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1) Kempe Gowda: Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, a 16th century chieftain of the Vijayanagara empire, is credited as the founder of Bengaluru. A 108-feet tall bronze statue of Kempegowda, also called the “Statue of Prosperity” is being unveiled in Bangalore. He is also known to have developed around 1,000 lakes in the city to cater to drinkingRead more

1) Pashmina Shawls: Traders of Pashmina shawls are complaining that “obsolete testing methods” have resulted in many of their export consignments being flagged by Customs authorities for presence of Shahtoosh guard hair. Pashmina is obtained from a breed of mountain goats (Capra hircus) found on the Changthang Plateau in Tibet and parts of Ladakh. ARead more

1) Vikram-S: It is India’s First Privately developed Rocket. Vikram-S has been developed with the Support of ISRO and IN-SPACe Agencies and Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace. The mission named ‘Prarambh’ (the beginning), since it is the first mission for Skyroot. With this maiden mission, Skyroot is set to become the first private space company in IndiaRead more

1) Law Commission: Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body and is constituted by a notification of the Government of India. The Charter Act 1833 provided for the establishment of a Law Commission for consolidation and codification of Indian Laws. In 1835, Lord Macaulay became Chairman of the First Law Commission. The tenure ofRead more

1) Indian Black Honeybee: A new species of endemic honeybee has been discovered in the Western Ghats called Apis karinjodian. It is after a gap of more than 200 years that a new species of honeybee has been spotted in the Western Ghats. The last honeybee described from India was Apis indica in 1798 byRead more

1) UIDAI: It is a statutory authority established under the provisions of Aadhaar act 2016 by the Govt. of India under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. Its aim to provide for good governance, efficient, transparent and targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services. The UIDAI is mandated to assign a 12-digit unique identificationRead more

1) Process of Inclusion in the ST List:  The process to include tribes in the ST list begins with the recommendation from the respective State governments, which are then sent to the Tribal Affairs Ministry, which reviews and sends them to the Registrar General of India for approval. This is followed by the NCST approvalRead more

1) Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has recently conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The AD-1 is a long-range interceptor missile designed for both low exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric interceptionRead more

1) Coronal Holes: NASA released an image taken by its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) where the Sun seems to be smiling. Coronal holes are cooler denser regions in the Sun’s corona. It is a patch of the Sun’s atmosphere with much lower density than elsewhere. They appear as irregular black patches when the sun isRead more

1) Two-finger test: The two-finger test, carried out by a medical practitioner, involves the examination of her vagina to check if she is habituated to sexual intercourse. The practice is unscientific and does not provide any definite information In May 2013, the apex court had held that the two-finger test violates a woman’s right toRead more