National Awareness: Important Points About India State of Forest Report (ISFR) December - 2019 (#eduvictors)(#IndiaGeography)))

National Awareness: Important Points About India State of Forest Report (ISFR)
December - 2019

Important Points About India State of Forest Report (ISFR)

1. On 30th December 2019, the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar released the biennial “India State of Forest Report (ISFR)”, in New Delhi.
2. ISFR provides comprehensive information about the forest and tree cover, bamboo resources, carbon stock and forest fires.
3. The total forest cover of the country is 7,12,249 sq. km which is 21.67% of the geographical area of the country. The tree cover of the country is estimated as 95,027 sq km which is 2.89% of the geographical area.
4. The total Forest and Tree cover of the country is 8,07,276 sq. km which is 24.56% of the geographical area of the country.
   

राष्ट्रीय और अंतर्राष्ट्रीय दिवस (#eduvictors)(#nationaldays)(#generalknowledge)

राष्ट्रीय और अंतर्राष्ट्रीय दिवस

1. लुईस ब्रेल दिवस – 4 जनवरी
2. विश्व हास्य दिवस – 10 जनवरी
3. राष्ट्रिय युवा दिवस – 12 जनवरी
4. थल सेना दिवस – 15 जनवरी
5. कुष्ठ निवारण दिवस – 30 जनवरी
6. भारत पर्यटन दिवस – 25 जनवरी
7. गणतंत्र दिवस – 26 जनवरी
8. अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सीमा शुल्क एवं उत्पाद दिवस - 26 जनवरी
9. सर्वोदय दिवस – 30 जनवरी
10. शहीद दिवस – 30 जनवरी

Current Affairs and GK Quiz - March 2020 (#eduvictors)(#GKQuiz)

Current Affairs and GK Quiz - March 2020

Q1: Who has named the United Nations (UN)’s “most famous teenager in the world” in its ‘Decade in Review’ report?

Q2: Who has emerged as India's most searched business tycoon on Google in 2019?

Q3: Who is the author of the book titled “Diamond In My Palm” that describes about the 12 diamonds that was lost from India?

Q4: Who is the Union minister of Ayush Ministry?

Q5: Who was reappointed as the Chairman of Railway Board?

General Awareness: IMPORTANT BOUNDARY LINES (#compete4Exams)

GENERAL AWARENESS: IMPORTANT BOUNDARY LINES 

The line which demarcates the two countries is termed as Boundary Line.  Here is a partial list of international boundary lines.


DURAND LINE: 
Between India and Afghanistan, de­marcated by Sir Mortimer Durand in 1896, runs from Chitral to Sistan.


McMOHAN LINE: 
The boundary between India and China as demarcatedby Sir Henry Mc Mohan in 1914. China does not recognize this line.


RADCLIFF LINE: 
Drawn by Sir Cyril Red cliff in 1947 as demarcated between India and Pakistan.