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26 May 1. World's Children's Prize (WCP) Foundation -Child Rights Hero ceremony -WCP Child Rights Hero of the Decade award -Honorary award 2. Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)  -developed android application- CLART - Composite landscape assessment and restoration tool -Geographic information system based app -helps recharge of ground water or augment surface water availability depending upon location 3. Kumbhirgram - the existing airport for Barak Valley operated by the Indian Air force 4. Export of sugar -restricted beyond 10 million tonnes -the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)- specific permission from the Directorate of Sugar, Department of Food and Public Distribution for export of sugar between June 1 and October 31 or till further orders  -on receiving applications from sugar mills and exporters, the Export Release Orders (EROs) will be released 5. National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report -asses the health of the school education system -survey of chil

 June 13 1. Eggs-within-eggs (ovum-in-ovo) discovery -location-Bagh area, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh - Eggs of titanosaurid dinosaur (sauropod dinosaur) found with eggs within eggs feature -this feature is known to occur in birds only and not in reptiles - this shows the connection between reptilian and avian evolution - Upper Cretaceous Lameta Formation of Central India- is known for dinosaur fossils. 2. CALPRA- Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act - no child shall be allowed to work for > 5 hours in a day, and not > 3 hours without rest. - 20% of the income earned by the child from the production or event is to be directly deposited in a fixed deposit account in a nationalized bank 3. CINTAA- Cine and TV Artistes' Association - has an elected committee, working on an honorary basis - has a register to maintain a log of complaints 4. Scrub Typhus - known as Chellu pani in Kerala - caused by a mite-borne bacterium- Orientia tsutsugamushi  - rats, sq

 6 June 1. Gedilam river Tamil Nadu Course - Cuddalore district, Villupuram district 2. Ethanol blending in petrol Ministry of Petroleum  and Natural Gas Target: 20% ethanol blending by 2025-26 Benefits: 1. Saves 30,000 crore of foreign exchange per year 2. Increases energy security 3. Lowers carbon emissions 4. Better air quality  5. Self reliance 6. Better use of damaged food grains 7. Incomes and investment opportunities 3. World's first fishing cat census - Chilika - Chilika lake-Asia's largest brackish water lagoon - Fishing cats census done by Chilika Development Authority (CDA) and The Fishing Cat Project (TFCP) - 176 fishing cats found - Fishing cats are found in 10 Asian countries (undetected in Vietnam and Java since the last decade) - World's first fishing cats population estimation conducted outside the protected area network - Spatially explicit capture recapture (SECR) method used to analyze the data 4 . Mound excavation outside Robert Clive House - Location-

  25 May Announced at Quad Summit in Tokyo 1. IPMDA- Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) - to build a maritime picture of near real-time activities in partners' waters, tracking 'dark shipping' and other tactical - level activities. 2. Quad Satellite Data portal 3. Quad Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Package (Q-CHAMP)- green shipping  & 'shared green corridor. 4. HADR- Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief - to increase humanitarian footprint in Indo Pacific region Prevention of Corruption Act  Section 7: Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act: p unishable with imprisonment - 6 months(minimum) to 5 years (maximum) and shall also be liable to fine. Section 8: Taking gratification by corrupt or illegal means to influence public servant:  p unishable with imprisonment - 6 months(minimum) to 5 years (maximum) and shall also be liable to fine. Section 13(1)(a to e):  Crimi