Kilkari application
•It was launched to deliver free weekly audio messages about pregnancy, child birth and care.
•Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are covered under it.
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•It was launched to deliver free weekly audio messages about pregnancy, child birth and care.
•Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are covered under it.
@joinupsc
▪️GREEN GOOD DEEDS CAMPAIGN
It was launched by the MOEFCC Ministry to sensitize the people and students, in particular, about climate change and global warming.
It‘s a people-oriented campaign. The plan is to broad-base it with the involvement of teachers, students and other voluntary organizations
▪️Nitrogen for Life
A campaign on sustainable nitrogen management called “Nitrogen for Life” was launced alongside Colombo Declaration
▪️ “Wood is Good” Campaign
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched “Wood is Good” Campaign under Partnership for Land Use Science (Forest-Plus).
It was launched on sidelines of two-day conference on “Sustainable landscapes and forest ecosystems: Theory to Practice” in New Delhi.
The purpose of campaign is to promote wood as climate-friendly resource and substitute to materials like steel and plastic as it is carbon neutral unlike others materials which leave carbon footprint in their production
@joinupsc
It was launched by the MOEFCC Ministry to sensitize the people and students, in particular, about climate change and global warming.
It‘s a people-oriented campaign. The plan is to broad-base it with the involvement of teachers, students and other voluntary organizations
▪️Nitrogen for Life
A campaign on sustainable nitrogen management called “Nitrogen for Life” was launced alongside Colombo Declaration
▪️ “Wood is Good” Campaign
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched “Wood is Good” Campaign under Partnership for Land Use Science (Forest-Plus).
It was launched on sidelines of two-day conference on “Sustainable landscapes and forest ecosystems: Theory to Practice” in New Delhi.
The purpose of campaign is to promote wood as climate-friendly resource and substitute to materials like steel and plastic as it is carbon neutral unlike others materials which leave carbon footprint in their production
@joinupsc
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INF Treaty
◾️ The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty limited the use of medium-range missiles, both conventional and nuclear.
◾️ Under the INF treaty, the US and formerly Soviet Union agreed not to develop, produce, possess or deploy any ground-based ballistic and cruise missiles that have a range between 500 and 5,500 km.
◾️ It exempted the air-launched'* and sea-based missile systems** in the same range.
◾️ The INF treaty helped address the fears of an imminent nuclear war in Europe.
◾️ It also built some trust between Washington and Moscow and contributed to the end of the Cold War.
#Pre_2020
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◾️ The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty limited the use of medium-range missiles, both conventional and nuclear.
◾️ Under the INF treaty, the US and formerly Soviet Union agreed not to develop, produce, possess or deploy any ground-based ballistic and cruise missiles that have a range between 500 and 5,500 km.
◾️ It exempted the air-launched'* and sea-based missile systems** in the same range.
◾️ The INF treaty helped address the fears of an imminent nuclear war in Europe.
◾️ It also built some trust between Washington and Moscow and contributed to the end of the Cold War.
#Pre_2020
@joinupsc
IUCN Status of "Asiatic Lion" ?
Anonymous Quiz
49%
Critically Endangered
26%
Vulnerable
12%
Near threatened
14%
None of the above
Fear of failure is one attitude that will keep you at the same point in your life.
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© Byron Pulsifer
Textiles Committee
◾️ It is a Statutory Body established in 1963.
◾️ It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
◾️ It has been formed to ensure the quality of textiles and textile machinery both for internal/consumption and export purpose.
◾️ Important functions: establishing laboratories for the testing of textiles and textile machinery and providing for their inspection and examination.
#Pre_2020
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◾️ It is a Statutory Body established in 1963.
◾️ It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
◾️ It has been formed to ensure the quality of textiles and textile machinery both for internal/consumption and export purpose.
◾️ Important functions: establishing laboratories for the testing of textiles and textile machinery and providing for their inspection and examination.
#Pre_2020
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‘Pinanga Andamanensis’
◾️ It is an IUCN critically endangered species and one of the least known among the endemic palms of the Andaman Islands.
◾️ The name is derived from ‘Penang’, the modern-day Malaysian state.
◾️ Its entire population of some 600 specimens naturally occurs only
in a tiny, evergreen forest pocket in South Andaman’s Mount Harriet National Park.
#Pre_2020
◾️ It is an IUCN critically endangered species and one of the least known among the endemic palms of the Andaman Islands.
◾️ The name is derived from ‘Penang’, the modern-day Malaysian state.
◾️ Its entire population of some 600 specimens naturally occurs only
in a tiny, evergreen forest pocket in South Andaman’s Mount Harriet National Park.
#Pre_2020
UN Environment launched the Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership (SIP) in 2018 as a platform to promote and support integrated approaches to sustainable infrastructure planning and development.
Kilkari application
•It was launched to deliver free weekly audio messages about pregnancy, child birth and care.
•Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are covered under it.
@joinupsc
•It was launched to deliver free weekly audio messages about pregnancy, child birth and care.
•Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are covered under it.
@joinupsc
Gogabeel is Bihar’s first community reserve:
Gogabeel, an ox-bow lake in Bihar’s Katihar district, has been declared as the state’s first ‘Community Reserve’.
Gogabeel is formed from the flow of the rivers Mahananda and Kankhar in the north and the Ganga in the south and east. It is the fifteenth Protected Area (PA) in Bihar.
@joinupsc
Gogabeel, an ox-bow lake in Bihar’s Katihar district, has been declared as the state’s first ‘Community Reserve’.
Gogabeel is formed from the flow of the rivers Mahananda and Kankhar in the north and the Ganga in the south and east. It is the fifteenth Protected Area (PA) in Bihar.
@joinupsc