IAS NOVA Editorial Team

IAS NOVA Editorial Team

Most Probable Topics- Part 5

1. FATF – Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Report In its first global report on the illegal wildlife trade, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has described it as a “global threat”, which also has links with other…

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MOST PROBABLE TOPICS – PART 3

1.Green-Ag Project The Union government on July 28, 2020, launched the Green-Ag Project in Mizoram, to reduce emissions from agriculture and ensure sustainable agricultural practices. Mizoram is one of the five states where the project will be implemented. Other states include Rajasthan,…

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500 MOST PROBABLE TOPICS – PART 2

1. Dhruvastra India has tested a locally developed anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system called Dhruvastra. Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the helicopter-launched Dhruvastra is designed to destroy enemy battle tanks, armoured vehicles and bunkers. Dhruvastra is…

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DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS -2020

INDRA India and Russia are to hold bilateral naval exercise INDRA 2020 in Andaman Sea, close to strategic Strait of Malacca. P-75 I Mega Project to build submarines in India,inlcuding nuclear submarines. Related- In May 2020, the Government announced that…

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QUICK REVISION BOOKLET – PRELIMS 2020

LAST MINUTE QUICK REVISION OF IMPORTANT  TOPICS  (CURRENT + CONVENTIONAL)  FOR PRELIMS 2020 . Revision of all important Terminologies,Factoids etc from all subjects in 3-5 hours giving lead in many questions.     MOSAIC expedition– Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the…

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GI TAGS- 2020 LIST

Kashmir Saffron Gets The GI Tag Kashmir saffron, which is cultivated and harvested in the Karewa (highlands) of Jammu and Kashmir, has been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry. The spice is grown in some…

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Satellite Launches of India-2019-2020

GSAT-30 India’s telecommunication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) on January 17, 2020 from Kourou launch base, French Guiana by Ariane-5 VA-251. GSAT-30 is configured on ISRO’s enhanced I-3K Bus structure to provide communication services…

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AYUSH,Personal Data Protection Bill -2019

Traditional Medicines Ministry of AYUSH hosted World Health Organization meeting on developing Standardized Terminologies and Benchmarks documents for Practice for Traditional Medicine. WHO is developing Benchmarks Document for Practice of Ayurveda, Panchakarma & Unani and International Terminologies Documents in Ayurveda,…

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Notification

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Notification for Pro-Subscribers wrt Prelims Postponement Since the Prelims exam has been postponed till October 4th,we will release the 500 Most Probables List on appropriate date against the earlier stated time because the list needs to be updated and current…

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ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT-PART 1

Five pillars of Atmanirbhar Bharat – Economy,  Infrastructure, System , Vibrant  Demography  and Demand. Special economic and comprehensive package of Rs 20 lakh crores – equivalent to 10% of India’s GDP. Download Link for Details of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan- Part…

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Emerging Tech and Science and Tech- Part 4

Electric Vehicle Battery/Traction Battery Rechargeable (secondary) batteries, and are typically lithium-ion batteries.  designed for a high ampere-hour (or kilowatt-hour) capacity. The most common battery type in modern electric vehicles are lithium-ion and lithium polymer, because of their high energy density compared to their weight.   Lithium Ion…

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27 Important National Parks & Tiger Reserves- Unique Features-Must Do for Prelims

1. Balpakhram National Park Garo Hills,Meghalaya Balpakram means ‘land of the eternal wind’ . Listed in UNESCO World Heritage tentative list. Asian golden cat,Marbled cat,Red Panda etc. found here. 2. Bandipur National Park Tiger reserve under Project Tiger, is a national park located in…

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BIOSPHERE RESERVES- PART 2- QUICK REVISION MODULE

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12. Manas Biosphere Reserve A national park,  UNESCO Natural  World  Heritage  site, a Project Tiger  reserve, an elephant reserve and a biosphere reserve in Assam. Located in the Himalayan foothills, it is contiguous with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan. Known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife…

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Emerging Technologies,Science & Tech- Part 3

Bioplastics Bioplastics are plastic materials produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc. Bioplastic can be made from agricultural by-products and also from used plastic bottles and other containers using microorganisms. Common plastics, such as fossil-fuel plastics (also called petrobased polymers) are derived from petroleum or natural gas.…

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Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems(GIAHS) List India

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Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems(GIAHS) are outstanding landscapes of aesthetic beauty that combine agricultural biodiversity, resilient ecosystems and a valuable cultural heritage.Located in specific sites around the world, they sustainably provide multiple goods and services, food and livelihood security for…

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Carbon Sequestration,Ocean Acidification and Other Important Terms

Carbon Sequestration Carbon sequestration or carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is the long-term removal, capture or sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to slow or reverse atmospheric CO2 pollution and to mitigate or reverse global warming. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is naturally captured from the atmosphere through…

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Diseases In News- Prelims 2020

We have covered COVID-19 (Corona) and Virology separately in 2 articles.Here we will cover other diseases important from Prelims Viewpoint. Hantavirus Hantaviruses are a family of viruses spread mainly by rodents and can cause varied disease syndromes in people worldwide. …

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Drones- Prelims 2020 Probable

Drone Technology and Regulations in India Drones Technology A drone, in technological terms, is an unmanned aircraft. Drones are more formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned aircraft systems (UASes). Essentially, a drone is a flying robot that can be…

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Reminder to Pro-subscribers !

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We request Pro- subscribers to kindly go through Strategy articles and Revision Strategy articles as well. Our analytics data suggests that most of the visits are being made only to PRO section. Other sections are equally important. For example,last year…

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Viruses- Basic Virology

VIRUS Definition: Viruses are ultra-microscopic, non-cellular living particles, composed solely of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) core, surrounded by a protein envelope called capsid. Characteristics of Viruses: The major distinguishing characteristics of viruses are given below. They are non-cellular…

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CERN & INDIA

CERN – The European Organization for Nuclear Research (known as CERN ) is a European research organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. – Established in 1954, the organization is based in a northwest suburb of…

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BITCOINS AND REGULATION IN INDIA- Recently Questions have been asked.

BITCOINS Bitcoin (₿) is a cryptocurrency, a form of electronic cash. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries. Transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded…

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POLAR VORTEX

Why in news? Recently, US mid-west experienced sub-zero temperatures due to a breakdown in the polar vortex. What is a polar vortex? – It is a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding the Earth’s North and South…

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SATELLITE MISSIONS OF INDIA – EMISAT, HysIS,Microsat- R, KalamSAT, NovaSAR, S1-4 (Last 1 year), IRNSS,Mission Shakti- Prelims Special

The PSLV-C45 / EMISAT MISSION – 47th mission of the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) program – launched on 1 April 2019 with a payload of 29 satellites, including one for electronic intelligence,along with 28 customer satellites from other…

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