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Raj Kaushal Portal was launched to provide employment opportunities to migrant laborers during COVID-19 in Rajasthan.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Shri Ashok Gehlot has launched Raj Kaushal Portal. Under this portal, employment will be provided to all those workers whose employment has been lost due to the coronavirus lockdown. All those workers who have lost their jobs due to the lockdown can apply on this portal and those industries which are facing a shortage of workers can also apply on this portal.

Shellac is a natural resin. It is produced by the lac insect (Laccifer lacca).

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was adjudged 'Captain of the Year' at the 15th Annual ESPNcricinfo awards 2022.

Williamson won it for leading his side to the World Test Championship win and a runners-up place at the T20 World Cup. he jury picked the best performances in the three men's international formats, and performances in women's cricket at large, in the 2021 calendar year.

Switzerland is not a member of U.N.O.

On September 10, 2002, the UN General Assembly in New York accepted Switzerland as the 190th member state. This left the Vatican as the only state outside the United Nations. When the UN was founded in 1945, the Swiss government ruled out membership. It saw the organisation as incompatible with neutrality. Despite Geneva being the UN's European headquarters, Switzerland has resisted joining for five decades, forming a club of two with the Vatican state. 

Since an overwhelming majority of Indians do not pay income taxes, Indian tax revenues remain largely dependent on indirect tax collections, which include all taxes on spending (such as GST). These indirect taxes account for over two-thirds of the total tax revenue in India.

Over half of the government’s expenditure in India goes towards subsidies and other programs. India also spends a substantial amount on interest payments. At 2017 levels of expenditure, 6% of GDP went towards interest payments. A higher proportion of interest payments are a direct outcome of the debt levels accumulated by the Indian government.

Bonnie Lynn Raitt (Bonnie Raitt), an American blues singer, songwriter, and activist has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award 2022. The Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates “performers who have made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the field of recording. Bonnie Raitt is a 10-time Grammy Award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

​The 64th annual Grammy Awards was held on 04 April 2022, for the first time at the MGM Grand Garden Arena with Trevor Noah as host. The 64th GRAMMY Awards recognizes recordings (including musical artists, compositions, and albums) released between September 01, 2020, to September 30, 2021. Jon Batiste received the most nominations with eleven and Batiste also received the most awards with five.

Ahsanabad became the capital of Bahamani sultanate immediately after its foundation.

The Bahmani Sultanate was a Muslim state of the Deccan Plateau in southern India between 1347 and 1527. This kingdom occupied the Northern area Deccan region to the river Krishna. The Bahmani capital was Ahsanabad (Gulbarga) between 1347 and 1425 later on it became Muhammadabad (Bidar). The sultanate reached the zenith of its power during the reign of Mahmud Gawan.

The right to adequate livelihood comes under article 39 of DPSP. Therefore, It is Non Justiciable right.

The contribution of edible oils to India's total agro-import value has been around 62 %. The contribution of marine products to the total agro-export value in India has been around 23 %. Thus, 2 and 4 are correct.

Indian men's volleyball team won bronze medal by defeating Korea 3-2 in the 14th Asian U-18 Championship in Tehran on 22 August 2022.

• In the preliminary league match too, India defeated Korea but lost to Iran in the semifinal on 21 August 2022.
• The Indian U-18 team has qualified for the FIVB World U-19 Men’s Volleyball Championship.
• Japan clinched the gold after beating Iran in the final match.

‘Todarmal system’ is also known as Zabti or Dahsala system. This system of land revenue became very popular and continued for a very long time.

Carbon neutrality refers to achieving net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by balancing carbon dioxide emissions with removal (often through carbon offsetting) or simply eliminating carbon dioxide emissions altogether (the transition to the “post-carbon economy”).

Although both renewable and non-renewable energy produce carbon emissions in some form, renewable energy has a lesser to almost zero carbon emissions.

Orange is the Colour of the 'black box' in an aeroplane.

The term "black box" is almost never used within the flight safety industry or aviation, which prefers the term "flight recorder". The recorders are not permitted to be black in color, and must be bright orange, as they are intended to be spotted and recovered after incidents. 

Rise in water level in oceans is due to melting of ice in polar region. As the Earth's temperature continues to rise, the ice in these regions is melting at an increasing rate, causing the sea level to rise.

The full form of NSDL is National Securities Depository Limited.

National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) is an Indian central securities depository, based in Mumbai. It was established in August 1996 as the first electronic securities depository in India with national coverage.

NSDL provides bucket of services to investors, stock brokers, custodians, issuer companies, Saving account current account Business corresponding etc. through its nationwide network of Depository Participants or DPs and digital platforms.

The status of Sikkim as a protectorate state was terminated and Sikkim was given the status of ‘Associate State’ of India. The state of Sikkim was given an associate status in the Indian Constitution in the year 1974.

V.D. Savarkar, also known as Veer Savarkar, was an Indian independence activist and politician who was one of the key figures in the Hindu nationalist movement in India. He was a member of the secret society called "Abhinava Bharat," which aimed to overthrow British rule in India through revolutionary means.

The active political career of the freedom fighter of Bihar, Jayaprakash Narayan, popularly known as Loknayak, started with the Civil Disobedience Movement. During the Quit India Movement of 1942, he took the reins of this movement by going underground after escaping from the prison wall of Hazaribagh along with his companions.

Fine-grained bed of ephemeral lake in a desert is also known as Playa. It occupies the flat central basins of desert plains.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the second edition of the Khelo India University Games to be held in Bengaluru will have its own mobile application. The unique 'Khelo India Uni Games 2021' mobile app promises to be a one-stop-shop for all information regarding the prestigious event scheduled to begin on April 24. It is the brainchild of the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES).

The Annapurna milk scheme main features:

​To ensure a regular supply of fresh milk to the school students. It was launched by former CM Raje at the government school in Jaipur. So statement 1 is true. 

Under the scheme, students of Class I to V will get 150 mL and those in class VI to VIII will get 200 mL of hot milk thrice a week. So the statement 3 is true.

With an aim to increasing enrollment in government schools, the Annapurna Milk Scheme in which students will get a glass of milk three a week. Every student of class I to V will be provided 150 ml and students of class VI to VIII will be provided 200 ml of milk. So statement 2 is true.

Mitti Bachao (Save the Soil) Movement started in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. This movement was started in the year 1977.

The product of the magnitude of the charge and the distance between the centres of positive and negative charge is called dipole.

When two equal and opposite charges are placed at a very small distance to each other then this arrangement is called an electric dipole. 

The electric dipole moment is defined as the product of the magnitude of one charge and the distance between the charges in an electric dipole.

⇒ P = q × 2r

Where 2r = distance between the two charges

When a stick is dipped in water in a slanting position, it appears short and bent at the surface of the water. This is because of the phenomenon of refraction, which occurs when light passes from one medium to another of different optical density, such as from air to water. Scattering does occur in water due to the presence of suspended particles or dissolved substances, it does not cause the stick to appear short and bent as observed in this scenario. Therefore, A is true but R is false.

The Environment Minister emphasized that the CAMPA funds cannot be used for payment of salary, traveling allowances, medical expenses, etc.

“Important activities on which the fund will be utilized will be for the Compensatory Afforestation, Catchment Area Treatment, Wildlife Management, Assisted Natural Regeneration, Forest Fire Prevention and Control Operations, Soil and Moisture Conservation Works in the forest, Improvement of Wildlife Habitat, Management of Biological Diversity and Biological Resources, Research in Forestry and Monitoring of CAMPA works, etc”.

During British rule in India, there was a lack of independent development of industries due in part to the preference of the rich to invest in land. The British colonial policies in India favored the export of raw materials and agricultural goods, and discouraged the development of local industries.

Department-related Standing Committees were set up in 1993 to scrutinise the functioning of the various Ministries/Departments of the Union Government assigned to them in order to further strengthen the accountability of the Government to Parliament.

Greenwich Mean Time of Bhutan is 6 hours and 0 minutes ahead.

The writer of the book 'India's Second Freedom' is M. G. Devasahayam. In this book the contribution of Jayaprakash Narayan's movement against the internal emergency in India, June 1975-January 1977 is described. 

Jayaprakash Narayan popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak was an Indian independence activist, theorist, socialist and political leader. He is remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he had called for a "total revolution". In 1999, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social service and he was also awarded with the Magsaysay award for Public Service in 1965.

Mr. Boutras Boutras Ghali, U. N. Secretary General is national of Egypt.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from January 1992 to December 1996.Antomio Guterres, former Prime Minister of Portugal is the current General Secretary of UN Assembly.