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Oneliners
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Polity & Governance
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Good Governance Week (Sushasan Saptah)
- Launch – It is celebrated annually since 2021 as a part of Amrit Mahotsav.
- Good Governance Day – On December 25, the birthdate of former Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vajpayee.
Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore
- It is a nationwide campaign for Redressal of Public Grievances.
- Aim – To bring effective Governance closer to rural people.
- Nodal department – Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.
- It is being held in 660 districts across India during Good Governance Week
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Defence
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Grey Zone Warfare
- It describes a set of activities that occur between peace (or cooperation) and war (or armed conflict).
- Activities – It may include nefarious economic activities, influence operations, and cyberattacks to mercenary operations, assassinations, and disinformation campaigns.
- Aim – To thwart, destabilize, weaken, or attack an adversary, and they are often tailored toward the vulnerabilities of the target state.
Hybrid Warfare
- It entails an interplay or fusion of conventional as well as unconventional instruments of power and tools of subversion.
- The objective of conflating kinetic tools and non-kinetic tactics is to inflict damage on a belligerent state in an optimal manner.
- The line between war and peace time is rendered obscure and it relates to ambiguity and attribution.
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Health
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National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD)
- It is a part of part of National Health Mission (NHM).
- Aim – To provide technical and financial support to the States and Union Territories for treatment, management, health promotion and awareness generation for prevention, of NCDs.
- Focus – Strengthening infrastructure, human resource development, early diagnosis, referral to an appropriate level of healthcare facility.
Annual Health Index
- The Annual Health Index is a yearly report that tracks and ranks the health performance of states and Union Territories (UTs) in India.
- Launched by – National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) in 2017 in collaboration with
- Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)
- World Bank.
- The index assesses states and Union Territories on 2 parameters - Overall performance and incremental performance.
- The index also ranks states and UTs in 3 categories - Larger states, Smaller states, and Union territories (UTs).
Neonatal and under-5 mortality rates
- Neonatal mortality rate – It is the number of deaths that occur in the first 28 days of a child's life.
- Under-5 mortality rate – It is the number of deaths that occur before a child reaches the age of 5.
- Both neonatal and under-5 mortality rates in India have been steadily declining due to improved healthcare initiatives.
- The neonatal mortality rate in India is around 22 per 1000 live births, while the under-5 mortality rate is approximately 35 per 1000 live births.
Captagon
- An addictive, amphetamine-type synthetic drug widely distributed in the middle-east, often marked with 2 crescent moons.
- 80% of the global supply comes from Syria and banned in most of the countries.
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Geography
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Siliguri Corridor
- The Siliguri Corridor is a narrow stretch of land in West Bengal that connects the northeastern states with the rest of the country.
- It is also known as the Chicken's Neck.
- It was formed during the partition of Bengal and formation of East Pakistan during 1947.
Sagar Island
- It is an island in West Bengal.
- It is the westernmost island in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta.
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Agriculture
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Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)
- It focus on sustainability across environmental, economic, and social aspects of farming, ensuring safe and quality agricultural products.
- 4 key pillars- Economic viability, environmental sustainability, social acceptability, and food safety and quality.
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Environment
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Opportunistic omnivores
- Opportunistic omnivores are animals that eat a variety of foods, including plants and animals, and will eat almost anything that is available when they are hungry.
- Examples - Pig, Chimpanzees, Badger, Chicken, Kea, Catfish, Hedgehogs, Bears, Civet, Striped skunk, Raccoon, Ostriches and California ground squirrels.
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