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1) Mela kheer Bhawani: The Annual Kheer Bhawani Mela which is held at Tulmulla Ganderbal district and falls on the auspicious day of (30 May) “Zeshta Ashtami” witnesses lakhs of Hindu pilgrims from across the country largely the Kashmiri Pandit Community, who congregate the famous Ragyna Devi Temple in Tulmulla popularly known as “Mata KheerRead more

1) Environment Performance Index: EPI is a biennial index prepared by Yale University and Columbia University in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. Using 40 performance indicators across 11 issue categories, EPI ranks 180 countries on climate change performance, environmental health, and ecosystem vitality. With a rank of 180, India has been ranked last fromRead more

1) Gait analysis: it is defined as a manner of walking or moving on foot. Gait analysis is a technique in podiatry medical care and the treatment of the foot, which is used to evaluate and diagnose conditions that affect walking and posture. For a crime analysis, experts compare the gait of a person seenRead more

1) Security categories: In India, the category covers are X, Y, Y-plus, Z, Z-plus, and SPG (Special Protection Group). X Category: The protectee gets one gunman. Protectees in the Y category have one gunman for mobile security and one (plus four on rotation) for static security. Y Plus category: It receives the cover of two gunmen (plusRead more

1) Foreigner’s Tribunal: these are quasi-judicial bodies established as per the Foreigners’ Tribunal Order, 1964 and the Foreigners’ Act, 1946. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has amended the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964, and has empowered district magistrates in all States and Union Territories to set up tribunals (quasi-judicial bodies) to decide whether a personRead more

1) Turing Test: it is a method of inquiry in artificial intelligence (AI) for determining whether or not a computer is capable of thinking like a human being. This test is named after Alan Turing (1912-1954), an English computer scientist. He described it calling the ‘imitation game’. If an wvaluator is unable to distinguish betweenRead more

1) Indus Waters Treaty: it is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan, brokered by the World Bank signed in Karachi in 1960. According to this agreement, control over the water flowing in three “eastern” rivers of India — the Beas, the Ravi and the Sutlej was given to India The control over the waterRead more

1) Colour- Coded Weather Warning:  It is issued by the IMD whose objective is to alert people ahead of severe or hazardous weather which has the potential to cause damage, widespread disruption or danger to life. 2) Kalamkari: it is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile produced in Isfahan, Iran, and in theRead more

1) Masked Aadhar: Masked Aadhaar numbers are created by substituting the first eight digits of the Aadhaar number with characters such as “xxxx-xxxx,” leaving only the final four digits exposed. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Sunday withdrew an advisory issued by the Aadhaar agency which cautioned people to not share a photocopy ofRead more

1) Ranajana Prakash Desai committee: Appointed by Uttarakhand to examine ways for implementation of uniform civil code, including a review of laws of marriage, divorce, inheritance etc. Also, the head of the Delimitation commission 2) Akruti: The programme AKRUTI-KRUTIK-FORCE: is an initiative from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. The scheme aims to create structured and scalableRead more