Legal Current Affairs for 7 March 2026

Legally binding treaty adopted at the UN’s Conference on Environment and Development, Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992.
It entered into force in 1993 and operates under United Nations Environment Programme.
Governing Body: Conference of Parties (CoP).
Objectives: Conservation of biological diversity; sustainable use of its components; and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits
Protocols: Cartagena protocol on biosafety and Nagoya protocol on access and benefit sharing.

It is an intercontinental ballistic missile part of the US’ nuclear triad.
It is the nuclear missile land-based weapon under the control of US Air Force Global Strike Command.
It has three solid-propellant rocket motors with speed of approximately Mach 23 at burnout.
Range: 6,000-plus miles (5,218 nautical miles).

It is essentially a giant beam of electromagnetic radiation emitted when a pair of galaxies violently merge.
During the cosmic collisions, giant clouds of gas are compressed, exciting large reservoirs of hydroxyl (OH) molecules that release high-energy microwaves.
This is similar to human-made lasers, which work by exciting particles and then amplifying the resulting light waves with mirrors.
But for masers, microwaves are amplified instead of visible light.
These rare objects act as cosmic signposts, revealing critical details about galaxies in the early universe.

The 11th edition of the Raisina Dialogue is held in India.
Theme of the 2026 edition: “Saṁskāra – Assertion, Accommodation, Advancement”.
As part of Raisina Dialogue, inaugural edition of the Raisina Science Diplomacy Initiative (SDI) was launched.
About Raisina Dialogue
It is India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics held annually in New Delhi since 2016.
Organized by the Observer Research Foundation in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs.
Raisina Platforms & Ideas Forum (RPIF) is the entity that administers and manages the Raisina Dialogue.

Kurds are one of the world’s largest stateless ethnic groups with a population between 30 and 40 million worldwide.
Region: They live mostly amid the peaks and valleys straddling the borders of Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey.
Culture: The Kurds have a distinct culture, including a Persian-related language with many dialects, traditional dress, music, cuisine, and identity.
Demand for Separate State: Their nationalism emerged in the late 19th century, but aspirations for a homeland have repeatedly been thwarted.

Serves as a central hub of knowledge and resources on nutrition.
Acts as connection between businesses and broader social movement surrounding POSHAN 2.0.
POSHAN 2.0 aims to achieve improvement in key nutrition parameters for both children and women.
It includes ACE Card initiative (Assets for nutrition, CSR for Nutrition and Employees engagement for Nutrition) to accelerate behaviour change towards improved nutrition literacy and dietary habits in the work ecosystem.

Twin-engine helicopters with state-of-the-art features superior to the currently operated airborne platforms.
Capable of undertaking a wide spectrum of maritime security missions from shore-based airfields as well as from ships at sea.
Signed withHindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru under Buy (Indian-Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured) category.
About Shtil missile
Surface-to-Air missile, providing rapid-reaction, all-weather engagement capability and improved survivability in contested maritime environments.
Contract signed with JSC Rosoboronexport, Russian Federation.

Natanz: Main enrichment site, houses two uranium enrichment complexes, the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant and the Fuel Enrichment Plant.
Fordow Fuel Enrichment Facility: Deeply buried enrichment facility near Qom.
Bushehr Reactor: Houses Iran’s only operating nuclear power reactor in collaboration with Rosatom, Russia.
Tehran Research Reactor: For producing medical isotopes.
Esfahan: For processing natural uranium, fabricating fuel, etc.
Arak: For medical isotope production and a heavy-water production plant.