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Central Road Fund

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-Non lap sable fund created under Central Road Fund act 2000
Central Road Fund Act 2000
-to be utilized for various road projects like NH, state roads & rural roads
-Fund collected through Cess imposed on petrol and diesel
-In 2017, Amendment made to include development and maintenance of national waterways

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Campaign for Self Reliance

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  • Nanaji Deshmukh
    1. Establish Chitrakoot Gramodya Vishwavidyalaya, India first rural university
    2. Establish Deendayal research Institute (DRI) in 1972 to validate philosophy of Integral Humanism propounded by him
    3. Launched “Campaign for Self- Reliance” carrying out social restructuring programme in 500 villages
  • 2017, PM launched Gram Samvad App to carry information of progress of rural development at Gram panchayat level
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Fish Lizard

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  • Indian scientists discovered fully preserved fossils of Jurassic age sea-dwelling reptile
  • Gujarat Kutch
  • It adds to knowledge of Ichthyosaur i.e. combination of two Greek words meaning fish & lizard i.e.reptile with fish like appearance
  • Ichthyosaur fossils have been found in continents of America, Australia & Europe but never in India
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Mekedatu river project

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  • Disputed project between KN &TN over sharing of Cauvery waters
  • KN intends to build reservoir across Cauvery near Mekedatu but TN opposed
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Mahadayi Water dispute

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  • Between MH, Goa & KN
  • Mahadayi river also called Mondovi in Goa originated from clusters of 30 springs in KN & forms river at Belagavi district in KN
  • Its rain-fed river flows in KN & Goa
  • MH has Catchment area
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Vansadhara river dispute

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-Between Odisha & AP

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SAATHI initiative

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  • Sustainable & Accelerated Adoption of efficient textile technologies to help small Industries
  • Under Ministry of power & Textiles
  • To boost energy efficient small & medium power-looms in country
  • Implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited(EESL) & Office of textile commissioner on pan-India basis
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H7N9

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  • Bird flu strain

- Human infections first reported in China 2013

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H3N2v

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  • circulated in pigs and infected humans
  • Virus that circulates in pigs are called Swine influenza virus and when infected humans, They are “variant” viruses
  • H3N2v is a variant virus
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H5N1

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  • Cause severe respiratory disease in birds called Avian Influenza (Bird flu)
  • Human cases occur occasionally but difficult to transmit infection person to person
  • H5N1 is more dangerous than H1N1
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Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana

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  • Ministry of Communications
  • Banking services to rural people through postal network
  • All Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana under its ambit
  • Under Scheme
    1. Minimum 1 village in every district
    2. Cover all households
    3. At least one rural postal life insurance policy
    4. Ensure Postal Life Insurance (PLI) no more confined to Government/Semi-Government but to all professionals like doctors/engineers/lawyers/bankers etc
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National Accountability Bureau

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  • Pakistan corruption watchdog

- Frequently in news related to corruption charges on Nawaj Shariff

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Kurinjimala sanctuary in Munnar

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  • Conservation of endangered Neelakurinji flower
    1. Nilgiri gets name
    2. Blossoms once in 12 years
    3. Shoal grasslands of Western Ghats
    4. Paliyan tribal people of Nilgiri hills calculate their ages by blossom of this flower
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Bishkek Declaration

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  • By 12 snow leopard range countries

- Conservation/protection of Snow leopard

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Sathyamangalam Tiger reserve

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  • Erode district
  • Confluence of western and eastern ghats
  • 700 flora species with more than 60 as endemic
  • Wild mugger crocodiles /vulture population
  • Declared tiger reserve in 2013
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ICDS to improve health/ nutrition status of

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  • 0-6 years
  • 6 services
    1. Supplementary Nutrition
    2. Pre-school non-formal education
    3. Nutrition & health education
    4. Immunization
    5. Health checkup
    6. Referral services
  • Centrally sponsored scheme implemented by states/UT
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WEF

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  • Not-for-profit established in 1971 and headquartered at Geneva, Switzerland
  • Major reports
    1. Global Competitiveness Report
    2. Global Gender gap report
    3. Global Human capital report
    4. Inclusive development index
    5. Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report
    6. Global Energy architecture performance index report
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Global Financial Stability Report

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IMF

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Shachi & Shruti associated with

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  • By Reliance Defense & Engineering Limited (RDEL)
  • Two offshore naval patrol vessels at their shipyard in Pipavav in Gujarat
  • These are 2 among 5 ships to be constructed by RDEL under P-21 project of Indian Navy
  • First set of warships to be manufactured by private sector for Indian Navy
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Mission Parivar Vikas

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  • MoHFW
  • Aims replacement level fertility rate of 2.1 by 2025
  • Improving contraceptives
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East to West European countries

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-Republic of Moldova - Republic of Macedonia - Vatican City - Switzerland

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Eastern Plateau & hills

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  • India divided into 15 Agro Climatic zones
  • Eastern Plateau & Hills
    1. Largest Agro climatic zone
    2. Soil is shallow and medium in depth
    3. Agricultural productivity is low
    4. Topography with slope 1 to 10%
    5. Tank irrigation & tube wells are common
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Wax Deoiling Technology

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  • Petroleum Industry
  • Adopted at Numaligarh Refinery Ltd(NRL) in Assam
  • Used to produce wax from petroleum streams
  • Indigenous developed
  • Paraffin wax - candles/polish/medicines/paints/leather/food packaging
  • Micro crystalline Wax- Cosmetic industry
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Siddhi Dhamal

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-Also called Dhamal - Unique dance of Siddi community of Gujarat

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Gotipua

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  • Traditional dance of Odisha & precursor to odishi classical dance
  • Boys dress as women to praise Jagannath & Krishna
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Bhand Pather

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-Traditional folk theater performed by “Bhand” i.e. folk entertainers of J&K

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Election Commission

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  • Art 324(1) vest to conduct elections for
    1. President
    2. Vice-President
    3. LS
    4. RS
    5. VS i.e. vidhan sabha
    6. VP i.e. vidhan parshad
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Election of Rajya Sabha

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  • MLAs have to show ballot paper to an authorized party agent before putting in ballot box
  • If defy party directive or uses NOTA, he cannot be disqualified as legislator and his vote is considered valid
  • According to EC rules, party is free to take disciplinary action including expulsion
  • Elected with system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote by MLA of States/UTs
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Nominated members of Rajya Sabha has right to vote

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  • Vice President but not President

- Right to vote for constitutional amendment bills , recently GST bill

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Final authority whether a member of Rajya Sabha has been subject to disqualification under Art 102(1) or based on “Office of profit” as ground for disqualification , is

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Art102(1)
-for either house of parliament, decision of President is final
-He generally opines ECI before giving decision on such matters
Art102(2)
-Disqualification under 10th schedule, It referred to Chairman, rajyasabha i.e. Vice president and his decision is final

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Damanganga -Pinjal river interlinking project

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  • Recently MH & GJ sign agreement
  • Proposes diversion of surplus water of Bhugad & Khargihill reservoirs in Damanganga basin to Mumbai via Pinjal dam on Pinjal river in Vaitarna basin
  • Ensures drinking water supply to Mumbai till 2060
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Kaleshwaram irrigation project

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  • Telengana & AP

- tunnel Between Yellampally barrage and Mallannasagar reservoir

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Kalasa Banduri project

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  • Mahadayi river water sharing between Goa & KN
  • Plan to divert water through Kalasa -Banduri canal project i.e. two separate canal to supply water to Hubbali-Dharwad , Belagavi
  • Goa protests and stayed court orders on the project
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy

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  • New concept by Japan as part of its foreign policy
  • It rests on two oceans i.e. Indian & Pacific and two continents i.e. Africa & Asia
  • involves connecting FREE & OPEN Asia & Pacific region with eastern Africa,South Asia, SE Asia with western pacific ocean region & Japan
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Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojna (PMKSY)

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-Ministry of food processing industries
-Aim to supplement agriculture with modernize food processing and decrease agri-waste
-Umbrella scheme for ongoing schemes like
1.Mega food parks
2.Integrated cold chain and value addition infrastructure
3.Food safety and Quality assurance Infrastructure
& others

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Deendayal Upadhyay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana

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  • Ministry of S&T
  • Aims to transform fate of villages through S&T with help of local resources & skills
  • Pilot basis in villages of Uttarakhand and made them self -sustainable
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FAME India Scheme

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  • Encourage development and use of hybrid and electric vehicles in country
  • Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public enterprises
  • Stands for Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid/Electric vehicles
  • It has 4 focus areas
    1. Technology development
    2. Demand Creation
    3. Pilot Projects
    4. Charging Infrastructure
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Montreal Protocol

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  • Phasing out substances depleting Ozone
  • Initially list includes CFCs & halons but today it includes HCFCs, methyl bromide etc
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) is the implementing agency of this treaty
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Name some GI tags

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Gobindobhog rice 
- Burdwan, WB - late cultivation and hence not affected by rains. 
-Pest resistance
-short grain, aromatic & sticky rice with buttery flavor
Joha Rice
-Assam Aromatic rice
-Only grown in NE India
-High anti-oxidant properties
Kalanamak rice
-Tiny pearl like rice grown in UP
-Aroma & taste
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Who gives GI Tags

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-Ministry of Commerce

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Chapati Gurmatiya

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  • Diabetic patients are advised to avoid rice
  • Chapati Gurmatiya is white rice with low Glycemic Index (GI)
  • Can be taken by Diabetic patients
  • Cultivated in CG
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Jugunu

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  • First nano satellite prepared by IITK

- To Test MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical systems) based Inertial Measurement Unit(IMU) in space

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AstroSat - First multi-wavelength space observatory

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  • satellite

- first astronomy mission to study celestial sources in X-ray, optical and UV bands

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India’s largest ground based optical telescope

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  • Devasthal , UK
  • Indo-Belgian -Russia
  • Operated by ARIES - Aryabhatta research Institute of Observational sciences under DoST
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Pangong Tso Lake

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  • high grassland lake
  • Long narrow, deep, Endorheic (landlocked) lake
  • At height of 14000 ft in Himalayas
  • Approx 60% lies in tibet
  • It has very high phosphate concentrations
  • Brackish i.e. slight salty water with low micro-vegetation
  • In process of wetland of international importance under Ramsar convention
  • Disputed territory
  • LAC passes through lake
  • Important breeding ground for variety of birds including number of migratory birds.
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Ramsar Convention

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Ramsar Convention works closely with six other organisations known as International Organization Partners (IOPs)

  • Birdlife International
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
  • International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
  • Wetlands International
  • WWF International
  • Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)
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Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh (MUSK) recently approved by cabinet

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  • Non lapsable pool in Public Accounts of India
  • All proceeds of secondary and higher education cess will be credited to this fund
  • Boosts secondary/higher educations
  • Under MoHRD
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Sovereign Gold Bond scheme

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  • Government securities denominated in grams of gold
  • Aims to reduce demand for physical gold in market
  • Issue by RBI on behalf of GOI
  • Minimum investment to be 1g and Maximum to be 4kg for individuals
  • Interest rate of 2.5% per annum
  • tradable in secondary market
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Malpelo plate

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  • Small tectonic micro plate discovered off west coast of Ecuador
  • Earlier considered part of Nazca plate
  • It is wedged between Nazca, Cocos and Caribbean minor plate
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European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL)

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  • World most powerful X-ray machine
  • At Hamburg, Germany
  • Capable of firing X-rays in bursts in less than seconds like strobe lights and can capture snapshots of jittery molecules frozen in time
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Installation of Ground Water Recharge System project

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  • Only project to get GCF (Green Climate Fund) is based in Odisha
  • NABARD is the implementation agency of Green Climate Fund in India
  • Green Climate fund set in 2010 under United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change (UNFCCC) to provide support to developing countries in combating climate change with resource i.e. fund from developed countries & other public & private sources
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World first “Smart train” based on Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) launched in

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  • China

- Rail-less system for urban passenger transport, similar to other guided busways

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Nobel Prize

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  • Will of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895
  • Set of five annual international awards
    1. Chemistry
    2. Lierature
    3. Peace
    4. Physics
    5. Physiology (Branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts) or Medicine
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Sveriges Riksbank Prize

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  • Established in 1968
  • Not the one established by will of Alfred Nobel
  • But established in memory of Alfred Nobel
  • It is considered as Nobel Prize in Economics
  • 2017 awarded to Richard H Thaler for contributions to behavioral economics
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Project CHAMAN

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  • Recently, Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh announced possibility of completion of Project CHAMAN in 2018
  • Aims development of horticulture sector
  • Implemented by Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast centre
  • Pioneer project to use remote sensing technique for development of horticulture sector
  • It gave methodology for preparing reliable estimates for horticulture crops
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National Wildlife Action Plan 2017-31

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  • MoEFCC unveiled third National Wildlife Action Plan 2017-31
  • Prepared by JC Kala committee
  • 1st (1983) & 2nd (2002) were adopted
  • This aims
    1. Climate change into wildlife planning
    2. Mitigation of human-wildlife conflict
    3. Conservation of coastal/marine ecosystem
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Name some projects being funded by WB

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SANKALP
-Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion
-Centrally Sponsored scheme
STRIVE
-Skills strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement
-Central sector scheme
Nai Manzil
-Initiative by Ministry of Minority Affairs
-benefits 17-35 years age group with 30% for minority girls
-Integrated input of formal education and skill training along with certification
-Aims for opportunity in organised sector
Tejaswini
-Socio-Economic empowerment of adolescent girls/ young women i.e. market driven skill training or completion of secondary education

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Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008

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  • Creation of LLP firms that combine the advantages of ease of running partnership and separate legal entity status and limited liability aspect of company
  • Aims to encourage small business entities undertaking larger ventures as liabilities are limited
  • Advantages
    1. lower cost of formation
    2. lesser compliance
    3. easy to manage, run and wind up
    4. Not liable for acts of other partners
    5. No requirement of minimum capital contributions
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Why did Rowlatt act arouse popular indignation

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Rowlatt Act 1919

-Imprison without trial

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Bhakti Movement saints

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Alvar saints
-12 alvars were Tamil poets between 6th-9th centuries A.D. and espoused bhakti i.e.emotional devotion to vishnu-krishna in their songs
-Pioneers of Bhakti movement in India
-Collection of their hymns called Divya Prabandha
-All were male except one named Andal
Nayanar saints
-63 of them were Shiva devotional between 5th -10th centuries
-Compilation of their poetry “Tirumurai” also called “Tamil Veda”

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Paika Bidroha

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  • Paika rebellion 1817 as “First war of Independence” chosen by HRD ministry to be included in history books from next academic session
  • Paikas were peasant militia under Gajapati rulers of Odisha rendering military services to king during war times
  • Rebelled against British under leadership of Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhara as early as 1817
  • They got support not only from local Rajas but also ordinary farmers
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Bonn Challenge

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  • Global effort to restore 150 million hectares of world degraded and deforested lands by 2020
  • Launched by Germany in collaboration with IUCN in collaboration with Rio conventions of 1992 Earth summit
  • IUCN estimates
  • Approximately 84 billion $ per year in net benefits that could positively affect income opportunities for rural communities
  • Reduction of current co2 emissions gap by 11-17 %
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Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)

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  • Joint initiative by NASA & German Aerospace centre
  • Detail study about earth’s ice cover
    1. twin satellites launched in 2002 to conduct detail measurements of Earth’s gravitational field
    2. Recently 2017 It completed the study
    3. Unprecedented insights into how planets is changing by tracking continuous movement of liquid water, ice and solid Earth
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Catalonia crises recently in news

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  • Spain
    1. Catalonia separatist government declared independence from Spain
    2. At same time , National government in Madrid imposed direct rule on Calalonia
    3. Catalonia is most wealthiest and productive regions of spain
    4. Granted autonomy under 1978 constitution
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Warsaw convention

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  • Rules and regulations governing civil aviation
  • defines potential liability that an international carrier faces with regards to air transport of people and luggage of various kinds
  • India is party to the convention
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SMART commitments as part of United Nations (UN) decade of action on Nutrition 2016-25

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  • To tackle child hunger and all forms of malnutrition

- Brazil was the first country to make SMART commitments

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Astrosat

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  • India’s first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory
  • Recently accomplished strenuous job of X-ray polarization putting up strong challenge to prevailing theories of high energy radiations from pulsars
  • Pulsars
    1. celestial body
    2. Made up on neutrons
    3. Rotates 30 times per second
    4. Tiny in size but mass more than that of Sun
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NGTS-1b

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  • Newly discovered planet (gas giant)
  • Due to size & temperature, Also called “Hot Jupiter”
  • Spotted by Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) employing array of 12 telescope on ground-based robotic search for exoplanets.
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MESSENGER

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  • First orbital mission around mercury

- 2011-15

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BepiColombo

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  • Joint mission ESA & Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
  • Twin satellites to perform comprehensive study on mercury including its magnetic field, interior structure and surface
  • To be launched in October 2018
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Mariner 10

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-Launched by NASA to fly by planets Mercury and Venus in 1973

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MAVEN

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  • Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN)
  • To study atmosphere of Mars
  • To study how atmosphere and water presumed to have once been substantial were lost over time
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Traditional rainwater harvesting systems

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Cheruvu
-reservoirs found in chittoor and cuddapah districts of AP
-store run off water
Bhanadaras
-Check dams or diversions built across rivers
-Found in MH and their presence raises water level of rivers so that it begins to flow into channels
Phad
-North west MH
Kere
-Tanks in Central Karnataka plateau & were fed by channels branching off from check dams built across streams

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Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

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  • COP21 was adopted in Paris 2015
  • Post 2020 climate actions intended to take under new international agreement called Intended Nationally determined contributions (INDCs)
  • NDC are submitted every 5 years to UNFCCC secretariat
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Why Many of greeks, Kushana and Shakas embraced Buddhism instead of Hinduism ?

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-Caste ridden Hinduism could not attract them

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What all existed before Invasion of Alexander The great in India

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  • Use of punch marked silver coins
  • Republic form of polity
  • Urban Culture i.e. different people living in limited space
77
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French speaking countries

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  • Also called Francophonie

- Mostly in Western Africa

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Portuguese Language countries

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  • Also called Lusophonie
  • Mostly in South America
  • No Lusophonie in North America
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First mughal emperor to be in conflict with British

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Aurangzeb

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Volcanic Islands in vicinity of India

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  • Narcondam Islands
  • Comoros Islands (near Mozambique)
  • Crozet Islands (down only Antarctica)
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Emperor Penguin

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  • Endemic to only Antarctica
  • Unusually structured hemoglobin and solid bones
  • breeds (mating) during Antarctic winter
  • Eggs are incubated by males (sit on it to keep it warm)
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Lord Conwallis

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  • known for instituting of land, judiciary and administrative reforms and reorganize British army & administration
  • He demanded powers of Governor-general to be enlarged and in special cases override majority of his council and act on his special responsibility
    1. Act 1786 became first effective ruler of India
    2. GuvGen + Commander in Chief
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Charter Act 1813

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  • Many provisions of act was guided for making social base in India
    1. Social base means funds for education and entry of missionaries
84
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Equality before law

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  • No person above law

- Every person has equal access to courts

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Equal protection of laws

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-If two persons of different communities commits same crime, both will get same punishment

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Certiorari

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  • To move from lower court to upper court
  • Issued by higher court to lower court or tribunal either to transfer case or squash its order
  • Recently alleged leak of Harayana Civil Services (Judicial branch ) preliminary examination 2017 , SC order to transfer case from PB & Haryana High court to itself
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Fundamental Duties Part IV-A

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  • To abide by constitution, respect National flag & National Anthem
  • to follow noble ideals inspiring freedom struggle
  • Uphold sovereignty, integrity of India
  • Defend country and provide national service when called upon to do so
  • Fraternity & brotherhood
  • Renounce practices derogatory to women
  • Preserve rich heritage of composite culture
  • Protect national environment
  • To develop scientific temper and Humanism
  • Safeguard public property and avoid violence
  • To strive excellence so that national continuously rises
  • Parent/guardian to provide educational opportunities to child between 6-14 years
88
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Most common types of Nuclear reactor in India

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-Pressurized Water Reactors i.e. PWR

89
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Difference between Boiling water reactors (BWR) and Pressurized water reactors (PWR)

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BWR
-Reactor heats water into steam and then drives steam turbine
-Fukushima Daiichi is an example
-They are not capable of handling high seismic stress
PWR
-reactor heats water which does not boil because it is pressurized thus increasing boiling point. No steam is produced. When water reaches high temperature it exchanges heat with secondary low pressure water system which turns to steam and drives the turbine

90
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Sweetest naturally occurring carbohydrates

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Fructose

91
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Natural rubber in chemical form

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-Polyisoprene and can be produced synthetically

92
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Elements getting corroded by open air oxidation

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  • Iron,Copper, Zinc & Aluminium

- Output of Aluminium is Al2O3 which prevents further corrosion

93
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Piezoelectircity

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  • Electricity generated by certain crystals and ceramics
  • Generate electricity when gets deformed by mechanical pressure and vice-versa
  • Eg Quartz & Rochelle salt
  • Most commonly used ceramic is Barium titanate
94
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Stem cells

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Rather than developing into organ for transplants, they develop into many different tissue types
-They divide continuously creating pool of undifferentiated cells for possible use

95
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Name saints contemporary to Akbar

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  • Samarth Ramdas

- Tulsidas

96
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Wetlands in India

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  • Located in varied zones
    1. Some in arid zones like Rajasthan
    2. Some in tropical zones
  • Most of them are directly/indirectly linked to river systems
  • Only 25 as Ramsar sites in such large number of wetlands
97
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Coral reefs

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  • Found in shallow waters
  • in Tropical as well as temperate waters
  • Characterized by high biomass production
  • Remarkable floral and fauna diversity i.e. tropical rain forests of oceans
98
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Advantage of Humps in camels

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  • Does not store water in humps -common perception
  • Reservoir of fatty tissue
  • Plays important role in insulation of heat
    1. fat metabolism generates net loss of water and that is why it gets stored in Hump
99
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Public Accounts Committee

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  • Not more than 22 members comprising
    1. 15 elected by LS every year through PR system
    2. Not more than 7 from RS elected by house in manner associated with committee i.e. through PR system
  • Chairman by speaker from members of LS
    1. Speaker appoint member of opposition as chairman in 1967-68 and practice has been continued since then
  • Minister not eligible to get elected
    1. If appointed minister after election, he ceases to be member of committee
  • Examination of Appropriate accounts and reports of CAG, Reports of CAG on Revenue reciepts
  • CAG is friend, philosopher & guide of the committee
  • Attends sittings of committee and assists in deliberations
100
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India’s first solar power micro irrigation project under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) recently launched in

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  • Haryana
    1. Dera Fateh singh Village,Kurukshetra distict
  • Recently Haryana government announced 85 % subsidy for solar power micro irrigation projects
101
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Mutations

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  • Change in DNA blueprint
    1. loss of just one letter or chunks of genome
  • Can be harmful if occur in part of genome that codes something important
  • Protein machine that makes copies of genome called “DNA polymerase” does not always do perfect job
    1. Mistake once every 10 million letters of DNA it copies
    2. Sounds better but human genome has about 3 billion letters so there will be 300 mistakes every time genome copied
    3. Cells have other proteins to fix these mistakes, so they function well
    4. When mistake goes unfixed the it become part of genome and called mutation
  • Mutations occurs more likely when cells under stress for example toxic chemicals in cigarette known to cause mutations leading to lung cancer
    1. UV rays in sunlight can damage DNA in skin cells causing skin cancer
102
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Doldrums

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Located near equator

103
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Roaring forties

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strong westerly winds found in Southern Hemisphere between 40-49 degrees

104
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Mekong Ganga Cooperation project

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  • 6 member countries
    1. India
    2. Thailand
    3. Myanmar
    4. Cambodia
    5. Laos
    6. Vietnam
  • Co-operation in tourism, culture, education and transportation linkage
105
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Despite 70 percent starch content, Sorghum is not popular as good food

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  • Sorghum starch consists of amylopectin difficult to digest

- some varieties contains tannins enhancing its poorly digestible properties

106
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Political parties in India

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  • Compulsory to register with EC and declaration submitted has to state that they believe in secularism & constitutional principles
  • Using name of religion in name of political parties is not allowed
    1. Practically incorrect
    2. SC 2004 issued notice to national & state parties in response to PIL filed
    a. Some of them were Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM), Akali Dal, Indian Union of Muslim League (IUML)
    3. PIL fate not known
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Indian Independence Act 1947

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  • Constituent Assembly was creation of elections under GOI Act 1935 and Cabinet Mission plan of 1946
  • It became first federal legislature by virtue of Indian Independence Act 1947
  • Constitution commenced from Jan 26, 1950
  • Art 372 of constitution saved all existing laws of British India which were consistent with constitution
  • Art 395 of Constitution repealed the GOI Act 1935, Indian Independence Act 1947 and adaptation laws
    a. Reason was to establish them as independent legal systems based on only home-grown legislations
108
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Dutch East India Company

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  • Its authority was highly decentralized
  • Seats in India -Pulicat & Negapattam
  • Chief at Pulicat was Dutch Governor of India
  • HQ was Batavia in Indonesia (Current day Jakarta) and due to this they had highly decentralized structure
    a. One of main reasons for their downfall in India
109
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Equator

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  • Difference of few minutes between days/nights due to atmospheric refraction and sunrise/sunset measured from the time sun’s disk edge on horizon rather than center of disk
  • Places on equator experience quickest rates of sunrise/sunset in world
  • Equator only line of latitude which is great circle
110
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When hydrocarbon burns

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-C-C,C-H &O-O bonds were broken and new C-O &H-O bonds are made

111
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Why hydrocarbons don’t have hydrogen-hydrogen bonds ?

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  • To create bonds, Hydrogen must be bonded to electro negative atom such as F or O
    a. H-H don’t have polarity
112
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As per NASA recent reports, main reason behind smog problem in Delhi

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Practice of Crop residue burning in neighboring states

113
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Effects of Demonetization in India

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  • Decrease in Cash to GDP ratio
  • Decline in GVA growth
  • Increase in Tax base of government
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GVA calculation

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  • Two year back, CSO introduced new method called GVA to calculate growth numbers
    a. Differ from earlier method known as GDP
  • Another key change -move from factor cost to basic prices
    a. GDP at factor cost represents what producers make from industrial activity -wages, profits, rents & capital called factors of production
    b. but they incur other expenses such as property tax, stamp duty and registration duty before sale
    c. b is included in GDP but not in GVA
  • GVA captures what accrued to producer before product is sold
  • RBI too considers GVA for policy reviews
  • While calculating GVA, Indirect taxes are added while subsidies are subtracted
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Which organization in its report titled “South Asia Economic Focus-Globalization Backlash” praise demonetization in India

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  • WB
    a. reduce corruption
    b. electronic payments
    c. limit tax evasion & counterfeit notes
116
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ROAM

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  • Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology
  • By IUCN & World Resources Institute (WRI)
  • Aims for forest landscape restoration
117
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Equity shares

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  • Instruments of ownership not debt

- comprise entrepreneurial risk

118
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Tidal waves

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  • Gravitational force of earth & moon and earth & sun
  • Since gravitation force is inversely proportional to square of distance, Sun pull diminishes relative to moon
  • Timing of arrival shifts each day.
    a. Earth spin east on its axis and moon revolves earth in same direction but more slowly than earth’s spin
    b. it takes extra 52 minutes than 24 hrs day for moon to catch up to same location
119
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Diabetes types

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Type 1
-Occurs when body does not produce insulin
Type 2
-Body does not respond properly to insulin

In either type, over treatment or failure to eat while on medication Can lead to hypoglycemia (Low sugar)

Low sugar
-able to know and eat before reaching dangerous point
High Sugar
-Thirst, Increased Urination , Sleepiness

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