1) Supreme Court legal Services Committee (SCLSC): Recently, a Supreme Court judge has been nominated as the Chairman of the SCLSC.
- It is a statutory body.
- Constituted under section 3A of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 by National Legal Service Authority.
- Objective: Providing free legal services to poor, underprivileged and those marginalized in society.
- Chief Justice of India in Patron-in-Chief of Committee.
- Members: Chairman (sitting Judge of SC) and 9 members (nominated by the Chief Justice of India).
2) Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncia): Kyrgyzstan has acknowledged the snow leopard as a national symbol.
- Often termed as Ghost of Mountain, closely related to Tiger species (Panthera Tigris).
- Feature: Smoky-coloured coats tinted with cream and yellow shades and patterned with black spots.
- The spots are called rosettes which is unique to every snow leopard.
- Habitat: 12 snow leopard range countries (Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan)
- China has world’s largest snow leopard population.
- State animal of Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh.
- Conservation Status
- IUCN: Vulnerable.
- Schedule I: Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
3) Desert cyclone: It is a joint military exercise between India and UAE.
4) Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant: PM has inaugurated indigenously developed Demonstration Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant at IGCAR, Kalpakkam
- The plant will reprocess spent fuel from the Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) at the Kalpakkam Atomic power station.
- FBR breeds more material for a nuclear fission reaction than it consumes.
- It is the key to India’s three-stage nuclear power programme.
- It is the only of its kind in the world and is capable of reprocessing both carbide and oxide fuels discharged from the fast reactors.
Places in News:
1) Denmark (Capital: Copenhagen):
- Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, Europe’s longest-reigning living monarch, announced plans to abdicate after 52 years.
- Political Boundaries
- Country in Northern Europe, made up of Jutland peninsula and more than 400 islands in North Sea.
- Bordering nations: Germany, Sweden and Norway.
- Bordering water bodies: North Sea and Baltic Sea.
- Geographical features
- Highest Point: Yding Forest Hill.
- Largest lake: Lake Arreso.
- Longest River: Gudena.
