UPSC Prelims News of 14 January 2023 Stupa at Nalanda Context: Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered two 1200-year-old miniature votive stupas near Sarai Tila mound within the premises of ‘Nalanda Mahavihara’. About: The votive stupas were offered in fulfilment of a vow. They were carved from stone and depict Buddha figures. These figures …
More on Reducing Preterm and Stillbirths in India The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNIGME) report on child mortality — estimates that globally, five million children died before their fifth birthday (under-five mortality) in 2021. India’s share: Under-five deaths were estimated at 7,09,366; infant deaths (death before first birthday) at 5,86,787; and …
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Indigo Revolt The Indigo Revolt of 1859–60 in Bengal, India, was a peasant movement against the exploitative practices of Indigo planters. The tenants were forced to grow indigo, which was purchased from them at throwaway prices and processed in factories set up by indigo planters, almost all of whom were Europeans. The peasants were naturally …
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Key Highlights of Earth’s Recent Climatic History Ice core analysis: The findings of the study are based on the water-isotope analysis from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core, the longest ice core ever drilled by US researchers. Summer and winter temperatures: Summer temperatures in West Antarctica increased through the early-to-mid-Holocene, reached a …
Highlight Of Global Economic Prospects Report Growth Rate: Global economy is projected to grow by 1.7 per cent in 2023 and 2.7 per cent in 2024. It would be the third-weakest annual expansion in three decades, behind only the deep recessions that resulted from the 2008 global financial crisis and the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. …
Civil Service under British Administration Civil Service under British Administration was established for the benefit of its commercial affairs and developed into a well-organized apparatus to handle the administrative affairs of India’s acceded territories. In fact, the phrase “civil service” was originally used to distinguish between the Company’s employees working in the military and naval …
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Isotherms The term isotherm is frequently used in meteorology. Isotherms are a line connecting points on a map that are the same temperature at a certain time or on average over a certain period of time. The study of the Earth’s atmosphere and the patterns of temperature and moisture that produce different weather situations is …
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Heat Transfer The Sun, like any star, is a ball of hot plasma that keeps burning and radiating energy in all directions in space. The energy radiated by the Sun is the prime source of energy for Earth and all other planets in the solar system. The radiated energy from the Sun received by the …
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The Hindu Newspaper Analysis for UPSC The Hindu Newspaper Analysis 13 January 2023 The Supreme Court on Friday said the “buck ultimately stops with the government” to clamp down on hate speech and hate crimes, as they are offences committed on society. The government agreed that hate could not hide behind the colour of any …
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डेली करंट अफेयर्स फॉर UPSC 2023 in Hindi प्रश्न निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा कथन भारतीय संविधान की मूल संरचना के बारे में सही नहीं है? संविधान में मूल संरचना शब्द का उल्लेख नहीं है। अनुच्छेद 368 के तहत संसद मूल संरचना को कमजोर कर सकती है। यह पहली बार केशवानंद भारती मामले में प्रदान …
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