Suranga Bawadi:

1-Suranga Bawadi which is situated in Bijapur Karnataka has entered the World Monuments Watch List under “Ancient Water System of the Deccan Plateau” of the World Monument Funds.
2-It is an integral part of the ancient Karez System of supplying water through subterranean tunnels.
3-It was built by Adil Shah-I of Adilshahi dynasty of Bijapur in the 16th century to supply water to Vijaypura in Karnataka.


Karez System:

1-Karez is a water harnessing technology in which groundwater is brought to the surface by a tunnel.
2-In this system, no mechanical pump or lift is used, Gravity alone brings the water from the underground source.
3-The technology originated in Persia/Iran and was widely used during the medieval period.
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Suranga Bawadi:

1-Suranga Bawadi which is situated in Bijapur Karnataka has entered the World Monuments Watch List under “Ancient Water System of the Deccan Plateau” of the World Monument Funds.
2-It is an integral part of the ancient Karez System of supplying water through subterranean tunnels.
3-It was built by Adil Shah-I of Adilshahi dynasty of Bijapur in the 16th century to supply water to Vijaypura in Karnataka.


Karez System:

1-Karez is a water harnessing technology in which groundwater is brought to the surface by a tunnel.
2-In this system, no mechanical pump or lift is used, Gravity alone brings the water from the underground source.
3-The technology originated in Persia/Iran and was widely used during the medieval period.
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Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK):

# The Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched the Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK) in New Delhi.
# The BPKK will be a repository of diverse crops across agro-climatic zones in India for better nutritional outcomes.
# Under BPKK country has been broadly divided into fifteen agricultural regions based on agro climatic features, particularly soil type, climate including temperature and rainfall and its variation and water resources.
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Effective rate of taxation:

1-Effective rate of taxation is the ratio of tax collected to the tax base.
2-The divergence between official rate of tax and effective rate of tax arises on account of the exemptions to the tax rate like on payments under section 80 C of Income tax act etc.
3-This is also called revenue foregone whose magnitude is indeed high in India.
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DHRUV Programme:

$$ Pradhan Mantri Innovation Learning Programme – DHRUV is a 14-day learning programme launched by Ministry of HRD in ISRO HQ in Bengaluru.
$$ 60 brightest and talented students from Science, Mathematics and Performing Arts have been chosen for the programme.
$$ It aims to further sharpen innovative imagination, skills and knowledge of the students to bring solutions to socio-economic, political and environmental issues in the country.
$$ Every student to be called 'DHRUV TARA’ will be mentored by renowned experts. Source: PIB
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Gottiprolu:

@ It is a new site excavated by Archaeological Survey of India in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
@ The remains of a huge settlement surrounded by a massive brick enclosure has been discovered.
@ One life size Vishnu sculpture and a wide variety of pottery of the early centuries of current era have been excavated.
@ The site of Gottiprolu lies on the right bank of a distributary of river Swarnamukhi in South Andhra Pradesh. It lies close to Tirupati and Nellore.
@ Further explorations revealed various forms of antiquarian remains extending from Tamil Nadu and culturally linked with each other.
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Consequences of ocean floor mining:
1-Mining the ocean can be devastating to the natural ecosystems.
2-When the ocean floor is mined, a cloud of sediment rises up in the water, interfering with photosynthetic processes of phytoplankton and other marine life.
3-In addition to introducing benign heavy metals into the food chain, Removing parts of the sea floor could disturb the habitat of benthic organisms, with unknown long-term effects
4-Plate movements have not been established as a consequence of mining.
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Jal Shakti Abhiyan:
1-It will cover 256 districts across nation with an emphasis on 1592 stressed blocks.
The campaign will run through citizen participation during the monsoon (July 1-September 15)
2-An additional ‘Phase II’ will run from October 1 to November 30 for states receiving the northeast retreating monsoons.
3-Officers from the central government, led by additional secretaries and joint secretaries, have been assigned to these 256 districts.
4-The district administration will also nominate two members to join this team.
5-The conservation efforts will be supplemented by ‘krishi vigyan kendra melas' to promote efficient water use for irrigation and better crop choices
6-A large-scale ‘Communication campaign’ has also been planned alongside the JSA involving mass mobilization of different groups.
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mHariyali App:

@The mobile app was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
@It is aimed to encourage Public engagement in planting trees and other such Green drives.
@The App provides for automatic geo-tagging of plants and will also enable nodal officers to periodically monitor the plantation.
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"About Rydberg polaron":
@ It is an exotic state of matter, created at low temperatures, in which a very large atom contains other ordinary atoms in the space between the nucleus and the electrons.
@ For the formation of this atom, scientists had to combine two fields of atomic physics: Bose-Einstein condensates and Rydberg atoms.
@ Rydberg atoms are formed by exciting a single atom into a high-energy state, in which the electron is very far from the nucleus.
@ Bose-Einstein condensates are a state of matter that is produced at temperatures close to absolute zero.
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TERAHERTZ imaging:
# which exists between the microwave and infrared wavelengths.
# has recently attracted attention for its ability to “see through” everyday objects.
# Among other things, it has been used to detect defects in space shuttle panels and uncover the material composition and substructure of paintings and murals.
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The Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) is NASA's mission.

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WTO Agreements: - General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS):
Salient features of (GATS):

@ GATS deal with agreement on trade in services i.e., services relating to banking, insurance, information technology, telecom, health, education etc.
@ There are 12 sectors and 161 sub-sectors of services covered under GATS.
@ provide four different modes of services across the borders from one country to another amongst member countries under Article 1 of GATS Agreement.

# Mode-1 Cross Border supply of services: popularly known as e-commerce or business process outsourcing (BPO)
# Mode-2 Consumption abroad: These types of services generally include tourism, health, education etc.
# Mode-3 Commercial presence: The examples under this category are Citi bank operating in India through its various branch offices
# Mode-4 Movement of natural persons: free movement of natural persons on fulfillment of educational and other technical qualifications.
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‘CO2 injection technology’

1) CO2 gas is injected with residual oil in the ageing field in which total oil production has been declining.
2) It reduces its viscosity and makes it easier to displace oil from the rock pores. CO2 gas also swells oil, thereby pushing it towards the producing well for extraction.
3) CO2-EOR projects resemble a closed-loop system where the CO2 is injected, produces oil, is stored in the formation, or is recycled back into the injection well.
# Casestudy
a) While the technology is a proven concept in the West specially the US and Canada.
b) ONGC’s project would be the first large scale CO2-injected project in Asia.
c) ONGC is planning to introduce CO2 injection technology in its Gandhar oil field in Gujarat. Extra 20 million barrels of crude oil under enhanced oil recovery (EOR) programme, improve India’s energy security.

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Shale Gas?
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Wooden Breast Syndrome

Researchers have recently found that the Wooden Breast Syndrome affects broiler chickens by making the meat hard and chewy.

It is a metabolic disorder characterised by abnormal fat accumulation in the breast muscle tissue.

It involves inflammation of the veins in the breast tissue and accumulation of lipid around the affected veins.

It is followed by muscle cell death and replacement by fibrous and fatty tissue.

An enzyme called lipoprotein lipase is behind the syndrome and it is crucial for fat metabolism.

At the onset of wooden breast syndrome, lipoprotein lipase was higher in affected chickens, leading to more fat accumulating in the breast muscles.

This is an irregularity because breast muscle fibres in chicken typically rely on sugar molecules for fuel, not fat molecules.

It can render the birds unmarketable and cause losses for growers.

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Liquidity trap is a situation when despite
decrease in policy rates to revive the
economy; it has not had an impact in
reviving demand in the economy.
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Cheap money policy implies that the
Central Bank eases the rates at which
credit is available. This is often done
in order to spur growth in the
economy.
- Dear money policy implies that the
Central Bank is raising the interest
rates. This is in order to mop up
excess money in the market and,
thus, to tackle inflation

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Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK):

# The Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched the Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK) in New Delhi.
# The BPKK will be a repository of diverse crops across agro-climatic zones in India for better nutritional outcomes.
# Under BPKK country has been broadly divided into fifteen agricultural regions based on agro climatic features, particularly soil type, climate including temperature and rainfall and its variation and water resources.
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#Economy
#Economic_Survey

🔸National Land Monetisation Corporation🔸

🖋 Context

»According to Economic Survey, the government is setting up the National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC) to carry out the monetization of the land and other non-core assets.

🖌It is being set up as a 100 per cent Government of India owned entity.

🖌It works as an asset manager for lands owned by central government and central public sector enterprises (CPSEs).

🖌The initial authorized share capital of NLMC will be Rs 5000 crores while subscribed share capital will be Rs 150 crore

🖌It has the freedom to invest, lease or rent assets or monetise them based on suggestions

🖌It is free to develop assets for commercial or residential purposes.

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