Category: Prelims C A

UPSC Prelims Facts – 4 April 2025
Steel Procurement Policy, Heard and McDonald Island, National Polio Surveillance Project, Katchatheevu Island, INS Tarkash
Nagarhole National Park
Former forest official appealed to Chief Minister to immediately stop the grant of three acres of land within the swampy grasslands (Hadlus) in Nagarahole National Park to claimants
Future Circular Collider | CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) recently published the Feasibility Study Report on the potential Future Circular Collider (FCC).
Central Adoption Resource Authority
India saw a record 4,515 child adoptions in FY 2024-25 with CARA introducing 8,598 newly identified children into the adoption pool.
Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund
PM announced ex-gratia from PMNRF to Fire Factory explosion victims in Gujarat.

UPSC Prelims Facts – 3 April 2025
SAMARTH UDYOG BHARAT 4.0, Cape Town Convention and Protocol, Taiwan Strait, Naini Lake, P4 Initiative
Blindsight | Brain Computer Interface
Neuralink plans to implant its FDA-designated ‘breakthrough device,’ the Blindsight chip, in a human for the first time by 2025.
Rabindranath Tagore
On 1st April 2025, Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan hosted an international seminar to mark the 100th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’s visit to China (1924)
Koshi Mechi Intra-State Link Project | Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme
Union Cabinet approved inclusion of Kosi Mechi Intra-State Link Project of Bihar under PMKSY-AIBP
Advance Pricing Agreements
CBDT signed the highest number of Advance Pricing Agreements in a financial year
Biological Weapons Convention
50th anniversary of Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) commemorated.