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Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) conference  ✓Context: Experts from the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) conference have observed that the Climate observing system remains fragile and needs financing for strengthening and sustaining it. ∆ Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) conference ✓GCOS conference was hosted by Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The Global Climate Observing System […]

One Nation, One Uniform for police: Context: Recently in line with his broader attempt to introduce a uniform set of policies across the country PM has suggested ‘One Nation, One Uniform’ for police forces.  Who decides on uniforms for the police?

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