Longest Road Bridge-:Bhupen Hazarika Setu (Assam)
Largest Animal Fair; Sonpur (Bihar)
Highest Tower ;Fateh Burj
(Punjab)
Highest gravitational dam; Bhakra Dam (Punjab)
Largest Desert ;Thar (Rajasthan)
Largest Cave ;Temple Kalash Temple (Ellora, Maharashtra)
Largest Zoo; Arignar Anna Zoological Park (Chennai)
Largest Masjid; Taj-ul- Masjid (Bhopal) Sonpur
The Highest Peak; Godwin Austin (K - 2)
The Longest Tunnel ;(Road) Chenani - Nashri tunnel (9.28 km) Jammu - Kashmir
Longest Tunnel (Railway) :Pir Panjal (11.215 km) Jammu Kashmir
The Largest Delta Sundarbans Delta (West Bengal)
The Largest State of Forests Madhya Pradesh
The Largest Corridor Ramanathaswamy Temple (Rameswaram Tamil Nadu)
Largest Animal Fair; Sonpur (Bihar)
Highest Tower ;Fateh Burj
(Punjab)
Highest gravitational dam; Bhakra Dam (Punjab)
Largest Desert ;Thar (Rajasthan)
Largest Cave ;Temple Kalash Temple (Ellora, Maharashtra)
Largest Zoo; Arignar Anna Zoological Park (Chennai)
Largest Masjid; Taj-ul- Masjid (Bhopal) Sonpur
The Highest Peak; Godwin Austin (K - 2)
The Longest Tunnel ;(Road) Chenani - Nashri tunnel (9.28 km) Jammu - Kashmir
Longest Tunnel (Railway) :Pir Panjal (11.215 km) Jammu Kashmir
The Largest Delta Sundarbans Delta (West Bengal)
The Largest State of Forests Madhya Pradesh
The Largest Corridor Ramanathaswamy Temple (Rameswaram Tamil Nadu)
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Seaplane Routes in News
🛩 Prakasam Barrage to Srisailam
The swift 45-minute service will enhance tourism, employment, and improve access to destinations like Srisailam’s ancient Shiva temple, Tiger Reserve, and the iconic dam
🛩 Kochi to Mattupetty Dam (Idukki)
It will reduce the travel time to Munnar and is located near many designated Eco sensitive zones like,
🛩 Anamudi Shola National Park, Pampadum Shola National Park and Kurinjimala Sanctuary
🛩 Kanan Devan Hills Reserve Forest also extends into the area, providing a habitat for endangered wildlife such as wild elephants, a Schedule I protected species under Indian law.
🛩 The project was inaugurated under UDAN Seaplane Component under Ministry of Civil Aviation
🛩 Prakasam Barrage to Srisailam
The swift 45-minute service will enhance tourism, employment, and improve access to destinations like Srisailam’s ancient Shiva temple, Tiger Reserve, and the iconic dam
🛩 Kochi to Mattupetty Dam (Idukki)
It will reduce the travel time to Munnar and is located near many designated Eco sensitive zones like,
🛩 Anamudi Shola National Park, Pampadum Shola National Park and Kurinjimala Sanctuary
🛩 Kanan Devan Hills Reserve Forest also extends into the area, providing a habitat for endangered wildlife such as wild elephants, a Schedule I protected species under Indian law.
🛩 The project was inaugurated under UDAN Seaplane Component under Ministry of Civil Aviation
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ALL NOBEL PRIZES IN 2024
☘️ PHYSICS
- 2024 Laureates: John J Hopfield
- Geoffrey E Hinton
- Awarded for: foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks
☘️ CHEMISTRY
- 2024 Laureates: David Baker (For computational protein design)
- Demis Hassabis & John M Jumper (For protein structure prediction)
☘️ PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE
- 2024 Laureates: Victor Ambros & Gary Ruvkun
- Awarded for: for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation
☘️ LITERATURE
- 2024 Laureates: Han Kang (South Korean writer)
- Awarded for: for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life
☘️ NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
- 2024 Laureates: Nihon Hidankyo (Japanese organization)
- Awarded for: for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again
☘️ ECONOMIC SCIENCES
- 2024 Laureates: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A Robinson
- Awarded for: for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity
☘️ PHYSICS
- 2024 Laureates: John J Hopfield
- Geoffrey E Hinton
- Awarded for: foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks
☘️ CHEMISTRY
- 2024 Laureates: David Baker (For computational protein design)
- Demis Hassabis & John M Jumper (For protein structure prediction)
☘️ PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE
- 2024 Laureates: Victor Ambros & Gary Ruvkun
- Awarded for: for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation
☘️ LITERATURE
- 2024 Laureates: Han Kang (South Korean writer)
- Awarded for: for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life
☘️ NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
- 2024 Laureates: Nihon Hidankyo (Japanese organization)
- Awarded for: for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again
☘️ ECONOMIC SCIENCES
- 2024 Laureates: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A Robinson
- Awarded for: for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity
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1. First Buddhist Council (483 BCE, Rajagaha)
- Held shortly after Buddha's death (Mahaparinirvana)
- Convened by King Ajatashatru under Elder Mahakassapa's leadership
- Main purpose: To preserve Buddha's teachings by compiling the Vinaya (monastic rules) and Suttas (discourses)
- Ananda recited Buddha's discourses (Sutta Pitaka)
- Upali recited the monastic rules (Vinaya Pitaka)
2. Second Buddhist Council (383 BCE, Vaishali)
- Held 100 years after the first council
- Main issue: Dispute over monastic rules and practices
- Addressed the "Ten Points" controversy about rules for monks
- Led to the first major split in Buddhist Sangha between:
* Sthaviravada (traditionalists)
* Mahasanghika (progressives)
3. Third Buddhist Council (250 BCE, Pataliputra)
- Convened by Emperor Ashoka
- Presided over by Moggaliputta Tissa
- Purpose: To purify the Sangha and resolve doctrinal disputes
- Resulted in the compilation of Abhidhamma Pitaka
- Led to the dispatch of Buddhist missionaries to different regions
- Established the Kathavatthu (Points of Controversy)
4. Fourth Buddhist Council (72 BCE, Kashmir)
- Conducted under Kushan King Kanishka's patronage
- Presided over by Vasumitra and Ashvaghosa
- Focus: Synthesis of various Buddhist schools
- Led to the rise of Mahayana Buddhism
- Resulted in Sanskrit commentaries on the Tripitaka
- Marked the spread of Buddhism into Central Asia
Key Impacts:
- Helped preserve and systematize Buddhist teachings
- Led to the emergence of different Buddhist schools
- Facilitated the spread of Buddhism beyond India
- Contributed to the development of Buddhist literature and philosophy
- Held shortly after Buddha's death (Mahaparinirvana)
- Convened by King Ajatashatru under Elder Mahakassapa's leadership
- Main purpose: To preserve Buddha's teachings by compiling the Vinaya (monastic rules) and Suttas (discourses)
- Ananda recited Buddha's discourses (Sutta Pitaka)
- Upali recited the monastic rules (Vinaya Pitaka)
2. Second Buddhist Council (383 BCE, Vaishali)
- Held 100 years after the first council
- Main issue: Dispute over monastic rules and practices
- Addressed the "Ten Points" controversy about rules for monks
- Led to the first major split in Buddhist Sangha between:
* Sthaviravada (traditionalists)
* Mahasanghika (progressives)
3. Third Buddhist Council (250 BCE, Pataliputra)
- Convened by Emperor Ashoka
- Presided over by Moggaliputta Tissa
- Purpose: To purify the Sangha and resolve doctrinal disputes
- Resulted in the compilation of Abhidhamma Pitaka
- Led to the dispatch of Buddhist missionaries to different regions
- Established the Kathavatthu (Points of Controversy)
4. Fourth Buddhist Council (72 BCE, Kashmir)
- Conducted under Kushan King Kanishka's patronage
- Presided over by Vasumitra and Ashvaghosa
- Focus: Synthesis of various Buddhist schools
- Led to the rise of Mahayana Buddhism
- Resulted in Sanskrit commentaries on the Tripitaka
- Marked the spread of Buddhism into Central Asia
Key Impacts:
- Helped preserve and systematize Buddhist teachings
- Led to the emergence of different Buddhist schools
- Facilitated the spread of Buddhism beyond India
- Contributed to the development of Buddhist literature and philosophy
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Birsa Munda: The Architect of Tribal Resilience.
🏹 Birsa Munda was a prominent freedom fighter and a tribal leader who dedicated his life to fight for the rights of indigenous communities.
🏹 He was born in 1875 in Chotanagpur region and belonged to the Munda tribe.
🏹 He closely witnessed the exploitation of his people by the colonial agrarian policies such as Permanent settlement which replaced the traditional agrarian system of Mundas known as Khuntkatti agrarian system.
🏹 Forced labour in plantations and exploitation by money lenders (dikus) led to tribal movement
🏹The Munda rebellion (Ulgulan) led by Birsa Munda was started in the late 19th century.
🏹British by force suppressed the movement and captured Birsa Munda. He died in captivity in 1900 under mysterious circumstances.
🏹 His birthday is recognised as Tribal Pride Day (Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas)
🏹 Birsa Munda was a prominent freedom fighter and a tribal leader who dedicated his life to fight for the rights of indigenous communities.
🏹 He was born in 1875 in Chotanagpur region and belonged to the Munda tribe.
🏹 He closely witnessed the exploitation of his people by the colonial agrarian policies such as Permanent settlement which replaced the traditional agrarian system of Mundas known as Khuntkatti agrarian system.
🏹 Forced labour in plantations and exploitation by money lenders (dikus) led to tribal movement
🏹The Munda rebellion (Ulgulan) led by Birsa Munda was started in the late 19th century.
🏹British by force suppressed the movement and captured Birsa Munda. He died in captivity in 1900 under mysterious circumstances.
🏹 His birthday is recognised as Tribal Pride Day (Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas)
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🔆e-FAST India Initiative
✅Recently, NITI Aayog has announced the launch of the ‘NITI GearShift Challenge’ as part of the e-FAST India initiative
✅e-FAST was born from the recognition of the urgent need to decarbonize road-based freight transportation in India to realize its 2070 net zero commitments.
✅It was launched in September 2022.
✅It aims to galvanize the transition towards cleaner and greener freight transportation.
✅The platform facilitates active collaborations at both the national and international levels, supports ideation and development of pilot programs on a scalable basis, and explores technology integration and associated research.
✅It is a platform that facilitates deliberation, debates and collaboration between different stakeholders including the government, Original Equipment Manufacturers, Logistics Service Providers, Shippers, and industry experts to enable the development and adoption of electric technology in the freight sector at scale.
✅Recently, NITI Aayog has announced the launch of the ‘NITI GearShift Challenge’ as part of the e-FAST India initiative
✅e-FAST was born from the recognition of the urgent need to decarbonize road-based freight transportation in India to realize its 2070 net zero commitments.
✅It was launched in September 2022.
✅It aims to galvanize the transition towards cleaner and greener freight transportation.
✅The platform facilitates active collaborations at both the national and international levels, supports ideation and development of pilot programs on a scalable basis, and explores technology integration and associated research.
✅It is a platform that facilitates deliberation, debates and collaboration between different stakeholders including the government, Original Equipment Manufacturers, Logistics Service Providers, Shippers, and industry experts to enable the development and adoption of electric technology in the freight sector at scale.
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