Prelims Notes

Key Initiatives To Protect Marine And Coastal Environments

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    Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System (COMAPS) Being implemented from 1991. Assesses the health of coastal waters and facilitates management of pollution-related issues Programme was restructured and modified in 2000 2001 to include pollution monitoring; liaison, regulation and legislation; and consultancy services. 2.Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ)   Launched in … Read more Key Initiatives To Protect Marine And Coastal Environments

Earthquakes

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  Earthquakes occur when energy stored in elastically strained rocks is suddenly released. This release of energy causes intense ground shaking in the area near the source of the earthquake and sends waves of elastic energy, called seismic waves, throughout the Earth. Earthquakes can be generated by bomb blasts, volcanic eruptions, sudden volume changes in … Read more Earthquakes

10.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

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RAJASTHAN Smart transmission management system launched in Rajasthan   Pushpendra Singh, minister of state for energy, launched the smart transmission operation management system through web in the state.   Through this system, functions of scheduling of generation and demand, deviation settlement, energy accounting and billing, approval of open access, etc., are automated through web-based services. … Read more 10.02.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

Subsidies or Cash Transfers?

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Subsidies or Cash Transfers?

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Daily Current Events – 10.02.17

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      NATIONAL   17th International Counter Terrorism Seminar held in Haryana.   The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore inaugurated the 17th International Seminar on Counter Terrorism, being organised by National Security Guard, in Manesar, Haryana.   The focus was more on Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).     … Read more Daily Current Events – 10.02.17

Origin of Aryans

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  The Aryans came to India in several waves. The earliest wave is represented by the Rig Vedic people who appeared in the subcontinent in about 1500 BC. They came into conflict with the indigenous inhabitants called the Dravidians mentioned as Dasa or Dasyus in Rig Veda. The Rig Veda mentions the defeat of Sambara … Read more Origin of Aryans

 Insolation,heat budget of the earth

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    The ultimate source of atmospheric energy is in fact heat and light received through space from the Sun. This energy is known as solar insolation. The Earth receives only a tiny fraction of the total amount of Sun’s radiations. Only two billionths or two units of energy out of 1,00,00,00,000 units of energy … Read more  Insolation,heat budget of the earth

07.06.18 Goa(GoaPSC) Current Affairs

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GOA Health cards likely to be must for all migrant labour   Health cards could be made compulsory for all migrant workers in Goa to facilitate timely detection of malaria.   According to Goa, Daman and Diu Public Health Act, 1985 and Rules, 1987, it is mandatory for migrant workers only at construction sites to be screened for malaria … Read more 07.06.18 Goa(GoaPSC) Current Affairs

DMPQ- Mention the Importance and relevance of Agroecology in detail.

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Agroecology goes beyond a one-dimensional view of agroecosystems – their genetics, agronomy, edaphology, etc., – to embrace an understanding of ecological and social levels of co-evolution, structure and function. Instead of focusing on one particular component of the agroecosystem, agroecology emphasises the interrelatedness of all agroecosystem components and the complex dynamics of ecological processes that … Read more DMPQ- Mention the Importance and relevance of Agroecology in detail.