#history V.V Giri: joined the congress party; attended Lucknow session and joined the Home Rule Movement of Annie Besant; founding member of All India Railwaymens Federation; elected prez of AITUC; Bharat Ratna.
#history Manyakheta was the capital of Rashtrakuta Empire; KN. Dantivarman or Dantidurga (735) was the founder. Amoghavarsha: patronised the famous Digambara acharya Jinasena, Sanskrit grammarian Sakatayana and the mathematician Mahaviracharya ; he constructed Manyakheta city and made it as his capital. His Kavirajamarga is the earliest Kannada work on poetics. Abu sulaiman;the Arab traveler visited his capital.
#international Ojos Del Salado: Argentina-Chile border, Pico de Orizaba: Mexico; Mt. Giluwe: Papua New Guinea; Mount Sidley: Antarctica.
#report World Energy Outlook is an annual publication of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
#international ACTO: Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation:
#Mnemonic BBCE-GSPV
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Peru, Venezuela.
#Mnemonic BBCE-GSPV
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Peru, Venezuela.
#international Belem Declaration is related to Amazon Summit where ACTO met.
#culture Matti Banana Variety: Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu. Distinguished by its fragrance and honey-like taste
#environment Tyolotriton Zaimeng; is a Salamander; Manipur. Zaimeng Lake is in Manipur. The unique ecological values of the lake and its surrounding has been indicated by the presence of ‘tadui taku’ a rare Salamander species in the lake.
#environment Prosopis Juliflora: It is an invasive species. It is native to Mexico. Contributing factor to continuing transmission of Malaria.
#energy India is set to import electricity from hydropower projects such as Chukha and Tal; both are located in Bhutan.
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