Apis karinjodian

✅ A new species of endemic honeybee common name Indian black honeybee has been discovered in the Western Ghats

✅ The last honeybee described from India was Apis indica in 1798 by Fabricius but it was not considered a valid species till now. The research team restored the status of Apis indica based on a new measure for species discrimination in honeybees termed ‘Radio-Medial Index (RMI).’

✅ Apis karinjodian has evolved from Apis cerana morphotypes that got acclimatised to the hot and humid environment of the Western Ghats.

✅ The distribution of Apis karinjodian ranges from the central Western Ghats & Nilgiris to the southern Western Ghats, covering the States of Goa, Karnataka, Kerala & Tamil Nadu.

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Why you should solve questions asked in other exams of UPSC ? 🤔

This question was asked UPSC NDA exam in 2018.

They repeated the same question in UPSC CSE 2020. 🔥🔥
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🔥 D.Y. Chandrachud takes oath as the 50th Chief Justice of India

🔆Constitution on appointment of CJI:
✅ The Constitution does not have any specific provision for criteria & procedure for appointing the CJI
✅ The closest mention is in Article 126. It deals with appointment of acting CJI

🔆Convention for appointment of CJI
✅ When incumbent CJI retires, the senior-most judge in the SC becomes the CJI
✅ Remember, Seniority is not defined by age but by number of years an individual has been serving as a judge of the apex court

🔆Procedure of appointment of CJI
✅ The procedure to appoint next CJI is laid out in Memorandum of Procedure between government & judiciary
✅ The procedure of appointment is initiated by Law Minister. He shall seek the recommendation of the outgoing CJI
✅ The CJI sends his recommendation to Law Ministry
✅ After receiving a recommendation from CJI law minister forwards it to the PM
✅ PM will then advise the same to President, who will administer the oath to new CJI

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"There is nothing in the religious sphere which is private."
_D.Y. Chandrachud (CJI)_
on sabrimala judgement
At haward law school event.

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PM Narendra Modi unveiled a 108 feet tall bronze statue of Sri Nadaprabhu Kempegowda in Bengaluru. The ‘Statue of Prosperity’ is made to commemorate the contribution of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda who is the founder of Bengaluru.
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Nadaprabhu Kempegowda

born in 1513 in village near Yelahanka.
chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire of the 16th century.
iconic figure among Vokkaligas, Karnataka’s second most dominant community after Lingayats.
Education:
He studied for nine years in a GuruKula near Aigondapura (present day Hessaraghatta) where he learnt statecraft and martial skills.
Achievements:
He is widely acknowledged as the founder of Bengaluru, Karnataka.
It is said that he conceived the idea of a new city while hunting with his minister, and later marked its territory by erecting towers in four corners of the proposed city.
He is also credited with having developed around 1,000 lakes in the city to cater to its drinking and agricultural needs.
Kempegowda has been credited for abolishing the practice of cutting the fingers of the left hand of an unmarried woman during a custom known as ‘Bandi Devaru’, an important custom of Morasu Vokkaligas.

died in 1569, ruled for about 56 years.

State governments have dedicated important landmarks after him – the Kempegowda International Airport, the Kempegowda Bus Stand, and the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Metro Station

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1940 - 23 March - Lahore Resolution

1940- 8 August - August offer 1940

1942 - late March - Cripps' mission

1942 August - Quit India Movement

1944 - Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi the Father of the Nation.

1945 - 18 August - Subhas Chandra Bose death in plane crash at Taiwan.

1945 - Wavell Plan, Simla Conference

1946 - February - Royal Indian Navy mutiny

1946 - March - Cabinet Mission

1946 - 16 August - Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings

1946 - October–November - Noakhali riots

1947 - July - Indian Independence Act 1947 by British Raj

1947 - Partition of India and Pakistan becomes an independent state on 14 August 1947

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