UPSC Important Topics

■ India Pushes For New Biodiversity Fund- ✅At CBD COP 15, Montreal (Canada), 196 parties to the Convention are looking forward to finalizing negotiations for a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). ✅GBF is a new set of goals and targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. ● India’s View: ✅India, at the U.N. biodiversity conference, […]

ECOLOGICAL NICHE ◇  Niche refers to the unique functional role and position of a species in its habitat or ecosystem. ◇ The functional characteristics of a species in its habitat is referred to as “niche” in that common habitat. ◇ In nature, many species occupy the same habitat, but they perform different functions: a) habitat

PADMANABHA SWAMY TEMPLE o It is a Hindu temple.  o The temple is built in an intricate fusion of the Chera style and the Dravidian style of architecture, featuring high walls, and a 16th-century gopura.  o The principal deity Padmanabhaswamy (Vishnu) is enshrined in the “Anantha Shayana” posture, the eternal yogic sleep on the serpent

The Ghadr • The Ghadr Party was a revolutionary group organized around a weekly newspaper ‘The Ghadr’ with its headquarters at San Francisco. • These revolutionaries included mainly ex-soldiers and peasants who had migrated from Punjab to the USA and Canada in search of better employment opportunities. • The Ghadr program was to organize assassinations

Amrit Bharat Station Scheme: ✅By Ministry of Railways ✅It will replace the existing Adarsh Station Scheme introduced in 2009 for the beautification and upgradation of stations. ✅ Stations with an annual revenue of less than Rs 20 crore, and passenger volume of less than 5 million will be considered for the project.

METHANE ALERT and RESPONSE SYSTEM (MARS) ◇ Context: The Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) was launched at the COP27 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. □ About MARS: ◇ MARS is a part of global efforts to slow climate change by tackling global warming gas. ◇ The

Government’s Initiatives for Startups ✅Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS): It aims to provide financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry and commercialization. ✅National Startup Awards: It seeks to recognize and reward outstanding startups and ecosystem enablers that are contributing to economic dynamism by spurring innovation and injecting

Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM AJAY) ✅PM-AJAY has been framed after merging the three erstwhile schemes Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY). Special Central Assistance to Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCA to SCSP). Babu Jagjivan Ram Chatrawas Yojana (BJRCY). ✅The objectives of the scheme are Reduce poverty of the SC communities. Improve socio-economic

Scheme related to development Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes ✅Dr. Ambedkar Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship for DNTs: This Centrally Sponsored Scheme was launched in 2014-15 for the welfare of those DNT students who are not covered under SC, ST or OBC. The scheme of Pre-matric Scholarship for DNT students is helpful in spreading education amongst

METHANE ALERT and RESPONSE SYSTEM (MARS) ◇ Context: The Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) was launched at the COP27 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. □ About MARS: ◇ MARS is a part of global efforts to slow climate change by tackling global warming gas. ◇ The