• Passenger capacity: Seating facility for 2,638 passengers, Engine, capacity: 1,200 horsepower, Maximum speed: 110 km/h
• The train's design has been developed by the Research, Design, and Standards Organization (RDSO).
• Manufacturing location: Integral Coach Factory, Chennai
• For this project, an allocation of ₹2,800 crore was made in the 2023-24 railway budget for the construction of 35 hydrogen-fuel cell-based trains.
• Indian Railways has set a target to become a 'Net Zero Carbon Emitter' by the year 2030.

• Collaboration: To design and document the technical architecture of Digital Address DPI, the Department of Posts has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Foundation for Science Innovation and Development (FSID) of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

India Post:

• Founded: 1 October 1854, Founder: Lord Dalhousie (British period), Headquarters: New Delhi, Operator: Department of Posts under Ministry of Communications, PIN Code System Implemented: 15 August 1972

• Launch: February 2015
• Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
• Theme of the scheme: Healthy Earth, Green Fields
• In 2023, the Soil Health Card portal was linked to Geospatial Information System (GIS), allowing all test results to be captured and mapped digitally.
• The Soil Health Card (SHC) provides the status of the soil for 12 parameters

• Macronutrients: Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P), Potassium (K), Sulphur (S)
• Micronutrients: Zinc (Zn), Iron (Fe), Copper (Cu), Manganese (Mn), Boron (Bo)
• Other soil properties: pH (acidity or alkalinity), Electrical Conductivity (EC), and Organic Carbon (OC)
• Soil sample collection includes: Twice a year (after harvesting of Rabi and Kharif crops or when there is no crop in the field)

• The 'Awami Action Committee' is headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is the president of the All Party Hurriyat Conference and the chief cleric of Srinagar's Jamia Masjid. At the same time, 'Jammu and Kashmir Ittehadul Muslimeen' is headed by Masroor Abbas Ansari, a prominent Shia leader of the Kashmir Valley.

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA):

• The central government can declare an organization as an illegal or terrorist organization.
• The National Investigation Agency (NIA) gets special powers of investigation and arrest.

Important amendments:

• 2004: Anti-terrorism activities included.
• 2008: Economic terrorism defined.
• 2012: Provision to stop terrorism-related funding added.
• 2019: Permission given to declare individuals as terrorists.

• Launch: 2016
• Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
• Objective: To provide financial security and compensation to farmers for crop loss due to natural calamities

• Capital: Port Louis
• Currency: Mauritian Rupee (MUR)
• System of Government: Parliamentary Democracy
• Independence: 12 March 1968 (from Britain)

• The Parliament of Mauritius is called the "National Assembly"
• The official residence of the President is "State House", located in Port Louis
• Prime Minister: Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam
• President: Prithvirajsingh Rupun

• Department of Irrigation and Flood Control
• Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
• Delhi Jal Board (DJB)
• Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation Limited (DTTDC)

Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI):

• Established: 27 October 1986
• Objective: To develop and regulate inland waterways for navigation

• Headquarters: Noida.
• Nodal Agency: Ministry of Shipping
• Work: Undertakes projects for development and maintenance of inland water transport (IWT) on national waterways
• Regional Offices: 6- Guwahati (Assam), Patna (Bihar), Kochi (Kerala), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Kolkata (West Bengal) and Varanasi (to be completed in 2025)

• Total loan disbursement:
• In 2019: ₹23.01 lakh crore
• In 2024: ₹42.73 lakh crore
• Growth: 85% (in six years)

Loans disbursed by banks to agriculture and MSME sectors to see significant growth between 2019 and 2024

• Loan disbursement to agriculture sector:
• 2019: ₹8.87 lakh crore

• 2024: ₹18.28 lakh crore
• Growth: 106% (almost doubled in last six years)
• Includes: Agriculture-related infrastructure (such as irrigation, cold storage, warehousing)
• Loan disbursement to MSME sector:
• 2019: ₹10.99 lakh crore
• 2024: ₹21.74 lakh crore
• Growth: 98% (almost doubled)

• Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told the Rajya Sabha that digital payments will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46% from Rs 8,839 crore in FY 2021-22 to Rs 18,737 crore in 2023-24. UPI contributed 70% of this, growing from 4,597 crore to 13,116 crore transactions at a CAGR of 69%. Banks offering digital payments increased from 216 to 572 in 2021-22.

• The country recorded the highest growth in developer participation on a year-on-year basis in 2024, adding over 4.7 million developers to GitHub
• This accounts for 17 per cent of all new Web3 developers globally
• The report states that 45.3 per cent of Indian Web3 developers contribute to coding, 29.7 per cent focus on fixing bugs and 22.4 per cent work on documentation.

• According to the report, India is set to become the world's second-largest arms importer in 2024, with an 8.3 per cent share of global imports.
• Top five arms importers: Ukraine, India, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
• Top five arms exporters: US, France, Russia, China and Germany

• This agreement is contingent on SpaceX obtaining the necessary government approvals for the sale of Starlink services in India.

• Full name: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
• Founded: 6 March 2002
• Founder: Elon Musk
• Headquarters: Hawthorne, California, US