Mount Ruang
- Indonesia's Mount Ruang volcano recently erupted, triggering the highest level of alert.
- About Mount Ruang
- It is a stratovolcano located in Indonesia’s Sulawesi Islands.
- Stratovolcano, a volcanic landform characterised by a conical shape formed by layers of volcanic material deposited during successive volcanic eruptions.
- It is one of around 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia, lying in the Ring of Fire, a string of volcanoes around the edges of Pacific Ocean.
- It is a stratovolcano located in Indonesia’s Sulawesi Islands.
- Other volcanoes in Indonesia include Krakatau, Merapi and Semeru
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- Indonesia
- Ring of Fire
- Stratovolcano
Cocoa
- Price of cocoa beans, a raw material in chocolates, has skyrocketed.
- About Cocoa (Theobroma cacao)
- Commercial plantation crop, grown as a mixed crop.
- Humid Tropical Crop native of Amazon region of South America.
- Varieties: Criollo, Forastero and Trinitario.
- Suitable conditions:
- Perennial crop and predominantly grown on red laterite soils.
- Altitudes: Cultivated upto 1200 meters above Mean Sea Level.
- Annual Rainfall: 1000 mm to 2000 mm.
- Temperature: 15°C-35°C
- Cultivation in India: Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
- India exports to the U.S.A, Indonesia, Nepal etc.
- Tags :
- Cocoa
- Plantation
- Commercial Crop
KAVACH
- RailTel Corporation of India signed an MOU with a tech firm for exploring and delivering KAVACH (train collision avoidance system) implementation projects in India and other countries.
- About KAVACH:
- It is indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection System.
- Developed by Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) in collaboration with Indian industry.
- It is an electronic system of Safety Integrity Level - 4 standards with probability of error being 1 in 10,000 years.
- Key features include Centralised live monitoring of train movements, automatic braking for prevention of overspeeding, and relaying SoS messages.
- Tags :
- KAVACH
- Train collision avoidance system
- train protection system
Shaksgam Valley
- India protests Chinese road construction at Shaksgam Valley in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- About Shaksgam valley
- It is a part of territory of India, strategically located in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Through China-Pakistan boundary agreement of 1963, Pakistan unlawfully ceded the area to China.
- Also known as the Trans-Karakoram tract, an area along both sides of the Shaksgam River.
- It is bounded by Kun Lun Mountains and by Karakoram peaks and is adjacent to the Siachen Glacier.
- It is a part of territory of India, strategically located in Jammu and Kashmir.
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- Shaksgam Valley
- Jammu and Kashmir
The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) Project
- TAO telescope site completion ceremony held in Santiago, Chile.
- About TAO Project
- Project aims to construct the 6.5 meter optical-infrared telescope at summit of Cerro Chajnantor, an altitude of 5,640 m in Atacama Desert of Chile.
- It is the world's highest astronomical site.
- Region’s high altitude, thin atmosphere, and perennially arid climate make it possible for observing almost entire range of near-infrared wavelength.
- It is equipped with two infrared observation instruments:
- SWIMS, which will help understand evolution of galaxies.
- MIMIZUKU, which will help study planet formation and origin of materials.
- Project aims to construct the 6.5 meter optical-infrared telescope at summit of Cerro Chajnantor, an altitude of 5,640 m in Atacama Desert of Chile.
- Tags :
- TAO project
- Telescope
- Infrared
National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
- NADA India concluded #PlayTrue Campaign which commemorated WADA’s Play True Day.
- Since 2014 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) celebrates Play True Day for fostering awareness about the importance of clean sport and anti-doping practices.
- About NADA
- Genesis: Set up in 2005 as an autonomous body under the Societies Registration Act of 1860.
- It is provided statutory backing by National Anti-Doping Act, 2022.
- Ministry: Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
- Mandate: Implements the anti-doping programme in India, in line with the World Anti-doping Code 2021.
- Genesis: Set up in 2005 as an autonomous body under the Societies Registration Act of 1860.
- Tags :
- WADA
- National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
- National Anti-Doping Act, 2022
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Domestic Violence Act (DVA), 2005
- Supreme Court is considering whether compensation in cases of DV should be determined by the degree of violence suffered by the victim or the ability of the perpetrator to pay.
- Domestic Violence Act (DVA), 2005
- It is aimed at providing protection to wife or female live-in partner from violence at the hands of the husband or male live-in partner or his relatives.
- Domestic violence under the Act includes actual abuse or threat of abuse, whether physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, or economic.
- Tags :
- Domestic Violence Act (DVA), 2005
- Violence against women
Right to Contest Election and Right to Vote of prisoners
- Contesting: A convicted person, sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years, cannot contest election (Section 8 (3) of Representation of People Act or RPA, 1951).
- Even if such convicted person is on bail, they cannot contest election.
- Voting: A person confined in a prison cannot vote (Section 62(5) of the RPA, 1951).
- It is applicable to persons under a sentence of imprisonment or transportation or is in the lawful custody of the police.
- A person under preventive detention is entitled to vote in an election (Section 62(5) of the RPA, 1951 and Rule 18 of Conduct of Elections Rules 1961).
- Tags :
- Right to Contest Election
- Right to Vote
- Section 62(5) of the RPA, 1951
- Section 8 (3) of Representation of People Act or RPA, 1951
- Rule 18 of Conduct of Elections Rules 1961