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  2. Bhuvan - Wikipedia

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    Bhuvan (lit: Earth) is an Indian web-based utility which allows users to explore a set of geographic content prepared by the Indian Space Research Organisation.The content which the utility serves is mostly restricted to within Indian boundaries and is offered in four regional languages.

  3. Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System - Wikipedia

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    The system was developed partly because access to foreign government-controlled global navigation satellite systems is not guaranteed in hostile situations, as happened to the Indian military in 1999 when the United States denied an Indian request for Global Positioning System (GPS) data for the Kargil region, which would have provided vital information. [22]

  4. National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination

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    The National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination is an entrance examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) twice a year for admissions into the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Naval Academy (INA). [1] The NDA Exam serves as a gateway for candidates seeking a career in the Indian Army, Navy, and Air ...

  5. Union Public Service Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC; ISO: Saṁgha Loka Sevā Āyoga) is a constitutional body tasked with recruiting officers for All India Services and the Central Civil Services (Group A and B) through various standardized examinations. [1] In 2023, 1.3 million applicants competed for just 1,255 positions. [2]

  6. World map - Wikipedia

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    All world maps are based on one of several map projections, or methods of representing a globe on a plane. All projections distort geographic features, distances, and directions in some way. The various map projections that have been developed provide different ways of balancing accuracy and the unavoidable distortion inherent in making world maps.

  7. States and union territories of India - Wikipedia

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    Map Arunachal Pradesh: North-Eastern: Itanagar: 83,743 km 2 (32,333 sq mi) 21 January 1972: 20 February 1987: As an Indian state Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Western: Silvassa: 491 km 2 (190 sq mi) 11 August 1961: 26 January 2020: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (UT) Daman and Diu: Western: Daman: 112 km 2 (43 sq mi) 30 May 1987: 26 January ...

  8. 2021 Uttarakhand flood - Wikipedia

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    Map 1: The Alaknanda, Dhauliganga, and Rishganga river valleys, and the Nanda Devi National Park in the state of Uttarakhand Map 2: The headwaters of the Ganges showing: Rishiganga (rising from meltwater in the Nanda Devi sanctuary, top right), Dhauliganga which it meets near Tapovan; Alaknanda River, which Dhauliganga meets at Vishnuprayag; and the Ganges whose main stem begins at Devprayag ...

  9. Geography of India - Wikipedia

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    It forms a significant portion of western India and covers an area of 200,000 to 238,700 km 2 (77,200 to 92,200 sq mi). [49] The desert continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan Desert . Most of the Thar Desert is situated in Rajasthan , covering 61% of its geographic area.