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\n- The Zabarwan is a short (32 km) sub-mountain range between Pir Panjal and the Great Himalayan Range<\/strong> in the central part of the Kashmir Valley<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- The Shankaracharya Temple<\/strong> is built on the edge of the central part of the Zabarwan Range.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- The largest tulip garden in Asia<\/strong> and spread over an area of about 30 hectares<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- It was opened in 2007<\/strong> with the aim to boost floriculture<\/strong> and tourism<\/strong> in Kashmir Valley.<\/li>\n
- The garden is built on a sloping ground in a terraced fashion<\/strong> consisting of seven terraces.<\/li>\n
- It has 15 lakh flowers of more than 64 varieties<\/strong> with predominantly tulips along with hyacinths, daffodils and ranunculus.<\/li>\n
- Tulip Festival <\/strong>is organised at the onset of the spring<\/strong>, and is an annual celebration as part of tourism efforts<\/strong> by the government of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\nAtal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY)<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n\n\n- It was introduced by the Employees\u2019 State Insurance Corporation<\/strong> (ESIC).<\/li>\n
- It is a once in a lifetime welfare measure<\/strong> for employees covered under Section 2(9) of the ESI Act, 1948<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- It aims to provide relief to the Insured Persons<\/strong> (IPs) who have become unemployed.<\/li>\n
- It was introduced on 1st July 2018<\/strong> on a pilot basis for two years and has now been extended <\/strong>for another year till 30th June 2021<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Major Revised Provisions<\/strong>\n
\n- Rate of unemployment relief<\/strong> has been enhanced to 50 per cent <\/strong>of wages from an earlier <\/strong>rate of 25 per cent<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Insured person should have been in insurable employment for minimum two years immediately before unemployment<\/strong> and should have contributed for not less than 78 days<\/strong> in one of the remaining three contribution periods<\/strong>. Earlier this condition was a minimum contribution of 78 days in four contribution periods.<\/li>\n
- Claim shall become due 30 days after<\/strong> the date of unemployment. Earlier<\/strong>, <\/strong>this period was 90 days<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- The claim <\/strong>of the IP need not be forwarded<\/strong> by the employer and may be submitted by an IP<\/strong> in the prescribed claim form duly completed online or directly<\/strong> to the branch office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\nSuez Canal<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n\n\n- A human-made<\/strong> waterway, it is one of the world\u2019s most heavily used shipping lanes<\/strong>.\n
\n- It carries over 12% of world trade<\/strong> by volume and 30% of all container ships<\/strong> pass through it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Built in 1869<\/strong>, it provides a major shortcut for ships<\/strong> moving between Europe and Asia<\/strong>, who before its construction had to sail around Africa<\/strong> to complete the same journey.<\/li>\n
- It connects the Mediterranean<\/strong> and the Red Sea<\/strong> through Egypt<\/strong> and extends 193 km<\/strong> between Port Said<\/strong> in the north and Port Suez<\/strong> in the south.<\/li>\n
- It was controlled by British and French<\/strong> interests in its initial years but was nationalised in 1956<\/strong> by Egypt\u2019s then leader Gamal Abdel Nasser.\n
\n- It is a major source of income for Egypt\u2019s economy<\/strong>, which earned USD 5.61 billion in revenues from it in 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Tulip Garden of Jammu and Kashmir<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n\n\n- Located at the foothills of the Zaberwan range<\/strong> with an overview of Dal Lake<\/strong>.\n
\n- The Zabarwan is a short (32 km) sub-mountain range between Pir Panjal and the Great Himalayan Range<\/strong> in the central part of the Kashmir Valley<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- The Shankaracharya Temple<\/strong> is built on the edge of the central part of the Zabarwan Range.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- The largest tulip garden in Asia<\/strong> and spread over an area of about 30 hectares<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- It was opened in 2007<\/strong> with the aim to boost floriculture<\/strong> and tourism<\/strong> in Kashmir Valley.<\/li>\n
- The garden is built on a sloping ground in a terraced fashion<\/strong> consisting of seven terraces.<\/li>\n
- It has 15 lakh flowers of more than 64 varieties<\/strong> with predominantly tulips along with hyacinths, daffodils and ranunculus.<\/li>\n
- Tulip Festival <\/strong>is organised at the onset of the spring<\/strong>, and is an annual celebration as part of tourism efforts<\/strong> by the government of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\nAtal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY)<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n\n\n- It was introduced by the Employees\u2019 State Insurance Corporation<\/strong> (ESIC).<\/li>\n
- It is a once in a lifetime welfare measure<\/strong> for employees covered under Section 2(9) of the ESI Act, 1948<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- It aims to provide relief to the Insured Persons<\/strong> (IPs) who have become unemployed.<\/li>\n
- It was introduced on 1st July 2018<\/strong> on a pilot basis for two years and has now been extended <\/strong>for another year till 30th June 2021<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Major Revised Provisions<\/strong>\n
\n- Rate of unemployment relief<\/strong> has been enhanced to 50 per cent <\/strong>of wages from an earlier <\/strong>rate of 25 per cent<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Insured person should have been in insurable employment for minimum two years immediately before unemployment<\/strong> and should have contributed for not less than 78 days<\/strong> in one of the remaining three contribution periods<\/strong>. Earlier this condition was a minimum contribution of 78 days in four contribution periods.<\/li>\n
- Claim shall become due 30 days after<\/strong> the date of unemployment. Earlier<\/strong>, <\/strong>this period was 90 days<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- The claim <\/strong>of the IP need not be forwarded<\/strong> by the employer and may be submitted by an IP<\/strong> in the prescribed claim form duly completed online or directly<\/strong> to the branch office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\nSuez Canal<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n\n\n- A human-made<\/strong> waterway, it is one of the world\u2019s most heavily used shipping lanes<\/strong>.\n
\n- It carries over 12% of world trade<\/strong> by volume and 30% of all container ships<\/strong> pass through it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Built in 1869<\/strong>, it provides a major shortcut for ships<\/strong> moving between Europe and Asia<\/strong>, who before its construction had to sail around Africa<\/strong> to complete the same journey.<\/li>\n
- It connects the Mediterranean<\/strong> and the Red Sea<\/strong> through Egypt<\/strong> and extends 193 km<\/strong> between Port Said<\/strong> in the north and Port Suez<\/strong> in the south.<\/li>\n
- It was controlled by British and French<\/strong> interests in its initial years but was nationalised in 1956<\/strong> by Egypt\u2019s then leader Gamal Abdel Nasser.\n
\n- It is a major source of income for Egypt\u2019s economy<\/strong>, which earned USD 5.61 billion in revenues from it in 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Located at the foothills of the Zaberwan range<\/strong> with an overview of Dal Lake<\/strong>.\n
- \n
- The Zabarwan is a short (32 km) sub-mountain range between Pir Panjal and the Great Himalayan Range<\/strong> in the central part of the Kashmir Valley<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- The Shankaracharya Temple<\/strong> is built on the edge of the central part of the Zabarwan Range.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- The largest tulip garden in Asia<\/strong> and spread over an area of about 30 hectares<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- It was opened in 2007<\/strong> with the aim to boost floriculture<\/strong> and tourism<\/strong> in Kashmir Valley.<\/li>\n
- The garden is built on a sloping ground in a terraced fashion<\/strong> consisting of seven terraces.<\/li>\n
- It has 15 lakh flowers of more than 64 varieties<\/strong> with predominantly tulips along with hyacinths, daffodils and ranunculus.<\/li>\n
- Tulip Festival <\/strong>is organised at the onset of the spring<\/strong>, and is an annual celebration as part of tourism efforts<\/strong> by the government of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n \n Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY)<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n
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- It was introduced by the Employees\u2019 State Insurance Corporation<\/strong> (ESIC).<\/li>\n
- It is a once in a lifetime welfare measure<\/strong> for employees covered under Section 2(9) of the ESI Act, 1948<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- It aims to provide relief to the Insured Persons<\/strong> (IPs) who have become unemployed.<\/li>\n
- It was introduced on 1st July 2018<\/strong> on a pilot basis for two years and has now been extended <\/strong>for another year till 30th June 2021<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Major Revised Provisions<\/strong>\n
- \n
- Rate of unemployment relief<\/strong> has been enhanced to 50 per cent <\/strong>of wages from an earlier <\/strong>rate of 25 per cent<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Insured person should have been in insurable employment for minimum two years immediately before unemployment<\/strong> and should have contributed for not less than 78 days<\/strong> in one of the remaining three contribution periods<\/strong>. Earlier this condition was a minimum contribution of 78 days in four contribution periods.<\/li>\n
- Claim shall become due 30 days after<\/strong> the date of unemployment. Earlier<\/strong>, <\/strong>this period was 90 days<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- The claim <\/strong>of the IP need not be forwarded<\/strong> by the employer and may be submitted by an IP<\/strong> in the prescribed claim form duly completed online or directly<\/strong> to the branch office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n \n Suez Canal<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n
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- A human-made<\/strong> waterway, it is one of the world\u2019s most heavily used shipping lanes<\/strong>.\n
- \n
- It carries over 12% of world trade<\/strong> by volume and 30% of all container ships<\/strong> pass through it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Built in 1869<\/strong>, it provides a major shortcut for ships<\/strong> moving between Europe and Asia<\/strong>, who before its construction had to sail around Africa<\/strong> to complete the same journey.<\/li>\n
- It connects the Mediterranean<\/strong> and the Red Sea<\/strong> through Egypt<\/strong> and extends 193 km<\/strong> between Port Said<\/strong> in the north and Port Suez<\/strong> in the south.<\/li>\n
- It was controlled by British and French<\/strong> interests in its initial years but was nationalised in 1956<\/strong> by Egypt\u2019s then leader Gamal Abdel Nasser.\n
- \n
- It is a major source of income for Egypt\u2019s economy<\/strong>, which earned USD 5.61 billion in revenues from it in 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n
- Built in 1869<\/strong>, it provides a major shortcut for ships<\/strong> moving between Europe and Asia<\/strong>, who before its construction had to sail around Africa<\/strong> to complete the same journey.<\/li>\n
- It carries over 12% of world trade<\/strong> by volume and 30% of all container ships<\/strong> pass through it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Insured person should have been in insurable employment for minimum two years immediately before unemployment<\/strong> and should have contributed for not less than 78 days<\/strong> in one of the remaining three contribution periods<\/strong>. Earlier this condition was a minimum contribution of 78 days in four contribution periods.<\/li>\n
- It is a once in a lifetime welfare measure<\/strong> for employees covered under Section 2(9) of the ESI Act, 1948<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- The Shankaracharya Temple<\/strong> is built on the edge of the central part of the Zabarwan Range.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- The Zabarwan is a short (32 km) sub-mountain range between Pir Panjal and the Great Himalayan Range<\/strong> in the central part of the Kashmir Valley<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
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