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• Get To Know The 5 Last Toppers Of IAS Exam
• 9 Life Changing Teachings Of Art Of Living
• 6 Things To Do In Case Of Vehicle Fire
• 10 Signs You’ve Got A Completely Psycho Girlfriend
• Delhi Elections: Funny Aam Aadmi Party Timeline
• Chuck Norris wishes you all Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year
• 6 Exceptional Scientific Achievements Of 2013
• 6 Brilliant War Documentaries Ever Made

Get To Know The 5 Last Toppers Of IAS Exam Posted: 23 Dec 2013 05:30 PM PST Indian Administrative Service Examination is entrance examination for the administrative service of the Indian Government. It is one of the most respected and high paying Government jobs in India. However, to get through the IAS exam isn't as easy as baking a cake—a lot of hardships and long hours of preparation go in to make an IAS officer. About 1-2% of the total examinees make it to the top. Here's a list of those brilliant students who fought all the adversaries and topped the IAS examination—one of the most difficult examinations in the world! 5. Shubhra Saxena Shubhra Saxena is the IAS examination topper of 2008 batch. An IIT, Roorkee graduate specialized in Paper Technology, Shubhra was always a brilliant student since school. She is really an inspiration to all the IAS aspirants—specifically the women—for she left her affluent IT sector job to pursue a career in the development of rural women and dalits. However, quitting a well-paying job and pouring over mountains of books isn't an easy task, and yet she made it possible and topped the exam with only a year of dedicated preparation. Shubhra is now the DM of the underdeveloped district, Shrawasti in UP. She's an avid painter and loves to paint in her free time. She also runs a blog An IAS Officer’s Blog where she not only shares all her bitter-sweet experiences and paintings, but also useful tricks for IAS aspirants. 4. Shah Faesal Another great inspiration to IAS aspirants, Shah Faesal hails from the colorful Lohab Valley, Jammu and Kashmir. He belongs to an educated, middle class family with both his father and mother working as Government teacher. Faesal lost his father at a very tender age, but that didn't stop him from appearing for the pre-medical exams. A topper throughout his school days, Faesal also topped the medical examination at the SKIMS Medical College. Since his college, he was actively interested in the political issues of the day and regularly contributed articles to newspapers and journals.  He is the first Kashmiri candidate in years to be selected in the IAS exam in 'general' category—his phenomenal success prompted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to congratulate him personally and term him as a "youth icon". His other loves include reading poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Rumi and the likes. He's currently working in the Pulwama district of Kashmir as the district secretary. 3. S. Divyadharshini S. Divyadharshini hails from a middle class Tamil family residing in Chennai. A good student (if not extraordinary) since her school days, she topped her IAS examination in 2010 only at the age of 24, after having securing a Bachelor's degree in Law from Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai. For all the IAS aspirants out there, her only tip is to make best use of the Internet—it helped her not only with the current affairs, but also with the valuable study materials. Currently, she is waiting for her posting. 2. Sneha Aggarwal Sneha Aggarwal hails from Yamunanagar, Haryana. An extraordinary student since childhood, Sneha also topped CBSE PMT board exams in 2004. Hailing from a place where sex ratio is extremely low, she is an inspiration to numerous women who want to study and make it to the top. She is currently undergoing training at the Indian Revenue Service in Nagpur and waiting to meet all the challenges that the service has to offer. 1. Haritha V. Kumar The most recent IAS topper, Haritha V. Kumar belongs to Trivandrum, Kerala. Like all the IAS toppers, Haritha, too, was a brilliant student since her school days. After having completing her schooling from a Malayalam medium school in Trivandrum, she went on to study Electronics and Communication from a Government Engineering College. Although she took up a B.tech degree, she had always wanted to be an IAS officer since childhood. When she first appeared for the exam, she didn't have a grasp over English and that led to her failure by a meager 18 marks. However, it didn't let her lose hope and she appeared again and was chosen for IRS. Later, she took the exam again and came out with flying colors—as an IAS topper at the age of 24! Her repeated trials to achieve the zenith of success make her truly a youth icon and an admirable figure. The post Get To Know The 5 Last Toppers Of IAS Exam appeared first on TopYaps.

9 Life Changing Teachings Of Art Of Living Posted: 23 Dec 2013 01:30 PM PST The twenty-first century might be the seat for newer technologies and innovations, but it does come with a lot of vices as well. The main vice of the contemporary age is the mechanization of human beings and the consequent loss of humanity. It is to detangle human spirit from the mesh of mechanical existence that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar came up with the Art of Living teachings and sessions. Let's have a look at some of the glorious teachings of Art of Living — 9. Mercy Is an Impediment Mercy might be termed as one of the basic human decencies that a person ought to have. However, Sri Sri terms mercy as an impediment which lacks any sort of intimacy. According to him, it also indicates lack of courage and valor which can hinder the process of transformation in any person. 8. Tolerance Is a Volcano That May Turn Into Hatred According to many, tolerance is yet another virtue, but Sri Sri is against tolerance. For him, tolerance indicates a deep sense of dislike which may turn into hatred in due time. He sees tolerance as a "potential volcano" which might lead to massacre, if not taken care of properly before it bursts. His teaching to this end is: "Don't accept people as they are, just love them as they are." 7. Appreciation May Create Rifts among People A person appreciates someone when they perform some stuff that isn't natural to them—that isn't an obligation or a duty. It highlights a rare act or quality and hence, implies a sense of separateness or distance. According to Sri Sri, these small tokens of gratitude have a lot of hidden meaning which can create rifts and divisions among people. So, think twice before you appreciate someone! 6. Allow Room for Mistake If You Want To Learn Mistakes are of many kinds; but even an involuntary mistake is enough to drive a person crazy. According to Sri Sri, correcting someone else's mistake is another mistake. Instead, mistakes should be made to understand through love and authority—qualities that both Krishna and Jesus possessed. Allowing room for mistakes and, likewise, making people understand their own mistakes bring people together. 5. Replace Ego with Love and Respect Ego arises on two occasions, when you get too much attention, and when you don't. As a result of this, ego generates discomfort and heaviness in a person. No matter out of what ego arises, it ultimately gives way to jealousy, failure and self love. Although many times, one does societal welfare to boost one's ego, true work is done only when it's done out of love and respect. 4. You Are In a State Of Surrender Deep Within You In Sri Sri's own words, "Surrender is not an act; it is a state of your being. Whether you acknowledge it or not, it is there. The wise wake up and see, the unwise take a longer time. Know that you have no choice, you are in a state of surrender deep within you." Wanting to surrender or surrendering is an impediment in the path to enlightenment and success. 3. Beauty of the Soul Stays Forever Beauty isn't just physical. Physical beauty is a transient subject to all the adversities of nature; it is the beauty of the soul that stays forever. According to Sri Sri, "When your mind is not complaining, responsible, courageous, confident and hollow and empty, you are inexplicably beautiful." It is complaining and nagging that takes away the beauty of a person and renders a hollow façade to their characters. 2.  Generosity Makes Life Abundant Generosity is the quality that should be upheld and celebrated. According to Sri Sri, it is the quality of the spirit—it makes life abundant, full of love and compassion. It is a quality that resides in all—irrespective of caste, creed and society that one lives in. However, one must never confuse it with gratefulness, which always has an external motivator. 1. Respect Lives of Others Respect is an exemplification of generosity and kindness. People should respect others for the kind of persons they are, and not for the outer embellishments, offices and degrees that they hold. According to Sri Sri, one need not be great in order to be respected—it is by respecting lives that one becomes respected in everyone else's eyes. However, the main deal is to respect one's own self—the most important thing to achieve Enlightenment. The post 9 Life Changing Teachings Of Art Of Living appeared first on TopYaps.

6 Things To Do In Case Of Vehicle Fire Posted: 23 Dec 2013 09:30 AM PST Though most vehicles (cars and buses, especially) are designed for easy and safe transport and seem fully reliable, their interiors are quite messed up with complex combustion engines, intricate electricity wiring and highly flammable fuels and liquids around. In a way, they have inbuilt risks to spark a vehicle fire wherein their design and operative style often play the catalysts! Here are 6 vehicle-fire safety tips that may go a long way in snuffing the fire out when your vehicle is ablaze! 6. Signal Quickly and Move to the Shoulder Lane Your own car or someone else's vehicle on fire is probably one of the most frightening sites one can ever witness. Not only is such a scene terrifying but also involves huge personal threat to the vehicle on fire, its occupants, onlookers and other vehicles around, still or moving. Even though every incident of vehicle fire will have unique situation and aspects at the time of mishap, there are certain general implications that apply to almost all such cases and should be practiced at the earliest. So, when you are motoring along a roadway and your car has caught fire, the first thing you are supposed to do is stop immediately. Give quick signals to express your intentions before you get onto the breakdown lane. 5. Turn the Engine Off One can barely remain composed and act sensibly in such situations, and most of what people do just happens off the cuff. Still, you need to remember that in most cases the first sparks of fire get converted into wild flames simply because of the engine left on. So, immediately after you've pulled to the roadside, turn off the ignition. Turning off the ignition will stop the gasoline from flowing and shut the electric current off. Since you would never want your vehicle to move once you've left it, the next move will be to set the emergency brakes. Also, don't forget to close the hood, for it might fan the fire by letting in more supply of oxygen if left open. 4. Take Out All the Occupants Once the vehicle has been parked on the breakdown lane and engine turned off, don't take too much time to get out of the vehicle. Take all the occupants out of the car as soon as possible and make sure everybody moves to a safe distance from the vehicle, preferably 100 feet away. It can be highly dangerous to touch extremely hot hood and the worse, chemicals releasing from different burning parts can be toxic to your internal parts including lungs. Try to convince your family that it's useless to try to put the fire out on your own. Then any efforts 3. Call for Emergency Fire Help When you think everyone is away from the vehicle and safe, call fire professionals straight away, so that they can arrive on time. If you've dialed 911, the fire department will be able to respond only after the dispatcher has notified them, so, it's no use wasting time! Though someone might have called for help on seeing a vehicle on fire, it's on your part to ask for emergency help. After all, you cannot take things for granted when your own car is on fire. Call the emergency number of the fire department in the locality where the mishappening has occurred. 2. Maintain Appropriate Distance from the Burning Vehicle Here, presence of mind, if at all you are able to employ it, will play a vital role in terms of keeping the traffic around you in mind, making your movement among rushing vehicles safe, keeping everybody together and above all, not going very close to the burning vehicle yourself and preventing others from doing the same. In such cases, commotion created by scared people and hastily flashing vehicles can be more dangerous that the fire itself! 1. Let Firefighters Do the Job Never try to return to the burning car and make sure no one is attempting to extinguish the fire, especially in the absence of the right equipment. With gas, oil and other liquids leaking from the vehicle, fire can be highly tricky and dangerous and even fully guarded firefighters need to struggle to overcome it. You can, however, leave the rest on the firefighters once they are there on the spot, since they are specially trained to tackle all types of fire cases including vehicle fire. The post 6 Things To Do In Case Of Vehicle Fire appeared first on TopYaps.

10 Signs You’ve Got A Completely Psycho Girlfriend Posted: 23 Dec 2013 05:30 AM PST Psychopath girlfriends make perfect partners for psycho boyfriends. For the common folk they are a health and life hazard. They are on the edge of entering the dark evil side and want to take you with them. Get rid of them at the first sign of a distorted ego, impulsiveness or any act of shallow behavior. A little crazy girl friend can be fun and makes the excitement factor go up in a relationship. But if she has multiple OCD traits, falls out of your definition of normal crazy, step back and reevaluate your relationship with her. And don't read this list aloud or when she's around and never ever bookmark it. She might just turn in to the green witch you are suspecting her to be, faster than you can handle. You know you’e a psycho girlfriend when - 1. She Lives With More Than 2 Cats Alone In Her Apartment. She has names for them. She has 'manufactured' their personalities and wants you to treat them the same way. Be ready to share the bed with her furry buddies. Her pictures on Facebook look cool at first But, it gets darker And darker Apparently, she's got someone aiming at your head too!   2. Her Missed Calls Give You No Time to Breathe or Bathe or Eat or Poop These missed calls soon turn into abusive slimy voice mails and threatening texts dipped in lusty warnings. When you do reply, an honest explanation is taken as lying and you are termed immature. Beware you are being the lion and she's the ring master with the whip. It usually starts like this And finally   3. She hates all your friends and accuses you of sleeping with women way out of your league. If she hates your friends, family, dog, gardener, and even your imaginary friend Barbie, run and keep running!! If you don't, this is how it's going to end:   4. When She Is Stalking You Around The Clock. Stalkers can come in pretty faces and great bodies too, get over the trench coat image. She might stalk you by car, walk or even hack into your cyber world and see what you are upto. Remember Rose?   5. She Lies. And She Kinda Enjoys It! She lies to you about getting hurt in a car accident or calls your parents to inform them about being grandparents soon. Predatory lying which might me cute the first two months, but later gets scarier by the day. This- it's okay. Once in a while. But Not Okay Every Other Day! 6. She Sends Flowers to Your Mother And Confesses True Love For Her. She even imagines that you're going to propose her on her birthday and she's already informed all your friends about it. All this might happen just when her mood swings are giving you a headache and making you reluctant to go out in public with her. That's hear learning how to cast spell on your mother so that you're doomed forever! Caught in the act 7. She Wants You To Stop Looking At The Species Called Women. She will never let you get so cozy with other women! She looks at you when you look at other women and suspects you of cheating with the old spinster next door and the Russian old lady who sells flowers at the corner. That's her imagining you with the waitress you tipped the other day!   8. She Never Ever Talks About Her Family. And when she does, they seem like the most distorted people in the whole world. Instead at the first attempt of break up, calls your folks and your boss and tells them that you are a Russian spy. You can spot some signs early A piece of advice 9. She has a problem with everything; well, almost! When she calls the clerk at the store and the waitress at your table with names and goes home and calls you the same and the more. She has a problem with your hair, shoes, shave, undies, face, nails, toes and everything else too. She might even delete your mom's number because you speak too much to her. Basically, it's like this 10. When she drops in randomly or was just passing buy to check on you. Or she is at the doorstep when you come home from work and at the airport for the morning flight. Change your locks and go on a holiday to Timbuktu or the North Pole. Go, have a life buddy! The post 10 Signs You’ve Got A Completely Psycho Girlfriend appeared first on TopYaps.

Delhi Elections: Funny Aam Aadmi Party Timeline Posted: 23 Dec 2013 04:11 AM PST Underdogs did well. Okay, Aam Aadmi Party did extremely well. All dumb politicians and intellectuals and English columnists were left spellbound. But, the turn of events, before and after, are interesting and hilarious at best if looked at all-at-once. Let's do that. 1. Before Elections: We’ll Win, Surveys Suggest That. They did their own survey. 2. When Trends started coming In: We’ll sit In Opposition 3. After Final Results: We Won’t Support Any Party And We Don’t Want Any Party’s Support 4. After Three Days: We Are Discussing Possible Options Happy go lucky! After 5 days: All options are open After 7 Days: 18 Questions, Can You Answer Those? After 8 Days: Congress Evasive, BJP Defiant After 9 Days: Let The Janata Decide, Should We Go Ahead With Congress? After N Days: Congress did it, again.  and After N+ 1 Days: We Warned You   The post Delhi Elections: Funny Aam Aadmi Party Timeline appeared first on TopYaps.

Chuck Norris wishes you all Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year Posted: 23 Dec 2013 02:37 AM PST Van Damme explodes with anger and Chuck Norris doesn’t give a fish. Just look at all the others wearing full combat and sky diving gear. One cannot simply out-cool Chuck Norris. The post Chuck Norris wishes you all Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year appeared first on TopYaps.

6 Exceptional Scientific Achievements Of 2013 Posted: 23 Dec 2013 01:30 AM PST The exponential growth and significant achievements that science has registered over the last couple of decades is making us want to see everything that is considered impossible happen practically anytime now! Even though science can never be believed to be perfect, it sure has thrown in a lot to ease numerous worldly worries. The year 2013 too has witnessed numerous scientific breakthroughs. Here are 6 exceptional scientific achievements of 2013! 6. Now We Know Why We Need Sleep! Scientists have identified what can be called the first key mechanical answer as to why we need to sleep. So, after carrying an extensive study on a spanking pathway in mice, experts conclude that it is in order to 'clean the brain' that we fall asleep. Looked upon technically, channels that unite cells grow when the brain is latent, allowing cerebrospinal fluid to make it quite deep into the brain tissues. This helps flush out all toxic proteins that amass during daytime, including the toxic proteins that can lead to Alzheimer's, one of the nastiest neurodegenerative diseases! 5. CRISPR – The Gene-editing Tool Short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, CRISPR has already gained huge popularity. Formed by a series of repetitive stretches that are broken up by tiny space sequences, CRISPR was found in bacteria and functions as an immune system against viruses. Researchers are using the structure in the form of a gene-editing tool that can cut DNA at exact locations, that too at several places at the same time. This way, they are able to test what effects mutations can have inside a cell. 4. Mini Organs Grown Successfully Scientists have succeeded in growing a wide range of mini organs known as organoids. Till now, organoids have been used as a new way to examine diseases and for drug trials. Researchers from Austria grew mini human brains that are the 3D tissue beads of the same size as apple seeds this year. Researchers are using these tiny brains as a biological model to understand the development process of the brain and how it acquires disorders, despite the fact that there is no blood supply in these mini brains. 3. The Technique of CLARITY Imaging With the help of this technique, scientists are able to see through the brain in its original, intact form, without having to slice it up. The technical difference is that when sliced up, the brain's cell connections used to get affected. CLARITY involves the use of molecular resolution and helps scientists in studying intact brain. This way, they are able to generate bigger pictures and get finer details about the internal structure and functioning of the brain. This one, scientists believe, is the accomplishment of one of the major goals in the field of biology! 2. Human Stem Cells via Cloning Scientists have successfully cloned human skin cells to create human embryonic stem cells, one of the biggest unmet feats, which researchers have been working toward for long back now! The biggest advantage of the discovery is that it will help develop replacement tissues and thereafter, organs to treat numerous serious diseases, since stem cells are able to turn into almost all types of cells in the body. Even more importantly – and this is what all of us have been waiting to happen for ages – the technique may even make it possible to produce cloned babies! For years, scientists have been making continuous (unsuccessful!) attempts toward producing stem cells through cloned human embryos and have ultimately done it now. The technique of cloning is almost the same as used earlier in the past to clone animals though! 1. Cancer Immunotherapy as the Real Breakthrough The year 2013 has, as anticipated, seen one of the most-awaited breakthroughs in the history of science – cancer immunotherapy. The technique, instead of directly targeting the tumor itself, promotes the use of body's own immune system to eradicate tumors, and this is what makes it interesting. The concept of cancer immunotherapy, everybody including researchers believes will be a paradigm shift in the way we have been tackling cancer. The idea is to train immune cells to fight back after recognizing cancer cells through their characteristics. The technique, however, has only worked in a few cases (and some particular cancer types only) so far and it's still a long way for the scientists to go!   The post 6 Exceptional Scientific Achievements Of 2013 appeared first on TopYaps.

6 Brilliant War Documentaries Ever Made Posted: 22 Dec 2013 10:40 PM PST "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."- G.K. Chesterton Quite often the documentaries succeed in conveying and portraying the unbelievable truth far better than any book. They evidently highlight every minute detail and bring out everything from the consequences of political arguments to the worst horrors of nuclear warfare. Mentioned below is a list of best 6 war documentaries ever made. These war documentaries about the various battles depict various situations and reasons of different wars that are sure to turn on your serious side as you will reflect on the atrocities and the dark side of humans that is surreal to watch sometimes. 6. The Fog of War The Fog War (Subtitled: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara) is a 2003 documentary revolving around Robert McNamara and Vietnam War. McNamara was the Defense Secretary in the Johnson and Kennedy Administrations and was also designated as the World Bank President. The documentary focuses on McNamara's interview, where he highlights some of the great many tragedies and flourishing glories of the Twentieth Century. Morris has remarkably offered the firsthand accounts of various events that led to the Vietnam War. This was made possible through the frank and honest confessions of McNamara where he speaks about the rationale of events behind various decisions that were taken at that time. 5. Standerd Operating Procedures A 2008 documentary directed by Errol Morris, where he detailed various tortures and abuses that were taking place in the Abu Gharib prison, situated in Iraq. Morris has incredibly explored the sequence of events of how they occurred and why they occurred. Standerd Operating Procedures also comprises of various interviews of a number of key personnel belonging to the prison. The conclusion of the documentary leaves you with a lot many unanswered questions, but the viewers truly believe that the scandal went a lot further up the commanding hierarchy than it was recognized by the public at large. 4. No End in Sight This 2007 documentary by Charles Ferguson, systematically and comprehensively examined every aspect of the key mistakes and blunders carried forward by the Bush Administration at the time when it marched towards war with Iraq. The documentary strongly highlights the key features of the war, right from failure to provide security in the midst of the looting and then their invasion. All these events are then followed by the subsequent disbanding of the Iraqi army and US failure to develop a post-war reconstruction plan. The Documentary is a scathing indictment of an administration, which is sure to invoke strong feelings in the viewers. 3. Hearts and Minds This 1975 Peter Davis documentary of the conflicting attitudes between the various opponents of the Vietnam War managed to win an Oscar as the Best Documentary. Peter has logically described that the meteoric transcend of the Southeast Asian war was the subsequent result of irrational decision making due to ego clashes and petty squabbles that were certain to ultimately result in the death of thousands of natives leading to a divided nation. The documentary comprises of various firsthand interviews and also some very rare filed footages, compiled together in a distressful look at the war. 2. Armadillo A 2010 documentary, Armadillo is an astute exploration of the war culture. The director narrates and displays his first hand experience as he follows the Danish soldiers fighting the Taliban in the Helmand province of southern Afghanistan. He has incredibly captured the sophisticated visual artistry that is rarely achieved under such raw conditions. Developing his film revolving around the characters within the platoon, Janus makes us witness transformations of different personalities and groups at the warfront, whose key victims are primarily the locals. 1. Restrepo Restrepo is 2010's Oscar winning Best Documentary, which revolves around the Afghanistan war. This documentary was co-directed by the author Sebastian Junger and the photojournalist Tim Hetherington, who resided in Afghanistan for one whole year. The documentary evidently displays the brutal portrayal of the solder's lives. Plus, it also offers dangerous and compelling footages of various encounters as the platoon attempts to clear out the insurgencies from their deputed area for over 15 months. The post 6 Brilliant War Documentaries Ever Made appeared first on TopYaps.

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