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Raisina Hills
area of New Delhi, housing India’s most important government buildings, including Rashtrapati Bhavan,
Lorenz curve
graphical representation of the distribution of income or of wealth, developed by Max O. Lorenz in 1905
Midday meal scheme (MDMS)
Ministry: Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development, first started in TN
Vidisha
city in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India; formerly known as Bhelsa and known as Besnagar in ancient times
Hypotension
low blood pressure
Hypertension
high blood pressure
Panzseer valley
valley in north-central Afghanistan; It literally means ‘Valley of the Five Lions.’;
Magnifying glass
convex lens
Telescope
Hans Lippershey invented refracting telescope in Neathelands;
Mediterranean Sea
surrounded by Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco; Malta and Cyprus
Assam (separation)
Bengal-Assam separation in 1874, undivided Assam and other NE states capital: Shillong, current capital: Dispur
Raspberry PI i
credit card sized computer
Timbuktu
exsists in Mali
RuPay
National Payments Corporation of India
Nobel Prize for Economics in 2020
Richard Thaler
Ranjitsinh Disale
Global teacher Award (Maharastra, Paritewadi )
Government of India Act, 1935
An Act to make further provision for the Government of India.
Article 35 a: of Indian Constitution
empowered the Jammu and Kashmir state’s legislature to define “permanent residents” of the state and provide special rights and privileges to them.
Core Industries
Electricity, crude oil, coal, cement, steel, refinery products, natural gas, and fertilisers are the eight core industries that comprise about 40 percent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production.
Harappa
Punjab
Lothal
Gujarat
Chanhudaro
Sindh
Banawali
Haryana
Philips Carbon Black, Asian Cables, Agarpara Jute and Murphy
RP Goenka industries
Cassini
fourth space probe to visit Saturn and the first to enter its orbit, fell into the planet
Time Person of Year
2019: Greta Thunberg
2020: Kamla Harris, Joe Biden
Abel Prize
Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan (maths)
Hundi
Financial instrument