GK booster

• The report 'Indian States' Energy Transition' released on Monday has analysed 15 states, which together account for 90% of India's annual power requirement
• States' Electricity Transition, or SET


  Measures performance of different states in the transition to clean electricity
• Karnataka is the only state among the 16 analysed that scored well across all four dimensions of clean electricity transition identified in this study
• Karnataka has conducive policies and political commitments for a smoother transition
• West Bengal was a little behind Karnataka in terms of decarbonising its electricity sector
• Haryana and Punjab have shown promising preparations and implementations for electricity transition
• Percentage share of renewables in Karnataka's power supply mix

  56%
• Four broad parameters used to assess the performance of the Indian States' Energy Transition

  • Decarbonisation
  • Performance of the Power System
  • Readiness of the Power Ecosystem
  • Policies and Political Commitments
• India and Germany agreed on a vision statement to enhance cooperation on innovation and technology during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday
• The Inter-Governmental Agreement on 'Cooperation in Scientific Research and Technological Development' was signed

  May
• Cooperation in science, technology, research and innovation between India and Germany has become wider, deeper and more comprehensive
• India and Germany acknowledge that digital technologies and solutions could address key development needs and highlight the potential of these digital solutions to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in other parts of the developing world
• Advanced technologies included in the Vision Document for India-Germany cooperation

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • 5G
  • Quantum Computing
  • Virtual Reality
  • Augmented Reality
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  17
• The partnership between India and Germany is to enhance cooperation in the development of renewable energy and sustainable development
• The Rhine River is located in Germany's southwest near the Swiss border and is Europe's second longest river
• In the last five years, the highest number of custodial deaths have been reported in Maharashtra at 80
• This is followed by Uttar Pradesh (41), Tamil Nadu (40) and Bihar (38)
• A total of 146 cases of death in police custody were reported during 2017-2018, 136 in 2018-2019, 112 in 2019-2021, 100 in 2020-2021 and 175 in 2021-2022
• Sikkim and Goa reported no incident from 2017 to 2020, but recorded one incident of custodial death each in 2021-2022
• Right to counsel


  Fundamental right under Article 22 (1) of the Indian constitution
• The new capital of Indonesia being established is Nusantara
• Over a third of Jakarta will be submerged in water by 2050
• The current president of Indonesia is Joko Widodo
• The capital of Kazakhstan is Nursultan
• Special Marriage Act


  Governs a civil marriage where the state sanctions the marriage rather than the religion
• The minimum age to get married under the Special Marriage Act is 21,18 years for males and 21,21 years for females
• The Allahabad High Court ruled that couples who wish to marry under the Special Marriage Act can choose not to publish the mandatory 30-day notice
• India will contribute 10 per cent of the global growth in 2023 according to the IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva
• The capital expenditure has been increased by 33%, 3.3% of GDP in the next year's budget
• The Sun's magnetic field completely flips every 11 years
• China recently made a significant advancement in its nuclear power research capabilities by successfully powering up its artificial sun nuclear fusion reactor for the first time
• ISRO intends to launch the Aditya-L1 mission, the Nation's first solar- and solar-corona-observing spacecraft, by June or July 2023
• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is led by the Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
• A large bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface is circulating in a massive polar vortex around the north pole of our Star
• Implications for understanding the Sun's atmospheric dynamics above 55 degrees here cannot be overstated
• According to NASA, the prominence is a large bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface
• There have been several such instances in the past but this one has stumped the scientific community
• International Solar Alliance (ISA)


  An Indian initiative that was launched by the Prime Minister of India and the President of France
• 1 AU

  150 million km<|>241 million mi