RBI wants banks to sign new locker agreement with clients Subject: Economy Section: Monetary Policy Context: Users of lockers will have to sign a fresh agreement with their respective banks, The Reserve Bank of India asking for revisions in the existing document. Details: What is the new regulation regarding lockers? The revised safe deposit locker […]
Daily Prelims Notes 8 May 2023 Table Of Contents MSCI tweak: What triggered the sell-off in HDFC twins? Chartered accountants, company secretaries now under ambit of money laundering law Territorial Army Justice Balakrishnan Commission Space Science and Technology Awareness Training (START) Indian prisoner dies in Pakistan a week before repatriation 1. […]
Indian prisoner dies in Pakistan a week before repatriation Subject: International Relations Section: International Convention Concept : An Indian prisoner, who was to be repatriated next week, died in a hospital in Karachi, civil society activists revealed on Sunday. The deceased, Zulfiqar, was expected to enter India along with 199 fishermen set to […]
Space Science and Technology Awareness Training (START) Subject : Science and technology Section :Space technology Concept : The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced a new introductory-level online training programme called Space Science and Technology Awareness Training (START). Details The START programme is part of the ISRO’s efforts to enable Indian students […]
Justice Balakrishnan Commission Subject :Polity Section: Constitution Concept : Former Chief Justice of India K. Balakrishnan, who heads the Inquiry Commission into whether Dalit converts to religions other than Sikhism or Buddhism should get Scheduled Caste status, said his panel could deliver its report in a year, and that too before the election […]
Territorial Army Subject :Schemes Concept : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the posting of women officers with Engineer Regiments of the Territorial Army (TA) along the Line of Control (LoC). Territorial Army: It aims to commemorate its raising by the first Governor General C Rajagopalachari on this day in 1949. The Territorial […]
Chartered accountants, company secretaries now under ambit of money laundering law Subject: Economy Section: Fiscal Policy Context: Notifying changes to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the Finance Ministry has brought in practicing chartered accountants, company secretaries, and cost and works accountants carrying out financial transactions on behalf of their clients into the […]
MSCI tweak: What triggered the sell-off in HDFC twins? Subject: Economy Section: Monetary Policy Context: Market participants said MSCI intends to delete HDFC from MSCI Global Standard Index and at the same time add HDFC Bank to the large cap segment of MSCI Global Standard Indexes This means that the weight of the […]
Daily Prelims Notes 7 May 2023 Table of Contents Credit Suisse-Ecuador deal for Galapagos conservation Scientists identify mutations in DNA for early diagnosis of drug-resistant bacteria for TB 10 Indian languages to get technical-term dictionaries Pakistan and China vow to press ahead with CPEC FDA approves first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus Scientists […]
Wastewater study detects a large, silent wave in Bengaluru Subject : Science and technology Section: Health Context: It appears that Bengaluru witnessed an invisible wave of COVID-19 that was far bigger than the third wave driven by BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron variants in January 2022. Based on 2,856 genome sequences from India posted […]