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🚦 New App Helps Commuters Pick ‘Greener’ Routes 📍 About DRUM App ✅ Developed by IIT-Kharagpur, the DRUM app offers 5 route options: shortest, fastest, least pollution (LEAP), least energy (ECAP), and combined. ✅ Real-time data helps reduce pollution exposure by 50% in Delhi (LEAP route). 📍 Key Features ✅ Uses GraphHopper + Mapbox for real-time traffic and route generation. ✅ Routes with high pollution, energy use, or delay are eliminated. ✅ Prioritizes health and sustainability, tested on Delhi roads. 📍 Broader Goals ✅ May extend to bikes, rickshaws, walking and integrate street sensors. ✅ Aims to cut urban air pollution, which causes 72% of city deaths yearly.

World's rivers are leaking olg CO2 into air 🌍 Rivers Leaking Ancient CO₂ into Atmosphere 📍 Key Findings ✅ 60% of CO₂ from rivers comes from millennia-old deep soil carbon, low in carbon-14. ✅ Rivers are leaking old CO₂, returning ancient carbon to the air. 📍 Implications ✅ The leak rate matches the carbon absorbed by land ecosystems. ✅ Carbon-cycle models may be undercounting land carbon losses due to this overlooked source.

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🔆 Recent Developments in India–Sri Lanka Relations PM Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka led to, reinforcing India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy and the ‘MAHASAGAR’ vision for regional security and growth. 📍 Key Highlights ✅ Civilian Honour: PM Modi was conferred the Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana, the country’s highest civilian award, reflecting strong cultural ties. ✅ Defence MoU: A landmark 5-year agreement was signed to boost joint exercises, maritime surveillance, and defence cooperation. ✅ Energy & Infrastructure: Agreement on India–Sri Lanka electricity grid; Tripartite MoU (India–SL–UAE) to develop Trincomalee as an energy hub. ✅ Development Support: India converted over USD 100 million in loans into grants, lowered interest on others; launched key projects like solar and railway upgrades. ✅ Cultural Diplomacy: Relics of Lord Buddha from Gujarat to be sent to Sri Lanka for Vesak Day celebrations in May 2025. 📍 Other Developments ✅ India introduced Unified Payment Interface (UPI) in Sri Lanka and authorized the Indian Rupee as a designated currency in 2023. ✅ Joint exercises: SLINEX (Navy), MITRA SHAKTI (Army) #IR

✅ UMEED Portal Launch & Telangana Waqf Board Concerns 📍 What’s UMEED? • The Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) portal will collate documents linked to waqf properties. 📍 Telangana Waqf Board’s Stand • Awaiting guidelines from Ministry of Minority Affairs. • Portal to accept document uploads for 6 months, with a 3-tier verification (mutawalli → TGSWB officer → Chief Executive Officer). 📍 Key Concerns • Difficulty in documenting old places of worship from the Qutb Shahi era. • Board urges better clarity before full integration into the system. 📍 Next Steps • Documentation continues offline; efforts are on to digitise records.

🔆 Jaishankar Urges Stronger India–Central Asia Ties 📍 Trade & Connectivity Push: Jaishankar called for deeper trade via Iran’s Chabahar port and “mutual settlement of trade” in national currencies at the India-Central Asia Business Council. 📍 Dialogue & Cooperation: Ministers discussed INSTC, digital links, energy, and financial integration. Emphasis was laid on using UPI and Indian Rupee accounts in Central Asian banks. 📍 Strategic Urgency: Amid global uncertainty and Taliban dynamics, India stressed fast-tracking India-Central Asia leadership summits and cross-border mechanisms to enhance regional engagement. ✅ Bilateral trade crossed $2B but remains under potential, needing urgent boost.

📍 Chenab Rail Bridge ✅The Chenab Rail Bridge, situated 359 meters above the Chenab River, is the world’s highest railway arch bridge. ✅It is a 1,315-metre-long steel arch bridge engineered to withstand seismic and wind conditions.  ✅A key impact of the bridge will be in enhancing connectivity between Jammu and Srinagar. It will take just about 3 hours to travel between Katra and Srinagar. 📍 Anji Rail Bridge ✅The Anji Bridge, India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge, is located in the Reasi district, spanning 473 meters across the Anji River, a tributary of the Chenab. ✅The bridge is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project. ✅The bridge will enhance connectivity to the Kashmir Valley, playing a crucial role in improving trade, travel, and defense logistics in the area. 

International institute of Administrative Science UN related news 🔆 India to Lead International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) 📍 Key Details ✅ India has won the Presidency of the IIAS for the 2025-2028 term. ✅ IIAS is a global federation with 31 member countries, 20 national sections, and 15 academic research centers, focusing on scientific research in public administration. ✅ V. Srinivas, Secretary of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, has been nominated for the presidency. ✅ India received strong support in the elections for the IIAS presidency. #IndiaLeadership #IIAS #PublicAdministration #GlobalCooperation

🔆 National Florence Nightingale Award 2023 ✅ Awarded To: Major General Sheena P.D. ✅ By: President Droupadi Murmu ✅ Occasion: National Florence Nightingale Award for Nurses ✅ Contribution: • Served at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical Sciences Institute • Led services for severely ill patients, transplant teams, and palliative care • Covered duties beyond call during emergencies like May 3, 2023 violence ✅ Significance: Recognizes exceptional dedication and leadership in Indian military medical services.

🔆 PM-JAY Scheme in Jharkhand 📍 Context • PM-JAY was launched in 2018 in Jharkhand to provide health insurance to the poorest 40% of Indian families. 📍 Current Challenges • Despite a large allocation, payment delays and administrative issues have hindered the scheme’s implementation. Hospitals are refusing payments, further stalling progress. 📍 Why It Matters • PM-JAY provides ₹5 lakh per family for hospitalisation, helping address the health needs of vulnerable populations. • Without clear procedural changes, the scheme faces stagnation. 📍 Reforms Needed • Address the administration inefficiencies and improve system functioning for smooth operations.

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Lab grown bat organ - organoids 🔆 Lab-Grown Bat Organoids: Advancing Pandemic Prediction ✅ Bats, vital to ecosystems, harbour viruses without getting sick but can transmit deadly diseases to humans. ✅ India hosts over 120 bat species, yet virological data is limited. ✅ Scientists developed bat organoids mimicking lungs, kidneys, and intestines to study virus behavior safely. ✅ Studies show kidney cells support MERS-CoV replication, while SARS-CoV-2 cannot infect bat respiratory tissue easily. ✅ Organoids help monitor emerging viruses and improve India’s pandemic preparedness through safer, precise research. ✅ Government launched an inter-ministerial initiative for bat virus research amid rising zoonotic risks. #pandemicpreparedness #batresearch #virology #bioscience #gs3 #science_technology @upsc_science_and_technology