VR Civil Services

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  Trade and Commerce India's Trade with foreign - Arabs expanded trade with India, Southeast Asia and China .  India imported gold and silver from Arabs in return for other merchandise.  Indian merchants, philosophers, medical men, and craftsmen visited Baghdad and other Muslim towns in west Asia.  South Indian kingdoms had trade with southeast Asian countries and China. People had geographical knowledge in the period. This is evident from contemporary books such as Brihatkatha-kosh by Harisena .   Indian merchants were organized in guilds or shrenis or sanghs (people belonging to different castes having their own rules of conduct which the members were legally bound to obey, and were entitled to lend or borrow money or receive endowments), the most famous of them being Manigraman and the Nandesi .  These guilds were engaged in retail as well as wholesale trade within or outside the country . They gave handsome grants to temples and advanced money...

Catastrophic Implosion   On the contrary of explosion, an implosion occurs when an object collapses in on itself within a few milliseconds. In explosion an object breaks up due to outward pressure, but, in implosion, an object breaks up due to inward pressure. The submersible named, Titan , operated by OceanGate is said to have destroyed due to catastrophic implosion in the North Atlantic Ocean en route to see the wreckage of  Titanic ship that sunk in the ocean in 1912.  More to understand      Titanic wreckage is at the depth of 4000 meters (4km) below the surface of the ocean. While, atmospheric pressure at the surface of the ocean is 14.7 pounds per square inch (psi) or 100 kilopascals, at the depth of 4000 meters below the surface, the water pressure is considered around 6000 (psi) or 41,000 kilopascals. Under such a huge pressure, even a minute structural flow would cause catastrophic implosion.   Why is it in news ?      R...

Important International Reports and Rankings, and where India stands Report Released by What the Report show Indicators India’s Rank Global Competitiveness Report World Economic Forum (WEF) How much economies across the globe are competitive? 103 indicators grouped into 12 subjects including institution, infrastructures, ICT adoption, macroeconomic stability, health, skill, product market, labor market, the financial system, market size, business dynamism, and innovation capability. India – 73 (2022) Rank 1 - Denmark Gender Gap Report World Economic Forum (WEF) How much are women at par with men. Four dimensions – Economic participation and opportunity, education attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. India – 127 (2023) Iceland - 1 Global Passport Ranking Hanley Passport Index ...