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🖤 Damodar river

▪️ Damodar river rises in the hills of the Chotanagpur plateau and flows through a rift valley.

▪️Damodar River is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal.

▪️Damodar River is known as Damudar

▪️The word damu stands for holy and da signifies water

▪️Rich in mineral resources, the valley is home to large-scale mining and
industrial activity

▪️ It has a number of tributaries and subtributaries, such as Barakar,
Konar, Bokaro, Haharo, etc

▪️The Barakar is the most important tributary of the Damodar

▪️Several dams have been constructed in the valley, for the generation of hydroelectric power

▪️The valley is called “the Ruhr of India”

▪️The first dam was built across the Barakar River, a tributary of the Damodar river

▪️It used to cause devastating floods as a result of which it earned the name "Sorrow of Bengal"

▪️Now the river is tamed by constructing numerous dams

▪️It joins the Hugli River 48 km below Kolkata

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🖤 Tawa River

▪️Tawa River is a tributary of the Narmada River of Central India.

▪️ The river rises from the Satpura Range of Betul in MP.

▪️ Tawa is the Narmada's longest tributary, at 172 km.

▪️ It rises in the Satpura Range of Betul and flowing north and west, joins the Narmada at the village of Bandra Bhan in Hoshangabad District.

▪️ In 1958, construction began on Tawa Dam, which was completed in 1978 in Tawa Nagar to create Tawa Reservoir in southern Hoshangabad District. Forty-four villages were submerged by the reservoir.

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❇️ 16 March

🧬 National Vaccination Day
OR
National Immunisation Day
राष्ट्रीय टीकाकरण दिवस

Theme 2021 : “VaccinesWork for All”.

🧬This day which is also known as National Immunisation Day is celebrated on March 16 to mark India's victory against the disease, polio.

🧬The day is observed to celebrate the Indian government's Pulse Polio Campaign which was an initiative to eradicate polio from the country.

🧬 On this day, the first dose of Oral Polio Vaccine was given in India in 1995.

🧬 In 2014 India became a Polio free country.

🧬 Polio : Viral Disease

🧬 Jonas Edward Salk : developed one of the first successful polio vaccines.

🧬 First oral polio vaccine (OPV) developed by Dr. Albert Sabin and first used in 1961.

🏢 Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
( MoHFW + MoST + MoES ) + Science & Technology + Earth Science
▪️ Harsh Vardhan
▪️ Constituency : Chandni Chowk, Delhi

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🏏 Question of the Day 🏏

Name the first Indian women cricket player to cross 10,000 runs mark across all formats.
सभी प्रारूपों में 10,000 रन का आंकड़ा पार करने वाली पहली भारतीय महिला क्रिकेट खिलाड़ी का नाम बताइए।

📒 Mithali Raj
📕 Smriti Mandhana
📗 Harmanpreet Kaur
📘 Jhulan Goswami

Option A
Explanation:India Women’s Cricket Team Captain, Mithali Raj became the first Indian woman cricketer and second internationally to complete 10,000 runs across all formats.

👨🏻 INDIAN PERSONALITIES AND THEIR NICKNAMES

🏂 Waterman of India :- Rajender singh

🏂 Forest man :- Jadav payeng

🏂 Cylone man:- Mohapatra

🏂 Rocket man :- K Sivan

🏂 Missile man :- APJ abdul kalam

🏂 Junior kalam or next generation missile man :-G.satheesh reddy

🏂 Mountain man :- Dashrath manjhi

🏂Metro man :- E sreedharan

🏂 Kingmaker of indian history :- Sayyed bandu

🏂 Andhra kesari :- T prakasam

🏂 Grandfather of indian films :- Dhundhiraj govind phalke

🏂 Prince of beggars :- pt.madan mohan Malviya

🏂 Einstein of india :- Nagarjuna

🏂 Ajatshatru :- Dr.rajendra prasad

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🏂 Morning star of india renaissance :- Raja ram mohan roy

🏂 Father of Gujarat :- Ravi shankar maharaj

🏂 Sparrow :- Major general Rajendra singh

✍ Credit : Neha Sharma 🕊

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🎼🎬 Question of the Day 🎬🎼

Which of these has won the Album of the Year award at the Grammy Awards 2021?
ग्रैमी अवार्ड्स 2021 में इनमें से किसने एल्बम ऑफ़ द ईयर पुरस्कार जीता है?

📒 Black Pumas
📕 Everyday Life
📗 Chilombo
📘 Folklore

Option D
Explanation:Album of the Year : “Folklore”, by Taylor Swift

■ YAMUNA RIVER

◇ Longest and Western-most tributary of Ganges.

◇ Source - Yamunotri Glacier in westernslopes of Banderpunch.

◇ It makes boundary between Delhi and Haryana.

◇ It passes through Delhi, Mathura, Agra and flows southward till joins Ganges in Prayagraj.

◇ It creates highly fertile Alluvial, Yamuna-Ganges Doab region.

◇ Important Tributaries of Yamuna - Chambal, Betwa, ken and Tons.

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■ CHAMBAL RIVER

◇ Rises in highlands of Janpao hills in Vindhyan range south of Mhow.

◇ Flows in - MP, Rajasthan(Kota) and UP.

◇ It discharge into Yamuna near Bhareh in UP.

◇ Tributaries :-

• Left bank - Banas and Bej.

• Right bank - Kali, Sind, Parbati, Kunwari.

◇ Dams :-

• Gandhi-Sagar Dam.
• Rana pratap sagar Dam.
• Jawahar Sagar Dam.
• Kota barrage.

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■ BANAS RIVER

◇ Originates at Aravallis in the Khamnor hills near Kumbalgarh.

◇ Joins Chambal on Rajasthan-MP border near Sawai-Madhopur.

◇ Tributaries :-

• Right bank - Berach, Manali

• Left bank - Kothari, Dheel, Sohadara, Morel

◇ Major Dam - Bisalpur

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🔥 3 IMP TRICKS TO LEARN BORDER'S STATE

♦️Indian State Boundaries Touch with China

🪐Trick: जम्मू का सिपाही अरुण
हिमालय पर उतरा

⚡️जम्मू- जम्मू कश्मीर
⚡️सिपाही- सिक्किम
⚡️अरुण- अरुणाचल प्रदेश
⚡️हिमालय- हिमांचल प्रदेश
⚡️उतरा- उत्तराखंड
⭐️ Total 5 states

♦️Indian State Boundaries Touch with Bhutan
🪐Trick: SAAB
⚡️S- Sikkim
⚡️A- Assam
⚡️A- Arunachal Pradesh
⚡️B- Bengal (West bengal)
⭐️ Total 4 states

♦️भारत की सीमा से लगने वाले देश

🪐 Trick : ‘BACHPAN MBA’

⚡️BA : Bangladesh ( 4,096.7 km)
⚡️CH : China ( 3,488 km)
⚡️PA : Pakistan (3,323 km)
⚡️N : Nepal ( 1,751 km)
⚡️M : Myanmar ( 1,643 km)
⚡️B : Bhutan (699 km)
⚡️A : Afghanistan (106 km)
⭐️Total 7 Countries

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❇️ 18 March

⚔ Ordinance Factories' Day
आयुध कारखानों का दिवस

Theme 2021 : "Vinashaya Dushkritam | [विनाशाय दुष्कृताम्]"

🛡The day is celebrated by displaying the rifles, guns, artillery, ammunition etc in exhibitions all over India. The celebrations start with a parade and the exhibition will also display the photographs of various mountaineering expeditions.

🛡The production of India’s oldest Ordnance Factory, which is at Cossipore of Kolkata, was started in 18th of March, 1802.

🛡OFB is the 37th largest defence equipment manufacturer in the world, 2nd largest in Asia, and the largest in India.

🛡OFB is referred to as the “Fourth Arm of Defence” and the “Force Behind the Armed Forces” of India.

🛡OFB is functioning under the Department of Defence Production of Ministry of Defence.

🛡Director-General & & Chairman of Ordnance Factories:
C S Vishwakarma
Headquarters of Ordnance Factory Board: Kolkata, West Bengal.

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📱 Question of the Day 📱

Name the new grievance redressal feature launched by NPCI on BHIM UPI app for the users.
उपयोगकर्ताओं के लिए BHIM UPI ऐप पर NPCI द्वारा शुरू की गई नई शिकायत निवारण सुविधा का नाम बताएं?

📒 UPI-Help
📕 UPI-Aid
📗 UPI-Boost
📘 UPI-Assist

Option A
Explanation:The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella entity for digital payments in India, has launched a new application named “UPI-Help” on BHIM UPI, which will act as a grievance redressal mechanism for the users of the BHIM application.