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- Five new sites were added to India’s UNESCO Tentative List: Bagh Caves, Chambal Valley Temples, Udaigiri Caves, Ginnorgarh Fort (all in Madhya Pradesh), and the transnational “Sites of Satyagraha” linking India and South Africa. India now has 78 properties on the Tentative List and 45 inscribed World Heritage Sites.
- Only 48% of people believe the UN can lead on global challenges, according to a UN Foundation poll cited at UNGA-81. The causes are P5 veto paralysis, an outdated UNSC structure, a widening gap between military spending (about $3 trillion) and development aid (down 20%+), and accountability lapses. Proposed fixes include veto restraint (Resolution 76/262), better geographical representation, a stronger OIOS, and Global Public Investment financing.
- An ADR report found 111 sitting MPs and MLAs switched parties between 2022 and 2026. This revived debate on the Tenth Schedule (52nd Amendment, 1985), whose gaps include no deadline for deciding petitions, the two-thirds merger exception, resignation as a loophole, and the vague phrase “voluntarily giving up membership”.
- Key anti-defection rulings to remember: Kihoto Hollohan (1992) made Speaker decisions subject to judicial review, Keisham Meghachandra (2020) set a three-month ordinary limit for disposal, and Subhash Desai (2023) held that the political party, not just the legislature party, appoints the whip. The 91st Amendment (2003) removed the “split” protection and capped the Council of Ministers at 15%.
- India’s literacy rate rose from 18.32% in 1951 to 74.04% in 2011 (female literacy from 8.86% to 65.46%). A State or UT counts as “fully literate” at 95% or above. PLFS 2025 puts urban literacy at about 89%.
- UDISE+ 2025–26 shows over 24.72 crore students enrolled. Higher education GER rose from 23.7% to 30% (2014–15 to 2023–24), against the NEP 2020 target of 50% by 2035. Related schemes are ULLAS/NILP, NIPUN Bharat (launched July 2021), Samagra Shiksha, PM SHRI (14,500+ schools), PM e-VIDYA, and PM POSHAN.
- At IWC-70 in Hobart, India reaffirmed science-based cetacean conservation. The IWC was created under the ICRW (1946) and has 89 members; India joined in 1981. The commercial whaling moratorium was adopted in 1982, Norway and Iceland continue whaling via an objection and a reservation respectively, and Japan left in 2019. In India, cetaceans are in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and Project Dolphin began in 2020.
- Modhera Sun Temple (Gujarat) was built around 1025–27 CE under Bhima I of the Chaulukya dynasty in the Maru-Gurjara style, on the Pushpavati River. It has a Sabha Mandap with 52 pillars and a Surya Kund with 108 shrines. It is on the UNESCO Tentative List (2022), and Modhera village is India’s first 24×7 solar-powered village.
- At COFO-28 (Rome), India reported 82.74 million hectares of forest and tree cover (25.17% of its area), ranking 9th in forest area and 3rd in net annual forest gain (FRA 2025). It has restored 21.76 million hectares under the Bonn Challenge (target 26 million by 2030), and aims for an additional 3.5–4.0 billion tonnes CO₂-equivalent carbon sink by 2035. COFO was established in 1971 and has 128 members.
- Other items: the first PRAMAAN certificates were issued under IFWCS (launched 2023, third-party audits via NABCB, operated by IIFM Bhopal). Bhagat Singh’s 119th birth anniversary was observed, and he was executed on 23 March 1931. Jharkhand’s Mandar drum received a GI tag. World Heart Day 2026 theme is “Don’t Miss a Beat”, and the YouTube Impact Summit reported a ₹18,000+ crore GDP contribution in 2025.
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