The ‘Ex Cope India-18’ was the fourth edition in the series of bilateral drills between the Indian Air Force and the U.S. Air Force. An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor" and 401 and 500 is … Continue reading Prelims Revision-29

Talc, or talcum, is a clay mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate which finds wide use including in cosmetics, paints, ceramics. In a first-of-its-kind exercise code-named CROSS BOW-18, the Indian Air Force successfully conducted combined guided weapons firing of Surface-to-Air Missiles from the Air Force Station at Suryalanka in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. The 1987 … Continue reading PRELIMS REVISION-28

The Kaiga nuclear power plant in western Karnataka has created a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation of 941 days, breaking the earlier record of 940 days by the Heysham plant in the United Kingdom. While Kaiga Generating Station-1 is a Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR), Heysham-2 Unit-8 is an Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor … Continue reading Prelims Revision-27

Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) - The direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme for nutritional support to Tuberculosis (TB) patients.The Mekedatu project - envisages building a balancing reservoir with a storage of 67 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft), which would also supply drinking water to Bengaluru and Ramanagaram districts, besides generating power. The dam project has been … Continue reading Prelims Revision-26

The SDGs came into being in September 2015. The SDGs are ambitious global aspirations on development that address key aspects of universal well-being, across different socio-economic, cultural, geographical divisions as well as the interconnectedness among the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development. NITI Aayog has the twin mandate to oversee the implementation of SDGs in … Continue reading Prelims Revision

India-based Neutrino Observatory is proposed to be set up at Pottipuram village in Theni district in Tamil Nadu.In one of the earliest Buddhist settlements in Odisha’s Lalitgiri, excavations have yielded ancient seals and inscriptions.India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable long-range ballistic missile Agni-IV, with a strike range of 4,000 km. The indigenously developed Agni-IV is a two-stage … Continue reading Prelims Revision

Madhya Pradesh government has created a new spiritual department. The new Spiritual Department will be created by merging the Religious Trusts and Endowments Department and the Happiness Department.The entire State of Nagaland has been declared ‘disturbed area’ till June 2019, under the controversial AFSPA, which empowers security forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without … Continue reading Prelims Revision

The Channar Lahala or Channar revolt, also called Maru Marakkal Samaram, refers to the fight from 1813 to 1859 of Nadar climber women in Travancore kingdom for the right to wear upper-body clothes to cover their breasts. Nadar is a Tamil caste of South India.The Kali Masi/Kadaknath is a local breed of chicken in Madhya Pradesh which is … Continue reading Prelims Revision

In November, 2018, the governments of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal withdrew ‘general consent’ to the CBI to register fresh cases under its purview. One implication of the decision is that the CBI will have to obtain the State’s consent case by case.Absconding liquor baron Vijay Mallya became the first person to be declared a … Continue reading Prelims Revision

China’s Chang’e-4 mission spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon. Unlike the near side, the far side of the moon is shielded from radio transmissions from earth. The Chang’e-4 mission got around the problem of lack of communication with those on earth by using a relay satellite. Unlike earth, the moon has an abundance … Continue reading Prelims Revision