Ready Reckenors for GS paper in CSat 2020

E-Chaupal: is an initiative started by ITC company.

EASE 2.0:  for banking reforms. To know more, click here

The Equator passes through 11 countries & 2 island nations

Height of Geo-Stationary Sattelite: 35,000 K.M. (22,300 miles)

Difference between LoC & LAC:

Shompen Tribe is a native of Great Nicobar.

Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve: houses  the largest no. of Tigers

Turkey: Discovered a large Natural Gas Reserve Near the Black Sea

Guru of Kabir: Ramanand.

Longest River of World: Nile.

Largest River of World: Amazon.

Guru of Vivekanand: Ram Krishan Param Hans.

In India, the Plant of  Rubber is found in: Kerala & Karnataka.

India got her last Olympic gold in Hockey in: 1980

"Kamban" was in the court of: Kullotang.

Law of Floating, was given by Archimedes,

Ugadi Festival: Ugadi falls on the first day of Chaitra, which is the first month in the traditional Hindu calendar. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually falls in the month of March or April. It is the time of the year when New Year’s Day is also celebrated in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, & Punjab.

Kshmavani Parv: 

Kshamavani Parva is an important day with a lot of significance in Jain culture. The term ‘’Kshama’’ refers to ‘’Forgiveness’’ and ‘’Parva’’ means "day.’’ Thus, the Kshamavani Parva is a day observed by the Jains to seek forgiveness for any kind of mistake that they had committed knowingly or unknowingly.  To read more click here

Mata Vaishno Devi  Temple: is on Trikuta Mountain.

Ribosomes: is the smallest part of the Cell.

Headquarter Of GI registry: Chennai.

Color of 'Black-Box' of Aeroplane: Orange

Finance Year of RBI,starts from 1 July.

09 Museums will be made for Tribal Freedom Fighters: all will be completed by 2022, the largest being in Rajpipala(Gujrat), Others being: Ranchi (Jharkhand), Lambasingi (Andhra Pradesh), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Kozhikode(Kerala), Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh), Hyderabad (Telangana), Senapati (Manipur) and Kelsi (Mizoram). To read more, click here.

India has 5th largest Forex.

Indian Vegetable Research Institute: Varanasi.

GoI Principal Scientific Advisor:  K. Vijay Raghavan.

Rafael made by: Dassault Aviation

Max. FDI from: Singapore.

Asia's 1st FTA: Kandla(Gujrat).

The new Education Policy, 2020: the draft was framed by Dr. K. Kasturiranjan Committee.

Bible: was written originally in - Hebrew.

International Livestock Research Institute: H.Q. - Nairobi(Kenya), Read more,Here: International Livestock Research Insti. 

Indian Aquatic Animal: Ganga Dolphin

Rubella: is also  known as German Measles, 

 to read more, click here: Rubella

Kartarpur: lies on the bank of River - Ravi

National Farmers Day is celebrated on -  10 July.

Dinesh Goswami SCommittee: was related to - Electoral Reforms.

ORGANIZATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS (OPCW) H.q.hague.

Representation of the People Act: came in force in: 1951. To read more this act ?, Click here: representation of People Act,1951

Very Ist special Agency of UNO: ILO

Black Hills: mountain series lies in the USA.

Asia's biggest Slum Colony: DHARAVI(Mumbai).

Natuna Island Dispute: mainly Between China & Indonesia, Read more about it, Here, Click the link =>  Natuna Island Dispute

Fast-Tag: uses Radio Frequency Identification(RFID)

Hangpam Dada Bridge: Lies in Arunachal Pradesh over river Suban Sri. 

"Ask Lakshmi":

Law of Contract Farming:

The 5 Rafale Jets that came in the 1st consignment are called: Golden Arrows.

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Few more points:=>

1. The “World Water Development Report” is a flagship report of which organization? => UN-Water

2. Mount Sinabung Volcano is in: Indonesia, To read more  click => me

3. Next Reincarnation of Buddha(as in Mahayana): Maitreya.

4. Mahadei River Dispute, between: Goa & Karnataka.

5. Prithvi Raj Rupan: The members of Parliament of  Mauritius selected Prithviraj Singh Rupan as the President of Mauritius.

6. Most Jain literature was composed in: Prakrit.

7. State Aquatic Animal of Punjab State: Indus Dolphin.

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These are few important happenings, which may find a place in GS paper of CSat 2020, acquire more details =>

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Citizen Amendment Act

National Register of Citizens (NRC)

Article 370 

Environmental conventions

New acts passed by Parliament

Triple Talaq Bill

Issues concerning Elections in India

India & Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Interstate water disputes

Artificial Intelligence

Impact of Social Media

Increasing Heat Waves

Swachh Bharat Mission

Ease of Doing Business

International Criminal Court

US & China Trade war

Data Protection - Technology and Privacy

#MeToo Movement in India

India's air pollution

Supreme Court Judgements

Reconstitution of Cabinet Sub-committees

Decriminalization of Politics

Iran nuclear deal

Ayushman Bharat – PMJAY Scheme

Draft Model Contract Farming Act 2018

Environment Performance Index

Women Safety

Cyber Security

Election funding

Cryptocurrency

Rural Women Empowerment

Jobless growth in India

Extreme Weather and Health Hazards

Police Reforms in India

India’s growing underwater capability

Malimath Committee report

Current & future prospect of the Indian economy

Digital Economy

Kashmir unrest & dispute

US withdrawals from various International alliances

Parliamentary disruptions

Uniform civil code

Privatization of certain Healthcare Services

Marital rape

The merger of PSU banks

Privatization of Air India

Capital Punishment/death sentence

Politics and Economics of farm loan waiver

National Medical Commission Bill

Barring MPs from practicing law

Controversy over changing the Constitution

Section 377: Constitutionality Vs Morality

Data Localisation

Crisis in the sugar sector

National Policy on Biofuels

Live streaming of SC proceedings

Doubling the Farmer’s income

Mob lynching

RTI amendments

Minimum Support Price

Non Performing Assets

Lokpal

Power & Role of RBI

New Consumer Protection Act 2019, to read about here, 

Click this link => Consumer Protection Act 2019

😕 Corona Virus in CSE 2020(expected related Questions)

1. WHO named the ailment caused by CoronaVirus as: COVID-19

2. It all started from: Wuhan(China)

3. Corona starting from the lungs, it affects other organs too.          Coronavirus damages not only the lungs but the kidneys, liver, heart, brain and nervous system, skin and gastrointestinal tract.

4. Indian Government launched "MyGov.Corona Help Desk" on WhatsApp.

5. Punjab: was the 1st state to impose a curfew for Corona Pandemic.

6. Rajasthan: was the 1st state to declare "Lockdown".

7. Brand Ambassador of "Aarogya Setu App":  Ajay Devgan.

8. "Healthy Air" ventilator was invented by  CSIR. 

9. 1st COVID-19 case in India: In Kerala

10. 1st COVID-19 caused death in India: Karnataka.

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**=>Deenbandhu: C.F. Andrew=>  Charles Freer Andrews was known as Deenbandhu. He was given this name by Mahathma Gandhi for his contributions towards Indian independence. Deenbandhu means a friend of the poor.

**=> Desh Bandhu:  Chitranjan Das => a Bengali political leader, a lawyer. He was an activist and also fought for the freedom of India against the British. He founded the Swaraj Party in Bengal when Bengal was under British rule. 

**=> Head Quarter of Hindustan Shipyard ltd - Vishakhapatnam.

**=> Santhara Ritual is associated with- Jainism.

Hot News: steaming Topics

 

             Word of the Year 2020

Agency Involved	Word
Cambridge Dictionary	Quarantine
Collins Dictionary	Lockdown
Merriam Webster Dictionary	Pandemic

 

Fampay: launched numberless card named  "FamCard"

Mixed team of India got Gold medal in 2018 Asian games for 4x400 meters:  india got its silver medal turned into Gold medal as the one player of the original winner team of Bahrain failed in Dope test. read more, click  here: 4x400 relay Inda got Gold

Odisha: witnessed the rare yellow Turtle.

Lancet Study predictions about Indian Population: the study, simply said, India won't be a country of billions by the end of this century. Its population will be round 1.09 b.

India's 1st  Public Electric Vehicle Charging Plaza is set up: Delhi.

PASSEX: was the passing exercise organized between the Navies of India & America.

CSE 2020:

India's 1st Liachen Park: Forest Deptt. of Uttrakhand developed India's Ist Liachen Park. Indicator of pollution levels in the Himalayas, Uttarakhand forest department developed country’s first lichen park in Kumaon’s Munsiyari area, spread over 1.5 acres with over 80 species of lichens collected from across the Himalayan state.

Indian Oil Corporation: made its Research & Development Centre at  Faridabad(Haryana).

Formula of Hydroxy Chloroquine:   C₁₈H₂₆ClN₃0

COVID 19- Is the name given to ailment caused by  CORONAVIRUS.

Recent Indo-Nepal Border Dispute:

 In a recent move, Nepal has released a new political map that claims Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh of Uttarakhand as part of its territory. The map also claims the area of Susta, the West Champaran district of Bihar, as part of its territory as shown in the Map.

             The border was decided by the Treaty of Sugauli. The Treaty of Sugauli (also spelled Sugowlee, Sagauli, Soogoulee and Segqulee), the treaty that established the boundary line of Nepal, was signed on 2   December 1815 and ratified by 4 March 1816 between the East India Company and Raj Guru Gajaraj Mishra with Chandra Shekhar Upadhaya for Nepal following the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-16

Trump wants India in G-7: US President Donald Trump wants to reformat G7, the group of seven advanced economies in the world, to make it a G10 or G11 that would include India, Australia, South Korea, and Russia.

INS JALASHAWA: Nearly 700 Indians, mostly hailing from Tamil Nadu arrived here on Tuesday by naval warship 'INS Jalashwa' from Sri Lanka, where they were stranded due to COVID-19 linked international travel restrictions.

Revised Definition of MSMEs:    Highlights 

Earlier, the MSMEs were defined on the basis of investments put in, now the revised definitions will also include the turnover of the company.

• Sitharaman also declared that there will be no more distinction between Manufacturing and Service MSMEs.
• MSMEs will now be called Micro units if they have investments up to Rs 1 crore and turnover of less than Rs 5 crore.`1
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Herbal Roads: UP plans to converts its 800 km long road into Herbal road by planting Herbal plants & trees by its side.

Pangong Tso Lake: Pangong Tso or Pangong Lake an endorheic Lake in the Himalayas situated at a height of about 4,350 m (14,270 ft). It is 134 km (83 mi) long and extends from India to the Tibetan Autonomous Region, China Approximately 60% of the length of the lake lies within the Tibetan  Autonomous Region. The lake is 5 km (3.1 mi) wide at its broadest point. All together it covers 604 km². During winter the lake freezes completely, despite being saline water. It is not a part of the Indus river basin area and geographically a separate landlocked river basin.

The lake is in the process of being identified under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance. This will be the first trans-boundary wetland in South Asia under the convention.

Gairsain: Uttarakhand government declared Gairsain as the summer capital of Uttarakhand with governor notifying the scame.

A new Bench of CAT: A new bench of CAT is constituted for J & K and Ladakh.  Chairman being: L. Narsimha Reddy.

Coal Industry: Central Govt. ended its monopoly on the Coal Industry.

Indian Forex reserve: India's foreign exchange reserves rose by over $8.223 billion during the week ended June 5 to cross the $500 billion mark.

No. of Maternity leaves for working women increased to: 26 weeks.

India Elected in UNSC unopposed:  India has been elected to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanent Mumbaimember from the Asia-Pacific category. India has been elected as one of the non-permanent members to the UNSC with an overwhelming majority of 184 votes out of 192, where the minimum requirement was 128.

Asian Infrastructure Invesrment Bank(AIIB): Gave a loan of 750 million Dollars to India to combat COVID-19.( Head-Quarter of AIIB-Bejing)

India to chair: UNSC in august 2021.

Mumbai Based Co. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals introduced Anti Viral Drug for COVID -19 patients: It is Fevipiravir, it is launched with the brand name Febiflu.

Coronil:  is the name of Anti-COVID-19 medicine launched by "Patanjali Yogapeeth" 

Victory Day Parade:  in Red Square in Mosco, 2020 June 24th is 75th one, 1st time was celebrated in1945. Usually, it is celebrated on May 9th but it was postponed to June 24th due to the Corona pandemic.

VivekanandaYoga University: This is 1st yoga university out of India, which is named after Swami Vivekananda launched in Los Angeles in U.S.

Indian National Space for Promotion & Authorization Centre(IN SPACE): To include the private sector in Space innovation, researches & Growth.

Dr.S.Anukriti:  Narnaul(Haryana) born woman joined World Bank as Economist.

Nagaland  Status: Central Government declares entire Nagaland as disturbed area till December-end

ICC chairman Shashank Manohar: resigned, while Imran Khawaja is appointed as Interim CM,

Forex: India has the 5th largest Forex.