·       The L.69 Group is a group of developing countries from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific.

·       They form a major bloc that is united by the common cause of achieving the lasting and comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council.

·       The group currently has 42 countries as its members.

·       The Ezulwini Consensus is a position on international relations and reform of the United Nations, agreed by the African Union.

·       It calls for a more representative and democratic Security Council, in which Africa, like all other world regions, is represented.

·       It is aimed at delivery for climate, operational services, and ocean health.

·       It is co-sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Science Council (ISC).

·       The GOOS mission is to lead the ocean observing community and create the partnerships to grow an integrated, responsive and sustained observing system.

·       The international Argo program maintains a global array of ab

·       It was a major centre of Jain influence for 1,000 years just before the Christian era.

Sittanavasal houses

·       Arivar Kovil (temple of Arihats – Jains who conquered their senses),

·       Ezhadipattam (a cavern with 17 polished rock beds),

·       Navachunai tarn (small mountain lake) with a submerged shrine,

·       Megalithic burial sites.

·       Of the 20 cave temples in Pudukottai district, Sittanavasal is the only Jain temple with sculptures.

·       Sittanavasal is the only place in Tamil Nadu that houses Pandya paintings.

·       The artwork on the ceiling of the sanctum and the ardha mandapam of Arivar Kovil is an early example of post-Ajanta cave paintings of the 4th to 6th centuries.

·       These artwork were done using the fresco-secco technique (a process that dispenses with preparation of the wall with wet plaster).

·       The ceiling paintings show ‘bhavyas’ (exalted souls who work to achieve moksha) enjoying themselves in a pool, full of blooming lotuses.

·       The pillars of the verandah (added by the Maharaja of Pudukottai at the instance of then Diwan Alexander Tottenham in the 1900s), were brought from Kudumiyanmalai.

·       Sittanavasal remains an important place to study the history of the Jain religion as the inscriptions in Brahmi and ‘vattaezhuthu’, from the third century AD have been discovered here.

·       Early Tamil inscriptions from the ninth century AD of the Jain monk Ilan-Gautaman, are found inside the complex.

·       The Jaldoot app will enable Gram Rojgar Sahayak (GRS) to measure the water level of selected wells twice a year (pre-monsoon and post-monsoon). In every village, adequate number of measurement locations (2-3) shall need to be selected. These will be representative of the ground water level in that village.

·       The app will facilitate panchayats with robust data, which can be further used for better planning of works. The ground water data could be utilised as part of the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) and Mahatma Gandhi NREGA planning exercises. Further, the data can also be used for different kinds of research and other purposes.

·       The CBI carried out searches in 21 States/Union Territory in relation the circulation and sharing of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

·       CSAM refers to what was previously referred to as ‘child pornography’.

·       It specifically refers to the possession, viewing, sharing, and creation of images or videos containing sexual or offensive material involving children.

·       The CBI operation was targeted at cloud storage facilities used by peddlers to circulate audio-visual content of illicit sexual activities with minors, thus earning the code-name ‘Megha Chakra’.