SAMअर्थ

2021-05-09 08:25:08 Banana Grit

✓Recently, scientists at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) at Pappanamcode in Kerala have come up with a new product, Banana Grit or Granules, developed from raw Nendran bananas.

✓Banana Grit and its byproduct can improve gut health and is an ideal ingredient in a healthy diet. The concept was introduced to utilise the presence of resistant starch in bananas. Open / Comment

2021-05-09 08:04:52 Bhima-Koregaon Battle

✓A battle was fought in Bhima Koregaon between the Peshwa forces and the British on 1st January, 1818.

✓The British army, which comprised mainly of Dalit soldiers, fought the upper caste-dominated Peshwa army.

✓The British troops defeated the Peshwa army.

Peshwa Bajirao II had insulted the Mahar community and terminated them from the service of his army. This caused them to side with the English against the Peshwa’s numerically superior army.

✓The defeat of Peshwa army was considered to be a victory against caste-based discrimination and oppression.

✓It was one of the last battles of the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-18), which ended the Peshwa domination. Open / Comment

2021-05-08 23:44:01 Moringa

✓Botanical name: Moringa oleifera

✓It is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree native to the Indian subcontinent.

✓Common names include moringa, drumstick tree, horseradish tree etc.

✓It is widely cultivated for its young seed pods and leaves, used as vegetables and for traditional herbal medicine. It is also used for water purification.

✓It has various healthy compounds such as various vitamins, important elements such as Iron, Magnesium etc. and is extremely low on fats and contains no cholesterol. Open / Comment

2021-05-08 15:50:15 Co-WIN App

✓Co-WIN, a cloud-based IT platform, is supposed to handle minute details for India’s Covid-19 immunisation programme, including registering beneficiaries, allocating vaccination centres, sending text messages with name of their vaccinator to beneficiaries and live monitoring of vials in cold storage.


✓The Co-WIN platform is owned by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and was earlier the platform used for conducting Pulse Polio and other crucial immunisation programmes across the country. Open / Comment

2021-05-08 14:39:03 Guru Gobind Singh

✓He became the Sikh guru at the age of nine, following the demise of his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru.

✓He also founded the principles of Khalsa or the Five ‘K’s.

The Five K’s are kesh (uncut hair), kanga (wooden comb), kara (iron or steel bracelet), kirpan (dagger) and kachera (short breeches).

✓He named Guru Granth Sahib, the religious text of the Khalsas and the Sikhs, as the next Guru of the two communities.


✓He fought against the Mughals in the battle of Muktsar in 1705.

✓In the Battle of Anandpur
(1704), the Guru lost his mother and two minor sons who were executed. His eldest son also died in battle. Open / Comment

2021-05-08 09:36:56 Indian Star Tortoise

Indian star tortoise is found across the Indian sub-continent, more specifically, in the Central and Southern parts of India, in West Pakistan and in Sri Lanka.

Protection Status:

✓Wild Life Protection Act 1972: Schedule IV

Schedule IV: This list is for species that are not endangered. It includes protected species but the penalty for any violation is less compared to the Schedules I and II.

✓Convention on International Trade inSpecies (CITES): Appendix I

✓IUCN Status: Vulnerable Open / Comment

2021-05-08 08:02:34 Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple: Karnataka

✓This temple is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

✓It is believed to have been built by Kempe Gowda I in its present form.

✓Celestial Oriented Architecture: Built in Vijaynagar style, it has unique celestial oriented rock cut architecture due to which Surya majjana occurs on Sankranti every year.

Note: Surya Majjana:
Every year on the Makar Sankranti, the sun rays fall on the Shiv linga located in the cave (gavi) making it shine for ten minutes. Open / Comment

2021-05-08 00:16:12 About Thiruvalluvar:

✓Thiruvalluvar, also called Valluvar, was a Tamil poet-saint.

✓He is regarded as a cultural and moral icon for Tamils across caste and religious lines.

✓The period when he lived is debated, as is his religious identity.

✓His primary work Thirukkural (contribution to Tamil Literature) contains 1330 couplets (kurals). Open / Comment

2021-05-08 00:09:51 ASMI:The Machine Pistol

✓The Machine Pistol fires the in-service 9mm ammunition.

✓With an overall empty weight of less than 2 Kg, it features an 8-inch barrel and 33 rounds high capacity magazine.

✓It has an upper receiver made from Aircraft grade Aluminium and lower receiver from Carbon Fibre.

✓3D Printing process has been used in designing and prototyping of various parts including trigger components made by metal 3D printing. Open / Comment