National Academy for Agril Research Management (NAARM) located at---
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41%
Hyderabad
32%
Nagpur
18%
Guwahati
9%
Jaipur
BPSC PYQ discuss the prospects of trade promotion between Afghanistan and india with the launching of new export route to and from india through chabahar port
Importance of chabahar port for india
1. Foreign policy objectives- extended neighborhood and west asia outlook
2. Bilateral ties : india iran relations. Which otherwise appeared dry due to multiple reasons
India gravitating towards USA. At time india stopped importing oil from iran
Iran joining SCO at insistence of china
Cancellation of farzab B gas project to india
3. Connectivity- INSTC - connect to central asia , russia and europe.
4. Access to afghan. Bypassing pakistan
5. Counter chinese BRI. Alternative to Chinese BRI. indian adani port also purchased israel Haifa port on Mediterranean sea for $1.2bn
6. New realities - afghan taliban government was also interested in developing chabahar port.
Challenges
1. USA Sanctions - USA views chabahar as collateral against problematic Iranian policies in west asia.
2. Precarious situation in west asia
NATO Border Nations Plan ‘Drone Wall’ Against Russia.
Six NATO countries—Finland, Norway, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—are planning to build a coordinated drone defence system because of increased security worries and tensions along their borders with Russia. The goal of this project, which is often called the “drone wall,” is to make the border safer from possible threats like military provocations and drug trafficking.
Six NATO countries—Finland, Norway, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—are planning to build a coordinated drone defence system because of increased security worries and tensions along their borders with Russia. The goal of this project, which is often called the “drone wall,” is to make the border safer from possible threats like military provocations and drug trafficking.
Things to know
1. heat index - discomfort felt due to high heatand humidity
2. Sweating -Body’s cooling mechanism
3. Rising humdity in metros - body’s natural cooling mechanism is not working
4. Heat index of 41 and above is dangerous
5. Urban heat isalnd effect
6. Metro citiesare not cooling down at night. This is concerning hot nights are dangeous as mid day peak temperatures as people get little chance to recover from day time heat.
7. Metro cities are around 3 degrees hotter compared to surrounding peripheries.
1. heat index - discomfort felt due to high heatand humidity
2. Sweating -Body’s cooling mechanism
3. Rising humdity in metros - body’s natural cooling mechanism is not working
4. Heat index of 41 and above is dangerous
5. Urban heat isalnd effect
6. Metro citiesare not cooling down at night. This is concerning hot nights are dangeous as mid day peak temperatures as people get little chance to recover from day time heat.
7. Metro cities are around 3 degrees hotter compared to surrounding peripheries.
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War hit cities and places in news
🕸Baalbek region & Bekaa Valley - Eastern Lebanon
🕸Deir Al-Balah, Rafa & Khan Younis - Gaza strip
🕸Tefen,Upper Galilee region - Israel.
🕸Pervomaiske, Donetsk region- dispute b/w Ukraine and Russia.
🕸Baalbek region & Bekaa Valley - Eastern Lebanon
🕸Deir Al-Balah, Rafa & Khan Younis - Gaza strip
🕸Tefen,Upper Galilee region - Israel.
🕸Pervomaiske, Donetsk region- dispute b/w Ukraine and Russia.
Ben gurion canal
Negev desert
The idea is to cut a canal through the Israeli-controlled Negev Desert from the tip of the Gulf of Aqaba — the eastern arm of the Red Sea that juts into Israel’s southern tip and south-western Jordan — to the Eastern Mediterranean coast, thus creating an alternative to the Egyptian-controlled Suez Canal that starts from the western arm of the Red Sea and passes to the southeastern Mediterranean through the northern Sinai peninsula.
#prelims
#mapping
Negev desert
The idea is to cut a canal through the Israeli-controlled Negev Desert from the tip of the Gulf of Aqaba — the eastern arm of the Red Sea that juts into Israel’s southern tip and south-western Jordan — to the Eastern Mediterranean coast, thus creating an alternative to the Egyptian-controlled Suez Canal that starts from the western arm of the Red Sea and passes to the southeastern Mediterranean through the northern Sinai peninsula.
#prelims
#mapping
Consider the following statements in relation to Janani Suraksha Yojana:
1. It is a safe motherhood intervention of the State Health Departments.
2. Its objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality among poor pregnant women.
3. It aims to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
4. Its objective includes providing public health facilities to sick infants up to one year of age.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
[ UPSC CSE - 2023 ] #Government_Schemes
70th BPSC - PROBABLE QUESTION
1. It is a safe motherhood intervention of the State Health Departments.
2. Its objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality among poor pregnant women.
3. It aims to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
4. Its objective includes providing public health facilities to sick infants up to one year of age.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
[ UPSC CSE - 2023 ] #Government_Schemes
Highest consumption of pesticide is in --- crop
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13%
Wheat
41%
Cotton
19%
Sugarcane
28%
Rice