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Kartarpur Corridor Agreement Renewed

India and Pakistan extend agreement for 5 more years (until 2029)

Key Points:

- Visa-free access for Indian pilgrims to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara
- $20 service fee per pilgrim remains
- India committed to Sikh community's access to holy sites
- Renewal shows open communication channels between India and Pakistan

Duration: 2019-2029 (extended for 5 years, until November 2029.
Location: Narowal, Pakistan
Significance: Interfaith harmony and peaceful coexistence.

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RATAN TATA SIR PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 86
ABSOLUTELY LEGENDARY MAN

🔆 India Post Payment Banks (IPPB) :
✅ Financial Service Provider that will operate Under the country's Postal Department.
✅ Established - 2018, with 100% equity owned by the Government of India.
✅ Under - The Ministry of Communications
✅ Headquarters: New Delhi
✅ Vision: To create an accessible, affordable, and trusted bank for all citizens
✅ IPPB is committed to providing a fillip to a less cash economy and contribute to the vision of Digital India.
✅ Benefits :
◽️Expansion of Rural Banking
◽️Access to Diversified Services
◽️ Employment
◽️ Credibility

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🔆 Goods and Services Tax (GST) :

✅ Introduced - 101st Constitution Amendment Act, 2016
✅ Slogan -  ‘One Nation One Tax’.
✅ Legislative Basis :
🔸️In India, GST Bill was first introduced in 2014 as The Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill.
🔸️This got an approval in 2016 and was renumbered in the statute by Rajya Sabha as The Constitution (101 Amendment) Act, 2016.
✅ Subsumed Indirect Taxes - Excise duty, Value Added Tax (VAT), Service tax, Luxury tax etc.
✅ 4-Tier Tax Structure - 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%.
✅ Components 4️⃣ : Central GST (CGST), State GST (SGST), Union Territories GST (UTGST), and Integrated GST (IGST).

⭕️ The Goods and Services Tax Council :

✅️ Constitutional body , Article 279A
✅️ Secretariat - New Delhi
✅️ Chairperson - The Union Finance Minister
✅️ Members :
🔸The Union Minister of State in charge of Revenue or Finance
🔸The Minister in charge of Finance or Taxation or any other Minister nominated by each state government
✅️ Vice -Chairperson - Council from the States have to choose one amongst themselves as the Vice-Chairperson of the Council.

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🔆 Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) :
✅ Apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country.
✅ Established - 1929
✅ Registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
✅ Operates Under - The Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE)
✅ Under Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
✅ Ex-officio President of Society - Union Minister of Agriculture

✅ Headquarters - New Delhi

✅ Functions :
🔸Coordinating and promoting agricultural education and research.
🔸 Providing leadership in agricultural research and technology transfer.
🔸 Conducting fundamental and applied research in various aspects of agriculture.
🔸 Developing and implementing agricultural policies and programs.
🔸Strengthening linkages between research, extension, and education in agriculture.
✅ Milestone - Launch of the Green Revolution in the 1960s, which significantly increased agricultural production.

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🔆 Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) Summit 2024 :

✅ 6th Quad Leaders’ Summit in Wilmington, Delaware (USA).
✅ Hosted by - US
✅ Members - Four Democracies : India, Australia, US and Japan
✅ Leaders - Prime Minister Narendra Modi, U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida 
✅ History - Quad as a formal group was first mooted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2007. 
✅ Involves - Launch of a New Coast Guard Exercise, A Logistics Network, Expansion of Maritime Surveillance & A Project to Combat Cervical Cancer.
✅ The ‘Quad Cancer Moonshot’ will involve contributions from all four countries to combat Cervical Cancer
✅ The countries announced the Quad-at-Sea Ship Observer Mission in 2025 to improve interoperability and maritime safety. 
✅ A Maritime Initiative for Training in the Indo-Pacific (MAITRI) to train Quad partners “to monitor and secure their waters, enforce their laws, and deter unlawful behaviour” was also announced. India will host the first MAITRI workshop in 2025.

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📌Vishnupad Temple 👇

✔️Main Points 👇

🔹1st:- It was built in 1787 on the orders of Queen Ahilyabai Holkar of Ahmadnagar.

🔹2nd:- It is located on the banks of the Falgu River.

🔹3rd:- Architecturally, the temple is around 100 feet tall and has 44 pillars.

🔹4th:- Vishnupad Temple is in the state of Bihar and dedicated to Lord Vishnu.

🔹5th:- Devotees visit the temple during pitra paksh, a period in the Hindu calendar when people take part in rituals to remember their ancestors.



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♻️RIVERS:- Sorrow & Lifeline♻️

📌Sorrow 👇

✔️Sorrow of Bengal - Damodar
✔️Sorrow of Bihar - Kosi
✔️Sorrow of Odisha - Mahanadi
✔️Sorrow of Assam - Brahmaputra

📌LifeLine👇

✔️Lifeline of Madhya Pradesh - Narmada
✔️Lifeline of Andhra Pradesh - Godavari
✔️Lifeline of Goa - Mandovi
✔️Lifeline of Sikkim - Teesta

✔️Red River - Brahmaputra
✔️Vridha Ganga - Godavari
✔️Ardha Ganga - Krishna
✔️Dakshina Ganga - Godavari
✔️Dakshina ki Ganga - Kaveri

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MPSC has announced date for prelims , 1st December

Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana :

✅PMMSY is designed to address critical gaps in fish production and productivity, quality, technology, post-harvest infrastructure and management, modernization and strengthening of value chain, traceability, establishing a robust fisheries management framework and fishers’ welfare.
✅Target: Enhance fish production by an additional 70 lakh tonne by 2024-25, increasing fisheries export earnings to Rs.1 lakh crores by 2024-25, doubling of incomes of fishers and fish farmers, reducing post-harvest losses from 20-25% to about 10% and generation of additional 55 lakhs direct and indirect gainful employment opportunities in fisheries sector and allied activities.
✅ Approach: ‘Cluster or Area based approaches’ and creation of Fisheries clusters through backward and forward linkages.
✅Nature of Scheme: PMMSY is an umbrella scheme with two separate Components namely (a) Central Sector Scheme (CS) and (b) Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS).
✅ Funding Pattern: Central Sector Component: 100% funding by Centre; Centrally sponsored component: 60: 40 (in case of North Eastern and Himalayan States: 90:10).
✅Nodal Ministry : Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

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Kisi ko toh puchna hi tha😂

Check list for CSE-Mains Exam Essentials starting from tomorrow-

1. ADMIT card

2. Photo I card mentioned in Admit card

3. Exam pad - to avoid bad bench in worst case (not necessary)

4. Black ball pen - to fill Attendance Sheet details

5. Own pen - 2 pen minimum plus 2 types also - to deal with all type of exigencies

6. Water bottle

7. SIMPLE WRIST WATCH

8. Chocolates for instant energy before exam (I don’t personally recommend them but some people rely on them)

9. One-two photos if your admit card photo is not clear.

10. Minimal cash + Common Sense + positive attitude.

This would be first day of this years cycle, make sure you reach your examination centre a bit early (will help you in coming days). Infact, visit your exam centre today evening only. Entry closes 30mins before commencement of exam. Be on time.

Keep your last minute flash notes with you.

Best wishes comrades,

#SabHongeKamyaabEkDin #Sharing_is_Caring 😊😎

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🔆 NOBLE PRIZE :
✅ Origin - Alfred Nobel , 1895
✅ 1st NOBLE prize - 1901
✅ Award Ceremony - December 10 [Nobel Day] , Stockholm Concert Hall in Sweden.
✅ Nobel Prize in Peace - Oslo , Norway (Same Day)
✅ Fields - Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economic Sciences
✅ 1st India Noble Laureate - Rabindra Nath Tagore (Geetanjali)
✅ 1st Indian Women - Mother Teresa (Peace) , 1979
✅ The Prize can be shared by up to three individuals, or in the case of the peace prize, it can also be awarded to an organization

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🔆 GALLANTARY AWARDS :
✅ The awards are typically announced biannually – On Republic Day & Independence Day.
✅ Types -
1. War time gallantry awards : [ only awarded to the members of armed forces ]
🔸 Param vir chakra
🔸 Maha vir chakra
🔸 Vir Chakra
2. Peacetime Gallantry awards : [ awarded to both the members of armed forces and civilians ]
🔸Ashok chakra
🔸 Kirti chakra
🔸 Shaurya chakra
✅ Recommends (Twice in year)- Armed forces and Ministry of Home Affairs (for civilians) to The Ministry of Defence
✅ Announcement - Official gazette of Government of India
✅ Presented By - President
✅ The awards can be awarded posthumously.
✅ Other Gallantary Awards - Sena Medal, Nao Sena Medal, Vayusena Medal , Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal , Param Vishisht Seva Medal etc.

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