India Welcomes 5 countries joining BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)

✅ On 10 June, 2024 India wholeheartedly welcomed Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia joining the BRICS as their representatives attended for the first time a key meeting of the grouping hosted by Russia.
✅ Senior diplomat Dammu Ravi led the Indian delegation at the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nizhny Novgorod, in western Russia.

✅ Notable, In January 2024 BRICS bloc has announced induction of these 5 nations.
✅ Now Grouping has become a 10-nation body now.

#BRICS
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✅ ISRO Releases Stunning Images of Sun Captured By Aditya L1 during a major geomagnetic storm in May,2024.
✅ The two remote sensing payloads, namely the Solar UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) and the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), along with other payloads, captured these images from the Lagrange point in space.
✅ The images released by ISRO clearly show magnetically active regions with large solar flares on the Sun’s surface. The solar emissions depict the relative brightness of sunspots, umbra, penumbra, and plages.

The Aditya-L1 spacecraft was launched by PSLV-C57 on 2 September,2023.
It reached its designated orbit on 6 January 2024 ( after 126 days)

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✅ Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, a potent greenhouse gas, have increased ⬆️ by 40% since 1980.
✅ China 🇨🇳 is the top emitter. ✅ N2O significantly contributes to global warming, and its atmospheric concentration 📈 is rising.
✅ To limit temperature rise, emissions must be reduced by at least 20% by 2050.

#UPSC #Mains #GS3 #Environment.

Global Gender Gap, 2024
✅ Released by the World Economic Forum on 12 June, 2024
✅ Top 5 Countries: Iceland (1st) was followed by Finland (2nd), Norway (3rd), New Zealand (4th) and Sweden (5th)🏆.
✅ Globally, Sudan was ranked last on the index of 146 countries.
✅ India has slipped two places to the 129th position (127th last year).
✅ Within South Asia, India ranked 5th after Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan, with Pakistan ranked last (145th).
✅ Despite the drop, India showed strong gender parity in secondary education enrollment and political empowerment, securing the 10th position for the number of years with female/male 👩‍💼👨‍💼 heads of state in the last 50 years.
✅ However, India’s overall gender gap closure stands at 64.1 per cent in 2024, a slight decline from 64.2 per cent last year.

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👉 New Law to Curb Malpractices in Competitive Examinations
Key Points:
✅ The Centre has enacted a new law to prevent unfair means in competitive examinations.
✅ The law provides for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine of up to ₹1 crore for offenders.
✅ The law will come into force from 22 June,2024
✅ The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024, was passed by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on February 6 and 9, respectively.
✅ President Droupadi Murmu gave approval to the bill on February 12, turning it into a law.
✅ The Act aims to prevent unfair means in public examinations conducted by various bodies, including UPSC, SSC, NTA, Railway Recruitment Board, and banking recruitment examination bodies.
👉Provisions of the law include:
• Minimum of 3-5 years of imprisonment for cheating.
• 5-10 years of imprisonment and a minimum fine of ₹1 crore for those involved in organized crimes of cheating.

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Mains 2024 content enrichment

(2025 students also add this to your notes)

This article on Vinesh Phogat's victory is full of values from our GS 4 syllabus.

She will also be a good example for Essay in relevant topics.

https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/vinesh-phogat-paris-olympics-susaki-3-2-win-stubbornness-rage-9498760/

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👉 Hindenburg Research, a U.S.-based short-seller, has accused Madhabi Puri Buch, the chairperson of India's Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), and her husband, Dhaval Buch, of holding stakes in offshore funds related to the Adani Group scandal.
👉 Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband had stakes in funds based in Bermuda and Mauritius.
👉 Documents allegedly show that their investment in a fund named “GDOF Cell 90”
👉 “GDOF Cell 90” was used by Vinod Adani, Gautam Adani’s brother.
#upsc #mains #GS3

✍🏻Key Data-Driven Facts about the Indian Government (2023-24)

1. Government Spending: ₹43.8 trillion (USD 580 billion) (Union Budget 2023-24)

2. Tax Revenue: ₹27.5 trillion (USD 370 billion) (Union Budget 2023-24)

3. Employment: 32 million people (Economic Survey 2022-23)

4. Subsidies: ₹3.1 trillion (USD 42 billion) (Union Budget 2023-24)

5. Defense Budget: ₹6.2 trillion (USD 83 billion) (Union Budget 2023-24)

6. Healthcare Spending: 1.5% of GDP (National Health Policy 2017)

7. Education Spending: 3.5% of GDP (National Education Policy 2020)

8. Debt: ₹140 trillion (USD 1.9 trillion) (Public Debt Management Report 2022-23)

9. Digital Payments: 3 billion transactions per month (Reserve Bank of India)

10. E-Governance: 30% reduction in paperwork (Digital India Report 2022)

11. Infrastructure Spending: ₹10 trillion (USD 130 billion) (Union Budget 2023-24)

12. Renewable Energy: 50% of electricity from renewable sources by 2030 (National Renewable Energy Policy 2022)

13. Fiscal Deficit: 5.8% of GDP (Union Budget 2023-24)

14. Inflation Rate: 5% (Reserve Bank of India)

15. GDP Growth Rate: 7% (International Monetary Fund)

16. Unemployment Rate: 7% (Periodic Labour Force Survey 2022)

17. Poverty Rate: 10% (Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022)

18. Life Expectancy: 70 years (World Health Organization)

19. Literacy Rate: 80% (National Literacy Mission 2022)

20. Digital Literacy: 50% (Digital India Report 2022)

#Facts #Data #Mains

Hola !! Amigos & Amigaa

Weekends are generally , time to Recall,Revise & Refurbish our Notes.

As discussed in our VCs' & across the Multiple doubts raised in the Discussion group about CA , Newspapers & Balancing Pre & Mains

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This Doc here covers :
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* Climate Finance , Dedicated Freight Corridor , Deposit Rate & Credit Offtake , Rural Wages Stagnation etc topics from Mains Pov

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