๐ฉ-๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐
`Subject: Polity`
- ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต: India's Electoral Democracy Index score fell to its lowest level since 1975 in the latest report.
- ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐: ๐ฉ-๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ | Based at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ: Multidimensional global framework | Evaluates democracy beyond conduct of elections
- ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐: Measures electoral integrity, civil liberties, ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐, EMB autonomy, and expression
- ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐: Categorized under ๐๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป | EDI score lowest since ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฑ
- ๐๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: EMB autonomy, judicial accountability, and impartial administration at lowest levels in ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐
๐ก๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ
`Subject: Science`
- ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต: NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
- ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ: Space observatory operating in ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ spectrums | Managed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
- ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ: Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (๐ช๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง) | Named after NASA's first Chief of Astronomy.
- ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐: Features a ๐ฎ.๐ฐ-๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ primary mirror | Field of view is ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ wider than Hubble.
- ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐: Located in a quasi-halo orbit at ๐ฆ๐๐ป-๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ (L2) | ~๐ญ.๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ธ๐บ from Earth.
- ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐: ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐บ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐น camera + Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) suppressing host starlight by over ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป times.
- ๐ข๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐: Map dark energy and dark matter + detect exoplanets and rogue planets via ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ
`Subject: Geography`
- ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต: US military forces targeted Iranian Revolutionary Guard installations situated on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
- ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Heavily fortified Iranian island in the ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐ | Situated east of Qeshm Island and south of Hormuz Island.
- ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป: Classified as a ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐๐ด (salt diapir) + Formed via ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ (subterranean salt pushing through sedimentary layers).
- ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐: Arid hills composed of rock salt, sandstone, and iron oxide | Peak elevation of ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐.
- ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ: Inhabited by speakers of Laraki dialect | Branch of the endangered ๐๐๐บ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ language.
- ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐: Surrounded by Persian Gulf coral ecosystems | Supports ๐ฏ๐ณ species of ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐.
- ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: Contains remnant naval fortifications from ๐ญ๐ฒ๐๐ต-๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ occupation.
๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
`Subject: Polity`
- ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต: Supreme Court invoked plenary powers under Article 142 to quash nationwide FIRs against NEET-UG student protesters.
- ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ: Exclusive power of the ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ to achieve complete justice | High Courts cannot exercise it under Article 226.
- ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ(๐ญ): Decrees passed are enforceable across the entire territory of ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ as prescribed by Parliament.
- ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ(๐ฎ): Grants authority to secure witness attendance, require document discovery, and punish ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ of court.
- ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐: Constitutional power under Article 142 is not restricted by ordinary ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ laws | Union Carbide case.
- ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐: Power cannot be exercised to violate ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ or substantive provisions of law | Prem Chand Garg case (1963).๐ฆ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ.๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ