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Vice President's Secretariat

*Topic: Representative of People

*Shree M. Venkaiah Naidu has said

A. 4 Cs: Character, Calibre, Capacity & Conduct are important to Politicians

B. 4 Ps: Philosophy, Principles, Policies & Performance are needed in politics

C. 3 Cs: Community, Caste & Cash should be avoided in politics.

*He was addressing the gathering after releasing the CommemorativePostage Stamp on freedom fighter and parliamentarian, Shri Banarsi Das Gupta on the occasion of his Birth Centenary Celebrations organized by Banarsi Das Gupta Foundation

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*Shri Banarsi Das was a true Gandhian, a great freedom fighter, a

visionary, and a mass leader and he left his studies and plunged into the

freedom movement led by Gandhi Ji.

*He launched agitation for establishment of a responsible Government in

Jind State and was imprisoned several times.

*In the post-Independent period, he became a towering leader in the then

existing State of Jind and was instrumental in paving the way for its

merger with the Indian Union, he added.

*A passionate social reformer: worked tirelessly to free India from the

clutches of social evils, social oppressions, caste and gender inequalities.

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*He was a crusader against untouchability, child marriage and dowry system

and by waging a relentless struggle against the practice of untouchability, he

helped Dalits get the right to enter temples and use public wells, he added.

*The Vice President said that Shri Banarsi Das’s popularity among the people of

Haryana was unparalleled, who elected him thrice to the Haryana Legislative

Assembly.

*He further said that he also occupied the august Office of Speaker of that

Assembly and he led the State of Haryana twice as its Chief Minister, he added.

*April 1996 when he was elected as a Member of Rajya Sabha and he served as

a Member of several Parliamentary Committees

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Ministry of Human Resource Development

*India currently ranks 60th out of 127 countries on the Global Innovation

Index (GII) 2017.

*2016: 66th

*“India Innovation Index”: Launched by NITI Aayog, Department of

Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) and Confederation of Indian Industry

(CII) together.

*Aim: To make India an innovation- driven economy

*Objective: rank states on Innovations

*How: capture data on innovation from all Indian states on innovation and

regularly update it in real time.

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*Smart India Hackathon and Smart India Hardware Hackathon have been

launched to improve the innovative abilities of the students in the Higher

Education Institutions.

*The Government is also promoting research parks (RPs) and technology

business incubators (TBIs) which would nurture and promote the

innovative ideas till they become commercial ventures.

*The projects for promoting research and innovation like the IMPRINT and

Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) have brought focused attention of the

scientific community on the need for promoting innovation.

*Start Up India

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Ministry of Home Affairs

*Sendai Framework: Disaster Risk*Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), 2015-2030

*SFDRR is the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda

* It identifies targets and priority actions

* India: signatory

*Shri Kiren Rijiju, inaugurated the first national-level training of trainers programme to sensitise various Central Ministries and Departments on utilisation of Sendai Monitor for developing action plans for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

*The three-day programme starting today has been organised by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction-Global Education and Training Institute (UNISDR-GETI).

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

*As per 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report, published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), India ranks 100 out 119 countries.

*The Global Hunger Index is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and national levels.

*The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) calculates GHI scores each year to assess progresss and setbacks in combating hunger.

1. Undernourishment: the share of the population that is undernourished (that is, whose caloric intake is insufficient);

2. Child wasting: the share of children under the age of five who are wasted (that is, who have low weight for their height, reflecting acute under-nutrition);

3. Child stunting: the share of children under the age of five who are stunted (that is, who have low height for their age, reflecting chronic under-nutrition); and

4. Child mortality: the mortality rate of children under the age of five (in part, a reflection of the mix of inadequate nutrition and unhealthy environments).

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Ministry of Defence

*TRAINING EVENTS & MILITARY EXERCISES: ARMY

*Indo - Oman Joint Military Exercise: ‘AL NAGAH’

*Indo - Nepal Joint Military Exercise.‘SURYA KIRAN

* Indo - Mongolian Joint Military Exercise: ‘NOMADIC ELEPHANT’

*Indo - US Joint Military Exercise: ‘YUDH ABHYAS

*Indo – Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise: ‘MITRA SHAKTI’

*Indo – Russia Joint Tri Service Exercise: ‘PRABAL DOSTYK – 2017’

*Indo-Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise: ‘SAMPRITI’

*Indo – UK Joint Military Exercise: ‘AJEYA WARRIOR’

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Answers

1. The Russian revolutionaries derived their ideology from the doctrainesof

A. Lenin and Stalin

B. Marx and Lenin

C. Marx and Engels

D. Lenin and Engels

2. Which of the following is biodegradable?

A. Paper

B. DDT

C. Plastic

D. Aluminium

3. IPS Atul Karwal aka Everest

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Questions

1. The highest coal producing country in the world is

A. India

B. USA

C. China

D. Russia

2. Shompen tribe is found in

A. Nilgir Hills

B. Nicobar Islands

C. Spiti Valley

D. Lakshadweep islands

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PrashantTMavani