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- Â 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
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)- It is an initiative of the Government of India which aims at providing affordable housing to the urban poor by the year 2022. The scheme was first launched on 25 June 2015. The interest rate for the PMAY scheme starts at 6.50% p.a. and can be availed for aRead more
1) Aluminium freight rake- Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated India’s First Aluminium  Freight Rake (61 BOBRNALHSM1) at Bhubaneswar Railway Station. It has been fully designed and developed indigenously in collaboration with RDSO, HINDALCO, and Besco Wagon. Designed under the Make in India program, and have lock-bolted construction with no welding on the superstructure.Read more
1) Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV): ISRO is developing NGLV, which will replace its ‘trusted work horse’ PSLV in the future. ISRO’s NGLV will be a three-stage reusable heavy-lift vehicle. Payload capacity will be around 10 tonnes to Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) and twice the capacity to Low earth orbit (LEO). Potential applications: areas ofRead more
1) Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA): is a multi-national forum for strengthening cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia. It was founded by the first President of Kazakhstan in 1992, at UNGA session. India is one of the founding members. To be a member of CICA, a stateRead more
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