Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Subject : International Relations Section: International Organisation Context: Sri Lanka bailout About EFF: It is a fund created by IMF for helping economies to address serious medium-term balance of payments problems because of structural weaknesses that require time to address. Assistance under an extended arrangement features longer program engagement […]
Libya’s outlook remains bleak Subject : International Relations Section: Msc Concept : Libyans celebrated 12 years of the uprising that finally ended the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. Streets were festooned with flags and lights, with music performances and a military parade in Tripoli reflecting popular joy. On February 28,2023, the UN special representative […]
Megha-Tropiques-1 Satellite Subject : Science and technology Section: Space technology Concept : The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be undertaking a challenging experiment of a controlled re-entry of the decommissioned Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT1) satellite on March 7, 2023. About Megha-Tropiques-1: Megha-Tropiques is an Indo-French Joint Satellite Mission for studying the water cycle and […]
Raisina Security Dialogue Subject : International Relations Section: Msc Concept : India recently held the second edition of the Raisina Security Dialogue. Raisina Security Dialogue: It is a conference of intelligence and security chiefs and top officials from around the world. It is modeled on the lines of the Munich Security Conference and […]
Government approves launch of IFFCO’s nano DAP fertilizer Subject : Science and Technology Section: Nano technology Concept : The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), which introduced nano liquid urea in 2021 announced that the government has approved the launch of its nano DAP (di-ammonium phosphate) fertilizer in the market. The Indian Prime […]
Bio computers Subject : Science and technology Section: Awareness in Computers Concept : Researchers at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) have come up with a plan for a new area of research named “organoid intelligence”, which aims to create “bio-computers”. Bio-computers Researchers are developing 3D cultures of brain tissue in the lab which are […]
Amphibian species are particularly at risk Subject :Environment Section: International Convention Context: Increased environmental pollution and the ongoing destruction of the world’s natural habitats of a wide variety of animal species like rainforests and coral reefs have led to more than 10,000 out of roughly 74,000 known vertebrate species being endangered. According to the International Union […]
Regulator’s guidelines on Rajasthan power lines ‘flout’ Supreme Court orders, threaten the Great Indian Bustard Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Context: High tension power lines in Rajasthan and Gujarat, from solar plants, often lay in the flight path of the bird causing them to collide, often fatally, into them. More on the […]
Too many deer at Delhi’s Deer Park, some may be moved to leopard territory Subject: Environment Section: Places in news Context: According to a senior forest department official, the department intends to move between 300 and 400 deer to the wildlife sanctuary to promote ecotourism and curb the possibility of inbreeding depression at […]
U.N. global high seas biodiversity pact Subject: Environment Section: International Convention Context: Governments meeting at the United Nations (UN) in New York City reached agreement on key substantive issues for a new Treaty to protect marine life in the high seas. U.N. global high seas biodiversity pact Negotiators from more than 100 countries […]