Earthquake Swarms: It occurs when multiple seismic events of comparable intensity strike a small area in relatively quick succession+ It involves a series of many (sometimes thousands) low-intensity shallow (<10 km depth) earthquakes without a discernible main shock that can occur over weeks in active geothermal areas+ Hydro-Seismic Cause: Monsoon rainfall seeps into Deccan basalt fractures, building pore-fluid pressure that weakens fault resistance and triggers repeated, low-intensity energy.

National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC): It is a quasi-judicial commission originally set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986, it currently operates under the modernized Consumer Protection Act, 2019+ To provide inexpensive, speedy, and summary redressal of consumer disputes+ It is headed by a sitting or a retired Judge of the Supreme Court of India or a sitting or a retired Chief Justice of the High Court+ It shall have jurisdiction to entertain a complaint valued more than two crore and also have appellate and revisional jurisdiction from the orders of State Commissions.

International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC): Established: in 2000 in St. Petersburg, by Iran, Russia and India to enhance trade and transport connectivity among countries along its route+ About: It is a 7,200-km Multi-modal transportation route linking Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf to Caspian Sea via Iran and onward to northern Europe via St. Petersburg in Russia+ Members: 13 (India, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus, Oman and Syria)+ Reduces transit time by roughly 30% to 40% (vs. the conventional Suez Canal route) and freight costs by nearly 30%+ Offers India a reliable overland transit gateway to landlocked, resource-rich Central Asian republics, bypassing Pakistan.