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One Liners 06-03-2025
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History, Art and Culture
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Kedarnath
- Location – Kedarnath, in Uttarakhand.
- Hosts – One of the 12 Jyotirlingas, revered as Lord Shiva’s sacred Himalayan shrine.
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Hemkund Sahib
- Location – Hemkund, Uttarakhand, it is a high-altitude Sikh Gurudwara in Uttarakhand.
- Associated with - Guru Gobind Singh’s meditation.
- Recent Development - Centre has approved Rs.7,000 crore ropeway projects for Kedarnath and Hemkund Sahib to ease pilgrim access.
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Polity & Governance
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Pashu Aushadhi
A new component added to Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme scheme.
- Provides - Affordable generic veterinary medicines to farmers.
- It enhances livestock health via PM-Kisan Samriddhi Kendras.
- Aims - To reduce farmers’ losses by improving access to quality animal healthcare.
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Samaveshi Aajeevika Yojana
Empowers rural women with business training and financial aid under DAY-NRLM.
- Launched with J-PAL South Asia - It adapts the Graduation Approach to lift rural households from poverty.
- The scheme targets self-sufficiency for women, aligning with India’s women-led development vision.
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Model Women-Friendly Gram Panchayats
- Model Panchayats – One Model Gram Panchayat to be developed in each District.
- Real-Time Dashboard Launched - For Monitoring Women-Friendly Panchayats’ Progress.
- Crucial for - Success of Health Initiatives in Villages.
- Aims -To Spearhead Implementation of Central Government Schemes in Gram Panchayats.
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International Relations and Issues
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Reciprocal tariffs on India
U.S. plans reciprocal tariffs from April 2, 2025, matching India’s 9.5% on U.S. goods.
- Reciprocal Tariffs- Is a trade policy where a country imposes import duties equal to the tariffs charged on its exports by other nations.
- Objective - To counter trade imbalances & discourage unfair tariff policies by foreign governments.
- India’s $50 billion trade surplus - With the U.S. in 2023 may face higher tariffs, impacting exports like pharmaceuticals.
- Trump’s policy aims - To reduce U.S. trade deficits, targeting nations like India and China with high tariffs.
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Environment
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Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle (Pelochelys cantorii)
- Habitat: Inhabits inland, slow-moving freshwater rivers, lakes, streams, and estuaries across Southeast Asia.
- Conservation Status: Critically Endangered due to habitat destruction and overharvesting.
- Notable Characteristics: Spends most of its life buried and motionless, surfacing only twice a day to breathe and capture prey.
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Global Plastic Treaty
The 5th round (INC-5) in Busan, December 2024, failed to finalize a global plastic treaty.
- Disagreements over production caps - chemical management, and funding stalled progress at INC-5.
- U.N scheduled - An extra session (INC 5.2) to finalize the treaty in 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Eurasian Otter
- Habitat - Found along the Tamirabharani River in Tamil Nadu; prefers clean freshwater rivers and lakes.
- Conservation Status- Listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.
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