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🌸SYNONYMS of the Day🌸 #SynonymsForCompetitiveExams 01. ADVOCATE A. pronounce B. support C. determine D. predict Ans: B 02. AFFLUENCE A. richness B. Difficulty C. influence D. awkwardness Ans: A 03. AFFLUENT A. Blossom B. flourish C. prosperous D. thrive Ans: C 04. AFFLUENT A. prosperous B. Kind C. Fluent D. distributary Ans: A 05. ALERT A. Hostile B. watchful C. brave D. quick Ans: B 06. ALLURE A. tempt B. attempt C. deceive D. praise Ans: A 07. ALTRUISTIC A. hostile B. outdated C. selfish D. philanthropic Ans: D 08. AMELIORATE A. appease B. improve C. humiliate D. make excuse Ans: B 09. AMELIORATE A. Improve B. degrade C. motivate D. agree Ans: A 10. AMIABLE A. rude B. curt C. friendly D. annoyed Ans: C Join >> @dailynewscom

SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organisation It is a permanent intergovernmental international and a Eurasian political, economic and military organization. Aim: To maintain peace, security and stability in the region created in 2001. The SCO is widely regarded as the “Alliance of the East”, due to its growing centrality in Asia-Pacific, and has been the primary security pillar of the region. It is the largest regional organisation in the world in terms of geographical coverage and population, covering three-fifths of the Eurasian continent and nearly half of the human population. Members: Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan. Observer states: Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia. Dialogue Partners: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka. influenza makes people more susceptible to bacterial infections. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Join >> @dailynewscom

International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Economy In news The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) obtained membership of International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). With this membership IFSCA would have access to IAIS’s global network and would be able to exchange ideas and information with other global regulators. This would help in developing a vibrant global Insurance hub in IFSC at GIFT City. Important value addition International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Established in: 1994 Headquarter: Switzerland. It is a voluntary membership organization of insurance supervisors and regulators from more than 200 jurisdictions, constituting 97% of the world’s insurance premiums. Some of the leading members of IAIS are: (1) United Kingdom- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA); (2) USA- National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NIAC); (3) India- Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) etc. It is the international standard-setting body responsible for developing and assisting in the implementation of principles, standards and other supporting material for the supervision of the insurance sector. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Join >> @dailynewscom

Lottery, gambling, betting taxable under GST Act The Supreme Court has held that lottery, gambling and betting are taxable under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act. What did the court say? A three-judge Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan said the levy of GST on lotteries does not amount to "hostile discrimination". The court held that lottery, betting and gambling are "actionable claims" and come within the definition of 'goods' under Section 2(52) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. Lottery, betting and gambling are well known concepts and have been in practice in this country since before Independence and were regulated and taxed by different legislations. Parliament to decide The court said that the Parliament had an absolute power to go for an "inclusive definition" of the term 'goods' to include actionable claims like lottery, gambling and betting. The court accepted the government's stand that the Parliament has the competence to levy GST on lotteries under Article 246A (inserted after GST Act) of the Constitution. The power to make laws as conferred by Article 246A fully empowers the Parliament to make laws with respect to GST and expansive definition of goods given in Section 2(52). 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Join >> @dailynewscom

Surveyor-2 Spacecraft NASA has confirmed that the Near-Earth Object called 2020 SO is the rocket booster that helped lift the space agency's Surveyor spacecraft toward the Moon in 1966. What is Surveyor-2? The Surveyor-2 spacecraft was supposed to make a soft landing on the Moon's surface in September 1966, during which time one of the three thrusters failed to ignite. As a result of this the spacecraft started spinning and crashed on the surface. The aim of the mission was to reconnoiter the lunar surface ahead of the Apollo missions that led to the first lunar landing in 1969. While the spacecraft crashed into the Moon's surface, the rocket booster disappeared into an unknown orbit around the Sun. How was the object determined to be the rocket booster? Astronomers track asteroids using telescope to determine if there are potentially hazardous asteroids that pose a threat to the planet. Therefore, it is also important for them to be able to distinguish between natural and artificial objects that orbit around the Sun. The rocket booster has come "somewhat close" to the Earth in the past few decades. One approach to the Earth in late 1966 was so close that the object was thought to have originated from Earth. In September, the NASA-funded telescope detected it. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Join >> @dailynewscom

Arecibo Radio Telescope A massive radio telescope at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory one of the world's largest collapsed on after sustaining severe damage, following 57 years of astronomical discoveries. Arecibo Telescope The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), was an observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). It was the world's largest single-aperture telescope for 53 years, surpassed in July 2016 by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in China. The second-largest single-dish radio telescope in the world, it had withstood many hurricanes and earthquakes since it was first built in 1963. Its contributions Being the most powerful radar, scientists employed Arecibo to observe planets, asteroids and the ionosphere. It made several discoveries over the decades, including finding prebiotic molecules in distant galaxies, the first exoplanets, and the first millisecond pulsar. In 1967, Arecibo was able to discover that the planet Mercury rotates in 59 days and not 88 days as had been originally thought. In the following decades, it also served as a hub in the search for extraterrestrial life, and would look for radio signals from alien civilizations. In 1993, scientists Russell Hulse and Joseph Taylor were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the observatory in monitoring a binary pulsar. It provided a strict test of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity and the first evidence for the existence of gravitational waves. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Join >> @dailynewscom

🌸SYNONYMS of the Day🌸 #SynonymsForCompetitiveExams 01. ADMONISH A. irritate B. chide C. displease D. annoy Ans: B 02. ADMONITION A. Admission B. Hindrance C. Reason D. Warning Ans: D 03. ADORN A. trust B. writer C. Suspect D. beautify Ans: D 04. ADULATION A. duration B. argument C. flattery D. institution Ans: C 05. ADVANCE A. Bend B. Give C. Change D. Move forward Ans: D 06. ADVANCE A. reduce B. Halt C. Progress D. extend Ans: C 07. ADVERSE A. unequal B. Unfavourable C. Unwanted D. undue Ans: B 08. ADVERSITY A. chance B. capacity C. joy D. misfortune Ans: D 09. ADVERSITY A. Opponent B. misfortune C. adversary D. hostility Ans: B 10. ADVERSITY A. Seniority B. spirituality C. Familiarity D. misery Ans: D Join >> @dailynewscom

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NAVY’S INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS CENTRE Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? The Navy’s Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC), the nodal agency for maritime data fusion set up after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, will soon become a National Maritime Domain Awareness (NDMA) centre, with all stakeholders having their presence there. Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) The Indian Navy’s Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) was approved in 2012 and operationalized in 2014. Located at the Gurugram Air Force Station it is the nodal centre that links information from the high seas and Indian’s coastline and island territories. The Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean region (IFC–IOR), was set up in the IMAC in 2018, as a regional information coordination body, that coordinates with 21 partner countries and 22 multi-national agencies. The need to set up such a surveillance and information management system was felt following the 2008 Mumbai attacks. IMAC tracks only non-military shipping, whereas the Directorate of Naval Operations tracks military vessels on another classified network. -Source: The Hindu 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Join >> @dailynewscom

Q. Sarayu river was recently in news. It originated in which State? a) Uttar Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh c) Himachal Pradesh d) Uttrakhand

RAMAYAN CRUISE TOUR  ‘Ramayan Cruise Tour’ on the Saryu river in Ayodhya will be launched soon. Ministry: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways The Sarayu is a river that originates in Uttarakhand.  It flows through Uttar Pradesh in India.  It is a tributary of the Sharda River. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Join >> @dailynewscom

Cyclonic storm ‘Burevi’ The Deep Depression over southwest Bay of Bengal recently intensified into Cyclonic Storm ‘Burevi’. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that a cyclone brewing in the Bay of Bengal is likely to affect Tamil Nadu and Kerala, less than a week after cyclone "Nivar" wreaked havoc in the southern states. The cyclone will cross the Sri Lanka coast on December 2 and bring heavy rain over Tamil Nadu and Kerala. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Join >> @dailynewscom

China gives ‘go ahead’ for New Dam on Brahmaputra Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – International Relations In news Recently, China has given the go ahead for a Chinese hydropower company to construct the first downstream hydropower project on the lower reaches of the river Brahmaputra. Key takeaways The state-owned hydropower company signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) government to implement hydropower exploitation in the downstream of the Yarlung Zangbo river as part of the new Five Year Plan (2021-2025). This will be the first time the downstream sections of the river will be tapped. The location of the planned project has not been mentioned anywhere. This 50 km section alone offers a potential of developing 70 million kilowatt hours (Kwh). Important value addition Brahmaputra It originates under the name of Siang or Dihang, from the Chemayungdung glacier of the Kailash range near the Mansarovar lake. It enters India west of Sadiya town in Arunachal Pradesh. Tributaries: Dibang, Lohit, Siang, Burhi Dihing, Tista, and Dhansari. It is a perennial river. It has several peculiar characteristics due to its geography and prevailing climatic conditions. It is flooded twice annually. One flood is caused by the melting of the Himalayan snow in summer and the other due to the monsoon flows. The frequency of these floods has increased. These floods are devastating due to climate change and its impact on high and low flows. These pose a concern for the population and food security in the lower riparian states of India and Bangladesh. The river is in itself dynamic as frequent landslides and geological activity force it to change course very often. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Join >> @dailynewscom