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BULLETIN (Nov 2017-Dec 2018) 1 Aspire IASThe name associated with excellence PT POINTERS–2020 TEA TIME BULLetin- 360-PT shots TEA TIME BULLETIN NEWSPAPER –360-PT Shots (Nov 2017-Dec 2018) © Copyright Aspire IAS All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of Aspire lAS. Aspire IASThe name associated with excellence 10/70 Old Rajeneder Nagar N.Delhi www.aspireias.com 8010068998/9999801394 ©2018 ASPIRE IAS. All rights reserved 2 Aspire IASThe name associated with excellence PT POINTERS–2020 TEA TIME BULLetin- 360-PT shots 1. Rohingyas • children affected by disasters and climate • Sufi induced Sunni Muslim. change etc • Lived in Burma since 12th century after India, 4. International vaccine institute China. at Seoul, South Korea • Stateless started in 1997 • Their dialect is Bengali by the initiative of UNDP • Other ethnic groups of Myanmar: - India full time member Bamar 5. Indian Pharma and medical device 2017 Shan conference Karen Themes: Kachin • Medical devices – ‘shaping the future- making the right choices’ Chin • Karenni Pharma – ‘shaping future of Indian Pharma’ Mon 6. Dhanush guns Kokang Chinese • upgraded version of Bofors Howitzer Rakhine • upgraded by Ordnance Factory Board Rohingyas Jabalpur 2. Factors affecting BIOME • maximum range 40 km Temperature [mean + variation] 7. Intergovernmental oceanographic Moisture Commission -150 members country Sunlight 8. Clouds are the result of adiabatic cooling Growing season generally. Soil 9. Golconda Fort important for diamonds, Drainage underground tunnel and clap sound that can Wind be heard even at the roof. Relief 10. IIMs: Institute of national importance Human intervention • grant degrees Other invasive species • Autonomy increasing 3. National action plan for children 2016 • Chairperson and director of IIM will be by Ministry of child development selected by management board 4 key priority areas • Board will include women and SC ST • health and nutrition • Annual report in Parliament and CAG Audits • education and development it. • survival • Coordination forum of IIM as an advisory • protection and participation body new issues- • online child abuse 11. Leprosy Aspire IASThe name associated with excellence 10/70 Old Rajeneder Nagar N.Delhi www.aspireias.com 8010068998/9999801394 ©2018 ASPIRE IAS. All rights reserved 3 Aspire IASThe name associated with excellence PT POINTERS–2020 TEA TIME BULLetin- 360-PT shots • Bacterial disease-mycobacterium leprae 18. International Bureau of weights and • Effect skin, peripheral nerve, mucus of upper measures respiratory tract and eyes. • headquarter at Paris • World leprosy day last Sunday of January • intergovernmental organisation with 58 • Multidrug therapy new line India officially members declared leprosy eliminated in 2005 but • India is also a member reoccurred now eliminate by 2018 w h o 19. India Japan economic cooperation • WHO- Global leprosy strategy 2016 to 2020 • Projects: • National leprosy eradication programme- 1- DMIC voluntary reporting of cases 2- Neemrana industrial Park solar power project • vaccine - mycobacterium indicus pranii 3- Ahmedabad to Mumbai bullet train • leprosy can also be treated using radiation 4- Chennai Bangalore Industrial Corridor processed by hydrogel technology 5- Dahej desalination plant in Mumbai • Japan + committee - A committee 12. Supercomputer Watson comprising Indian and Japanese • artificial intelligence developed by IBM representatives to deal with all aspects of • application in genomics, tutor, vetting of investment especially post investment resumes, oncology advisory etc. challenges 20. Political parties are covered under RTI. 13. Eurasian economic Union comprises Russia, 21. Urban housing in India Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan • Housing is a state subject under both [BARKK]. Ministry of Rural development and ministry of housing and urban affairs. 14. Jellicut also known as pulikulam breed of • Credit risk guarantee management cattle in Tamil nadu. fund: municipalities to get funds for creating houses for EWS. 15. Operation Insaniyat: India to Bangladesh • Rajiv Awas Yojana - slum free India women w.r.t Rohingyas ownership. • components of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana urban- 16. ILO convention 182 • worst form of child labour 2 crore units by 2022 In-situ slum rehabilitation: Public/private • result of global March against child labour development, land =resource (mortgage), Rs 1 lakh per house. 17. Mars atmosphere affordability housing in partnership: 1.5 Lakh • consists of CO2, N2, Argon, O2 and water per EWS house vapour public private • two moons Phobos and Deimos house price fixed by government • no ring 35% reservation for EWS. • has iron and its colour is red Aspire IASThe name associated with excellence 10/70 Old Rajeneder Nagar N.Delhi www.aspireias.com 8010068998/9999801394 ©2018 ASPIRE IAS. All rights reserved 4 Aspire IASThe name associated with excellence PT POINTERS–2020 TEA TIME BULLetin- 360-PT shots Built in flexibility, demand driven approach, social mobilization and institutional comprehensive for each ULB sustainable development: creation of SHGs increasing Technologies. savings converges capacity building and training Smart cities mission Amrut [basic amenities and social 24. National Remote Sensing Centre infrastructure] @ Hyderabad Swachh Bharat mission [ urban], BHUVAN Geo-PORTAL: Used in DAY-NULM [shelter for homeless], Geotagging of Houses NUHM, PARTNERS in PMAY-U HRIDAY 1- Housing and Urban Dev. Corp: HUDCO: TECHNO-FINANCIAL institute 22. Street vendor act, 2014 2- Hindustan Pre Fab ltd: project management • Town vending committee - consist of services u/ MOHUPA. municipal Commissioner, CEO of ULB and representatives of local authority and of street vendor. 25. Asia Pacific ministerial • Function of TVC survey, registration, limits conference on Housing &Urban development on capacity of vending zone, monitoring, 2006 prevent extortion, collect revenue, readdress Delhi Declaration grievances, demarcation of areas India was 1st chair • mobile vending permitted Envisages regional corporation • reservation of space in local maps for promoting sustainable housing& urban • GIS mapping of vending zone development among A-P countries • priority to disadvantaged in allocation of stalls 26. Model Tenancy Act • street vendor =micro Enterprises Under Ministry of housing and urban affairs. Provisions: 23. NULM + NRLM = DAY • commercial and residential both • Deendayal antodaya Yojana: National Urban • balancing rights and responsibility of landlord livelihood mission now covers all statutory and tenant towns • definitions registration of contract • Primary targets: urban poor, • faster adjudication that is rent Tribunal homeless, vulnerable sections vulnerable common occupational groups • not applicable to government employee, Charity and religious buildings • two main objectives: first providing shelter, • second address livelihood concern of street repossession of premises through Court vendors 27. Northeast largest producer of Ginger • components 28. Meghalaya only state to announce MSP for Ginger Aspire IASThe name associated with excellence 10/70 Old Rajeneder Nagar N.Delhi www.aspireias.com 8010068998/9999801394 ©2018 ASPIRE IAS. All rights reserved 5 Aspire IASThe name associated with excellence PT POINTERS–2020 TEA TIME BULLetin- 360-PT shots 29. Soho first- NASA and ESA mission on sun a) development of deep-sea fishing Aditya -by India b) inland water fishery in East and North East Parker solar probe -new sun Mission by c) focus on export NASA 34. Fennoscandian countries: Finland, Norway INSIGHT-Mars Lander by NASA and Sweden Osiris-rex: asteroid Bennu by NASA 35. Indian Science Congress Chess: for study of star, Mission by NASA • 1914 30. Tacotron 2: Google text to speech AI system • First at Kolkata 31. 10 skills for future occupation in industry • Early patrons: CV Raman, Meghnad Saha, PC 4.0 Mahalanobis, M Visvesvaraya and Mac 1) ideation Mohan 2) decision making • 6 sections: 3) originality a) botany 4) active learning b) chemistry 5) system evaluation learning c) ethnography 6) strategies d) zoology 7) Complex problem solving e) physics 8) critical thinking f) geology 9) system analysis 36. KENGORO: robot by Japan that sweats 10) deductive reasoning while exercising 32. Swayam Prabha initiative teacher training 37. Speed breeding technique with help of IIT Bombay • by Australia National Institute of Open Schooling • to boost crop production • providing TV courses • NASA experiment involved using continuous • autonomous organisation under Ministry of light on wheat to get early reproduction HRD 38. Spike anti-tank missile from Israel 33. Fisheries Related Centre in INDIA 39. Barak surface-to-air missile a) Research Centre for cold water fisheries at 40. Khajuri bio Bank of China Nainital 41. Tay Sachs disease b) Research Centre for brackish water fisheries • eliminated by a group called Ashkenazi at Chennai Jewish c) National Centre for fishery education at • by means of genetic counseling and demoting Mumbai endogamy d) Marine Research Institute at Kochi 42. Genome Asia look initiative at Singapore e) National Centre for freshwater fisheries at • to sequence 100000 Asian genomes Bhubaneswar • In 1865, Gregor Mendel discovered two laws f) Inland water fisheries Research Institute at of inheritance called Mendel’s laws Cuttack
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