Category: Prelims C A
Bacterial Pathogens Priority List
WHO updated Bacterial Pathogens Priority List (BPPL) as critical priority pathogens continue to present major global threat.

UPSC Prelims Facts – 19-20 May 2024
Port of Call, National Endangered Species Day, Nile River, ONDC, Svalbard Treaty

Asset Reconstruction Companies
RBI highlighted concerns over functioning of Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs)
Earth’s Magnetic Field
Earth’s magnetic field underwent a major weakening 591 million years ago

UPSC Prelims Facts – 18 May 2024
LUPEX, Plunging Region, Insurance Surety Bonds, RoseTTAFold, NPPA
National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)
NCBC recommends increase in reservation quota for OBCs in West Bengal, Punjab

Article 300A
SC in Kolkata Municipal Corporation & Anr Vs Bimal Kumar Shah & Ors has stated that Article 300A has been characterised both as a constitutional and also a human right.

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Secretary General of SAARC paid an official visit to India
Xenotransplantation
First Human recipient of a Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Transplant has died recently.

UPSC Prelims Facts – 17 May 2024
Maillard Reaction, Soil Nailing, BHISHM Portable Cubes, Lead, Deda Method