearchC,ash-topicsC,ash-topic-'ol#erCisis-threat-ira9-/e

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The Rise o II
http://stopwar.org.uk/news/eight-facts-everyone-should-know-about-the-rise-of-isis-and-the-new-war-in-iraqhttp://stopwar.org.uk/news/eight-facts-everyone-should-know-about-the-rise-of-isis-and-the-new-war-in-iraqhttp://stopwar.org.uk/news/eight-facts-everyone-should-know-about-the-rise-of-isis-and-the-new-war-in-iraqhttp://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/obama-iraq-syria-isis-war-sold/380026/http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/obama-iraq-syria-isis-war-sold/380026/http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/obama-iraq-syria-isis-war-sold/380026/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/rise-of-isis/http://rt.com/news/183048-isis-grow-expand-jihadist/http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/29/the-rise-of-isis-and-the-origins-of-the-new-middle-east-war/http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/29/the-rise-of-isis-and-the-origins-of-the-new-middle-east-war/http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/29/the-rise-of-isis-and-the-origins-of-the-new-middle-east-war/http://www.brookings.edu/research/flash-topics/flash-topic-folder/isis-threat-iraq-beyondhttp://www.brookings.edu/research/flash-topics/flash-topic-folder/isis-threat-iraq-beyondhttp://www.brookings.edu/research/flash-topics/flash-topic-folder/isis-threat-iraq-beyondhttp://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/29/the-rise-of-isis-and-the-origins-of-the-new-middle-east-war/http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/29/the-rise-of-isis-and-the-origins-of-the-new-middle-east-war/http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/29/the-rise-of-isis-and-the-origins-of-the-new-middle-east-war/http://rt.com/news/183048-isis-grow-expand-jihadist/http://rt.com/news/183048-isis-grow-expand-jihadist/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/rise-of-isis/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/rise-of-isis/http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/obama-iraq-syria-isis-war-sold/380026/http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/obama-iraq-syria-isis-war-sold/380026/http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/obama-iraq-syria-isis-war-sold/380026/http://stopwar.org.uk/news/eight-facts-everyone-should-know-about-the-rise-of-isis-and-the-new-war-in-iraqhttp://stopwar.org.uk/news/eight-facts-everyone-should-know-about-the-rise-of-isis-and-the-new-war-in-iraqhttp://stopwar.org.uk/news/eight-facts-everyone-should-know-about-the-rise-of-isis-and-the-new-war-in-iraq


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Possible GDTopics

The Rise o II

Ho" shoul# (n#ia respon# to the %ro"th o' (S(SL

hat are the lon% term implication o' a har#line (S(S state in the mi##le e

hat is the potential impact on oil prices that this con,ict "ill have3 an# itimpact on %lo/al recover$L

hat are the possi/le solutions that the %lo/al communit$ can act upon toresolve this con,ictL

o $ou a%ree "ith the American #ecision to oin the "ar a%ainst (S(S3 or athere /etter "a$s to #eal "ith the con,ictL

Con"ict


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Con"ict


hy in the news?

(srael an# Hamas "ent to "ar a'ter tensions /oile# over'ollo"in% the ki#nappin% an# mur#er o' @ (sraeli $outh an# thereven%e killin% o' an Ara/

Hamas is the rulin% po"er in the )a*a strip3 a tin$ enclave that

is part o' the Palestinian territories alon% "ith "est /ank Seven "eeks o' (sraeli /om/ar#ment an# %roun# attacks in

)a*a3 respon#e# to /$ rocket re into (srael3 cause e8tensive#ama%e an# su.erin% in )a*a3 killin% 23200 Palestinians an# 60(sraelis

!he isproportionate response o' (srael cause# much outra%e An D%$ptian-/rokere# truce /rou%ht an en# to the "ar Massive #estruction le't hun#re#s o' thousan#s o' people

homeless in )a*a !he "ar #ama%es the prospects o' peace talks an# a 2-statesolution in the re%ion that has /een #iscusse# 'or lon%

(slamic ra#icalism?particularl$ in mi##le east ma$ %et a /oost"ith such "ars as much o' the islamic "orl# 'elt #eepl$outra%e# /$ the attacks

!he "ar clearl$ increase# the political isolation o' (srael !he "ar3 couple# "ith economic unrest in Durope is contri/utin%

to risin% anti-Semitism in Durope Alle%ations o' Human ri%hts violations has le# to

+it$ has su.ere#

!he &e%ion

References and

Con"ict


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References andLinks

Con"ict

httpFCC"""G//cGcomCne"sC"orl#-mi##le-east-2J2I21II

httpFCC"""Gvo8GcomCcar#sCisrael-palestineC%a*a-israel-hamas-2104

httpFCCa/cne"sG%oGcomC(nternationalCisrael-%a*a-con,ictCstor$Li#24II22@6

httpFCC"""Gn/cne"sGcomCstor$lineCmi##le-east-unrestCisraeli-%a*a-con,ict-sparks-"orl#"otests-n10J

httpFCC"""Gn$timesGcomC2014C0JC25C"orl#CeuropeC"ith-%a*a-"ar-movement-to-/o$cott-is%ains-momentum-in-europeGhtml

Possible GD

Con"ict
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28252155http://www.vox.com/cards/israel-palestine/gaza-israel-hamas-2104http://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-gaza-conflict/story?id=24552237http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/israeli-gaza-conflict-sparks-worldwide-protests-n160686http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/israeli-gaza-conflict-sparks-worldwide-protests-n160686http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/israeli-gaza-conflict-sparks-worldwide-protests-n160686http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/world/europe/with-gaza-war-movement-to-boycott-israel-gains-momentum-in-europe.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/world/europe/with-gaza-war-movement-to-boycott-israel-gains-momentum-in-europe.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/world/europe/with-gaza-war-movement-to-boycott-israel-gains-momentum-in-europe.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/world/europe/with-gaza-war-movement-to-boycott-israel-gains-momentum-in-europe.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/world/europe/with-gaza-war-movement-to-boycott-israel-gains-momentum-in-europe.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/world/europe/with-gaza-war-movement-to-boycott-israel-gains-momentum-in-europe.htmlhttp://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/israeli-gaza-conflict-sparks-worldwide-protests-n160686http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/israeli-gaza-conflict-sparks-worldwide-protests-n160686http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/israeli-gaza-conflict-sparks-worldwide-protests-n160686http://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-gaza-conflict/story?id=24552237http://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-gaza-conflict/story?id=24552237http://www.vox.com/cards/israel-palestine/gaza-israel-hamas-2104http://www.vox.com/cards/israel-palestine/gaza-israel-hamas-2104http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28252155http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28252155http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28252155


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Possible GDTopics

Con"ict

o $ou a%ree "ith the (sraeli response to rocket re 'rom )a*aL as the sustie#L

hat shoul# the international communit$ have #one to /rin% an earl$ en#"arL

as (n#ias neutralit$ in the "ar correctL

hat is the /est lon% term solution 'or the con,ict that "ill accommo#ateinterests o' all partiesL

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hy in the news?

kraine an# &ussia are /oth erst"hile parts o' the SS& an#achieve# separation onl$ in 1551

kraine has lar%e ethnic-russian populations3 particularl$ in east !he non-russian people in the countr$ %enerall$ pre'er closer

ties "ith the "est rather than russia !he collapse o' a pro-russian %overnment in ukraine le# to

russian intervention an# sei*ure o' the crimean peninsula 'romukraine in march

An open re/ellion /$ ethnic-russian insur%ent %roups3 supporte#/$ russia has le# to unrest in eastern ukraine as "ell

&ussian support to the re/els has increase# concerns o' russian

he%emon$ in the re%ion an# has sparke# a con'rontation "iththe "est

!he #o"nin% o' a mala$sian airlines passen%er et "ith a missile?alle%e#l$ /$ the re/els sparke# an international crisis over itsaccounta/ilit$

(' the re/els succee# in sei*in% territor$3 then the remainin%part o' kraine coul# /ecome a stron% all$ o' the "est ineastern europe

&ussian rhetoric has kin#le# memories o' soviet-era repression Pro &ussianonetsk

References and

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References andLinks

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httpFCC"""Gvo8GcomCcar#sCukraine-ever$thin%-$ou-nee#-to-kno"C"hat-is-the-ukraine-cris

httpFCCamericaGala*eeraGcomCtopicsCtopicCeventCukraine-uprisin%Ghtml

httpFCC"""Gn$timesGcomC2014C10C15C"orl#CeuropeCcon,ict-uncovers-a-ukrainian-i#isis-over-#eep-russian-roots-Ghtml

httpFCC"""Gthe%uar#ianGcomC"orl#C2014CaprC11Cukraine-russia-crimea-sanctions-us-eu-%lainer

httpFCCnationalinterestGor%C'eatureCho"-russia-sees-the-ukraine-crisis-1141

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http://www.vox.com/cards/ukraine-everything-you-need-to-know/what-is-the-ukraine-crisishttp://www.vox.com/cards/ukraine-everything-you-need-to-know/what-is-the-ukraine-crisishttp://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/event/ukraine-uprising.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/world/europe/conflict-uncovers-a-ukrainian-identity-crisis-over-deep-russian-roots-.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/world/europe/conflict-uncovers-a-ukrainian-identity-crisis-over-deep-russian-roots-.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/world/europe/conflict-uncovers-a-ukrainian-identity-crisis-over-deep-russian-roots-.htmlhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/11/ukraine-russia-crimea-sanctions-us-eu-guide-explainerhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/11/ukraine-russia-crimea-sanctions-us-eu-guide-explainerhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/11/ukraine-russia-crimea-sanctions-us-eu-guide-explainerhttp://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-russia-sees-the-ukraine-crisis-11461http://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-russia-sees-the-ukraine-crisis-11461http://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-russia-sees-the-ukraine-crisis-11461http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/11/ukraine-russia-crimea-sanctions-us-eu-guide-explainerhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/11/ukraine-russia-crimea-sanctions-us-eu-guide-explainerhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/11/ukraine-russia-crimea-sanctions-us-eu-guide-explainerhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/world/europe/conflict-uncovers-a-ukrainian-identity-crisis-over-deep-russian-roots-.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/world/europe/conflict-uncovers-a-ukrainian-identity-crisis-over-deep-russian-roots-.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/world/europe/conflict-uncovers-a-ukrainian-identity-crisis-over-deep-russian-roots-.htmlhttp://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/event/ukraine-uprising.htmlhttp://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/event/ukraine-uprising.htmlhttp://www.vox.com/cards/ukraine-everything-you-need-to-know/what-is-the-ukraine-crisishttp://www.vox.com/cards/ukraine-everything-you-need-to-know/what-is-the-ukraine-crisis


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Possible GDTopics

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(s &ussia /ecomin% much more assertive un#er PutinL (s it %oo# 'or the "

+oul# the international communit$ have #one an$thin% to restrain &ussiakraineL

hat can the international communit$ #o to 8 accounta/ilit$ 'or the MH

hat are (n#ias interests in the re%ionL as it pru#ent to take a neutral

oes the ina/ilit$ o' the "est to intervene in the con,ict si%nal "eakeninpo"erL

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Reerendu&

!he es-+amp ah

ho could ha'e (een afected?

hy in the news?

Scotlan# hel# a re'eren#um on its in#epen#ence on 1JthSep32014

Nationalists- Oil rich /ut impoverishe# /$ %ovt-#ecline o'

manu'acturin% nionists- Oil revenues erratic3 ecline #ue to shi't o' o/s to

Asia3 Out,o" o' 'orei%n investments likel$ i' secession results Scotlan# #eci#e# to sta$ /ack in the union a'ter a "i#el$

"atche# event !alks o' 'urther #evolvement o' po"er to Scotlan# !he 8 ma$ /e temporar$-4I vote# a%ainst sta$in% in K Britain-+lout in %lo/al polic$makin% %reatl$ re#uce#3 Status as

a nuclear po"er #iminishe#

Scotland-Privile%e o' separate i#entit$ vs +ost o' a separatestate EU- Dconomic crisis 'urther a%%ravate#3 Sell-o. o' British

investments3 British e8it likel$ /ut Scottish entr$ not%uarantee#

Rest of the World-Dvents "ere tracke# across separatistmovements in (tal$3 Bel%ium3 Spain3 etcG

;ear o' Balkanisation across Durope-&ivalr$ /C" "orkin%

capitalist class Political Im act on India-Similar voices in Kashmir an# North-

Ale8

;irst Min

Scotlan

References and

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References andLinks

Reerendu&

httpFCC"""G//cGcomCne"sC"orl#-asia-in#ia-2525511

httpFCC"""GeconomistGcomCne"sClea#ersC2115I6-#itchin%-union-"oul#-/e-mistake-tra%e#$-countr$-it-leaves

httpFCC"""GeconomistGcomC/lo%sC/li%ht$C2014C05Cscotlan#s-re'eren#um-1

httpFCC"""Gthehin#uGcomCopinionCop-e#Ca-scotlan#-on-kashmirCarticle46@4@5

httpFCC"""Gthehin#uGcomCto#a$s-paperCtp-'eaturesCtp-sun#a$ma%a*ineC$es-no-o'-th4I@I00Gece

Possible GD

Reerendu&
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29269911http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21616957-ditching-union-would-be-mistake-scotland-and-tragedy-country-it-leaveshttp://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21616957-ditching-union-would-be-mistake-scotland-and-tragedy-country-it-leaveshttp://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21616957-ditching-union-would-be-mistake-scotland-and-tragedy-country-it-leaveshttp://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2014/09/scotlands-referendum-1http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-scotland-on-kashmir/article6473439.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/yes-no-of-things/article6453500.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/yes-no-of-things/article6453500.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/yes-no-of-things/article6453500.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/yes-no-of-things/article6453500.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/yes-no-of-things/article6453500.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/yes-no-of-things/article6453500.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-scotland-on-kashmir/article6473439.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-scotland-on-kashmir/article6473439.ecehttp://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2014/09/scotlands-referendum-1http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2014/09/scotlands-referendum-1http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21616957-ditching-union-would-be-mistake-scotland-and-tragedy-country-it-leaveshttp://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21616957-ditching-union-would-be-mistake-scotland-and-tragedy-country-it-leaveshttp://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21616957-ditching-union-would-be-mistake-scotland-and-tragedy-country-it-leaveshttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29269911http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29269911


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Possible GDTopics

Reerendu&

(mpact o' the Scottish &e'eren#um on the Duro +risis

Shoul# the state allo" re'eren#ums

!he nionists onl$ "on a minor /attle in the /i%%er "ar

hat #oes a re'eren#um #o to /usinesses

(s (n#ia prepare# 'or a re'eren#um on it soil

Pri!e *+,-


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Pri!e *+,-

oun% Muslim %irl 'rom Pakistan-$oun%estever No/el 7aureate

&epresente# mo#eration3 pro%ress3e9ualit$ an# opportunit$3 specicall$ 'or

"omen in a re%ion /eset /$ violence 'romhar#-line reli%ious 'un#amentalists

Survive# a %un shot to the hea# /$ amem/er o' the !ali/an in 2012 'or heractivism

;re9uentl$ accuse# /$ conservatives o'sellin% out to the "est

.alala /ousa!ai

Dl#er (n#ian Statesman o' thecampai%n

;i%htin% alon%si#e his or%ani*Bachao An#olan ?BBA a%ains

cause o' chil# la/or an# tra< Hea#e# multiple protest3 #em

#urin% his "ork in the el# o' Has rescue# more than J0000

clutches o' /on#e# or 'orce# ou/ts raise# a/out the sourc

his ventures involve# in the echil# la/or

References and

Pri!e *+,-


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References andLinks

Pri!e *+,-

httpFCCthe#iplomatGcomC2014C10Ctime-to-reinterpret-no/el-peace-pri*e-criteriaC

httpFCC"""Gthe%uar#ianGcomC"orl#C2014CoctC10Cno/el-peace-pri*e-"inners-/oost-chils

httpFCC"""Gthe%uar#ianGcomC"orl#C2014CoctC1@Ckailash-sat$arthi-tireless-accessi/le-nte

httpFCC"""GlivemintGcomCOpinionC7964!A4'u6inl2cBvR5KMCMalala-ousa'*ai-Kailash-#-the-'our-No/el-trutGhtml

httpFCCin#iato#a$Ginto#a$GinCstor$Cno/el-pri*e-'or-peace-kailash-sat$arthi-malala-$ousa116Ghtml

httpFCCthe#iplomatGcomC2014C10Ctime-to-reinterpret-no/el-peace-pri*e-criteriaC

Possible GD

Pri!e *+,-
http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/time-to-reinterpret-nobel-peace-prize-criteria/http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/time-to-reinterpret-nobel-peace-prize-criteria/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/nobel-peace-prize-winners-boost-childrens-rightshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/nobel-peace-prize-winners-boost-childrens-rightshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/nobel-peace-prize-winners-boost-childrens-rightshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/13/kailash-satyarthi-tireless-accessible-nobel-laureatehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/13/kailash-satyarthi-tireless-accessible-nobel-laureatehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/13/kailash-satyarthi-tireless-accessible-nobel-laureatehttp://www.livemint.com/Opinion/Lq74TA4fu7inl2cBvZ9KQM/Malala-Yousafzai-Kailash-Satyarthi-and-the-four-Nobel-trut.htmlhttp://www.livemint.com/Opinion/Lq74TA4fu7inl2cBvZ9KQM/Malala-Yousafzai-Kailash-Satyarthi-and-the-four-Nobel-trut.htmlhttp://www.livemint.com/Opinion/Lq74TA4fu7inl2cBvZ9KQM/Malala-Yousafzai-Kailash-Satyarthi-and-the-four-Nobel-trut.htmlhttp://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nobel-prize-for-peace-kailash-satyarthi-malala-yousafzai/1/395117.htmlhttp://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nobel-prize-for-peace-kailash-satyarthi-malala-yousafzai/1/395117.htmlhttp://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nobel-prize-for-peace-kailash-satyarthi-malala-yousafzai/1/395117.htmlhttp://thediplomat.com/2014/10/time-to-reinterpret-nobel-peace-prize-criteria/http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/time-to-reinterpret-nobel-peace-prize-criteria/http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/time-to-reinterpret-nobel-peace-prize-criteria/http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/time-to-reinterpret-nobel-peace-prize-criteria/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nobel-prize-for-peace-kailash-satyarthi-malala-yousafzai/1/395117.htmlhttp://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nobel-prize-for-peace-kailash-satyarthi-malala-yousafzai/1/395117.htmlhttp://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nobel-prize-for-peace-kailash-satyarthi-malala-yousafzai/1/395117.htmlhttp://www.livemint.com/Opinion/Lq74TA4fu7inl2cBvZ9KQM/Malala-Yousafzai-Kailash-Satyarthi-and-the-four-Nobel-trut.htmlhttp://www.livemint.com/Opinion/Lq74TA4fu7inl2cBvZ9KQM/Malala-Yousafzai-Kailash-Satyarthi-and-the-four-Nobel-trut.htmlhttp://www.livemint.com/Opinion/Lq74TA4fu7inl2cBvZ9KQM/Malala-Yousafzai-Kailash-Satyarthi-and-the-four-Nobel-trut.htmlhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/13/kailash-satyarthi-tireless-accessible-nobel-laureatehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/13/kailash-satyarthi-tireless-accessible-nobel-laureatehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/13/kailash-satyarthi-tireless-accessible-nobel-laureatehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/nobel-peace-prize-winners-boost-childrens-rightshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/nobel-peace-prize-winners-boost-childrens-rightshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/nobel-peace-prize-winners-boost-childrens-rightshttp://thediplomat.com/2014/10/time-to-reinterpret-nobel-peace-prize-criteria/http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/time-to-reinterpret-nobel-peace-prize-criteria/


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Possible GDTopics

Pri!e *+,-

!he No/el Peace Pri*e is losin% its relevance

(ts a/out time someone looke# at the pli%ht o' chil# la/orers

Stop chil# la/or to attack corruption at the %rassroots

;orei%n ;un#in% in (n#ian N)Os

Social ork is not orl# Peace

!he oint No/el Pri*e "in can %ive a ne" #irection to the (n#o-Pak a.airs

Ca&paign


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Ca&paign

PM Naren#ra Mo

hat are the challenges?

hat is happening or this?

hy in the news?

Non-Political movement launche# /$ the (n#ian PM on 2n#Oct32014

MissionF !o make (n#ia clean /$ 2n#Oct3 2015-Dmphasis on notlitterin%

Nomination o' personalities across part$ lines-Non Partisan!ouch Aroun# 00 million people - aroun# hal' the countr$Ts population

- still #e'ecate in the open More than 1@0 million (n#ian househol#s lack access to toilets )ovt lookin% at Social Me#ia as an e.ective tool in raisin% the

a"areness +lean (n#ia +hallen%e similar to A7S (ce Bucket challen%e

/ein% planne# Dvents across states to raise a"areness o' the National

Sanitation rive +orporate participation /ein% sou%ht to help in toilet

construction ;ocus on the elevation o' the entire sanitation chain Occupation in the cleanliness #epartments still #riven /$ caste 7ack o' sa'et$ %oo#s an# e9uipment 'or the "orkers ;inances o' local /o#ies not soun# a'ter the a/olition o' the

=octroi> ta8

!he scope o' the campai%n too /roa# accor#in% to some

aste isp

References and

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References andLinks

Ca&paign

httpFCCin#iane8pressGcomCarticleCin#iaCin#ia-othersCever$thin%-$ou-nee#-to-kno"-a

mo#is-clean-in#ia-campai%nC

httpFCC"""G#"G#eCmo#is-clean-in#ia-campai%n-must-/e-'ollo"e#-up-/$-actionsCa-1

httpFCC"""GeconomistGcomCne"sCasiaC212IJ0-roa#-#elhi-s"eeper-eatin%-#ust

httpFCCin#iane8pressGcomCarticleCopinionCcolumnsCnot-ust-toiletsC

httpFCC"""G$outhkia"aa*GcomC2014C10Cclean-in#ia-campai%n

Possible GD

Ca&paign
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pm-modis-clean-india-campaign/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pm-modis-clean-india-campaign/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pm-modis-clean-india-campaign/http://www.dw.de/modis-clean-india-campaign-must-be-followed-up-by-actions/a-17982602http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21625860-road-delhi-sweeper-eating-dusthttp://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/not-just-toilets/http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2014/10/clean-india-campaignhttp://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2014/10/clean-india-campaignhttp://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2014/10/clean-india-campaignhttp://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/not-just-toilets/http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/not-just-toilets/http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21625860-road-delhi-sweeper-eating-dusthttp://www.economist.com/news/asia/21625860-road-delhi-sweeper-eating-dusthttp://www.dw.de/modis-clean-india-campaign-must-be-followed-up-by-actions/a-17982602http://www.dw.de/modis-clean-india-campaign-must-be-followed-up-by-actions/a-17982602http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pm-modis-clean-india-campaign/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pm-modis-clean-india-campaign/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pm-modis-clean-india-campaign/


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Possible GDTopics

Ca&paign

Ho" can corporates contri/ute to the +lean (n#ia +ampai%n

!he +lean (n#ia +ampai%n "ill %ive a ne" push to +orporate Social&esponsi/ilit$

!he Social Me#ia Strate%$ 'or cleanin% (n#ia is unlikel$ to "ork

+leanin% (n#ia in ve $ears is an impossi/le task

Card


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0ac$ground

BP came to po"er in the 1th 7ok Sa/ha Dlections "itha/solute maorit$ ?2J2CI4@

A/solute maorit$ ver#ict sho"in% the resentment voters ha#"ith the last rulin% )overnment

7ots o' e8pectations 'rom the ne" BP re%ime3 "ith theslo%an U =Achche in>

Success continuin% to the state elections-!ime to consoli#ate

.a1or Initiati'es

(nectin% 'resh stimulus to (n#iaTs 'orei%n polic$3 especiall$ inthe imme#iate nei%h/orhoo#

;ocus on /asic /ut important issues like sanitation an#"omen sa'et$

Promise o' turnin% =&e# tape> to =&e# +arpet>

A/sence o' an$ /i% /an% economic re'orms so 'ar

eclinin% (nternational Oil Prices-Short !erm &elie'L

Card


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Possible GD

Card


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VAchche in ali Sarkar U !ruth or a 'arceL

Mo#is +ompulsor$ a##ress to +hil#ren on !eachers a$- Me#ia )immstep to"ar#s 'uture

Mo#is 'orei%n polic$ U &elations "ith Pakistan3 SA3 +hina

PMO %ivin% more importance to nei%h/ours3 than to Dsta/lishe# Super

+a/inet has /ecome more like a One-Man?Mo#i Sho" U &epercussionsemocrac$

Make in (n#ia +ampai%n- Make or Break 'or (n#ia

)uarat Mo#el 'or evelopment U (s this "hat (n#ia nee#s ri%ht no"L

Possible GDTopicsCard

in India


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.ission on .ars

(n#ia cele/rate# /ecomin% the rst Asian nation to reach

Mars3 in its mai#en attempt

Man%al$aan3 Hin#i 'or WMars cra'tW3 ha# entere# into

or/it aroun# the &e# Planet a/out 10 months a'ter launchin%

(n#iaTs success'ul mission3 complete# on a /u#%et o' X64

million

Man%al$aan /uilt in 1I months "ith t"o-thir#s o' its parts

manu'acture# /$ #omestic rms such as )o#re Bo$ce an#

(n#iaTs lar%est en%ineerin% compan$3 7arsen !ou/ro

uccessul use o Re&ote ensing in Hudhud Cyclone

An#hra Pra#esh /ecame the rst state in (n#ia to use

space technolo%$ 'or #isaster mana%ement

)overnment "ith NS&+ launche# an An#roi# app 'or a

cro"#sourcin% proect

in India

K &a#hakrish

+$clo

in India


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httpFCC"""Gthe#ail$starGnetCh$pe-over-in#ias-mars-mission-426@

httpFCC"""Gthe#ail$starGnetCh$pe-over-in#ias-mars-mission-426@

httpFCC"""Gthehin#uGcomCopinionCop-e#C%ettin%-to-mars-throu%h-u%aa#Carticle

Reference Linksin India

Possible GD

in India
http://www.thedailystar.net/hype-over-indias-mars-mission-46273http://www.thedailystar.net/hype-over-indias-mars-mission-46273http://www.thedailystar.net/hype-over-indias-mars-mission-46273http://www.thedailystar.net/hype-over-indias-mars-mission-46273http://www.thedailystar.net/hype-over-indias-mars-mission-46273


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Duphoria over Mars Mission- Much o$ over Nothin%

(s it ustie# to spen# heavil$ on Space Missions "hen /asic pro/lempovert$ unemplo$ment remain una##resse#L

(mplications o' Mars Mission 'or (n#ia

(n#ias Mars Mission is a per'ect e8ample o' (n#ias u%aa# ?Hin#u Ar

(n#ias Mars Mission has sho"n the "orl#3 the tremen#ous pro%ress o

pro%ram has ma#eG Or is it too earl$ to sa$ soL

Possible GDTopics

d a

isagree&ent


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orl# !ra#e Or%ani*ation ?!O3 155I conceive# as )A!! in

154J3 inten#s to supervise an# li/erali*e international tra#e

eals "ith re%ulation o' tra#e /et"een participatin%countries /$ provi#in% a 'rame"ork 'or ne%otiatin% an#

'ormali*in% tra#e a%reements

Ministerial +on'erences hel# at various times3 at #i.erent

places has 'aile# to achieve si%nicant results #ue to the

#isa%reements /et"een #evelopin% #evelope# countries

&ecent e.orts to revitali*e rene" !O talks have met "ith

little success (n#ia "ants to reap the re"ar#s o' the %ains throu%h the

revise# Bali packa%e an# %ive momentum to the post-Bali

pro%ram

Man$ countries have /anne# or%anic imports 'rom (n#ia

citin% !O rules3 thus hurtin% (n#ias 'orei%n tra#e

g

isagree&ent


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httpFCCin#iane8pressGcomCarticleC/usinessC/usiness-othersCt'a-impasse-th

us-situation-"to-has-ever-'ace#ChttpFCC"""G/usiness-stan#ar#GcomCarticleCopinionCharsha-var#hana-sin%hove-'or"ar#-at-the-"to-114101J00J5Y1Ghtml

httpFCCtimeson#iaGin#iatimesGcomC/usinessCin#ia-/usinessC(n#ia-loses-!ainst-S-on-poultr$-importsCarticlesho"C44J1II@@Gcms

httpFCC"""Gthehin#uGcomCopinionCcolumnsC+Y&Y7YYNarasimhanCin#ia-pla$at-"toCarticle266IGece

Reference Linksg

Possible GDi

isagree&ent
http://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/tfa-impasse-the-most-serious-situation-wto-has-ever-faced/http://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/tfa-impasse-the-most-serious-situation-wto-has-ever-faced/http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/harsha-vardhana-singh-how-to-move-forward-at-the-wto-114101800896_1.htmlhttp://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/harsha-vardhana-singh-how-to-move-forward-at-the-wto-114101800896_1.htmlhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/India-loses-WTO-case-against-US-on-poultry-imports/articleshow/44815533.cmshttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/India-loses-WTO-case-against-US-on-poultry-imports/articleshow/44815533.cmshttp://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/C_R_L__Narasimhan/india-plays-spoilsport-at-wto/article6277656.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/C_R_L__Narasimhan/india-plays-spoilsport-at-wto/article6277656.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/C_R_L__Narasimhan/india-plays-spoilsport-at-wto/article6277656.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/C_R_L__Narasimhan/india-plays-spoilsport-at-wto/article6277656.ecehttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/India-loses-WTO-case-against-US-on-poultry-imports/articleshow/44815533.cmshttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/India-loses-WTO-case-against-US-on-poultry-imports/articleshow/44815533.cmshttp://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/harsha-vardhana-singh-how-to-move-forward-at-the-wto-114101800896_1.htmlhttp://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/harsha-vardhana-singh-how-to-move-forward-at-the-wto-114101800896_1.htmlhttp://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/tfa-impasse-the-most-serious-situation-wto-has-ever-faced/http://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/tfa-impasse-the-most-serious-situation-wto-has-ever-faced/


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(n#ia nee#s !O to succee# 'or its o"n %oo#

=oha is ea#> ?re'errin% to 'aile# !O oha roun#

;uture role o' (n#ia in )lo/al Plat'orms like !O

oes (n#ia nee# to assert its supremac$ at !O

(n#ia +hina are the 2 ne" superpo"ers at !O

Balance o' Po"er shi'tin% 'rom est to Dast

!O has /een misuse# a/use# /$ est 'or its o"n interests

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!he secret sauce o' creatin% entrepreneurs(s emocrac$ ust a politici*e# monarch$L!he Mana%er-Sharehol#er ivi#ePrimar$ D#ucation vs Hi%her D#ucation+onsumer is not the Kin%Marketin% invokes the ark Arts

&ole o' (n#epen#ent irectors+orporate Social &esponsi/ilit$+ompetition is the anti#ote to corruption

!he case 'or u#icial Overreach

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