OPERATION CHAKRA V
News – CBI gets hold of four ‘kingpins’ in ‘digital arrest’ fraud
- Launched by – Central Bureau of Investigation
- Aim – To combat digital arrest frauds and cyber-enabled financial crimes
- Focuses on dismantling organized crime networks
- Digital Arrest-
- Criminals impersonate officials from law enforcement agencies, creating fear among victims by claiming they are “digitally arrested.“
- Victims are extorted for money
IMD
News – IMD forecasts ‘above normal’ monsoon
- IMD – “India Meteorological Department”
- Established: 1875
- Under – Ministry of Earth Sciences
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Functions-
- Provides weather forecasts and warnings
- Monitors cyclones, monsoons
- Issues heatwave and cold wave alerts
- Technologies used-
- INSAT Satellites: Monitor weather in real-time.
- Doppler Weather Radars: Track rain and storm activities
INFLATION
News – Retail inflation eases to 3.34%, lowest since 2019
- Inflation – is a gradual loss of purchasing power resulting into increase in the prices of goods and services over time
- Types of Inflation –
- Demand-Pull Inflation – occurs when an increase in the supply of money that causes overall demand for goods and services to rise faster
- Cost-Push Inflation – is caused by an increase in prices for inputs used in the production process
- Structural Inflation – due to rigid supply chains or monopolistic market structures, leading to periodic price hikes
- Deflation – occurs when prices fall while purchasing power rises.
YAMUNA RIVER
News – The banks of the Yamuna covered in toxic white foam
- Origin – Yamunotri Glacier in the lower Himalayas
- Near – Bandarpoonch Peak in Uttarakhand
- States covered – Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh
- Meets Ganga at – Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj
- Length – 1366Km
- Right Bank Tributaries –
- Tons, Giri, Chambal, Betwa, Sindh, Ken
- Left Bank Tributaries-
- Hindon, Sharda, Rishganga
ASHA WORKERS
News – For 2 months now ASHA workers protesting in Kerala
- ASHA – “Accredited Social Health Activists”
- About – ASHAs are trained female community health workers
- Introduced under – National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2005.
- Role –
- They act as a bridge between the community and the public health system
- Create awareness about nutrition, sanitation
- Provide basic first-contact healthcare
- India currently has – 9.83 lakh ASHA workers
ENERGY BASKET OF INDIA
News – India, rising power demand and the ‘hydrogen factor’
- Renewable Energy: ~46.3%
- Solar Energy: ~42% of renewable capacity.
- Wind Energy: ~23% of renewable capacity.
- Hydropower: ~30% of renewable capacity.
- Biomass and Waste-to-Energy: ~5%
- Non-Renewable Energy: ~53.7%
- Coal: ~55-60% of total energy generation.
- Oil and Natural Gas: ~25-30%.
- Nuclear Energy: ~2-3%.
MCQs
1. “Operation Chakra V” is launched by?
A. Indian Army
B. CBI
C. Food Corporation of India
D. Indian Navy
2. “Indian Meteorological Department” is under which ministry?
A. Min. of Environment
B. Central Water Development Authority
C. NITI Aayog
D. Min. of Earth Sciences
3. “Yamuna River” originates in which state?
A. Haryana
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Uttarakhand
D. Uttar Pradesh
4. ASHA Workers are introduced under which programme?
A. National Rural Health Mission
B. POSHAN Abhiyaan
C. PM-AAWAS Yojana
D. Ayushmaan Bharat Abhiyan
5. Which among the following has largest share in energy basket in renewable category?
A. Coal
B. Hydropower
C. Solar Energy
D. Wind Energy