February 28, 2021

Black swan events

●A black swan is an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation and has potentially severe consequences. 
●Black swan events are characterized by their extreme rarity, severe impact, and the widespread insistence they were obvious in hindsight.

Ravidas 
●He was an Indian mystic poet-sant of the Bhakti movement and founder of Ravidassia religion during the 15th to 16th century CE. 
●Venerated as a guru (teacher) in the region of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and mainly Punjab and Haryana. 
●Ravidas’s devotional Verses were included in the Sikh scriptures known as Guru Granth Sahib.
●The Panch Vani text of the Dadupanthi tradition within Hinduism also includes numerous poems of Ravidas.
●He taught removal of social divisions of caste and gender, and promoted unity in the pursuit of personal spiritual freedoms.

Amazônia-1 or SSR-1 
● It is the first Earth observation satellite entirely developed by Brazil.
●The satellite was successfully launched on 28 February 2021 via an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C51) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
●Orbit: Sun-synchronous orbit.

Special drawing rights (SDRs)
●These are supplementary foreign exchange reserve assets defined and maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
●SDRs are units of account for the IMF, and not a currency per se.
●They represent a claim to currency held by IMF member countries for which they may be exchanged.
●SDRs were created in 1969 to supplement a shortfall of preferred foreign exchange reserve assets, namely gold and U.S. dollars.

Muhammad Kam Bakhsh ( 7 March 1667 – 14 January 1709)
●He was the youngest son of Emperor Aurangzeb.
●Baksh was known to mint many coins from Vijayapura, Gokak, Hyderabad.
●Baksh had won the Bijapur fort in 1707 before declaring himself a king. He was known to have waged several wars and extended his kingdom.

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