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rawan239 Facts related to Uttar Pradesh There is controversy among scholars about the original homeland of the Guptas. Jayaswal has pointed out that the Guptas were originally inhabitants of Prayaga (Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh, in north India, as the vassal of the Nagas or Bhaarshivas. Thereafter they rose in prominence. Early Gupta coins and inscriptions have been mainly found in Uttar Pradesh. The Guptas … Read more
. The main flaw in the system that a large chunk of those who are eligible for subsidized food grains under BPL category have been left out leading to critically question comprehensiveness of TPDS. The criteria for inclusion in the BPL list are solely economical which is often understated or under reported because lack of … Read more
Quantum Technology is based on the principles of Quantum mechanics, that was developed in the early 20th century to describe nature in the small — at the scale of atoms and elementary particles.The first phase of this revolutionary technology has provided the foundations of our understanding of the physical world, including the interaction of light and … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat govt braces up to improve state ranking in Panchayati Raj, rural development Chief minister Vijay Rupani-led Gujarat BJP government has decided to improve the state’s poor all India rank in the implementation of the Panchyayati Raj Institutions(PRIs) schemes and rural development, besideing strengthening rural public administration. On day two of the Chintan Shibir … Read more
Philosophical and social thoughts of Savitribai Phule Savitribai Phule (3rd January 1831-10th March 1897) was a social reformer of nineteenth century India (Maharashtra), capable teacher, leader, thinker, writer, and committed companion to her husband. Savitribai Phule is credited with being the first native teacher of girls in Maharashtra. Under his influence,Savitribai had taken women’s education … Read more
Disaster management models. Roles and responsibilities of stakeholders including community, Concept of first responders Disaster management (DM) is a challenging domain to model because of the variety of dynamic characteristics attached to the domain. Metamodeling is a model-driven approach that describes how semantic domain models can be built into an artifact called a … Read more
Biomagnification: Biomagnification refers to increase in concentration of the toxicant at successive trophic levels. This happens because a toxic substance accumulated by an organism cannot be metabolised or excreted, and is thus passed on to the next higher trophic level. This phenomenon is well known for mercury and DDT. Bioremediation: Bioremediation is a biotechnical process, … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat retains first spot in ‘logistics ease’ index Gujarat has retained its first position in the country in the ‘Logistics Ease Across Different States’ (LEADS) report 2019. This is the second consecutive year the state has bagged the number one spot in the ranking, in the report published by the Union ministry of … Read more
One of the key components of the National Rural Health Mission is to provide every village in the country with a trained female community health activist ASHA or Accredited Social Health Activist. Selected from the village itself and accountable to it, the ASHA will be trained to work as an interface between the community and … Read more
GUJARAT Vadodara government schools aim to save 10 crore-litre rainwater When Vadodara witnessed heavy floods last monsoon, lakhs of litres of rainwater simply went down the drain due to lack of harvesting infrastructure. However, if the district sees an average monsoon this year, it will save at least 10 crore litres of rainwater. And, the … Read more