Category: Prelims C A
Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs)
Rajya Sabha passed Bill On Appointment Of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs).
IUCN Red List | Saiga Antelope
Release of updated Red List of threatened species by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Golden Triangle | Golden Crescent | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Release of UNODC Report “Southeast Asia Opium Survey 2023: Cultivation, Production, and Implications”.
UPSC Prelims Facts – 13 December 2023
Global Cooperation and Training Framework | Universal Dynamic Crosslinker | VINBAX-2023 | AMRIT’ (Arsenic and Metal Removal by Indian Technology)
Anthrax disease
5 countries in East and southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease recently
Multifunction Crypto-asset Intermediaries
Release of Financial Stability Board (FSB)’s report on Multifunction Crypto-asset Intermediaries (MCIs).
COP28 | Global River Cities Alliance (GRCA)
Launch of Global River Cities Alliance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai in 2023.
Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme (IFWCS)
Launch of country’s 1st Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme (IFWCS) recently.
UPSC Prelims Facts – 12 December 2023
Banni Grassland | Unabated Fossil Fuel | Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) | Mission-Operation Storm Makers II
Pashupatinath Temple | River Bagmati
Meat, alcohol prohibited around Pashupatinath Temple due to Bala Chaturdashi festival.
State of Finance for Nature 2023 Report
State of Finance for Nature 2023 Report was released by UN Environment Programme recently.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) | Human Rights 75
Human Rights 75, an initiative to mark the 75th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).