Lake Kariba
⚡️Why in news- Water levels at Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe dropped dramatically because of the latest El Nino drought in 2024.
The country's president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has declared a national disaster.
✔️ Facts to Remember:-
1. It is the world’s largest man-made lake and reservoir by volume.
2. It lies along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
3. It is 200 kilometers downstream of Victoria Falls.
4. The lake was filled following the completion of the Kariba Dam wall at its northeastern end, flooding the Kariba Gorge on the Zambezi River.s
⚡️Why in news- Water levels at Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe dropped dramatically because of the latest El Nino drought in 2024.
The country's president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has declared a national disaster.
✔️ Facts to Remember:-
1. It is the world’s largest man-made lake and reservoir by volume.
2. It lies along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
3. It is 200 kilometers downstream of Victoria Falls.
4. The lake was filled following the completion of the Kariba Dam wall at its northeastern end, flooding the Kariba Gorge on the Zambezi River.s
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HC seeks action plan to prevent pollution in Vaigai river | Madurai News - The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/hc-seeks-action-plan-to-prevent-pollution-in-vaigai-river/articleshow/117406499.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/hc-seeks-action-plan-to-prevent-pollution-in-vaigai-river/articleshow/117406499.cms
The Times of India
HC seeks action plan to prevent pollution in Vaigai river | Madurai News - The Times of India
Madurai: Madras high court on Monday directed the local bodies in Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Sivaganga, and Ramanathapuram districts to file an action .
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⚡️Infrastructure Status
✅ If an industry is granted 'Infrastructure Status', it can avail the following benefits:
1. Access to loans at easier terms, enhanced limits
2.Access to larger amount of funds as External Commercial Borrowing (ECB)
3. Access to longer tenor funds from insurance firms and pension funds
4. Eligible to borrow from India Infrastructure Financing Company Ltd. (IIFCL) a Govt. company.
Government is considering granting a long standing demand from maritime industry (ship building) - infrastructure status in the coming budget.
✅ If an industry is granted 'Infrastructure Status', it can avail the following benefits:
1. Access to loans at easier terms, enhanced limits
2.Access to larger amount of funds as External Commercial Borrowing (ECB)
3. Access to longer tenor funds from insurance firms and pension funds
4. Eligible to borrow from India Infrastructure Financing Company Ltd. (IIFCL) a Govt. company.
Government is considering granting a long standing demand from maritime industry (ship building) - infrastructure status in the coming budget.
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Agents of UPSC CSE 🚩
HC seeks action plan to prevent pollution in Vaigai river | Madurai News - The Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/hc-seeks-action-plan-to-prevent-pollution-in-vaigai-river/articleshow/117406499.cms
📰 Vaigai River
📍TN
🏔️ Origin: Varusanadu Hills of WG
🌊 End Point: Palk Strait
📖 Mentioned in Sangam literature
📍TN
🏔️ Origin: Varusanadu Hills of WG
🌊 End Point: Palk Strait
📖 Mentioned in Sangam literature
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With reference to the Bharathapuzha River, which of the following statements is/are correct?
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1) The river originates from the Anamalai Hills. . 2) It is the second longest river in Tamil Nadu after Periyar.
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1) The river originates from the Anamalai Hills. . 2) It is the second longest river in Tamil Nadu after Periyar.
Anonymous Quiz
35%
1 Only
16%
2 Only
43%
Both 1 & 2
6%
Neither 1 nor 2
🏔️ HILLS ARCHITECTURE
🛕 Pandrethan Temple , Srinagar
• The Karkota period in Kashmir, is
significant for temple architecture.
• One of the most important temples is
Pandrethan, built during the 8th & 9th c.
• In keeping with the tradition of a water
tank attached to the shrine, this temple is
built on a plinth built in the middle of a
tank.
• Temple is dedicated to Shiva.
• Due to the snowy conditions in Kashmir,
the roof is peaked & slants slowly
outward
• Moderately ornamented
🛕 Pandrethan Temple , Srinagar
• The Karkota period in Kashmir, is
significant for temple architecture.
• One of the most important temples is
Pandrethan, built during the 8th & 9th c.
• In keeping with the tradition of a water
tank attached to the shrine, this temple is
built on a plinth built in the middle of a
tank.
• Temple is dedicated to Shiva.
• Due to the snowy conditions in Kashmir,
the roof is peaked & slants slowly
outward
• Moderately ornamented
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Match the crop with the State that is its leading producer.
Crops Leading producer
A. Jowar 1. Madhya Pradesh
B. Bajra 2. Maharashtra
C. Rice 3. Rajasthan
D. Gram 4. West Bengal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Crops Leading producer
A. Jowar 1. Madhya Pradesh
B. Bajra 2. Maharashtra
C. Rice 3. Rajasthan
D. Gram 4. West Bengal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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DRDO successfully conducts Scramjet engine ground test
✔️Why in the news: the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), a Hyderabad-based laboratory of DRDO, has achieved a significant milestone with the successful ground test of India's most complex supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) engine.
#PIB #Defence
pib.gov.
✔️Why in the news: the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), a Hyderabad-based laboratory of DRDO, has achieved a significant milestone with the successful ground test of India's most complex supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) engine.
#PIB #Defence
pib.gov.
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India’s First Tele-Robotic Heart Surgery Across 286 km
✔️Why In News : In a ground breaking achievement, Indian doctors successfully performed two complex heart surgeries using the country’s first indigenous surgical tele-robotic system, SSI Mantra, over a distance of 286 kilometers.
✔️Enabled surgeries to be conducted remotely, bridging the distance between Gurugram and Jaipur.
✔️Developed By: SS Innovations, a medical technology company.
✔️India’s first-of-its-kind indigenous surgical tele-robotic system.
#Sci_tech
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/two-complex-heart-surgeries-over-a-distance-of-286-km/article69113071.ece
✔️Why In News : In a ground breaking achievement, Indian doctors successfully performed two complex heart surgeries using the country’s first indigenous surgical tele-robotic system, SSI Mantra, over a distance of 286 kilometers.
✔️Enabled surgeries to be conducted remotely, bridging the distance between Gurugram and Jaipur.
✔️Developed By: SS Innovations, a medical technology company.
✔️India’s first-of-its-kind indigenous surgical tele-robotic system.
#Sci_tech
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/two-complex-heart-surgeries-over-a-distance-of-286-km/article69113071.ece
The Hindu
Two complex heart surgeries, over a distance of 286 km
India's first indigenous surgical tele-robotic system successfully conducts complex heart surgeries over 286 km distance.
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