14th June, 2024

Current Affairs Notes (Prelims):

🔹1. Administration of Science in India -
- The 18th Lok Sabha include a minister of State with independent charge overseeing the Departments of Space (DoS) and Atomic Energy (DAE), the Ministries of Earth Sciences (MoES) and Science and Technology (MST).
- Gross domestic expenditure on research and development as a fraction of GDP has been declining since 2008-09.


🔹2. Gray-Zone Warfare -
- Grey-zone warfare comprises actions that frustrate an opponent in a sustained manner without engaging in direct combat.
- This technique often involves psychological operations, misinformation, and other non-traditional warfare methods to achieve strategic objectives without provoking full-scale conflict.


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15th June, 2024

Current Affairs Notes (Prelims):

🔹1. Zyestha Ashtami festival of Kheer Bhavani Temple -
- Thousands of Kashmiri Pandits converged at the Kheer Bhawani temple in Kashmir Valley’s Tul Mulla in Ganderbal district to attend the annual festival of Zyestha Ashtami.
- The temple of Kheer Bhawani is located amid chinar trees and has a natural spring, which is considered auspicious by Pandits.


🔹2. Sittwe Port -
- Myanmar’s junta has ordered thousands of people living outside the Rakhine state capital Sittwe, to vacate their homes and head into the city.
- Sittwe city is one of the few holdouts for junta troops in western Rakhine state, where the Arakan Army (AA) has taken over large territory.


( Rest of the current affairs for 15th of June has been covered in the attached pdf )

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4) Consider the following statements regarding Kheer Bhavani Temple:

1. It is a Hindu temple situated in the village of Kharbu in Kargil.
2. The term kheer refers to a milk and rice pudding that is offered to propitiate the goddess.
3. This is the only temple of Mata Kheer Bhavani anywhere in the world.

How many of the above statements are correct?

5) Consider the following Pairs:

Schools of Vedanta Advocated By
1. Dvaita - Nimbarkacharya
2. Shuddhadvaita - Madhavacharya
3. Vishisthadvaita - Ramanujacharcya
4. Dvaitadvaita - Vallabhacharya

How many of the above pairs are correct?

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