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The Act increases the duration of the validity of a firearm license from three years to five years.
It prohibits obtaining or procuring un-licensed firearms and the conversion of one category of firearms to another without a license. It amends the punishment in relation to several offences. It adds news offences like:
. Forcefully taking a firearm from police or armed forces punishable with imprisonment between 10 years and life imprisonment along with fine.
. Using firearms in a celebratory gunfire which endangers human life or personal safety of others punishable with imprisonment of up to two years or fine of up to one lakh rupees or both.
. It also defines offences committed by organised crime groups and illicit trafficking. Illicit trafficking is punishable with imprisonment between 10 years and life along with a fine.

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The central aim of this gas pipeline is to pump natural gas to China from Russia’s far-east regions like Yakutia. The pipeline is over 4,000 km in length and has an annual capacity of over 61 billion cubic metres. Russia is home to the largest reserves of natural gas on the planet which is 20% of the global total. The pipeline is a hedge against a potentially shrinking market in Europe, due to souring diplomatic relations. China is the world’s largest energy importer and consumer. It will help China to move away from coal to cleaner alternatives.

GEMINI stands for Gagan Enabled Mariner’s Instrument for Navigation and Information. Gagan is a system to improve the accuracy of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver by providing reference signals. It consists of three geosynchronous satellites (GSAT-8, GSAT-10 and GSAT-15), and covers the entire Indian Ocean round the clock. It covers the entire area from Australia to Africa.
So far, communication with fishermen has been limited to mobile networks and very high frequency (VHF) radio which does not range over 20 kilometres, while fish shoals in the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean are as far away as 150 kilometres from the coast. GEMINI device addresses these issues. This device receives and transfers the data received from GAGAN satellites to a mobile through bluetooth communication. It has been developed by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and Airports Authority of India (AAI).

It is a joint program of Ministry of Electronics and IT and NASSCOM, for reskilling/upskilling of IT manpower for employability. The Future Skills initiative is extended as PRIME to industry professionals across different segments, higher education students and government officials, with the goal to train 4 lakh professionals in next three years.
Features of the initiative:
. It offers blended programmes with online and classroom training.
. It enables assessment and certification of learners in line with industry needs and Government standards.
. It offers diagnostics for learner preference and skill gaps leading to identification of relevant courses.

Food Corporation of India is the nodal agency for implementation of PDS.
NAFED is the nodal agency to implement price stabilization measures under Operation Greens(Tomato, Potato Onion). NAFED along with FCI with a proactive role of state governments also physically procures oilseeds, pulses and copra under the Price Support Scheme (PSS).
NAFED acts as agent of any Government agency or cooperative institution, for the purchase, sale, storage and distribution of agricultural, horticultural, forest and animal husbandry produce, wool, agricultural requisites and other consumer goods. It also undertakes marketing research and dissemination of market intelligence. Further, it can subscribe to the share capital and undertake business collaboration with institutions/enterprises, if considered necessary for fulfilling the objectives.

The policy promotes collection, processing and recycling of products in an organized, safe and environment friendly manner. It envisions promoting a circular economy in the steel sector. The steel scrap shall be recycled to produce high grade steel. This can be used in the industries such as equipment manufacturing, automobiles and other downstream industries. It also promotes 6Rs principles of reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, redesign and remanufacture through scientific handling, processing and disposal of all types of recyclable scraps including non-ferrous scraps, through authorized centers / facilities.

The rivers which follow the general direction of the slope are known as the consequent rivers.
A part of a river slope and the surrounding area gets uplifted, and the river sticks to its original slope, cutting through the uplifted portion like a saw (vertical erosion) and forming deep gorges. This type of drainage is called antecedent drainage.
When a river flowing over a softer rock stratum reaches the harder basal rocks but continues to follow the initial slope, it seems to have no relation with the harder rock bed. This type of drainage is called superimposed drainage.
The tributaries from a summit follow the slope downwards and drain down in all directions in radial drainage pattern.

The Bill defines piracy as any illegal act of violence, detention, or destruction committed against a ship, aircraft, person or property, for private purposes, by the crew or passengers of a private ship or aircraft. It is applicable to all parts of the sea adjacent to and beyond the limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone of India. Piracy accused can be transferred to any country for prosecution with which India has signed an extradition treaty. In the absence of such treaties, offences will be extraditable on the basis of reciprocity between the countries.
According to the Ministry of Shipping, around 95 % of India’s trading by volume and 70 % by value is done by maritime transport. The bill promotes the safety and security of India’s maritime trade as well as helps fulfil India’s commitment in signing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).