Category: Prelims C A
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
Cooperative Banks
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) intervened in New India Cooperative Bank over fund misappropriation concern.
India’s Overseas Port Investments | Chabahar port
Chabahar Port received a special mention in Donald Trump’s memo
Autonomous System Industry Alliance | Underwater Domain Awareness
India and USA announced Autonomous Systems Industry Alliance (ASIA) initiative for Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA)
UPSC Prelims Facts – 16-17 February 2025
Exercise Ekuverin, NIMHANS, Unani Medicine, Asian Fisheries and Acquacultue Forum, Ongole Breed









