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‘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 levels: ✓Delhi, Ghaziabad and

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 coalition, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Daily UPSC Preparation:September 2022

**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 of the Soviet Union in December 1991. ✓It is world’s largest country, it

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 DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: 6 SEPTEMBER 2022 ✓The INSTC is a joint

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 difficult to be owned by the individuals even if they are willing

‘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 China’s coastal waters. ✓It is the result of

Limitations of India at SCO  ✓Since China and Russia are co-founders of SCO and its dominant powers, India’s ability to assert itself would be limited and it may have to content itself to playing the second fiddle. ✓In addition, India may also have to either dilute its growing partnership with the West or engage in

Gold jewellery export India’s gold jewellery exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) rose by a sharp 42% in two months of a free trade pact coming into effect in May 2022. Overall exports to the UAE in May-June, 2022 touched USD 5.4 billion, a 17% growth from a year ago. What benefited the Growth

Economy: Energy Trade between India and Iran ✓India-Iran commercial ties have traditionally been dominated by Indian import of Iranian crude oil. ✓India is the second largest buyer of Iranian crude after China and Iran was the third largest supplier of crude to India (April-Sep 2016). ✓The India-Iran bilateral trade during the fiscal year 2015-16 was