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13 Aug 2021 06:52

SWAMIH Investment Fund

Special Window for Affordable & Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) Fund.

This is a government backed fund that was set up as a Category-II AIF (Alternate Investment Fund) debt fund registered with SEBI, launched in 2019 ,SWAMIH Investment Fund was formed to complete construction of stalled, RERA-registered affordable and mid-income category housing projects which are stuck due to paucity of funds.

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09 Aug 2021 04:25

Hakki bakki tribe
literally bird hunters, Scheduled Tribes in Karnataka semi-nomadic tribe who have travelled and lived in various parts of the country speak Indo Aryan language called ‘Vaagri’ follow a curious naming practice, where the parents named their new born child after the first word that came to their mind has been severely impacted by the Covid-19

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01 Jan 2021 02:38

Happy new year to everyone😊😊

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25 Dec 2020 04:03

May you receive all that you desire for and dream for. May this Christmas bring you all that you need in life. Merry Christmas!

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22 Nov 2020 10:17

You have roughly 210 days to prepare for prelims 2021. Come out of Deepawali hangover and start preparing in such a way that next year you shall not fail even if everything becomes even more uncertain. Come out of your comfort zone and start doing things that matter - writing regularly, solving questions every day, writing essays, giving mocks regularly etc.

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15 Oct 2020 16:59

https://m.timesofindia.com/life-style/fashion/designers/indias-oscar-winning-designer-bhanu-athaiya-dies-at-91/articleshow/78682679.cms

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04 Oct 2020 11:18

UPSC-Civil-Services-Preliminary-Exam-2020-Question-Paper-General-Studies-Paper-1.pdf

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28 Sep 2020 09:54

https://m.hindustantimes.com/education/upsc-prelims-2020-upsc-says-impossible-to-defer-exam-now-matter-posted-for-sept-30/story-LboSlN7aXsQUk4LDtJdE4I.html

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11 Sep 2020 06:53

Nicaragua becomes 87th Nation to Sign ISA Framework Agreement

Nicaragua has become the latest country to join the Internat International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement which is an initiative led by India to promote sustainable energy.

The International Solar Alliance was jointly launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former French President Francois Hollande at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in November 2015.

The ISA is an alliance of 121 countries, most of them being sunshine countries which lie either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Trend the Tropic of Capricorn.

Inclusion of UN member countries to the alliance will put solar energy in global agenda.

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09 Sep 2020 22:07

5_6253445118523605311.pdf

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01 Sep 2020 10:29

https://upsconline.nic.in/eadmitcard/admitcard_csp_2020/

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31 Aug 2020 11:45

T N Seshan = Born in Thirunellai, Palakkad district of Kerala, he was awarded the
Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1996 + T N Seshan was credited for enforcing the
model code of conduct to reign in muscle and money power during elections during
his tenure as the 10th CEC

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26 Aug 2020 09:34

Type of vaccines:

Inactivated: These are vaccines made by using particles of the Covid-19 virus that were killed, making them unable to infect or replicate. Injecting particular doses of these particles serves to build immunity by helping
the body create antibodies against the dead virus.

Non-replicating viral vector: It uses a weakened, genetically modified version of a different virus to carry the Covid-19 spike protein.

Protein subunit: This vaccine uses a part of the virus to build an immune response in a targeted fashion. In this case, the part of the virus being targeted would be the spike protein.

RNA: Such vaccines use the messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules that tell cells what proteins to build. The mRNA,
in this case, is coded to tell the cells to recreate the spike protein. Once it is injected, the cells will use the mRNA’s instructions, creating copies of the spike protein, which in turn is expected to prompt the immune cells to create antibodies to fight it.

DNA: These vaccines use genetically engineered DNA molecules that, again, are coded with the antigen against which the immune response is to be built.

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24 Aug 2020 12:05

Nagaland Insurgency:

In the words of famous and renowned Historian Ramachandra Guha, it is an issue which is older than Kashmir issue and as Stubborn as is the Kashmir issue if not more.

What they have traditionally demanded is a Separate Naga Nation. However after the 2015 Framework agreement between G.o.I and Naga Political groups, it is generally believed that they have given up this demand. However there is no clarity as the agreement details are not in the public domain.

However recently, it has been observed that the differences over the agreement is growing between Govt and NSCN (IM). National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak Muivah) is a Major insurgent group which is leading the insurgency from the front.

The demands by NSCN (IM) such as Separate Constitution, Separate Flag and a Greater Nagalim by merging areas of other states that have Naga Population are making it difficult to negotiate as Govt is unwilling to give that much leeway. Moreover merging areas of other states into so called Greater Nagalim is very contentious as it will fuel the insurgencies in other states and especially in Manipur

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22 Aug 2020 08:47

National Productivity Council (NPC)

Autonomous registered society under Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Promotes productivity culture in India

It is an autonomous, multipartite, non-profit has been registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860

NPC is a constituent of the Tokyo-based Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an Intergovernmental Body, of which the Government of India is a founder member.

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10 Aug 2021 03:09

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has expanded the Saral Sanchar Portal. ‘SARAL SANCHAR’ (Simplified Application For Registration and Licenses) is a web-based portal for Issuing various types of licenses and registration certificates.

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11 Feb 2021 11:53

MoU signed for the construction of the Lalandar Dam New Development Partnership between India and Afghanistan.

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26 Dec 2020 09:20

Strategic Policy & Facilitation Bureau = Union Ministry of AYUSH and Invest India
will form a collaboration to set up a strategic policy unit called “Strategic Policy &
Facilitation Bureau (SPFB)”, to facilitate planned and systematic growth of the Ayush
Sector. It will support the Ministry in strategic and policy making initiatives that shall
help pave the way to reach the full potential of the Sector and stimulate growth and
investment

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01 Dec 2020 19:30

https://t.co/oZSlZFaelH

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20 Nov 2020 11:38

YUKTI 2.0
Ministry of Human Resource Development, extension of ‘YUKTI - Young India combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Portal’ to help systematically assimilate technologies having commercial potential and information related to incubated startups in higher

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11 Oct 2020 16:43

https://t.co/YMmKZLulGN

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03 Oct 2020 07:44

We wish all our students all the best for the exam. Have faith in yourself and give ur best. 👍
Keep urself hydrated and anxiety away.

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11 Sep 2020 13:06

SECURITY CATEGORIES IN INDIA

* In India, Government of India provides security to some high-risk individuals by the police and local government.

* Individuals under this security blanket include the President, Vice-President, Prime-Minister, Supreme Court and High Court Judges, Service Chiefs of Indian Armed Forces, Governors of State, Chief Ministers and Cabinet Ministers.

* Special Protection Group (SPG) category:Strength of security detail is Classified (only to the Prime Minister)

* Z+ category: It has a security cover of 55 personnel (Including 10+ NSG Commando) + (Police Personnel)

* Z category: It has a security cover of 22 personnel (Including 4 or 5 NSG Commando) + (Police Personnel)

* Y category: It has a security cover of 11 personnel (Including 1 or 2 Commando) + (Police Personnel)

* X category: It has a security cover of 2 personnel (No Commando, Only Armed Police Personnel)

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11 Sep 2020 06:53

Palm cultivation in North-East

The Prime Minister of India appealed to the farmers in the North-East States to take up oil palm cultivation with an aim to make India self-sufficient in edible oils. 

India is heavily dependent on imported edible oils. With nearly 15 million tonnes (or nearly 68 per cent) of edible oils gets imported to meet the country’s annual requirements of about 22 million tonnes. Of the total 15 million tonnes of imports, nearly 60 per cent or about 9 million tonnes is palm oils.

Palm Oil is an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, having the scientific name  Elaeis guineensis. 

Palm oil is an incredibly efficient crop, producing more oil per land area than any other equivalent vegetable oil crop fulfilling 35% of the world’s vegetable oil demand on just 10% of the land.

Two types of oil can be produced, crude palm oil comes and palm kernel oil, of which crude has more demand.

Palm oil is an extremely versatile oil that has many different properties.

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01 Sep 2020 10:30

Upsc admit cards for CSE 2020 are available on the websites, kindly download them.

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31 Aug 2020 11:45

National Health Profile (NHP) 2019 = annual publication of the Central Bureau of
Health Intelligence (CBHI). The first release of the annual publication was in 2005. It
covers all the major information on Demography, Socio-Economic Status, Disease Morbidity & Mortality, Healthcare Finance, Human Resources in Health and
Healthcare Infrastructure. NHP is an initiative which is at par with international
standards of data publications + (National Health Profile-2019 = which was recently
released by the Union Health Ministry + Acute respiratory infections (ARI) accounted
for 69.47% of morbidity last year which was the highest in the communicable disease
category, leading to 27.21% mortality + Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala,
Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal reported a large number of patients and
fatalities due to ARI)

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28 Aug 2020 09:23

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/states-can-have-sub-groups-among-scssts-supreme-court/article32453272.ece

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24 Aug 2020 12:06

India has a Huge Domestic Market. India saw High Rates of Growth during the Years of 1990s and 2000s. A Huge Middle Class came into existence due to these High Growth Rate Years.

An Important Question that can be asked in this context is: Can India Weaponize its Market in pursuance of its Foreign Policy?

The Question does demand a serious consideration. We are the 2nd largest market for Mobile Phones. In terms of Defence Imports, we are again the 2nd largest. India is the 3rd largest market for Solar Power Equipment apart from the 3rd largest consumer of Oil. Also, we provide the largest consumer base for tech giants like Facebook, Amazon etc.

If we consider China, it has had used the access to its Market as a leverage point while negotiating Foreign Policy with countries like Australia, Phillipines and U.S.A

So What can be the Conclusion? As per my understanding, we must use this unique plus point while framing the rules of engagement with other world powers. However, saying that we will weaponize this aspect would be wrong. Because if we say for example, use this against China, it may also retaliate by snapping supplies of essential Pharmaceutical Ingredients to India and other strategic raw material needed by our Domestic Industry.

So in essence, we do have an option here. But it should be employed in a manner that it maximizes our Returns while minimizing the Costs for us

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24 Aug 2020 11:11

Union Environment Ministry launched the National Transit Pass System (NTPS), an online system for issuing transit permits for timber, bamboo and other forest produce.

NTPS will bring ease of business and expedite issuance of transit permits for timber, bamboo and other minor forest produce without physically going to forest offices. Through mobile application e-pass will be issued for transit of forest produce.

The pilot project will be functional in Madhya Pradesh and Telangana for now. The system will be will be operational in all states by Diwali.

This will enhance seamless movement of forest produce. Transit of timber, bamboo and other forest produce is governed by various state specific acts and rules.

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21 Aug 2020 19:54

Nagaland Insurgency:

In the words of famous and renowned Historian Ramachandra Guha, it is an issue which is older than Kashmir issue and as Stubborn as is the Kashmir issue if not more.

What they have traditionally demanded is a Separate Naga Nation. However after the 2015 Framework agreement between G.o.I and Naga Political groups, it is generally believed that they have given up this demand. However there is no clarity as the agreement details are not in the public domain.

However recently, it has been observed that the differences over the agreement is growing between Govt and NSCN (IM). National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak Muivah) is a Major insurgent group which is leading the insurgency from the front.

The demands by NSCN (IM) such as Separate Constitution, Separate Flag and a Greater Nagalim by merging areas of other states that have Naga Population are making it difficult to negotiate as Govt is unwilling to give that much leeway. Moreover merging areas of other states into so called Greater Nagalim is very contentious as it will fuel the insurgencies in other states and especially in Manipur