Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
At UNFCCC COP 29, Baku, it was announced that 10 more countries had joined discussions on the FF-NPT.
- A group of civil society, research organizations, Nobel Laureates, government, etc working on global cooperation to stop new fossil fuel (coal, oil, gas) production.
- Launched in 2019.
- Focus on 3 pillars –
- Non-proliferation – Stopping new fossil fuel (coal, oil, gas) production.
- Fair phase-out – Closing existing fossil fuel facilities, based on nations’ capacity and historical emissions.
- Just transition – Fast-track renewables while ensuring economic support for affected countries.
Sanyukt Vimochan 2024
Indian Army conducted ‘Sanyukt Vimochan 2024’ in Gujrat.
- Multilateral Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise
- Friendly Foreign Countries from Gulf Cooperation Council, Indian Ocean Region and South East Asia attended the exercise.
ATACMS missiles
Ukraine used American-made ATACMS missiles to strike into Russia
- Long-range, guided surface-to-surface ballistic missile.
- Maximum range – 300 km.
- Has improved guidance package with Global Positioning System.
AroTrack
Scientists at IIT Bombay have developed portable water-pollutant detecting device called ‘AroTrack’.
- Portable water-pollutant detecting device that uses a protein-based biosensor to detect harmful ‘aromatic xenobiotic’ pollutants like phenol, benzene and xylenols from water samples.
- Aromatic xenobiotic compounds are extremely toxic to living organisms and are difficult to detect.
UNICORN (Unified Complex Radio Antenna)
India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Implementation for co-development of UNICORN mast
- A mast with integrated communication systems
- Indian Navy currently uses Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)’s Advanced Composite Communication System, a 4th-gen integrated voice/data system for ship communications.
- Marks the 1st case of co-development and co-production of defence equipment between India and Japan signed in 2015