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Bengaluru Smart City testing prototype Intelligent Tra c Management Solution |

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Bengaluru Smart City is testing prototype of an
Canvas Painting intelligent traf c management solution in collaboration
with the Electronics City Township Authority (ELCITA) to
improve traf c management in the city. It aims to
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and help improve management of commuter traf c.
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Affair It involves capturing video streams from several cameras and processing
them using arti cial intelligence. This will help in automation of traf c
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Current Affairs - April 2018  Electronic City
Current Affairs - Mar. 2018  Electronic City isinformation technology (IT) hub in Bangalore, located in
Current Affairs - Feb. 2018  Anekal taluk. It is one of India’s largest electronic and IT industrial parks,
spread over 800 acres (3.2 km²). It consists of three zones called phases –
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Phase I, Phase II and Phase III. Electronic City was established by Keonics
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(Karnataka Electronic), a pioneer in information technology infrastructure
Current Affairs - Nov. 2017  development. There are approximately 200 IT/ITES companies located in
Current Affairs -Oct. 2017  Electronic City. It is administered by Electronics City Township Authority
(ELCITA).
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Current Affairs - July 2017  Madhubani railway station in Bihar gets makeover with Mithila paintings
Current Affairs - June 2017  April 8, 2018 No comments

Current Affairs - May 2017 Madhubani railway station got complete makeover with Mithila paintings.
The makeover project was unique initiative of Indian Railways to experiment
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Current Affairs - March 2017 with local artists voluntarily painting works in short span
Current Affairs - February 2017 of two months. More than 225 artists, 80% of them
women, volunteered to paint station free of cost. The
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total wall area of railway station covering area more
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than 14,000 sq ft has been fully painted with various
Previous Months Archives [PDF] themes under traditional Mithila painting style.
हंद करट अफेयस Mithila painting
CURRENT AFFAIRS CATEGORY Mithila painting is folk painting practiced in Mithila region of India (especially
National Current Affairs Bihar) and Nepal. It is also known as Madhubani paintings which mean ‘forest
State Current Affairs of honey’. It has been mentioned in ancient Indian texts like Ramayana.
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It originated in small village known as Maithili in Bihar. Initially, women from
village drew paintings on freshly plastered mud walls of their home as
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illustration of their thoughts, hopes and dreams using ngers and twigs
Science & Techonlogy  forming two dimensional imagery using paste of powdered rice. With time, it
Environment Current Affairs  became part of festivities and special events like marriage. It was made from
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paste of powdered rice. It also used colours derived from vegetables and
plants. Now they are also painted on cloth, handmade paper and canvas.
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The central themes of Mithila paintings are based on Hindu Gods and
Persons in News Goddesses. Its main theme is supported by traditional geometric patterns.
Places in News Some of main attributes of these paintings are double line border, abstract-
Awards & Honours like gures of deities, ornate oral patterns, bold use of colours and bulging
eyes and jolting nose of faces of gures.
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The various styles of Mithila painting include Bharni, Tantrik, Katchni, Godna,
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and Kohbar, which were historically painted only by women from the upper
Government Schemes  strata in caste system, who used to make them on mud walls on special
occasions.
Mithila painting has been accorded the coveted GI (geographical Indication)
status as it has remained con ned to compact geographical area and skills
have been passed on through centuries, but content and the style have largely
remained same.
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