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1) Tulu and Kodava: speakers have opposed the draft of the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Bill, 2022 to ensure the “extensive use” of Kannada. Both are Dravidian languages. The native speakers of Tulu are referred to as Tuluva or Tulu people and the geographical area is unofficially called Tulu Nadu. Separated early from Proto-South Dravidian,Read more

1) Machchhu River: Machchhu River originates from Madla hills (Jasdan) and meets in little Rann of Kuchchh. It is a North flowing river of Saurashtra in Gujarat state. There are 2 dams located on river Machchhu River – Machchhu-I & Machchhu-II. The newly-restored colonial-era suspension bridge, Morbi Bridge, Locally known as the Julto Pool, overRead more

1) United Nations Security Council Counter- Terrorism Committee: The UNSC’s counter-terrorism meeting will be hosted in Mumbai and Delhi. This will be the first such meeting of the UNSC-CTC in India since its establishment in 2001. Theme: ‘countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes’. The CTC was established by Security CouncilRead more

1) GM mustard: GEAC recently approved commercial cultivation of genetically modified mustard variety DMH (Dhara Mustard Hybrid)-11 which is the only the second approved transgenic crop in India after Bt cotton, and the first such food crop that can be commercially cultivated by farmers. The GEAC approval is valid for the next four years. HybridisationRead more

Bhoota Kola:  It is an annual ritual performance where local spirits or deities are worshipped. This performer is both feared and respected in the community. It is believed to give answers to people’s problems, on behalf of god. ‘Bhootas’ who are worshipped in the Tulu-speaking belt of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi districts. ItRead more

Dirty Bomb: Russia recently claimed that Ukraine is planning to use a dirty bomb. It is a bomb that contains radioactive material, such as uranium, which is scattered through the air when its conventional explosive detonates. It doesn’t need to contain highly refined radioactive material, as is used in a nuclear bomb. Instead, it couldRead more

Advanced Light Helicopter-  Recently, Army’s Advance Light Helicopter crashed in Arunachal Pradesh. The indigenously designed and developed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH-DHRUV) is a twin-engine, multi-role, multi-mission new-generation helicopter in the 5.5-ton weight class. It is a multi-role chopper with a Shakti engine manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). HAL conceptualised the Advanced Light Helicopter programmeRead more

Financial Action Task Force- FATF is an intergovernmental organization formed in 1989 by the Paris G7 summit to develop policies to combat money laundering. Since 2000, FATF started maintaining the FATF blacklist & greylist, & from 2001, its mandate was expanded to include terrorism financing. FATF has 39 members. 23 countries in the grey list. 3 countries on the blackRead more

Swadesh Darshan Scheme 2.0: (SD2.0) was recently revamped to develop sustainable and responsible destinations with destination centric approach. The new domestic tourism policy moves away from theme-based tourist circuits to destination tourism. (Idea of theme-based circuits is not dropped completely; the focus in SD2.0 is towards destination-based tourism) Fifteen States are part of the firstRead more

International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI number)- IMEI is a unique number to identify GSM, WCDMA, iDEN, and satellite phones. Most phones have one IMEI number, but dual SIM phones have two. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has made it mandatory for mobile phone manufacturers to register the IMEI of all handsets made in India withRead more