Q.1854) With reference to the State of India’s Birds, 2023 report, consider the following statements:
1. Peafowl is one of the most rapidly increasing species in the country.
2. The number of Glossy Ibis and Black-headed Ibis has decreased.
3. Ducks are rapidly increasing in India.
4. White-rumped vultures have suffered the maximum long-term declines.
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1. Peafowl is one of the most rapidly increasing species in the country.
2. The number of Glossy Ibis and Black-headed Ibis has decreased.
3. Ducks are rapidly increasing in India.
4. White-rumped vultures have suffered the maximum long-term declines.
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How many of the statements given above are correct?
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12%
Only one
39%
Only two
30%
Only three
20%
All four
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5⃣ Five Zonal Councils were established in the year 1957 under Section 15-22 of the States Reorganization Act, 1956.
✅️ Union cb Home Minister is the Chairman of these five Zonal Councils, while the Chief Ministers of the States included in the respective Zonal Council and the Administrator/Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territories are its members.
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5⃣ Five Zonal Councils were established in the year 1957 under Section 15-22 of the States Reorganization Act, 1956.
✅️ Union cb Home Minister is the Chairman of these five Zonal Councils, while the Chief Ministers of the States included in the respective Zonal Council and the Administrator/Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territories are its members.
🔵Two more ministers from each state are nominated by the Governor as members of the council.
🅾️ Each Zonal Council has also constituted a Standing Committee at the level of Chief Secretaries.
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🟥SIGNIFICANCE ✅️
👉In the spirit that strong States make strong nations, Zonal Councils provide a platform to enhance cooperation through a systematic mechanism for regular dialogue and discussion on issues affecting two or more states or the Center and the States.
🟩The Zonal Councils hold discussions on a wide range of issues including infrastructure, mining, water supply, environment and forests and state-restructuring, as well as direct benefit transfer (DBT), wider expansion of telecommunications/internet and issues of general regional interests
🟥SIGNIFICANCE ✅️
👉In the spirit that strong States make strong nations, Zonal Councils provide a platform to enhance cooperation through a systematic mechanism for regular dialogue and discussion on issues affecting two or more states or the Center and the States.
🟩The Zonal Councils hold discussions on a wide range of issues including infrastructure, mining, water supply, environment and forests and state-restructuring, as well as direct benefit transfer (DBT), wider expansion of telecommunications/internet and issues of general regional interests
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Sri Lanka: Annual Kandy Esala Perahara is being celebrated at Temple of Sacred Tooth Relic
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Sri Lanka: Annual Kandy Esala Perahara is being celebrated at Temple of Sacred Tooth Relic
In Sri Lanka, the annual Kandy Esala Perahara is being celebrated with deep devotion at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy.
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Medieval Indian engineers in the 7th century built robots. Powered by water and clockwork
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Medieval Indian engineers in the 7th century built robots. Powered by water and clockwork
Using hydraulics and clockwork, engineers could make wondrous devices that are now lost. These were more credible than claims about pre-modern Indian technology such as UFOs and genetic engineering.
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🇮🇳In some of the capital -intensive sectors too, like electronics, India has good GVC linkages✅️
👉Electronics and capital goods
👉Chemicals
👉Textiles
👉Autocomponents (electric vehicles)
👉Solar module batteries
👉Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices
🅾️Read above article about India's well position to leverage Global Value Chains(GVC) for higher economic growth and job creation.
🔵In labour - intensive sectors like textiles and apparel, India is well integrated into GVCs, though there is scope for greater expansion✅️
🇮🇳In some of the capital -intensive sectors too, like electronics, India has good GVC linkages✅️
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💢 Mobile phones
💢Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Batteries
💢High-efficiency solar PV modules
💢Drones
💢 Wearables
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Archaeological excavations unearth another Neolithic age celt in Dharmapuri district’s Poothinatham - The Hindu
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Archaeological excavations unearth another Neolithic age celt in Dharmapuri district’s Poothinatham
Archaeological excavations in Poothinatham, Dharmapuri district have yielded a celt belonging to the Neolithic age, said A. Sivananandam, Deputy Director of the Department of Archaeology. A celt is a long, thin, prehistoric stone or bronze tool.
Q.1855) The famous archaeological sites namely Chan Chan, Machu Picchu, Pacopampa are present in which of the following countries?
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