Month: February 2024
THE STATES THAT GAVE TROUBLE DURING THE INTEGRATION PART -1
THE PRINCELY STATE OF JUNAGADH A princely state with 3,337 square miles that spans from Girnar hills to the Arabian Sea with a Hindu majority population, ruled by a Muslim nawab, created a problematic situation for Sardar Vallabhai Patel and his team. Several enclaves of Junagadh were embedded in the neighbouring regions of Bhavnagar, Nawangar and Gondal. Access […]
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DISCOVER THE VALUABLE INSIGHTS FROM THE “ALL INDIA HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE SURVEY” –
On Saturday, the government released all India household consumption expenditure survey carried out between August 2022 and July 2023. The new survey was released after an interval of 11 years. This survey will be pivotal in reviewing critical economic indicators like GDP, CPI, Poverty levels, etc. The household consumption expenditure survey is designed to collect […]
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The preamble: Let’s explore its background and relevance
The preamble in the Indian Constitution embodies the fundamental values, ethics, philosophy, and vision on which the Constitution is based. It represents the objectives resolution introduced on December 13, 1946, in a nutshell, and also presents the ideal aspirations and goals that we wish to accomplish as the citizens of India in a comprehended form. […]
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THE FASCINATING HISTORY BEHIND “THE ADVENT OF THE PORTUGUESE”
Let’s learn the history of Portuguese advent and the factors that forced Portugal to discover a new sea route to spices and wealth India had trade contact with the West from time immemorial. The trade was carried out through two routes The Mongol and Turkish invasions challenged the trade to Europe. After the fall of […]
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THE STUNNING MARVEL OF PREHISTORIC ART – BHIMBETKA CAVE PAINTINGS
Bhimbetka paintings are seen on Bhimbetka Hill, a part of the Vindhya mountains, located at Risen, Madhya Pradesh, and is formed of sandstones. It was included in the UNESCO Heritage Site list in 2003 A.C.L Carlleyle of ASI discovered the first rock painting in India (1867-1868) at Sohagighat, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The famous archaeologist Dr V.S […]
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BIOMES AND THEIR UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS
A biome is a large land area with a characteristic group of organisms adapted to its environment. In 1934, F.E. Clements and V.E. Shelford created a classification based on the broad-scale distribution of plants and associated animals. They named these biotic units Biomes. In his book “Communities and Ecosystems“, Robert Whittaker divided terrestrial ecosystems into […]
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Paris Club: Everything you need to know.
In the fifties, after the world war, the economy all over the world was coming out of war-related problems. The Bretton Woods institutions were in the premature stages and the developing countries were trying to stabilise their economies. In 1955, a sudden military coup displaced the Argentinean president Juan Domingo Peron. The new government was […]
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Discover the exciting history of Kudavolai system,the local self government of Cholas.
The ancient democratic system of local self government of Cholas is known as the Kudavolai system. Strong rural and urban bodies for local administration were an important feature of the Chola administration.
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DISCOVER THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INTERIM BUDGET.
Analysis of 2024 interim budget. FARMERS WELFARE. F.M. used the term Annadata for farmers. There is no hike in PM-KISSAN SAMMAN Yojana from ₹6000 per year. Direct financial assistance is given to 11.8 crore farmers in India. All agro-climatic zones will get Nano-DAP. A bottle of nano-DAP costs 50% -55% less than an equivalent 50kg […]
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MERCURY, THE UNIQUE AND INNERMOST PLANET.
Mercury is the closest or innermost planet to the sun. It is one of the five planets known to ancient humans, and its presence has been known since at least the 3rd-millennium B.C.E. The planet is visible to an observer on Earth with the naked eye and is known as “Morning star” (for about two […]
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