Exercise KAZIND
8th edition of KAZIND-2024 commenced
- India-Kazakhstan Annual Joint Military Exercise
- Aim – Enhance joint military capability of both sides to undertake counter terrorism operations in a sub conventional scenario.
White Dwarf Star
First rocky planet has been spotted orbiting a burned-out star called a white dwarf.
- A stellar core left behind after a dying star has exhausted its nuclear fuel and expelled its outer layers to form a planetary nebula.
- Chandrasekhar limit (1.44 times mass of Sun) is maximum mass theoretically possible for a stable white dwarf star.
- A star ends its nuclear-burning lifetime with a mass greater than Chandrasekhar limit must become either a neutron star or a black hole
Post Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Helene in USA downgraded to post-tropical cyclone.
- A cyclone that no longer possesses sufficient tropical characteristics to be considered a tropical cyclone.
- Can continue to carry heavy rains and high winds.
- 2 specific classes –
- Former tropical cyclones that have become fully extra-tropical cyclone.
- Remnant lows, no longer possesses the convective organization required of a tropical cyclone.
Cyber Slavery
Amid reports of ‘cyber slavery’, telecom ministry to disconnect 2.17 crore mobile connections.
- A form of modern exploitation that begins with online deception and evolves into physical human trafficking.
- Emerging as a form of organized crime of unprecedented severity and scale.
- Offenders target lure individuals by giving fake promises to offer them employment.
SARTHIE 1.0
The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJE) and National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) launched SARTHIE 1.0.
- Aim – Empower disadvantaged communities (like Scheduled Castes, Transgenders, Denotified and Nomadic Tribes, etc.) through awareness generation
- Offers legal support promoting effective access to welfare schemes.
- Offers synergy between executive and judiciary to further social justice.