UPSC Prelims Facts – 10&11 March 2024

UPSC Prelims Facts

Recently, Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd MPVL received its largest order

  • Ink contains silver nitrate, which gets darker on reaction with nail and on exposure to light.
  • Purple-coloured ink cannot be removed by any chemical, detergent, soap or oil for several months if once applied.
  • Under rule 49K of Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 – Every elector shall allow his left forefinger to be marked with an indelible ink after inspected by Presiding officer or Polling Officer.

Recently, NCD was inaugurated

  • Provides all information pertaining to Cooperative sector like number of co-operatives in states/UTs and in different sectors
  • Ministry – Ministry of Cooperation

World Poverty Clock says India’s extreme poverty at less than 3 per cent

  • Provides real-time poverty estimates through 2030 for nearly every country in the world
  • Funded by – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany.
  • Every second, some escape while others fall into poverty and the clocks count all of them
    • Escape rate – Calculates the current rate of poverty reduction in the world

Recently, 5th edition of Joint Military Exercise ‘DHARMA GUARDIAN’ got ended at Rajasthan

  • An annual joint military exercise
  • Between – Indian and Japan

Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto declared as winner of Pritzker Architecture Prize 2024

  • Highest international award in the architecture field
  • Awarded every year
  • To honor a visionary architect for his consistent, impactful contributions to humanity’s built environment
  • Yamamoto is the 9th laureate from Japan

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