Koraga Tribe
Koraga tribal community in Kerala is set to receive land titles under Operation Smile project.
- Habitat – Kerala and Karnataka.
- Status – Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
- Language – Tulu language
- Operation Smile – Launched by the Kerala government with the aim to rehabilitate, support homeless people.
Digital Bharat Nidhi
Minister of State for Communications provided details regarding Digital Bharat Nidhi to a question in Rajya Sabha.
- Initially known as Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)
- Established under the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Act, 2003
- Function as an attached office of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications
- Mandate – To support universal service through promoting access and delivery of telecommunication service in underserved rural, remote and urban areas.
EKLAVYA Platform
Indian Army launches ‘Eklavya’ online digital platform for officers’ training
- Objective – To modernize professional military training, offering flexible and specialized education
- Developed under the aegis of Headquarters Army Training Command with Army War College as the sponsor agency.
- Developed through – Bhaskaracharya National Institute of Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG-N), Gandhinagar
CAFE Norms (Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency Norms)
Centre is likely to impose penalties on some carmakers in violation of Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) norms.
- Norms seeking to mitigate fuel consumption by lowering CO2 emissions, reduce oil dependency and air pollution.
- Notified under the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.
- Applicability – for petrol, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, CNG, etc with gross vehicle weight less than 3500kgs.
K4 Missile
India tests K-4 nuclear-capable ballistic missile from nuclear submarine INS Arighaat
- Nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) this is designed to be launched from underwater platforms.
- Developed By – Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
- Range – 3,500 km
- With this, India became part of a small group of nations having nuclear triad capability (capability of a nuclear strike from Land, Air, and Sea)