Gogabeel, an ox-bow lake is Bihar’s first community reserve

GOGABEEL IS BIHAR’S FIRST COMMUNITY RESERVE For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: Gogabeel, Community Reserve, Conservation Reserve News Flash Gogabeel, an ox-bow lake in Bihar’s Katihar district, has been declared as the state’s first ‘Community Reserve’. The water body was notified as a 57 hectare Community Reserve and a 30-hectare ‘Conservation Reserve’. Gogabeel is formed from the flow of the rivers Mahananda and Kankhar in the north and the Ganga in the south…

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Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan

PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN URJA SURAKSHA EVAM UTTHAAN MAHABHIYAN For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan, Findings of Centre for Science and Environment News Flash According to a report from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based non-profit, The centre’s new Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-Kusum) scheme is not a solution for India’s irrigation needs. The scheme might result in…

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Vikram Sarabhai’s 100th birth anniversary – Diligent IAS

Dr. VIKRAM AMBALAL SARABHAI Vikram Sarabhai’s 100th birth anniversary is celebrated on the 12th of August 2019. Dr. Sarabhai is considered as the father of India’s space program. He was born in Ahmedabad on 12th August 1919. Achievements Vikram Sarabhai founded the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad in November 1947. After Russia’s Sputnik launch, he managed to convince the Indian government on the need for India, a developing country, to have its…

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Defence Minister has approved the extension of benefits of Child Care Leave

Child Care Leave for Male service personnel Defence Minister has approved the extension of benefits of Child Care Leave (CCL) to single male service personnel. He also approved certain relaxations of Child Care Leave (CCL) provisions in case of women officers of defence forces. Presently, CCL is granted to women officers in defence forces. Highlights Single male service personnel and women officers of defence forces will also be able to avail CCL in…

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Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh arguing over Sardar Sarovar Project

SARDAR SAROVAR (NARMADA) PROJECT Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat have engaged in a war of words over the sharing of Narmada river waters. Madhya Pradesh has threatened to restrict the flow of water into the Sardar Sarovar Dam, located in Gujarat. Sardar Sarovar Dam It is a gravity dam on the Narmada river near Navagam, Gujarat. Four Indian states, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra and Rajasthan, receive water and electricity supplied from the dam. The…

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US space agency NASA discovers farthest “cloaked” black hole

NASA DISCOVERS FARTHEST “CLOAKED” BLACK HOLE For: Mains Topics covered: Black hole, Farthest ‘cloaked’ black hole, About new findings News Flash Astronomers from NASA have discovered evidence for the farthest “cloaked” black hole found so far. The discovery was made by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The astronomers have claimed the clocked black hole at only 6 percent of the current age of the universe. This is the first indication of a black…

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Chinese startup LinkSpace completed its third test of a reusable rocket

REUSABLE ROCKETS Chinese startup LinkSpace completed its third test of a reusable rocket in five months. LinkSpace’s RLV-T5 rocket blasted off in a desert in western Qinghai province. It flew as high as 300 metres before returning to the launchpad on its own after 50 seconds. SpaceX has already used recoverable rockets on a number of orbital missions since 2017. spurring Europe, Russia, Japan and China to speed up their own research into…

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New GDP series to align with internationally accepted methodology

NEW GDP SERIES TO ALIGN WITH GLOBAL METHOD For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: New GDP series, Linked back-series method, Splicing method, GDP, MCA-21, Methodology for compiling back-series estimates News Flash The government has turned out with a linked back-series of India’s growth numbers from 1950-51 to 2003-04, with 2011-12 as the base year, to adjust gross domestic product from past years with the new globally/ internationally accepted methodology and facilitate comparisons. Whenever…

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Newly-discovered lake in Nepal may become world’s highest lake

LAKE “KAJIN SARA” A newly-discovered lake “Kajin Sara” in Manang district of Nepal is likely to set a new record of being the world’s highest lake replacing Tilicho. Tilicho is situated at an altitude of 4,919 metres in the Himalayan nation and currently holding the title of World’s highest lake. The Tilicho lake, situated at an altitude of 4,919 metres, is 4 km long, 1.2 km wide and around 200 metres deep. Lake…

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India ranked 86 of 187 countries, Henley Passport Index 2019

HENLEY PASSPORT INDEX 2019 For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: Key findings of henley passport index 2019, India Vs. Global performance, About Henley Index News Flash India ranked 86 of 187 countries in 2019, while in 2010 it was ranked 77. The “strength” of the Indian passport (countries it has visa-free access to) has weakened in the last decade. “Visa-free access” means passport holders can also obtain a visa (visitor’s permit) on arrival.…

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