How expiry of New START treaty can trigger Nuclear war race
--> New START's expiry al-so makes the prospect of including China and other nuclear states in a larger nonproliferation regime harder in practice.
--> Washington can now argue that it shouldn't be the only state constrained while Beijing grows.
--> Moscow can argue that it shouldn't ac-cept constraints while NATO's aggregate capabilities shape its security environment.
--> And Beijing has already argued that its arsenal is smaller than those of the U.S. and Russia and that therefore it's "not fair or reasonable" to demand it enter their disarmament framework now.
--> New START's expiry al-so makes the prospect of including China and other nuclear states in a larger nonproliferation regime harder in practice.
--> Washington can now argue that it shouldn't be the only state constrained while Beijing grows.
--> Moscow can argue that it shouldn't ac-cept constraints while NATO's aggregate capabilities shape its security environment.
--> And Beijing has already argued that its arsenal is smaller than those of the U.S. and Russia and that therefore it's "not fair or reasonable" to demand it enter their disarmament framework now.
#GS2 SCIENCE
--> India's indigenous LLM : Bengaluru based SarvamAI.
--> AI Impact summit 2026 : Chaired by India
--> Sarvam Translate supports 22 Indian languages. It offers paragraph level translation across supported languages.
--> Speech Recognition : Bulbul - Multilingual text to speech model designed to deliver more natural and production ready voices for Indian languages
--> Saaras v3 : Latest speech to text model auto detects spoken language and provide translation.
--> SARVAM is developing 3 variants under sovereign LLM proposal.
- Sarvam Large : Advanced reasoning and generation.
- Sarvam Small : Real time interactive applications.
- Sarvam Edge : Compact on device tasks.
--> India's indigenous LLM : Bengaluru based SarvamAI.
--> AI Impact summit 2026 : Chaired by India
--> Sarvam Translate supports 22 Indian languages. It offers paragraph level translation across supported languages.
--> Speech Recognition : Bulbul - Multilingual text to speech model designed to deliver more natural and production ready voices for Indian languages
--> Saaras v3 : Latest speech to text model auto detects spoken language and provide translation.
--> SARVAM is developing 3 variants under sovereign LLM proposal.
- Sarvam Large : Advanced reasoning and generation.
- Sarvam Small : Real time interactive applications.
- Sarvam Edge : Compact on device tasks.
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2026 : India : BRICS President
Jan 1 : india formally assumed the chairmanship of BRICS
--> BRICS : 10 Member bloc comprising: Brazil , Russia, India , China , South Africa , Iran , Saudi Arabia , Egypt , Ethiopia , UAE
--> 1st Meeting BRICS Sherpas + Sous Sherpas : New Delhi : Feb 9-10
--> Indian priorities for chairship in 2026 : Theme : Building for Resilience, Innovation , Cooperation and Sustainability.
--> Priorities reflected in BRICS Thematic areas : Cooperation in health, agriculture, labour and employment , disaster risk reduction, environment, climate Change , Energy Innovation, Security and Counter terrorism , economic and financial domains.
--> Indian approach: People centric chairship.
--> Cooperation in Sports , Youth Connect, Cultural Engagements, BRICS Academic Forum , BRICS Think Tank Council , BRICS Civil Forum as well as BRICS Business Council and BRICS Women's Business alliance.
#Gs2 mains
Jan 1 : india formally assumed the chairmanship of BRICS
--> BRICS : 10 Member bloc comprising: Brazil , Russia, India , China , South Africa , Iran , Saudi Arabia , Egypt , Ethiopia , UAE
--> 1st Meeting BRICS Sherpas + Sous Sherpas : New Delhi : Feb 9-10
--> Indian priorities for chairship in 2026 : Theme : Building for Resilience, Innovation , Cooperation and Sustainability.
--> Priorities reflected in BRICS Thematic areas : Cooperation in health, agriculture, labour and employment , disaster risk reduction, environment, climate Change , Energy Innovation, Security and Counter terrorism , economic and financial domains.
--> Indian approach: People centric chairship.
--> Cooperation in Sports , Youth Connect, Cultural Engagements, BRICS Academic Forum , BRICS Think Tank Council , BRICS Civil Forum as well as BRICS Business Council and BRICS Women's Business alliance.
#Gs2 mains
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—> Define Deep Tech startups : It is a company that is less than 20 years old or has a turnover of up to ₹300 crore.
—> Gazette Notification : Prohibits a defined start-up from investing in activities that are not directly connected to its core mandate of working and creating new knowledge
—> Anusandhan national research foundation is the custodian of ₹1 lakh crore research and development innovation fund that is expected to invest in emerging technology and fund research over seven years
—> Gazette Notification : Prohibits a defined start-up from investing in activities that are not directly connected to its core mandate of working and creating new knowledge
—> Anusandhan national research foundation is the custodian of ₹1 lakh crore research and development innovation fund that is expected to invest in emerging technology and fund research over seven years
Reviving Pusa's Avian Legacy: Insights from Colonial Bird Records for Modern Agro-Biodiversity
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/indias-agricultural-research-began-in-bihars-pusa-comparing-its-bird-diversity-with-colonial-records-can-guide-indian-agro-biodiversity-today
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/indias-agricultural-research-began-in-bihars-pusa-comparing-its-bird-diversity-with-colonial-records-can-guide-indian-agro-biodiversity-today
Down To Earth
India’s agricultural research began in Bihar’s Pusa. Comparing its bird diversity with colonial records can guide Indian agro biodiversity…
The birthplace of Indian agriculture, located in Pusa (present-day Samastipur district of Bihar), is renowned for its British-inspired horse stud farm establish