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Posted 02 Apr 2024

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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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