RAJASTHAN
- Rajasthan Culture : Laldas ji sect
- The founder of this sect was Saint Laldas Ji, a descendant of Mev cast in Alwar. who born in Dhauli Dhub village.
- The main basis of this sect were- Hindu Muslim unity, establishing a righteous character, attainment of morality, opposing stereotypes, pure code of conduct.
- The main seat of this sect is in Bandoli (Alwar) and mausoleum of Laladas ji is in (Nagla) Bharatpur where Saint Laldas ji died in 1705.
- The other worship site of this sect is in Dholi Dub, Sherpur, Nagla. The annual fair is held in Sherpur and Dhauli Dub village.
- Laladasji ki vani (sermon) is stored in Lal Das’ chetvanis.
- The majority of their followers (mev caste) are found in the districts of Alwar and Bharatpur,.
INTERNATIONAL
- SpiNNaker: Largest brain-mimicking supercomputer switched on for first time
- The world’s largest supercomputer Spiking Neural Network Architecture (SpiNNaker) machine designed to work in same way as human brain was switched on for the first time.
- It designed and built at University of Manchester in UK. It can model more biological neurons in real time than any other machine on planet. Biological neurons are basic brain cells present in nervous system that communicate by emitting ‘spikes’ of pure electro-chemical energy.
- It is capable of completing more than 200 million actions per second, with each of its chips having 100 million transistor.
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· Central govt approved renaming of 25 places in past 1 year
- The proposals to change the names of Allahabad to Prayagraj and Faizabad to Ayodhya are yet to be received by the ministry from the Uttar Pradesh government.
- Several proposals, including the renaming of West Bengalas ‘Bangla‘, are pending with the central government.
- Recently, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced that the state government was considering renaming Ahmedabadas Karnavati and the name change could be effected before next year’s Lok Sabha elections.
- The name of a state was changed the last time in 2011, when Orissa became Odisha. Bombay was changed to Mumbai in 1995, Madras to Chennai in 1996 and Calcutta to Kolkata in 2001.
- The central government had approved the renaming of 11 cities of Karnataka, which included renaming Bangalore as Bengaluru, in 2014.
· UIDAI said biometrics cannot identify bodies
- The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said to theDelhi High Court that identifying the unidentified bodywith the biometrics is technically not possible. The UIDAI submitted that matching of biometrics, including fingerprints and iris, is done on an 1:1 basis and Aadhaar number is required for it.
- This is after a petition filed by social activist Amit Sahni who sought direction to the Centre and the UIDAI to utilise Aadhaar biometrics to identify unidentified bodies.
· PM Modi inaugurated India’s 1st Multi-Modal Terminal on Ganga
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