#science The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 and NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra.

#environment MFF: The MFF programme is co-chaired by IUCN and UNDP.

MAC: The Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) is an initiative pioneered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Indonesia. It was later joined by India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Japan, and Spain. The alliance was launched during COP27 in Egypt.

#international EWABA: Founded in 2013, the European Waste-based & Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA) is representing the interests of the European waste-based and advanced biofuels industry. Brussels-based association representing members’ interests before EU institutions.

#upscpyq H1N1

#international Alive with Opportunity Campaign.

#science The Artemis Accords is a non-binding multilateral arrangement between the United States government and other world governments participating in the Artemis programme, an American-led effort to return humans to the Moon by 2025, with the ultimate goal of expanding space exploration to Mars and beyond. India is a signatory.

Founding members: Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. (ACI-JLU2).

#science Namakkal; soil similar to Lunar surface. Tamil Nadu has the kind of soil that is present on the lunar surface, particularly that which is very similar to the soil present at the southern pole [of the Moon]. The lunar surface has 'Anorthosite' [a type of intrusive igneous rock] type of soil.

#polity NCDRC: Quasi-Judicial set up u/Consumer Protection Act of 1986 + Commission is headed by a sitting or a retired Judge of the Supreme Court/Chief Justice of the High Court + under the administrative control of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

CCPA: Regulatory body Est. u/CPA, 2019. It has a Chief Commissioner as head and only two other commissioners as members.

#science Equal Contrast Technique (ECT): New methodology to give analysis of historic time series of images of sun.

#economy Minimum Export Price (MEP); price below which an exporter is not allowed to export; kind of quantitative restriction on trade to arrest rise in domestic prices. Legal backing is provided by Foreign trade act, 1992. First imposed on basmati in FY11. Short term measure.

#environment Pench Tiger Reserve; has introduced cycle safaris. The Reserve is located in the southern reaches of the Satpura hills in the Seoni and Chhindwara districts in Madhya Pradesh and continues in Nagpur district in Maharashtra as a separate Sanctuary. 

#history Basilica of Bom Jesus: Goa. Houses relics of St. Francis Xavier.

#upscpyq 1 and 3 only. Died in China; He was extensively involved in the missionary activity in Portuguese India.

#geography Umiam Lake; artificial lake in Meghalaya.

#international Johannesburg Declaration of BRICS; 6 new countries #mnemonic USA-E2I.
UAE, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran.

#science tritium

#science Fukushima nuclear water release; ALPS: Advanced Liquid Processing system.

#international Jaipur Call for Action.

#environment GBFF ratified.

#history Bidnaur Fort at Nagar in Hosnagar Taluk of Shivmoga District, Karnataka. Once the capital of Keladi Kings, Nagara is now a forgotten village.