| TOPICS | SUBJECT | PAPER |
| A COURT OF ARBITRATION | INTERNATIONAL BODIES | PRELIMS |
| INDUS WATERS TREATY | TREATY | PRELIMS |
| THE AMUR FALCON | ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY | PRELIMS |
| EBOLA OUTBREAK | BIOLOGY | PRELIMS |
A COURT OF ARBITRATION
- A Court of Arbitration is a court, sometimes outside of a country’s official judicial system, that resolves certain kinds of civil disputes, primarily between industrial or commercial entities or employers and employees.
- The Court of Arbitration of the Australian state of New South Wales, which dealt exclusively with industrial relations disputes in the early twentieth century, has been claimed to be the world’s first court of this type. The court was unique at that time as it was the first court of its type to deal with labour relations between employers and employees on a compulsory basis.
INDUS WATERS TREATY
Indus Waters Treaty, treaty, signed on September 19, 1960, between India and Pakistan and brokered by the World Bank. The treaty fixed and delimited the rights and obligations of both countries concerning the use of the waters of the Indus River system. It gave control of the waters of the western rivers—the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab—to Pakistan and those of the eastern rivers—the Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej—to India.
THE AMUR FALCON
The Amur falcon (Falco amurensis) is a small raptor of the falcon family. It breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China before migrating in large flocks across India and over the Arabian Sea to winter in Southern and East African coasts.
EBOLA OUTBREAK
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 80 people, prompting the World Health Organization to declare an international health emergency. Authorities say the rapidly spreading Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or specific treatment