G20 presidency of India begins Subject: International relations Context: India assumed the G20 presidency on 1st of December. More about India Presidency: India assumes the presidency of G20 from 1st of December. The G20 Presidency also marks the beginning of “Amritkaal”, the 25-year period beginning from the 75th anniversary of its independence on […]
India assume monthly presidency of UNSC Subject: International relations Context: India assumed the monthly rotating presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on December 1, the second time in its two-year tenure as an elected member of the Council in 2021-22. India had earlier assumed UNSC presidency in August 2021. What are the […]
The battle to bring freshwater turtles back from the brink Subject: Environment What is Turtle Survival Alliance: The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) was formed in 2001 as an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) partnership for sustainable captive management of freshwater turtles and tortoises. The TSA arose in response to the rampant […]
Artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbots Subject :Science and technology Context: Public sector organizations and government agencies are leading the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbots in India Details: The National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI), Indian Railways, Bangalore Metro Rail Corp. Ltd (BMRCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) are increasingly using these platforms […]
How e-rupi will work Subject :Economy Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) — digital rupee or e-rupee (e₹). CBDC is a legal tender issued by the RBI in digital form. It is the same as the fiat currency- is exchangeable one-to-one with the fiat […]
Financially Sound and Well Managed (FSWM) banking entities Subject: Economy Context: Reserve Bank of India prescribed revised norms to categorise UCBs as Financially Sound and Well Managed (FSWM) banking entities and announced a four-tiered regulatory framework Details: The four-tiered regulatory framework is based on the size of deposits of the UCBs. The extant […]
‘India will keep importing fertilizers from Russia as long as possible’ Subject : Environment PM Promotion of Alternate Nutrients for Agriculture Management Yojana (PM PRANAM)- Objectives: To encourage the balanced use of fertilisers in conjunction with biofertilisers and organic fertilisers. Aim: To bring down the subsidy burden on chemical fertilisers, which is estimated […]
Man-animal conflict mitigation team selected for the Wildlife Trust of India award Subject : Environment In the news- An eight-member team from Chinnakkanal that comes under the Munnar forest division, which has been instrumental in bringing down the incidents of man-animal conflict in the region, has won the Wildlife Trust of India award. […]
India improves maternal mortality ratio, but poorer states yet to make progress Subject : Environment In the news- India has improved its maternal mortality ratio (MMR) — number of deaths per 100,000 live births — to 97 deaths per lakh in 2018-2020 from 103 deaths per lakh in 2017-2019. This is a considerable […]
COP15 Montreal: Asia must speed up its protected area coverage 6 times to meet the 30X30 goal Subject : Environment Context- Asia is not likely to meet the ambitious 30X30 goal proposed under the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), according to new research released November 29, […]