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1) Chardham project: The project involves developing and widening 900-km of national highways connecting the holy Hindu pilgrimage sites of; Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri at an estimated cost of Rs.12,000 crores. The highway will be called Char Dham Mahamarg(Char Dham Highway) and the highway construction project will be called Char Dham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojana(CharRead more

1) Lone wolf attack: a gunman killed 19 children in Texas. The term “lone wolf” is used by US law enforcement agencies and the media to refer to individuals undertaking violent acts of terrorism outside a command structure. A lone actor, lone-actor terrorist, or lone wolf is someone who prepares and commits violent acts alone,Read more

1) Shipping agreements: Ships are classified into white (commercial ships), grey (military vessels), and black (illegal vessels). The white shipping information refers to an exchange of relevant advance information on the identity and movement of commercial non-military merchant vessels. “Dark ships” are vessels with their Automatic Identification System (AIS) – a transponder system – switchedRead more

1) Deemed forest: The concept of deemed forests has not been clearly defined in any law including the Forest Conservation Act of 1980. As per the SC, it covers all statutorily recognised forests, whether designated as reserved, protected or otherwise for the purpose of the Forest Conservation Act. According to Supreme Court, the provisions enactedRead more

1) SEBI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India owned by the Government of India was established on 12th April 1992 under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 to protect the interests of the investors in securities along with promoting and regulating the securities market. It is Headquartered in Mumbai and worksRead more

1) Project 15B and P17A Frigates: The Project 15B class of ships are the next-generation stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy, being built at the MDL, which are follow-on classes of the weapon intensive P15A (Kolkata Class) Destroyers. P17A Frigates are warships that are follow-on class of the P17 (Shivalik Class) Frigates with improvedRead more

1) Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS): these are a set of uniform standards envisaged to improve the quality of health care delivery in the country. The IPHS documents have been revised keeping in view the changing protocols of the existing programmes and introduction of new programmes especially for Non-Communicable Diseases. Flexibility is allowed to suitRead more

1) Art 142: Article 142 provides discretionary power to the Supreme Court. It states that the court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it. Such decree shall be enforceable throughout the territory ofRead more

1) Total factor productivity (TFP): Productivity levels measure the relationship between total products or output, and inputs or factors of production employed. Labour productivity is a measure of total output divided by the units of labour employed in the process of production. However, TFP is a measure of total output divided by a weighted averageRead more

Scientists have planned to use hyperaccumulator plants to remove toxic metals from soil using the phytoremediation process. Phytoremediation: Phytoremediation is a bioremediation process that uses living organisms like plants, microalgae and seaweeds to remove toxic heavy metals from the soil. Hyperaccumulator plants are those that have an unusual ability to absorb hundreds or thousands ofRead more