1. Puttari is the harvest festival of the Kodava community of Coorg.

2. It is celebrated for the new crop of rice.

3. During the Puttari festival, Kodava people wear new clothes and perform puja in temples and homes.

1. In ancient India, the rulers of Mahajanapadas used to collect a tax called 'Bhag' from the farmers in their area. 'Bhag' was a type of direct tax which was a fixed share of agricultural production.

1. The tenth day of Sharad Navratri is celebrated as Dussehra or Vijayadashami.

2. Vijayadashami (Dussehra) is a Hindu festival that symbolizes the victory of good over evil. It is also known as Dussehra.

3. It is a day when people resolve to give up their bad habits and thoughts and start afresh.

1. The Basel norms are international banking rules to strengthen the international banking system.

2. It is in the form of an agreement by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision which mainly focuses on the risks to banks and the financial system.

1. Ghaghra River is the largest tributary of the River Ganga.

2. It flows through Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The origin area of the Ghaghra River is in the Himalayan Mountains of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.

3. Ghaghra River joins Ganga River in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

4. Sabarmati river flows in Gujarat.

5. Mahi river flows in Rajasthan and Gujarat.

6. The Bhima River flows in Maharashtra.

Trishul is the name of a short range surface to air missile developed by India as a part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme. It has a range of 9 km and is fitted with a 5.5 kg warhead. Trishul flies in supersonic speed and has a low altitude sensitive radio altimeter and height lock loop control on board, to skim over the sea at a very low altitude and hit against sea skimming missiles coming towards our ships.

An Admiral of the fleet is a military naval officer of the highest rank. In many nations, the rank is reserved for wartime of ceremonial appointments. It is usually a rank above admiral (which is now usually the highest rank in peace-time for officers in active service) and is often held by the most senior admiral of an entire naval sevice.

Astra is an active radar homing Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVRAAM) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) India.