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Fed Reserve Monetary Policy Subject :Economy Section: External Sector Context: The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by the steepest increment since 2000 and decided to start shrinking its massive balance sheet, deploying the most aggressive tightening of monetary policy in decades to control soaring inflation. Decisions taken: Increase Benchmark rate– The increase in […]
Mercy Petition Subject: Polity Section: Executive Context: President has no role to play in Perarivalan’s plea, says SC Observation of Court: Supreme Court disagreed with the Central government’s suggestion that the court should wait till the President took a call on Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict A.G. Perarivalan’s mercy plea referred to him […]
Anti-Defection Law Subject: Polity Section: Parliament Context: Recent report by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) says that close to 90 per cent of the MLAs across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Punjab, who recontested in the 2022 Assembly polls after switching parties saw their wealth grow between 2017 and 2022 Anti-Defection Law: […]
Maharashtra’s gene bank project Subject: Science and Tech Section: Biotechnology Context: Maharashtra’s gene bank project is about using science to secure future. Gene bank project: The country’s first-of-its kind gene bank project in Maharashtra was approved by the state cabinet. The project will be implemented by the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board.The MSBB will […]
Governor’s assent to bill Subject: Polity Section: Federalism Context: The State of Tamil Nadu has been witnessing a confrontation between the elected government and the State Governor on the question of giving assent to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) Bill passed by the State Assembly. Assent to bills under article 200 […]
AIP Technology for Submarines Subject: Defence and Security Section: Submarines Context: France’s Naval Group, one of five shortlisted Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) for the Navy’s P-75 India (P-75I) project to build six conventional submarines within the country, announced it would not bid for the project. The reason was that the Request for Proposal […]
Cost of Invasive Species on Indian Economy Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: As many as 10 invasive alien species (IAS), out of 330 that are known to be invasive in India, have cost the economy $127.3 billion (Rs. 8.3 trillion) in the last 60 years, according to a recent analysis that points to […]
XE Covid Variant Subject: Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Context: India has a confirmed case of the XE variant of Covid, according to the Indian SARSCoV2 Genomics Sequencing Consortium (INSACOG) bulletin. The Union Health Ministry is yet to confirm the same or issue a statement on the findings. Concept: In the weekly bulletin […]
Lokpal Subject: Polity Section: National Bodies Context: Lokpal to get a new office at World Trade Centre building Background: On March 19, 2019, Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh was appointed India’s first Lokpal along with eight other members. The appointment itself was made five years after the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act was passed in […]
Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) project Subject: Economy Context: The Government claims that ‘as UPI is to the digital payment domain, ONDC is to e-commerce in India.’ Details: ONDC is incorporated as a private non-profit (Section-8) company to establish the public digital infrastructure needed to expand access to India’s e-commerce ecosystem – […]