PM virtually addressed the first ISF held in New Delhi. 

India’s Global initiatives on Solar Energy

• International Solar Alliance (ISA)
  • Guided by ‘Towards 1000’ strategy, i.e., mobilize USD 1,000 billion investments in solar energy solutions by 2030. 
  • Conceptualizedby India and France at the CoP21 (Paris, 2015) of UNFCCC. 
  • Currently, 100 members (all UN members eligible).
• One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG)
  • Proposed by the Indian PM in the 1st ISA Assembly, 2018 to connect different regional grids through a common grid for  transferring renewable energy power, especially solar. 

NExT for AYUSH has been  made effective from 2021-2022 batch.

About NExT

• Held for 
  • granting license to practice as medical practitioner of respective discipline of Indian system of medicine and 
  • for enrolment in the State Register or National Register as a registered medical practitioner of Indian system of medicine
• Conducted the Commissions under the provisions of National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) Act 2020 and the National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH) Act, 2020.

2nd cohort of SAMRIDH launched to select 125 startups for funding support and mentorship.

About SAMRIDH

• Flagship programme of MeitY for startups acceleration under National Policy on Software Products – 2019.
• Aims to support existing and upcoming Accelerators to select and accelerate potential IT-based startups to scale.
• Seeks to support 300 software product startups over a period of 4 years.
• Implemented by MeitY Start-up Hub (MSH), Digital India Corporation (DIC).

EEF 2024 is being held in Vladivostok, Russia. (Held every year in the same city). 

About EEF

• Established in 2015 to support the economic development of Russia’s Far East and to expand international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Far East is the easternmost part of Russia. 
  • It borders two oceans, the Pacific and the Arctic, and five countries (China, Japan, Mongolia, the United States and the North Korea). 

A enemy property in Uttar Pradesh belonging to  ancestors of Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf is directed for sale through e-auction.

• The Enemy Property Act, 1968 defined an ‘enemy’ as a country (and its citizens) that committed external aggression against India (i.e., Pakistan and China). 
• ‘Enemy property’ therefore is a property that belonged to or was managed on behalf of an enemy. 
• The 2017 amendment to the act expanded the definition of enemy to include: 
  • legal heir or successor of enemy whether or not citizen of India or the citizen of a country which is not an enemy. 
  • enemy who has changed his nationality”. 
• The 1968 act empowers Custodian of Enemy Property of India (under Ministry of Home affairs) for preservation, management, control and selling of enemy properties.

Saturn’s rings will briefly ‘disappear’ from view in 2025.

• The reason for this temporary disappearance has to do with Saturn’s tilt and an optical illusion.

About Saturn’s rings

• The rings are generally about 30 feet thick.
• Almost completely composed of chunks of water ice, ranging in size from smaller than a grain of sand to the size of a mountain.
• They’re named alphabetically in the order they were discovered. E.g.,  The main rings are A, B, and C
• Other planets with rings: Jupiter and Uranus.

The Konyak Union, apex body of the Konyak community has sought the Nagaland government’s intervention in rectifying the “erroneous” boundary line  on Google Maps.

About Konyak Tribe

• They’re of Mongoloid origin. 
• Before Christianity  they  practised “Animism” which is worshiping different objects of nature.
•  The Konyak language belongs to the Northern Naga sub branch of the Sal subfamily of Sino-Tibetan.
• They are known as headhunters of North East India. 
• They have a patriarchal society.

The Union Textile Minister launched India’s first fashion forecasting initiative, “VisioNxt.”

• India-specific Fashion Trend Book ‘Paridhi 24x25’ was also launched. 

About VisioNxt

• Bilingual web portal of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). 
  • Conceived and established at NIFT Delhi and Chennai with support from the Textiles Ministry in 2018. 
• Combines Artificial Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence to identify, map, and analyze geo-specific fashion trends reflecting India’s plurality and cultural diversity. 
• Along with reducing dependence on global forecasting agencies, it would also support weavers, homegrown designers, etc.