Daily Factly-05-07-2020

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Daily Factly is the NDI-NationalDefence Institute initiative to help students in the process of preparation for UPSC, CDS, CAPF, NDA, AFCAT, INET, SSC, and other State-level exams. Complemented with thorough preparation and revision of all subjects and mock tests, Daily Factly would undoubtedly help you gain those extra 10-12 marks when you have exhausted the limits of your knowledge. the real test is close. We hope this helps you.

• National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP): is a flagship initiative of NITI Ayog in the space of promoting larger access and better use of data. NDAP’s Mission is to standardize data across multiple Government sources, provide flexible analytics and make it easily accessible in formats conducive for research, innovation, policymaking and public consumption.
• Kuki Tribes are ethnic group that spread throughout the North-eastern region of India, Northwest Burma and Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. In Northeast India they are present in all the states except Arunachal Pradesh. • Important festivals: Chavang Kut, Chapchar Kut.
• Naga Tribes are various individuals or ethnic groups associated to the North-Eastern part of India and northwestern Myanmar. (Nagaland and Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in India.) Prominent Naga tribes are Angami, Ao, Chakhesang, Konyak. They are distinctly famous for their ritual practice of headhunting, once prevalent among tribal warriors in Nagaland. Important festivals: Sekrenyi’ Moatsü or Moatsü Mong, Hornbill Festival.
• Tyler Prize is established in 1973, it is one of the oldest international environmental awards, recognizing individuals who have contributed in an outstanding manner to the scientific knowledge and public leadership to preserve and enhance the global environment.It is awarded by the international Tyler Prize Executive Committee with the administrative support of the University of Southern California.
• Bio rock is the name given to the substance formed by electro accumulation of minerals dissolved in seawater on steel structures that are lowered onto the sea- bed and are connected to a power source. The technology works by passing a small amount of electrical current through electrodes in the water.
• Nandur Madhameshwar is the first Ramsar site in Maharashtra. It is a mosaic of lakes, marshes and riparian forest on the Deccan Plateau. Construction of the Nandur Madhameshwar Weir at the confluence of the Godavari and Kadwa Rivers helped create a thriving wetland.
• Saman Bird Sanctuary (Mainpuri, UP) is a seasonal oxbow lake on the Ganges floodplain. The Sanctuary is particularly important as a wintering site for many migrants including the greylag goose, with over 1% of the South Asian population present during winter.
• Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary (Unnao, UP) is a shallow marshland. Monsoon rains feed this diverse wetland while the Sarda Canal supplies additional water. The Sanctuary supports recreation and tourism activities as well as local biodiversity. The highly invasive common water hyacinth poses a threat, as does the removal of timber from the forests.
• National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP), a water body having a minimum depth of three meters, spread over more than 10 hectares, and having no or very little aquatic vegetation, is considered as a lake.
• Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) is a body under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and is responsible for regulating forest diversion. It comprises of official members from the forestry division and independent experts, who are non-official members.