🔆 "In our fight against climate change, could the seas turn the tide?"
Context: The article discusses the potential of ocean-based solutions to mitigate climate change.
Key Points:
✅Ocean's Role in Climate Change: The ocean has absorbed significant amounts of CO2 and heat from the atmosphere.
🔸This has led to ocean acidification, warming, and disruption of marine ecosystems.
✅Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR):
.
Natural Solutions:
✅Coastal ecosystems: Mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass meadows can sequester carbon.
✅Ocean fertilization: Adding nutrients to stimulate phytoplankton growth, which can absorb CO2.
Engineered Solutions:
✅Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE): Adding alkaline substances to seawater to increase its capacity to absorb CO2.
Context: The article discusses the potential of ocean-based solutions to mitigate climate change.
Key Points:
✅Ocean's Role in Climate Change: The ocean has absorbed significant amounts of CO2 and heat from the atmosphere.
🔸This has led to ocean acidification, warming, and disruption of marine ecosystems.
✅Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR):
.
Natural Solutions:
✅Coastal ecosystems: Mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass meadows can sequester carbon.
✅Ocean fertilization: Adding nutrients to stimulate phytoplankton growth, which can absorb CO2.
Engineered Solutions:
✅Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE): Adding alkaline substances to seawater to increase its capacity to absorb CO2.
👍1
#National_Park
Balpakram National Park
▪️ Balpakram National Park is a national park in the south of Garo Hills in Meghalaya, India, located close to the international border with Bangladesh.
▪️ It was inaugurated in December 1987 and provides habitat for barking deer, Asian golden cat, Bengal tiger, marbled cat, wild water buffalo, red panda and Indian elephant.
▪️ Balpakram means 'land of the eternal wind' according to the myth of the Garo people.
▪️ Altitude (200-800m), south of Garo Hills
▪️ Also called "Abode of perpetual wind" and "Land of spirit"
▪️ Hotspot of Biodiversity
▪️ Famous for the pitcher plant
▪️ A variety of very rare medicinal herbs locally called"dikes".
Balpakram National Park
▪️ Balpakram National Park is a national park in the south of Garo Hills in Meghalaya, India, located close to the international border with Bangladesh.
▪️ It was inaugurated in December 1987 and provides habitat for barking deer, Asian golden cat, Bengal tiger, marbled cat, wild water buffalo, red panda and Indian elephant.
▪️ Balpakram means 'land of the eternal wind' according to the myth of the Garo people.
▪️ Altitude (200-800m), south of Garo Hills
▪️ Also called "Abode of perpetual wind" and "Land of spirit"
▪️ Hotspot of Biodiversity
▪️ Famous for the pitcher plant
▪️ A variety of very rare medicinal herbs locally called"dikes".
TERMINOLOGIES USED IN QUESTIONS.pdf
194.3 KB
Terminologies used in Questions .
Please take a glance of this mindmap
Please take a glance of this mindmap
🔆Narsapur lace Craft:
✅Narsapur is situated on the bank of Godavari River in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
✅It is believed that the women of the farming community of this region started creating highly attractive artefacts from colourful lace, about 150 years ago.
✅The craft has survived the Indian famine (1899) and the Great Depression (1929). By the early 1900s, above 2,000 women were involved in the craft in the Godavari region.
✅The lace work is done using thin threads and these are again woven with thin crochet needles of varying sizes.
✅Narsapur's famed hand-made crochet industry produces doilies, pillow covers, cushion covers, bed spreads, table-runners and tablecloths etc.
✅Many of these products are exported to markets in the USA, UK and France.
#gs1
#art_and_culture
✅Narsapur is situated on the bank of Godavari River in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
✅It is believed that the women of the farming community of this region started creating highly attractive artefacts from colourful lace, about 150 years ago.
✅The craft has survived the Indian famine (1899) and the Great Depression (1929). By the early 1900s, above 2,000 women were involved in the craft in the Godavari region.
✅The lace work is done using thin threads and these are again woven with thin crochet needles of varying sizes.
✅Narsapur's famed hand-made crochet industry produces doilies, pillow covers, cushion covers, bed spreads, table-runners and tablecloths etc.
✅Many of these products are exported to markets in the USA, UK and France.
#gs1
#art_and_culture
Recent controversy surrounding US President Joe Biden's pardon to his son Hunter Biden has brought the practice of pardoning power under scrutiny.
Key Points:
✅Pardoning Power:
🔸Historical practice originating from monarchical times.
🔸Used to grant relief from punishment and associated disqualifications.
🔸Does not erase the conviction record.
✅Constitutional Provisions:
🔸US Constitution grants the President the power to pardon federal crimes, except in cases of impeachment.
🔸Indian Constitution grants pardoning power to the President and Governors.
✅Controversies:
🔸Use of pardoning power for political purposes or personal benefit.
🔸Lack of transparency and accountability in the exercise of this power.
✅Potential for abuse and misuse.
Judicial Review:
✅Pardoning power is subject to judicial review on grounds of arbitrariness, mala fides, or extraneous considerations.
Courts can intervene to ensure the power is exercised fairly and justly.
Key Points:
✅Pardoning Power:
🔸Historical practice originating from monarchical times.
🔸Used to grant relief from punishment and associated disqualifications.
🔸Does not erase the conviction record.
✅Constitutional Provisions:
🔸US Constitution grants the President the power to pardon federal crimes, except in cases of impeachment.
🔸Indian Constitution grants pardoning power to the President and Governors.
✅Controversies:
🔸Use of pardoning power for political purposes or personal benefit.
🔸Lack of transparency and accountability in the exercise of this power.
✅Potential for abuse and misuse.
Judicial Review:
✅Pardoning power is subject to judicial review on grounds of arbitrariness, mala fides, or extraneous considerations.
Courts can intervene to ensure the power is exercised fairly and justly.
🔆Committees on Western Ghats:
📍Sanjay Kumar Committee:
✅Formed to review state objections on ESA demarcations and validate proposed exclusions.
✅Will conduct field visits to verify if demands for village exclusions from ESA listings are justified.
✅Seeks to finalize the ESA status for villages, restricting activities harmful to biodiversity.
📍Madhav Gadgil Committee (2011):
✅Established by UPA government to propose protection measures for the Western Ghats.
✅Recommended designating the entire Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive.
✅Proposed the creation of a dedicated ecological authority to regulate development.
✅Report suggested rigorous conservation, but its recommendations were not fully adopted.
📍Kasturirangan Committee (2012):
✅Formed as a follow-up to the Gadgil Committee to provide a more moderate approach.
✅Based ESA demarcations on 37% of the Western Ghats, focusing on forested areas.
✅Emphasized a balance between conservation and developmental needs, allowing limited activity in specific areas.
#prelims_facts
#mains
📍Sanjay Kumar Committee:
✅Formed to review state objections on ESA demarcations and validate proposed exclusions.
✅Will conduct field visits to verify if demands for village exclusions from ESA listings are justified.
✅Seeks to finalize the ESA status for villages, restricting activities harmful to biodiversity.
📍Madhav Gadgil Committee (2011):
✅Established by UPA government to propose protection measures for the Western Ghats.
✅Recommended designating the entire Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive.
✅Proposed the creation of a dedicated ecological authority to regulate development.
✅Report suggested rigorous conservation, but its recommendations were not fully adopted.
📍Kasturirangan Committee (2012):
✅Formed as a follow-up to the Gadgil Committee to provide a more moderate approach.
✅Based ESA demarcations on 37% of the Western Ghats, focusing on forested areas.
✅Emphasized a balance between conservation and developmental needs, allowing limited activity in specific areas.
#prelims_facts
#mains
Cyclone Fengal
location - Puducherry, Tamilnadu
- low intensity storm
- more destruction due to slow movement (more rainfall in a region)
#GS1 #GS3 #prelims_facts
location - Puducherry, Tamilnadu
- low intensity storm
- more destruction due to slow movement (more rainfall in a region)
#GS1 #GS3 #prelims_facts
Exercise Shakti:
✍️ Exercise Shakti is a biennial training event conducted alternatively in India and France.
✍️ Aim is to enhance the joint military capability of both sides to undertake multi-domain operations in a Sub-Conventional scenario under Chapter VII of the United Nations Mandate.
✍️ The joint exercise will focus on operations in the semi-urban and mountainous terrain.
✍️ Objectives to be achieved from the joint training are a high degree of physical fitness, rehearsing and refining drills for operations at the tactical level, and sharing of best practices.
✍️ It will enable the two sides to share their best practices in Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for conducting joint operations.
✍️ Exercise Shakti is a biennial training event conducted alternatively in India and France.
✍️ Aim is to enhance the joint military capability of both sides to undertake multi-domain operations in a Sub-Conventional scenario under Chapter VII of the United Nations Mandate.
✍️ The joint exercise will focus on operations in the semi-urban and mountainous terrain.
✍️ Objectives to be achieved from the joint training are a high degree of physical fitness, rehearsing and refining drills for operations at the tactical level, and sharing of best practices.
✍️ It will enable the two sides to share their best practices in Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for conducting joint operations.
📍Financial Inclusion Schemes in India
✅Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
✅Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
✅Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)
✅Stand Up India Scheme
✅Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
✅Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
✅Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
✅Jeevan Suraksha Bandhan Yojana
✅Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme (CEGS) for Scheduled Castes (SCs)
✅Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes under the Social Sector Initiatives
✅Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY)
#gs1
#society
Join channel
https://t.me/thegameoftoppers
✅Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
✅Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
✅Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)
✅Stand Up India Scheme
✅Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
✅Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
✅Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
✅Jeevan Suraksha Bandhan Yojana
✅Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme (CEGS) for Scheduled Castes (SCs)
✅Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes under the Social Sector Initiatives
✅Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY)
#gs1
#society
Join channel
https://t.me/thegameoftoppers
#Government Schemes
🔘Bhashini Mission
In News
Union minister for electronics and information technology recently said that Mission Bhashini’s capabilities have been integrated with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to make digital payments through the UPI 123 Pay available in more than 20 local Indian languages.
About
◾️Bhashini Mission is a local language translation mission that aims to break the barrier between various Indian tongues by using available technology.
◾️BHASHINI4 aims to build a National Public Digital Platform for languages.
◾️This government platform aims to make Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (NLP) resources available in the public domain to be used by — Indian MSMEs, startups an and individual innovators.
◾️UPI 123 Pay is an instant payment system which will allow users to make UPI transactions without an internet connection.
🔘Bhashini Mission
In News
Union minister for electronics and information technology recently said that Mission Bhashini’s capabilities have been integrated with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to make digital payments through the UPI 123 Pay available in more than 20 local Indian languages.
About
◾️Bhashini Mission is a local language translation mission that aims to break the barrier between various Indian tongues by using available technology.
◾️BHASHINI4 aims to build a National Public Digital Platform for languages.
◾️This government platform aims to make Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (NLP) resources available in the public domain to be used by — Indian MSMEs, startups an and individual innovators.
◾️UPI 123 Pay is an instant payment system which will allow users to make UPI transactions without an internet connection.
❤1