Daily Prelims Notes 27 November 2022 Table Of Contents Constitution day President and Prime Minister lauds women’s role in drafting constitution Recreating sacred groves in Tamil Nadu’s northern region Himalayan yak gets food animal tag; milk and meat to be used Scientists discover new species of black corals near the Great Barrier Reef […]
Chinar Trees Subject: Geography It is a deciduous tree that belongs to the cold regions of the world, mainly in the Kashmir valley of India. Their real beauty unfurls in fall when the foliage turns to a blood-red and mauve color. The leaves eventually turn yellow and amber. The name ‘Chinar ‘comes from […]
Draft bill to allow for updation of NPR Subject : Governance Context : Government of India may bring Bill to allow NPR updation via birth and death database. Concept : According to the proposed bill, the the Registrar General of India to maintain a database on births and deaths and use that to […]
Why is the Darjeeling tea industry in crisis? Subject: Geography Context- One of the key brands of the Tea Board, ‘Darjeeling Tea’, is under acute stress. During the annual general meeting of the Indian Tea Association (ITA) in Kolkata, the Tea Board of India had sought a special financial package of ₹1,000 crore […]
How musth of a wild elephant hit tourism prospects in Athirappally-Vazhachal corridor Subject :Environment Context: A wild elephant in musth has literally paralysed the tourism prospects of the Athirappilly-Vazhachal-Malakkappara sector, a popular tourist corridor in central Kerala. Kabali, otherwise a reasonably calm elephant, is behaving violently as it is at the peak of […]
Telangana scores double win at UNESCO heritage awards Subject :Art and Culture Context: Telangana scored a double win at the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation with a Distinction of Merit for the restoration of the 17th century stepwells inside the Qutb Shahi Tombs Complex in Hyderabad and an Award of Merit […]
Mumbai national park gets Asiatic lions from Junagadh Subject :Environment In news- A pair of three-year-old Asiatic lions has been brought to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park here from Sakkarbaug Zoo, Gujarat in exchange for a pair of tigers. Asiatic lions- The Asiatic Lion (also known as the Persian Lion or Indian Lion) […]
Industry urges govt. to establish ‘India Rare Earths Mission’ to reduce reliance on China Subject :Geography In the news- To counter India’s reliance on China for imports of critical rare earth minerals, industry has urged the government to encourage private sector mining in the sector and diversify sources of supply for these strategic […]