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Centre’s big push to mega IPO Subject : Economics Context : The Centre has now taken another major step towards making insurance behemoth LIC IPO ready by bringing into effect from Wednesday all the 27 legislative changes made to the Life Insurance Corporation Act 1956 through this year’s Finance Act. Concept : With […]
Enforcing Contracts Portal Subject : Governance Context : Recently, the Ministry of Law and Justice has launched the “Enforcing Contracts Portal”. Concept : The Doing Business Report of World Bank Group benchmarks business regulations across 191 economies of the world. The Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) index is a ranking system which is […]
BharatNet implementation through Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model Subject : Governance Context : Recently, the Union Cabinet has accorded the approval for revised implementation strategy of BharatNet through Public Private Partnership mode. Concept : The BharatNet programme will now extend upto all inhabited villages beyond Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the 16 states of […]
Global Cybersecurity Index Subject : International Reports Context : According to a United Nations report released, India has jumped 37 places to 10th position in the Global Cyber Security Index (GCI) 2020. Concept : About the index: The GCI is a composite index created, analyzed and published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), […]
National Disaster Management Authority Subject : National Organisations Context : The Supreme Court directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to frame guidelines for payment of ex-gratia compensation to family members of persons who succumbed to COVID-19. Concept : It also directed the NDMA to ascertain within six weeks ex-gratia amount that can […]
Tussle between Central vs Union Government Subject : Polity Context : Recently, a controversy erupted over the new DMK government referring to the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the ‘union government’ instead of ‘central government’. Concept : Central v/s Union Government Justice (retd) K Chandru had pointed out that more than […]
Iran gets its new president Subject : International Relations Context : Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi became Iran’s president. He succeeded Hassan Rouhani. Concept : Iran’s 13th presidential elections were recently held. As per rules, the president should be a Shiite Muslim. Over 90 per cent of Iran’s population is comprised of Shiite Muslims. Who […]
Chamoli disaster due to avalanche Subject : Geography Context : The flash flood on February 7 in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, that claimed at least 72 lives with at least 200 missing was due to a large mass of snow, ice and rock avalanche along with a hanging mass of rock crashing into the […]
Indo – Sri Lanka Currency Swap Agreement Subject : International Relations Context : Sri Lanka is “banking on” a $1 billion currency swap from India to meet its debt repayment obligations this year and tide over the current economic crisis, a senior official of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said. Concept : […]
Association of Cloud Bursts with Forest Fires Subject : Geography Context : Recently, the scientists from Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna (HNB) Garhwal University and IIT Kanpur jointly measured the association of cloud bursts with forest fires. Concept : The study has found a connection between the formation of the tiny particles, the size of […]