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1.A 2.D ----1. ncoar in in min science and tech ----2. mplads is under statistics and implementation 3.B....prions it is smaller than virus 4. D. skanda Gupta is last great ruler but not the last 5.C . KVIC is in not min rural development 6. b. orissa plain is called utkal .. utkal iniversity is in orissa 7.c. this movement in andhra . whereas chippko was in north india 8. C. kookaburra also called trupuri .... .......... tripura and pudhucherry are two have only four states 9.land of god is uttrakand . god own country is kerala 10 A. so far admiral of navy is not conferred to any one... arjun singh is field marshal 11. nano technology .. all the four are associated wit nano tech....but C .. Richard was the first person 12.D 13. cnidarians mostly live in water not in land... 14. compound eye is character of arthropods 15. madame Tussuad's is wax museum with replicates famous personality.... recently it made model of tendulkar 16.A 17.A , Nagpur is al...

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How To Deal Shell Companies Why in news? Recently union government has initiated action against more than two lakh shell companies as part of Operation Clean Money. What is operation clean money? Operation Clean Money was initiated by Income Tax Department (ITD). Initial phase of the operation involved-verification of large cash deposits made after demonetization. Second phase of the operation involves is identification of high risk persons for detailed investigations by the ITD. What are shell companies? Shell companies are typically corporate entities which do not have any active business operations or significant assets in their possession. The government views them with suspicion as some of them could be used for money laundering, tax evasion and other illegal activities. Some laws helpin curbing illegal activities to target shell companies are Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Amendment Act 2016 The Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 The Companies Act,...

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