Category: Prelims C A
Kalyana Chalukya Inscriptions
Three rare Kalyana Chalukya-Era inscriptions discovered in Telangana.
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) | National Green Tribunal (NGT)
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) criticized the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) for not giving enough information about pollution levels in the Ganga and Yamuna rivers during the Maha Kumbh festival.
A report from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed high levels of bacteria from human and animal waste in the river where they meet.

UPSC Prelims Facts – 19 February 2025
Copenhagen Framework on Citizen Data, Trailguard AI, Anticyclone, Samudrayaan, White-Winged Duck
Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021
Bombay High Court allowed a woman to terminate her 25-week pregnancy
NAKSHA
Union Minister of Rural Development and Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare to inaugurate the National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations (NAKSHA)
PM AASHA
Government approves Integrated Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) Scheme till 2025-26
Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioner Act, 2023
President appoints Gyanesh Kumar as the New Chief Election Commissioner, the first appointment of the CEC under the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioner Act, 2023.
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
A study published in Environmental Science & Technology indicates that CCS technologies come with a considerably higher cost compared to transitioning to renewable energy sources.

UPSC Prelims Facts – 18 February 2025
Project Waterworth, Exercise Komodo, World Organisation of Animal Health, Loggerhead Turtles, Solar Dehydration Technology
Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST)
Chinese scientists managed to keep plasma at 100 million degrees Celsius for about 1,066 seconds in a nuclear fusion reactor called EAST.
Konda Reddi Tribe | Bamboo
Konda Reddi women set out on a quest for tender shoots of a species of bamboo that grows exclusively in Godavari Valley forests during the monsoon