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09/03/2026

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CA-09/03/2026

• Announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2026-27 (presented February 2026), aligning with the "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas" vision for inclusive growth.
• Aim to address skill gaps, employment barriers, and access to assistive devices amid India's large Divyangjan population facing education, job, and mobility challenges.

• Targets skill training for Divyangjan to enable "dignified livelihood opportunities" via industry-relevant, customized programs tailored to disability groups.
• Covers sectors like IT, Animation-Visual Effects-Gaming-Comics (AVGC), hospitality, and food/beverage services, emphasizing task-oriented, adaptable roles.
• Allocation: ₹200 crore for FY 2026-27; focuses on employability, formal jobs, and entrepreneurship through aligned training modules.​

• Supports Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) to boost production of high-quality, affordable assistive devices using AI and advanced tech.
• Strengthens PM Divyasha Kendras and establishes Assistive Technology Marts as retail-style centers for Divyangjan/seniors to try and buy aids.​
• Allocation: ₹100 crore for FY 2026-27; promotes independence via R&D, scaled manufacturing, and better access.

• Enhances workforce integration and quality of life for Divyangjan, filling gaps in prior schemes like PM-DAKSH.​
• Part of broader inclusive policies, with potential for job creation in adaptive sectors.

• Phase-2 Launch: The second phase was launched to cover over 35 colleges across the national capital, targeting more than 10,000 students.
• Budget Engagement: It serves as a follow-up to the MY Bharat Budget Quest 2026, where youth can discuss the implications of the latest Union Budget with national leadership.
• Direct Interaction: Winners of state-level events and top participants will have the opportunity to interact directly with the Prime Minister starting 15 March 2026. 

• Primary Objective: To familiarise youth with India’s developmental roadmap and inspire them to become active partners in achieving an Atmanirbhar Viksit Bharat by 2047.
• Core Platform: Participation is facilitated through the MY Bharat Digital Platform, which recently upgraded to MY Bharat 2.0 with AI-driven skill mapping and career counselling.

• Yuva Samvad: Interactive dialogue sessions where students raise queries and share suggestions with policymakers and youth icons.
• Youth Icons: Sessions are led by winners of the Viksit Bharat Youth Parliament and presenters from the Young Leaders Dialogue 2026.
• MY Bharat 2.0 Integration: The programme leverages new tools like a Smart CV Builder, AI chatbots, and mentorship hubs to empower the "Amrit Peedhi".

• The initiative has already covered 274 universities across 22 States and Union Territories.
• It targets an audience profile of youth aged 15–25 years.

• Mandatory University Events: Several universities were directed to hold "Viksit Bharat Yuva Connect" programs (e.g., on 13 February 2026) to promote registration and budget awareness.
• Involved Institutions: Participating Delhi colleges include IIIT Delhi, IGDTUW, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, and Don Bosco Institute of Technology.

• Location: Situated in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean, southeast of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu.
• Composition: An archipelago of nearly 1,000 islands, consisting of volcanic islands and coral atolls.
• Capital: Honiara, located on the largest island, Guadalcanal.

• Government Type: A parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth.
• Current Leadership: Led by Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, who took office in 2024 following the general elections.

• Budget: The 2026 National Budget of $5.6 billion was recently unveiled, focusing on infrastructure and quality of life improvements.
• Infrastructure Projects: Major ongoing work includes the Tina River Hydropower Project, expected to provide 70% of Honiara's electricity.
• Natural Resources: The economy relies heavily on agriculture, fishing, and forestry; it holds the world’s second-highest coral diversity.

• China Relations: Shifted diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to Beijing in 2019. A 2022 security pact allows for potential Chinese security force deployment.
• Western Ties: Maintains a security agreement with Australia and recently saw the reopening of a U.S. embassy in Honiara to counter regional influence.

• Climate Change: Ranked as one of the most disaster-prone countries due to rising sea levels, cyclones, and earthquakes.
• Social Issues: High youth population (over 50% under 25) and economic pressures like mounting debt and decaying health systems.

• Established in 1946 by UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution as its functional commission.
• Principal global body dedicated to gender equality and women's empowerment; documents women's conditions and sets standards.
• Mandate expanded in 1996 to monitor Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action implementation, plus gender mainstreaming in UN activities.​

• Headquartered in New York, USA; secretariat provided by UN Women.​
• Holds annual sessions; CSW70 chaired by Costa Rica.​
• Meets for two weeks; involves member states, NGOs (registration closed Jan 23, 2026), and side events.​

• In CSW69 (2025), Minister Annpurna Devi led delegation, emphasizing women-led development, flagship schemes for health/education, and Beijing commitments.​
• For CSW70, MoS Savitri Thakur announced to participate, aligning with priority on justice access.​
• Past focus: Increased women in public life, SDGs contribution.​

Theme Type	Focus Areas
Priority	Access to justice, inclusive legal systems, eliminate discrimination, structural barriers.
Review	Women's public participation/decision-making; violence elimination.

• First identified in 1956 in a can of ground meat that spoiled despite being treated with high doses of sterilising gamma radiation.

• Radiation: Can withstand doses of 5,000–15,000 Grays (Gy); for comparison, 5–10 Gy is fatal to humans.
• Other Stresses: It survives extreme cold, dehydration (desiccation), vacuum, acid, and starvation.

• Multiple Genome Copies: Each cell contains 4 to 10 copies of its genome, allowing it to use healthy segments as templates to repair shattered DNA.
• DNA Repair: Employs highly efficient pathways like Extended Synthesis-Dependent Strand Annealing (ESDSA) and homologous recombination.
• Manganese Antioxidants: High levels of manganese ions protect its proteins (enzymes) from oxidative damage, ensuring the "repair tools" stay functional even when DNA is damaged.

• It is a Gram-positive, non-motile, aerobic bacterium that typically forms tetrads (groups of four).
• It has a distinct reddish-pink colour due to the presence of carotenoids like deinoxanthin, which also act as antioxidants.

• Bioremediation: Engineered strains are used to clean up radioactive waste sites by detoxifying heavy metals like mercury and toluene in high-radiation environments.
• Space Research: Studied for Planetary Protection to ensure Earth microbes don't contaminate other worlds and to explore the possibility of life on Mars.
• Medicine: Research is ongoing into using its antioxidant systems to develop radioprotective drugs for cancer therapy and anti-aging.

• Acidoxantha paratotoflava: Medium-sized greenish-yellow fly with four black thoracic stripes, larger abdominal black spots, and unique hook-like male structures; named for resemblance to misidentified A. totoflava.​
• Hemilea suneriae: Reddish-brown fly with black dots and a distinctive wing pattern featuring one clear "window" (hyaline indentation) unlike relatives' two.​

• Researchers also described the male of Euphranta nigripeda, solving a 1913 mystery (only female known previously).​
• Builds on prior Indian discoveries like Euphranta undulata (Ri-Bhoi, Meghalaya, 2025) and four Zeugodacus species (2024).​
• Fruit flies (Tephritidae) pose pest risks to crops, with global trade aiding invasions.

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