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INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA (ICAI) Subject : National Organisations Context : The Union Cabinet has approved signing of MoU between Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA). Concept : The MoU would enhance cooperation between the Institutes to work together to strengthen the Accounting profession […]
PLI SCHEME FOR THE ADVANCED CHEMISTRY CELL (ACC) BATTERY STORAGE Subject : Government Schemes Context : The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of Department of Heavy Industry for implementation of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme ‘National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage’. Concept : The move aims to achieve […]
RUN RATE Subject : Economy Context : Indian Oil Corporation had reduced its refinery run rate to 88 per cent, while privatisation-bound Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd cut its run rate to 85 per cent of its refining capacity. Run rate is the proportion of crude processed by a refinery relative to its total […]
INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION & CPI Subject : Economy Context : The retail inflation, measured Consumer Price Index (CPI) eased to 4.29 per cent in April. Separately, the factory output, measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew by 22.4 per cent in March. Concept : Index of Industrial Production The […]
ARTICLE 311 Subject : Polity Context : Recently, the suspended police officer Sachin Waze was dismissed from service by Mumbai Police Commissioner under Article 311 (2) (b) without a departmental enquiry. Concept : Article 311 provides two safeguards to civil servants against any arbitrary dismissal from their posts. A civil servant cannot be […]
IRON DOME Subject : Defence / IR Context: Videos on social media showed rockets fired from Gaza being intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome air defence system. It appeared that the rockets were hitting an invisible shield. Concept : In 2006, during the Israeli-Lebanon war, Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets in to Israel. […]
GST COUNCIL Subject : National Organisations Context : West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra has written to Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman to urgently convene a meeting of the GST Council and discuss the issue of compensation shortfall to states and other pending items. Concept : GST Council It is a constitutional body under […]
COVAID PORTAL Subject : Governance Context: CovAid portal set up for real-time monitoring of relief Concept : Central government think tank NITI Aayog has set up a dedicated portal named CovAid to keep a track of all the Covid-19 aid received by the Indian government from several missions or individual organisations. The platform […]
RED CROSS SOCIETY Subject : Current Events Context : The Red Cross Society of China has sent 100 oxygen concentrators, 40 ventilators and some other medical supplies to the Indian Red Cross Society as COVID-19 assistance. Concept : World Red Cross day is observed on May 8 on the birth anniversary of Henry […]
AIDWA Subject: History Context : Activist RanjanaNirula, working committee member and former Treasurer of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), died in Delhi on Monday, aged 75 Concept: One of the founders of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) in Delhi, Nirula was also a member of the Delhi State Committee of […]