| TOPIC | SUBJECT | PAPER |
| THE PURCHASING MANAGERS’ INDEX (PMI) | ECONOMY | PRELIMS |
| CARROT PIGMENT | BIOTECHNOLOGY | PRELIMS |
| CHENNAI PORT | GEOGRAPHY | PRELIMS |
| INDIA’S INSTALLED POWER CAPACITY EBOLA EBOLA | ECONOMY | PRELIMS |
| THE PADMA BARRAGE | GEOGRAPHY | PRELIMS |
| THE CRESTED IBIS | ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY | PRELIMS |
| RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN | POLITY | PRELIMS |
| GREEN GRAM | AGRICULTURE | PRELIMS |
| SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE | BIOLOGY | PRELIMS |
| STATEMENT | ECONOMY | PRELIMS |
THE PURCHASING MANAGERS’ INDEX (PMI)
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) is an economic indicator that assesses the business environment by surveying purchasing managers at private-sector companies about their expectations for orders, production, employment, and supplier deliveries.
CARROT PIGMENT
Researchers from IIT (Banaras Hindu University) have demonstrated that carrot pigment can be added to pig fat or palm oil to mimic the Raman spectral signature to authenticate cow ghee
CHENNAI PORT
· Chennai Port to get its first Green Tug in 2028
- Chennai Port will get its first battery-operated Green Tug in two years, a move to shift away from the conventional diesel-powered tugs, thereby cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
- Chennai Port, formerly known as Madras Port, is the second largest container port of India,
INDIA’S INSTALLED POWER CAPACITY
India’s installed power capacity reached 520.51 GW as of January 2026, with the power shortage declining from 4.2% in FY14 to 0.03% till December 202
EBOLA
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses
THE PADMA BARRAGE
The Padma Barrage is a vast river-engineering and water security project approved by the Bangladeshi government. The initiative aims to construct a 2.1 km structure on the Padma River at Pangsha in the Rajbari district to store dry-season water, combat salinity, and mitigate agricultural droughts
THE CRESTED IBIS
- The crested ibis (Nipponia nippon), also known as the Japanese crested ibis, or Asian crested ibis, is a species of ibis, native to eastern Asia.
- The crested ibis is generally solitary and quiet, vocalizing mainly when taking flight
- Populations originally breeding in eastern Russia, North Korea, northern Japan, and northern China
- The crested ibis has been listed in Appendix I of the conservation treaty CITES.
- the Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) is a highly endangered
RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN
The Delhi High Court has held that the “right to be forgotten” flows from the constitutional right to privacy under Article 21 and enables individuals to seek removal of personal information from public digital accessibility when it no longer serves a legitimate public purpose.
GREEN GRAM
The mung bean or green gram (Vigna radiata) is a plant species in the legume family.It is mainly cultivated in East, Southeast, and in South Asia.
legume plant, mung bean is in symbiotic association with Rhizobia, which enables it to fix atmospheric nitrogen.
SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
A blood test may be able to identify signs of Alzheimer’s disease decades before symptoms appear, with higher levels of biomarkers such as tau proteins in the brain signalling worse cognitive performance and an accelerated decline.
STATEMENT
The free trade agreement between India and Oman came into force on Monday (June 1, 2026),