SNIPPETS 10 AUGUST 2026

DAY-NRLM: Genesis: NRLM was launched in 2010 as a mission-mode scheme by + Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development+ Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS)+ Four core components: social mobilization, community institution and capacity building;, financial inclusion; livelihood promotion; and convergence+ As per NITI Aayog’s report DAY-NRLM has mobilised more than 10 crore rural households into nearly 92 lakh Self-Help Groups (SHGs)+ average household incomes increased by 49% among beneficiaries+ 52% women gained better access to income-generating opportunities

Everest: EVEREST is a Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) Liquid Oxygen (LOX)-Methane rocket engine Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) is an advanced closed-cycle engine with separate fuel- and oxidiser-rich pre-burners for higher efficiency+ Propellants: Liquid Oxygen (LOX) and Liquid Methane (LCH₄)+ Key Features: 3-D printed core components; 800 kN thrust, 340-second specific impulse, and 50–110% throttle range+ Makes India the fourth country after Russia, the United States and China to possess FFSC engine technology.

Slender-billed vultures (Gyps tenuirostris): Geographical Range: India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal+ India: Gangetic plain, Himachal Pradesh, northern Odisha, and east Assam+ Habitat:  Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland; also found near human habitation (scavenge from rubbish dumps and slaughterhouses)+ Threat:  Gyps vultures in India have declined by 99% over the last 20 years due to the use of veterinary painkiller drugs like diclofenac+ Conservation Status: IUCN:  Critically Endangered; CMS (Appendix 1)Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022: Schedule 1