One-Liner Current Affairs

Press Note 3 (2020) mandates prior government approval for FDI from countries sharing land borders with India.

DPIIT under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry acts as the nodal agency for administering FDI policy.

Foreign direct investment enters India through either the Automatic Route or the Government Approval Route.

Urea is under strict price control, whereas P&K fertilizers are governed by the Nutrient Based Subsidy scheme.

Jordan and Morocco are primary source countries for India's rock phosphate and phosphoric acid imports.

Supply diversification to Russia and West Africa bypassed Red Sea geopolitical trade disruptions.

Replaces the standard 30-minute Volume-Weighted Average Price

Section 36 empowers State Governments to set up Special NDPS Courts with High Court Chief Justice concurrence.

Section 36A mandates exclusive trial by Special Courts for offenses carrying imprisonment exceeding three years.

Nationwide judicial pendency in drug-related offences has reached an unprecedented high of nearly 3.9 lakh cases.

Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan is executed by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Operates on three core pillars: supply reduction, demand reduction, and harm reduction.

Aligns with 1961 and 1988 United Nations conventions regarding psychotropic substances.

Japan is India's 5th largest FDI investor, contributing over $40 billion cumulatively.

Key infrastructure projects like the Bullet Train rely on Japanese Soft ODA loans.

India, Japan, and Australia drive the trilaterally-aligned Supply Chain Resilience Initiative.

FSSAI is a statutory body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

It operates under the administrative control of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Section 23 of the FSS Act, 2006 strictly prohibits misleading labeling and deceptive packaging claims.

Built in 1570 under Empress Bega Begum, it was India's first major garden-tomb architecture.

Black crust forms when atmospheric $SO_2$ reacts with calcium carbonate to produce damaging gypsum.

Statutorily protected by Archaeological Survey of India under AMASR Act 1958 and UNESCO (1993).

IMD defines 'deficient' rainfall as 20% to 59% below the Long Period Average.

Malaria is caused by *Plasmodium* parasites and transmitted by female *Anopheles* mosquitoes.

Global warming allows vector mosquitoes to colonize historically cool, high-altitude regions.

Shifting vector ecology demands immediate resource reallocation and updated epidemiological surveillance.