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Lancet report has focussed on rising significance and threats of syndemics. They represent as the paramount challenge for humans, the environment and our planet that presses the need for urgent action. Until now, undernutrition and obesity have been seen as polar opposites. But the report states that they are both driven by the same unhealthy, inequitable food systems, underpinned by the same political economy that is focused on economic growth.

The word Purana means ‘that which renews the old’ and is almost always mentioned along with Itihasa. The Puranas were written to illustrate and expound the truth of the Vedas. The main Puranas are 18 encyclopaedic collections of legend and myth. The Mahapuranas have five subjects. These are : (1) Sarga, the original creation of the universe, (2) Pratisarga, the periodical process of destruction and re-creation, (3) Manvantara, the different eras or cosmic cycles, (4) Surya Vamsha and Chandra Vamsa, the histories of the solar and lunar dynasties of Gods and sages, (5) Vamshanucharita, the genealogies of kings.

6th schedule deals with the administration of the tribal areas in four north-eastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. They are treated differently by the constitution because the tribes in these states have not assimilated much the life and ways of the other people in these states. The tribal areas in these states have been constituted as autonomous districts, each of which has an autonomous district council consisting of 30 members. Currently, there are 10 such councils. These autonomous districts are directly administered by the Governor

A geosynchronous orbit, located at 35,790 km has the same orbital period as the sidereal rotation period of the Earth. It allows satellites to synchronize with the rotation of the Earth (only in time and not in direction). In a geostationary orbit, satellite rotates in the same direction as the rotation of the Earth and has an approximate 24 hour period.
Polar Orbit –Satellites placed in polar orbits have an inclination of about 90 degrees to the equator and travel north-south over the poles at lower altitudes.
Sun Synchronous Orbit –It is a special case of Polar Orbit moving from pole to pole allowing satellites to pass over any given point of the planet’s surface at roughly the same local time each day.

Under the CFS, the Govt. of India has been supporting Indian Entities bidding for strategically important infrastructure projects abroad. Prior to the introduction of CFS, Indian entities were not able to bid for large projects abroad since the cost of financing was very high for them and bidders from other countries such as China, Japan, Europe and US were able to provide credit at superior terms, i.e., lower interest rate and longer tenures which works to the advantage of bidders from those countries. Also, by having projects of strategic interest to India executed by Indian entities, the CFS enables India to generate substantial backward linkage induced jobs, demand for material and machinery in India and also a lot of goodwill for India.

RLV-TD is a series of technology demonstration missions that have been considered as a first step towards realizing a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO) fully reusable vehicle. It is the unanimous solution to achieve low cost, reliable and on-demand space access.
RLV-TD was successfully flight tested in 2016 from Sriharikota validating the critical technologies such as autonomous navigation, guidance & control, reusable thermal protection system and re-entry mission management.

Art 142 provides for complete justice, whereas Art 141 makes SC decisions binding on all courts.
Art 136- By virtue of this Article, the court can grant special leave to appeal from any judgment, decree, determination, sentence or order in any cause or matter, passed or made by any court or tribunal in the territory of India. There is no limit, as in other Articles where it is provided that an appeal can lie only from a judgment, decree or final order.
Art 144- Article 144 obliges all authorities in the country to act in aid of the Supreme Court. It is, therefore, not permissible in our constitutional scheme for any other authority to claim that power in exclusivity, or in supersession of the Supreme Court’s verdict.

Around 1000 A.D. local differences in Prakrit grew more and more pronounced, which later came to be known as Apabhramsa, and this led to the modern Indian languages taking shape and being born. These languages, conditioned by the regional, linguistic and ethnic environment, assumed different linguistic characteristics. The most powerful trend of medieval Indian literature between 1000 and 1800 A.D. is devotional (bhakti) poetry which dominates almost all the major languages of the country. Bhakti attacked the age-old caste system and devoted itself to the worship of humanity.

Invest India was formed in 2009 under Section 25 of the Companies Act 1956 for promotion of foreign investment with 49% equity of the then Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry and 51% shareholding by FICCI.
Role of Invest India:
. It identifies target companies across focus sectors from target markets looking to initiate investment into India.
. Provision of high quality services to support investors throughout the investment life cycle
. Bilateral CEOs forums with various countries to identify new avenues for cooperation.
. Scales up use of technology for investment targeting and facilitation.