Table Of Contents Kisan rail Suspicious Transaction Report and FIU Exports rise and trade deficit Atal tunnel Carbon-net zero IBBI Indian-Germany bubble Immunization program Green fireworks   1. Kisan rail Subject: Schemes Context: Kisan Rail started to function Concept: Mango special, Banana Special, Onion Special, Sapota Special are some of the routes of […]

Subject: Environment Context: Manufacturers in Sivakasi – the country’s fireworks manufacturing capital – have produced environmentally friendly fireworks as per Supreme Court order on ‘green’ crackers. Concept: Traditionally, firecrackers have been made with barium nitrate, antimony and a range of metals that, over the years, have been linked to respiratory diseases and even cancer. Green […]

Subject: Schemes Context: India had “broken its inertia” in vaccine development after 2014 and had introduced four new vaccines into the country’s immunization programme. Concept: Immunization Programme in India was introduced in 1978 as ‘Expanded Programme of Immunization’ (EPI) by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. In 1985, the programme was modified […]

Subject: IR Context: India’s air transport bubble with Germany has been suspended after the European country prohibited national carrier Air India from flying to its airports Concept: Air bubbles refer to bilateral agreements India has struck or is in the process of finalising with specific countries to allow their national carriers to ferry passengers back […]

Subject: Economy Context: The Corporate Affairs Ministry and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) have written to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), asking the central bank to permit Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) to bid for stressed assets under the Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code (IBC). Concept: Under current regulations, Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) […]