One Vehicle, One FASTag
- National Highways Authority of India (NHAI’s) norms of ‘One Vehicle, One FASTag’ has comes into force.
- About One Vehicle, One FASTag
- Aims to discourage use of single FASTag for multiple vehicles or linking multiple FASTags to a particular vehicle.
- This will enhance efficiency of electronic toll collection system and provide seamless movement at toll plazas.
- About FASTag
- It is a device that employs Radio Frequency Identification technology for making toll payments directly while vehicle is in motion.
- Flagship programme of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways & NHAI.
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SEBI Complaint Redress System (SCORES 2.0)
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) launched SCORES 2.0 version which strengthens investor complaint redress mechanism in securities market by making process more efficient.
- SCORES is an online system where investors in securities market can lodge their complaints through web URL and an App.
- Salient features of SCORES 2.0
- Reduced timelines for redressal of investor complaints across Securities Market i.e. 21 Calendar days from date of receipt of complaint.
- Introduction of auto-routing of complaints to concerned regulated entity to eliminate time lapses.
- Integration with KYC Registration Agency database for easy registration.
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Negative Leap Second
- Researchers have shown that increased ice melting may have delayed need for adding negative leap second.
- Negative leap second is a second that is subtracted from clocks to keep them aligned with Earth's rotation.
- It is done when Earth is spinning more quickly and length of day is decreasing.
- It is opposite of positive leap second (one-second addition to clocks).
- It is done when length of day is rising (Earth is spinning more slowly).
- So far, there have been 27 positive leap seconds, but no negative leap seconds.
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Snow leopard (Panthera Uncia)
- Experts had pushed for Conservation of Snow leopards, citing them as important "Indicator Species".
- Indicator species is an organism whose presence or absence will reflect specific condition in its ecosystem.
- Protection Status
- IUCN: Vulnerable
- CITES: Appendix I
- Habitat
- There are 12 snow leopard range countries namely Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan etc.
- Currently, there are around 718 snow leopards in India.
- Characteristics
- live in high-altitude mountainous terrain, usually at elevations of 3,000-4,500m.
- Have short forelimbs and long hind limbs for traversing in rugged environments.
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