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Prologue to six part Article series
2.
PIN: Heads of States
3.
Chief Guest in 26th January Republic Day Parade
4.
Indias Ranks (2013)
5.
International Summits
6.
National Summits
7.
Ukraine crisis
8.
International Organizations
9.
International places in news
Prologue to six part Article series

Total six parts covering December 2013 to 8th June 2014- nearly six months that is the usual
time span for current affairs most competitive exams below UPSC Civil service exam.
1. [PIN-2014] Part 1/6: National- Official Posts, Committees, Stamps-2014, Defense, Telengana
& more (http://mrunal.org/2014/06/pin-2014-part-16-national-official-posts-commissionstelengana-stamps-2014-defense.html)
2. [PIN-2014] Part 2/6: International- Presidents, Prime ministers, Summits, bodies & Ukraine
Crisis (http://mrunal.org/2014/06/pin-2014-part-26-international-presidents-primeminsiters-summits-bodies-ukraine-crisis.html)
3. [PIN-2014] Part 3/6: Sports, Mascots, Athletes, Awards, FIFA-2014, Sochi-2014, Grand Slams,
Hockey, Kabbadi, Cricket & more (http://mrunal.org/2014/06/pin-2014-part-36-sportsatheletes-awards-fifa-2014-sochi-2014-grand-slams-hockey-kabbadi-cricket.html)
4. [PIN-2014] Part 4/6: Economic Regulators, Banking Sector CMDs, RBI monetary policy, RBI
Committees, Business GK CEOs (http://mrunal.org/2014/06/pin-2014-part-46-economic-
regulators-banking-sector-cmds-rbi-monetary-policy-rbi-committees-business-gk-ceos.html)
5. [PIN-2014] Part 5/6: Books, Authors, Movies awards & Beauty Pageants
(http://mrunal.org/2014/06/pin-2014-part-56-books-authors-movies-awards-beautypageants.html)
6. [PIN-2014] Part 6/6: Diaspora, Civilian awards & Dead in News, Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas,
Padma 2014, Able Prize & more (http://mrunal.org/2014/06/pin-2014-part-66-diasporacivilian-awards-dead-news-pravasi-bharatiya-diwas-padma-2014-able-prize.html)
Persons in News: Heads of States

Every month some new pm/President gets elected somewhere. given the bad cost benefit, Ive
only listed important ones and ignored many chillar parties for example Chile new President
Michelle Bachelet, because Chile is not in news otherwise.
President Hamid Karzai served two consecutive term hence can no longer
Afghanistan
contest election.
Right now Presidential race between Abdullah Abdullah and Asraf Ghani.
Parliament called shoora.
PM Tony Abbott. capital Canberra (not Perth or Sydney)
Australia
1st member of south Asian descent to be member of Parliament Lisa

Maria Singh (awardee Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 2014)
President Abdul Hamid
Bangladesh
PM Sheikh Hasina (Awami league).

Opposition Khalida Zia (nationalist party)
Parliament called Jatiya parliament.
King Jigme Wangchuck
Bhutan
PM Tshering Tobgay
parliament called Tasongadu
President XI Jinping
China
Premier (PM) Li keqiang

ADIZ: Air defence idenfication zone aove East China sea.
Foreign minister Wang Yi met Modi in June 2013.
Cuba
Egypt
President Raul Castro (not Fidel Castro)

President Abdel Fattah El sisi (Ex-Army general)
PM Ibrahim mehliv
President Epeli Nailaukitau (Fiji has largest Indian diaspora in Asia Pacific)
Fiji
Former president of Indian origin Mahindra Chaudhary (1999-2000)

Ram Krishna Mission of Fiji has been awarded Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
2014
France
President Francis Hollande; PM Manuel Valls. Anne Hidalg-first female mayor

of Paris
President Joachim Gauck
Germany
Chancellor Angela Markel

Lok Sabha: Bundestag
Iran
President Hussan Rouhani, Accepts peaceful nuclear technology use
Iraq
PM Nur Al Maliki
President Reuven Rivlin (hardliner, he is against creation of Palestine.)
Israel
PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Ex israli PM Ehud Olmert jailed for corruption.
parliament called Knesset
Italy
Youngest PM Matteorenzi
Japan
Emperor Akihito, PM Shinzo Abe. Parliament called DIET.
Jordan
Joined non-permanent member of UNSC in Dec 2013. King Abdulla. Capital

Amman
Kazakstan
President Nursultan Nazarbayev; PM Karim Massimov
Latvia
Officially joined Eurozone. 18th Member of Euzozone. PM: Straujuma.

Parliament: Saeima. Capital Riga.Donot confuse EU vs Eurozone.EU
(european union) has 28 members as of now. Croatia became the 28th
member of EU in july 2013.
PM Tammam Salam. Capital Beirut. Country In news because Hezbulla from
Lebanon
Lebanon participating in Syrian civil war.
Libya
PM Abdulla al Thani- he quits after family attacked. Capital Tripoli.
Lithuania
President Dalia Grybushaite (Iron lady). Only person to win twice.
Malaysia
PM Najib Razak
Maldives
President Abdulla Yameen after defeating Moh. Nasheed in run off vote.
Parliament : Majilis
Capital Majuro.
Marshall
Islands
President: Christopher Loeak

Parliament called Nitijela
In news because they filled a case in ICJ against nuclear power
Mauritius
President Rajkeshwar Purryag. PM Navin Ramgoolam
Myanmar
President Thein SeinOpposition leader Aung su kyi
Nepal
President Ram Baran Yadav. PM Sushil koiralaParliament : Rahstriya

Panchayat
Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan. in news because an extremist group Boko

Haram kidnapped schoolgirls to get their prisoners released. Capital: Abuja
North
Korea
Kim Jong- un got 100% votes. Held high level talks with south korea at Pan
mun jom. Jang Song Thaek: he was Kims uncle, but Kim got him killed for
gaddari.
Pakistan
President Mamnoon Hussain and PM Nawaz Sharif both belong to PML-N

party. Parliament called Majlis-e-shoora.Abul Basit: Paki Ambassador to
India
Palestine
Unity govt. under Moh. Abbas (Fatah) and Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas)
Papua New
Guinea
Philippines
First Indian origin to be member of Parliament Sasindran Muthuvel

Pravasi Bharatiya samman 2014
Prez Beningo Aquino. New law to legalize birth control methods Until now
birth control was prohibited due to opposition from Christians
Jacob Zuma wins Presidential election. (Party African national congress).
S.Africa
Capital: Johannesburg.Indian origin Ela Gandhi Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

2014
South
Korea
President female Park Park Geun-hye. PM Chung Hong won resigned after
Ferry sinking incident which killed 300+people
South
Sudan
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Spain
King Juan Carlos abdicated throne for his son. PM Rajoy. Capital Madrid.
Parliament
Syria
President Bashar al assad ready for election under international pressure

acting Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan after court
Thailand
removed Prime Minister Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra for power abuse

Later General Prayuth stages a military coup and detained Ms. Yingluck
and her family.
President Abdulla Gul
PM Recep Tayyip Erdogen. In news because arbitrarily bans twitter,
Turkey
facebook etc.
Soma coal mine explosion killed 280+
Signed a law under husband can be jailed for 10 years for infecting wife
with HIV (and vice versa) + mandatory HIV testing for pregnant women.
Uganda
Capital Kampala.
PM/President not important.
President Petro Poroshenko, Chocolate businessman
Ukraine
PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk
parliament : RADA
Capital: Kiev
Uruguay
Legalized marijuana trade. Capital Montevideo. PM/President not important.
Vatican
Pope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio) became TIME person of the year for 2013. He
replaced Pope Benedict XVI.
Venezuela
President Nicolas Maduro (and NOT Hugo Chavez- He is dead)
Vietnam
President Truong Tan SangPM Nguyen Tan Dung
UK
David Cameron. Queen Elizabeth ruled for 62 years.
Recently David said Sikhs can head UK army and judiciary.
UK parliament honored Tagore in 2014
Operation Trojan horse: to prevent spread of extremism in schools.
Banned sale of non-native aquatic plants to prevent entry of invasive species.
Scotland referendum to be held in September 2014.
USA
President Barak Hussain Obama ; VP Joe Biden both democrat party
Jeb Bush (Republican) He is yyounger brother of George Bush, he may fight next Presidential
election (perhaps) against Hillary Clinton (democrate).
Secretary of State John Kerry (not Hillary Clinton)
Speaker of house of representatives: John Boehner (not Nancy Pelosi)
Nancy Powell was first women US Ambassador to India. She was made to resign in May 2014
because she was close to Congis and Obama knew Modi will become next PM.
(http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/was-the-modi-factor-behind-nancypowells-resignation/article5859696.ece) in other words, her boore din had started even
before election result!
Peter Haas: US Cousul general in India, opened new trade office in Ahmedabad in June 2014.
FBI: James Comey
CIA: John O. Brennan
Sergeant Bow Bergdahl: American soldier captured by Talibans in 2009. Obama freed some
Taliban prisoners to secure Bows release.
Chief Guest in 26th January Republic Day Parade

2013- King of Bhutan, Jigme Wangchuck
2014- Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe
Indias Ranks (2013)

Doing Business (world bank)
134. Singapore tops
Gender Gap (WEF)
101, even Bangladesh, SriLanka and China better.
Global hunger index
63rd. Even Paki and Bangla better
Global Slavery Index
India first rank! China 2nd, Paki 3rd
Human Capital index(WEF)
78.
Human development index (UNDP)
136.
Standard and Poors
BBB minus rating
Standard Charters
by 2030, India will be third largest economy after US

and China
Transparency Internationals
corruption perception index
India 94th. Even Pakistan better!

Cleanest = NZ and Denmark. Most bogus:
Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia
*WEF= World Economic Forum.
Ukraine crisis
For non-UPSC exams, this topic is pretty much irrelevant. Even for the interviews, you dont
need to know more than just basic geography and power angles. Crux of the matter is= Ukraine
crisis happened because Russia wants to control (Crimea+ Black sea) & counter NATO/US
influence in this region.
Observe the map:
Crimeas port city Sevastopol=>
Black sea=>
Straight of Bosporus =>
Mediterranean Sea =>
Strait of Gibraltar => Atlantic Ocean
Suez Canal => Red Sea => Gulf of Aden => Arabian ocean.
Thus IF Russia controls Crimea, it can control Black sea. Result?
1. Russia can ship its products to major economics of the world
2. Russia can fight against invading NATO armies and counter USAs missile shield.
Timeline of Ukraine Crisis

Before
1991
Both Ukraine+ Crimea were part of erstwhile USSR.
1st
December
1991,
Ukraine held referendum to declare independence from USSR, also takes away
Crimea. This was one of the major reasons for the fall of USSR.
Ukraine and European Union (EU) sign free trade agreement and political
2012
association. Putin doesnt like it, not one bit.

There was chance of Ukraine joining EU. But then agreements could not be
ratified because PM Yulia imprisoned, protests and political instability.
Russia offered $15 billion and Cheap gas supply to Ukraine (to counter EU
influence).
2013
November 2013: Ukraine President Yanukovich refused to EU FTA deal and

favoured Russian deal=> Juntaa already angry with economic slowdown,
corruption=> protests => Brutal supression => crisis worsen.
More protests. President Yanukovich leaves his country like Dawood Ibraim
and hides in Pakistan Russia.
Speaker was made interim President. (Putin blames Obama for installing
this puppet regime).
Feb 2014
this new government removed Russian as second official language.
Russian President Putin becomes active to protect the Russian speaking

junta in the Crimea. He sends military to the border. (But ordered them not
to cross the border OR shoot at anyone).
Crimean parliament held juntas referendum.
92% Junta votes to join Russia.
March
2014
Crimean parliament passes resolution to secede from Ukraine to Russia.

Putin passes law to include Crimea in Russia. His excuse: in past Kosovo also
separated from Serbia in the same manner, but at that time USA did not
oppose.
April-May
After this, other parts of Eastern Ukraine also started similar movements to join
Russia.
June 2014
Chocolate businessman Petro Poroshenko becomes the new President of

Ukraine.
G8 suspended Russia. Obama wants world powers to boycott Russia, just like Iran. BUT.
1. BRICS nations refused to join US-EU backed sanction against Russia
2. Japan also refused to cancel investment plans in Russia
3. India also not going to back any US sanction against Russia.
4. Russia has worlds largest energy resources, therefore, energy-hungry China also silent.
Beyond this, day to day ball by ball commentary keep coming in newspaper. But like I said
earlier, no need to do PhD on this topic, for non-UPSC exams.
International Summits
17th NAM
Venezuela 2015
2014 chair of ASEAN Myanmar
ASEAN
Theme Moving forward in unity to a peaceful and prosperous

community
Nay Pyi Tao, Myanmar
March 2014, 3rd summit
BIMSTEC
Partnership for Harmony and Prosperity

MoU was sign to establish permanent secretariat
BRICS
Fortaleza, Brazil- 2014; Ufa, Russia 2015
CHOGM
Commonwealth heads of government 22nd meeting in Colombo, Sri

Lanka (Nov 2013)
to find practical solution on how to end sexual violence during
ending sexual
violence in conflict
wars, help victims and punish the criminals.

first summit @London June 2014
organizer: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie and British foreign
Secretary William Hague
G-20
2013: St.Petersburg, Russia (8th)

2014: Brisbane, Australia 9th
40th Brussels, Belgium (EU HQ)
June 2014
G-7 summit
1st time EU hosted G7 summit

Earlier scheduled to be hosted in Sochi, Russia
But after Ukraine issue, Russia withdrawn from membership G8 > G7 + hosted in Brussels
On Syrian crisis. Geneva in Switzerland.
GENEVA 2
Geneva Agreement is different- between USA and Iran on Iranian

Nuclear program
IBSA
2013, DelhiMilitary cooperation- joint military exercise IBSAMAR
SAARC
Kathmandu, NepalNov 2014, 18th
UNFCC
2013: COP 19 in Warsaw Poland.2014: COP 20 in Lima, Peru

Ministerial conference After every 2 years
WTO
Bali in 2013 Bali Package Trade Facilitation agreement signed

Yemen to become 140th WTO member in June 2014
National Summits
1st International summit on HIV AIDS
New Delhi
28th Suryakund international artisan Fair
Faridabad Harayana
Asia Gas partnership Summit
Delhi, Dec 2013.
National Science Congress 101th session
was held in Jammu on Feb 2014
PETROTECH 2014
Noida, International oil & gas summit
Rann Utsav
Cultural festival of Katch dist Gujarat
Suryakumbh
Solar cooking initiative in Mumbai
TECNOTEX 2014
International summit on clothes , Mumbai
International Organizations
without their structure or mandate for GS2 hahaha
in CDS, CAPF, they sometimes ask match the pairs question from this topic.
African development bank
Donald kaberukaHQ Abidjan, Ivory coast
African Union
B.N.AmadiHQ Addis Ababa
ASEAN
Le Luong MinhHQ Jakarta, Indonesia
Asian development bank
President Takehiko NakaoHQ Manila, Philippines
IMF
Christine LagardeHQ Washington

Head of European commission Jose Emanuel
EU
Barroso
HQ Brussels, Belgium
European Central Bank Frankfurt, Germany
FAO
DG- Jose Graziano de silvaHQ Rome, Italy

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (Formal PM of
NATO
Norway)
OECD
Sec-gen Jose Angel GurriaHQ Paris, France
ICC (International CriminalCourt)
HQ Hague, Netherland
ICJ (International Court ofJustice)
PCA (permanent court ofArbitration)
IUCN (International UnionFor

Conservation of Nature)
President Zhang XinshengFormer Ashok Khosla
IAEA
DG Yukiya AmanoHQ Vienna, Austria
ILO
DG Guy RyderHQ Geneva, Switzerland

President John Ashe, visited India, raised
Italian marine issue.
UN General Assembly
Secretary Gen. Ban Ki moon

HQ New York
UN declared 2014 as International year of
family farming.
ITU
Sec-gen Hamadoun ToureHQ Geneva, Switzerland
UNHRC
Navi PillaiHQ Geneva, Switzerland
UNFCC
Christina FigueresHQ Bonn, Germany
UNCTRAL
Chairperson Hrvoje SikiricHQ New York
OPCW (Organization forPrevention of

ChemicalWeapons)
DG Ahmet UzumcuHQ Hague, NetherlandOPCW

won Nobel prize 2013
US federal Reserve
JENETYELLN
WHO
DG Dr. Margaret ChanHQ Geneva, Switzerland
WIPO
DG Francis Gurry, re-elected for 2nd termHQ

Geneva, Switzerland
World bank
DG Jim Yong KimHQ Washington
WTO
DG Roberto AzevedoHQ Geneva, Switzerland
WWF (world wild fund forNature)
CEO Carter RobertsHQ Gland, Vaud, Switzerland
FAO
Food and Agri. organization. HQ Rome. Jos

Graziano da Silva
International Maritime organization
HQ London. Sec General Koji Sekimizu
International places in news

Barbary lions
Extinct. In Atlas mountain range from Morroco to Tunisia. Indian lions have
genetic linkages with them.
Bushehr
Province
Iran earthquake in april
Herat
In Afghanistan. Terrorists attacked Indian consulate before Modi oath.
Jinnah
Airport
Karachi. Biggest terrorist attack in June 2014.
Latvia
Officially joined Eurozone. 18th Member
Malta
Next CHOGM summit in 2015
Mauratia
Ancient Microcontinent. Its evidence found in W.Indian ocean.
Mosul
2nd largest city in Iraq after Bagdad. The Sunni militants took control over
this city while Iraqi army ran away.
Mount Fuji,
Japan
World Heritage status under UNESCO. In Honhu Island
Peshawar
Worlds largest reservoir of Polio (WHO statement)
Popocatpetl
volcano
Mexico
Samoa
Airline
First airline to charge passengers based on their weight
Serbia
Agreed to cede some areas to its former province Kosovo.Under EU accord.

Serbia-Capital Belgrade. Kosovo-Capital Pristina-Uses Euro as Currency.
Shanghai
Started visa-free transit scheme with Beijing.
Shenzhen
Province
China Launched its first carbon trading scheme here
Sichuan
Province
China earthquake of ritchers scale-7.
suma
Turkey coal mine. explosion killed 280+
Titanosaur
Biggest dinosaurs, found in Argentina.
West Qurna-2
One of the largest oilfield in Iraq. Russian company started exploration.
Xisha
Disputed islands in South China sea. China is offering tourists rides while
Vietnam opposes.
Sevastopol
port city in Crimea, Russia wanted to control Blacksea via this port city,
hence the Ukrain crisis.
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mauritius president Rajkeshwar Purryag not Kailash Purryag
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Ajinkya Gupta
Hi,
Latvia is in news because it became the 18th member of EuroZone and
not EU.
EU (european union) has 28 members as of now. Croatia became the
28th member of EU in july 2013.
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Ajinkya
Master Chief
Mrunal sir, a correction.
Latvia has already been in EU since 2004. It just had an agreement to use
Euro as its currency. It became 18th country to use Euro currency.
EU has 28 members. Croatia is 28th member, joined in 2013.
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A new update: Lithuania to become 19th country to adopt Euro as
currency from 1 January 2015. It will become the 19th member of
the euro zone out of 28 countries in the European Union, and the
last of the Baltic states to join.
Geena jacob
Sir,this is very useful.But as far as SBI PO is concerned, they wil be
focusing on banking and financing sector only.. this is what I analyzed
from SBI PO 2013. can u add some more information on that too?
Suraj Nirmale
You are God gifted to us sir!!!!
abhi
sir,
a small correction
LATVIA JOINED EU IN 2004
18 TH MEMBER IS ESTONIA
AND
LITHUANIA PLANS TO JOIN AS 19th MEMBER IN 2015
nish
lativa is the 18th country to join euro zone and not 18th country to join
eu
Rajiv
wto members are 140 or 159 ??
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm
(http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm)
Gauddy
Eurozone 19 members, Lithuania joined as last baltic country to join
eurozone
Mrunal (http://mrunal.org)
Latvia information has been corrected. thanks all for your input
uCrane
One of the biggest reasons Russia attacked was because Ukraine has no
nuclear weapons. It handed over its nuclear warheads to Russia some
years back. Since 1945, no country with nuclear weapons has been
attacked by a country.
sureshjangir01
wto members are 159 at present.
devendra singh
thanq sir for explaining ukrainian crisis in such a lucid manner..as no
one else can!!!!
Shaashi
Correction:
Global Slavery Index is a weighted measure of three variables:
Estimated prevalence of modern slavery in each country (accounting for
95% of the total)

A measure of the level of human trafficking to and from each country
(accounts for 2.5%)
A measure of the level of child and early marriage in each country
(accounts for 2.5%)
India has the largest estimated number of people enslaved followed by
China & Pakistan which is mentioned by Mrunal Sir.
But, when we look overall India stands at 4th position followed by
Mauritiana, Haiti & Pakistan. Conclusion- We are not that bad!
Please refer: http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/country/india/
(http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/country/india/)
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South Africa capital is pretoria. Other capitals r Johannesburg n Cape
Town. But main is pretoria.
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Indias rank in hdi list is not 136 but 135 .
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[PIN-2014] Part 2/6: International- Presidents, Prime ministers,

PIN (http://mrunal.org/category/pin) / 1 year Ago /

Prologue to six part Article series

PIN: Heads of States

Chief Guest in 26th January Republic Day Parade

Indias Ranks (2013)

International places in news

Prologue to six part Article series

Persons in News: Heads of States

1st member of south Asian descent to be member of Parliament Lisa

PM Sheikh Hasina (Awami league).

Premier (PM) Li keqiang

President Raul Castro (not Fidel Castro)

Former president of Indian origin Mahindra Chaudhary (1999-2000)

President Francis Hollande; PM Manuel Valls. Anne Hidalg-first female mayor

Chancellor Angela Markel

President Hussan Rouhani, Accepts peaceful nuclear technology use

Emperor Akihito, PM Shinzo Abe. Parliament called DIET.

Joined non-permanent member of UNSC in Dec 2013. King Abdulla. Capital

President Nursultan Nazarbayev; PM Karim Massimov

Officially joined Eurozone. 18th Member of Euzozone. PM: Straujuma.

Lebanon participating in Syrian civil war.

PM Abdulla al Thani- he quits after family attacked. Capital Tripoli.

President Dalia Grybushaite (Iron lady). Only person to win twice.

President: Christopher Loeak

President Rajkeshwar Purryag. PM Navin Ramgoolam

President Thein SeinOpposition leader Aung su kyi

President Ram Baran Yadav. PM Sushil koiralaParliament : Rahstriya

President Goodluck Jonathan. in news because an extremist group Boko

President Mamnoon Hussain and PM Nawaz Sharif both belong to PML-N

First Indian origin to be member of Parliament Sasindran Muthuvel

Capital: Johannesburg.Indian origin Ela Gandhi Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

Salva Kiir Mayardit

President Bashar al assad ready for election under international pressure

removed Prime Minister Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra for power abuse

Legalized marijuana trade. Capital Montevideo. PM/President not important.

President Nicolas Maduro (and NOT Hugo Chavez- He is dead)

President Truong Tan SangPM Nguyen Tan Dung

Chief Guest in 26th January Republic Day Parade

Indias Ranks (2013)

134. Singapore tops

Gender Gap (WEF)

101, even Bangladesh, SriLanka and China better.

Global hunger index

63rd. Even Paki and Bangla better

Global Slavery Index

India first rank! China 2nd, Paki 3rd

Human Capital index(WEF)

Human development index (UNDP)

Standard and Poors

BBB minus rating

by 2030, India will be third largest economy after US

India 94th. Even Pakistan better!

*WEF= World Economic Forum.

Observe the map:

Crimeas port city Sevastopol=>

Both Ukraine+ Crimea were part of erstwhile USSR.

association. Putin doesnt like it, not one bit.

November 2013: Ukraine President Yanukovich refused to EU FTA deal and

this new government removed Russian as second official language.

Russian President Putin becomes active to protect the Russian speaking

Crimean parliament passes resolution to secede from Ukraine to Russia.