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Discuss: For now, this idea was proposed for the ESIC medical
college at KALABURAGI, Karnataka.
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Discuss: The position has been lying vacant after Rajiv Mathur,
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Discuss: This comes a day after PM Modi had reached out to the
farmers through radio in his Mann Ki Baat programme.
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Discuss: One criticism is that center will be left with very little
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Discuss: Do note that it is a pre-paid card. One can have the card
with a loading limit of Rs.10K with partial KYC detail or Rs.50K
loading limit with full KYC.
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Discuss: Are there any pitfalls of this approach? Let's see later.
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Discuss: Iran has huge oil reserves which is important for India
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Discuss: Read the Hindu article from which this news has been
sourced. There is a good study of a few parallels drawn between
India & UK.
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Discuss: See if you can find out what states have or have not done
to cooperate with the NDMA. Any gaps?
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Discuss: IMF chief Christine Lagarde has said the IMF would be
"delighted" to co-operate with AIIB. What should USA do now?
Should be interesting to see.
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There might not have been any Big Bang for that
matter, at all!
1. Per old theories, Big Bang appears as a singular point
(Hawking-Penrose singularity) in the mathematical equations
that define general theory of relativity.
2. Law of physics break down at this point & nothing can be
known about the pre-big bang.
3. 3scientists have come up with an alternative theory the
universe may have existed all along.
4. The trick is in seeing theRaychaudhuri equation (RE),which
is an important step in deriving the Hawking-Penrose
singularity theorems in a fresh light.
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Discuss: What can be the safeguards put into the disq. clause
so that no one abuses it? Entertain only major offences,
Charges filed >1 year before nomination should not be taken
up etc.
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Discuss: The results are not yet conclusive. But when has that
prevented UPSC to ask questions in prelims!
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Discuss: The avg. air pollution this year was highest in winter
month (since 2010). Why? This year temperatures were low
boundary layer of atmosphere becomes low PM mixes
with fog leads to multiplying of aerosols.
Discuss: Top countries with largest areas under GMcultivation Argentina, Brazil, US, India.
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Discuss: Mills cannot shut down when they want they can do so
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A peacock butterfly
1. Malayan Green Banded Peacock, a beautiful specimen usually
found in South East Asia, spotted for the first time in India.
2. Spotted it at Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary in West Bengals
South 24 Parganas.
3. Referred to as the flagship species, butterflies are not only
pollinators of flowering plants, but also useful in monitoring
environmental changes.
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Discuss: The ASI which stepped up for the excavation was set
up under Lord Canning withAlexander Cunningham as
itsfirst Director-General.
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Discuss: We will tell you some more sombre facts as well. Ah!
also, quite recently Kunal Kapoor took nuptial vows with
Naina Bachchan atSeychelles.
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Quotable Quotes
1. One can get a great many things done, or one can strive to
look like the smartest person in the room and the two goals
are pretty much mutually exclusive.
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Discuss: What are the pros and cons of it? Read that in the
2nd instalment of this card.
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A Nehru-Malvankar debate
1. While the first Speaker (GV Malvankar) felt ordinances were
undemocratic, Nehru saw them as the last resort.
2. Malvankar said, Whether an ordinance is justifiable or not,
the issue of a large number of ordinances has psychologically,
a bad effect.
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Discuss: Just the other day we read about the famous Kakatiya
ruler Rudramma. And this is strike two. Kakatiya might become
important this year!
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Discuss: What are the other awards under Stree Shakti? Revisit
those brave women. Also,Anushka Shetty is acting the part of Rani
in the movie.
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