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Time to step up credit to small farmers, micro enterprises: FM to PSBs Subject :Economy Section: Monetary Policy Context: Underlining that public sector bank balance-sheets are in good shape, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday advised PSB chief executives to step up credit to small and marginal farmers and micro enterprises besides taking […]
A semaglutide ‘miracle’: repurposing diabetes drug for weight loss Subject : Science and technology Section: Health Concept : People who have been struggling to cope with being overweight or obese and trying to shed a few kilos, over the past few years, have it seems been offered a silver bullet. While initially on […]
Bank locker agreements: RBI’s conditions, customer complaints Subject : Economy Section: Monetary Policy Concept : The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) stipulation that bank locker owners should renew their locker agreements on a stamp paper within a set of new deadlines has sent locker owners scrambling to comply, as banks have started asking […]
The journey of Bengal art and pat painting Subject :History Section :Art and Culture Concept : Bengal art is a journey of different perspectives, of creative expressions through the cultural and political lens, of personal and private trials and tribulations, pathos of the great Bengal famine, many incidents of devastation during Partition and […]
Virtual private network Subject :Science and technology Section: Awareness in IT What is a VPN? A virtual private network, or VPN, is an encrypted connection over the Internet from a device to a network. The encrypted connection helps ensure that sensitive data is safely transmitted. It prevents unauthorized people from eavesdropping on the traffic and allows […]
Manipur HC to hear Internet ban today; SC declines to intervene Subject :Polity Section: Constitution Concept : The Supreme Court on July 6 refrained from intervening in a petition challenging the “mechanical and repeated shutdown” of internet services in Manipur, noting that a Division Bench of the Manipur High Court is already hearing […]
Noncompliance of orders of the green court by governments is a serious issue Subject :Environment Section: Environment law Concept : Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, who took over as the chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT) in July 2018, retired on Thursday. National Green Tribunal (NGT) It is a specialised body set up under […]
Madras HC declares election of Theni MP as null and void Subject : Polity Section: Elections Concept : The Madras High Court on Thursday declared as “null and void”, the 2019 election of expelled AIADMK member O P Ravindhranath from Tamil Nadu’s Theni parliamentary constituency while allowing an election petition filed against him. […]
Environmentalists revive contentious call to declare a tiger reserve in Goa Subject :Environment Section: Protected Areas Context: An incident of tiger deaths in Goa’s Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in 2020 and concern over development activities affecting tiger movement around the Goa-Karnataka border, have revived the call for notifying a tiger reserve in Goa. Details: […]
IIT Madras scientists develop prototype to use seawater for green hydrogen production Subject :Science and technology Section: Msc Context: IIT-Madras researchers have developed components for an alkaline water electrolyser that can use seawater directly to make green hydrogen. Details: The technology is simple and cost-effective. This is proposed as an alternative to the […]