Category: Prelims C A
UPSC Prelims Facts – 18 December 2024
Mirza Ghalib, Mirror Bacteria, SHRI Programme, Henderson Doctrine, Santa Ana Winds
Hydroxymethanesulphonate (HMS)
Scientists have found aerosol particles that exist in a supercooled state during very cold winters allow the formation of hydroxymethanesulphonate
National Investigation Agency (NIA)
SC expands NIA powers: Agency can probe non-scheduled offences linked to cases under its purview
Credit Guarantee Scheme for e-NWR based Pledge Financing
Credit Guarantee Scheme for e-NWR based Pledge Financing (CGS-NPF) launched.
Sri Potti Sriramalu
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister announced the establishment of a Telugu University in honor of martyr Sri Potti Sriramulu
Alternative Investment Fund
About 20% of investments in Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) has been used to circumvent financial- regulations.
UPSC Prelims Facts – 17 December 2024
Cyclone Chido, Exercise Desert Knight, World Travel and Tourism Council, Ustad Zakkir Hussain, Disease X
Mirror Microbes
Recently, some scientists have started on the road to creating ‘mirror microbes’, synthetic bacteria whose building blocks are mirror-images of their natural counterparts
Birhor Tribe
Jharkhand’s Birhor tribe have joined movement against child marriage for first time.
COP 16 of UNCCD
16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) concluded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jalvahak Scheme | Inland Waterways in India
Union Government unveils ‘Jalvahak’ Scheme to boost Inland Waterways.
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
UK joins Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.