Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park (Patna Zoo) houses 10 one-horned rhinoceroses- the highest among Indian zoos for the 10th consecutive year; it began rhino breeding in 1988 and has recorded 40 calves with 100% survival of zoo-born calves.
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Senior IAS officer Mandeep K Bhandari was appointed as the chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) after the Centre carried out a bureaucratic reshuffle
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Digi Yatra: Facial-recognition based contactless airport travel system; international departure trials from Oct 2026 will use e-passports/NFC, while immigration checks will continue separately.
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e-Methanol Plant in Deendayal Port Authority , Kandla
e-Methanol (electronic methanol or synthetic methanol) is a low-carbon, synthetic liquid fuel (CH_3OH) produced by combining green hydrogen with captured carbon dioxide (CO_2) using renewable energy.
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e-Methanol (electronic methanol or synthetic methanol) is a low-carbon, synthetic liquid fuel (CH_3OH) produced by combining green hydrogen with captured carbon dioxide (CO_2) using renewable energy.
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India is piloting the newly established BRICS Network of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in Mental Health. The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) serves as the coordinating nodal centre responsible for framing the governance protocol.
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IIT Delhi has designed India’s first demonstrable, indigenous programmable micro-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) aimed at low-cost embedded systems.
Implemented on a Spartan-7 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) using Register Transfer Language (RTL) rather than a standalone dedicated silicon chip.
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Implemented on a Spartan-7 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) using Register Transfer Language (RTL) rather than a standalone dedicated silicon chip.
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Bihar State CIC: DGP Vinay Kumar (1991-batch IPS) is under consideration for State Chief Information Commissioner; under RTI Act, 2005 (Sec. 15), the Governor appoints the State CIC on recommendation of a committee comprising CM + Leader of Opposition + a Cabinet Minister nominated by CM.
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Leopardus tilcayo - newly described wild cat species from Bolivia’s Yungas region; first living felid species named in over a century.
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Bihar Police will establish Child Help Desks/Child Corners in every police station by 2 October 2026, in line with the Bihar Police Act, 2007 and NCPCR guidelines, for speedy grievance redressal and child protection.
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Asteroid Mining
Why in News: Growing global race to exploit asteroids for water, rare/critical minerals and precious metals.
1. What is Asteroid Mining?
Extraction and processing of resources from asteroids, especially:
• Water/ice
• Iron, Nickel
• Rare-earth/critical minerals
• Platinum Group Metals (PGMs): Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium
• Gold, Silver
2. Why Important?
• Water —> H₂ + O₂ —> rocket fuel + life-support
• Can enable in-space refuelling
• May reduce dependence on Earth-based mining
• Supports future Moon/Mars/deep-space missions
3. Important Asteroid Locations
• Main Asteroid Belt: between Mars and Jupiter
• Near-Earth Objects (NEOs): objects whose orbits bring them close to Earth
• Trojan asteroids: share a planet’s orbit near Lagrange points
4. Mining Challenges
• Microgravity: excavation can push spacecraft away
• Difficult anchoring and drilling
• Huge transport/processing cost
• Unknown actual mineral concentration
• Risk of space debris
• Environmental and planetary-protection concerns
6. Proposed Mining Technologies
• Laser-based extraction
• Anchoring systems
• Enclosed processing
• In-space refining/manufacturing
7. Legal Position
Outer Space Treaty, 1967:-
• Outer space is the province of all mankind
• Celestial bodies cannot be subjected to national appropriation
• Treaty does not clearly settle ownership of extracted resources
—>Countries with domestic space-resource frameworks include:
USA, Luxembourg, UAE and Japan
—>2029 - UN International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence, declared to coincide with the close Earth flyby of asteroid 99942 Apophis on 13 April 2029.
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#CA2026
#SPACE
Why in News: Growing global race to exploit asteroids for water, rare/critical minerals and precious metals.
1. What is Asteroid Mining?
Extraction and processing of resources from asteroids, especially:
• Water/ice
• Iron, Nickel
• Rare-earth/critical minerals
• Platinum Group Metals (PGMs): Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium
• Gold, Silver
2. Why Important?
• Water —> H₂ + O₂ —> rocket fuel + life-support
• Can enable in-space refuelling
• May reduce dependence on Earth-based mining
• Supports future Moon/Mars/deep-space missions
3. Important Asteroid Locations
• Main Asteroid Belt: between Mars and Jupiter
• Near-Earth Objects (NEOs): objects whose orbits bring them close to Earth
• Trojan asteroids: share a planet’s orbit near Lagrange points
4. Mining Challenges
• Microgravity: excavation can push spacecraft away
• Difficult anchoring and drilling
• Huge transport/processing cost
• Unknown actual mineral concentration
• Risk of space debris
• Environmental and planetary-protection concerns
6. Proposed Mining Technologies
• Laser-based extraction
• Anchoring systems
• Enclosed processing
• In-space refining/manufacturing
7. Legal Position
Outer Space Treaty, 1967:-
• Outer space is the province of all mankind
• Celestial bodies cannot be subjected to national appropriation
• Treaty does not clearly settle ownership of extracted resources
—>Countries with domestic space-resource frameworks include:
USA, Luxembourg, UAE and Japan
—>2029 - UN International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence, declared to coincide with the close Earth flyby of asteroid 99942 Apophis on 13 April 2029.
#GS2mains
#CA2026
#SPACE
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