Wildlife panel OKs IAF base, other infra in Ladakh sanctuaries near LAC- ✓The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has cleared the setting up of a new IAF base in Ladakh where Indian and Chinese troops have been facing off along the LAC since May 2020. ● Clearances: ...

Government measures to promote  Self Help Groups (SHGs) for realization of socio-economic development through the following programmes: ✓Deen dayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), under Ministry of Rural Development, across the country in a mission mode ...

Significance of Agriculture in the Indian Economy? ✓Food Security and Induced Growth of Industrial Sector: Flourishing Agricultural production in India is the main factor behind the food security of the large Indian population. ✓Agriculture supplies raw materials to various agro-based ...

What are the Initiatives to Tackle Drug Addiction? ▪ The Narco  Coordination Centre (NCORD) was constituted in 2016 and the scheme of “Financial Assistance to States for Narcotics Control” was revived. ▪ Seizure Information Management System will create a complete online database of ...

‘Limited change’ in cities under clean air scheme- ✓Ghaziabad was found to be the most polluted of the 56 cities in North India for which data on PM2.5 levels in 2021 was taken in a study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). ✓Followed by Delhi, Faridabad and Noida ● Pollution ...

Fertilizer use Related Government Initiatives? ✓Nano Urea Production: Eight new nano urea plants, which are being centrally monitored, will start production by November 2025. These are located in several states, including Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Assam. ✓Neem Coating of Urea: ...

‘Limited change’ in cities under clean air scheme- ✓Ghaziabad was found to be the most polluted of the 56 cities in North India for which data on PM2.5 levels in 2021 was taken in a study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). ✓Followed by Delhi, Faridabad and Noida ● Pollution ...

Russia: Politics  ✓The Russian republic was established immediately after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and became a union republic of USSSR in 1922. ✓In 1991, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia joined with several other former Soviet republics to form a loose ...

**India and Russia** ∆Background  ✓Russia stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Once the preeminent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R. commonly known as the Soviet Union), Russia became an independent country after the dissolution ...

The International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) ✓The 7,200 km International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a multimodal transport network linking Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea via Iran, and onward to northern Europe via St. Petersburg, Russia. UPSC ...

Public Goods v/s Merit Goods v/s Private Goods In Economics the products or services are of three types: ✓Public Goods: These are non-excludable and non-rival in consumption like national defence, food control system, railways, highway and information on Covid etc. Such services are ...

‘Sea Cow’ that evoked mermaids extinct: Study- ✓Dugong, a species of ‘sea cow’ that roams the ocean floor in Asia and Africa, has not been spotted off China's southern coast for centuries. ●  New Findings: ✓Dugong has become the first large vertebrate to go functionally extinct in ...