Expert Panel Members:
Anchor: Frank Pereira
Area : 1,40,00,000 sq. km
Population : Uninhabited
Size : Fifth largest continent.
Situation : Antarctica, centered on the South Pole, is situated 960 km from South America, 2,700 km from Australia and 4,000 km from South Africa. It is surrounded by Southern or Antarctic Ocean, formed the southern waters of Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Ocean.
Shape : Except for the deep indentations of the Ross and Weddell Seas and the projecting peninsula, the continent is roughly circular in shape.
Climate : World’s coldest continent and remains covered with very thick layer of ice, therefore, known as ‘white continent’. Precipitation, in the form of snow (equal to 5 cm of rain) making Antarctica, one of the earth’s great desert.
The Land : Antarctica Continent is the highest of all the continents, averaging 6000 feet in elevation. Ice sheet covers 95% of Antarctica, and exposed areas are rugged and mountainous. The principal mountain chain is Trans Antarctic which divides the continent in almost two equal parts. Ellsworth Mountain, fringing the coast, contains Antarctica’s highest peak, the Vinson Massif (5,140m). Mt. Erebus, the only active volcano, is located on the Ross Island.
1.'टीयू 142 एम'के संदर्भ में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें -
(i). 'टीयू 142 एम'लांग रेंज मैरीटाइम पैट्रोल एयरक्राफ्ट 1998 में पूर्ववर्ती
सोवियत संघ से खरीदा गया था और डबोलिम गोआ में भारतीय नौ सेना में शामिल किया गया
था
(ii). विमान को 29 मार्च, 2017 को तमिलनाडु में अराक्कोणम स्थित भारत के प्रमुख नौ
सेना वायु केंद्र आई एन एस राजाली पर आयोजित एक विशेष समारोह में नौ सेना अध्यक्ष
एडमिरल सुनील लाम्बा, पीवी एस एम, एवी एस एम, एडीसी द्वारा बेड़े से हटाया जाएगा
(iii). टीयू 142 एम की भूमिका अब पी-81 एयरक्राफ्ट द्वारा अदा की जाएगी।
इनमें से कौन सा/से कथन सत्य है:-
a. i एवं ii
b. ii एवं iii
c. i एवं iii
d. i, ii एवं iii
1. it decriminalises suicide attempt by mentally ill people
2. it protect and restore property right of mentally ill persons
3. every mental health establishment has to be registered with the respective
Central or State Mental Health Authority
A. 1,2 only
B. 2,3 only
C. 1,3 only
D. All of the above
1. Accompanying women to the health facility for antenatal care checkup
2 . Using pregnancy test kits for early detection of pregnancy
3. Providing information on nutrition and immunization
4. Conducting the delivery of baby
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
A. 1, 2 and 3 only
B. 2 and 4 Only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2, 3 & 4
The Chief of the Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, will be conferred the honorary title of General of the Nepalese Army during his ongoing visit to the Himalayan country.
Gen. Rawat is on an official visit to Nepal and Bangladesh from March 28 to April 2, his first foreign visit after assuming office.
The President of Nepal, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, will confer the title of “Honorary General of the Nepalese Army” to Gen. Rawat at an investiture ceremony.
General Rajendra Chettri, the Chief of the Nepalese Army, was conferred the title of “Honorary General of the Indian Army” on February 3 during his first visit to India after assuming office.
This tradition, a reciprocal arrangement to honour each other’s Army chief’s with the honorary titles, has been continuing uninterrupted since it began in 1969.
During his visit to Nepal and Bangladesh, Gen. Rawat will be visiting several important military installations and meeting high-ranking dignitaries, including the Prime Minister, Defence Minister and the Chief of the Army Staff.
A delegation led by Gen. Rawat will visit the Nepalese Army Mountain Warfare School at Jomsom and the Pension Paying office at Pokhra.
From Nepal, Gen Rawat will proceed to Bangladesh, where he will meet the President, the Prime Minister and the Chief of the Bangladesh Army.
Large brain sizes in primates may have been a result of their diverse diet, which included fruits and vegetables, rather than living complex social lives, scientists have found.
These results call into question “the social brain hypothesis,” which has posited that humans and primates are big-brained due to factors pertaining to social living.
The findings reinforce the notion that human and primate brain evolution may be driven by differences in feeding rather than in socialisation.
Researchers examined more than 140 primate species — or more than three times as many as previous studies — and incorporated more recent evolutionary trees, or phylogenies.
They took into account food consumption across the studied species — folivores (leaves), frugivores (fruit), frugivores/folivores, and omnivores and several measures of sociality, such as group size, social system, and mating system.
Results showed that brain size is predicted by diet rather than by the various measures of sociality — after controlling for body size and phylogeny.
The government informed the Lok Sabha that pellet guns “may be” used by security forces in the Kashmir Valley to disperse “rioters” if other alternatives failed.
In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said the government constituted a committee of experts on July 26, 2016 to consider non-lethal alternatives to pellet guns.
“The committee has submitted its report, and the recommendations have been taken into account ... for appropriate implementation,” he said.
“...the government has decided that the security forces will resort to various measures such as PAVA-chilli [shells and grenades], Stun Lac [shells and grenades] and tear-smoke shells to disperse rioters.
However, if these measures prove to be ineffective ... the use of pellet guns may be resorted to,” he said.
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to come up with alternatives to pellet guns used by security forces against agitators and stone-throwing mobs on the streets of Jammu and Kashmir.
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to issue a sweeping executive order to reverse a multitude of federal measures taken by his predecessor Barack Obama in order to meet American commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement.
Collectively, these measures could have moved the U.S. closer to its commitment of reducing its carbon emissions by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025, though they were not sufficient.
With Mr. Trump undoing the regulations on fossil fuel, America is making a turnabout in its climate policy.
Mr. Trump would dismantle the Clean Power Plan that sought to nudge the U.S. power industry from coal to renewable energy and cancel six executive orders and memorandums, all from the Obama era.
More federal land will be open to mining and power plants will be allowed to continue on coal without facing curbs once regulations are lifted.
Mr. Obama’s Clean Power Plan has been caught in a judicial wrangle, with 24 American States and the fossil fuel industry opposing it and 18 States and environmental groups defending it.
Mr. Trump’s executive order cannot instantly withdraw the regulations, as it involves a rule-making process of notification and hearings. While the impasse continues, the power industry can go on as business as usual.
The new administration would also undo the requirement of social impact of assessment of projects, while also rejecting a presidential memorandum that linked climate change to national security.
The Clean Power Plan was the cornerstone of Mr. Obama’s climate policy in the run-up to meeting Paris commitment. Mr. Pruitt defended its dismantling as essential for energy independence and job generation in the country.
More than government regulations, market forces — particularly cheap natural gas — are making coal mining increasingly unviable in the U.S. Renewable energy sources are also getting cheaper.
Coal mining itself has become more mechanised in recent years, employing lesser miners for the same quantity of mining. All this makes Mr. Trump’s emphasis on reviving mining in the U.S. an uphill task.
Regardless of what America does to combat climate change, India would remain firm on its Paris Agreement commitments, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in Washington recently.
Social Justice in the Indian Context
Social Justice in India
Economic Aspects
Political Aspect
Social Aspects
Human Rights Law in India: Right to Water and Social Justice
The States commitment to access to water
Development of human rights law on right to water by the judiciary
Human Rights Law versus social realities in accessing the right to water
Challenges to the human right to water
Livelihood for the Marginalised
Impact of NREGS-An Overview
Performance of NREGS in Tamil Nadu and Kanyakumari District
Disadvantaged Sections: Processes of Continuity and Change
A Commitment to the Voluntary Sector
Utility and Governance Challenges Facing the NGO Sector
NGO Sector in India
Key governance challenges
Suggestions and Conclusion
Digital India vs Net Neutrality
Defamation is no crime
Ans by Midhun K.M :
I'm quoting this from Manocha Sir’s(Vajiram faculty Geography) class
Name:
Akash Patel
Date: 5th May 2014
Session: Afternoon
Attempt: 1st Attempt
Board: A. P. Singh
Qualification: Masters in Hindi Literature
My interview was in afternoon shift, so I arrived there at 1300 hrs. We were devided in groups of 6 each. Fortunately my group was so cheerful and cool that 90%of my tension was released there only. :)
I was alloted board of A. P. Singh sir, and was taken to sit outside the room at 04:05. my interview started at 04.15 and ended at 04.45, thats half an hour which was average for my group.
NOTE- my interview actually was in hindi, here I have translated it to english.
after entering and wishing everyone, here goes the main thing-
When chairman told me to sit, he was reading my DAF, and his expressions were like-""why we members have to go through all this interview thing. Its too boring man.""
chairman- so akash, you are masters in hindi literature.
me- yes sir.
C- when did you complete your PG?
Me- in 2012 sir.
C-so what were you doing untill now?
Me- sir I was preparing only.
C- I mean job etc?
Me (confused as there was only 1 year gap)- no sir.
C-What were your subjects in graduation?
me- sir, hindi lit, geography and med. history.
C- tell me something about international date line.
me (a little uncomfortable)- sir, its a imaginary line on the globe which goes
from north to south between USA and Russia.
C-Does it go straight south?
me (still uncomfortable)- no sir, it diverts a little near island of southern
pacific ocean.
C- so whats its importance? How the date changes around this line?
me (with a pause) sir, towards east the date increase by one day and vice verca,(
not so sure), that is if we go anticlockwise, the date increases (I wasn't sure
what I was talking about).
at this answers chairman looked towards other members and they all are nodding disapprovingly. But I was so calm from earlier effect of my group that I wasn't nervous at all.
then chairman passed the ball to member on his left.
Project ‘Mausam’ is the initiative of Ministry of Culture to be implemented by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency with research support of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and National Museum as associate bodies. This project aims to explore the multi-faceted Indian Ocean ‘world’ – collating archaeological and historical research in order to document the diversity of cultural, commercial and religious interactions in the Indian Ocean – extending from East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka to the Southeast Asian archipelago. It also aims to promote research on themes related to the study of Maritime Routes through international scientific seminars and meetings and by adopting a multidisciplinary approach.
The project encourages the production of specialized works, as well as publications for the general public with an attempt at promoting a broader understanding of the concept of a common heritage and multiple identities. An objective of the project is to prepare a dossier for trans-national nomination as World Heritage. The time of commencement and completion of the Project Mausam as per SFC Memorandum is April 2015 and March 2017 respectively. Total cost of the project as per SFC approval is Rs. 150, 244, 502/-.
Topic of Discussion: Tackling Food Wastage & Salary Growth Dismal
Expert Panel Members:
Anchor: Frank Pereira
CLIMATIC | CHARACTERISTICS | DISTRIBUTION (CONTINENT) | SELECTED STATION |
Hot, Wet Equatorial | High uniform temperature (270C) and heavy well distributed rainfall throughout the year with no distinct season. | Lowlands of the Amazon (South America), the Congo (Africa), Malaysia and the East Indies (Asia). | Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)- A lowland station. |
Swasthya Rakshan Program has been initiated through Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) in selected districts/ villages with the following aims and objectives:-
Initiatives undertaken so far:
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