UPSC Prelims Facts – 06 February 2024

UPSC Prelims Facts

Two Digital Modules within SagarSetu (NLP-Marine) Platform launched

  • National Logistics Portal (NLP-Marine) – National maritime single window platform with end-to-end logistics solutions.
  • Launched by – Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
  • SAGAR-SETU mobile app – An extension of NLP-Marine to offer real-time information on vessels, container freight stations, and transactions
  • 2 Digital Modules Launched –
    • Maritime Single Window (MSW) Module
    • Mercantile Marine Department (MMD) Module

700 One Stop Centres set up across the country

  • One Stop Centres – Scheme toprovide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence and in distress
  • Launched under – Sambal Sub Scheme of Mission Shakti
  • Initiated by – Ministry of Women and Child Development.
  • Objective – To facilitate emergency and non – emergency access to a range of services like assistance to lodge FIR, legal aid etc.

Scientists believe that it is possible to extract matter and energy from the Ergosphere within the event horizon.

  • Ergosphere – Region between event horizon and stationary limit of a rotating black hole (Kerr Black hole)
  • Stationary limit – A surface around the outside of a rotating black hole.
    • Objects which passes through this is always in motion due to distortion of space caused by black hole.
  • Event horizon – Notional boundary around a black hole beyond which no radiation can escape

INS Sandhyak commissioned into Indian Navy in Visakhapatanam.

  • Significance – 1st in a series of 4 SVL ships.
  • Features –
    • Equipped with state-of-the-art hydrographic equipment including Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
    • Can offer limited defence capabilities and serve as hospital ship during wartime or emergencies.
    • Has an indigenous content of over 80% by cost.

A Royal Bengal Tiger was spotted in Pangalokha Wildlife Sanctuary

  • Location – Sikkim
    • At the tri-junction of Sikkim, Bhutan and West Bengal.
  • Significance – Pangalokha range in the east separates Sikkim from Bhutan.
  • Includes Lake Tsongmo, a biodiversity hotspot for migratory birds.
  • Rivers – Rangpo and Jaldhaka

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