🗞️ Red Sea 🌊 coral reefs at risk from sea urchins deaths

👉What are Sea Urchins?

🌊 Sea urchins belong to a group of marine invertebrates called echinoderms, which means spiny-skinned animals. 
🌊 It includes marine creatures like starfish and sea cucumbers.
🌊 They are herbivorous, primarily feeding on algae and plant material.✅

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How Indians and their boats fared in the deep sea: Clues from a little-known past 🔗
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What were the major technological changes introduced during the Sultanate period?

How did those technological changes influence the Indian society? (Answer in 250 words)

15 marks UPSC CSE 2023 MAINS GS1

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India has flagged off its first green hydrogen fuel cell bus in Delhi. Emitting only water and powered by renewable electricity.

Hydrogen, the future fuel, could see global demand soar 4-7x by 2050!

Bharat is leading the way towards decarbonization goals & cutting dependence on fossil fuel

Green energy 🍻

Strategies for strengthening disaster finance in Indonesia

Indonesia is highly vulnerable to climate change disasters and requires the integration of insurance and mitigation strategies as integral components of a comprehensive disaster management policy

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/strategies-for-strengthening-disaster-finance-in-indonesia/

"These examples can be cited when writing disaster management policies for the MAINS GS3." #GS3 #Disaster #management

👉The Bharat Mata Mandir 🛕, built by a freedom fighter Babu Shiv Prasad Gupta and inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936.

👉At the centre of the temple is a map in marble of “undivided India” or “India before Independence or Partition” as its prime deity.

✅This shows the concept of Akhand Bharat holds historical and cultural significance 💯

👉 What is Moon Agreement of 1979 ?

🌊 The Moon Agreement of 1979, formally known as the "Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies," is an international treaty that was adopted by the United Nations.✅

🌊 It aims to establish a legal framework for the exploration and use of the Moon's resources and other celestial bodies beyond Earth 🌍

👉What are Artemis Accords?

🌊The Artemis Accords was created by the U.S to act as a soft-law alternative to the Moon Agreement, which limits resource extraction in celestial bodies.✅

🌊These Accords are a non-binding set of principles.✅

🌊 India became the 27th signatory to the American-led Artemis Accords.✅

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Central civil services pension rules, 1972🍷

✅The government has the authority to retire any government servant "if it is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to do so" 🍻

A Transformational Moment In India’s Search For Regional Connectivity

New Delhi, which is emerging as the critical anchor in shaping regional connectivity, will have to do some heavy lifting.

https://www.orfonline.org/research/a-transformational-moment-in-indias-search-for-regional-connectivity/

Sift Kaur Samra smashes World Record to give India first individual gold at Asian Games 2023

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