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— is un day . adopet charter in — w — members.
Its actions have been rewarded with 12 Nobel Peace Prizes, the last of which was awarded to the World
Food Programme in —-.
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1945
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2020 - wfp (just 1 out of 12 nboel peace prizes)
At the time of formation, the UN had — permanent members with a
total of — members, presently, it has — members but permanent members in the UN
General Assembly are still 5
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India has launched 385 satellites for —–. different countries on board psv since 1999.
in 1999, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), put a 45-kg —- satellite and a 110-kg sat—-satellite into desired orbi
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45 kg german and 110 kg Korean
(Isro) is set to conduct the final launch of the Polar Satellite Launch vehicle (PSLV) . The PSLV-C— mission will lift off with — satellites to be deployed in the sun-synchronous orbit completing the last mission of the PSLV for 2022, which includes the primary satellite EOS- — which is aprt of oceansat series+ and eight nanosatellites that have been developed by private companies (customer satllites) and also jointly by India and —-.
will be –th flight of pslv . The vehicle will launch with a lift-off mass of 321 tonnes. The Earth Observation Satellite-06 is the third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series and is designed to provide continuity services of Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced. payload specifications as well as application areas
so oCeansat——., will replace Oceansat-2, which was launched in Sept.
PSLV C54
9 satellites
EOS-06
india and bhutan – 8 nano
56th flight
oceansat -3 series
nov’26: this will be 56th flight of pslv -c54 and the —th and final launch of the vehicle in 2022. The —– meter rocket and 321 tonne rocet.
he satellite will be deployed in the sun-synchronous orbit, which is a kind of polar orbit where satellites traveling over the polar regions are synchronous with the Sun. This means they are synchronized to always be in the same fixed position relative to the Sun. According to the European Space Agency, the sun-synchronous orbit ensures that the satellite always visits the same spot at the same local time.
5th and final in 2022
44.4 m
The LVM3- —- mission is a dedicated commercial mission for a foreign customer OneWeb, through NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Central Public Sector Enterprise.(CPSE).
This newest rocket is capable of launching —– -kilogram class of satellites into GTO
(Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit) and —– kgs of payloads into LEO. It is a —- -stage launch
vehicle consisting of two solid propellant S200 strap-ons on its sides and core stage comprising
L110 liquid stage and C25 cryogenic stage.
LVM3-M2
4000 kg
8000 kg
3 stage
(2 starpons + 1 cyro +1 liquid)
features of lvm3:
First Commercial Mission of LVM3
First launch of LVM3 to LEO
First Indian rocket with — -ton payload
First NSIL Mission with LVM3
First OneWeb Mission with NSIL/Department of Space.
6 ton playload
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV): GSLV is a much more powerful rocket, meant to carry heavier satellites much deeper into space. To date, GSLV rockets have carried out —- missions, of which four ended in failure.
It can take 10,000 kg of satellites to lower the earth’s orbits.
The indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), forms the third stage of GSLV Mk II.
Mk-III versions have made ISRO entirely self-sufficient in launching its satellites.
Before this, it used to depend on the European —– launch vehicle to take its heavier satellites into space.
GSLV Mark-III was used to launch the Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon in —-, which was the first operational flight of the rocket.
ISRO has renamed the GSLV Mark-III as Launch Vehicle Mark-III.
A GSLV – for the Geostationary Orbit (GEO) – will continue to be called so. The LVM3 will go everywhere —GEO, Medium Earth orbit (MEO), LEO, and missions to the moon, sun.
18 missios
Arianne
2019
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV): PSLV’s first launch was in —, and it has been ISRO’s main rocket ever since. Today’s PSLV, however, is vastly improved and several times more powerful than the ones used in the 1990s.
It is the first Indian launch vehicle to be equipped with liquid stages!!!!
PSLV is the most reliable rocket used by ISRO to date, with — of its 54 flights being successful.
It successfully launched two spacecraft – Chandrayaan-1 in —- and Mars Orbiter Spacecraft in —– – that later travelled to Moon and Mars respectively
1994
52 /54 successful
2008
2013
OneWeb Constellation operates in a LEO Polar Orbit Satellites are arranged in — rings (Orbital planes) with 49 satellites in each plane. The orbital planes are —-
km above the Earth. Each satellite completes a full trip around the earth every — minutes.
12 rings
1200 km
109 min
The Mandal Commission or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission (SEBC), was established in India in —- by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister —– with a mandate to “identify the socially or educationally backward classes” of India. It was headed by B.P. mandal or Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal
the commission’s report recommended that members of Other Backward Classes (OBC) be granted reservations to 27% of jobs under the Central government and public sector undertakings, thus making the total number of reservations for SC, ST and OBC to 49%
1979
Morarji Desai
n November 1st, — of the 28 Indian states and 2 Union Territories observed their formation day. The states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, —–, —-, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and — besides the Union Territories of —- and — were formed on this day, though in different ye
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haryana
punjab
ktaka
lashkwadeep
puducheery
Overall GGG is closed by —-%. At the current rate of progress, it will take — years to reach full parity.
Although no country achieved full gender parity, the top 3 economies closed at least 80% of their gender gaps:
Iceland (90.8%)
Finland (86%),
Norway (84.5%)
South Asia will take the longest to reach gender parity, which is estimated to be likely in —- years.
68.1%
132 yrs
197 yrs
ly, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022.
It is conferred by Section 4 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, —- and in supersession of the Forest (Conservation) Rules, —–. It constituted an Advisory Committee, a regional empowered committee at each of the integrated regional offices and a screening committee at State/Union Territory (UT) government-level.
Regional Empowered Committees:
All linear projects (roads, highways, etc), projects involving forest land up to —- hectares and those that have projected a use of forest land having a canopy density up to — — irrespective of their extent for the purpose of survey — shall be examined in the Integrated Regional Office.
1980 act
2003 rules
40 hectares
0.7 canopy desntiy
Project Screening Committee:
The MoEFCC has directed the constitution of a project screening committee in each state/UT for an initial review of proposals involving diversion of forest land.
The five-member committee will meet at least —– every month and will advise the state governments on projects in a time bound manner.
All non-mining projects between — to -40 hectares must be reviewed within a period of 60 days and all such mining projects must be reviewed within — days.
For projects involving a larger area, the committee gets some more time — —– days for non-mining projects involving more than —- hectares and 150 days for mining projects
twice eevry motnh
5 to 40 hectares 75 days (minign, 60-non mining)
120 days (non miining and 150 for mining)
100 hecatres
Compensatory Afforestation:
The applicants for diverting forest land in a hilly or mountainous state with green cover covering more than two-thirds of its geographical area, or in a state/UT with forest cover covering more than one-third of its geographical area, will be able to take up compensatory afforestation in other states/UTs where the cover is less than —–%.
Indian Forest Policy, —–
Forest Conservation Act, —-::
National Forest Policy, —-: had 33% goal
National Afforestation Programme :
It has been implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change since —- for the afforestation of degraded forest lands.
20% (w. 2/3rd mount or 1/3rd geo)
1952
1980
1988
nap- since 2000
he Biodiversity Diversity Act of —-.
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, —–:
2002
2006
On November 18, —–, the Central Government constituted the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) with —- as its chairman. The main objective of the committee was to come up with a sustainable farming system.
was named the first World Food Prize Laureate in —
2004
ms swaminathan
1987
The Convention of the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in - a–nd entered into force in —-.
It comprises —- members and is elected in the General Assembly of the Convention according to the principles of equitable geographical representation and rotation.
Members of the Committee are elected for a term of —- years.
India has – intangible cultural heritage elements on the prestigious UNESCO Representative List of ICH of Humanity.
2003
2006
24
4 yrs
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pfi formed in –.
The Chairman of PFI is—- and the Vice Chairman of Popular Front of India (PFI) is ——.
The Keralan government asserted in —- that the group was a revival of the Indian Mujahideen affiliate Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), a terrorist organisation that had been outlawed.
PFI was banned 5 years ago too by the —– govt but ban was lifted by the High Court.
The SDPI, the PFI’s political wing, was excluded from the ban.
2006
OMA Abdul Salam - prez
em abdul rahiman
2012
Chattisgarh
According to Section — of the UAPA, membership in a banned organisation is illegal-belonging to an organisation that is prohibited carries a minimum —- -year sentence and, in some cases, a life sentence or even the death penalty. anyone who “is and continues to be a member of such association; participates in such association’s meetings; contributes to, receives, or solicits any contribution for the benefit of such association; or in any other manner assists the operations of such association shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be liable to fine.”Anyone who supports the goals of the prohibited organisation is likewise subject to it.
Section – of the UAPA’s grants the government the authority to “prohibit use of funds” by an “illegal group.
The Center is authorised to “notify any place which in its opinion is used for the purpose of such unlawful organisation” under Section —- of the UAPA.
section 10-memberhsip
minimum 2 yr senence
section 7- use of funds
section 8 - pplace
According to Section — of the UAPA, after the Centre declares an organisation “unlawful”, its notification must reach the tribunal within 30 days to adjudicate “whether or not there is sufficient cause” for the move
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lothal was nominated in April – as a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
and its application is pending on the tentative list of UNESCO. The excavated site of Lothal is the
only port-town of the —- Civilisation. In the region, it can be compared with other
Indus port towns of Balakot (Pakistan), Khirasa (in Gujarat’s Kutch) and Kuntasi (in Rajkot).
A Some of the important sites of Indus Valley Civilization are: Harappa in
present —–, Mohenjo-daro in present Afghanisthan, Ropar in Punjab, Banawali in Haryana etc.
2014
Indus Valley
Pakistan
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool for comprehensively measuring
and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels. The GHI score is calculated on a 100-
point scale reflecting the severity of hunger - zero is the best score (implies no hunger) and 100 is
the worst. The GHI is prepared by European NGOs of Concern Worldwide and —–.
GHI scores are based on the values of four component indicators:
Undernourishment, Child stunting, Child wasting, Child mortalit
Welthungerhilfe.
GJI 2022;
India’s child wasting rate (low weight for height), at —%, is worse than the levels recorded in 2014 (15.1%) and even 2000 (17.15%). Prevalence of
undernourishment has also risen in the country from 14.6% in 2018-2020 to —-% in 2019-
2021
19.3%
16.3%
The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023 has
finally been released and as expected, the University of Oxford has once again topped the
ranking list- for –th time in a row. A total of 1,799 universities from as many as —- countries and regions have been ranked this year which is 137 more than last year’’s rankings.
There are — areas by taking into account which the performance:
a. Teaching
b. Research
c. Knowledge transfer
d. International outlook
A record ——- Indian institutes featured in Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023, an increase from 71 last year, though none of them have broken into the top-250 league yet.
iisc Bangalore, is the country’’s highestranked institution, placed between 251-300 ranks, moving up one group band after being in the
301-350 band for three consecutive years. Even with seven of the first-generation Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs) continuing to boycott the rankings, India is the —–th mostrepresented country in the 2023 list. In the 2017 edition of THE ranking, only 31 Indian
universities were ranked.
7th time
104 countries
4 areas
75 indian isnutttes
6th most rep
: India’s existing power generation portfolio is the world’s —- largest at nearly —- GW, and
S&P Global Market Intelligence data shows another 203 GW of planned capacity.
Bloomberg NEF on June 22 estimated that India would need investments
totaling $223 billionto meet the 2030 target.
aim: – gw by 2022
third largest
360 gw
175 gw
: —— solar parks of aggregate capacity 37
GW have been approved in India.
The total installed capacity for renewable energy in India is —- GW.
Solar Parks in Pavagada (2 GW), Kurnool (1 GW) and Bhadla-II (648 MW) are included in the top
5 operational solar parks of 7 GW capacity in the country. The world’s largest renewable energy
park of 30 GW capacity solar-wind hybrid project is under installation in ———— - UAE?
45 solar parks
151.4 gw
gujju
By resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided that
the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples shall be observed on —- August every year.The
date marks the day of the first meeting, in —— in —–, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. In 1990, the UNGA proclaimed —– the International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/45/164,
A/RES/47/75) Eachyear, UNESCO marks the celebration of the Day by sharing information on projects and
activities that are relevant to the annual theme.
9 august
1982
geneva
1993 - int year
on int day of inigenous ppl, first National Report on the State of India’s Tribal People’s Health was submitted to the Government of India by the Expert Committee on Tribal Health. The 13-member committee was jointly appointed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of —-
It took five years of research for the committee to bring out the evidence and provide a true picture of the state of tribal people of the country.
Findings::
Tribal people are concentrated in — blocks in India. Such areas are designated as the Scheduled Areas.
Unexpected finding was that —-% of India’s tribal population (around 5.5 crore) live outside the Scheduled Areas, as a scattered and marginalised minority.
Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) Audit:
It is an official policy of allocating and spending an additional financial outlay equal to the percentage of the ST population in the State.
As estimated for 2015-16, annually Rs —— crore should be additionally spent on tribal health.
However, it has been completely flouted by all States.
No accounts or accountability exist on policy.
No one knows how much was spent or not spent.
Tribal Affairs. +mohfw
809 blocks- sched areas
50%
15000 cr
commitee: The health status of tribal people has certainly improved during the last 25 years.
1. Under-five child mortality rate has declined from 135 (Deaths per 1000) in 1988 (National Family Health Survey NFHS-1) to — (Deaths per 1000) in 2014 (NFHS-4). The % of excess of under-five mortality among STs compared to others has widened.
2. Child malnutrition is 50% higher in tribal children (—-% compared to 28% in others).
3. Malaria and tuberculosis are three to eleven times more common among the tribal people.
Though the tribal people constitute only 8.6% of the national population, —% malaria deaths in India occur among them.
4. Tribal people heavily depend on government-run public health care institutions, such as primary health centres and hospitals.
There is a 27% to 40% deficit in the number of such facilities, and 33% to —-% deficit in medical doctors in tribal areas.
Government health care for the tribal people is starved of funds as well as of human resources.
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42%
50%-malalrie
33 to 84$ deficit in tribal areaas
hat were the Major Recommendations of the Committee?
Firstly, the committee suggested launching a National Tribal Health Action Plan with a goal to bring the status of health and healthcare at par with the respective State averages in the next —-years.
Second, the committee suggested nearly 80 measures to address the 10 priority health problems, the health care gap, the human resource gap and the governance problems.
Third, the committee suggested allocation of additional money so that the per capita government health expenditure on tribal people becomes equal to the stated goal of the National Health Policy (2017), i.e., 2.5% of the per capita GDP.
10 yrs
2.5% of gdp
India ranks at —th position owning a total of $532,664 million in Foreign
exchange reserves. Of all the countries in the world, —- had, by far, the largest
international reserves in 2022, with $3.46 trillion in reserves and foreign currency liquidity.
he largest foreign exchange markets are located in major global
financial centers including London, New York, Singapore, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, and
Sydney
6th-india
china
according to a major study, five dangerous tipping points may already have been passed due to the —– degree of global heating caused byhumanity to date.
These include the collapse of Greenland’s ice cap, eventually producing a huge sea level rise, the collapse of akey current in the north Atlantic, disrupting rain upon which billions of people depend for food, and an abruptmelting of carbon-rich permafrost.
At 1.5C of heating, the minimum rise now expected, four of the five tipping points move from being possible to likely, the analysis said. Also at 1.5C, an additional five tipping points become possible, including changesto vast northern forests and the loss of almost all mountain glaciers.
In total, the researchers found evidence for —- tipping points, with the final six requiring global heating of atleast 2C to be triggered, according to the scientists’ estimations.
The world’’s top five largest polluters responsible for roughly — percent of global CO2 emissions in 2020 are China, the US, India, Russia, and Japan.
If CO2 concentration exceeds a critical threshold (around —- ppm), the
temperature experiences an abrupt increase of about six degrees Celsius
1.1 degree ceclius
16 pts
60% - incl india
478 ppm
In a probable universe with eight dimensions, how can eight identical
spheres be arranged such that the arrangement is the densest possible (most stable)?
Answering this question with mathematical proof has won a Ukrainian mathematician the
Fields Medal, often described as the Nobel Prize for mathematics. Ukrainian mathematician
—- (38), a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in
Switzerland’s Lausanne, is among the four mathematicians to receive the prize in 2022. She is
only the second woman to have received the Fields Medal after Stanford mathematician
—–.
other 2022 winners: Hugo Duminil-Copin, jUNE hUH, James Maynard
Maryna Viazovska
Maryam Mirzakhani -1st woman - 2014
—, the Hardy-Ramanujan Number, is the smallest number that can
be expressed as the sum of two different cubes in two different ways.
10³ + 9³ = 1000 + 729 = 1729
1³ = 1 + 1728 = 1729
1729
—, the Hardy-Ramanujan Number, is the smallest number that can
be expressed as the sum of two different cubes in two different ways.
10³ + 9³ = 1000 + 729 = 1729
1³ = 1 + 1728 = 1729
1729
he Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians was awarded to
Professor ——, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, in a
virtual ceremony on 22nd February 2022.
also, The award was instituted by SASTRA in — with a cash prize of $10,000. for ppl aged – and beow
neena gupta
2005
32 and below
The FIFA World Cup 2022s the Qatar administration has reportedly invited Indian fugitive Zakir Naik to a football tournament, expected to deliver a sermon on Islam at the event.
Zakir Naik is an Islamic preacher who has been banned in India due to money laundering and hates speech charges. He has been termed an Indian fugitive and has been living in exile in — since 2017, according to media reports.
Faisal Alhajri, a presenter at the Qatari state-owned sports channel Alkass, took to social media and announced that Indian fugitive Zakir Naik will be attending the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, and will be ‘delivering many religious lectures’ throughout the tournament.
Zakir Naik has been a controversial figure in India for several years due to his radical speeches propagating Islam in the country, allegedly spreading hate speech. Zakir Naik is the founder of the —– , which has been outlawed by the Indian governmen
he Union Home Ministry had earlier banned the IRF for —- years, terming it an unlawful organization.
Malaysia
Islamic Research Foundation (IRF)
5 yrs
His speeches are broadcast on the channel —-, which is banned in India, Canada, UK, and Bangladesh. His trademark dress is the ‘modern’ western suit, along with a skullcap.
repsonsible for 2016 terorr attack.
On November 17, —, the IRF was declared an unlawful organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967) by the Centre.
When the ban was extended for another five years in November —-,the Union Home ministry.
Interpol has refused to issue a Red Notice for Naik.
Peace TV
2016
2021
the –th Norway-India Joint Working Group Maritime meeting was held in —, India.
Norway has the technical expertise in Maritime sector and India has huge potential for development of Maritime sector and large pool of trained seafarers, which make both countries natural complementary partners.
Earlier, India had also prepared Maritime India Vision —.
The Norwegian Green Shipping Programme has been successful and the experience and expertise was shared in the meeting.
India and Norway are part of the Green Voyage —- project.
Both parties agreed on willingness, devotion, partnership and capacity building for achieving common goals.
India is a signatory to —- Convention for Recycling of Ships.
In the meeting, India requested that European Union regulation should not hinder recycling of non-European countries which are compliant as per International Convention.
Norway was requested not to prolong Ship recycling to India as a lot of investment has been made by Indian recyclers.
The Norwegian delegation will also take part in INMARCO, the Green Shipping Conclave, and the Maritime ShEO conference.
The Maritime ShEO conference is supported by Norway and focused on maritime diversity and sustainability, including gender equality in the maritime industry.
8th nowary india jt working grp
mumbai
vision 2030
2050 project
hongkong convention
