Voyager 1
- NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
- Earlier it stopped sending data back to Earth from Nov, 2023.
- About Voyager 1
- Launched in 1977 to fly by Jupiter and Saturn.
- The probe is now in interstellar space, the region outside the heliopause.
- It was also the first spacecraft to cross the heliosphere.
- The boundary where the influences outside our solar system are stronger than those from our Sun.
- Discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and Jovian moons: Thebe and Metis.
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- voyager
- interstellar space
Payment aggregator (PA)
- PayU has received an in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a PA.
- About PAs
- It is a financial technology company that simplifies the process of accepting electronic payments for businesses.
- It acts as an intermediary between the business and the financial institutions.
- It is incorporated as a company under the Companies Act, 1956 / 2013.
- Non-bank PAs require authorisation from RBI under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
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- Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
- Payment aggregator (PA)
- Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
- Companies Act, 1956 / 2013.
Nomination in Election
- Recently a candidate was elected unopposed to the lok sabha as the nomination papers of the opposite candidate was rejected by the returning officer.
- Nominations in election
- Section 33 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RoPA) contains the requirements for a valid nomination.
- For filing of nomination in a constituency
- Candidate from recognised political party should have one proposer
- Candidates from independent and unrecognised parties should be subscribed by ten proposers.
- The proposers should be electors from that respective constituency.
- Section 36 of the RP Act, provides that the Returning Officer can reject a nomination based on signature of the candidate or proposer found not genuine.
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- Nomination process
- RPA 1951
- Elections
Article 244(A)
- The people of the Diphu Constituency (Assam) have been demanding the implementation of Article 244(A) of the Constitution.
- About Article 244(A)
- Inserted by the 22nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1969.
- It enables the formation of an autonomous State comprising certain tribal areas in Assam.
- The formed autonomous state shall have its own local Legislature or Council of Ministers or both for local administration.
- Provides for more powers to tribal areas than the Sixth Schedule by providing control over the law and order in the region.
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- Article 244(A)
- special provisions to tribal areas
- schedule VI
Crystal Maze 2
- The Indian Air Force has successfully tested a new version of a medium-range ballistic missile.
- About Crystal Maze 2 (aka ROCKS):
- Origin: medium-range ballistic missile developed by Israel.
- Range: strike range of over 250 km
- Type: Air-to-surface missile
- Aim: designed to strike high-value stationary and relocatable targets in GPS-denied environments
- Missile can target long-range radar and air defense systems.
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- ballistic missile
Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS)
- The Supreme Court has stayed construction of four proposed dams inside KWS in Haryana’s Yamunanagar district.
- About Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary
- It is at the junction of the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
- It’s the largest wildlife sanctuary in Haryana situated at lower Shivalik in the Himalayan foothills.
- The Yamuna River runs to the east of KWS.
- It’s an important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs).
- It’s a Broadleaf Deciduous Forest, comprising sal, khair, shisam, tun, sain and amla.
- Fauna: Leopard, Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus), Hyena, etc.
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- Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS)
- important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs).
- Broadleaf Deciduous Forest
The Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC)
- The GNAFC launched the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) which is produced annually by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN).
- About GNAFC:
- It was launched in 2016.
- By the European Union, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
- It seeks to better link, integrate and guide existing initiatives, partnerships, programmes and policy processes to address the root causes of food crises.
- It brings together governments, international organisations, and NGOs to improve humanitarian responses and reduce the number of people facing acute food insecurity.
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- The Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC)
- Food Crisis
- Food Security Information Network
- Global Report on Food Crises
Sympathetic Solar flares
- Four sympathetic solar flares erupted simultaneously was captured by NASA.
- About Sympathetic Solar Flares:
- They are caused by multiple eruptions across the Sun’s magnetic field, linked by massive magnetic field loops that lie above the solar surface.
- When one spot detonates, others follow suit. This leads to coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and massive bursts of plasma.
- Such solar activity is likely an indication of the Sun reaching the peak of its 11-year solar cycle known as solar maximum.
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- Sympathetic Solar flares
- Sun
