IBBI has been sharing Data with Enforcement Directorate(ED) to strengthen anti-money laundering law and aiding recovery of siphoned assets.

About IBBI

• It was established in 2016 under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code). 
• It is responsible for the implementation of the IBC.
• The IBBI regulates professionals as well as processes. 
  • It has regulatory oversight over the insolvency professional agencies, insolvency professional entities, insolvency professionals and information utilities. 
  • It enforces rules for processes of corporate insolvency resolution, individual insolvency resolution, corporate liquidation and individual bankruptcy under the IBC.

The Winter Olympics 2026 (February 6 to 22) have officially concluded.

Key Highlights

• Locations: spread across northern Italy, primarily in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.
• Sports & Events: 116 medal events across 16 sport disciplines.
• Medal Table: Norway (18 gold medals, 41 total) topped, followed by the United States (12 gold, 33 total), and the Netherlands (10 gold, 20 total).
• New Sports & Events: Ski mountaineering (skimo) made its Olympic debut with sprint and mixed relay events.
• Other new medal events: women's large hill ski jumping, dual moguls in freestyle skiing, and a mixed team relay in skeleton.

Indian movie Boong wins BAFTA award for Best Children’s & Family Film.

About Boong

• Manipuri-language movie directed by Lakshmipriya Devi.
• Follows a young boy’s emotional quest to reunite his broken family amid conflict in Manipur.

About the BAFTA Awards

• Established in 1947 in the United Kingdom.
• Honours excellence in film, television, games, and children’s media.
• Hosted annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in London.

Union Government has introduced a national Access Pass system to encourage sustainable fishing within its Exclusive Economic Zone.

• EEZ is an area of the ocean which shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.

Access Pass under EEZ Rules

• Objectives: Promote deep-sea fishing transition andencourage formation of Fisheries Cooperatives and Fishermen Fish Producer Organisations (FFPOs).
• Applicability: Mandatory for~64,000 mechanised vesselsand large motorised vessels (>24m)
• Exemption: Traditional non-motorised/artisanal fishers
• ReALCRaft Digital Platform: 
  • Pass issued free of cost, fully online. 
  • Developed by NIC & Department of Fisheries.
  • ReALCRaft integrated with Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) – Catch Certificates and Export Inspection Council (EIC) – Health Certificates

Union Health Minister launched indigenously manufactured Tetanus & Adult Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine, formally introduced under Universal Immunization Programme (UIP).

About UIP of India

• Genesis: Initially launched in 1978 as the Expanded Programme on Immunization, it was rebranded as the UIP in 1985.
• Coverage: Provides free immunization against 12 diseases:
  • Nationwide (11): Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Rubella, severe form of Childhood Tuberculosis, Rotavirus diarrhea, Hepatitis B, Meningitis & Pneumonia caused by Hemophilus Influenza type B, and Pneumococcal Pneumonia.
  • Region-specific (1): Japanese Encephalitis (only in endemic districts).
• Achievements: Polio-Free India (2014), Neonatal tetanus elimination (2015).
• Key Initiatives: Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0 (IMI 5.0) campaign with special focus on improvement of Measles and Rubella vaccination coverage, U-WIN Portal, etc.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) report reveals over 500,000 pangolins were seized globally from 2016 to 2024.

About Pangolins

• They are only mammals wholly-covered in scales and use those scales to protect themselves from predators in wild.
  • Scales made of keratin (same material as human nails).
• Also called “scaly anteaters” due to diet of ants & termites.
• Key characteristics: Solitary, primarily nocturnal animals; long, sticky tongues that are longer than their bodies, toothless.
• Distribution: 8 pangolin species are found on two continents (Asia and Africa).
• Two pangolin species found in India: 
  • Indian Pangolin (IUCN status: Endangered): Found throughout country, south of Himalayas, excluding north-eastern region. 
  • Chinese Pangolin (IUCN status: Critically Endangered): Ranges through Assam and eastern Himalayas

Two studies show fluorescent proteins can detect magnetic fields and respond to radio waves, acting as quantum sensors.

About Fluorescent Proteins

• Fluorescent proteins (FPs) are biological macromolecules, initially derived from organisms like the Aequorea victoria jellyfish and corals, that emit visible light when exposed to UV or blue light.
• It revolutionised biology by enabling visualisation of molecules inside cells.
• Widely used in cancer research, neural circuit mapping and protein tracking.
  • Traditionally used only as optical markers.
• Discovery of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) recognised with the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.