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2018-03-31 19:55:26+00:00
Konark Sun Temple✅
🌀 Part of ancient Surya Cult
🌀 Built by Ganga Dynasty in 13 AD.
Other temples enshrine SUN GOD as principal Deity☀️
1⃣Suryanar Kovil, Tamil Nadu.
2⃣Modhera temple, Gujarat.
3⃣ Brahmanya Dev Temple, Unnao, Madhya Pradesh.
4⃣Dakshinarka temple, Gaya, Bihar.
5⃣Sun temple, Assam.
6⃣Martand Sun Temple, Kashmir.
7⃣ Arsavalli Sun Temple, Andhra Pradesh (Prelims 2017)
👌👌👌Acumen IAS👌👌👌
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2018-03-31 19:43:15+00:00
Banni grasslands ☘(Kutch, Gujarat)
☣It has steppe grassland and savanna grasslands.
☣ It also has features like Black hills to Jurassic Ridges.
☣It is called white desert.
Banni grasslands = Steppe✅
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2018-03-30 19:23:58+00:00
Khajuraho Group of Monuments:
-> The temples at Khajuraho were built during the Chandella dynasty, which reached its apogee between 950 and 1050.
-> Only about 20 temples remain; They fall into 3 distinct groups and belong to 2 different religions – Hinduism and Jainism.
-> Called Medieval age temple.
Main temples are:
♦️(i) Kandariya Mahadev Temple
-> Symbolises Mt. Kailash.
♦️(ii) Lakshmana temple
-> 600 gods image displayed.
-> ONLY temple with elephants in row and give appearance if they are carrying stone.
♦️(iii) Parsvanath Temple
-> Largest Jain temple in khajuraho.
-> This is devoted to first tirthankara and founder of Jainism = Adinath.
♦️(iv) Chaturbhuj Temple
-> Only Temple without erotic images in khajuraho.
-> Most notable feature = Ardhanarishavar (Half Shiva/Half parvti).
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2018-03-30 19:22:29+00:00
Konark Sun Temple:💎💎
1. Part of ancient Surya Cult
2. Built by Ganga Dynasty in 13 AD.
💎Other temples enshrine SUN GOD as principal Deity
-> Suryanar Kovil, Tamil Nadu.
-> Modhera temple, Gujarat.
-> Brahmanya Dev Temple, Unnao, Madhya Pradesh.
-> Dakshinarka temple, Gaya, Bihar.
-> Sun temple, Assam.
-> Martand Sun Temple, Kashmir.
-> Arsavalli Sun Temple, Andhra Pradesh @acumenias
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2018-03-27 16:28:20+00:00
💎💎Bharat Stage VI (BS VI) is an emission standard that will induce technology in the vehicles to reduce pollutant emissions.-Acumenias
💎💎The vehicles will mandatorily include On board Diagnostics (OBD), which will monitor the pollution caused by the vehicle in real time.-Acumenias
💎💎NOx emission will come down by approximately 25% for the petrol engine and 68% for the diesel engines.
The PM emission will see a substantial decrease of 80% in diesel engines.-Acumenias
💎💎Though BS VI is in lines with Euro VI norm, it overcomes the drawback in the Euro VI norm that allows emission of higher PM (particulate matter) in diesel engines.
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2018-03-27 16:26:22+00:00
♦️INS Tarkash🌊🌊
It is the second of the three stealth Frigates constructed at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad Russia.-Acumenias
♦️♦️It has been commissioned and inducted into the Indian Navy on 09 November 2012 at Kaliningrad, Russia.
It is a multi role stealth frigate with an advanced combat suite and an optimal blend of Russian and Indian cutting edge technologies.-Acumenias
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2018-03-27 16:24:25+00:00
🌟🌟North Eastern Council
It is a statutory, advisory body established in 1972 via the North Eastern Council Act, 1971.
🌟🌟The Council operates under the administrative control of the Union Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region.
🌟🌟It is the nodal agency for the economic and social development of the North Eastern Region.-Acumenias
North Eastern Region consists of the eight States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.-Acumenias
🌟🌟Headquarters🌟🌟
The Headquarters of the Council is located at Shillong, Meghalaya.
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2018-03-27 16:16:40+00:00
Rovuma Gas Field Recently discovered is from region of - Mozambique.💎
💎It is one of the largest natural gas discoveries in East Africa and has potential to become world largest LNG production hub.
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2018-03-27 16:15:50+00:00
Night frogs are endemic to Western Ghats only.♦️♦️
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2018-03-27 16:15:19+00:00
Common watch system is related to European Union.💧💧
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2018-03-27 16:14:44+00:00
3 national parks/ wildlife sanctuary on Borders wih Nepal are -🏞🏞
1. Dudhwa National Park,
2. Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary,
3. Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary.
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2018-03-25 12:09:07+00:00
Parivara and Talawara ♦️♦️
♦️News: Cabinet gave its ‘in principle’ approval to the inclusion of two communities in Karnataka in the list of Scheduled Tribes.
♦️”Parivara and Talawara” will be “synonyms” of “Nayaka” in the list of STs in Karnataka.-Acumenias
♦️The first specification of Scheduled Tribes in relation to a particular State or Union territory is by a notified Order of the President, after consultation with the State Government / UT concerned.
♦️Any subsequent inclusion in or exclusion from and other modifications in the list of Scheduled Tribes can be made only through an amending Act of Parliament.@acumenias
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2018-03-25 12:06:34+00:00
National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP)🍥
💎It aims at setting up of family type biogas plants for providing biogas as clean cooking fuel and a source of lighting
💎It is a Central Sector Scheme, which provides for setting up of Family Type Biogas Plants mainly for rural and semi-urban/households-Acumenias
💎Concerned Ministry – Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
💎The programme is being implemented by the State Nodal Departments/State Nodal Agencies and Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Biogas Development and Training Centers (BDTCs).@acumenias
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2018-03-23 00:06:36+00:00
Jakarta Concord 2017🌐🌐
🌐The first Ever meeting of IOAR ( Indian Ocean Rim Association)- Jakarta Indonesia.
🌐Its a historic summit as IOAR established in 1995 never had any summit held. There are 21 countries.
🌐The theme of the summit was ‘Strengthening Maritime Cooperation for a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Indian Ocean’.
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2018-03-22 22:15:27+00:00
SWAYAM PRABHA 📡📡
📡The SWAYAM PRABHA is a group of 32 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of high-quality educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite.-Acumenias
📡Every day, there will be new content for at least (4) hours which would be repeated 5 more times in a day, allowing the students to choose the time of their convenience. -Acumenias
📡The channels are uplinked from BISAG, Gandhinagar. The contents are provided by NPTEL, IITs, UGC, CEC, IGNOU, NCERT and NIOS. The INFLIBNET Centre maintains the web portal.#acumenias
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2018-03-22 22:11:09+00:00
Basavanna 🧘♂️ 🧘♂️
♦️Basavanna was a 12th-century philosopher, statesman, Kannada poet and a social reformer who lived in Karnataka during the reign of the Kalachuri-dynasty king Bijjala I.
♦️He served as the chief minister of his kingdom.
♦️Basavanna rejected gender or social discrimination, superstitions and rituals.
♦️During his tenure as Chief Minister, he introduced many new public institutions like Anubhava Mantapa (“hall of spiritual experience”) that would facilitate men and women from all socio-economic backgrounds to have a healthy and open discuss on various spiritual and mundane questions of life.-Acumenias
♦️A 13th-century sacred Telugu text, the Basava purana by Palkuriki Somanatha offers a full account of Basava’s life and ideas.-Acumenias
♦️He used Vachana form of writing style to spread social awareness and bring equality in the 12th-century society.
♦️Vachana is a prosaic form very much popular in the Kannada literature. It propagates values of universal brotherhood.
♦️Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled translated volumes of Vachana in 23 Indian languages on the occasion of Basava Jayanti.#acumenias
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2018-03-22 22:01:29+00:00
World Hindi Secretariat💎💎
💎News: President of India inaugurated the World Hindi Secretariat building in Mauritius-Acumenias
💎The main objective of the WHS is to promote Hindi as an international language and further its cause for recognition at the United Nations as an Official Language.-Acumenias
💎The organisation was set up by the governments of India and Mauritius to promote Hindi across the world.
#acumenias
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2018-03-22 21:55:49+00:00
International Seabed Authority🌊🌊
💧It is an intergovernmental body that organizes, regulates and control all mineral (non-living resources) related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
💧HQ : Jamaica
💧It functions under the aegis of the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)-Acumenias
💧It has an observer status to UN
💧Why in news? India extended contract with ISA to explore Polymetallic Nodules in Indian Ocean.
#acumenias
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2018-03-22 16:57:19+00:00
Copernicus programme❓
✴️ Copernicus is the world’s largest single earth observation programme and is directed by the European Commission in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA).
☣It aims at achieving a global, continuous, autonomous, high quality, wide range Earth observation capacity.
✅Providing accurate, timely and easily accessible information to, among other things, improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure civil security.
✳️It follows and greatly expands on the work of the previous European Envisat program which operated from 2002 to 2012.
News: India has joined Europe’s Copernicus, a mega global arrangement of sharing data from earth observation satellites.
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2018-03-22 06:31:37+00:00
The Orang National Park❓
♻️Situated on the north bank of the river Brahmaputra.
♻️ Also known as the Mini Kaziranga
♻️The fauna found here include the one-horned rhinoceros, elephants, leopard, sambar, barking deer, tiger, varieties of water birds, green pigeon, florican, teal, geese etc. -Acumenias
♻️The park is also famous for its migratory birds from places as far as from America like the milky white pelicans.
♻️The park area enjoys typical subtropical monsoon climate
(Hindu article "Assam rhinoceros data....)
#Acumenias
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2018-03-22 06:21:28+00:00
Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary ❓
✅It is a wildlife reserve in the Morigaon district of the state of Assam.-Acumenias
✅It has a dense population of the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros
✅Pobitora was declared a reserved forest in 1971 and a wildlife sanctuary in 1987. -Acumenias
✅It covers flat flood plains and a hillock (Raja Mayong).
(Hindu article "Assam rhinoceros data may have been doctored for funds")
#Acumenias
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2018-03-21 22:20:09+00:00
Pelican Bird Festival-2018′🦅🦅
🦆It was composed at Atapaka Bird Sanctuary on Kolleru lake.
It was mutually composed by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Authority (APTA) and Krishna district organization. - Acumenias
🦆A large number of pelicans, painted storks and different fowls will visit the lake amid winter season, perch, breed and fly with their off springs. As of late, authorities distinguished that Atapaka Bird Sanctuary is one of the biggest pelicanry on the planet -Acumenias
Kolleru lake: 🏞🏞
🌊Kolleru lake is one of the biggest fresh water lakes in the nation. It is situated between Krishna and Godavari delta. It was pronounced as a natural life sanctuary in 1999. It is a Ramsar site and is additionally recorded as an Important Bird Area.
🌊The lake is known to novice birdwatchers and expert ornithologists as a Pelicanery — an area were the Gray Pelicans, a vast brilliant winged animal, home and breed. Dim pelicans had vanished from the lake in 1973 for almost 35 years and came back to it to settle again in December 2006.
#Acumenias
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2018-03-21 22:08:11+00:00
Bird Life International🦅🦅🦅
🦅UK based Global partnership of Conservation organisations.
🦅Identify : Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas
🦅Each BirdLife Partner is an independent environmental not-for-profit, or NGO.
🦅Publishes a quarterly magazine, World Birdwatch.
🦅Manage Red List of Birds for IUCN.
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2018-03-21 22:07:36+00:00
Lesser Adjutant🦆🦆🦆
IUCN status: Vulnerable
Found in freshwater wetlands in agricultural areas, and coastal wetlands including mudflats and mangroves (Western Ghats and Himalaya)
Threat: felling of colony nest-trees, killed for meat and eggs, spread of water hyacinth.
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2018-03-20 17:43:32+00:00
"If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."
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2018-03-20 17:39:13+00:00
HAMMER 💡💡💡
💎NASA is planning to launch a nuclear spacecraft named Hammer (Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response) that would shunt or blow up threatening space rocks.
💎Bennu, a 1600-foot-wide asteroid, is considered to be a Near Earth Object or an NEO, that would be hitting Earth with 1,450 megatons of TNT.
💎Bennu is reported to have been circling around the sun at the speed of 63,000 mph and is at a comfortable distance of 54 million miles from the Earth.
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2018-03-19 19:11:26+00:00
♻️ Rovuma Gas Field Recently discovered is from region of -
1. Mozambique✅✅✅
🔅 Pls note, it is one of the largest natural gas discoveries in East Africa and has potential to become world largest LNG production hub. -Acumenias
✅India can be a direct beneficiary
#Acumenias
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2018-03-19 18:56:24+00:00
"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."
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2018-03-19 18:54:27+00:00
KANYASHREE PRAKALPA SCHEME ✅
🌀To improve status of adolescent girls from disadvantaged families (annual family income not more than Rs. 1, 20,000) through small cash transfers.
🌀West Bengal Government’s Kanyashree Prakalpa scheme won the United Nations Public Service Award.
🌀India = first in the Asia-Pacific group for the category : ‘Reaching the Poorest and Most Vulnerable through Inclusive Services and Participation’.
🌀 Increased educational attainment by incentivizing schooling of all teenage girls, prevention of child marriage and financial inclusion
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2018-03-19 14:07:02+00:00
U-DISE 👨🏻💻👨🏻💻-Acumenias
🌟U‐DISE is the Unified District Information System for Education. It is the largest Educational Management Information System in the country.
🌟U‐DISE has been established through the integration of District Information System for Education (DISE) of the Elementary level, and the Secondary Education Management Information System (SEMIS) of Secondary level. -Acumenias
🌟The database was developed at the National University for Educational Planning and Administration.
🌟It records information such as the level of dropouts and the condition of school toilets.
#Acumenias
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2018-03-19 14:00:46+00:00
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOLAR ENERGY 🌞🌞 -Acumenias
🏜National Institute of Solar Energy, an autonomous institution of Ministry of New and Renewable (MNRE), is the apex National R&D institution in the field Solar Energy.
🏜The Government of India has converted 25 year old Solar Energy Centre (SEC) under MNRE to an autonomous institution in September, 2013 to assist the Ministry in implementing the National Solar Mission and to coordinate research, technology and other related works.
-Acumenias
🏜 The institute would also perform all related tasks to achieve this objective to coordinate various S&T related tasks under the Mission and other activities as decided by the Government from time to time.
#Acumenias
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2018-03-19 13:52:56+00:00
⭐️Nabakalebara Festival 🌅🌄is an ancient ritual that is observed in the Shree Jagannath Temple at Puri, Odisha at predefined time according to Hindu Calender. -Acumenias
⭐️Naba means new and Kalebara is body. In this festival, the idols of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra and Sudarshan are replaced by new idols as it is believed that Lord Shree Jagannath adornes new body during Nabakalebara. It is usually comes in every twelve to nineteen years based on the auspicious two months of Ashadha in a year called as Purusottam month as per the Hindu calendar.
#Acumenias
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2018-03-19 02:22:01+00:00
Swadhar Greh Scheme👩🏼⚖️ -Acumenias
👩🏼⚕️Concerned Ministry – Ministry of Women and Child Development
👩🏼⚕️It targets the women victims of difficult circumstances who are in need of institutional support for rehabilitation so that they could lead their life with dignity. -Acumenias
👩🏼⚕️It envisages providing shelter, food, clothing and health as well as economic and social security for these women.
#Acumenias
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2018-03-18 05:39:26+00:00
"The only person you should strive to be better than, is the person you were yesterday"
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2018-03-18 00:38:21+00:00
RIMES💎💎 -Acumenias
💎The RIMES is an intergovernmental body registered under United Nations. It is owned and managed by 45 collaborating countries in Asia Pacific and Africa Region.
💎India is chairman of the body. It was established in 2009 and was registered with UN in July 2009. It operates from its regional early warning centre located at campus of Asian Institute of Technology in Pathumthani, Thailand.
💎It has evolved from efforts of countries in Africa and Asia in aftermath of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
#Acumenias.
💎Mandate: It seeks to establish regional early warning system within multi-hazard framework for generation and communication of early warning information and capacity building for preparedness and response to trans-boundary hazards.
💎It provides information related to Tsunami and extreme weather conditions. It also acts as a test bed for emerging technologies and help to enhance performance.
-Acumenias
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2018-03-17 15:40:33+00:00
The nuclear capability of the missile enhances India’s second strike capability reduces the dependence on the K-15 ballistic missile which was built with significant Russian assistance.
15. Nirbhay🚀🚀
Nirbhay is a subsonic missile which is ancillary to the BrahMos range. It uses a terrain-following navigation system to reach up to 1,000 km. Nirbhay is capable of being launched from multiple platforms on land, sea, and air.
16. Prahaar🚀🚀
Prahaar is a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 150 km that was successfully tested for the first time in July 2011. Stated to be a unique missile, the Prahaarboasts of high maneuverability, acceleration and accuracy. Primarily a battlefield support system for the Army, the missile can be fired from a road mobile launchers and is extremely mobile in battle situations owing to its lighter build.
17. Astra🚀🚀
Astra is a beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile (AAM) that was tested successfully in May 2011. In terms of size and weight, the Astra is the smallest missile developed by the DRDO. It was envisaged to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft at supersonic speeds in the head-on mode within a range of 80 km.
18. Agni V🚀🚀
Agni is India’s first inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM), with high road mobility, fast-reaction ability and a strike range of over 5,000 km.
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2018-03-17 15:37:31+00:00
Here is a timeline of the indigenously developed missile systems in India.
1. Prithvi I 🚀🚀
Prithvi I was one of the first missiles developed under Government of India's IGMDP. Launched in February 1988, Prithvi I is a single-stage, liquid-fuelled missile. A surface-to-surface missile, it has a range of 150 km and a mounting capability of 1000 kg. It was inducted into the Indian Army in 1994.
2. Agni I🚀🚀
A nuclear-capable ballistic missile, Agni 1 is the first of the five-missile Agni series launched in 1983 by the Defence Research and Development Organisation. It has a range of 700 km.
3. Akash🚀🚀
Akash is a surface-to-air missile with an intercept range of 30 km. It has multi-target engagement capability and is in operational service with the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force.
4. Nag🚀🚀
Nag is a third-generation hit-to-kill anti-tank missile that was first tested in 1990. The two-stage solid propellant weapon uses the lock-on before launch system where the target is identified and designated before the weapon is launched.
5. Trishul⚓️⚓️
Trishul is a short-range surface-to-air missile equipped with electronic measures against all known aircraft jammers. It has a range of 9 km and is used as anti-sea skimmer from ships against low-flying attacks.
6. Agni II🚀🚀
An intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Agni-II was first test fired on April 11, 1999. The surface-to-surface missile has a range of 2000 to 2500 km and can carry conventional or nuclear warheads.
7. Prithvi III🚀🚀
Prithvi III is the naval-version missile with a range of 350 km. A two-stage surface-to-surface missile, Prithvi III was first tested in 2000.
8. Brahmos 🚀🚀
BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile that is first test-fired on June 12, 2001. It was developed as a joint venture between India and Russia and is the world's fastest anti-ship cruise missile in operation.
9. Prithvi Air Defence (PAD)🚀🚀
India’s ballistic missile defence got a fillip with the development of PAD, which has been given the moniker Pradyumna. The system was tested with a maximum interception altitude of 80 km, and has been designed to neutralise missiles within a range of 300-2000 km up to a speed of Mach 5.0. The technology employed in the PAD was the precursor to the indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile which was tested in 2007, as well as the Barak-2 which was developed in collaboration with Israel.
10. K-15 Sagarika🚀🚀
The successful test of the Sagarika marks an inflection point in India’s military history. It forms the crucial third leg of India’s nuclear deterrent vis-à-vis its submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) capability. The K-15 Sagarika, which has a range of 750 km, was successfully tested in February 2008, and was subsequently integrated with India’s nuclear-powered Arihant class submarine.
11. Dhanush🚀🚀
Dhanush is a liquid propelled sea-based missile that was envisaged as a short-range version of the Prithvi II ballistic missile. It has a range of 350 km and is capable of carrying nuclear warheads. It was successfully test-fired from a naval warship in March 2011, and carries forward the legacy of the K-15 Sagarika.
12. Agni III🚀🚀
Agni III is an intermediate-range ballistic missile developed as the successor to the Agni II. It is an improvement over its previous iteration, and has a range of 3,500-5,000 km, making it capable of engaging targets deep inside neighbouring countries. It was inducted in to the armed forces in June 2011, enhancing its strike capability.
13. Agni IV🚀🚀
Carrying forward the success of its predecessor, the Agni III was developed to strike targets within a similar range but with a significantly shorter flight time of 20 minutes. The Agni IV, which has a two-phase propulsion system is designed to carry a 1,000 kg payload.
14. Shaurya🚀🚀
It was initially conceived as a surface-to-surface ballistic missile (SSM) variant of the K-15 Sagarika, that can be stored in underground silos for extended periods and launched using gas canisters as a trigger. The nuclear c
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2018-03-17 15:04:14+00:00
Laqshya- A Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative⛄⛄
🦆It is safe delivery mobile application for health workers who manage normal and complicated deliveries in the peripheral area. It objective is to improve quality of care provided to pregnant mother in Labour Room and Maternity Operation Theatres (OTs), thereby preventing undesirable adverse outcomes associated with childbirth.
🦆It aims to reduce preventable maternal and new-born mortality, morbidity and stillbirths associated with care around delivery in Labour room and Maternity OTs.
🦆It will be implemented in government Medical Colleges (MCs), District Hospitals (DHs), high delivery load Sub- District Hospitals (SDHs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs).
🦆It plans to conduct quality certification of labour rooms and provide facilities to achieve outlined targets
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2018-03-16 10:40:27+00:00
7 natural heritage site by UNESCO🏞🏞
🌅Great Himalayas national Park in
Himachal Pradesh
🌅Western ghats
🌅Nanda Devi and valley of flowers
national Park
🌅Sunderbans national Park
🌅Kaziranga national Park
🌅Keoladeo national Park
🌅Manas wildlife sanctuary.
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2018-03-16 10:37:52+00:00
ASHTRACK♦️♦️
💧To facilitate 100% ash utilization by all coal based thermal power plants, a web portal for monitoring of fly ash generation and utilization data of Thermal Power Plants
💧It will help to establish a link between fly ash users and power plants executives for obtaining fly ash for its use in various areas.
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2018-03-16 10:12:14+00:00
Mahajanapadas 🌐🌐were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics of ancient India during (600 – 400 BC). These included Kasi, Kosala, Anga, Magadha, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, Vatsa, Kuru, Panchala, Matsya, Surasena, Assaka, Avanti, Gandhara & Kamboja.
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2018-03-16 08:13:31+00:00
Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) 📋📋in Higher Education aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs, internationally to encourage their engagement with the institutes of Higher Education in India so as to augment the country's existing academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality reform, and elevate India's scientific and technological capacity to global excellence.
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2018-03-15 18:48:07+00:00
POSHAN (PM’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment)🕊🕊
☑POSHAN Abhiyaan which was launched by the Prime Minister in March 2018 would be converted to Jan Andolan across the country.
☑POSHAN Abhiyaan has been set up with a three year budget of Rs.9046.17 crore commencing from 2017-18.
☑All States and Union Territories to be targeted in a phased manner.
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2018-03-15 18:02:06+00:00
CriSidEx❓
♻India’s first sentiment index for micro and small enterprises ( MSEs) developed jointly by CRISIL & SIDBI
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2018-03-15 15:42:57+00:00
India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO)🌑🌑
☄️India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is a particle physics research project under construction to primarily study atmospheric neutrinos in a 1,300 meters (4,300 ft) deep cave under Ino Peak near Theni, Tamil Nadu, India
☄️This project is notable in that it is anticipated to provide a precise measurement of neutrino mixing parameters
☄️The project is a multi-institute collaboration and one of the biggest experimental particle physics projects undertaken in India
☄️When completed, the main magnetized iron calorimeter (ICAL) experiment will include the world's largest magnet, four times larger than the 12,500-tonne magnet in the Compact Muon Solenoid detector at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland
☄️The initial goal of INO is to study neutrinos
☄️Neutrinos are fundamental particles belonging to the lepton family. They come in three flavors, one associated with electrons and the others with their heavier cousins the muon and the Tau
☄️Recent experiments indicate that these charge-neutral fundamental particles have finite but small mass which is unknown.
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2018-03-15 15:34:40+00:00
Parker solar probe🌕🌕
🌝Parker Solar Probe is a planned NASA robotic spacecraft to probe the outer corona of the Sun
🌝It will approach within 8.86 solar radii from the 'surface' of the Sun.
🌝Parker Solar Probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun's surface, facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
🌝Parker Solar Probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space-weather events that impact life on Earth
🌝Parker Solar Probe has three detailed science objectives:
🌜Trace the flow of energy that heats and accelerates the solar corona and solar wind
🌜Determine the structure and dynamics of the plasma and magnetic fields at the sources of the solar wind
🌜Explore mechanisms that accelerate and transport energetic particles.
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2018-03-15 01:09:00+00:00
What is C-17 Globemaster?✈️✈️
🛩It is a US-manufactured aircraft named after two previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II.
🛩It is commonly used to perform strategic airlift missions, transporting troops and cargo throughout the world; additional roles include medical evacuation and airdrop duties.
🛩They are operated in diverse terrain – from Himalayan air bases in North India at 13,000 ft to Indian Ocean bases in South India.
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2018-03-15 00:39:53+00:00
Systematically Important Banks (D- SIBs)💰💰
🖍After adding the State Bank of India and private lender ICICI, the Reserve Bank of India has listed
HDFC to systemically important banks list.
🖍This means that HDFC has now being considered as too big to fail bank.
🖍A few banks assume systemic importance due to their size, cross-jurisdictional activities,
complexity, lack of substitutability and interconnectedness.
🖍The disorderly failure of these banks has the propensity to cause significant disruption to the
essential services provided by the banking system, and in turn, to the overall economic activity.
🖍Their continued functioning is critical for the uninterrupted availability of essential banking services to the real economy.
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2018-03-15 00:28:35+00:00
Global Green Growth Institute🌵🌵
🌴GGGI works to produce three major outcomes: adoption and implementation of green growth plans; provision of research for policymakers; and private sector engagement in the implementation of the national green growth plans. The organization uses three approaches to achieve these outcomes: Green Growth Planning & Implementation (GGP&I), Knowledge Development & Management (KDM), and Public-Private Cooperation (PPC).
🌴HQ in Seoul Republic of korea.
🌴launched as think tank in 2010
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2018-03-14 15:20:13+00:00
Banks Board Bureau⚖️⚖️
💎Banks Board Bureau is an autonomous body of Union Government of India
💎It is tasked to improve the governance of Public Sector Banks, recommend selection of chiefs of government-owned banks and financial institutions and to help banks in developing strategies and capital raising plans
💎It will have three ex-officio members and three expert members in addition to Chairman
💎Financial services secretary, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India and secretary- public enterprises are BBB’s ex-officio members
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2018-03-14 15:17:16+00:00
National Financial Reporting Authority💰💰
💵National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) is a body proposed in Companies Act 2013 for the establishment and enforcement of accounting and auditing standards and oversight of the work of auditors
💵The establishment of NFRA as an independent regulator for the auditing profession will improve the transparency and reliability of financial statements and information presented by listed companies and large unlisted companies in India
💵The jurisdiction of the NFRA for investigation of Chartered Accountants and their firms would extend to listed companies and large unlisted public companies
💵The Central Government can also refer such other entities for investigation where public interest would be involved
💵The Quality Review Board (QRB) will also continue quality audit in respect of private limited companies, public unlisted companies below the prescribed threshold and also with respect to audit of those companies that may be delegated to QRB by NFRA
💵It will consist of a Chairperson, three full-time Members, and one Secretary.
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2018-03-14 15:11:01+00:00
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC)💧💧
💦The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) functions in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)
💦As per Rules, 1989, it is responsible for appraisal of activities involving large scale use of hazardous microorganisms and recombinants in research and industrial production from the environmental angle
💦The committee is also responsible for appraisal of proposals relating to release of genetically engineered (GE) organisms and products into the enviornment including experimental field trials
💦GEAC is chaired by the Special Secretary/Additional Secretary of MoEF&CC and co-chaired by a representative from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT).
💦It meets every month to review the applications in the areas indicated above
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2018-03-14 14:23:46+00:00
Kurangani Hills🌳🌳
🌿Kolukkumalai = highest tea estate of world, rhodo valley, Theni district, Tamil Nadu.
Coffee, cardomom, mango, silver oak
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2018-03-14 14:18:05+00:00
♦️Project UNNATI of the Ministry of Shipping are benchmark operational and financial performance of the 12 major ports with selected Indian private ports and best-in-class international ports for identifying improvement areas.♦️
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2018-03-14 14:13:27+00:00
Solar flares🌞🌞
🔴Solar flare is a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface, associated with sunspots and causing radio and magnetic disturbances on the earth.
🔴The flare ejects clouds of electrons, ions, and atoms through the corona of the sun into space.
🔴Solar flares strongly influence the local space weather in the vicinity of the Earth. These particles can impact the Earth's magnetosphere and present radiation hazards to spacecraft and astronauts.
🔴Massive solar flares are sometimes accompanied by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) which can trigger geomagnetic storms that have been known to disable satellites and knock out terrestrial electric power grids for extended periods of time.
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2018-03-14 14:10:00+00:00
One Planet City Challenge (OPCC)🏙🏙
💡The One Planet City Challenge, previously known as the Earth Hour City Challenge, invites cities in participating countries to report ambitious and innovative climate actions and to demonstrate how they are delivering on the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change
💡Data is entered on the carbonn Climate Registry, and outreach and support is provided to cities in collaboration with ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
💡Final plans and data are then reviewed by an international jury of experts tasked with identifying the most outstanding cities
💡Since the inception of the Challenge in 2011, WWF has engaged over 411 cities across 5 continents
💡In 2017, 118 cities in 23 countries participated in the OPCC, which had a thematic focus on Sustainable transport and mobility as a major challenge facing cities everywhere
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2018-03-14 14:05:45+00:00
International Solar Alliance🔯🔯
💎The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an alliance of more than 121 countries, most of them being sunshine countries, which lie either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
💎The primary objective of the alliance is to work for efficient exploitation of solar energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels
💎The alliance is a treaty-based inter-governmental organization
💎The alliance is also called International Agency for Solar Policy and Application (IASPA)
💎The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is to be headquartered in India,gurugram.
💎The initiative was launched by PM Narendra Modi at the India Africa Summit and a meeting of member countries ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in November 2015.
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2018-03-13 17:26:12+00:00
Revenue Neutral Rate in context of GST❓
🌀Rate that allows government to receive same amount of money despite the changes in the tax structure.
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2018-03-13 17:24:01+00:00
Prompt Corrective Action ❓
♻️Taking corrective actions on banks in order to restore their financial health
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2018-03-13 17:20:28+00:00
With reference to Indian economy, what is Decoupling❓
✅ The economy does not grow or slow down in sync with global economy.
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2018-03-12 17:06:10+00:00
Udyam Sakhi Portal💡💡💡
👁🗨It is launched by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
👁🗨It is a portal for women entrepreneurs of India
👁🗨It is a network for nurturing entrepreneurship and creating business models for low cost products and services in order to empower women and make them self-reliant and self-sufficient.
👁🗨It provides assistance through its platform for entrepreneurship learning tools, incubation facility, training programs for fund raising, providing mentors, one-on-one investor meet, provide market survey facility and technical assistance.
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2018-03-12 17:03:41+00:00
India by the Nile (IBN) festival 2018❓
♻️6th edition of IBN held in Cairo, Egypt
♻️It showcases a range of Indian cultural output, including contemporary and classical music, dance, puppet theatre, visual arts, food and yoga
♻️Focus (2018) – Classical culture
♻️ It is the biggest foreign festival in Egypt and encourages artistic collaborations between the two countries
♻️It is organised by the Embassy of India in Egypt and the Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture in collaboration with entertainment company Teamwork Arts.
-Acumen IAS
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2018-03-12 17:02:04+00:00
Shekatkar Committee❓
🚩It was constituted by Ministry of Defence to recommend measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the armed forces.
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2018-03-12 16:59:59+00:00
IMPRINT India❓
✅ IMPacting Research INnovation and Technology or IMPRINT.
✅IMPRINT is the first of its kind MHRD supported Pan-IIT + IISc joint initiative to address the major science and engineering challenges that India must address and champion to enable, empower and embolden the nation for inclusive growth and self-reliance.
✅It is under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development.
It is aimed at -
✅Developing new engineering education policy
✅Creating a road map to pursue engineering challenges.
-Acumen IAS
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2018-03-11 02:52:03+00:00
COMMIT = new training programme ✔✔
✔✔Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training (COMMIT) for State Government officials.
✔✔To improve the public service delivery mechanism and provide citizen centric administration through capacity building of officials who interact with the citizens on day-to-day basis.
✔✔developed by DoPT in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
✔✔will be launched in 6 States of Assam, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal initially.
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2018-03-11 02:45:08+00:00
WINGS INDIA 2018 🐤🐤
🐣 It is a platform for interactions, forging alliances, investments and air connectivity between the States and the global aviation players & stakeholders
🐣 It is jointly organized by Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airport Authority of India and FICCI
🐣 The theme of the four-day biennial event this year is ‘India-Global Aviation Hub’
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2018-03-11 02:41:35+00:00
SATH PROGRAMME🌐🌐 : providing ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital’ with the State Governments.
🏁 to initiate transformation in the education and health sectors.
🏁 addresses the need expressed by many states for technical support from NITI aayog.
🏁 SATH program will be implemented by NITI Aayog along with McKinsey & Company and IPE Global consortium.
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2018-03-11 02:29:37+00:00
Walled city of Ahmedabad💎💎
🏢The walled city of Ahmedabad was founded in the 15th century by Ahmed Shah of Gujarat Sultanate. It is situated on the eastern bank of Sabarmati River. It presents rich architectural heritage from sultanate period, notably the Bhadra citadel, walls and gates of Fort city and numerous mosques and tombs, as well as important Hindu and Jain temples of later periods. It has 28 Archaeological Survey of India’s centrally protected monuments. The 5.5 km walled city area has approximate population of four lakh living in century old wooden residences in around 600 pols or neighbourhoods
Important Facts🐥🐥
🏦The walled city of Ahmedabad is first city in India to get World Heritage City status and third in Asia after Bhaktapur (Nepal) and Galle (Sri Lanka). India now has total 36 World Heritage Inscriptions 28 cultural, 7 natural and 1 mixed site. India is second after China in terms of number of world heritage properties in Asia and Pacific (ASPAC) region, and overall seventh in world.
World Heritage Cities Programme🌃
🏛It is one of six thematic programmes formally approved and monitored by World Heritage Committee (WHC) of UNESCO. It aims to assist state parties in the challenges of protecting and managing their urban heritage sites.
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2018-03-09 10:36:23+00:00
👆Rivers flowing through National Parks(Highly important for prelims) ✅
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2018-03-09 02:18:24+00:00
Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART)❓
♻️Chaired by the Union Minister for Rural Development
♻️Launched for sustainable development of rural areas.
♻️Autonomous body registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
♻️Nodal agency for catalyzing and coordinating the emerging partnership between voluntary organizations and the Government.
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2018-03-06 03:02:07+00:00
Vigilant Ace❓
✅It is the annual US-South Korea drill to enhance their readiness and operational capability and to ensure peace and security on Korean Peninsula.
✅Largest ever joint aerial drill conducted by USA and South Korea recently in response to North Korea’s testing of Hwasong15, its most powerful ICBM.
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2018-03-05 16:00:02+00:00
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) ❓
🌀It is an intergovernmental organisation, located in Hague, Netherlands.
🌀It promotes and verifies the adherence to the Chemical Weapons Convention which prohibits the use of chemical weapons and requires their destruction.
🌀The organisation is not an agency of the United Nations, but cooperates both on policy and practical issues.
🌀All 192 parties to the Chemical Weapons convention are automatically members of the OPCW.
🌀Non-members are Israel, which is a signatory state that have not ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, and Egypt, North Korea and South Sudan
🌀The organisation was awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
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2018-03-05 15:51:20+00:00
The Nature Conservation Foundation❓
✅It is a non-governmental wildlife conservation and research organisation based in Mysore, India
✅Their mission is to carry out "science-based and socially responsible conservation".
✅The organisation has partnered with the International Snow Leopard Trust and the Government of India to launch a Project Snow Leopard, similar to Project Tiger
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2018-03-04 13:33:50+00:00
Qal’at al-Bahrain❓
🔰 It is an ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun heritage site in Bahrain, near its capital city of Manama.
🔰It comprises four main elements – an archaeological tell (artificial mound), a sea tower near the tell, a sea channel near the sea tower and palm groves.
🔰The tell is the centre of the site.
🔰It is believed to have been occupied for over 4,000 years and is considered the capital of the Dilmun civilisation, an important ancient civilisation that thrived in the area.
🔰The site was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.
🔰Barbar pottery, relics of copper and ivory, pots and vessels, fishing tools and a socketed spearhead were some of the artefacts found during the excavations.
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2018-03-04 13:31:30+00:00
Dilmun was recently in news, associated with ❓
♦️It was an ancient Semitic-speaking polity in Mesopotamia mentioned from the 3rd millennium BC onwards.
♦️Based on textual evidence, it was located in the Persian Gulf, on a trade route between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley Civilization, close to the sea and to artesian springs.
♦️The scholarly consensus is that Dilmun encompassed Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the coastal regions of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
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2018-03-04 13:29:06+00:00
Lamitye❓
✅Lamitye 2018, bilateral military exercise between Indian Army and Seychelles People’s Defence Force
✅Held at Mahe Island in Seychelles archipelago.
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2018-03-04 09:01:02+00:00
World Food Programme❓
1⃣The WFP is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations.
2⃣It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
3⃣It works to help people who cannot produce or obtain enough food for themselves and their families.
4⃣It was established in 1961 after the 1960 Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Conference.
5⃣Its headquarter is in Rome (Italy) and has more than 80 country offices around the world.
6⃣It provides food assistance to an average of 80 million people in 75 countries each year.
7⃣It is a member of the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) and part of its Executive Committee.
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2018-03-03 13:06:35+00:00
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)💰
💎The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 by the Ministers of its Member Jurisdictions
💎The objectives of the FATF are to set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system
💎The FATF is, therefore, a “policy-making body” which works to generate the necessary political will to bring about national legislative and regulatory reforms in these areas
💎The FATF has developed a series of Recommendations that are recognized as the international standard for combating of money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
💎The FATF monitors the progress of its members in implementing necessary measures, reviews money laundering and terrorist financing techniques and counter-measures, and promotes the adoption and implementation of appropriate measures globally
💎The FATF's decision-making body, the FATF Plenary, meets three times per year
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2018-03-03 13:03:28+00:00
Olive ridley turtles🐢
🔸The Olive ridley turtles are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world, inhabiting warm waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans
🔸The species is recognized as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red list
🔸These turtles, along with their cousin the Kemps ridley turtle, are best known for their unique mass nesting called Arribada
🔸During this phenomenal nesting, up to 600,000 and more females emerge from the waters, over a period of five to seven days, to lay eggs
🔸The coast of Orissa in India is the largest mass nesting site for the Olive-ridley, followed by the coasts of Mexico and Costa Rica
🔸The Olive ridley gets its name from its olive-colored carapace, which is heart-shaped and rounded
🔸International trade in these turtles and their products is banned under CITES Appendix I
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2018-03-03 13:01:20+00:00
National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) ❓
✅Union Cabinet approved establishment of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) as an independent regulator for the auditing profession.
✅NFRA will independent regulator under Companies Act, 2013.
✅Its mandate is for establishment and enforcement of accounting and auditing standards and oversight of work of auditors.
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2018-03-03 13:01:19+00:00
Svalbard Global Seed Vault❓
🌀It is a facility located on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean
🌀It houses the world's largest collection of seeds
🌀The seeds can be of use in the event of a global catastrophe or when some species are lost due to natural disasters
🌀There have been over a million seed samples deposited by 73 institutions till date
🌀The Nordic Genetic Research Centre (NordGen) is responsible for the Vault’s operation and management
🌀The Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT) provides scientific guidance and assistance in arranging shipments to the Vault and also finances a large part of the day-to-day operation and management of the Vault
🌀After the FAO’s International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, an international legal framework for conserving and accessing crop diversity, the ‘global’ Vault became a practical possibility
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2018-03-02 11:04:16+00:00
India Year Book 2018 👆👆
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2018-03-01 17:51:04+00:00
"Wood is Good" campaign ❓
✅Ministry of Environment launched the “Wood is Good” campaign in the occasion of Forest-Plus programme
✅It is to promote wood as a climate-friendly resource and substitute to materials like steel and plastic as it is a renewable resource, having zero carbon footprint
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2018-03-01 17:10:13+00:00
Jigyasa Initiative❓
🌀It focuses on connecting school students and scientists so as to extend student’s classroom learning
🌀CSIR, has joined hands with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to implement this programme.
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2018-03-01 17:04:48+00:00
Operation Insaniyat❓
🔶Government of India provide humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh on account of influx of Rohingya refugees
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2018-03-01 16:59:43+00:00
RoadWatch❓
✅Wildlife Trust of India and David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation have launched a mobile application called RoadWatch to help citizens report wildlife roadkills easily using their smartphones from anywhere in the country.
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2018-03-01 16:53:31+00:00
SHAKTI policy❓
💢The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently cleared the New Coal Linkage Policy known as SHAKTI or the Scheme to Harness and Allocate Koyla (Coal) Transparently in India.
💢The Policy would provide coal linkages to power plants which lacks fuel supply agreements (FSAs) through coal auctions
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2018-03-01 02:43:10+00:00
Drypetes kalamii❓
🌀Botanical Survey of India identified a new plant species in Jaldapara and Buxa National Parks.
🌀It is a small shrub found to be shorter version of its close relative Drypetes ellisii.
🌀 It is unisexual in nature, which means they have separate male and female plants
🌀IUCN have provisionally assessed the plant to be “Critically Endangered”💡
🌀It is found in wet, shaded areas of subtropical moist semi-evergreen forests, at a height ranging 50-100 metres.