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RBI may mandate domestic processing of payment transactions Subject: Economy Section: Monetary Policy Context: Keeping in view the emerging geopolitical risks, options are being explored to ring fence domestic payment systems What are the present guidelines regarding processing of payment transactions? Under current regulations, even though there is no bar on processing payments […]
Indian interests at the WTO Ministerial Conference Subject: International Relations Section: International body Context: On June 17, member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) wrapped up the Ministerial Conference’s twelfth outing (MC12) securing agreements on relaxing patent regulations to achieve global vaccine equity; ensuring food security, according subsidies to the fisheries sector […]
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: The latest Environmental Performance Index (EPI) placing India last among all 180 assessed countries. Environment Performance Index: The EPI, a biennial index, was started in 2002 as Environmental Sustainability Index by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Yale Center for Environmental Law […]
Gaps in Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: A group of environmental scientists, ecologists and policy experts have posited that the draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework fails to account for the totality of chemical pollutants that threaten ecosystems globally. Concept: Draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: The […]
Govt Declares ICICI Bank’s IT Resources as ‘Critical Information Infrastructure’ Subject: Science and Technology Section: IT awareness The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), through a notification, declared the IT resources of the private sector lender as critical infrastructure under Section 70 of the IT Act, 2000. The order declares the computer resources […]
Megalith Subject: History Section: Art and Culture The 3,500-year-old Megalithic site is located on the banks of the river Krishna in Narayanpet district, Telangana. Dotted with about 80 tall stones (niluvu raallu, as locals call them), or menhirs, the five-acre site that dates back to 1500 BC, also has ‘alignment stones’. Menhir is […]
New species of bamboo-dwelling bat found in Meghalaya Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: Scientists have discovered a new species of bamboo dwelling bat in Ri Bhoi district of Meghalaya. Concept : The species, found near the forested patch of Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, has been named The present discovery is the first report of […]
Marine heatwave fuelled super cyclone Amphan Subject :Geography Section: Climatology Context: A study, published in the Frontiers in Climate, is the first study conducted in the Indian Ocean that investigates the interaction between a marine heatwave and super cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal in May 2020. Marine heatwaves The high sea […]
Inter-State Council Subject : Polity Section: Parliament Context: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking that at least three meetings of the Inter-State Council should be held every year to “strengthen the spirit of cooperative federalism”. Concept: What is the Inter-State Council? It is a mechanism […]
Bills in Committee stage Subject : Polity Section: Parliament Context: It’s the government that decides to send Bills to Standing Committees, said Loksabha Speaker in a recent interview. Parliament functioning in recent years During the pandemic, the duration of sittings was reduced but the Lok Sabha clocked 167% productivity, which was a record […]