#science H5N1 and H5N8; Avian Influenzas.

#environment Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary: Chhatisgarh.

#technology JAIS. G42: Company born in Abu Dhabi providing AI solutions.

#history Mangri Orang: Assam‘s first female freedom fighter.

#polity Elections to Parliament and the Assemblies were being held simultaneously till 1967. Later, it became impossible due to the changed political scenario.

#international Nagorno-Karabakh: Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

#culture Kokborok is the language spoken by the Borok people belonging to the State of Tripura. It is a Sino-Tibetan language and can be traced back to at least the 1st century AD when the historical record of Tripuri kings started to be written down in a book called the Rajratnakar. 

#health The G8 formally endorsed the call for the creation of the Global Fund at its summit in July 2001 in Genoa, Italy. The Global Fund was formed as an independent, non-profit foundation under Swiss law and hosted by the WHO in January 2002. UNDP also supports it.

#technology Development of RAMBHA-LP was led by Space Physics Laboratory (SPL), Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram. The initial assessment indicates that the plasma encompassing the lunar surface is relatively sparse. The RAMBHA-Langmuir Probe (RAMBHA-LP), named after America physicist Irving Langmuir.

#environment ACJCE is civil society network working for a transition in Pakistan’s energy sector.

#international Extended Finance Facility: IMF.

#international Countries of Global South in debt crisis: Zambia: First to default during COVID-19; Sri Lanka, Ghana, Pakistan, Tunisia, Egypt, El Salvador, Kenya, Lebanon.

#internarional Paris Club: A group of officials from major creditor countries whose role is to find co-ordinated and sustainable solutions to the payment difficulties experienced by debtor countries. Secretariat: Paris, France. Formed in 1956 meeting. Mostly members: OECD countries. India is not a member.

G20 Common Framework Initiative: The Common Framework is intended to deal with insolvency and protracted liquidity problems, along with the implementation of an IMF-supported reform program.

#upscpyq G20 Common Framework and Paris Club. Both 1 and 2.

#upscpyq Rapid Financing Instrument.

#technology AI Algorithm (qXR) to screen for TB.

#science Oldest yet fossils of a plant-eating dinosaur found in Rajasthan.

The Indian landmass could have been an important place for the early evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs. Scientists from IIT Roorkee have characterised dinosaur fossils from the Middle Jurassic period, found in the Thar desert near the Jaisalmer Basin by the Geological Survey of India.

#international The Initiative on the Safe Transportation of Grain and Foodstuffs from Ukrainian ports, also called the Black Sea Grain Initiative and in the media commonly called the grain deal, was an agreement among Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations (UN) during the Russian Invasion.

#international major Ukrainian Ports.

#culture Pulikali: It is a folk dance of Kerala. Instruments: Thakil, Udukku, Chenda. Theme: Tiger Hunting.

#technology At Maharashtra’s Hingoli, an arid stretch of land is set to be the site for one most ambitious science programmes in the world – the LIGO observatory to study gravitational waves. Provide insights into mysteries of universe, including nature of black holes, neutron stars, and other celestial phenomena. Improve ability to localize a source of gravitational waves anywhere in sky. Observatory consist of 4-km-long vacuum chambers, built perpendicular to each other. Gravitational waves are 'ripples' in space-time caused by most violent and energetic processes like collision of black holes, etc. in Universe.