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Denotified Tribes, also known as Vimukta Jatis, are communities that were collectively branded as criminal tribes during British rule.  These groups are largely nomadic or semi-nomadic, historically dependent on occupations such as pastoralism, salt trading, acrobatics, snake charming, transport services, … Continue reading →

  Source: The Hindu

Introduced in India in 1985 under the 52nd Amendment to the Constitution of India Mention in the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution What is it?:  It lays down the process by which legislators may be disqualified on grounds of defection. … Continue reading →

It is a large system of ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the global Thermohaline Circulation (also called the “Global Conveyor Belt”). AMOC transports warm, salty surface water northward and cold, deep water southward. How does it work? … Continue reading →

The Registrar-General and Census Commissioner of India (RGI) is the top authority for managing Census operations and civil registration across the country. Formed in 1961 under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Functions Conducts the decennial Census of India under the … Continue reading →

It is the third-largest peninsular river system and the largest in Odisha, which originates in the northern foothills of Dandakaranya in Chhattisgarh. Basin states are  Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh. Bordering mountain ranges are the Central India hills, … Continue reading →

It was set up based on the recommendations of the Nachiket Mor Committee. It aims to advance financial inclusion by offering banking and financial services to the unbanked and underbanked areas, helping the migrant labour force, low-income households, small entrepreneurs, … Continue reading →

Stretching over 3500 kilometres and across eight countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Myanmar, and Pakistan Often referred to as the “Third Pole” for its vast ice reserves, after the Arctic and Antarctic. It runs northeast to southwest and … Continue reading →

Natural Reasons: High levels of arsenic, fluoride, iron, and uranium exist naturally in geological formations, contaminating groundwater. Agriculture: Excessive use of fertilisers, pesticides, and herbicides leaches harmful chemicals into the water table. Industrial Waste: Release of untreated industrial effluents leads … Continue reading →

The Druzhba (meaning Friendship) pipeline is one of the world’s longest and largest crude oil pipeline networks connecting Russia and Central and Eastern Europe. It originates in the Almetyevsk region of central Russia and runs through Belarus and then splits … Continue reading →