November Facts + Environment Orgs Flashcards

I fucked up and saved my environment flashcards here by mistake

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Kaziranga is crisscrossed by four main rivers —

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Kaziranga is crisscrossed by four main rivers — Brahmaputra, Diphlu, Mora Diphlu and Mora Dhansiri.

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Psyche 16?

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It is an asteroid which orbits between Mars and Jupiter. may comprise of iron and nickel

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Surinsar-Mansar Lakes

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Ramsar Convention

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Centre’s decision to provide the 10% reservation based on ?

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103rd amendment of the Constitution

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Travancore Tortoise:

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Status: IUCN Red list - vulnerable; Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act: Schedule IV.

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Mission Sagar - II:

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Naval Ship Airavat will deliver food aid to Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea.

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Mission Sagar

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Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros

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Virtual Global Investor Roundtable (VGIR):

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Organized by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and National Investment and Infrastructure Fund.

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Nurturing Neighborhoods Challenge

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Launched by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry.

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Luhri hydropower project

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Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved funding.
shimla and kullu

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Data Maturity Assessment Framework (DMAF):

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Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

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Leishmania donovani.

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protozoan parasite that infects macrophages and is a causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar)
CSIR-CDRI scientist won an award for his work on defining the survival tactics of Leishmania donovani.

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Atal Beemit (Bimit) Vyakti Kalyan Yojana:

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Employee’s State Insurance (ESI) in 2018.

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India Mobile Congress (IMC) organized by

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IMC is jointly organized by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).

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European mink is listed by the IUCN as

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Critically Endangered

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the Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP).

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Two MoUs have been signed for high impact community development projects.
● A fourth MoU was signed on cooperation in sports and youth affairs.

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Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference inaugurated

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held under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India.

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Haiderpur wetland fed by

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Ganga and Solani rivers, the wetland came into existence in 1984 after the construction of the Madhya Ganga Barrage on the former

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Haiderpur wetland located?

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located within the boundaries of the Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary.

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China holds virtual conference with South Asian partners

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China, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.

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China has begun work on a strategically significant railway line that will link ____province with _____ .

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Sichuan

Nyingchi

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Statue of Peace

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Rajasthan

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Article 363-A:

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abolition of Privy Purse

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Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM):

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canister-based system, which means that it is stored and operated from specially designed compartments.
range of 25 to 30 km.
made for army

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Lilavati Award
an initiative of the technical education regulator, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
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Guillain Barre Syndrome
t is a very rare autoimmune disorder. ● The immune system, in an attempt to kill the coronavirus, accidentally starts attacking the peripheral nervous system. bacteria or viral infection.
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Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge:
Union Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) Ministry.
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Five Eyes:
ustralia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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PARAM Siddhi
63 on the TOP500 ranking. This makes it India’s largest and fastest Supercomputer.
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the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), which is an initiative by
Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
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Pratyush that is used for weather forecasting was ranked ____ in the list.
SUPERCOMPUTER, list by Atos , 78
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Tungabhadra Pushkaralu i
is a 12-day festival held in honour of the Tungabhadra river.
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Pushkaralu or Pushkaram
is a religious festival dedicated to the worship of 12 major rivers that flow across the country
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Inter Parliamentary Union:
the global organization of national parliaments. ● Headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.
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The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Girish Chandra Murmu, has been elected External Auditor of
Inter Parliamentary Union, Geneva, for a three-year term.
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SITMEX-20:
India, Thailand and Singapore | The latest edition was held in the Andaman se
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4th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies was held recently virtually
Interpol, Europol and the Basel Institute
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Abhayam
Andhra Pradesh government has launched “Abhayam” mobile phone application which helps women and children travelling in taxis and autorickshaws to raise an alarm in case of any emergency.
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National Crisis Management Committee' Secretary
Cabinet Secretary
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15th G20 Summit:
Saudi Arabia in a virtual formatIndia will host the summit in 2023
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Section 69A of the IT Act,
Central Government to order that access to certain websites and computer resources be blocked in the interest of the defense of the country, its sovereignty and integrity, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order or for preventing incitement to the commission of an offence.
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Sahakar Pragya:
to help primary cooperative societies play bigger roles in AtmaNirbhar Bharat.Under this, farmers in primary cooperatives in rural areas of the country would be trained under Sahakar Pragya by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), an autonomous body under the Ministry.
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MQ-9B Sea Guardian unarmed drones
procured from the U.S. on lease.
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The recently released Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 has introduced an option for ________ military platforms.
leasing
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France is keen on joining the India-Australia bilateral naval exercise
AUSINDEX
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Bhutan first signed a friendship agreement with India,
1949
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Samvidhan Divas
November 26 While the adoption of the Constitution took place on November 26, 1949, it came into effect on January 26, 1950.
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The Navy’s Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) will soon become a
National Maritime Domain Awareness (NDMA) centre
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IMAC
It is the nodal centre of the National Command Control Communication and Intelligence System (NC3I)
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SDG Investor Map
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Invest India.
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India set to build ______ in Afghanistan,
Shahtoot Dam
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Shahtoot Dam
The dam would | come upon the Maidan river tributary of Kabul river.
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Mount Ili Lewotolok
Erupted recently. | Location: It is a volcano located in eastern Indonesia erupts.
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Volcanoes erupting in South East Asia
Merapi on Java Island and Sinabung on Sumatra Island.
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Global Innovation and Technology Alliance (GITA):
promoted jointly by the Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
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Avadhanam’
improvising poems and tests a person's capability of performing such multiple tasks simultaneously. ● It originated as a Sanskrit literary process and is revived by poets in Telugu and Kannada in modern times.
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National Monsoon Mission
the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in 2012.
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Tristan da Cunha
UK Overseas Territory. ● It was recently declared the largest fully protected marine reserves in the Atlantic Ocean at 687,000 square kilometre
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In India ______ investment is more dominant than in the world
Brownfield
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Singapore’s Temasek-like model, sometimes seen in news is related to
Disinvestment
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leverage ratio
The leverage ratio measures a bank's core capital to its total assets.
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Tier 1 Assets
Tier 1 assets are ones that can be easily liquidated if a | bank needs capital in the event of a financial crisis
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Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM)
Reverse charge is a mechanism under which the recipient of the goods or services is liable to pay the tax instead of the provider of the goods and services
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P-notes
issued by registered FPIs to overseas investors who wish to be part of the Indian stock market without registering themselves directly.P-note investments in Indian markets – equity, debt, hybrid securities and derivatives.
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Registered Basmati Rice in GI
Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), an autonomous organisation under the Department of Commerce in India, registered Basmati Rice as a product with Geographical Indication (GI
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RRBs have to provide ______ of their total credit under priority sector lending.
75 per cent
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Special Drawing Rights (SDR) can be used to
IMF member countries can borrow SDRs from its reserves at favorable interest rates, mostly to adjust their balance of payments to favorable positions
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National Security Exception
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) allows | WTO members to breach their WTO obligations for purposes of national security.
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Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
Gujrat
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Manesar Lake,
Jammu and Kashmir
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Bioplastics
Not all bioplastics are biodegradable nor biodegrade more readily than fossil-fuel derived plastics.
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is the licensing body for fireworks units.
Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO)
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Cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria are microscopic organisms common in water and sometimes found in soil. 2. Not all Cyanobacteria produce toxins. 3. Climate change and increasing global temperature is leading to cyanobacterial blooms.
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The Capital Of Botswana
Gaborone
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Since September 2004, the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat headquarters has been located in
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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The Mekong begins on the
Tibetan Plateau and runs for more than 2,600 miles through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam before emptying into the South China Sea.
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Asiatic lions are | present in Protected Areas and a
gro-pastoral landscapes of Saurashtra.
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Enforcement and Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining 2020 released
Ministry of Environment, Forests and | Climate Change
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The mangroves of Guneri and also of Shravan Kavadia, both in _____however, are completely landlocked and are therefore unique.
Kutch,
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The Arabian sea receded
by 100-150 kms from the coastline,
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This Wastelands Atlas-2019,
Ministry of Rural Development
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'Himansh
The NCPOR has established a high-altitude research station named 'Himansh' in Himalaya at 4,000 metres altitude at Sutri Dhaka, a remote location in Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh
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Sur Sarovar
Agra
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Lonar Lake
MH
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Kabartal
Bihar
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Asan Conservation Reserve
Dehradun,
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The National Green Tribunal is not bound by the
The Tribunal is not bound by the procedure laid down under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, but shall be guided by principles of natural justice.
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A new mushrooms species, Roridomyces phyllostachydis
Meghalaya
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El Niño
is the abnormal surface warming observed along the eastern and central regions of the Pacific Ocean (region between Peru and Papua New Guinea)
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While La Niña conditions
enhance the rainfall associated with the Southwest monsoon, it has a negative impact on rainfall associated with the Northeast monsoon.
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Deemed forests, which comprise about ____ of India’s forest land,
1%
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The spectacle occurs when phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants), commonly known as ________, produce light through chemical reactions in proteins.
dinoflagellates
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SVAMITVA) scheme.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the physical distribution of property cards under the 'Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas'
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SVAMITVA is a central scheme of the Ministry of
Panchayati Raj and Rural Development
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official committees that have estimated the number of people living in poverty in India
1. Y K Alagh committee 2. D T Lakdawala committee 3. Suresh Tendulkar committee 4. C Rangarajan committee
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Funding of NIP
``` The centre (39 percent) and state (39 percent) are expected to have an almost equal share in implementing the projects, while the private sector has 22 percent shar ```
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SDRF has been constituted by each state under the provisions of Disaster Management act 2005. It was constituted based on the recommendations of the _____Finance Commission.
13th
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Van Dhan Scheme is an initiative of the
Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED.
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PM- KUSUM what and by whom
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRI) for setting up solar pumps and other new power plants across the country.
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IndiGen programme is the initiative of
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
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______(Radar Imaging Satellite) is a series of Indian radar imaging reconnaissance satellites built by ISRO
RISAT
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OTT under the ambit of
Ministry if Information and Broadcasting
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In India, the ________ is the apex body that allows for commercial release of GM crops.
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC)
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Polio vaccine is stored at the temperature of
-20 degree Celsius
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Brain Fingerprinting
Brain Electrical Oscillation Signature Profiling (BEOSP) also known as brain fingerprinting
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agreements between India and USA in its chronological order as they were signed.
GLCB
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GSOMIA
2002
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LEMOA
2016
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COMCASA
2018
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BECA
2020
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OPEC+
44 percent of global oil | production and 81.5 percent of the world's "proven" oil reserves
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OPEC members
Algeria – Angola – Democratic Republic of the Congo – Equatorial Guinea – Gabon – Iran – Iraq – Kuwait – Libya – Nigeria – Saudi Arabia – United Arab Emirates – Venezuela
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ASEAN Countries
``` Thailand (founding member) The Philippines (founding member) Malaysia (founding member) Singapore (founding member) Indonesia (founding member) Brunei (joined in 1984) Vietnam (joined in 1995) Lao PDR (joined in 1997) Myanmar (joined in 1997) Cambodia (joined in 1999) ```
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East Asia Summit
East Asia Summit includes India, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, United States and Russia.
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Himadri research station, located in
Norway, was started in July 2008.
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Integrated check posts are built by the Land Port Authority of India (LPAI)
which is under MInistry of Home Affairs
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India and Nepal recently launched the construction of integrated check post (ICP) at
Nepalgunj
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Alliance of Small Island States
AOSIS partners with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to effectively influence climate negotiations.44 small island
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
India not a member
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The ______ is an independent regional navigation satellite system developed by India.
IRNSS
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BRICS are members of
G20
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GPAI
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris.
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
IAEA reports to both the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council.
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India granted its first compulsory license ever. The license was granted to Indian generic drug manufacturer Natco Pharma for
Sorafenib tosylate, a cancer drug patented by Bayer.
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The CBI is governed by the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act (DPSEA). This law makes the CBI a special wing of ______ and thus its original jurisdiction is limited to Delhi.
Delhi Police
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NCW receives funds from the
Ministry of Women and Child Development,
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rabi crop, which accounts for _______cent of the onion output
70 per
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Consumer Expenditure Survey is conducted by __________
National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
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Ethiopia, is an East African landlocked country on the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with
Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan and Sudan
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a weekly journal in Urdu called Al-Hilal
Maulana Abdul Azad
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Nagorno-Karabakh is part of
Azerbaijan,
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Why is it difficult to make a vaccine for RNA viruses?
RNA viruses generally have very high mutation rates compared to DNA viruses, because viral RNA polymerases lack the proofreading ability of DNA polymerases.
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Thirty Meter Telescope’ (TMT)
funded by scientific organisations of Canada, China, India, Japan and USA. Planned location: Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii in the US state of Hawaii.
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The Thirty Meter Telescope is being designed and developed by the
TMT International Observatory LLC (TIO).
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Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance 2020’ replaces
Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA
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zero yield”
A comprehensive test ban has been defined as a “zero yield” test ban that would prohibit supercritical hydro-nuclear tests but not sub-critical hydrodynamic nuclear tests.
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Over The Top (OTT) platforms
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. | part of the NASA Commercial Crew Development program.
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Panna Reserve
Ken River, | Vindhya Range
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longest coastline
Gujrat
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first of the decennial censuses took place in
1881.
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Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin has been released by the
Registrar General of India
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RCEP
10 ASEAN members and Australia, China, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand
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Golden Card’ Permanent Residency Scheme?
UAE
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U.K.’s Blue Belt Program
Marine program
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Optical fibre works on the principle of
Total Internal Reflection
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Recently, the European Space Agency (ESA) has formally adopted Ariel (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey), the explorer that will study the nature, formation and evolution of
Exoplanets
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Prithvi: Trishul: Short range low level surface to air missile. Nag: 3rd generation anti-tank missile. Akash: Medium range surface to air missile.
Short range surface to surface ballistic missile.
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Prithvi:
Short range surface to surface ballistic missile.
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Trishul:
Short range low level surface to air missile.
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Nag:
3rd generation anti-tank missile.
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Akash:
Medium range surface to air missile.
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Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary
Assam
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Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary
Assam | Indian Rhino Vision 2020 program.
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A usual resident is defined for the purposes of NPR as
a person who has resided in a local area for the past 6 months or more or a person who intends to reside in that area for the next 6 months or more.
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The first Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) was promulgated in the year
2002
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A minimum of ______- job seekers shall apply to sanction a new work under MGNREGA
10
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'StrandHogg'.
bug
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funds that are managed by the global environment facility
1. Special Climate Change Fund 2. Least Developed countries fund to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing country Parties to the Kyoto Protocol that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. The Adaptation Fund is financed with a share of proceeds from the clean development mechanism (CDM) project activities and other sources of funding.
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GCC
countries in the Arabian Peninsula. Headquarter Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE are its members.
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OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
It was established in 1969 with HQ at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia It is the second-largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations with a membership of 57 states spread over four continents.
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Global Restoration Council
voluntary, non-departmental entity supported by the World Resources Institute on behalf of the Global Partnership for Forest Landscape Restoration (GPFLR) a
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GreenCo Rating
life cycle approach developed by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
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Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House (ABS Clearing-House) is a platform for exchanging information on access and benefit-sharing established by the Protocol, as part of the Clearing-House of the CBD.
The Nagoya Protocol
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Climate Change Action Programme (CCAP) is a scheme (an initiative of the
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change)
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Some of the components of the CCAP scheme include the
National Carbonaceous Aerosols Programme (NCAP), Long Term Ecological Observatories (LTEO), and Coordinated Studies on Climate Change for North East Region (CSCCNER).
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Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG)
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN)
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'Gajah
bi-annual journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG).
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African cheetahs, to be translocated in India from Namibia, will be kept at
Nauradehi wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.
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In 2009, Project Cheetah was launched and
Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (MP) and Shahgarh area in Rajasthan were identified as other two sites for cheetah reintroduction plan.
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The Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) has been conceptualised and developed in
MoEF&CC in consultation with the National Skill Development Agency.
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the NGT has not been vested with powers to hear any matter relating to the
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and Forest Rights Act 2006 and various laws enacted by States relating to forests, tree preservation etc.
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Green Climate Fund (GCF)
It was set up by the 194 countries who are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010, as part of the Convention’s financial mechanism.
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wildlife crime control bureau
statutory body under the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change to combat organized wildlife crime in the country and was constituted in 2007.
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Wildlife Conservation Society
led by the flagship Bronx Zoo
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Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
This is an Autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
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Universal Postal Union
UN Bern, Switzerland - HQ 192 members
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first water body in the country to be declared a Biodiversity Heritage Site. , Telangana
Ameenpur Lake-- man made lake by Ibrahim Qutb Shah
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Ocean Energy Systems (OES)
International Energy Agency (IEA) in 2001.
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nodal agency for yes ocean energy system in India?
Earth System Science Organisation – National Institute of Ocean Technology (ESSO-NIOT) under the aegis of Union Ministry of Earth Sciences will be the nodal agency for the membership.
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Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP
Environmental Pollution Control Authority (EPCA)
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The Bonn Challenge
is a global effort to bring 150 million hectares of the world’s deforested and degraded land into restoration by 2020, and 350 million hectares by 2030. It was launched in 2011 by the Government of Germany and IUCN,
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AFR100 | Initiative 20x20
African Bonn Challenge | Latin America Bonn Challenge
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Rajya Sabha member not more than ___ and _______ are nominated by the president
250, 12
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Sameer App
Central Pollution Control Board provides information about Air Quality Index (AQI) levels for more than 100 cities across the country.
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PARIVESH (Pro-Active and Responsive facilitation by Interactive, Virtuous and Environmental Single-window Hub)
is a web-based workflow application which has been developed for online submission and monitoring of the proposals submitted by the proponents for seeking Environment, Forest, Wildlife and CRZ Clearances from Central, State and district level authorities.
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e-Green Watch
integrated & online system for monitoring of various afforestation works being carried out using CAMPA funds.
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National Biodiversity Action Plan
Convention on Biological Diversity
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Partnership for Urban Environmental Sustainability Initiative: The PUESI Partnership envisions the promotion of sustainable development in urban areas
BRICS
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demat account
buy and sell securities
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Torrefaction
a Swedish technology to reduce stubble burning
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four freshwater dolphins
Ganga river dolphin, baiji found in the Yangtze River (China), the ‘bhulan’ of the Indus (Pakistan) and the ‘boto’ of the Amazon River (Latin America).
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‘Prithvi’
1. developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDM). 2. powered by liquid propulsion twin engine 3. surface to surface short range ballistic missile
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Project 75 Aims at
manufacturing six Scorpene-class submarines for Indian Navy under technology transfer from Naval Group of France.
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Net- Zero Asset Owner Alliance
shift their investment portfolios away from carbon-intensive industries by 2050
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The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
It prohibits the capturing, killing, poisoning or trapping of wild animals. It has the following objectives -: prohibition of hunting; protection and management of wildlife habitats; establishment of protected areas; regulation and control of trade in parts and products derived from wildlife and management of zoos
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The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR)
Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)
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Society of Biotechnology of India (SBPI)
Ministry of Science and Technology.
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Production Gap Report
United Nations Environment Programme
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Article 137
Review petition sc | a review petition must be filed within 30 days of the date of judgment
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No tiger was recorded( ‘Status of Tigers, Co-predators, Prey and their Habitat, 2018)
in Buxa (West Bengal), Dampa (Mizoram) and Palamu (Jharkhand) tiger reserves.
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The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
36 Timber producing member countries and 38 timber consuming member countries.
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The Asian Forest Tortoise, the largest in mainland Asia, i
s found only in the northeast.
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Water Resources Information System popularly known as India-WRIS
Central Water Commission (CWC) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). This project was funded by the Central Water Commission. The projects has been revised and improved under the National Hydrology Project.
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The natural capital accounting (NCA) method has been used to account for income and costs associated with natural resource used, based on a framework approved by the United Nations in 2012 called the
System of Environmental Economic Accounts (SEEA).
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Global Partnership on Wildlife Conservation and Crime Prevention for sustainable development” program also known as Global Wildlife Program (GWP) were launched in response to increasing crime against animals in natural habitat. It is being implemented by the
World Bank Group, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) & Asian Development Bank (ADB). It is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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It acts as the implementing wing of National Ganga Council
National Mission for Clean Ganga
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Both the tiers of NMCG headed by
headed by the Director General (DG), NMCG.
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India has planned to install ______ of renewables by 2022.
175 GW
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Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP) by the IUCN funded by
The initiative is funded by The German Cooperation via KfW Development Bank, over two phases. The first phase is being implemented from 2014 to 2020 and the second one from 2019 to 2023.
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two separate ports of Chabahar ports
two separate ports namely Shahid Kalantari | and Shahid Beheshti.