🧰 SRI LANKA   {✍️ ριнυ }

9 states 25 districts
Praliament : parliamenthua (225 seats)
National day- 4 February 1948
Anthem: “Sri Lanka Matha”
Currency – Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
National Flower- Blue water lily
National Tree- Ironwood
National Fruit – Jackfruit
National Bird – Ceylon (Jungle Fowl)
National Game: Volleyball
Capital and largest city – Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Official languages – Sinhala,Tamil
Religion – 70.2% Buddhism, 12.6% Hinduism
President – Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime Minister – Minister Dinesh Gunawardena
Speaker of the Parliament –
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
Chief Justice – Jayantha Jayasuriya
Highest peak – Pidurutalagala
Longest river – Mahaweli
Famous festivals – Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Vesak, Poson Festival, Kandy Esala
Perahera, Kataragama Festival, Vel Festival, Deepavali.

🏔 List of Hill Stations in India 🏔
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🔹 Almora➖Uttarakhand
🔹 Cherrapunjee➖Meghalaya
🔹 Coonoor➖Tamil Nadu
🔹 Dalhousie➖Himachal Pradesh
🔹 Darjeeling➖West Bengal
🔹 Gangtok➖Sikkim
🔹 Gulberga➖Jammu and Kashmir
🔹 Kalimpong➖West Bengal
🔹 Kasauli➖Himachal Pradesh
🔹 Kemangundi➖Karnataka
🔹 Khandala➖Maharashtra
🔹 Kodiakanal➖Tamil Nadu
🔹 Kullu valley➖Himachal Pradesh
🔹 Lansdowne➖Uttarakhand
🔹 Mahabaleshwar➖Maharashtra
🔹 Manali➖Himachal Pradesh
🔹 Mount Abu➖Rajasthan
🔹 Mussoorie➖Uttarakhand
🔹 Nainital➖Uttarakhand
🔹 Pahalgam➖Jammu and Kashmir
🔹 Panchgani➖Maharashtra
🔹 Panchmarhi➖Madhya Pradesh
🔹 Ranikhet➖Uttarakhand
🔹 Saputara➖Gujarat
🔹 Shillong➖Meghalaya
🔹 Shimla➖Himachal Pradesh
🔹 Ooty or Udhamandalam➖Tamil Nadu

❇️ 8 March

👱🏻‍♀International Women’s Day
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस

Theme24 - 'Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress

👩🏻‍🦱 International Women's Day will be celebrated across the world on March 8 to mark the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.

👩🏻‍🦰 For the first time, International Women's Day was celebrated in 1911.

👩🏻National Women's Commission ➖ 1992

🟢 NEWS

🔶 Global Gender Gap Report 2023
India - 127th

🔷 Women’s Prize for Fiction - Ruth Ozeki for “The Book of Form and Emptiness”.

🔶 World Women's Entrepreneur Award - Sangeeta Abhayan Kerala Entrepreneur

🔷 Salhoutuonuo Kruse And Hekani Jakhalu Become 1st Women MLAs From Nagaland

🔶 UNESCO Decides To Dedicates 2023 The International Day Of Education To Afghan Girls And Women

🔷 National Women’s Day Of India 2024: 13 Feb ( Sarojini Naidu )


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🟢 LIST OF MINERALS AND THEIR USES

- Beryllium: Utilized in aerospace and defense industries.
- Tungsten: Found in alloy steels for military, construction, metalworking, mining, and oil drilling.
- Cadmium: Used in electrical storage/rechargeable batteries alongside Nickel.
- Gallium: Employed in clean energy technologies.
- Cobalt: Essential for lithium-ion batteries.
- Indium: Used in advanced engineering applications.
- Rhenium: Utilized in mass spectrographs, thermistors, and catalysts.
- Selenium: Found in pigments for ceramics, paints, and plastics.
- Tantalum: Used in mobile phones and surgical implants.
- Vanadium: Essential in the iron and steel industry, as well as aerospace applications.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 09.03.2024


1. CONVALESCENT (ADJECTIVE): (अच्छा हो जानेवाला): recuperating 
Synonyms: recovering, improving 
Antonyms: worsening 
Example Sentence: The Roman Convalescent Home for women and children was erected in 1865. 


2. DEPORT (VERB): (निकाल देना): expel 
Synonyms: banish, exile 
Antonyms: admit 
Example Sentence: He was deported for violation of immigration laws. 


3. SCRUTINIZE (VERB): (जाँचना): inspect 
Synonyms: survey, scan 
Antonyms: glance at 
Example Sentence: Customers were warned to scrutinize the small print. 


4. SUSPENSION (NOUN): (निलंबन): adjournment 
Synonyms: interruption, postponement 
Antonyms: continuation 
Example Sentence: He was angry about his suspension from the team. 


5. COMPLACENCY (NOUN): (आत्मतुष्टि): smugness 
Synonyms: self-satisfaction, self-approval 
Antonyms: dissatisfaction 
Example Sentence: The figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency. 


6. FEASIBILITY (NOUN): (व्यवहार्यता): practicability 
Synonyms: practicality, viability 
Antonyms: impracticality 
Example Sentence: There is feasibility in screening athletes for cardiac disease. 


7. TAME (ADJECTIVE): (पालतू): domesticated 
Synonyms: domestic, docile 
Antonyms: wild 
Example Sentence: The fish are so tame you have to push them away. 


8. INCLUSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (समावेशी): including 
Synonyms: incorporating, counting 
Antonyms: excluding 
Example Sentence: All prices are inclusive of VAT. 


9. LAX (ADJECTIVE): (सुस्त): slack 
Synonyms: slipshod, negligent 
Antonyms: stern 
Example Sentence: Lax security arrangements at the airport. 


10. STREAM (VERB): (लहराना): flutter 
Synonyms: float, flap 
Antonyms: dangle 
Example Sentence: Her black cloak streamed behind her. 

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🟢 ECONOMICS IMPORTANT YEARS (PYQ's)

- 1935: RBI established on April 1st.
- 1948: Introduction of Minimum Wages Act.
- 1949: Nationalisation of RBI.
- 1949: Passing of Banking Regulation Act.
- 1950: Establishment of Planning Commission.
- 1952: Setup of National Development Council.
- 1956: Passing of Khadi & Village Industries Commission Act.
- 1976: Regional Rural Banks Act enacted.
- 1982: Establishment of NABARD.
- 1986: Enactment of Consumer Protection Act.
- 2005: Passing of MGNREGA.
- 2015: Establishment of NITI Aayog.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 10.03.2024


1. EXPLOIT (VERB): (अनुचित लाभ उठाना): take advantage of 
Synonyms: make use of, abuse 
Antonyms: treat fairly 
Example Sentence: These workers are at particular risk of being exploited in the workplace. 


2. COMPASSION (NOUN): (दया): pity 
Synonyms: sympathy, feeling 
Antonyms: indifference 
Example Sentence: The victims should be treated with compassion. 


3. GRIM (ADJECTIVE): (कठोर): stern 
Synonyms: forbidding, uninviting 
Antonyms: amiable 
Example Sentence: The expression on his face was grim. 


4. UNDERSCORE (VERB): (ज़ोर देना): emphasize 
Synonyms: highlight, stress 
Antonyms: understate 
Example Sentence: The company underscored the progress made with fuel cells. 


5. PARTIALLY (ADVERB): (आंशिक रूप से): partly 
Synonyms: in part, relatively 
Antonyms: wholly 
Example Sentence: The work partially fulfills the function of a historical memoir. 


6. ADVENT (NOUN): (आगमन): arrival 
Synonyms: appearance, emergence 
Antonyms: departure 
Example Sentence: The advent of television was a milestone. 


7. EXTRAORDINARY (ADJECTIVE): (उल्लेखनीय): remarkable 
Synonyms: exceptional, amazing 
Antonyms: ordinary 
Example Sentence: He is well known because of an extraordinary practice. 


8. HORRIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (बुरा): nasty 
Synonyms: disagreeable, unpleasant 
Antonyms: pleasant 
Example Sentence: The tea made by her tasted absolutely horrible. 


9. SUSPICION (NOUN): (संदेह): intuition 
Synonyms: feeling, impression 
Antonyms: certainty 
Example Sentence: She had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her. 


10. UNSCRUPULOUS (ADJECTIVE): (नीतिज्ञानहीन): unprincipled 
Synonyms: unethical, immoral 
Antonyms: ethical 
Example Sentence: Unscrupulous landlords might be tempted to harass existing tenants. 

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🔹 India’s first ‘Coal to Methanol’ pilot plant :- Hyderabad, Telangana

🔹 Asia’s biggest Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant :- Indore, MP

🔹 India’s 1st commercial biomass-based hydrogen plant :- Khandwa, MP

🔹 India’s maiden project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas system :- Indore, MP

🏑 Men's Hockey5s World Cup 2024:

- Host: Oman
- Teams: 16
- Winner: Netherlands
- Runner Up: Malaysia
- Top Scorer: Waheed Rana (Pakistan, 23 goals)
- Best Player: Akhimullah Annur (Malaysia)
- Best Young Player: Hannan Shahid (Pakistan)
- Best Goalkeeper: Joey van Walstijn (Netherlands)

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 11.03.2024


1. DIGNITY (NOUN): (गरिमा): nobility
Synonyms: majesty, regality
Antonyms: informality
Example Sentence:He bowed in front of God with great dignity.


2. INDUCE (VERB): (कारण बनना): cause
Synonyms: produce, effect
Antonyms: prevent
Example Sentence: None of these measures induced a change of policy.


3.CURB (VERB): (अंकुश लगाना): restrain
Synonyms: hold back, keep back
Antonyms: release
Example Sentence:She promised she would curb her temper.


4. SPLENDID (ADJECTIVE): (शानदार): magnificent
Synonyms: sumptuous, grand
Antonyms: modest
Example Sentence:The view of the HawaMahal was splendid.


5. PINNACLE (NOUN): (शिखर): peak
Synonyms: height, summit
Antonyms: nadir
Example Sentence:He had reached the pinnacle of his career.


6. LAX (ADJECTIVE): (बेपरवाह): slack
Synonyms: slipshod, negligent
Antonyms: stern
Example Sentence:Never let go of that privacy or be lax with your security.


7. INDEFINITELY (ADVERB): (अनिश्चित काल के लिए): sine die
Synonyms: forever, for good
Antonyms: temporarily
Example Sentence:Talks cannot go on indefinitely.


8. COMPLEX (ADJECTIVE): (जटिल): complicated
Synonyms: involved, intricate
Antonyms: simple
Example Sentence:It was a complex task of regenerating Docklands.


9. DEMOLITION (NOUN): (विध्वंस): destruction
Synonyms: knocking down, flattening
Antonyms: construction
Example Sentence:The monument was saved from demolition.


10. NEGLIGENCE (NOUN): (लापरवाही): carelessness
Synonyms: lack of care, dereliction of duty
Antonyms: conscientiousness
Example Sentence:His injury was due to the negligence of his employers.

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❇️ 12 March

👁 World Glaucoma Day
विश्व ग्लूकोमा दिवस

Theme24: "Uniting for a Glaucoma-Free World"

👁 Glaucoma Day is observed every year on March 12, and this year, Glaucoma Week is from March 10 to March 16.

👁World Glaucoma Week is a global initiative organised by the World Glaucoma Association to raise awareness to have regular eye and optic nerve checks to detect glaucoma as early as possible.

👁 A group of eye diseases that can damage your eye’s optic nerve is glaucoma. This slowly leads to vision loss and blindness.

🟢 EYE PYQ's:
• Cornea donated in eye donation.
• Eye color matches iris color.
• Pupil: Circular aperture of iris.
• Lens biconvex in nature.
• Image forms on retina.
• Finest image on yellow spot of retina.
• Myopia: Image in front of retina.
• Hypermetropia: Image behind retina.
• Least distance for clear vision: 25 cm.
• Presbiopia: Age-related farsightedness
• Optometrist - Eye Doctor

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