Current Context: Researchers from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and Florida State University developed a new method using satellite data to estimate oceanic carbon export more accurately.
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Context: India hosted the 12th edition of the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2025) from May 7 to May 9, 2025, in New Delhi.
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About IAF:
Current Context : The Government of India approved a revised SHAKTI policy (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala Transparently in India) to streamline coal linkages for thermal power plants.
About the Revised SHAKTI Policy
Key Features
Benefits
Current Context : The Haryana government launched the Pandit Lakhmi Chand Kalakar Samajik Samman Yojana to provide monthly financial assistance to senior artists who have devoted decades to traditional arts.
About the Scheme
Current Context : In a politically sensitive move, Recently, US President Donald Trump announced a proposal to refer to the Persian Gulfas the “Arabian Gulf” during an official visit to Saudi Arabia.
About the Naming Dispute
Geographical Facts
Current Context: INS Sharda arrived at Maafilaafushi Atoll, Maldives, for its first-ever HADR exercise from May 4–10, 2025, highlighting India’s regional disaster preparedness role.
Current Context : Recently, in Operation Sindoor, Indian Air Force deployed SCALP missiles launched from Rafale jets to strike deep terror camps in Pakistan and PoK, following the Pahalgam terrorist attack that killed 26 civilians.
About SCALP Missile
Features
Significance
Current Context : Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kiltan participated in the 14th edition of IMDEX Asia held from 6–8 May 2025 in Singapore, marking India’s expanding naval footprint in Indo-Pacific defence forums.
About IMDEX Asia
INS Kiltan’s Role
Current Context : Quad nations — India, USA, Japan, and Australia — conducted a simulation exercise under the Indo-Pacific Logistics Network (IPLN) in Honolulu, Hawaii in May 2025 to boost regional disaster-response capabilities.
About IPLN
Observed globally on 10 May.
Objective : to raise awareness about lupus — a chronic autoimmune disease that is often misdiagnosed due to its wide-ranging symptoms.
About Lupus
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