A FAST BREEDER REACTOR (FBR) [TECHNOLOGY]
A fast breeder reactor (FBR) gets its name from two features. First, it ‘breeds’ more nuclear fuel than it consumes. Second, it uses fast neutrons — ones that haven’t been slowed — to initiate nuclear fission.
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/indias-prototype-fast-breeder-reactor/article70851963.ece
YAGANTI TEMPLE [ART AND CULTURE]
Yaganti Temple or Sri Yaganti Uma Maheswara Temple is a temple of Shiva in Nandyal district in the India state of Andhra Pradesh. It was built according to Vaishnavaite traditions
This temple was constructed by King Harihara Bukka Raya of the Sangama Dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 15th century. It was built according to Vaishnavaite traditions.
CENLING [GEOGRAPHY]
Cenling is a newly established county in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, announced on March 26, 2026, aimed at tightening security along the borders with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Afghanistan. Situated in the Karakoram range to monitor the Wakhan Corridor, this move seeks to curb Uyghur separatism.
THE WOMEN’S RESERVATION ACT, 2023
The proposed 2026 amendments to the Women’s Reservation Act, 2023 (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) aim to expedite its implementation for the 2029 elections by delinking it from the delayed 2027 Census and using the 2011 Census instead. The changes seek to implement 33% reservation sooner than the originally projected 2034, with potential seat increases in the Lok Sabha