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Poumai Naga Tribe:
The Poumai Naga tribe is an indigenous ethnic group primarily residing in the Senapati district of Manipur and parts of Nagaland.
About 95.7% of the total population of Poumai is in the Senapati district, Manipur.
It is one of the oldest and largest Naga tribes in Manipur.
✅The language that Poumai communicates is known as "POULA".
✅Christianity is the dominant religion in the Poumai Community.
✅Their Pouli (Pottery) and Poutai (Pou salt) production was well known to the entire tribal areas in Manipur and Nagaland in ancient times.
✅The main occupation of Poumai Naga is agriculture, and shifting cultivation is hardly practiced now in Poumai villages.
✅Popular festivals:
Paonii, Donii, Laonii, Daonii, Rounii, Duhnii, Loukanii, Thounii, Khiinii, Taithounii, etc.
Laoniiis one of the important festivals celebrated in Poumai villages after the rice transplantation.
The Poumai Naga tribe is an indigenous ethnic group primarily residing in the Senapati district of Manipur and parts of Nagaland.
About 95.7% of the total population of Poumai is in the Senapati district, Manipur.
It is one of the oldest and largest Naga tribes in Manipur.
✅The language that Poumai communicates is known as "POULA".
✅Christianity is the dominant religion in the Poumai Community.
✅Their Pouli (Pottery) and Poutai (Pou salt) production was well known to the entire tribal areas in Manipur and Nagaland in ancient times.
✅The main occupation of Poumai Naga is agriculture, and shifting cultivation is hardly practiced now in Poumai villages.
✅Popular festivals:
Paonii, Donii, Laonii, Daonii, Rounii, Duhnii, Loukanii, Thounii, Khiinii, Taithounii, etc.
Laoniiis one of the important festivals celebrated in Poumai villages after the rice transplantation.
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✅ A G-Sec is a type of debt instrument issued by the government to borrow money from the public to finance its Fiscal Deficit.
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◽️Short : Term (usually called treasury bills, with original maturities of less than one year
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🔸️ State Government - Only bonds or dated securities [State Development Loans (SDLs)]
✅ G-Secs carry practically no risk of default and, hence, are called risk-free gilt-edged instruments.
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✅ A Tradable instrument issued by the Central Government or the State Governments.
✅ A G-Sec is a type of debt instrument issued by the government to borrow money from the public to finance its Fiscal Deficit.
✅ Kinds :
◽️Short : Term (usually called treasury bills, with original maturities of less than one year
◽️Long : Term (usually called Government bonds or dated securities with original maturity of one year or more)
✅ Issuer :
🔸️ Central Government - issues both, treasury bills & bonds or dated securities
🔸️ State Government - Only bonds or dated securities [State Development Loans (SDLs)]
✅ G-Secs carry practically no risk of default and, hence, are called risk-free gilt-edged instruments.
✅ Issue Mechanism : The RBI conducts Open Market Operations (OMOs) for sale or purchase of G-secs to adjust money supply conditions.
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🔆Marburg Viral Disease :
✅It is a severe, highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola belongs to the filovirus family.
✅The natural host of the Marburg virus is the African fruit bat, which carries the pathogen.
✅The virus can be transmitted from bats to primates, including humans.
✅The virus was first identified in 1967 in Marburg, Germany, after workers contracted it from infected green monkeys.
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✅It is a severe, highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola belongs to the filovirus family.
✅The natural host of the Marburg virus is the African fruit bat, which carries the pathogen.
✅The virus can be transmitted from bats to primates, including humans.
✅The virus was first identified in 1967 in Marburg, Germany, after workers contracted it from infected green monkeys.
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✅PARIVESH stands for (Pro-Active Responsive Facilitation by Interactive and Virtuous Environmental Singlewindow Hub).
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✅It provides a single platform for environmental clearances, forest clearances, wildlife clearances, and coastal regulation zone clearances.
✅Parivesh 2.0 introduces a mobile app that allows project proponents to track their clearance applications and compliance submissions.
Significance of Parivesh 2.0 :
✅Improves Ease of Doing Business
✅Ensures better environmental governance
✅Reduces Delay in Clearances
✅PARIVESH stands for (Pro-Active Responsive Facilitation by Interactive and Virtuous Environmental Singlewindow Hub).
✅Parivesh was originally launched in 2018 to provide a single window for various environmental, forest, wildlife, and coastal regulation zone clearances.
✅Parivesh 2.0 is an enhanced version designed to improve efficiency, transparency, and accountability in the approval process.
✅It provides a single platform for environmental clearances, forest clearances, wildlife clearances, and coastal regulation zone clearances.
✅Parivesh 2.0 introduces a mobile app that allows project proponents to track their clearance applications and compliance submissions.
Significance of Parivesh 2.0 :
✅Improves Ease of Doing Business
✅Ensures better environmental governance
✅Reduces Delay in Clearances
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🔆 The National Film Awards :
✅ Established - 1954
✅ Three sections : Feature Films, Non-Feature Films, and Best Writing in Cinema.
✅ These awards have been administered by the Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.
✅ Award ceremony - New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards.
✅ This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where award-winning films are screened for the public.
✅ The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest honor, given for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema
✅ Renaming of Awards :
◽️The Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a director' will now be known simply as 'Best Debut Film of a Director
◽️The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration' has been renamed as the 'Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social, and Environmental Values
✅ Based on Recommendations of a committee set up by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
✅ Established - 1954
✅ Three sections : Feature Films, Non-Feature Films, and Best Writing in Cinema.
✅ These awards have been administered by the Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.
✅ Award ceremony - New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards.
✅ This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where award-winning films are screened for the public.
✅ The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest honor, given for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema
✅ Renaming of Awards :
◽️The Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a director' will now be known simply as 'Best Debut Film of a Director
◽️The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration' has been renamed as the 'Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social, and Environmental Values
✅ Based on Recommendations of a committee set up by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
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Cabinet approves conferring status of Classical Language to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages
Languages Granted Classical Language Status
✅ 2004: Tamil recognized as a classical language
✅ 2005: Sanskrit was officially recognized.
✅ 2008: Telugu achieved official recognition.
✅ 2008: Kannada gained the status.
✅ 2013: Malayalam was recognized.
✅ 2014: Odia was accorded the status
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Languages Granted Classical Language Status
✅ 2004: Tamil recognized as a classical language
✅ 2005: Sanskrit was officially recognized.
✅ 2008: Telugu achieved official recognition.
✅ 2008: Kannada gained the status.
✅ 2013: Malayalam was recognized.
✅ 2014: Odia was accorded the status
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✅The International Day of Non-Violence, celebrated annually on October 2
✅This day, proclaimed by the United Nations in 2007, serves as a reminder of the power of non-violence in shaping societies.
Gandhi’s Legacy of Non-Violence
✅Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of Satyagraha and non-violent resistance, remains one of the most potent forces for change in modern history.
✅His peaceful protests against British rule, particularly the Dandi March in 1930
Mahatma Gandhi famously said,
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✅This day, proclaimed by the United Nations in 2007, serves as a reminder of the power of non-violence in shaping societies.
Gandhi’s Legacy of Non-Violence
✅Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of Satyagraha and non-violent resistance, remains one of the most potent forces for change in modern history.
✅His peaceful protests against British rule, particularly the Dandi March in 1930
Mahatma Gandhi famously said,
"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction."
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