Category: Prelims C A
CDRI | SIDS
CDRI announces funding for 12 projects across 17 Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

FAO’s Statistical Yearbook 2024
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released ‘Statistical Yearbook 2024’
Rio de Janeiro | Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty
G20 Summit 2024 Concluded with adoption of Rio de Janeiro Declaration.

UPSC Prelims Facts – 20 November 2024
Guru Ghasidas Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve, Bioleaching, Sustainable Trade Index, DIPAM, By-elections
Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)
Bombay HC directs SFIO not to take coercive action against former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar
Places Associated with Buddha’s Life and Buddhism
Recently excavations began at Ramgram, led by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), to discover Buddha’s eighth relic.
Debt Recovery Tribunals
Supreme Court issued notice to Ministry of Finance highlighting critical vacancies in Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) across India.
Directorate of Enforcement (ED)
ED seeks adjournment in Kerala gold smuggling case trial.
One Day One Genome Initiative
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC) introduces the ‘One Day One Genome’ initiative

UPSC Prelims Facts – 19 November 2024
Maori Haka Dance, Lake Kariba, APOBEC Family, Uniform Protection Protocol, Ayushman Vaya Vandana Yojana
Chikungunya | Ixchiq Vaccine
United States reports surge in chikungunya cases among travellers from Telangana.