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Five S-400 regiments expected to be delivered by early-2024 Subject: International Relations Section: Msc Context: India has contracted five S-400 regiments under a $5.43 billion or ₹40,291 crore deal as per a conversation rate of ₹74.2 against the dollar at the time, signed in October 2018. The deal has been delayed from the start over payment issues. With […]
Gross Domestic Product Subject : Economy Section : National Income Context: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) Tuesday released economic growth data—Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross Value Added (GVA)—for the third quarter (Q3 or October to December) of the current financial year (2022-23 or FY23), as well as the so-called […]
‘Anmol Jeevan Abhiyan’ Subject : Schemes Section : Environment Context: The ‘Anmol Jeevan Abhiyan’ (Precious Life Campaign) launched in Barmer recently has encouraged village panchayats and owners of houses to make the structural addition of hand pumps and locked covers on tankas (associated with local deities) or sacred forest groves 10 km away […]
China warns Elon Musk after COVID lab leak comments Subject: Science and Technology Section :Biotechnology Context: Musk had been responding to suggestions that Dr. Anthony Fauci – the former Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden – had ‘funded the development of COVID-19’. The original post had accused Fauci of being involved in […]
Debate over Origin of Corona Virus Subject: Science and technology Section :Biotechnology Concept: The debate is over whether the coronavirus emerged naturally—possibly jumping from an animal host to humans in the same way as the SARS-1 virus in 2002 — or accidentally ‘escaped’ or ‘leaked’ from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), the […]
Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme Subject : Schemes Section :Industry Concept : Tiruppur Exporters’ Association has urged the Centre for a new Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme retrospectively from April 1, 2022, to extend the interest benefit to the exporting units. The exporting units were expecting the new TUF scheme to come into effect from […]
Yield Curve Inversion Subject : Economy Section: Fiscal Policy Concept : Bond yield Bond yield is the amount of return an investor realizes on a bond. Required yield refers to the amount of yield a bond issuer must offer to attract investors. The money that investors earn is called yield. Investors do not […]
Combining social welfare and capital market through SSE Subject : Economy Section: Capital Market Concept : About Social Stock Exchange: The SSE would function as a separate segment within the existing stock exchange and help social enterprises raise funds from the public through its mechanism. It would serve as a medium for enterprises […]
Bibi ka maqbara and history of Aurangabad Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Concept : Bibi ka maqbara It is a famous 17th century Mughal-era monument in the city of Aurangabad, Maharashtra. It was commissioned by Emperor Aurangzeb in 1660 in the memory of his wife Dilras Banu Begum. The structure is […]
LG seeking report on violation is a bid to interfere with assembly functioning – speaker Subject : Polity Section: Federalism Concept : The power tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Centre appointed Lieutenant Governor spread to the Delhi Assembly with the Speaker stating that a report on rule violations sought by […]