#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.

#history Venkatappa Nayaka; Pietro Della Valle; Shivappa Nayaka.

#history The land revenue system implemented by Shivappa Nayaka in Keladi, called shist. Nagara Rebellion in 1830; The local leaders and peasants started gathering in mass meetings, called Kuttams, to express their dissatisfaction with the tax system and the administration.

#history Keladi Chennamma.

#history downfall of the dynasty

#environment Lion-Tailed Macaque is an Old World Monkey; Males define the boundaries of their home range by call; In the wild, these are only native to India; Primate endemic to rainforests of Western Ghats; diurnal in nature. IUCN; Endangered. Karnataka has the world's largest population of lion-tailed macaques. Sharavathi Valley Lion-Tailed Macaque Sanctuary (SVLTMS), spread across Shivamogga and Uttara Kannada districts.

#upscpyq 1,2,3 not in Andhra.

#upscpyq only two; Malabar Civet and Sambar Deer are nocturnal.

#technology Geospatial AI; It is the application of artificial intelligence (AI) fused with geospatial data, science, and technology. Eg: The approach utilises Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) data derived from satellite sources like INSAT-3D/3DR, MODIs, along with weather data.

#technology Random Forest Technology: It is a commonly used machine learning algorithm that combines multiple data outputs to arrive at a result; wherein researchers use historical data collected from various air quality monitoring stations in a city and apply the random forest algorithm to predict the Air Quality Index.

#health Zika Virus: It is a mosquito-borne virus that was first identified in the Zika Forest of Uganda in 1947. It is primarily transmitted to humans through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, particularly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. It can also spread through sexual contact, blood transfusion, and from an infected mother to her baby during pregnancy or childbirth. Severe consequences for pregnant women and their babies. No specific treatment is available for Zika virus infection or disease.

#upscpyq Zika Virus. Both 1 and 2. Dengue viruses are spread to people through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito.