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• Government of India, Government of Tripura and The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) & and other stakeholders signed a tripartite agreement.
• Agreement aims to amicably resolve all issues of indigenous people of Tripura relating to history, land and political rights, economic development, identity, culture and language.
• It will also constitute a Joint Working Group/Committee to implement mutually agreed points and directs all stakeholders to refrain from resorting to any form of protest/agitation.

• Nicaragua becomes the first Spanish-speaking nation to recognize IP.
  • IP is recognized as the official book of standards for the drugs being manufactured and/or marketed in India.
  • IP is published by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules 1945 thereunder.

• About IPC: An autonomous institution under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, created to deal with matters relating to the timely publication of the IP.

• Indian Security agencies detained a vessel over suspicion of dual-use consignment.

• Dual-use Goods
  • Goods that can have both civilian and military applications, such as chemical substances, nuclear materials, etc.
  • Dual-use items are categorized as Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMET) under Foreign Trade Policy, 2023.
  • Export of dual-use items is either prohibited or permitted under an Authorization, unless specifically exempted.
  • It is also regulated under Wassenaar Arrangement.

• Wassenaar Arrangement: Voluntary multilateral export control regime for conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies.
  • It has 42 members, including India.

• NASA shares a picture of the 'Cavum cloud' formed above the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Florida.

• About Cavum Cloud
  • They are also called hole-punch clouds or fallstreak holes, 
  •  They are formed when planes fly through banks of altocumulus clouds,
    • Altocumulus clouds are mid-level clouds that have supercooled (below the freezing point of water but still liquid) water droplets.
  • As air moves around the plane, a process called adiabatic expansion can make the droplets freeze into ice crystals.
  •  The ice crystals eventually grow heavy and fall out of the sky, leaving a hole in the cloud layer.

• The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Jal Shakti Ministry), in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, launched SGLR for the tourism industry.
• Bison Resorts, Madhya Pradesh obtained the first Five Swachhata Green Leaf Rating Certificate of Recognition.

• About SGLR
  • It is a type of rating system, which evaluates various tourist facilities based on their adherence to specific hygiene and sanitation standards. 
  • Aim: Revolutionize sanitation practices within the country's flourishing tourism industry.
  • It aligns with the Travel for LiFE (TFL) program under Mission LiFE.

• Experts suggested the roars or calls made by hangul during rutting indicate that their number will cross 300 this spring.

• Protection status
  • IUCN status: Critical Endangered
  • Schedule I of WPA.
  • CITES: Appendix I
  • Covered under the National Species Recovery Program.

• Characteristics
  • Subspecies of Central Asian red deer endemic to Kashmir.
  • The female Hangul does not have horns.
  • They have a matriarchal society that follows a female leader.

• Habitat: Found primarily in Dachigam National Park (DNP) and Tral Wildlife Sanctuary.

• Conservational measures: Project hangul, the state animal of Jammu and Kashmir.

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released Global Resources Outlook 2024 report titled, ‘Bend the trend: Pathways to a liveable planet as resource use spikes’.
• Report sheds light on how resources are essential to effective implementation of Agenda 2030 and multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) to tackle the triple planetary crisis (TPC).
  • TPC refers to the three interlinked crises: climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.

• Latest data on World Poverty Clock showed that India has managed to bring down ‘extreme poverty’ below 3% of its population.

• About WPC
  • Developed by World Data Lab, a global data enterprise.
  • Monitors global progress against Ending Extreme Poverty.
  • Funded by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany.

Mauritius (Capital: Port Louis)

• Prime Ministers of India and Mauritius jointly inaugurated new airstrip and 6 community development projects at Agalega Island in Mauritius.

• Political Features
  • It is an island country in the Indian Ocean, located off the south-eastern coast of Africa.
  • Nearest neighbour is French island of Réunion.

• Geographical features:
  • Island is volcanic in origin and is almost entirely surrounded by coral reefs. 
  • Designated by IUCN as a “Centre of Plant Diversity”.
  • Part of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity hotspot.
  • Major rivers: Grand River South East, Black River.
  • Highest Peak: Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire (Black River Peak).