International Coral Reef Initiative: It was launched in 1994 by Australia, France, Japan, Jamaica, the Philippines, Sweden, Britain and the United States. Its members now include 45 countries that represent three quarters of the world’s coral reefs. India is also a member country of this initiative. It is a global partnership between Nations and organizationsRead more
31st October #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair 1) Static Cloud Seeding involves introducing ice nuclei, such as silver iodide or dry ice, into cold clouds that have supercooled liquid water droplets. Dynamic cloud seeding is a method of inducing rain by boosting vertical air currents. Hygroscopic Cloud Seeding involvesRead more
AUKUS: As part of the AUKUS initiative with Australia and the US, the UK has given three UK businesses a 4 billion pound ($4.9 billion) contract to design and build an attack submarine powered by nuclear energy. Established in 2021, the AUKUS is intended to be a strategic partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom (UK),Read more
LASE programme at IIT Bombay: LASE stands for Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Engineering, and was a one-of-its-kind multidisciplinary program launched by IIT Bombay in 2021.It was aimed at giving the undergraduate students a chance to move out of their respective engineering departments at the end of first year, and customise their degree as perRead more
Noor-3 Satellite: It is an imaging satellite developed by Iran. It is a satellite with potential spying capabilities, boosting Iran’s abilities in space.It has been put in an orbit 450 kilometers (280 miles) above the Earth’s surface. It was launched by the three-stage Qased, or messenger carrier. The spacecraft’s two predecessors, Noor-1 and Noor-2, launchedRead more
1) Net Neutrality: TRAI’s recent consultation on ‘revenue sharing’ and ‘selective banning’ of OTTs providing communication services, sparked the debate on net neutrality in India. Net Neutrality is a principle advocating for an open and equal playing field for all online content and services. It ensures that Internet Service Providers treat all data on internetRead more
Social Bonds: Social bonds, also known as social impact bonds and abbreviated as SIB, are the type of bond where the bond issuer is gathering funds for a project that has some socially beneficial implications. These bonds are designed to finance projects that address various social issues, such as healthcare, education, affordable housing, poverty alleviation,Read more
1) Sarna code: Jharkhand Government is seeking recognition of Sarna religious code for tribals. Sarna followers are nature worshippers who do not consider themselves Hindus and have been fighting for a separate religious identity for decades. So far, the census surveys have included them as “others” in the religion column. Believers of Sarna faith doRead more
1) Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958: Union Ministry of Home Affairs has extended AFSPA in parts of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh by another 6 months. It grants special powers to the armed forces to bring back order in disturbed areas. Disturbed areas declared under Section 3 of AFSPA Act, 1958 when a partRead more
1) Justice Gita Mittal Committee: It was constituted by the Supreme Court as a three member women committee in context of Manipur. Its objective was to supervise, intervene and monitor relief and rehabilitation, restoration of homesteads, religious places of worships, better relief work, etc. in Manipur 2) SARFAESI Act 2002: RBI mandates banks to discloseRead more
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