Avinash Mishra

[Avinash Mishra @Avanishm800]

Hrithik Shokeen is a player to watch out for in this decade. Proper off spinner and a top order batter with exceptional gift of batting.!!! @Hrithik14S #RanjiTrophy #BCCI

[Avinash Mishra @Avanishm800]

@rawatrahul9 Wasn't according to you IND vs Aus 2022 T20i series also their last one..???

[Avinash Mishra @Avanishm800]

@cricketaakash Aakash Chopra quitting to love test cricket soon..!! 💔

[UPSC NOTES @UPSC_Notes]

First factory of Europeans

✅ Portuguese - Calicut
✅ Britishers - Surat
✅ Dutch - Masulipatnam
✅ Danish - Tranquebar in Tamil Nadu
✅ French - Surat

#PrelimsFacts

[Chirag Malik | Book Blogger @booksmyrefuge]

Behave" explores the complex interplay of biology, neuroscience, psychology, and culture to understand human behavior.

The book covers topics such as aggression, empathy, morality, and decision-making, offering a comprehensive examination of the forces that drive human behavior.

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“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” - Bertrand Russell

[Life Pad @The_Life_Pad]

Natural Remedies To Get Rid Of Certain Health Concerns or Symptoms

1. Hair Loss - Tamarinds

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23 Tips to get you in shape by 2025 :

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[Avinash Mishra @Avanishm800]

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[#AusOpen @AustralianOpen]

Game respects game!

(And Novak is just like the rest of us when it comes to Smudge...)

@stevesmith49 • @DjokerNole • #AusOpen • #AO2024

[Library Mindset @librarymindset]

10 Books To Read In Your 20s

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[UPSC & PCS NOTES @UPSC_EDU]

🔆Jainism

✅Jainism is a very ancient religion. As per some traditions, it is as old as the Vedic religion.
✅The Jain tradition has a succession of great teachers or Tirthankaras.
✅There were 24 Tirthankaras the last of which was Vardhaman Mahavira(540 – 468 B.C.) .
✅The first Tirthankara is believed to be Rishabhanath or Rishabhadev.
✅The 23rd Tirthankara was Parshvanatha who was born in Varanasi. He may have lived in the 8th or 7th century BC.
✅All the Tirthankaras were Kshatriyas by birth.
✅The doctrine of Jaina is older than the Buddhist doctrine
✅Buddha and Mahavira were contemporaries

▪️Teachings of Jainism :

✅rejected Vedic principles.
✅He did not believe in God’s existence.
✅ He believed in Karma and transmigration of the soul. The body dies but the soul does not.
✅ One will be punished or rewarded as per one’s karma.
✅ Advocated a life of austerity and non-violence.
✅ Stressed on equality but did not reject the caste system, unlike Buddhism. But he also said that man may be ‘good’ or ‘bad’ as per his actions and not birth.
✅Asceticism was taken to a great length. Starvation, nudity, and self-mortification were expounded.
✅Two elements of the world: Jiva (conscious) and Atma (unconscious)
✅The three guiding principles of Jainism
🔸Right faith
🔸Right knowledge
🔸Right conduct

▪️Split in Jainism

✅Swetambaras: White-clad; Northerners
✅Digambaras: Sky-clad (naked); Southerners

▪️Royal patrons of Jainism

✅South India: Kadamba dynasty, Ganga dynasty, Amoghavarsha, Kumarapala (Chalukya dynasty)
✅North India :, Bimbisara, Ajatasatru, Chandragupta, Maurya, Bindusara, Harshavardhana, Ama, Bindusara, Kharavela

#History
#UPSC
#art_and_cultur #jainism

[BookLab by Bjorn @poorbjorn]

📝 “By age 3 your average high socioeconomic status kid has heard about 30 million more words at home than a poor kid.” - Sapolsky

Compared to a child of a single mother who was too exhausted by work to read to their kids.

#reading #nonfiction #books

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If you struggle with anger, ready this.

- thread -

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

“Confidence comes from preparation.”

~ Kobe Bryant

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How to learn anything in minutes:

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Best Books on Self-Development:
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[BookLab by Bjorn @poorbjorn]

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” - Albert Einstein

#reading #nonfiction #books

[UPSC & PCS NOTES @UPSC_EDU]

Lakshadweep Islands

▪️ Lakshadweep Islands situated in the Arabian Sea is a group of 36 islands having an area of 32 square kilometers and extending between 8 N and 12 N latitude

Islands under the Lakshadweep Islands group are: -

▪️ Kavaratti
▪️Agatti
▪️Minicoy
▪️Amini

These islands were earlier known as Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands

The Lakshadweep Islands group is a Union Territory administered by the President through a Lt-Governor.

Kavaratti is the administrative capital of the Lakshadweep Islands. It is also the principal town of the Union Territory

The entire Lakshadweep islands group is made up of coral deposits

Minicoy Island, located to the south of the nine-degree channel is the largest island among the Lakshadweep group.

▪️8 Degree Channel separates islands of Minicoy and Maldives

▪️9 Degree Channel separates the island of Minicoy from the main Lakshadweep archipelago

#UPSC #ExploreIndianIslands #Lakshadweep