| WHO APPROVES FIRST MALARIA TREATMENT FOR INFANTS | BIOTECHNOLOGY | PRELIMS |
| THE UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON (UNIFIL) | INTERNATIONAL BODIES | PRELIMS |
| POLYMARKET | ECONOMY | PRELIMS |
| ICHANGE: ON CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL EFFICIENCY-III | ECONOMY | PRELIMS |
WHO APPROVES FIRST MALARIA TREATMENT FOR INFANTS
The World Health Organization given prequalification approval to a malaria treatment for newborns and infants for the first time.
Artemether-lumefantrine is the first antimalarial formulation designed specifically for the youngest victims of the mosquito-borne disease.
THE UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON (UNIFIL)
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is a peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon. It was established by the Security Council in 1978 with Resolutions 425 and 426. In 2006, the UN Security Council strengthened UNIFIL’s mandate to monitor the cessation of hostilities, among other tasks.
Originally, UNIFIL was created by the Security Council in March 1978 to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore international peace and security, and assist the Lebanese Government in restoring its effective authority in the area.
POLYMARKET
Polymarket is an American cryptocurrency-based prediction market which offers a platform where individuals can place bets on future outcomes, including sports matches, economic indicators, weather patterns, awards, political and legislative outcomes, and military conflicts. Participants can deposit USDC cryptocurrency through the Polygon blockchain network and trade shares that represent the likelihood of specific future outcomes.
ICHANGE: ON CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL EFFICIENCY-III
India’s third-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. At first glance, the headline reduction in Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) targets — from about 113 grams of CO2 per kilometre under CAFE-II to 77 g/km by 2031-32 under CAFE-III —