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Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati●Pandita Ramabai was a women's rights & education activist, a pioneer in the education and emancipation of women in India, and a social reformer.
●She was the first woman to be awarded the titles of Pandita as a Sanskrit scholar and Sarasvati after being examined by the faculty of the University of Calcutta.
●In 1882, Ramabai, moved to Pune where she founded the Arya Mahila Samaj, a society of high-caste Hindu women working for the education of girls and against child marriage.
●At this time she published her first book, Morals for Women, or in the original Marathi Stri Dharma Niti.
●She suggested that teachers be trained, women school inspectors be appointed, and that Indian women should be admitted to medical colleges.
●She has also published the book The High-Caste Hindu Woman, which sought to expose the oppression of women in Hindu-dominated British India.
●In 1889 she opened her Sharada Sadan (or Home for Learning) in Bombay after returning to India.
●The Sharada Sadan was one of her many initiatives working for the education of women (from young girls to adults) and for security for widows.
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______________Parambikulam Tiger Reserve●It also includes the erstwhile Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary protected area in Kerala.
● It is in the Sungam range of hills between the Anaimalai Hills and Nelliampathy Hills.
●Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as part of the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve on 19 February 2010.
●Parambikulam Tiger Reserve implements the Participatory Forest Management Scheme (PFMS).
●People from tribal colonies inside the reserve are engaged as guides for treks and safaris, and are provided employment through various eco-tourism initiatives.
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__________Article 139A●It allows the transfer of certain cases from a High Court or multiple High Courts to the Supreme Court.
●Since both High Courts and the Supreme Court have concurrent jurisdiction on some cases including those involving fundamental rights, the Supreme Court in Sunil Rathee & Ors.
●The Supreme Court has the power to transfer cases from High courts if it involves the same questions of law.
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__________Deep Time Project●15 participants lived in the Lombrives cave in south-west France with no phones, clocks or sunlight.
●They slept in tents, made their own electricity, and had no contact with the outside world.
●The project aimed to test how people respond to losing their sense of time and space.
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_____________ PM CARES Fund●It is a dedicated fund with the primary objective of dealing with any kind of emergency or distress situation, like posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to provide relief to the affected
●It's a public charitable trust under the name of ‘Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund).
●PM CARES Fund has been registered as a Public Charitable Trust.
●Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the PM CARES Fund and Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance, Government of India are ex-officio Trustees of the Fund.
●The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees (Prime Minister) shall have the power to nominate three trustees to the Board of Trustees who shall be eminent persons in the field of research, health, science, social work, law, public administration and philanthropy.
●Donations to PM CARES Fund would qualify for 80G benefits for 100% exemption under the Income Tax Act, 1961.
●Donations to PM CARES Fund will also qualify to be counted as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure under the Companies Act, 2013.
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