Marwar School of Painting

1. Sub-Class:
   1. Bikaner, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Nagaur, Kishangarh, Jaisalmer
2. Ajanta Ellora and Bagh caves are the source of Marwar Paintings.
3. Bikaner Style:
   1. Period of Anoop Singh(1660-1698) is termed as Golden Phase: 
   2. Influenced by:
      1. Punjabi style
      2. Southern art
      3. Mughal painting
   3. Main feature:
      1. It was the only style of painting in which painters wrote their name and date on paintings.
   4. Main Painters:
      1. Ramlal, Aliraja, Hansraj, Hissamudin, Runkniddin
   5. Main works:
      1. Shikar, Rasik priya, Raagmal, Shringaric Akhyann
4. Jodhpur style:
   1. Started during Maldev
5. Kishangarh style:
   1. Developed during the period of Samant singh(1699-1764)
   2. Golden period:
      1. Samant Singh
   3. This school of painting is world famous for the Painting of Bani-Thani painted by Nihalchand in the form of Radha during the period of Maharaja Sawant singh.
   4. Paintings of this style were also influenced by the Vallabh Sect and depict love of Radha Krishna. ‘Vaisari’ a jewel in the nose of Female is clearly depicted in the female portraits. Bani Thaniwas called ‘Monolisa of India’ by Dr. Eric Dickinson. 
   5. Dr. Dickinson and Dr. Faaiyaaz Ali are credited to bring were Amirchand, Dhanna, Nihalchand, Mordhwaj.
6. Nagaur style:
   1. Its development started in the beginning of the 18th century.
   2. The paintings depicted the beautiful and tall figure of male and female, small eyes, flat forehead and wrinkles on the face.
   3. This style is famous for its dull colours used in the paintings.
7. Ajmer style:
   1. Famous painters – Chand, Taiaab, Navla, Raisingh, Lalji and Narayan and a female painter Sahiba.
8. Jaisalmer style:
   1. It was patronized by Maharawal Harraj, Akaisingh and Moolraj. Moomal is the world famous painting of Jaisalmer style. Males have beard and moustaches on the face, brightness and glow on face. This style has no impact of Mughal and Jodhpur style on its paintings.
   2. Moomal is the most famous painting of Jaisalmer Style.

Source – AswaTH Content

Indira Mahila Shakti Fund

1. Objective: To strengthen women self-help groups and make women self-reliant and financially empowered.
2. The Budget of 1,000Crore for five years (per year 200crore) was allotted for Indira Mahila Shakti Fund.

3. This includes five schemes:
   1. Indira Mahila Shakti Udhyam Prohatsahn Yojana
      1. Launched on 18 Dec 2019
      2. Under this scheme, individual women, entrepreneurs, or self-help groups will get a loan facility of up to Rs 50 lakh and the existing cluster or federation as a group of Rs 1 crore groups.

2. Indira Mahila Prashikshan evum Kaushal Sanvardhan Yojana
   1. Launched on 18 Dec 2019
   2. Under this scheme, 75000 girls and women will get benefits.
   3.  Free computer training will be provided to women and girls and employment tools will also be made available.

3. Indira Mahila Shakti Lekha Prashikshan Yojana
   1. Launched on 18 Dec 2019
   2. 5,000 women will be trained in accounting.

4. Indira Mahila Shakti Shiksha Setu Yojana
   1. Under Indira Mahila Shakti Shiksha Setu Yojana, drop-out girls and women deprived of education will be reimbursed for studying through Rajasthan State Open School.
   2. Around 50,000 girls and women will be benefited from this.

5. Indira Mahila Shakti Kaushal Samarth Yojana
   1. Ten thousand women would be imparted skill training.

Indira Gandhi Canal Project

1. 

2. Rajasthan Feeder
   1. 
   2. Rajasthan feeder provides water to Indira Gandhi Main Canal.
   3. It starts from Harike Barrage and ends at Masitawali(Hanumangarh).
   4. It has a length of 204Km covering Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan.

3. Indira Gandhi Main Canal
   1. 
   2. Benefited district from lift canals(left side of IGNP)
      1. Kumbha Ram Arya Lift Canal
         1. Hanumangarh-Jhunjhunu
      2. Kanwar Sen Lift Canal
         1. Bikaner
      3. Pannalal Barupal Lift Canal
         1. Bikaner-Nagaur
      4. Veer Tejaji Lift Canal
         1. Bikaner
      5. Dr Karni singh lift canal
         1. Bikaner-Jodhpur
      6. Guru Jambheshwar lift canal
         1. Jaisalmer-Bikaner-Jodhpur
      7. Jai Narayan Vyas Lift canal
         1. Jaisalmer-Jodhpur
   3. Benefited districts from branches(right side of IGNP)
      1. Suratgarh branch
         1. Sriganganagar
      2. Anupgarh branch
         1. Sriganganagar
      3. Pungal branch
         1. Bikaner
      4. Dantaur branch
         1. Bikaner
      5. Birsalpur branch
         1. Bikaner
      6. Charanwala branch
         1. Jaisalmer
      7. Sahid Birbal branch
         1. Jaisalmer
      8. Sagarmal gopa branch
         1. Jaisalmer

Wheat Production

1. It is the main food crop of the state. Its scientific name is Triticum aestivum.
2. The temperature required 10°-25°C. Rainfall required 25-75 cm.
   1. It needs medium temperature during sowing & intense sunlight during harvesting.
3. In the eastern part, the soil is deep medium black Alluvium, yellowish-brown.
4. Wheat is grown in winter in Rajasthan. It is a Rabi crop.

5. Wheat cultivation is confined to mainly to two species:
   1. Triticum Vulgare: known as common wheat.
   2. Triticum durum: known as macaroni wheat.
   3. The largest area under wheat cultivation in the state is under Vulgare.
6. Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Kota, Bara, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Karauli, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Bhilwara, tonk, Pali, Ajmer, Dungarpur, Banswara, etc. are the major wheat-producing districts of Rajasthan.
7. U.P is the largest wheat producing state of India. India is the second-largest producer in the world after China.

Israel Government Election

1. In the News:
   1. The President of Israel invited Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government.

Mary Kom, Lovlina in India’s women’s boxing squad for Asian Championships

1. Asian Boxing Championships held from 21 May to 31 in Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. Mary Kom, Lovlina in India’s women’s boxing squad for Asian Championships.

Source – The Hindu

Advanced Chaff Technology – DRDO

1. Defence Laboratory Jodhpur(DLJ), a DRDO laboratory
   1. Developed the three variant of Advanced Chaff Technology, namely
      1. Short Range Chaff Rocket(SRCR)
      2. Medium Range Chaff Rocket(MRCR)
      3. Long Range Chaff Rocket(LRCR)
   2. Aim: To protect naval ships from the attack of enemy missiles.

Source – Livemint

New Chief Justice of India appointed

1. Justice N.V Raman was appointed as the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India by the President.