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
Anonymous Quiz
13%
Wheat
41%
Cotton
19%
Sugarcane
28%
Rice
Process of loosening and separating fibers from plant is known as ---
Anonymous Quiz
21%
Curing
48%
Retting
15%
Wetting
15%
Netting
The rancid taste and color to the fats is due to --
Anonymous Quiz
34%
Autoxidation
25%
Halogenation
22%
Anerobic condition
19%
Higher fatty acids
Nutrient availability is higher in --- soil.
Anonymous Quiz
19%
Acidic
19%
Neutral
55%
Alkaline
6%
Saline