TaxiBots

TaxiBots for UPSC IAS

TaxiBots are semi-robotic tow trucks to help airlines reduce the use of Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) during taxiing.

Gond Painting

Gond Painting for UPSC IAS

Gond Painting is a famous folk art of the Gond tribal community of central India.

It is done to preserve and communicate the culture of the Gond tribal community.

It is said to be originated from the Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh.

The Gonds

The Gonds foe UPSC IAS

The Gonds are the largest tribal Community in India and can be traced to the pre-Aryan era.

They are a heterogeneous group spreading over large areas from the Godavari Gorges in the south to the Vindhya Mountains in the north.

The majority speak various mutually unintelligible dialects of Gondi.

Exercise Orion

Exercise Orion for UPSC IAS

Exercise Orion is a multinational exercise hosted by the French government.

It is reportedly the largest-ever multinational exercise being carried out by the French defence forces which have involved their Army, Navy and Air Force.

Marcha rice

Marcha rice for UPSC IAS

Marcha rice is a short indigenous cultivar of rice found in the West Champaran district of Bihar. It is also known as Mircha, Marchaiya, Marichaetc locally.

Khejri tree

Khejri tree for UPSC IAS

The Khejri tree is considered a sacred tree in Rajasthan.
It is also called jant or janti in areas like Alwar, Sikar, and Jhunjhunu.
In 1730, a Bishnoi woman named Amrita Devi was killed while trying to protect a grove of khejri trees.

Bishnoi community

The Bishnoi community belong to a Hindu religious sect.
They are found in the Western Thar Desert and some northern states of India.

Vedanta

Vedanta for UPSC IAS

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