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☕Coffee - Coffee board is a statutory body.
HQ - Banglore.
Kharif crop.
Standing water crop ❌
Slopping agriculture or contour farming.
(Example of plantation crop)
India is the 7th largest producer but
largest producer of Robusta coffee
(variety).
HQ - Banglore.
Kharif crop.
Standing water crop ❌
Slopping agriculture or contour farming.
(Example of plantation crop)
India is the 7th largest producer but
largest producer of Robusta coffee
(variety).
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🔆Buddhist Terminology
✅Pratyeka Buddhas: Beings who have attained enlightenment without guidance but have not taught it to the world.
✅Arhat: Who have achieved Nirvana.
✅Bodhisattva: Abeing about to become Buddha shows charity and helper of man.
✅Sramanas/Bhikshu: Buddhist monks.
✅Upasakas: Lay followers.
✅Mahaparinirvana: Final blowing out, death.
✅Arya-Atthangikamagga: Noble eight-fold path.
✅Ashtamahasthanas: Eight holy places.
✅Tathagata: One of the titles of Buddha.
✅Prajna Parimita : Female deity of perfection and insight associated with Mahayana.
✅Anatta: Soullessness.
✅Samnera: Buddhist monks before being introduced into sangha as full-fledged member.
✅Paramita: 10 percepts (vows) observed by monks.
✅Pratimoksa: Rules of 150 articles (a part of Vinay Pitaka).
✅Skandhakas: Monastic rules.
✅Poshadha: Fortnightly meeting in Sanghas.
✅Siddha: Perfected being in Vajrayana.
✅Sakra: Gold identical with Indra used by the monks.
✅Sangha: Buddhist order.
✅Vassa: Retreat during rainy season by the monks.
✅Sangharam: Resting place for monks.
✅Vihara: Buddhist monastery.
✅Pravajya: Initial ordination for old and experienced monks.
✅Sramanas: Buddhist monks, in general.
✅Upajjhaya: Spiritual leader.
✅Sanketas: Four noble truths.
✅Upasotha/Roya: Days of fast on full moon, new moon and two quarter moon days in a month.
✅Chaitya: Temples of Buddhists.
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✅Pratyeka Buddhas: Beings who have attained enlightenment without guidance but have not taught it to the world.
✅Arhat: Who have achieved Nirvana.
✅Bodhisattva: Abeing about to become Buddha shows charity and helper of man.
✅Sramanas/Bhikshu: Buddhist monks.
✅Upasakas: Lay followers.
✅Mahaparinirvana: Final blowing out, death.
✅Arya-Atthangikamagga: Noble eight-fold path.
✅Ashtamahasthanas: Eight holy places.
✅Tathagata: One of the titles of Buddha.
✅Prajna Parimita : Female deity of perfection and insight associated with Mahayana.
✅Anatta: Soullessness.
✅Samnera: Buddhist monks before being introduced into sangha as full-fledged member.
✅Paramita: 10 percepts (vows) observed by monks.
✅Pratimoksa: Rules of 150 articles (a part of Vinay Pitaka).
✅Skandhakas: Monastic rules.
✅Poshadha: Fortnightly meeting in Sanghas.
✅Siddha: Perfected being in Vajrayana.
✅Sakra: Gold identical with Indra used by the monks.
✅Sangha: Buddhist order.
✅Vassa: Retreat during rainy season by the monks.
✅Sangharam: Resting place for monks.
✅Vihara: Buddhist monastery.
✅Pravajya: Initial ordination for old and experienced monks.
✅Sramanas: Buddhist monks, in general.
✅Upajjhaya: Spiritual leader.
✅Sanketas: Four noble truths.
✅Upasotha/Roya: Days of fast on full moon, new moon and two quarter moon days in a month.
✅Chaitya: Temples of Buddhists.
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🔆Nilgiri tahr:-
✅The Nilgiri tahr is the only mountain ungulate in southern India amongst the 12 species present in India.
✅It is also the state animal of Tamil Nadu.
✅Habitat: open montane grassland habitat of the South Western Ghats montane rain forests eco-region.
✅Distribution: It is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
✅Eravikulam National Park is home to the largest population of this Tahr.
✅It has become locally extinct in around 14% of its traditional shola forest-grassland habitat.
✅Unique feature: The Adult males of Nilgiri Tahr species develop a light grey area or “saddle” on their backs and are hence called “Saddlebacks”
Cultural significance:-
✅The species is locally known as Varaiaadu.
✅There are multiple references to the Nilgiri Tahr in Tamil Sangam literature dating back to 2,000 years.
✅The late Mesolithic (10,000-4,000 BC) paintings highlight the significance of the Tahr in folklore, culture, and life.
Population decrease:
✅The Nilgiri tahr, which used to be found along the entire stretch of the Western Ghats.
✅It is presently found only in small fragmented pockets.
✅A large part of its population has been wiped out from its historical range.
Threats:
✅Habitat loss
✅Hunting
✅Poaching
✅Climate Change
✅Invasive plants such as wattles, pines, and eucalyptus.
Conservation Status:-
✅IUCN: Endangered
✅Wildlife (Protection) Act of India, 1972: Schedule I
✅The Nilgiri tahr is the only mountain ungulate in southern India amongst the 12 species present in India.
✅It is also the state animal of Tamil Nadu.
✅Habitat: open montane grassland habitat of the South Western Ghats montane rain forests eco-region.
✅Distribution: It is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
✅Eravikulam National Park is home to the largest population of this Tahr.
✅It has become locally extinct in around 14% of its traditional shola forest-grassland habitat.
✅Unique feature: The Adult males of Nilgiri Tahr species develop a light grey area or “saddle” on their backs and are hence called “Saddlebacks”
Cultural significance:-
✅The species is locally known as Varaiaadu.
✅There are multiple references to the Nilgiri Tahr in Tamil Sangam literature dating back to 2,000 years.
✅The late Mesolithic (10,000-4,000 BC) paintings highlight the significance of the Tahr in folklore, culture, and life.
Population decrease:
✅The Nilgiri tahr, which used to be found along the entire stretch of the Western Ghats.
✅It is presently found only in small fragmented pockets.
✅A large part of its population has been wiped out from its historical range.
Threats:
✅Habitat loss
✅Hunting
✅Poaching
✅Climate Change
✅Invasive plants such as wattles, pines, and eucalyptus.
Conservation Status:-
✅IUCN: Endangered
✅Wildlife (Protection) Act of India, 1972: Schedule I
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🔆ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement
✅The 4th Joint Committee meeting for the review of AITIGA (ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement) was held in Putrajaya, Malaysia from 7-9 May 2024.
📍ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement:
✅It is a trade deal between the ten member states of ASEAN and India. It was signed at the 7th ASEAN Economic Ministers-India Consultations in Bangkok, Thailand in 2009.
✅The agreement, which came into effect in 2010, is sometimes referred to as the ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement.
✅It covers trade in physical goods and products; it does not apply to trade in services. ASEAN and India signed a separate ASEAN-India Trade in Services Agreement in 2014.
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✅The 4th Joint Committee meeting for the review of AITIGA (ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement) was held in Putrajaya, Malaysia from 7-9 May 2024.
📍ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement:
✅It is a trade deal between the ten member states of ASEAN and India. It was signed at the 7th ASEAN Economic Ministers-India Consultations in Bangkok, Thailand in 2009.
✅The agreement, which came into effect in 2010, is sometimes referred to as the ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement.
✅It covers trade in physical goods and products; it does not apply to trade in services. ASEAN and India signed a separate ASEAN-India Trade in Services Agreement in 2014.
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Q.: Nuclear Energy Summit 2024 is planned to happen at?
Anonymous Quiz
30%
Brussels
31%
Monaco
31%
Frankfurt
8%
Berlin
Who has become the first Indian male wrestler to secure a quota for Paris Olympics 2024?
Anonymous Quiz
5%
विवेक चोपड़ा/Vivek Chopra
28%
दीपक दहिया/Deepak Dahiya
45%
अमन सहरावत/Aman Sehrawat
22%
बजरंग पुनिया/Bajrang Punia
India and Iran have signed a long-term contract for the operation of which port?
Anonymous Quiz
65%
चाबहार बंदरगाह/Chabahar Port
20%
तूतीकोरिन बंदरगाह/Tuticorin Port
11%
कांडला बंदरगाह/Kandla Port
4%
पारादीप बंदरगाह/Paradip Port
Who has been approved by IRDAI as the Chairman of HDFC Life in May 2024?
Anonymous Quiz
25%
Deepak Parekh / दीपक पारेख
47%
Keki Mistry / केकी मिस्त्री
25%
Aditya Puri / आदित्य पुरी
3%
Uday Kotak / उदय कोटक