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What is Blue Water Gas?

A gas consisting mainly of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, made by passing steam over red-hot coke and burning with a blue flame, used especially as a source of hydrogen; also called blue gas, water gas.

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What is Coke?

Coke is a fuel with few impurities and a high carbon content, usually made from coal. It is the solid carbonaceous material derived from destructive distillation of low-ash, low-sulphur bituminous coal. Coke is also used to manufacture water gas.

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What's IOT?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.

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Who developed the touchscreen?

E.A. Johnson is believed to be the first to developed the touchscreen in 1965. But the tablet, which was patented in 1969, could only read one touch at a time, and it was used for air traffic control until about 1995.

How the first cataract surgery was done?

The Sushruta Samhita documents cataract surgery. The patient had to look at the tip of his or her nose while the surgeon, holding the eyelids apart with thumb and index finger, used a needle-like instrument to pierce the eyeball from the side. It was then sprinkled with breast milk and the outside of the eye bathed with a herbal medication. The surgeon used the instrument to scrape out the clouded lens until the eye “assumed the glossiness of a resplendent cloudless sun”. During recovery it was important for the patient to avoiding coughing, sneezing, burping or anything else that might cause pressure in the eye. If the operation were a success, the patient would regain some useful vision, albeit unfocused.

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Are Live Broadcasts are actually Live?

In radio and television, broadcast delay is an intentional delay (often seven seconds) when broadcasting live material. The delay is to prevent mistakes or unacceptable content from being broadcast.

What's Turing Award?

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The ACM (Association for Comouting Machinery) Turing Award, often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Computing,” carries a $1 million prize, with financial support provided by Google, Inc. It is named for Alan M. Turing, the British mathematician who articulated the mathematical foundation and limits of computing.

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What's Google Lens?

Google Lens is a feature announced by Google during Google I/O 2017. It is designed for bringing up relevant information based on what your camera sees. For example, if you point your camera to a Wi-Fi sticker, the app will automatically connect to the Wi-Fi source that has been scanned. It is integrated with the Google Photos and Google Assistant apps.

Full form of few Govt Schemes and Yojanas

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1. UDAY : Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana
2. PMsMY : Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana
3. PMJDY: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
4. PMJJBY : Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
5. PMSBY : Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
6. APY : Atal Pension Yojana
7. KVP : Kisan Vikas Patra
8. SBA : Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
9. PMSAGY : Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
10. AMRUT : Atal Mission For Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation
11. NGM : Namami Ganga Yojana
12. HRIDAY : Heritage City Development & Augmentation Yojana
13. MUDRA : Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency
14. SETU : Self Employment & Talent Utilization
15. NPS : National Pension Scheme
16. PMKVY : Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
17. PMKSY : Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
18. BBBP YOJANA : Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana
19. SSY : Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
20. PMFBY : Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
21. PMGSY : Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
22. PMUY: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
23. PMGKY : Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana
24. DICGC : Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
25. TEC INDIA : Transform Energise And Clean India
26. PACS : Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
27. CPI : Consumer Price Index
28. WPI : Wholesale Price Index
29. CAD : Current Account Deficit
30. KVKs : Krishi Vigyan Kendras
31. MSMEs : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
32. CBS : Core Banking Solution
33. CORE : Centralized Online Real Time Exchange
34. LTIG : Long Term Irrigation Fund
35. MIF : Micro Irrigation Fund
36. NAM : National Agricultural Market
37. DIDF : Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund
38. MGNREGA : Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
39. PMAY : Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana
40. NRDWP : National Rural Drinking Water Programme
41. SWAYAM : Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
42. PMKK : Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra
43. SANKALP : Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness For Livelihood
Promotion Programme
44. STRIVE : Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement
45. MSK : Mahila Shakti Kendra
46. NHB : NATIONAL HOUSING BANK
47. RRSK : Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh
48. M-SIPS : Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme
49. EDF : Electronic Development Fund
50. TIES : Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme

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TSR Subramaniam committee on educational reforms recommended leaving UGC only with scholarship and grant disbursal function

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T.S.R. Subramanian committee, entrusted with preparing a new education policy for India submitted the report to the government in May suggesting measures that the country must take to improve the sector that caters to over 300 million students in the country.
 
Here are top 10 recommendations of the report:

1) An Indian Education Service (IES) should be established as an all India service with officers being on permanent settlement to the state governments but with the cadre controlling authority vesting with the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry.
 
2) The outlay on education should be raised to at least 6% of GDP without further loss of time.
 
3) There should be minimum eligibility condition with 50% marks at graduate level for entry to existing B.Ed courses. Teacher Entrance Tests (TET) should be made compulsory for recruitment of all teachers. The Centre and states should jointly lay down norms and standards for TET.
 
4) Compulsory licensing or certification for teachers in government and private schools should be made mandatory, with provision for renewal every 10 years based on independent external testing.
 
5) Pre-school education for children in the age group of 4 to 5 years should be declared as a right and a programme for it implemented immediately.
 
6) The no detention policy must be continued for young children until completion of class V when the child will be 11 years old. At the upper primary stage, the system of detention shall be restored subject to the provision of remedial coaching and at least two extra chances being offered to prove his capability to move to a higher class
 
7) On-demand board exams should be introduced to offer flexibility and reduce year end stress of students and parents. A National Level Test open to every student who has completed class XII from any School Board should be designed.
 
8) The mid-day meal (MDM) program should now be extended to cover students of secondary schools. This is necessary as levels of malnutrition and anaemia continue to be high among adolescents.
 
9) UGC Act must be allowed to lapse once a separate law is created for the management of higher education. The University Grants Commission (UGC) needs to be made leaner and thinner and given the role of disbursal of scholarships and fellowships.
 
10) Top 200 foreign universities should be allowed to open campuses in India and give the same degree which is acceptable in the home country of the said university.