July Prelim Snippets 2019

Prelim Snippets 31-07-2019
31, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
TOI 270 Context: TOI 270: new planetary system about 73 light years away from Earth About TOI 270: It is the name of the dwarf…
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Prelim Snippets 30-07-2019
30, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
TIGER CENSUS Context: Madhya Pradesh's Pench sanctuary, Kerala’s Periyar sanctuary rated top tiger reserves. Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day, is an annual…
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Prelim Snippets 29-07-2019
29, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
WORLD HEPATITIS DAY 2019 Context: World Hepatitis Day 2019 is being observed on July 28, 2019. Theme: “Invest in eliminating hepatitis”. The host country for…
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Prelim Snippets 27-07-2019
27, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem The International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem was adopted by the General Conference…
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Prelim Snippets 26-07-2019
26, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
PERIYAPURANAM Context: Exactly 134 years after they were first published, the first four-volume commentaries on Periyapuranam, the poetic history of 63 Shaivite saints, will be…
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Prelim Snippets 25-07-2019
25, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX Context: India climbs five ranks in Global Innovation Index to the 52nd position Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways launched…
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Prelim Snippets 24-07-2019
24, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
DEEN DAYAL SPARSH YOJANA SRARSH: Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby About Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana: To award children…
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Prelim Snippets 23-07-2019
23, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
INDIAN CYBER CRIME COORDINATION CENTRE (I4C) Context: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) launched a scheme ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)’ for the period 2018-2020.…
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Prelim Snippets 22-07-2019
22, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
GIBRALTAR Context: Gibraltar was granted the power to detain Iran's Grace 1 oil tanker for another month. About Gibraltar: It is a British Overseas Territory…
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Prelim Snippets 20-07-2019
20, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
ARANI SILK SAREE Context:Union Minister for Ministry of Textiles informed the Lok Sabha about the Arani Silk Saree. About Arani Silk Saree: It is a…
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Prelim Snippets 19-07-2019
19, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER Context: Rivers in Brahmaputra and Baraka Basin are flowing in severe flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal About Brahmaputra River:…
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Prelim Snippets 18-07-2019
18, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
SAFE CITY IMPLEMENTATION MONITORING PORTAL The Government had brought in the Safe City Implementation Monitoring Portal to Monitor the safe city Project introduced in the…
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Prelim Snippets 17-07-2019
17, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
AKASH MISSILE Context: Akash, a surface to air missile, manufactured by BDL to meet the requirement of the armed forces About AKASH Missile: It is…
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Prelim Snippets 16-07-2019
16, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
VPM1002’ and MIP Vaccines for TB Context: ICMR launches third phase trial for adult anti-TB vaccine India has the highest number of TB cases in…
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Prelim Snippets 15-07-2019
15, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
SRMSAT-1 Context: The Nano-Satellite SRMSAT-1, built by the students of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, in collaboration with the ISRO, has completed 40,000 orbits…
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Prelim Snippets 13-07-2019
13, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION Also called, POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD). The Goals…
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Prelim Snippets 12-07-2019
12, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
POTHAMALA HILLS Context: The sighting of new menhirs, perhaps the largest-ever recorded in Kerala, on the Pothamala hills in Udumbanchola taluk on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu…
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Prelim Snippets 11-07-2019
11, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION(NATO) About NATO: It is also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an Intergovernmental Military Alliance between 29 North American and European…
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Prelim Snippets 10-07-2019
10, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD It is the statutory organization constituted under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. Further, CPCB was entrusted with…
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Prelim Snippets 09-07-2019
09, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
KUDIMARAMATHU SCHEME OF T.N. Context: Around 2000 lakes across Tamil Nadu are to be desilted through this scheme. About Kudimaramathu Scheme: It is a scheme…
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Prelim Snippets 08-07-2019
08, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
TRAIN 18 Context: India’s first indigenously built engineless semi-high-speed train arrived in Delhi at Safdarjung Railway Station About TRAIN-18: It is India’s First Indigenously designed…
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Prelim Snippets 06-07-2019
06, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
GANDHIPEDIA Context: An encyclopedia on Mahatma Gandhi in the offing: Centre. A “Gandhipedia” was being developed in order to sensitize society, particularly the youth, about…
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Prelims Snippets 05/07/2019
05, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
URJA MITRA APP Context: The Union Ministry of Power has launched URJA MITRA app for Empowering Citizens by real time information sharing on power supply.…
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Prelim Snippets 04-07-2019
04, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
OUMUAMUA It is an Interstellar Cigar- Shaped Object spotted in 2017, scientists have concluded that it is not an alien spaceship, however its composition remains…
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Prelim Snippets 03-07-2019
03, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
MPLAD The Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is an ongoing Central Sector Scheme which was launched in 1993-94. Objective: The Scheme enables…
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Prelim Snippet 02-07-2019
02, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
KHASI TRIBE Origin: They are an Indigenous Ethnic Group of Meghalaya in north-eastern India, with a significant population in the bordering state of Assam, and…
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Prelim Snippets 01-07-2019
01, Jul 2019 | Prelim Snippets
TAMIL YEOMAN- STATE BUTTERFLY Context: Tamil Nadu (TN) now officially has a State Butterfly- the ‘Tamil yeoman’ or ‘TamizhMaravan’ About ‘Tamil Yeoman’: Cirrochroathais, the…
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