• Naib Subedar Sujit Kumar Pradhan (UNMISS–South Sudan) and Lance Havildar Harbhajan Singh (MONUSCO–DR Congo) were posthumously awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal in 2026 by UN Secretary-General António Guterres for sacrifice in UN peacekeeping operations.

About:
• UNMISS —> South Sudan (established in 2011 under UNSC Resolution 1996).
• MONUSCO —> Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Dag Hammarskjöld Medal —> UN’s posthumous honour for peacekeepers killed while serving under the UN flag; established by UNSC Resolution 1121 (1997).
• International day of UN Peacekeepers(Blue Helmets)—> 29 May

• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) = Doctors Without Borders; international humanitarian medical NGO founded in 1971, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland; awarded the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize.

Add-on (2026):
• Major Abhilasha Barak (India) received the 2026 Military Gender Advocate Award from the UN.

UN-Habitat:

• UN-Habitat = United Nations Human Settlements Programme; headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya.

• World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanization convened by UN-Habitat.

• WUF-13 (2026) was held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

• A household spending more than 30% of its income on housing is generally considered housing-cost burdened.

• Price-to-Income Ratio is a key measure of housing affordability; ≤3 is generally considered affordable, while >5 indicates severe unaffordability.

• Financialisation of housing = treating houses as investment/financial assets rather than primarily as places to live.

• Central and South Asia, including India, recorded one of the sharpest increases in housing price-to-income ratios (2010–2023).

• Slums/Informal settlements remain a major urban challenge; over 1 billion people globally live in such settlements according to UN estimates.

#CA2026
#REPORT
#UN

Interlink:
https://t.me/civils_web/711
https://t.me/civils_web/8116
https://t.me/civils_web/2097


What to focus ?
1. CPU vs GPU vs TPU
2. FLOPS ?
3. Global race for advanced semiconductor chips
4. Nvidia : New chip RTX Spark , Nvidia partnered with Microsoft to launch the new chip Nvidia RTX Spark, and it will power computers made by Dell Asus and HP.
5. Nvidia is the biggest chipmaker in the world with a market cap of over $5tn.
6. Generative AI ?
7. LLM ?
8. India' indigenous processors ? India semiconductor mission ?
9. Race for high end Semiconductor chips
- Apple : m series chips
- Intel earlier dominant player now struggling
- Qualcomm: Snapdragon chips

--> Novel antibiotic Zaynich brings relief to the drought in antibiotic innovation

--> The drug for treating complicated urinary tract infections is the first fully indigenously developed Indian new chemical entity to secure US FDA approval.

—> Zaynich is injectable, comprising of cefepime and zidebactam, and indicated to work against E coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Enterobacter cloacae complex and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

—> The drug is the first fully indigenously developed Indian new chemical entity to secure US FDA approval.

—> It offers a potent option against multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria amid a thinning global antibiotic pipeline

—> Developed by Wockhardt : Novel antibiotic aimed at treatment of complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI), including pyelonephritis, in adults. 

—> Mechanism of action of Beta-lactam enhancer, targeting gram-negative pathogens,”


Link : https://t.me/civils_web/5771

Seabuckthorn

UPSC PYQs sequel —> Himalayan nettle —> Gucchi mushroom —> Moringa and tamarind for biofuel —> NEXT PROBABLE QUESTION on seabuckthorn

PESA , FRA : important area for BPSC

Asked in latest AEDO Exam

To be focussed

1. What is DNA finger printing : DNA Fingerprinting is a well-known method of personal identification. It is a technique to find out the variations in individuals at the DNA level. Although over 99% of the DNA sequences are the same across all humans, there are highly variable regions known as short tandem repeats (STRs) that differ between individuals.


VALUE ADDITION : DNA fingerprinting and FR

1. DNA Fingerprinting and fundamental rigjts : DNA fingerprinting and its application intersect with Fundamental Rights under the Indian Constitution, primarily raising conflicts with the Right to Privacy (Article 21) and the Right against Self-Incrimination (Article 20(3))

2. Judiciary Stand : In The State of Bombay versus Kathi Kalu Oghad case, SC ruled that obtaining photographs, fingerprints, signatures, and thumb impressions would not violate the right against self-incrimination of an accused.  The court distinguished “to be a witness” from “furnishing evidence”.

The demography panel led by a retired Supreme Court judge PRAKASH PRABHAKAR NAOLEKER is likely to study the exclusion of names from the voters' list following the special intensive revi-sion (SIR) exercise conducted in 13 States and Union Territories

Indigenous RudraM-II air to surf w missile

Mission "Senehjori" – Assam Muga Silk USP, a comprehensive cluster-based initiative aimed at transforming Assam's unique Muga silk sector into a globally competitive, high-value luxury textile ecosystem.


Link :

https://t.me/civils_web/1783

https://t.me/bpscweb/24410
👇👇

Digital India BHASHINI Division, Current AI and Kalpa Impact Launch VYOMA Innovation Challenge to Advance Multilingual Edge AI Innovation

What are dark patterns ?