• The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro launched the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, connecting nations with resources to tackle hunger.
• Led by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the initiative focuses on cash transfers, school meals, and support for farmers.

• Aims/objectives
  • The alliance aims to eradicate hunger and poverty by 2030, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • Its key objective is to remove all nations from the FAO Hunger Map by fostering collaboration and resource mobilization.
• Membership and Structure
  • Members: 148, including 82 countries; African Union and European Union; 24 international organizations; 9 financial institutions; 31 philanthropic and non-governmental organizations.
  • Available to non-G20 countries since July 2024.
  • Early members include Brazil, Bangladesh, and G20 members, with participants spanning all continents.
• Key Pillars of the Alliance
  • National: Coordination of public policies specific to eradicating hunger.
  • Knowledge: Integration of data and technologies for evidence-based solutions.
  • Financial: Large-scale resource mobilization to fund programs.

• Strategic Commitments
  • Income Distribution: Reach 500 million people through income support programs by 2030.
  • School Meals: Provide school meals to 150 million children in high-hunger regions.
  • Financial Mobilization: Leverage multilateral banks to raise billions for anti-poverty initiatives.
• Funding
  • No exclusive fund; relies on contributions from members and institutions like FAO, UNICEF, and the World Bank.
• Technical Office
  • Based at FAO with functional autonomy.
  • It is expected that the headquarters of this alliance will be based in Brasilia or another Global South country.
• Key Activities
  • Regular Summits Against Hunger and Poverty.
  • Creation of a High-Level Champions Council to oversee alliance activities.
• Other features
  • Facilitates sharing of best practices among members.
  • Provides technical expertise or financial support for national hunger and poverty eradication policies.
  • Includes a policy basket with over 50 instruments for targeted support in areas like: School meals; Cash transfers; Support for smallholder and family farming; Socio-economic inclusion programs; Maternal and early childhood interventions; Water access solutions.
  • The Alliance acts as a matchmaking platform, connecting countries in need with donors and support organizations.

• • Solar Energy Corporation of India  is the leading Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) dedicated to the development and expansion of Renewable Energy (RE) capacity in India.
  • It was established to facilitate the implementation of the National Solar Mission. 
  • It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
  • It was incorporated in 2011 as a not-for-profit company (Sec. 25 of Companies Act, 1956) and converted to a commercial company in 2015 (Sec. 3 of the Companies Act, 2013).
  • Vision: To build ‘Green India’ through harnessing abundant solar radiation and to achieve energy security for the country.
• It is the only CPSU dedicated to the renewable energy sector.

• SECI serves as an implementing agency for the development of Solar, Wind and Hybrid Projects as part of fulfilling the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
• In addition, SECI has ventured into solar project development on a turnkey basis for several PSUs/Government departments.
• SECI is a Category-I (highest) Power Trading Licensee for trading power on Pan-India basis. 
  • It is the intermediary power procurer for projects being set up through SECI tenders. It procures power from successful developers under its tenders and sells to Buying Entities (i.e. DISCOMs) though long term PPAs and PSAs respectively. 
  • SECI is a premier trader of Renewable Energy power in the country.

• Range: Range greater than 5,500 kilometres with maximum ranges varying from 7,000 to 16,000 kilometres.
• Speed: ICBMs can travel at speeds exceeding 20,000 kilometres per hour.
• Payload: Typically designed to carry nuclear warheads, though they could potentially be used to deliver other types of weapons, such as chemical or biological weapons. 
• Deployment: ICBMs can be launched from silos underground, mobile launchers on land, or submarines at sea. 

How does ICBM work?

There are three states: the boost phase, the midcourse phase, and the terminal phase.

• The boost phase begins at launch, midcourse phase begins after the rocket(s) stops firing.
• In the mid-course phase, the missile continues to ascend toward the highest point in its trajectory and then begins to descend toward Earth. 
• During the midcourse phase, ICBMs can travel around 24,000 kilometres per hour (15,000 miles per hour).
• The terminal phase is when the detached warhead(s) reenter the Earth’s atmosphere and ends upon impact or detonation.
• During this phase, which can last for less than a minute, strategic warheads can travel at speeds greater than 3,200 kilometres per hour (1,988 miles per hour), states the fact sheet.

• The Bryansk region is located in Russia.
• In a major escalation of the war on its 1,000th day, Russia alleged that debris from a US-made ATACMS missile has fallen in the Bryansk region of the country.

• Chancay Port is located in Peru.

• Chancay Port funded by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has generated concerns in US policy making circles about Chinese influence in an area that has long been considered its backyard.
• Aside from its geopolitical significance, the deep-sea port is seen as a game changer for South America. According to a 2023 article in The Diplomat, “one of the most outstanding features of the Chancay New Multipurpose Port Terminal is its capacity to receive vessels of up to 18,000 TEUs (Twenty Foot Equivalent Units), the world’s largest shipping vessels.” To date, no ship of this size has arrived in Latin America. This capacity will establish Chancay as a strategic port on a worldwide basis.
• The port is located about 78 km north of the Peruvian capital of Lima, Chancay is a small fishing town with a population of around 60,000.
•  It is a natural deep-water port, however, previous feasibility studies on building up infrastructure pointed out heavy construction costs.