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Recently, a rare planetary parade occurred, where seven planets and the Moon aligned in the night sky. These events, known as planetary parades, create a visual spectacle as planets appear to line up in the order of their distance from the Sun.
o Common: Three or four planets aligning occurs once every few years.
o Rare: Seven or eight planets aligning is very rare.
o The February 28 parade involved seven planets- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
The owners of New Zealand’s White Island (Whakaari), where a volcanic eruption in 2019 killed 22 tourists and local guides, have had their conviction overturned by the country's High Court.
o Formed over the past 150,000 years due to continuous activity.
o Last major eruption: December 9, 2019 (caused fatalities & injuries).
o Features hot springs, geysers, and fumaroles.
o Privately owned; declared a private scenic reserve in 1953.
o A site of tourism and geological research.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed on the Moon.
o Instruments will operate for one lunar day (14 Earth days) on the lunar surface.
o First Moon landing for Firefly Aerospace.
o Record-breaking signal tracking (246,000 miles) from Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment.
o Conducted experiments on: Radiation-tolerant computing (through Van Allen Belts).
o Magnetic field changes in space (Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder payload).
o Data to improve understanding of space weather and cosmic forces impacting Earth.
o Will capture lunar sunset imagery and dust behavior at dusk, a phenomenon first observed in Apollo 17.
o Lander to operate for several hours into the lunar night after sunset.
it is an artistic and literary movement, has emerged as a counterpart to the dystopian world of Cyberpunk, presenting the idea that a peaceful, harmonious society may be within reach. With the climate crisis escalating, Solarpunk offers a vision of sustainable living, balancing nature and community.
o Traced back to a 2008 blog post titled From Steampunk to Solarpunk, inspired by the hybrid cargo ship Beluga Skysail’s maiden voyage, which achieved 20% fuel savings using renewable energy.
o Repurposing infrastructure and leveraging jugaad-style innovation
o Cyberpunk (1980s) originated from Bruce Bethke’s short story "Cyberpunk", combining cybernetics and punk.
o Cyberpunk portrays a dystopian "low-life, high-tech" society with late-stage capitalism, inequality, neon-lit cities, high-tech weapons, and crime.
o Other offshoots include Steampunk, Biopunk, Dieselpunk, and Solarpunk.
o Optimistic counterfoil to Cyberpunk, focusing on - Green tech systems, Sustainable development, Anti-speciesism, Multicultural coexistence, and Actionable solutions for a secure future.
o Project Hieroglyph’s manifesto calls this "infrastructure as resistance", aimed at improving life today and for future generations.
The ECI recently clarified that having the same Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number doesn't mean there are duplicate or fake voters. It came after concerns were raised on social media about electors in different states having identical EPIC numbers.
o Contains: Name, age, residence, photograph of the elector.
o Facsimile signature of the registration officer.
o Introduced through ERONET portal (2017) for online generation of EPICs.
o A replacement EPIC retains the same number as the originalRecent data from PubMed, a globally recognized database for biomedical and life sciences research, reveals a 376.5% increase in research publications on Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) over the past decade.
o Widely used in Ayush systems for therapeutic purposes.
o Found almost throughout India.
o Thrives in all soil types and varying climatic conditions.
o Emerging research suggests potential roles in cancer therapy, autoimmune disease management, and inflammatory disorders.
The Archaeological Survey of India’s epigraphical survey in Sri Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary, Kadapa district (Andhra Pradesh) has discovered three rock shelters, rock paintings, and 30 inscriptions.
o Rivers & Water Bodies: Forms the catchment area of the Pennar River.
o The Telugu Ganga Canal flows through the eastern flank, draining into the Pennar River.
o Scrub forest in plains.
o Southern dry mixed deciduous forest.
o Tropical thorn forest & Tropical dry evergreen forest.
o Rich riparian vegetation includes Terminalia spp., Syzygium spp. (Jamun), Wild mangoes, Anogeissus latifolia, Phoenix spp., Bamboo, Hardwickia binata, etc.
o The only home for the rare and endangered bird – Jerdon’s courser.
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