One-Liner Current Affairs

Census 2027 is India's first digital census with self-enumeration via web portal, departing from traditional paper-based methodology.

Four poll-bound states (UP, Goa, Uttarakhand, Punjab) advanced to November 2026 to avoid clash with election machinery.

Last Census conducted in 2011; 2021 postponed due to COVID-19, creating unprecedented 16-year gap in decennial data collection.

Chief Justices appointed by President under Article 217(1) following Supreme Court Collegium recommendation.

Minimum qualification: 10 years judicial service OR 10 years as High Court advocate (Article 217(2)).

HC judges retire at 62; SC judges at 65; transfers governed by Article 222.

Section 6 DSPE Act 1946 mandates state consent for CBI jurisdiction within state territory

Yarlung Zangbo dam capacity: 60 GW (3× Three Gorges)—world's largest hydropower potential

Location: Medog at Great Bend, seismic Zone V, near LAC—creates dual environmental-strategic threats

Current bilateral framework (1996 Hydrological Data Agreement) lacks enforcement teeth on seasonal flow regulation

CCPs act as intermediaries between trading counterparties, mitigating systemic credit risk across equity, debt, and forex derivative markets

SEBI historically resisted direct European audit access to CCIL, NSCCL, and ICCL on financial sovereignty grounds

MoU enables bilateral information exchange and supervisory cooperation without surrendering regulatory control

Article 239: President appoints UT administrators; LGs act as direct Central Government agents through MHA.

Andaman & Nicobar lacks legislative assembly—LG holds executive-legislative dual authority unlike Delhi/Puducherry.

Great Nicobar Island project (₹72,000 crore) at Galathea Bay represents India's Indo-Pacific strategic positioning.

IN-SPACe (2020) positioned ISRO for research; private sector for routine commercial launches.

NSIL already transferred PSLV technology to L&T-HAL consortium—precedent set.

GSLV Mk-III privatisation remains contentious; financial viability of private heavy-lift operations unproven.

CDSCO derives regulatory authority from Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945.

OTA Chennai (est. 1963) trains SSC officers; IMA Dehradun trains permanent commission officers—key distinction.

49-week rigorous training program with 17 foreign cadets from Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda.

Foreign officer training operationalizes SAGAR vision and enhances India's defense diplomacy in Asia-Africa.

CDS created post-Kargil Review Committee (2019); heads Chiefs of Staff Committee and Department of Military Affairs