Add-Ons Flashcards
The Dard Aryans of Ladakh
• Some 200 km from Leh are the villages of Dha, Hanu, Garkone and Darchik on both sides of the
Indus River, inhabited by Buddhist Dard Tribes. The villages are together called “Aryan valley”.
• The people of this region are culturally and linguistically different from those in other parts of
Ladakh, and have been accorded the status of Scheduled Tribes (STs)
• They rear goat and sheep for milk and meat, and their festivals are based on the solar calendar and
worship trees, rivers and mountains. The tribe is struggling to find a balance between modernity
and traditional values.
• They have demanded that the government set up a tribal hostel and declare the “Aryan valley” a
heritage village to boost tourism.
Dictionary for Martyrs
• PM Narendra Modi recently released the Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle.
• The aim is to nurture and recall the brave deeds of the heroes of our freedom struggle.
• The project for compilation of “Dictionary of Martyrs” of India’s Freedom Struggle
was commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, to the Indian Council of Historical Research
(ICHR) to commemorate the 150th anniversary of uprising of 1857.
• In this dictionary a martyr has been defined as a person who died or who was killed in action
or in detention, or was awarded capital punishment while participating in the national movement
for emancipation of India.
Constitution of Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic
Communities
• Setting up of a Committee under the Chairpersonship of Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog which
will complete the process of identification of the Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic
Communities (DNCs) that have not yet been formally classified.
• The Government has decided to set up a Development and Welfare Board under the Societies
Registration Act, 1860 under the aegis of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for the
purpose of implementing development and welfare programmes for Denotified, Nomadic and Seminomadic Communities.
STARS scheme
Scheme for Translational and Advanced Research
by HRD
• The STARS project will be coordinated by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
• The Rs 250 crore worth of funds will be used for around 500 science projects.
• Those who are interested to get their projects funded by STAR need to send in their applications for
a competition.
• The applications will be released in the first week of April 2019. The selection of the benefitting
projects will be done on the basis of competitions.
Voluntary code of ethics for the general election 2019
Social media platforms and the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) have presented a ‘Voluntary Code of Ethics for the General Election 2019 to the Election Commission of India.
• Participants including BIGO, ByteDance, Facebook, Google, Sharechat and Twitter have agreed to take action on the content reported by the nodal officer, expeditiously, in accordance with the law.
• The Social media platforms will deploy appropriate policies and processes to facilitate access to information on electoral matters where appropriate and keeping in mind the principle of freedom of expression.
• The platforms have voluntarily undertaken to establish a high-priority communication channel with the nodal officers designated by the ECI.
• The Election commission together with platforms has developed a notification mechanism by which the electoral body can notify them of potential violations under Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act and on other matters.
• Platforms will ensure that political advertisements by parties or their candidates are pre-certified.
