#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.

#science Preeclampsia is a serious blood pressure condition that develops during pregnancy.

#history Sree Narayan Guru: Hindu saint & social reformer from Kerala. He propagated the idea of ‘One Caste, One Religion, One God’. He, along with Padmanabhan Palpu, founded the (SNDP) for upliftment and education of Ezhava community. He launched the “Aruvipuram movement, one of the first moments for equal rights to temple entry. He lent support to Vaikkom Satyagraha for temple enrty (1924-25) in Travancore. His works include DaivaDasakam, Anukampadasakam.

#polity Kothari Commission: Education.

#environment Gudisa Grassland: Andhra Pradesh.

#schemes DIKSHA: Ministry of Education. E-Content for schools via an online portal and a mobile application.

#history Ramanuja is famous as the chief proponent of Vishistadvaita subschool of Vedanta. Ramanujacharya escaped from Kulothunga Chola and had come to Hoysala during Bitti Deva’s reign. Ramanuja, born in Tamil Nadu in the eleventh century, was deeply influenced by the Alvars. According to him the best means of attaining salvation was through intense devotion to lord Vishnu. He built the Cheluvanarayana Swami temple at Melukote in Karnataka.

#upscpyq Ramanuja

#mnemonic Yellow Sea borders: NSC.
North Korea, South Korea and China. It is a marginal sea located on the Western Pacific Ocean.

#international EurAsia Interconnector: The EuroAsia Interconnector is a HVDC Interconnector between the Greek, Cypriot and Israeli Power Grids via the world's longest submarine power cable.