| TOPICS | SUBJECT | EXAM |
| THE HUMPBACK WHALE | ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY | PRELIMS |
| THE DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS | NATIONAL BODIES | PRELIMS |
| NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO), 1949 | INTERNATIONAL BODIES | PRELIMS |
| RBI’S NEW BAD LOAN NORMS | ECONOMY | PRELIMS |
| PALK STRAIT | GEOGRAPHY | PRELIMS |
| THE CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER OF THE KARNATAKA INFORMATION COMMISSION. | POLITY | PRELIMS |
| INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MILLETS RESEARCH (IIMR) | INSTITUTE | PRELIMS |
| NGT ORDER WARNS OF FINES TO SOUTHERN STATES IF CLEAN AIR FUNDS ARE NOT UTILISED : | POLITY | MAINS GS2 |
THE HUMPBACK WHALE
- The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale
- Males produce a complex song
- humpback whales typically migrate between feeding areas towards the poles and breeding areas near the equator.
- Humpbacks typically hunt their prey with bubble nets
THE DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
the department of telecommunications, abbreviated to dot, is a department of the ministry of communications of the executive branch of the government of india.
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO), 1949
- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
- NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.
- This is enshrined in Article 5 of the treaty, which states that an armed attack against the territory of one member shall be considered an attack against them all.
RBI’S NEW BAD LOAN NORMS
- Banks may incur higher costs in the short term in the transition to RBI’s new framework on calculating provisions for bad loans.
- RBI introduced the expected credit loss (ECL) as a method to calculate the provisioning requirement of banks to account for losses. If the credit risk for a loan has increased significantly, the loss-allowance would be calculated on lifetime ECL and for no increase in credit risk, allowance shall be recognised on 12-month ECL, RBI directed, adding that the new norms kick in from April 2027.
PALK STRAIT
Palk Strait is a strait between the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It links the Palk Bay in the Bay of Bengal to the Gulf of Mannar in the Laccadive Sea.
THE CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER OF THE KARNATAKA INFORMATION COMMISSION.
Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has appointed retired IAS officer Sathyavathi G. as the Chief Information Commissioner of the Karnataka Information Commission.
A notification issued by the State government said that the terms and conditions of the State Chief Information Commissioner’s office will be governed by Section 16 of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MILLETS RESEARCH (IIMR)
Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) is a premier agricultural research institute engaged in basic and strategic research on sorghum and other millets under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
IIMR coordinates and facilitates Millets research at national level through All India Coordinated Research Projects on Millets, Pearl Millet and Small Millets and provides linkages with various national and international agencies.
NGT ORDER WARNS OF FINES TO SOUTHERN STATES IF CLEAN AIR FUNDS ARE NOT UTILISED : https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ngt-order-warns-of-fines-to-southern-states-if-clean-air-funds-are-not-utilised/article70931405.ece