UPSC Prelims Facts – 23 February 2024

UPSC Prelims Facts

T-50 opened recently.

  • Known as – Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link
  • Significance – Longest transportation tunnel of the country (USBRL)
  • Falls between – Khari-Sumber section.

Recently a significant rise has been witnessed in the cases of ‘Zombie Deer Disease’

  • Also known as – Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), a contagious neurological condition fatal to animals
  • Caused by – Misfolded proteins known as prions
  • Affects – Species in the cervid family (deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer, and moose)
    • Till now, no direct evidence of its human transmission has been found.
  • Treatment – No treatments or vaccines as of now.

FSDC has asked financial sector regulators to take further measures to check the spread of unauthorized lending through online apps.

  • FSDC – Set up by the Government as the apex-level forum in 2010 (Not a statutory body).
  • Deals with – Issues relating to financial stability, financial sector development, and inter–regulatory coordination, etc.
  • Chairman – Union Finance Minister
  • Members – Heads of Financial sector Regulators (RBI, SEBI, PFRDA, IRDA & FMC), Finance Secretary etc. Reconstituted in 2018 to include more members
  • Funding – No funds are separately allocated to it for undertaking its activities.

CDP Water Security Ratings improved due to NTPC’s efforts to enhance water reuse and recycling.

  • Carbon Disclosure Project – A not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors and companies to manage their environmental impacts.
  • Founded in – 2000
  • Significance – 1st platform to leverage investor pressure to influence corporate disclosure on environmental impact.

International Mother Language Day celebrated recently

  • International Mother Language Day – February 21
  • Observed by – UNESCO
  • Aim – Preservation of linguistic heritage
  • Commemorates – Long struggle by Bangladesh to protect its mother language Bangla.

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