Wednesday, November 8, 2017

PIB and THEHINDU facts for PRELIMS-08/11/17




1.GATT's ---Most Favouree Nation provision---

tarrif concession agreement signed between 2 countries will be automatically extended to others

2.Travel and Tourism Competitive Report--World Economic Forum

3.Most Polluted Capital City in World---New Delhi


4.Fiji hold the presidency of Bonn COP,(conference of parties) 23

5.Emission Gap Report---by UN

6.India commitment---lower the emission intensity of its GDP by 33-35% by 2030 from 2005 level


7.Musa paramjitiana---Wild Banana species discovered in Andaman and Nicobar Island


8.Travancore Natural History Society---NGO associated with species research


9.Country's Ant man--Musthak Ali

10.Indomalayan bioregion---extend from southern India and Sri Lanka to soutg east Asia

11.New Ant specie---Tyrannomyrmex alii---found in Western Ghat

12.Periyar Tiger Reserve--Western Ghat

13.Kambala---traditional buffalo slush track race in Karnataka

14.Belgium---member of EU


15.SHe Box--

-online complaint management system for women in Public and Private organisation for women to lodge complaint of sexual harrasment at workplace.

-to ensure effective implementation of Sexual Harrasment of Women at Workplace Act,2013


16.Nirbhay--

India's first long range sub-sonic cruise missile

--Can be deployed from.multiple platform

--has the capability to loiter and cruise at .7 mach and at altitude as low as 100 m

17.AstroSat---

India's multi-wavelength space telescope

18.Power subject is in Concurrent List




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