The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is the global governing body for chess, responsible for organizing international competitions, regulating rules, and connecting national chess federations worldwide. Established in 1924, FIDE has played a crucial role in promoting chess as a competitive and intellectual sport. Recently, India's Anish Sarkar, just three years old, achieved the distinction of becoming the youngest FIDE-ranked chess player globally, a remarkable accomplishment for India in the international chess arena.

Overview:

• FIDE or World Chess Federation is a worldwide body comprised of chess governing bodies from member nations involved in the supervision and control of chess events or championships around the globe.

Key Details:

• Established: On July 20th 1924 in Paris, France.

• Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland.

• Motto: It should be noted that the motto ‘’Gens una sumus” (Latin for ‘We are one family’) is hugely associated with the family image.

• Members: Currently, it has more than 201 national federations as its members.

Recent Achievement:

• From India, Anish Sarkar, who was only three years old had the youngest FIDE ranking in the world.

Significance for Exams:

• Helpful for questions and answers related to international organizations, sports accomplishment and India’s participation at international levels.

National Affairs

1. India’s First Space Defense Exercise: Antariksha Abhyas 2024

Overview:

• This is the first-ever space defense exercise in India, which is organized by the Defence Space Agency (DSA) to improvise nation’s security policy in space.

About Defence Space Agency (DSA):

• Formation: Established in 2018.

• Role: Oversees space combat in space and manage satellites intelligence.

• Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Significance of Antariksha Abhyas:

• Supports to achieve vital goals of India in peaceful space use by revealing weak points.

• Mitigates risks posed by ‘anti-satellite missiles’, hacking and blasting off of objects into space.

Exam Relevance:

• Good for issues on space technology, defense modernization in the different countries, and strategic space programs of India.

2. World Immunisation Day 2024

Purpose: Celebrated on 10th November in order to increase awareness of the public regarding the use of vaccines in eradicating various ailments.

Importance of Immunisation:

• According to professional reports, immunisation protects the individuals and makes them immune to diseases.

• Essential for public health and it cuts under five mortality rate to a great extent.

Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP):

• It offers free immunization against twelve remote yet avoidable diseases.

• Brought the under five mortality rate from 45 per 1000 live births in 2014 to a present rate of 32 per 1000 live births.

Relevance for Exams:

• Used for health as well as social welfare matters.

• Applicable to questions as to the effects of published governmental finance measures and general health policies.

3. New Botanical Discovery: Dicliptera Polymorpha

Discovery:

• Developmental biologists identified Dicliptera Polymorpha, a non-fire sensitive, obligate bicolor flowering species from the Northern Western Ghats of India.

Characteristics:

• A rare bi-annual show flower, flowering occurs post Monsoon as well as after Grassland fire.

Importance:

• Serves as a case of species representation in the Western Ghats of India as well as species adaptation to changes in environment.

Exam Relevance:

• For questions related to biodiversity, what adaptation does environment have and to what Flora and fauna does India possess.