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Bomb Cyclone

Bomb cyclone is an area of rapidly deepening low-pressure system that is associated with a large drop in atmospheric pressure over a short time period. It occurs when a large air mass moves rapidly in the atmosphere, usually due to a cold front, and the pressure drops quickly. This causes strong winds and heavy rain, … Read more

March 12, 2021

Vedanta Philosophy ●Initially was connotation for the Upanishads comprising the Brahman Sutras and the Bhagavadgita. ●There are many schools of Vedanta including the well propagated schools of Advaita Vedanta, Vishishtadvaita, and Dvaita. ●It is a Sanskrit word meaning “end of knowledge”, a compound of two words “Veda” meaning “Knowledge” and “ Anta” meaning “End” ●Its … Read more

February 26, 2021

Information Technology Rules, 2021 ●The all-new Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediary and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, will bring social media and streaming services under a regulatory framework.  ●This include intermediary guidelines and a digital media ethics code. ●This means that platforms like WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and others that use end-to-end encryption for messages … Read more

February 27, 2021

INTACH ●The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is a non-profit organization set up in 1984 with a mandate to protect and conserve India’s vast natural, built and cultural heritage. ●Today, it is the country’s largest non-profit membership organisation dedicated to the conservation and preservation of our natural, cultural, living, tangible and … Read more

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.  … Read more

March 10, 2021

National Social Assistance Programme ●The National Social Assistance Programme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Government of India. ●It provides financial assistance to the elderly, widows and persons with disabilities in the form of social pensions. ●Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development ●NSAP comprises of five schemes, namely: 1)Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS). … Read more

March 9, 2021

New Umbrella Entities(NUE) ●NUE will be a non-profit entity that will set-up, manage and operate new payment systems, especially in the retail space such as ATMs, white-label PoS; Aadhaar-based payments and remittance services. ●It will develop new payment methods, standards and technologies as well as operate clearing and settlement systems. ●Only those entities that are … Read more