GK & CA
Collection of weekly GK & CA since year 2016.
June, 2022
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Patachitra
Patachitra is a general term for traditional, cloth-based scroll painting,based in the eastern Indian states of Odisha, West Bengal and parts of Bangladesh. Patachitra art form is known for its intricate details as well as mythological narratives and folk tales inscribed in it. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary
The Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary is a high altitude wildlife sanctuary located in the Ladakhi adjunct of the Changthang plateau in the Leh District of the union territory of Ladakh. It is important as one of the few places in India with a population of the Kiang or Tibetan Wild Ass, as well as the rare Black-necked Crane. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 26 Jun, 20225426
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the Civil War. The Proclamation changed the legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans from enslaved to free (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 26 Jun, 20225425
Surya Nutan
A new solar cooking system, developed by Indian Oil’s Research and Development wing, is currently being tested at 60 locations in the country - green solar energy cooking system designed and patented by Indian Oil. (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 26 Jun, 20225424
Chhattisgarh Mahatari
Mother Chhattisgarh - Like “Bharat Mata” is for India, she is seen as an image of Chhattisgarh. The state to display portraits of Chhattisgarh Mahatari at all official functions of the state government and in offices. (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 26 Jun, 20225423
Metformin - treatments to slow aging
Saudi Arabia plans to spend $1 billion a year discovering treatments to slow aging. The oil kingdom fears that its population is aging at an accelerated rate and hopes to test drugs to reverse the problem. First up might be the diabetes drug metformin. (Source: technologyreview.com)
Sun, 26 Jun, 20225421
Pavagadh
Pavagadh (Panchmahal district in Gujarat state) is an ancient Triassic Period location with Enriched History from periods of Treta Yuga and Dvapara Yuga. It is known for a famous Mahakali temple which draws thousands of pilgrims every day (Source: Wikipedia)
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LaMDA
LaMDA or Language Models for Dialog Applications is a machine-learning language model created by Google as a chatbot that is supposed to mimic humans in conversation. Like BERT, GPT-3 and other language models, LaMDA is built on Transformer, a neural network architecture that Google invented and open-sourced in 2017. (Source: Google)
Sun, 19 Jun, 20225419
Bharat Gaurav scheme
Railways flags off country’s first private train under Bharat Gaurav scheme. Around 1100 passengers boarded the maiden round trip service from Coimbatore to Shirdi (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 19 Jun, 20225418
Kranti Gatha
A newly created Gallery of Indian Revolutionaries inside the underground British–era bunker at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. It is a tribute to the known and unknown revolutionaries of the Indian freedom movement. It has been created under the guidance of historian and writer Dr Vikram Sampath . (Source:freepressjournal.in)
Sun, 19 Jun, 20225417
Agnipath scheme for soldiers
Under the new Agnipath scheme, around 45,000 to 50,000 soldiers will be recruited annually, and most will leave the service in just four years. Of the total annual recruits, only 25 per cent will be allowed to continue for another 15 years under permanent commission (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 19 Jun, 20225415
Loktantra ke Swar and the Republic Ethic
Books having selected speeches of the President of India Ram Nath Kovind, this is the fourth volume of the series featuring the fourth year of the presidency of Ram Nath Kovind. (Source: indiatoday.in)
Sun, 12 Jun, 20225414
Polyversity
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has built its own office in the metaverse, becoming the first accreditation agency in India to do so. Polyversity, an educational metaverse was launched on Monday by Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education in the Government of India (Source: businesstoday.in).
Sun, 12 Jun, 20225413
Baikho Festival
People in India’s northeastern state of Assam began celebrations Saturday for a spring festival, meant to bring in an auspicious harvest season filled with abundant crops and good health (Source: The Firstpost)
Sun, 12 Jun, 20225412
Agni-4 missile
India conducted a “routine user training” launch test of its nuclear-capable Agni-4 missile on Monday, reaffirming the credible minimum deterrence capability. Agni and Prithvi are the country’s two main nuclear missiles (Source: The Indian Express)
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Corvettes, Su-30 engines
The planned next generation corvettes will be the first time that the warships will be designed entirely by the Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design and executed by an Indian shipyard through a competitive bid (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 12 Jun, 20225409
PM Shri Schools
The Central government is going to establish “PM Shri schools” which aim to prepare students for the future and will be a laboratory for new National Education Policy (NEP). (Source: The Print.in)
Sun, 05 Jun, 20225408
ACB 14400
Andhra Pradesh government launches 'ACB 14400' app to report corrupt officials with proof. Earlier, people could file a complaint via the toll-free number, 14400, but they were less likely to submit evidence with it. (Source: The New Indian Express)
Sun, 05 Jun, 20225407
Param Ananta
The government has deployed an indigenously developed Param Ananta supercomputer under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) with 838 teraflops computing power capacity at IIT Gandhinagar. The high power supercomputer can process 838 lakh crore calculations per second. (Source: The Financial Express)
Sun, 05 Jun, 20225406
Arun Yogira
Mysore-based sculptor Arun Yogiraj has been roped in for creating the statue of Subhas Chandra Bose to be installed at India Gate. Yogiraj is the man behind the 12-foot statue of Adi Shankaracharya at Kedarnath(Source: The Indian Express)
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Ol Chiki
The Ol Chiki script was created in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu for the Santali language, and publicized first in 1939 at a Mayurbhanj State exhibition. Purulia professor Sripati Tudu transcribed the Indian Constitution into Ol Chiki. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 05 Jun, 2022