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National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP)🍥
💎It aims at setting up of family type biogas plants for providing biogas as clean cooking fuel and a source of lighting
💎It is a Central Sector Scheme, which provides for setting up of Family Type Biogas Plants mainly for rural and semi-urban/households-Acumenias
💎Concerned Ministry – Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
💎The programme is being implemented by the State Nodal Departments/State Nodal Agencies and Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Biogas Development and Training Centers (BDTCs).@acumenias
Parivara and Talawara ♦️♦️
♦️News: Cabinet gave its ‘in principle’ approval to the inclusion of two communities in Karnataka in the list of Scheduled Tribes.
♦️”Parivara and Talawara” will be “synonyms” of “Nayaka” in the list of STs in Karnataka.-Acumenias
♦️The first specification of Scheduled Tribes in relation to a particular State or Union territory is by a notified Order of the President, after consultation with the State Government / UT concerned.
♦️Any subsequent inclusion in or exclusion from and other modifications in the list of Scheduled Tribes can be made only through an amending Act of Parliament.@acumenias
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3 national parks/ wildlife sanctuary on Borders wih Nepal are -🏞🏞
1. Dudhwa National Park,
2. Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary,
3. Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary.
Common watch system is related to European Union.💧💧
Night frogs are endemic to Western Ghats only.♦️♦️
Rovuma Gas Field Recently discovered is from region of - Mozambique.💎
💎It is one of the largest natural gas discoveries in East Africa and has potential to become world largest LNG production hub.
🌟🌟North Eastern Council
It is a statutory, advisory body established in 1972 via the North Eastern Council Act, 1971.
🌟🌟The Council operates under the administrative control of the Union Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region.
🌟🌟It is the nodal agency for the economic and social development of the North Eastern Region.-Acumenias
North Eastern Region consists of the eight States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.-Acumenias
🌟🌟Headquarters🌟🌟
The Headquarters of the Council is located at Shillong, Meghalaya.
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♦️INS Tarkash🌊🌊
It is the second of the three stealth Frigates constructed at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad Russia.-Acumenias
♦️♦️It has been commissioned and inducted into the Indian Navy on 09 November 2012 at Kaliningrad, Russia.
It is a multi role stealth frigate with an advanced combat suite and an optimal blend of Russian and Indian cutting edge technologies.-Acumenias
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💎💎Bharat Stage VI (BS VI) is an emission standard that will induce technology in the vehicles to reduce pollutant emissions.-Acumenias
💎💎The vehicles will mandatorily include On board Diagnostics (OBD), which will monitor the pollution caused by the vehicle in real time.-Acumenias
💎💎NOx emission will come down by approximately 25% for the petrol engine and 68% for the diesel engines.
The PM emission will see a substantial decrease of 80% in diesel engines.-Acumenias
💎💎Though BS VI is in lines with Euro VI norm, it overcomes the drawback in the Euro VI norm that allows emission of higher PM (particulate matter) in diesel engines.
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Konark Sun Temple:💎💎
1. Part of ancient Surya Cult
2. Built by Ganga Dynasty in 13 AD.

💎Other temples enshrine SUN GOD as principal Deity
-> Suryanar Kovil, Tamil Nadu.
-> Modhera temple, Gujarat.
-> Brahmanya Dev Temple, Unnao, Madhya Pradesh.
-> Dakshinarka temple, Gaya, Bihar.
-> Sun temple, Assam.
-> Martand Sun Temple, Kashmir.
-> Arsavalli Sun Temple, Andhra Pradesh @acumenias
Khajuraho Group of Monuments:
-> The temples at Khajuraho were built during the Chandella dynasty, which reached its apogee between 950 and 1050.
-> Only about 20 temples remain; They fall into 3 distinct groups and belong to 2 different religions – Hinduism and Jainism.
-> Called Medieval age temple.

Main temples are:
♦️(i) Kandariya Mahadev Temple
-> Symbolises Mt. Kailash.
♦️(ii) Lakshmana temple
-> 600 gods image displayed.
-> ONLY temple with elephants in row and give appearance if they are carrying stone.
♦️(iii) Parsvanath Temple
-> Largest Jain temple in khajuraho.
-> This is devoted to first tirthankara and founder of Jainism = Adinath.
♦️(iv) Chaturbhuj Temple
-> Only Temple without erotic images in khajuraho.
-> Most notable feature = Ardhanarishavar (Half Shiva/Half parvti).
Banni grasslands (Kutch, Gujarat)
It has steppe grassland and savanna grasslands.
It also has features like Black hills to Jurassic Ridges.
It is called white desert.

Banni grasslands = Steppe
Konark Sun Temple
🌀 Part of ancient Surya Cult
🌀 Built by Ganga Dynasty in 13 AD.

Other temples enshrine SUN GOD as principal Deity☀️
1⃣Suryanar Kovil, Tamil Nadu.
2⃣Modhera temple, Gujarat.
3⃣ Brahmanya Dev Temple, Unnao, Madhya Pradesh.
4⃣Dakshinarka temple, Gaya, Bihar.
5⃣Sun temple, Assam.
6⃣Martand Sun Temple, Kashmir.
7⃣ Arsavalli Sun Temple, Andhra Pradesh (Prelims 2017)
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National Brain Research Centre (NBRC)
🍎The National Brain Research Centre is a neuroscience research group, situated in Haryana, India-Acumenias
🍎It is an Autonomous Government Institute accredited with the deemed university status and is a nodal centre under Department of Biotechnology of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
🍎The centre is dedicated to provide infrastructural facilities and a coordinated multidisciplinary team to work at the frontiers of neuroscience research and network the existing groups.-Acumenias
🍎Research carried out at NBRC encompasses the breadth of neuroscience from Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience to Computational Neuroscience and Brain Imaging @acumenias