CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR EXAMS IN 2024

RED FLAG 24 EXERCISE

ORGANIZED BY USA

LOCATION – ALASKA, USA

PARTICIPANTS- MULTIPLE NATIONS INCLUDING INDIAN AIR FORCE

KAZA SUMMIT 2024

LOCATION- LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA

NEWS- DELEGATES URGED MEMBER STATES TO WITHDRAW FROM CITES

ABOUT SUMMIT: ASSESS THE PROGRESS IN ESTABLISHING N DEVELOPING KAVANGO- ZAMBEZI TRANSFRONTIER CONSERVATION AREA.

THEME: ” LEVERAGING KAZA’S NATURAL CAPITAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCES AS CATALYSTS FOR INCLUSIVE SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECO- REGION”

KAZA REGION:

ACROSS 5 COUNTIRESIN SOTH AFRICA- ANGOLA, BOTSWANA, NAMBIA, ZAMBIA, AND ZIMBABWE

CITES:

CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNDA AND FLORA.

ABOUT CITES: INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON PRESERVATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS – SO THAT INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THEIR SPECIMENS DOES NOT THREATEN THEIR SURVIVAL.

CITES – CAME INTO FORCE IN 1975, WITH 183 MEMBER COUNTRIES TILL DATE

HQ- GENEVA,SWITZERLAND

ADMINISTERED BY UN UNDER UNEP WING

INDIA HOSTED 3rd CoP of CITES IN 1981

LATEST CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIE -CITES EDITION – NOVEMBER 2022 IN PANAMA CITY(PANAMA) – CoP 19

GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT 2024

IT IS A REPORT ON FOOD SYSTEMS FOR HEALTHY DIETS AND NUTRITION

RELEASED BY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

BELA BLOCK PRINTING

BELA- VILLAGE IN KUTCH- WAS A CENTRE FOR BLOCK PRINTING- TRADITIONAL CRAFT

AJRAKH- RESIST-DYEING CRAFT FROM KUTCH- RECIEVED GI TAG.

MAGELLAN MISSION

NASA’S DEEP SPACE MISSION TO EXPLORE VENUS- LAUNCHED IN 1989

1ST INTERPLANETAY MISSION FROM THE SPACE SHUTTLE

RBI – 3 NEW INITIATIVES

1. PRAVAAH PORTAL-TO SEEK AUTHORIZATION, LICENSES OR REGULATORY APPROVALS FROM RBI
2. RETAIL DIRECT MOBILE APP.-FOR RETAIL INVESTORS TO OPEN RETAIL DIRECT GILT A/C WITH RBI
3. FINTECH REPOSITORY- TO CAPTURE INFORMATION ABOUT FINTECH ENTITIES.

HIMALAYAN SEROW

IS A HERBIVORES ANIMAL RESEMBLES A CROSS BETWEEN A GOAT, DONKEY, A COW, A PIG

FOUND IN ASIA

STATUS- VULNERABLE IN IUCN RED LIST

APPENDIX-I IN CITES

SCHEDULE 1 IN WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT 1972

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI

MOSQUITO SPECIES FOUND ACROSS AFRICA

VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE

IN HAMPI, KARNATAKA

BUILT DURING VIJAYANAGAR EXMPIRE IN 7TH CENTURY

DEDICATED TO LORD SHIVA

DRAVIDIAN STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE