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28 JULY 2019

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●Cost of transportation of freight;-{RITES Report -2014} •highways(2.50 ₹/Tkm) > railways(1.36) > inland water transport(1.06)  •Tonne-kilometre(Tkm)↪ is a unit of measure of freight transport  ●Montague-Chelmsford Reforms{act-1919};- ↪to introduce self-governing institutions gradually to India ↪separated central and provincial subject(transferred and 'reserved-alone governor')known as ‘dyarchy->double rule' ↪also introduced bicameralism •Association of Indians with the executive councils of viceroy and governors was first introduced in act-1909{in act-1919 numbers increased to 3} ●Gravitational redshift or Einstein shift;- ↪Is the process by which electromagnetic radiation originating from a source that is in a gravitational field is reduced in frequency ●Central Information Commission;- ↪consists of a Chief & not more than 10 -Information Commissioners •appointed by the President{committee consisting PM as Chairperson,Leader of Opposition in LS and a Union C
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26 JULY 2018

●The quadrennial tiger census survey;- ↪designed by the "Wildlife Institute of India" ↪to count the elusive national animal by "camera traps" ●South Korea’s new policy;- ↪aim to better connect South Korea to ASEAN(& seeks to curb its reliance on traditional trading partners like China &US) ●Girinka programme(one cow per poor family);- ↪PM modi presented 200 cows to poor villagers in Rwanda  ↪for their nutritional and financial security ●'Sashakt' plan;- ↪ approved by the government to address the problem of resolving bad loans •inter-creditor agreement;-(under sashakt plan} ↪ is aimed at the resolution of loan accounts with a size of ₹50 crore and above ●Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was the founder-President of↪ Bharatiya Jana Sangh ●Dr Ambedkar was founder of ↪Republican Party of India(RPI), Scheduled Castes Federation(SCF) & Independent Labour Party
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25 JULY 2018

↪India-Africa trade has shown a slump in recent years. ↪India's investment level in Africa has come down while china's has burgeoned ●Inter-Creditor Agreement (ICA);- ↪to speed up the resolution of stressed assets of Rs 50 crore and above ↪was framed under the aegis of the "Indian Banks’ Association" ↪if 2/3rd(66%)of the lenders in terms of aggregate exposure approve, then the resolution plan is binding on all the lenders. ↪NBFC also expected to sign the agreement. ●Article -19(FRs);- •The right to demonstration or picketing but not right to strike.(j) •Right to telecast(e) •Right against bundh called by political party or organization(f) •Right against tapping of telephonic conversation(d) etc. ●Privilege Motion;- ↪It is concerned with the breach of parliamentary privileges by a minister ↪privilege motion can move against any member of parliament ●Public Affairs Index;-{by Public Affairs Centre,NGO} ↪ranks the states of India from the lens of governance
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24 JULY 2018

●The Maluti village Temple(Jharkhand);- ↪sixty-odd surviving temples are exquisite examples of "Bengal-style terracotta art" ●space weather;- ↪generally refers to conditions on the Sun and in the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere ●Artillery gun;- ↪Is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small  arms.like -- •Dhanush •K9 Vajra T •M777 Howitzer ●operational/ navigableNational Waterways (NWs) in India ;- •NW ↪1,2,3,4 & NW ↪ 9,10, 27,68,85,  &NW↪ 97,100,111 ●Adoption & Succession↪ concurrent list •Public health,Public order &Land ↪states list
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23 JULY 2018

●Bosphorus strait;- ↪unites Black Sea & Sea of Marmara ●J&K handicrafts accorded GI tags;- ↪Pashmina ↪Sozani craft ↪Walnut wood carving ↪Hand-knotted carpet ●"Coordination and determination of standards in institutions for higher education"↪Union List(66th) ●The tail of a feathered dinosaur & two wings from birds that lived alongside dinosaurs↪recently found in "Myanmar" ●Ellen MacArthur Foundation;- ↪aims to redefine products and services to design waste out beyond the current “take, make and dispose” extractive industrial model(Accelerate the transition to a circular economy
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20 JULY 2018

●Samagra Shiksha’ scheme  For all-round development of school children(primary to 12th)will subsumes  •Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan •Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan •Teacher Education ●joint military exercise with India ;- •Magnolia – Ex Nomadic Elephant •Bangladesh– Table Top Ex •Israel – Ex Blue Flag •Oman – Ex Eastern Bridge ●Execution and coordination of the ‘National Monsoon Mission’ come under  Indian Instituted of Tropical Meteorology(IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences ●Meghalayan Age;- ↪marked by a mega-drought that crushed a number of civilisations worldwide. ●Wood Wide Web;- ↪Trees secretly talk to and share resources with each other(Trees do this using a network of fungi that grow around inside their roots)
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19 JULY 2018

●Mission Birubala & Project Prahari;- ↪campaigning against witch-hunting  ●Expanding universe hypothesis;- •Edwin Hubble, in 1920↪provided evidence that universe is expanding(As time passes, galaxies move further and further apart) ●Vikas engine;- ↪Is aimed at improving the playload capability of PSLV,GSLV &GSLV MK -III launch vehicles ●India’s spending on R&D;-(0.7% of GDP) •Public sector↪0.4%(from 0.5% in 2009) •Private sector↪ 0.3%(from 0.2% in 2009) ●Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) ;- ↪Programme aims to address development deficits in the identified minority concentration areas ↪Now the population criteria has been lowered to 25% for 'Cluster of Villages'
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