June Flashcards
Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA)
It is an intergovernmental forum ; enhancing cooperation and stability in asia, India is a member. Every 4 years CICA held
S. Jaishankar said that terrorism poses greatest threat to people in Asia.
Proposed by Kazakhastan,Secretariat at NurSultan, Kazakhastan and 2019 5th Summit at Dushanbe ,Tajikistan
FATF
Saudi first Arab country to get member status of this organisation.
Intergovernmental financial watch dog ,also looks into terrorism and Money laundering.
Estabilished 1989 by G7 ,HQ at OECD in Paris.
Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA)
Between India and Marshall Islands - Non binding
Help curb Tax Evasion by OECD.
International Seed testing Association ISTA
32nd ISTA congress @ Hyderabad Telangana
Set up in 1924
Seed testing and certification, Not for profit body
Beekeeping Development committee
Bibek Dibroy in Economic Advisory Council to PM
Recognise beekeepers as farmers , honey as agriculture input and institutionalise national bee board and rename it as honey and pollinators board of India under MoA FW
Number 1 producer is China , India is on Number 8 for beekeeping
National Bee Board
SFAC Small farmers agribusiness Consuritum registered NBB under Societies Registration Act ,1860
Implementing National horticulture mission and horticulture mission for north east
Varunastra
Developed by National Science and Technological Labrotary NSTL of DRDO and BDL bharat dynamics limited
Indigenous developed , Heavyweight underwater toredo, electronically propelled , GIS enabled ,Range 40 kms , warhead 250 kg
Strum Ataka
Russia anti Tank Missile
Spice 2000
Israel guided bombs Smart Precise Impact Cost Effective, GPs jamming
Spike
France missile
Igla-S
Russia MANDAPS - Man portable air defence system
Operation Sankalp
Navy sent in Persian Gulf via Gulf of Oman to assure safety of Indian Vessels following some martitime incidents
Due to US and Iran oil tankers war- Connected via strait of Hormuz
Action Plan on Marine litter
By G20
Adopted at G20 Hamburg Summit 2017
Volcano Eruptions
Etna Sicily or Italy
Mount Sinabung, Soputan and Abak Krakatau
Indonesia
Mayotte
France
CAAQMS
Continous Ambient Air monitoring Quality System
Part of Armys countrywide Go Green Initiative
Monitor air polllution on real time basis
Emission trading system- ETS
In Gujrat ,India’s First to combat Particulate Matter pollution -Cap and Trade Market On NCDEX
Launched on World environment Day june 5th - Of UNEP ,2018 China beat plastic pollution, 2019 India Beat air pollution
End Of Childhood Index
113/176 Rank Of India on wellbeing of children - 8 Indicators
UK based Save the children NGO ,upto 19 years of age
India reduced child mortality, stunting,child narraiges , adolescent births ,
Go tribal Campaign
TRIFED and Minstry of Tribal affairs(1987) along with Amazon Opened Tribes India
Create awareness and promote tribal arts
AWARE
WHO released for use of antibiotics safely and reduce AntiMicrobial Resistance
Devided medicines into access /watch and reserve
Swach Survekshan 2020
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs - 5th Edition
In three quarters, Toppers- Indore and Jamshedpur
National Defence Fund
Set up 1962 , Voluntary donations , cash and kind ,Administered by executive committe ,PM As chairperson
Under it PMSS scheme , Increased to 2500 and 3000 for boys and girls
National Maritime Heritage Museum
Lothal India Portugal ,Ministry of shippong
Display heritage of inland waterways
Minstry of shipping through Sagarmala
Kohlapuri Chappal
Maharashtra and Karnataka ,gi tag, Patents designs and trademarks act 1999 cg pdtm
Kohlapuri Chappal
Maharashtra and Karnataka ,gi tag, Patents designs and trademarks act 1999 cg pdtm
Puerto Williams
Chile southernmost replaced ushuaia of argentina
Arogyapacha
University of Kerala have decoded the genetic make-up of Arogyapacha (Trichopus zeylanicus), a highly potent medicinal plant endemic to the Agasthya hills.
Kani tribe- They are indigenous to tropical forests of the Agasthyamalai hills of the Western Ghats, a mountain range in Kerala. They have a population of almost 25,000. The tribal physicians, known as Plathi – are the exclusive holders of the traditional medicinal knowledge of the tribe.
Agasthyamalia Hills
Agasthya hills is a 1,868-metre tall peak within Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, in the Western Ghats of Kerala,border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, part of the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve Unesco- which lies on the border between the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The Thamirabarani River is a perennial river which originates from the eastern side of the range and flows into the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.
Sheath Blight
Fungal disease in rice
Partheogenesis
Asexual reproduction ,anaconda in USA
Dragonfly mission
Titan moo of saturn by nadsa 2026,nucleur Powered
Land on shangrila dune on titan
Dragonfly mission
Titan moo of saturn by nadsa 2026,nucleur Powered
Land on shangrila dune on titan
Raavana 1
Srilanka satellite
Libra and calibra
Facebook currency and wallet,changed from calibra to NOVI
Fiscal performanc Index
CII, assess budgetary deficit of center and states gdp
Global peace index
Intitute of economics and peace. Australian think tank ep, 141/163 India ranking ,most people Iceland, least peaceful afghanistan replaced Syria
Global exonomic prospects
World bank
World investment repi
Unctad Born 1964, HQ Geneva, Switzerland
World popln Report
Undesa
World drug report
Unodc (1997)
Brahmos
BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile,BRAHMOS is a joint venture between the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India (DRDO) and the NPOM of Russia.
Brahmos is named on the rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva.It is a two-stage (solid propellant and liquid ramjet in second) air to surface missile with a flight range of around 300 km.
multiplatform i.e it can be launched from land, air, and sea and multi capability missile with pinpoint accuracy that works in both day and night With speed of 2.8 mch
UdChalo Portal
UdChalo’ is all set to take off at the Army’s Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre (PRC).‘UdChalo’ is a travel portal that caters for the personal travel of the military and paramilitary forces personnel by aggregating defence fares and getting exclusive discounts.It aims to empower the disabled military veterans.
NASAMs II
India is planning to procure National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAM - II) from U.S.It is an advanced air defence system.It is the state-of-the-art defense system that has ability to quickly identify and destroy enemy aircraft, UAV or emerging cruise missile threats.NASAMS-II is an upgraded version of the NASAMS and features new 3D mobile surveillance radars and 12 missile launchers for quicker reaction.
It is proposed to be deployed to protect national capital region.It will help in preventing 9/11-type attacks in Delhi.
Defence Space Research Agency DSRA
Has been entrusted with the task of creating space warfare weapon systems and technologies.
comprises members of the three services (Army, Naval and Air Force), help the country fight wars in outer space, set up in Bengaluru
Kharga Prahar
Joint exercise by the Indian Army and Air Force.undertaken in the plains of Punjab by various units and formations of Army’s Kharga Corps.
Kudrakumai Rangakari
Wasp species found in Goa At coronado Wildlife Sanctuary Goa
Impressed tortoise
tortoise named ‘Manouria impressa’ has been discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
One of fourth species of forest-dwelling tortoise occurring in Southeast Asia. Classified as Vulnerable
Asian Forest Tortoise
Asian brown tortoise, is a species of tortoise found in India (Assam), Bangladesh, Burm, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.It is the largest tortoise in mainland Asia.This is a relatively and classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List.
Paddy Frog
Scientists from Delhi Uniand the Wildlife Institute of India, in collaboration with researchers from Indonesia and the US,discovered a new species of ‘paddy frog’ from Northeast India, specifically Assam.
The newly found species has been named Micryletta aishani, derived from the Sanskrit word ‘aishani’ or aisani meaningbreeds northeast before the onset of monsoon and then go into hiding for the rest of the year.Micryletta aishani, are generally found very close to human settlements. Northeast.
Asiatic Golden Cat
Color Morphs could help in conservation of Asiatic Golden Cats, as it provides Ecological Benefits to cats like:occupying different habitats at different elevations from wet tropical lowland ,Providing camouflage while preying bits.
Dibang Valley, arunachal Pradesh, The Asiatic golden cat (Catopuma temminckii) is listed as near threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of threatened species
Colour Morphs
Colour morphs are thought to arise from random genetic mutations and take hold in the population through natural selection.Dibang Valley hosts the world’s most diverse range of colour morphs of a wild cat species ever reported in one site
Proton therapy
proton is a positively charged particle.At high energy, protons can destroy cancer cells.Doctors may use proton therapy alone or may also combine it with x-ray radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, and/or immunotherapy.Like x-ray radiation, proton therapy is a type of external-beam radiation therapy.It painlessly delivers radiation through the skin from a machine outside the body.A machine called a synchrotron or cyclotron speeds up protons.The high speed of the protons creates high energy.
RADARSAT
RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) is a three-spacecraft fleet of Earth observation satellites operated by the Canadian Space Agency. The RCM’s goal is to provide data for climate research and commercial applications including oil exploration, fishing, shipping, etc.[3] With satellites smaller than RADARSAT-2,[4] the RCM will provide new applications—made possible through the constellation approach—as well as continuing to provide C-band radar data to RADARSAT-2 users
African Union
The African Union is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the African Union. WikipediaHeadquarters: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
G20
Osaka Japan, formed 1999, intergovernmental body, governors and miniaters of finnce
GoAML
The UAE’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) launched the new anti-money laundering platform ‘goAML’ (Anti-Money Laundering) to curb the organized crimes.
The UAE has become the first country in the Gulf to launch a new reporting platform developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to curb organized crimes.
Ibelong Campaig
IBelong Campaign aims to end statelessness within ten years, by resolving, and preventing the emergence of new cases of statelessness. Through legal advocacy and awareness-raising, UNHCR works with governments and partners
Confetti
The Social networking giant Facebook launched its first interactive game show, titled “Confetti” in India on 4 June 2019.
It is Facebook’s first official show in India and will go on air starting 12 June 2019. It will air from Wednesday to Sunday on Facebook Watch, Facebo