UPSC Important Topics

NavIC ◇ The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working on a series of improvements to the ‘NavIC’ so that more people are motivated to install and use it. □ What is NavIC? ◇ NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), or the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), is a constellation of seven satellites that can […]

Avalanche Monitoring Radar • Context: The Indian Army and the Defence Geoinformatics and Research Establishment (DGRE) have jointly installed the Avalanche Monitoring Radar, the first of its kind in India, in north Sikkim • An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or a mountain. Avalanches can be

Digital Services Act The European union has given final approval to online safety-focused legislation called Digital Services Act (DSA), which is an overhaul of the region’s social media and e-commerce rules. ∆As defined by the EU Commission, the DSA is “a set of common rules on intermediaries’ obligations and accountability across the single market”, and

First Anglo-Mysore War(1767-1769):- •The English were confident of their military strength after their success in Bengal. They concluded a treaty with the Nizam of Hyderabad (1766) persuading him to give them the Northern Circas (region) in lieu of which they said they would protect the Nizam from Haidar Ali. Haidar already had territorial disputes with

Government Initiatives on River Ganga ✓Ganga Action Plan: It was the first river action plan to improve the water quality by the interception, diversion and treatment of domestic sewage. The National River Conservation Plan is an extension to this plan, which aims at cleaning the Ganga River under the Ganga Action Plan phase-2. ✓National River

Russia: Borders and Resources ✓Russia is bounded to the north and east by the Arctic and Pacific oceans, and it has small frontages in the northwest on the Baltic Sea at St. Petersburg and at the detached Russian oblast (region) of Kaliningrad (a part of what was once East Prussia annexed in 1945),which also abuts

Early warning system for the entire world in next five years- WMO- ✓World Meteorological Organisation recently unveiled a five-year programme to set up early warning systems across the world to save lives and minimize destruction from climate disasters. ✓Taking forward the initiative of the India-backed Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). ● About the programme:

IIPDF Recently, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance notified India Infrastructure Project Development Fund Scheme (IIPDF Scheme), a scheme for financial support for project development expenses of PPP ✓The IIPDF Scheme was set up in 2007. ✓It is a Central Sector Scheme with total outlay of Rs 150 crore for a period

Waste-to-Energy Program ◦ The program is part of an umbrella scheme, the National Bioenergy Programme. ◦ The government will offer financial assistance to project developers, while implementing agencies, including inspection firms, will be paid service charges for commissioning the waste-to-energy plants. ▪ Implementing Agency: ◦ Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) will be the implementing

Niveshak Didi Initiative ✓It is based on the ideology of women for women, as rural area women feel more comfortable to share their queries with a female herself. ✓Implementing Agency: It is launched by IPPB, in collaboration with Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) under the aegis of Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). ✓Floating