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Posted in Prelims Facts Corner

UPSC Prelims Facts – 23 August 2024

Predatory pricing, Flash PMI, Watersprout, Kamchatka Peninsula, Tera Herts waves

Regional Rural Banks
Posted in Economy Economy Institutions

Regional Rural Banks

Union Finance Minister chairs Review Meeting of the Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)

Sree Narayana Guru
Posted in Personalities in History History

Sree Narayana Guru

Kerala CM recalls Sree Narayana Guru’s teachings on his 170th birth anniversary.

FASAL Yojana
Posted in Agriculture Economy

FASAL Yojana

Centre, States discuss new mechanism for gathering crop data.

Dumbur Dam
Posted in Geography Landmarks River

Dumbur Dam | Gumti River

India has refuted allegations that the recent floods in eastern Bangladesh were caused by the opening of the Dumbur dam over Gumti River in Tripura.

Kodaikanal Tower Tunnel Telescope
Posted in Science & Technology Space Science

Kodaikanal Tower Tunnel Telescope

IIA finds a novel way to explore the sun’s secrets by studying solar magnetic fields, using Kodaikanal Tower Tunnel Telescope.

PF Thumb final
Posted in Prelims Facts Corner

UPSC Prelims Facts – 22 August 2024

Input Tax Credit, Jan Poshan Kendras, Exotic Animal Species, Super Blue Moon, Quantum Nonlocality

Hema Committee
Posted in Polity Institutions Polity

Hema Committee | Committee vs Commission

Hema Committee report published, five years after it was submitted to the Kerala government.

World Health Organisation
Posted in Social Sector Health International Groupings

World Health Organisation

WHO investigating suspected new polio strain in Meghalaya.

Polio
Posted in Diseases Science & Technology

Polio

WHO investigating suspected new polio strain in Meghalaya.

Model Foster Care Guidelines (MFCG)
Posted in Polity Legislations

Model Foster Care Guidelines (MFCG)

Ministry of Women and Child Development released Model Foster Care Guidelines (MFCG), 2024.

Hayflick Limit
Posted in Science & Technology Biology

Hayflick Limit

The recent death of Leonard Hayflick, a leading biomedical researcher, has renewed focus on his discovery of the Hayflick limit.