Wetland: Rajasthan: two Lakes: Brahma and Dhandh

 Rajasthan's Ramsar Site:

• Keoladeo Ghana (Bharatpur)
• Sambhar Salt Lake (Jaipur)

Salt: Central Subject

• Gujarat produces approx. 28.5 Million tonnes of Salt a year. (80% of  India's Production)
• World 3rd largest producer of Salt.
• British put salt production as mining. (still, this law is governed)

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protections) Amendment Act 2021

 Non-Cognisable

• A police officer has no authority to arrest without a warrant.

G-20

• 2023
• Jammu and Kashmir

Kerala: Own Regional red list of Birds

• Kerala Agriculture University and The Bird Count India.
• Endangered Species: Banasura Chilappan, Nilgiri Chillappan
• Critically Endangered Species: Red-headed vulture,White-rumped vulture

Zika Virus

• Vector-borne flavivirus
• Transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes.
• Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus

26-06-2022

1. VL-SRSAM  Missile
2. Non-humanoid robot for autism
3. Eco-Sensitive Zone
4. Alzheimer
5. Consumer expenditure Survey
6. Gamling: State List, Game of Chance, and Game of chance: Article  19(1)(g)
7. Abortion Right
8. Polio Virus Found in the UK
9. Card Tokenisation

Polio Virus Found In UK

Fertilizers

The Indian Express

Source:The Indian Express 

MO Bus

• Odisha
• UN Public Service Award -'gender-responsive public services ' - SDGs

Sao Joao Festival

• Goa
• Every Monsoon
• St John The Baptist
• Playing the traditional gumott, a boat festival, Servings of feni, and a place of pride for a new son-in-law
• Konkani Songs
• Musical instruments: gumot and cansaim
• jumping into well is part of festival

Participatory Notes (P-Notes)

Investment through P-notes Decline

• Issued by foreign institutional investors to invest in Indian Stock Markets.
• Regulated by SEBI

Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN)

• Established on 8 August 1967 (Bangkok, Thailand)
• Bangkok Declaration

Members (10 members)

• Founding members (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand)
• Brunai-(1984)
• Vietnam (1995)
• Laos and Myanmar(1997)
• Combodia(1999)

Relation with India

• 30th Anniversary of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relation (16 June 2022)

More Info

• Visit

Virtual Digital Assets

Income Tax Act

Finance Act, 2022

From July 1

• A TDS of 1% will be levied on the transfer of the Virtual Digital Assets( exceed Rs. 10,000 in a Year)

Regarding Maharashtra Crisis

Anti-defection Law

• If 2/3rd of the party's members leave a political party (Shiv Sena).

Speaker's Role

• Floor Test
• SC judgment in S R Bommai Case
• time(no specific time given in the constitution)
• Judicial review possible

Governor's Role

• May or may not dissolve the legislature.
• If Council of Ministers is not in majority then the Governor used his discretionary power: Dissolve Legislature or asked another party to form a government if they have a majority.

BRICS

 Member Country

• Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

2022: Hosted by China(Virtually)

Significance:

• Combined population of 3.23 Billion (40% of the world's Population)
• more than a quarter of the world's land area over 3 continents.
• >25% of the global GDP
• 2 fastest-growing nation: INDIA, China

World Trade Organization

• Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies(AFS)
• Special And Differential Treatment(S&DT)

Blue Economy

• India has set a target of exporting marine products worth $14 million by 2025.

Indoor Solar Cooking System

 Developed by The Indian Oil Corporation

Pattachitra Painting

 CM(Odisha) presented a Pattachitra Painting to Pope.

About

• 12th Century
• Painted on a piece of cloth
• Closely Related to the cult of Shri Jagannath and the temple Traditions in Puri.

Materials Used

• natural substances

Popular Themes

• Thia Badhia: Depiction of temple of Jagannath
• Krishna Lila:
• Dasabatara Patti: Ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu
• Panchmukhi: Related to Lord Ganesh

G7 Summit

• Germany