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Israel-Palestine Conflict

The seeds of the conflict were laid in 1917 when the then British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour expressed official support of Britain for a Jewish "national home" in Palestine under the Balfour Declaration. The lack of concern for the "rights of existing non-Jewish communities" i.e. the Arabs led to prolonged violence.

Unable to contain Arab and Jewish violence, Britain withdrew its forces from Palestine in 1948, leaving responsibility for resolving the competing claims to the newly created United Nations. The UN presented a partition plan to create independent Jewish and Arab states in Palestine. Most Jews in Palestine accepted the partition but most Arabs did not.

In 1948, the Jewish declaration of Israel's independence prompted surrounding Arab states to attack. At the end of the war, Israel controlled about 50 percent more territory than originally envisioned UN partition plan. Jordan controlled the West Bank and Jerusalem's holy sites, and Egypt controlled the Gaza Strip.

1964: Founding of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

1967: In Six-day Arab- Israeli war, Israeli forces seize the Golan Heights from Syria, the West Bank & East Jerusalem from Jordan and Sinai Peninsula & Gaza strip from Egypt.

The United Nations grants the PLO observer status in 1975 and recognizes Palestinians' right to self-determination.

Camp David Accords (1978): "Framework for Peace in the Middle East" brokered by U.S. set the stage for peace talks between Israel and its neighbors and a resolution to the "Palestinian problem". This however remained unfulfilled.

1981: Israel effectively annexes the Golan but this is not recognized by the United States or the international community.

1987: Founding of Hamas, a violent offshoot of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood seeking "to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine" through violent jihad.

1987: Tensions in the occupied territories of West Bank and Gaza reached boiling point resulting in the First Intifada (Palestinian Uprising). It grew into a small war between Palestinian militants and the Israeli army.

1988: Jordan cedes to the PLO all the country's territorial claims in the West Bank and Eastern Jerusalem.

1993: Under the Oslo Accords Israel and the PLO agree to officially recognize each other and renounce the use of violence. The Oslo Accords also established the Palestinian Authority, which received limited autonomy in the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.

2005: Israel begins a unilateral withdrawal of Jews from settlements in Gaza. However, Israel kept tight control over all border crossings (blockade).

2006: Hamas scores a victory in Palestinian Authority elections. The vote leaves the Palestinian house divided between Fatah movement, represented by President Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas, which will control the cabinet and parliament. Efforts at cohabitation fail almost immediately.

2007: Palestinian Movement Splits after few months of formation of a joint Fatah-Hamas government. Hamas militants drive Fatah from Gaza. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appoints a new government in Ramallah (West Bank), which is quickly recognized by the United States and European Union. Gaza remains under Hamas control.

2012- UN upgrades Palestinian representation to that of "non-member observer state".

2014- Israel responds to the kidnapping and murder of three Jewish teenagers in the West Bank by arresting numerous Hamas members. Militants respond by firing rockets from Gaza. Clashes end in uneasy Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.

2014- Fatah and Hamas form a unity government, though distrust remains between the two factions.

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♻️First In India (Men) ♻️

β–ͺ️The first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India: Justice Ranganath Misra
β–ͺ️The first Lokpal of India: Justice P. C. Ghosh
β–ͺ️The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut: Mohd. Azharuddin
β–ͺ️The first batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket match: Sachin Tendulkar
β–ͺ️The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice: Nawang Gombu
β–ͺ️The first President of Indian Republic: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
β–ͺ️The first Prime Minister of free India: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
β–ͺ️The first Indian to win Nobel Prize: Rabindranath Tagore
β–ͺ️The first president of Indian National Congress: W. C. Banerjee
β–ͺ️The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress: Badruddin Tayyabji
β–ͺ️The first Muslim President of India: Dr. Zakir Hussain
β–ͺ️The first British Governor General of India: Lord William Bentinck
β–ͺ️The first British Viceroy of India: Lord Canning
β–ͺ️The first Governor General of free India: Lord Mountbatten
β–ͺ️The first and the last Indian Governer General of free India: C. Rajgopalachari
β–ͺ️The first man who introduce printing press in India: James Hicky
β–ͺ️The first Indian to join the I.C.S.: Satendranath Tagore
β–ͺ️The first Indian man in space: Rakesh Sharma
β–ͺ️The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term: Morarji Desai
β–ͺ️The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India: General Cariappa
β–ͺ️The first Cheif of Army Staff: Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

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πŸ’ Famous Lakes And Rivers In India And WorldπŸ’ 

πŸ”ΈLake Baikal (Russia) is the deepest lake of the world. One of the biggest and most ancient lakes of world is situated nearly in the center of Asia in a huge stone bowl set 445 m above sea level.
πŸ”ΈLake Eyre is a important lake of Australia.
πŸ”ΈLake Onakal (Uganda) and Lake Aswan (Egypt) are man made lakes.
πŸ”ΈLake Tso Sekuru located on the Tibetan Plateau is the highest lake of the world.
πŸ”ΈLake Titicaca, located at the boundary of Bolivia and Peru is the highest navigable lake of the world.
πŸ”ΈThe highest lake in India is Devtal, located at a height of 17,745 ft in the Garhwal Himalayas.
πŸ”ΈDead Sea is the lowest lake of the world, its base is located 2500 ft below the sea level.
πŸ”ΈLake Van (Turkey) is the most saline lake of the world, with salinity of330%. It is followed by Dead Sea (238%) Jordan, and Great Salt Lake (220% salinity) USA.
πŸ”ΈCaspian Sea is the largest lake of the world. It is a salt water lake. Ural and Volga rivers drain into it from the north, therefore its northern part is less saline.
πŸ”ΈLake Victoria, forms the border between Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.
πŸ”ΈLake Nyasa or Lake. Malawi forms the border of Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique.
πŸ”ΈLake Tanganyika forms the border of Zaire. Tanzania and Zambia.
πŸ”ΈLake Superior is the largest fresh water lake of the world.
πŸ”ΈThe nuclear test range of China is located near the lake Lop Nor.
πŸ”ΈLake Chad forms the border of Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Camroon.
πŸ”ΈLake Great Bear it is famous as Port Radium.
πŸ”ΈLake Athabasca famous as Uranium City.
πŸ”ΈLakeVolta in Ghana is a largest man made lake.
πŸ”ΈLake Maracaibo in Venezuela is famous for oil reserves.

πŸ”ΈWular Lake: Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia and the largest in India, is located in Jammu and Kashmir.
πŸ”ΈDal Lake: The Kashmir valley is blessed with exotic natural beauty of landscape and water bodies, out of them one of the best is Dal Lake. The Dal lake is situated in the beautiful city of Srinaga,Some of the most famous mosques are also located in Srinagar city to visit.
πŸ”ΈLoktak Lake: Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeastern India, located in Manipur. It is also called the only floating lake in the world due to the floating phumdis. This ancient lake plays an important role in the economy of Manipur.
πŸ”ΈChilka Lake: Chilka Lake is the brackish water lake and is the largest coastal lake in India. The Chilka Lake in situated in Orissa and is Asia’s largest inland salt-water lagoon. The beautiful chilka lake is paradise for the migratory birds.

πŸ”ΈPulicat lake: It is a saline backwater lake lying along the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh coast; part extending to Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu. It has an area of 481 sq. KM and it is the 2nd largest brackish water lagoon in India after Chilka lake in Orissa.

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Corruption Perceptions Index(CPI) 2020

● Released by: Transparency International

● Objective: It ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, according to experts and business people.It uses a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean)

● Topped by: The index has been topped by New Zealand and Denmark (88 each), followed by Switzerland, Finland, Sweden and Singapore (85 each).

● India: India’s rank has slipped six places to 86th in the index with a score of 40.

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πŸ’₯ Major countries of the world and their highest honorsπŸ’₯

☞ Argentina - The Order of San Martin

☞ Cambodia - Royal Order of Cambodia

☞ Indonesia - Star of Republic of Indonesia (Vitung Republic Indonesia)

☞ Kuwait - Mubarak Al Kabir Medal

☞ Canada - Order of Canada

☞ Germany - Pol Le Merit Iron Cross

☞ China - Order of Brilliant Jade

☞ Japan - Order of Molovenia Sun

☞ Turkey - Order of Democracy

☞ Denmark - Order of Diana Brogue

☞ Nicaragua - Augusto Caesar Sandino Ier

☞ Netherlands - Order of the Netherlands Lion

☞ Nepal - Jewel of Nepal (Man title)

☞ Norway - Order of St Olway

☞ New Zealand - The Order of New Zealand

☞ Pakistan - Nishan-e-Pakistan

☞ Poland - Cross of Merit

☞ Philippines - Quezon Service Cross

☞ France - Lange of Honor

☞ Bangladesh - Bangladesh Independence Award (Bangladesh Freedom Honor)

☞ India - Bharat Ratna

☞ Bhutan - Eyre of Great Victory of Thugger Dragon

☞ Mongolia - Best Worker

☞ United Kingdom - Order of Merit

☞ Russia - Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle

☞ Vietnam - The Order of the Golden Star

☞ Sri Lanka - Pride of Sri Lanka (Sri Lankabhimanya)

☞ United States - Lange of Merit

☞ Saudi Arabia - Shah Abdul Aziz Medal

☞ Spain - Order of Idbella the Catholic

☞ Palestine - And Collar

☞ Hungary - The Order of Banner

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πŸ“Headquarters of International Organizations in Recent NewsπŸ“


🎈 Barclays – London, United Kingdom

🎈 Goldman Sachs – New York, United States

🎈 World Health Organization (WHO)- Geneva, Switzerland

🎈 S&P Global Ratings – New York, United States

🎈 Fitch Solution – London, United Kingdom

🎈 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)– Geneva, Switzerland

🎈 European Union (EU) – Brussels, Belgium

🎈 Mastercard – New York, United States

🎈 SpaceX – California, United States

🎈 Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) – New York, United States

🎈 Nomura – Tokyo, Japan

🎈 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Washington, D.C., United States

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Ongoing Issue between Israel and Palestine

* Tensions have been building up in Jerusalem since the start of Ramzan in mid-April between Israeli forces and Palestinians.

* Recently, Israeli armed forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Haram esh-Sharif in Jerusalem.

* In retaliation, Hamas, the Islamist militant group that runs Gaza, fired dozens of rockets.


# Why Jerusalem?

* Jerusalem has been at the centre of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

* According to the original 1947 UN Partition Plan, Jerusalem was proposed to be an international city.

* But in the first Arab Israel war of 1948, the Israelis captured the western half of the city, and Jordan took the eastern part, including the Old City that houses Haram esh-Sharif.

* Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, and the Dome of the Rock are situated within Haram esh-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary).

* Israel captured East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed it later.

#Citizenship issues:

* Since its annexation, Israel has expanded settlements in East Jerusalem, which is now home for some 220,000 Jews. Jews born in East Jerusalem are Israeli citizens, while Palestinians in the city are given conditional residency permits.

* Palestinians in East Jerusalem, unlike other parts of the occupied West Bank, can, however, apply for Israeli citizenship. Very few Palestinians have done so.

# Root cause of the problem:


* Israel sees the whole city as its β€œunified, eternal capital”, a claim endorsed by Donald Trump when he was U.S. President but not recognised by most other countries. Palestinian leaders across the political spectrum have maintained that they would not accept any compromise formula for a future Palestinian state unless East Jerusalem is its capital.

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β–ͺ️ #IDIOMS_And_PHRASES

(1) Fancy price- At any cost/ At demand price
(2) Feather in the cap- Additional success
(3) Feather one's nest- To enrich oneself by taking advantage of one's position
(4) Fighty shy of- To attempt to avoid a thing or person
(5) Fish in troubled waters- To take advantage of the problems of others
(6) Fish out of water- Out of one's usual and comfortable place
(7) Fly in the ointment- A slight unpleasant thing that obstruct the enjoyment of something
(8) Fool's paradise- A state of being happy for foolish or unfounded reasons
(9) Forty winks- A nap
(10) French leave- A leave without information or permission
(11) Fringe benifits- An additional benifit apart from salary
(12) From hand to mouth- Providing only bare essentials
(13) Gala day- Celebration day
(14) Get away with- To escape
(15) Get down to- To attend to work seriously

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❇️First News Papers, Journals & their Founder/Editors❇️

β–ͺ️Kavivachan Sudha- Bhartendu Harishchandra
β–ͺ️Rast Goftar (First News Paper in Gujrati)- Dadabhai Naoroji
β–ͺ️New India- Bipin Chandra Pal
β–ͺ️Statesman- Robert Knight
β–ͺ️Hindu- Vir Raghavacharya and G. S. Aiyar
β–ͺ️Sandhya- B. B. Upadhyaya
β–ͺ️Vichar Lahiri- Krishna Shastri Chiplunkar
β–ͺ️The Commonweal- Annie Besant
β–ͺ️Pratap- Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
β–ͺ️Essays in Indian Economics- Mahadev Govind Ranade
β–ͺ️Samvad Kaumudi (Bengali)- Ram Mohan Roy
β–ͺ️Al-Hilal- Abul Kalam Azad
β–ͺ️Al-Balagh- Abul Kalam Azad
β–ͺ️Independent- Motilal Nehru
β–ͺ️Punjabi- Lala Lajpat Rai
β–ͺ️New India- Annie Besant
β–ͺ️Mirat-ul-Akhbar (First Persian News Paper)- Ram Mohan Roy
β–ͺ️Indian Mirror- Devendra Nath Tagore
β–ͺ️Nav Jeevan- M. K. Gandhi
β–ͺ️Young India- M. K. Gandhi

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GULF OF MANNAR BIOSPHERE RESERVE AND NATIONAL PARK

βœ…The Gulf of Mannar is an arm of the Indian Ocean lying between the coast of Sri Lanka and the tip of India.

βœ… A chain of low islands and coral reefs known as Rama’s Bridge (Adam’s Bridge)
separates the Gulf of Mannar from the Palk Strait which lies to the north between India and Sri Lanka.

βœ…The Gulf of Mannar is known to harbor of over 3600 species of flora and fauna,
making it one of the richest coastal regions of Asia.

βœ…The park was declared as a biosphere reserve in 1989.


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