Daily Prelims 28th November 2023

1) India EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC): Ahead of India EU TTC meeting, both have signed a MoU on semiconductors that covers cooperation in areas such as research and innovation, talent development, partnerships and exchange of market information.  

• EU and India have set up TTC as a coordination platform to address key trade, trusted technology and security challenges.  
• It acts as key forum to deepen the strategic partnership on trade and technology between two partners.  
• It was launched in 2022 and first meet was held in May 2023 

2) National Cadet Corps (NCC): NCC celebrated its 75th Anniversary on November 26.  

• NCC (HQ: New Delhi) is a voluntary organization which recruits cadets from high schools, colleges and Universities all over India.  
• It is largest uniformed youth organisation in world formed with NCC Act of 1948.  
• Aim: To develop qualities of character, courage, secular outlook, ideals of selfless service etc. among the youth to make them useful citizen.  
• Ministry: Ministry of Defence.  
• Motto of NCC: Unity and Discipline. 

3) National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP): Director General of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) chaired 25th meeting of NOSDCP in Gujarat’s Vadinar coast.  

• NOSDCP promulgated by ICG (part of Ministry of Defence) in 1996.  
• It is the apex plan for responding to oil spill disasters in Indian waters and is applicable to shipping, ports, and oil industries.  
• ICG is Central Coordinating Authority in India for matters related to Oil Spill.  
• Since 2003, NOSDCP has come under purview of National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs.  
• NOSDCP Objective: To establish  
• Effective system for detection and reporting of spills;  
• Record-keeping procedures to facilitate recovery of costs; etc 

4) Social cost of carbon: According to a recent study extreme weather events can impede economic development over long term and raise Social Cost of Carbon (SCC).  

• SCC is the cost of the damages created by one extra ton of carbon dioxide emissions.  
• SCC helps reveal how much society should sacrifice to avoid climate change.  
• Policymakers use SCC to quantify additional costs from carbon emissions not reflected in market prices.  
• SCC aids cost-benefit analysis of a policy and set the initial level of a domestic carbon pricing policy 

Places in News: 

1) Peru (Capital: Lima): 

• Peru has lost more than half of its glacier surface in last six decades.  
• Political Boundaries  
• Country in western South America.  
• Bounded with Colombia (northeast), Brazil (east), Bolivia (southeast), Chile (south) and Ecuador (northwest). 
• To west, territorial waters into Pacific Ocean are claimed by Peru.  
• Geographical features  
• Mountain range: Andes.  
• Highest point: Mount Huascarán.  
• Major Rivers: Amazon, Purus, Jurua etc.  
• Major lake: Lake Titicaca (between Peru and Bolivia).