GK & CA
Collection of weekly GK & CA since year 2016.
November, 2022
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NASA's Orion spacecraft
NASA's Orion spacecraft enters lunar orbit, success of this mission could result in the return of humans to the lunar surface in 2025. Orion is expected to take astronauts to the moon in the years to come. This first test flight without a crew on board is intended to ensure the safety of the vehicle. (Source:telegraphindia.com)
Mon, 28 Nov, 20225560
Batagur Baska
The red-crowned roofed turtle or Bengal roof turtle (Batagur kachuga) is a species of freshwater turtle endemic to South Asia. Historically, this turtle was found in central Nepal, northeastern India, Bangladesh and probably Burma, but it has suffered declines in population due to being harvested for meat and shells (Source: Wikipedia)
Mon, 28 Nov, 20225559
Article 324
Article 324 in the Indian Constitution gives power to the Election Commission to direct, control, and conduct elections to all Parliament, to the Legislature of every state and of elections to the offices of the President and Vice President held under the Constitution. (Source: The Indian Express)
Mon, 28 Nov, 20225558
Arittapatti Biodiversity Heritage Site
Adding to Tamil Nadu’s rich repository of natural wonders, the state government announced Arittapatti village as its first Biodiversity Heritage site under section 37 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2022. Located near Melur in the Madurai district (Source: The Outlook India)
5557
India and Australia free trade agreement
India and Australia would now implement the free trade agreement on a mutually agreed date as the Australian Parliament on Tuesday approved the pact between the two countries. (Source: The Indian Express)
Mon, 28 Nov, 20225555
G20 Presidency
India will assume G20 Presidency for one year, beginning 1 December 2022 Principle of "Data for development" will be an integral part of overall theme of our Presidency "One Earth, One Family, One Future", PM Modi said at G-20's Session III (Source: The Livemint)
Sun, 20 Nov, 20225554
Vostro accounts
A Vostro account is an account that a domestic bank holds for a foreign bank in the domestic bank’s currency, i.e., rupee. The idea is to get around Western sanctions against Russia by carrying on trade in rupees. (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 20 Nov, 20225553
Artemis
The Artemis program is a robotic and human Moon exploration program led by the NASA with partner agencies: European Space Agency (ESA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), & Canadian Space Agency (CSA). If successful, the program will reestablish a human presence on the Moon (Source: Wikipedia)
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Gandhi Mandela Award 2022
The 14th Dalai Lama was Saturday conferred the Gandhi Mandela Award 2022 at Thekchen Choeling in Dharamshala’s McleodGanj. The Tibetan spiritual leader, received the peace prize from the New Delhi-based Gandhi Mandela Foundation (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 20 Nov, 20225551
Digital Shakti Campaign
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has launched Digital Shakti Campaign 4.0 for digitally empowering and skilling women and girls The campaign focused on making women aware to stand-up against any illegal/inappropriate activity online. NCW launched the campaign in collaboration with CyberPeace Foundation and Meta. (Source: The Livemint)
Sun, 20 Nov, 20225549
T20 World Cup Final 2022
England crowned champions, beat Pakistan by five wickets. England left-arm pacer Sam Curran was named the player (Source: The Indian Express)
5548
Public Service Broadcasting Day
On November 12, 2000, then Information and Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj had declared the day as Public Service Broadcasting Day.Mr. Gandhi had on this date in 1947 addressed more than two lakh refugees of the Kurukshetra camp after having been unable to go there personally.
Mon, 14 Nov, 20225547
Indian Biological Data Center (IBDC)
The ‘Indian Biological Data Bank’ has come up at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology in Faridabad. The digitised data will be stored on a four-petabyte supercomputer called ‘Brahm’. A petabyte equals 10,00,000 gigabytes (Source: The Indian Express)
Mon, 14 Nov, 20225546
Atal New India Challenge (ANIC)
Atal New India Challenge Seeks To Address Women-Centric challenges. The second edition of the Atal New India Challenge (ANIC) was launched on Wednesday to nurture innovations to address women-centric challenges, including improving their safety. (Source: The Outlook)
Mon, 14 Nov, 20225545
Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will inaugurate the PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit at Varanasi on 11 November. (Source: The Livemint)
Mon, 14 Nov, 20225544
November 15, Janjatiya Gaurav Divas
The Khunti district of Jharkhand is the birth place of tribal leader Birsa Munda. The government had last year declared 15 November as ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’ to mark the birth anniversary of the leader and remember the contribution of tribal freedom fighters (Source: The Livemint)
Mon, 14 Nov, 20225542
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia and is the largest religious monument in the world. Originally constructed as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu, it was gradually transformed into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the 12th century (Source: Wikipedia).
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Mangarh Dham ki Gaurav Gatha
A programme in Banswara district of Rajasthan to celebrate the unsung tribal freedom fighters and their sacrifices. Mangarh is a hill station in Banswara district in Rajasthan . It also shares the borders of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat . Here 1500 Bhils sacrificed their lives under the leadership of the great saint Govind Guru (Source: Wikipedia)
Mon, 07 Nov, 20225540
Falcon 9
Falcon 9 is a partially reuseable medium lift launch vehicle that can carry cargo and crew into Earth orbit, produced by American aerospace company SpaceX. Falcon 9 is human-rated for transporting NASA astronauts to the ISS (Source: Wikipedia)
Mon, 07 Nov, 20225539
World’s longest passenger train
Switzerland is now home to the world’s longest passenger train. The train has 100 coaches, measures 1910 metres and consists of 4,550 seats. The train was seen passing through the mountainous landscape in the Swiss Alps on October 29th, 2022 (Source: The Hindu)
Mon, 07 Nov, 20225538
Beidou satellite
China's homegrown satellite navigation system, billed as its alternative to America’s Global Positioning System (GPS). (Source: The Hindu)
Mon, 07 Nov, 2022