IAS NOVA Editorial Team

IAS NOVA Editorial Team

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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Tribal Festivals ( both Current and Conventional separately listed- UPSC PrelimsExam)

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First ,lets cover the tribal festivals from recent current affairs. Hornbill Festival Ngada festival Sekrenyi Festivals of Vaiphei Tribes Myoko festival Sulia Festival Moatsu festival Tuluni festival Aoling festival All the tribal festivals mentioned above are explained  in the following…

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