#SnT_Currents #2MinRead #PT2020

THAAD

- Terminal High Altitude Area Defense.
- It's a anti-ballistic missile defense system designed and manufactured by the US.

- Deployment in - South Korea, the UAE, Guam, Israel and Romania

- It can shoot down short, medium, and intermediate range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase (descent or reentry) by intercepting them. 

- News-China is opposing the THAAD defence systems in South Korea.

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MCQs Practice on Important static part + Current affairs of Last 1 year
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#Govt_Initiative #PT2020

SPECS

- Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS)
- It will provide incentive of 25% on the capital expenditure for the manufacturing of goods constituting the supply chain of electronic products.

Benefits

- It will help to strengthen the electronic manufacturing ecosystem in the country.
- New investments in Electronics Sector
- Employment generation
- Reducing dependence on import of components

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Congo - new Ebola epidemic

- Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), was formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever
- Virus causes severe bleeding, organ failure and can lead to death.

- Transmission - Animal to Human and then Human to human

- spread among humans is through contact with bodily fluids such as blood.

- experimental Ebola vaccine is called rVSV-ZEBOV

#History_Basics #PT2020
Battle of Plassey, 1757

Reason – The servants of company were indulged in abuse of dastaks in inland trade and not paying duty.

Parties - (Sirajuddaula (Nawab of Bengal) + His French support troop) V/S Robert Clive

Result → Robert clive won & marked Foundation of British Rule in India

Battle of Buxar, 1764

Parties - Between (Nawab of Bengal Mir Qasim + Nawab of Awadh Shuja Uddaula + Mughal emperor Shah Alam 2) V/S East India Company under the command of Major Hector Munro

Result → East India Company won

Allahabad Treaty was signed

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Katkari
-It is a Scheduled Tribe belonging to the state of Maharashtra.
- They are bilingual, speaking the Katkari language, a dialect of the Marathi-Konkani languages and Marathi
- Katkari has been designated a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG)
- They were listed as forest-dwelling people by the British Raj under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, a stigma that continues to this day.

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Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups(PVTGs)

- Tribal communities who have declining or stagnant population, low level of literacy, pre-agricultural level of technology and are economically backward.
- They generally inhabit remote localities having poor infrastructure and administrative support.
- These groups are among the most vulnerable section of our society as they are few in numbers, have not attained any significant level of social and economic development.
- 75 such groups have been identified and categorized as PVTGs by Ministry of Home Affairs.

#2MinRead #Art_n_culture

Pattachitra

- It is a traditional cloth-based scroll painting of Odisha and West Bengal.

- It is an ancient art form.

- Name evolved from the
Sanskrit words patta(cloth), and chitra(picture)

- Paintings are based on Hindu
mythology.

- Odisha style is inspired by Jagannath and Vaishnava sect.
West Bengal art is mostly inspired by Shaktism.

- Natural colours are extensively employed.

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SHREYAS

- ‘Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills’

- Launched by Ministry of HRD

- for providing industry apprenticeship opportunities to fresh graduates.
through the National Apprenticeship Promotional Scheme (NAPS).

- 3 Ministries collaboration
- Ministry of HRD,
- Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
- Ministry of Labour& Employment

- Implementation through 3 Initiatives
- National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS),
- National Career Service
(NCS)
- introduction of BA/BSc/BCom (Professional) courses in the higher
educational institutions.

#Geography_Current   #2MinRead 

Nisarga - Tropical Cyclone

- It is a Arabian Sea tropical cyclone

- Categorized as Severe Cyclonic Storm by IMD. Wind speeds from 100-140 kmh.

- Landfall at Alibagh, near Mumbai.

- Nisarga is the first severe cyclonic storm since 1891 to impact Mumbai.

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‘Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS)’

- Recently, approved by Central government.
- to give a boost to domestic defence and aerospace manufacturing, by creating a state-of-the-art defence testing infrastructure.

- Special focus is given on MSMEs and Start Ups.
- Budget Allocation -  Rs 400 crore for five years.

- Test facilities to be set up in partnership with private industry.

- Finance of Projects
75% by Centre
25% by State Governments + Private entities.

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UPSC Examinations New Schedule 👆

CSE Prelims 2020 - 4th October 2020

CSE Mains 2020 - 8th January 2021

#2MinRead #Environment_Static #PT2020

Gangetic Dolphins

- National Aquatic Animal of India
- Known as Su Su or Blind dolphin
-found in Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers and their tributaries in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal
- Uses Biosonar for communication

Threats 
- Entanglement in fishing nets as bycatch
- Hunting for oil and meat 
- Poisoning from industrial and agricultural chemicals 
- Building of more than 50 dams along many rivers

Conservation Efforts
- comes under Wildlife Protection Act 1972 - Schedule 1
- IUCN Red List status - Engdangered
- Protected under CITES Convention - Appendix 1
- Declared as City Animal for Guwahati

- Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in Bihar - India's only sanctuary for the Gangetic dolphin

#Geography_Basics #PT2020

Factors behind Tropical Cyclones

1. Large sea surface with temperature higher than 27° C.
2. Presence of the Coriolis force enough to create a cyclonic vortex. 
3. Small variations in the vertical wind speed. 
4. A pre-existing weak low-pressure area or low-level-cyclonic circulation
5. Upper divergence above the sea level system.