Daily Current Affairs Quiz for UPSC : 11 Nov , 2025

The Convention was adopted under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in response to the Lockerbie Bombing.

It mandates that all plastic explosives must contain chemical detection agents to make them easily traceable.

India has not yet acceded to this Convention but follows its provisions voluntarily under the Explosives Rules, 2008.

RDX is a powerful high explosive that can be combined with plasticizers to form C-4, and is often used in military-grade IEDs.

TATP and HMTD are chlorate and peroxide-based explosives, highly sensitive and volatile, commonly used by non-state actors due to ease of homemade production.

Ammonium nitrate (AN) alone is a high explosive capable of detonating without any additional fuel or booster.

Rift Valley Fever is caused by a virus belonging to the Phlebovirus genus of the Bunyaviridae family and primarily affects livestock.

The disease is transmitted to humans mainly via direct contact with infected animals, but human-to-human transmission is common.

Outbreaks of RVF are often associated with heavy rainfall and increased mosquito populations.

The North Africa region primarily includes countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt.

The region is mostly arid or semi-arid, dominated by the Sahara Desert, but also has fertile river valleys like the Nile and coastal plains.

North Africa is uniformly dependent on rain-fed agriculture due to abundant rainfall across the region.