ASHTAMUDI LAKE: ◇ Ashtamudi Lake or Ashtamudi Kayal , is in the Kollam District of Kerala. ◇ It possesses a unique wetland ecosystem and a large palm-shaped water body. ◇ Ashtamudi means ‘eight braids’ in the local Malayalam language. ◇ The name is indicative of the lake’s topography ...

TUNDRA or POLAR or ARCTIC CLIMATE. ∆ DISTRIBUTION. ✓ Found in regions North of Arctic circle and south of Antarctic circle. ✓ Ice - caps are confined to highlands and high latitudes regions of Greenland and Antarctica. ∆CLIMATE. ✓Temperature. • Climate characterized by very low ...

PUNCHED MARKED COINS 📍The oldest coins found in the subcontinent are punch-marked coins, made mostly of silver, some of copper. 📍Usually rectangular, sometimes square or round. These coins are often irregular in shape. 📍Blanks for making these coins were generally cut from a metal sheet. ...

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR BACKWARD CLASSES: □ ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMISSION ✓In the Mandal case judgement (1992), the Supreme Court directed the central government to constitute a permanent statutory body to examine the complaints of under inclusion, over inclusion or non-inclusion of any ...

‘Dolphins return to the Ganga in U.P.’ ✓Dolphins have started coming back to the Ganga with improvement in the quality of the river water owing to Namami Gange programme. ✓Present dolphin population in  Ganga ~ 600. ● Namami Gange programme: ✓The flow of > 460 MLD (million ...

Scheme Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment ✓Under this Scheme, financial assistance is provided to the States Governments in the form of 50-year interest free loan for capital investment projects. ✓For the 2022-23 Financial Year (FY) a total financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh ...

HIMALAYAN SEROW. ∆WHY IN NEWS ? A Himalayan mammal, somewhere between a goat and an antelope, has been confirmed as the newest creature to be spotted in Assam. ∆PRELIMS POINTERS :- •Himalayan Serow resembles a cross between a goat, a donkey, a cow, and a pig. •They are herbivores ...

NETWORK READINESS INDEX 2022 ✓ Direction: There will be 100s of reports. Don’t need to know every one of them. For prelims just go through it once. For mains, know one major report in each theme of the syllabus wherever applicable. ✓ Context: India is now placed at 61st rank (out of 134 ...

■ FINANCE COMMISSION ∆Article 280 of the Constitution of India provides for a Finance Commission as a quasi judicial body. ∆It is constituted by the  president of India every fifth year or at such earlier time as he considers necessary. ■ COMPOSITION OF FINANCE COMMISSION ∆The ...

STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ■ REMOVAL ∆ Although the chairman and members of a SPSC are appointed by the governor, they can be removed only by the president (and not by the governor). ∆The president can remove them on the same grounds and in the same manner as he can remove a chairman ...

■ STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ◇ Parallel to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) at the Centre, there is a State Public Service Commission (SPSC) in a state. ◇ The same set of Articles (i.e., 315 to 323 in Part XIV) of the Constitution also deal with the composition, appointment ...

FACTORS CONTROLLING, THE DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE □  Altitude ∆The temperature decreases with increasing height from the earth's surface at an average rate of 6.5°C per kilometre because of the following reasons:- ✓The major source of atmospheric heat is the earth's surface from ...