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Master In Current Affairs Magazine Master In Current Affairs Magazine  published this article 16 before discussing the present challenge it is pertinent to look back into the history of the satellite education in our country.    radio and television broadcast has been extensively used for more than 75 years now.    though satellite communication is of recent origin it has shown significant promises. it is an extremely resilient medium and has been adapted in the business and industry.satellite instructional television experiment (site) was the largest communication experiment in the use of satellite in support of developmental and educational programmes in modern times.    page 13     based on the success of site india approved a proposal to launch a multipurpose and space communication system of her own called indian national satellite (insat) in 1977. insat1a insat1b and insat2b were launched subsequently  Master In Current Affair...

competition success review  competition success review   Published this article page no 34    it is close to the shores of the ramappacheruvu a kakatiyabuilt water reservoir.the temple building stands on a 6 feet high starshaped platform with intricate carvings on beams and pillars of carved granite and dolerite.it includes pyramidal vimana (horizontally stepped tower) made of lightweight porous bricks socalled floating bricks which reduced the weight of the roof structures.bricks were made of clay mixed with acacia wood chaff and myrobalan (a tree) making it spongelike and allowing it to float on water. o the chamber of the temple is crowned by a shikharam and surrounded by pradakshinapatha  competition success review buy. competition success review 

Junior Science Refresher Junior Science Refresher  Published this article page no 24 national action plan for indian toy story to boost local manufacturing and incentivise toy and handicraft manufacturers.under national education policy 2020 toy making will be introduced to students from the sixth standard onwards. . other art form in news climate change affecting worlds oldest cave artrecently researchers have reported that pleistoceneera rock paintings dating back to 4500020000 years on the indonesian island of sulawesi are weathering at an alarming rate.    the researchers found flakes of rock detaching from these cave surfaces. the artwork made with pigments is decaying due to a process known as haloclasty which is triggered by the growth of salt crystals due to repeated changes in temperature and humidity caused by alternating wet and dry weather in the region  Junior Science Refresher buy. Junior Science Refresher

pratiyogita darpan hindi pratiyogita darpan hindi     Published this article page no    120 Wide definition of Medical devices It has been estimated that by virtue of these notifications approximately 1700 medical devices would become regulated in India. The notified definition for medical devices is very wide and subjective and is aimed at including all medical devices being sold in the Indian market. Way forward Government should hold multistakeholder consultations so that rationale behind this initiative can be communicated and those expressing concerns are appropriately heard. Government should consider expediting the finalisation of the Medical Devices Bill for better regulation of the Medical Devices. (refer to adjacent Box) INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) INDEX Why in news? Recently International Intellectual Property Index 2020 was released by US Chamber of Commerces Global Innovation Policy Centre (GIPC). More on news    Indias ranked 40th...

Banking services chronicle Banking services chronicle  Published this article page no    60 In August 2019 the UN said the armys action was carried out with genocidal intent and has described the violence against them as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.    Myanmar has stoutly denied all allegations of genocide mass rape killings and arson against its army and declared that the soldiers carried out legitimate counterterrorism operations. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide    Unanimously adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 the Convention entered into force in 1951.    152 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty most recently Mauritius in 2019.    It defines genocide in legal terms as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part a national ethnical racial or religious group as such o Killing members of the group o Causing serious bodily ...

Banking services chronicle Banking services chronicle  Published this article page no     97 Improved Border surveillance Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) also known as smart fencing has been completed in some parts of the border. It integrates manpower with sensors networks intelligence and command and control solutions such as thermal imagers aerostats radars sonar systems. o Project BOLDQIT (Border Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique) has been implemented along riverine border in Dhubri Assam where it was not feasible to construct border fencing.    Coordination with Border States Central Government has announced setting up of Border Protection Grid (BPG) with Indo Bangladesh Border states. It will be supervised by a state level standing committee which will be chaired by respective state secretaries. o It will comprise various elements such as physical barriers nonphysical barriers surveillance system intelligenc...

Shine india monthly magazine Shine india monthly magazine     Published this article page no    28 Perceptions Satisfaction and Trust o Positives 90% of people trust that their data are safe in the Aadhaar system and 61% of welfare beneficiaries trust that Aadhaar prevents others from accessing their benefits. About the report    The State of Aadhaar initiative was started in 2016 to contribute to a datadriven discourse on Aadhaar.    In the 2019 edition the initiative surveyed over 167000 households spanning 28 states and union territories across India.    The objective of the study is to help identify which aspects of Aadhaar are working and are not working to what extent and for whom. Fact Findings    95% of adults have Aadhaar and 75% of children have Aadhaar.    8% of people do not have Aadhaar– or an estimated 102 million people.    80% of beneficiaries feel Aadhaar has made PDS rations MGNREGS and soc...

Banking service chronicle Banking service chronicle  Monthly Magazine by bsc academy-subscribe   Published this article page no  38 Recently Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) identified set of 17 technologies and invited researchers to develop these locally at lower costs for its Gaganyaan mission. o These included food and medicine for astronauts during space voyages spacesuit inflatable habitats and antiradiation and thermal protection technologies etc. 63  Job creation Creation of new jobs in highskilledlabour market in private space industry.  Securing our space capabilities by distributing them across different satellites and spacecraft so that business continuity is unaffected even if an adversary manages to disable one or more satellites. This becomes increasingly important with concept of Space warfare.  Meeting Indiacentric needs Privatesector help is needed to cater rapidly changing technological scenarios and to contribute to digitalizati...

Junior Science refresher Junior Science refresher  Published this article page no    61 CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX 2019    The latest edition of Corruption perception Index (CPI) 2019 was released. About the index    It is released by Transparency International annually since 1995.    It ranks 180 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption.    It uses a scale of zero to 100 where zero is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. More than twothirds of countries score below 50 on this years CPI with an average score of just 43. Key Highlights    Denmark and New Zealand are at the top spot followed by Finland Singapore Sweden and Switzerland in the top ten. Somalia is ranked last preceded by South Sudan and Syria.    India slipped to the 80th rank while its score remained steady at 41. Pakistan is ranked at the 120th place. Transparency International    It is an international nongovernme...

banking service chronicle banking service chronicle  Published this article page no    60    POSTAL BALLOT    Person with disabilities (PwDs) and people over 80 years of age were allowed to cast their vote in Delhi Assembly Election through postal ballot.    Postal voting is a type of voting in elections whereby Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot Papers (ETPB) are distributed to electors and returned by post.    Service voters have the option of either voting through postal ballot or through a proxy voter. It includes o members of Armed Forces of the Union o members of forces to which provisions of Army Act 1950 applies. 86 o members of armed police force of a State and serving outside that state o persons who are employed by GoI in a post outside India.    Under Section 62 of the Representation of the People Act 1951 prisoners are not allowed to vote but people under preventive detention can cast their votes through...

Drishti ias books Drishti ias books  Published this article page no    27 REGULATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Why in news? Recently various prominent personalities have highlighted the need of regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI). More on the news    Renowned personalities like Bill Gates Elon Musk Sundar Pichai Jaron Lanier have cautioned against an impending robot apocalypse which might come as a result of Artificial Intelligence.    Stephen Hawking had highlighted that AI could destroy humanity if we arent proactive to avoid the risks of unfettered AI. About Artificial Intelligence (AI)    It is simulation of human intelligence processes by machines especially computers.    It refers to the ability of machines to perform cognitive tasks like thinking perceiving learning problem solving and decision making and execute tasks in real time situations without constant supervision.    Particular applications of AI includes ...

  civil services chronicle magazine civil services chronicle magazine   Published this article page no    26 Focus on playbased activities Childrens performance on tasks requiring cognitive skills is strongly related to their ability to do early language tasks and early numeracy tasks. o This suggests that focusing on playbased activities that build memory reasoning and problemsolving abilities is more productive than an early focus on content knowledge.    Reworking of curriculum and activities This is urgently needed for the entire age band from four to eight cutting across all types of preschools regardless of whether they are run by private or Government.    Strengthen the existing network of anganwadi centres The findings of ASER 2019 make a clear case for strengthening these early childhood education centres so that they implement appropriate schoolreadiness activities.    Revisit state and national norms for age of entry to school...