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1) Uroosi: One way of saving lives in case of a natural calamity is to reconnect with older methods of architecture and construction. Uroosi, a Mughal-era home architectural element popular in Kashmir, is one such method. Uroosis are wooden shutters used as partition walls within homes, instead of concrete walls. Uroosi work includes octagonal andRead more

1) Aadi Mahotsav: It is an attempt to showcase tribal culture on the national stage and it celebrates the spirit of tribal culture, crafts, cuisine, commerce, and traditional art since 2017. It is an annual initiative of the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation Limited (TRIFED) under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The main objective ofRead more

1) Article 170: under this, States get divided into territorial constituencies as per Delimitation Act after every Census. The Supreme Court observed that Article 170 of the Constitution deals with only the State Legislature and thus has no application to the Legislatures of UT. Legislative Assemblies of the concerned Union Territories will be governed byRead more

1) Vacancy of Deputy Speaker: Lok Sabha does not have a deputy speaker since 2019. Article 93 says that Lok Sabha shall, as soon as may be, choose two members to be Speaker and Deputy Speaker so often as the offices become vacant. However, it does not provide a specific time frame. Article 178 containsRead more

1) Wet Leasing of Aircraft: In efforts to boost international air traffic, the civil aviation ministry has allowed Indian airlines to take wide-body planes on wet lease for up to one year. it means renting the plane along with operating crew and engineers, while dry leasing refers to taking only the aircraft on rent. TheRead more

1) Red Planet Day: Red Planet Day commemorates the launch of the Mariner 4 spacecraft which is a robotic interplanetary probe, launched by NASA on November 28, 1964. It was the fourth of a series of spacecraft designed to fly past planets, and it became the first to fly past Mars. The gravitational pull ofRead more

1) Fujiwhara Effect : Meteorologists were mesmerized by Typhoon Hinnamnor as it provided a textbook example of a phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara Effect. it is any interaction between tropical storms formed around the same time in the same ocean region with their centres or eyes at a distance of less than 1,400 km, withRead more

1) Amarjeet Sinha committee : It will suggest (within 3 months) what changes in focus and governance structures are required to make MGNREGA more effective. It will look at changes in the cost of providing work, the reasons and recommend ways to bring in a greater focus on poorer areas and whether it should focusRead more

1) Kutia Kondh tribe : The Kutia Kondhs are a particularly vulnerable tribal groups in Kalahandi district, Odisha. These tribals worship nature. The women of this tribe, called the ‘the people of the spirit world,’ ink themselves with beautiful geometric facial tattoos. The Kondhs who live in hill top and valleys are known as KutiaRead more

1) Conrad Sangma panel : The ministerial panel formed under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime for casinos, racetracks, and online gaming is likely to recommend a uniform 28 percent tax rate for the three categories. Currently, online gaming platforms pay 18% GST on the platform fee alone, rather than the total value includingRead more