Maritime trade centre excavated ta Andhra Pradesh - History
Kartarpur Corridor - I.R
Practice Questions
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2 out of 3 wild polio virus strains have been eradicated – WHO
According to WHO the wild poliovirus type 3 has been globally eradicated.
About Polio
Poliomyelitis
Polio vaccines: OPV and IPV
Polio in India
India climbs 14 notches in ease of doing business ranking - (Editorial)
In a significant improvement, India has notched 14 places in the latest Doing Business index 2020 from last year’s 77 to 63 this year. Besides India is one of the most improved 10 economies in terms of the business index.
Doing Business index 2020
10 sub-indices which decides ranking
Best places to do business
India’s Performance
AP likely had a flourishing port, 2000 years ago
An excavation carried out byArchaeological Survey of India (ASI) near Naidupeta (about 80 km from Tirupati and Nellore), has found that maritime trade centre based out of a fortified settlement near the banks of the Swarnamukhi river in Andhra Pradesh’s Gottiprolu may have had a trade guild with its own army to protect its interests around 2,000 years ago.
About the Excavations
brick-built structures
Satavahana/ Ikshvaku period
Krishna valley
Satavahanas – Society, trade, religion, culture
India, Pakistan sign Kartarpur pact
India and Pakistan has signed an agreement to operationalise the Kartarpur corridor that will facilitate pilgrims from India to visit the Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan.
About the pact
About Kartarpur Corridor
About Guru Nanak
Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)
Hot mix plants, stone-crushers and construction activities that generate dust are prohibited from October 26 to 30 in Delhi and its satellite towns, a committee overseeing the implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).
GRAP
ECAP
Should schools have prayers? – (Interview)
This interview highlights whether prayers done in the morning assembly of schools amount to giving religious instructions to students.
