Current Affairs for IAS Exams

Current Affairs for IAS Exams – 06 June 2016

India and Qatar agreed to share intelligence to combat ‘hawala’ transactions and terror financing as the two countries signed seven agreements.
The two sides highlighted the need to “isolate” the sponsors and supporters of terrorism and agreed that urgent action against all such entities which support terrorism and use it as an instrument of policy, must be taken.
Two sides decided to constitute an inter-ministerial high-level joint committee to regularly review all bilateral matters, as well as regional and global issues of mutual interest.
An MoU was signed between the Finance Intelligence Unit-India (FIU) and Qatar Financial Information Unit to share intelligence on illegal movement of money, termed ‘hawala’
There is a lot of money flow and investment from Qatar. A number of black money investigations have taken Indian authorities to Qatar’s shores and the MoU is seen as a move to help combat money offences.
Under this pact, the two sides also agreed to exchange financial intelligence to combat terrorism financing and other economic offences.
They asserted that acts of violence and extremism cannot be justified, regardless of their motivation.

All India Civil Services topper Tina Dabi opines newspaper reading is a must for all the aspirants of all India services.
Ms. Tina said that there were no short-cuts to the examination.
A packed Hari Hara Kala Bhavan listened to her at the felicitation function for achieving the unique feat of first SC/ST candidate to secure first rank in first attempt in the Civil Services examination.
Deputy Chief Minister K. Srihari and former judge Chandraiah said Ms. Tina’s achievement once again proved that given an opportunity anyone can come up trumps.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is on visit to Mangolia, sandwiched between undemocratic China and increasingly authoritarian Russia, the desire for deeper relations with US is mutual.
Mr. Kerry’s stop in this nation of 3 million people included heaps of praise for its unlikely democratic story.
But the top American diplomat also pushed for greater transparency in Mongolia, a sensitive issue given the foreign scramble for its rich resource deposits.
He also reached Beijing for annual U.S.-China strategic and economic talks.
Reports are suggesting China may establish an air defence zone in the contested South China Sea.
Mr. Kerry warned against what he said would be a “provocative and destabilising act”.
Such action would raise tension between China and its Asian neighbours, he said, and undermine China’s commitment to diplomatically resolve disputes over islands and maritime claims.
The matter is likely to be a major focus of discussions in the next days.