Cocoa
Price of cocoa beans, a raw material in chocolates, has skyrocketed.
- Humid Tropical Crop native of Amazon region of South America.
- Varieties – Criollo, Forastero and Trinitario.
- Suitable conditions –
- Perennial crop and predominantly grown on red laterite soils.
- Cultivated upto 1200 meters above Mean Sea Level.
- Cultivation in India – Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are leading states.
Right to vote of prisoners
A convicted person, sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years, cannot contest election (Section 8 (3) of Representation of People Act or RPA, 1951).
- Voting – A person confined in a prison cannot vote under Section 62(5) of the RPA, 1951.
- Applicable to persons under a sentence of imprisonment or transportation or is in the lawful custody of the police.
- A person under preventive detention – Entitled to vote in an election
National Anti-Dopping Agency
NADA India concluded #PlayTrue Campaign which commemorated WADA’s Play True Day.
- Set up in – 2005 as an autonomous body under the Societies Registration Act of 1860.
- Provided statutory backing by National Anti-Doping Act, 2022.
- Ministry – Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
- Mandate – Implements the anti-doping programme in India, in line with the World Anti-doping Code 2021.
- Play True Day – Celebrated for fostering awareness about the importance of clean sport and anti-doping practices.
Mount Ruang
Mount Ruang the highest level of alert.
- Stratovolcano located in Indonesia’s Sulawesi Islands.
- Stratovolcano – Volcanic landform characterised by a conical shape formed by layers of volcanic material deposited during successive volcanic eruptions.
- Other volcanoes in Indonesia – Krakatau, Merapi and Semeru.
Blood Minerals
Apple faces allegations of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
- Minerals that are mined in areas where violence, human rights violations, and conflict are intertwined with their extraction.
- Also known as – Conflict minerals
- Concern – Extraction and trade of these minerals have been linked to funding armed groups and fueling conflicts in several countries in Central Africa.
- Major examples of blood minerals – Tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold (3TG)