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Financially Sound and Well Managed (FSWM) banking entities Subject: Economy Context: Reserve Bank of India prescribed revised norms to categorise UCBs as Financially Sound and Well Managed (FSWM) banking entities and announced a four-tiered regulatory framework Details: The four-tiered regulatory framework is based on the size of deposits of the UCBs. The extant […]
‘India will keep importing fertilizers from Russia as long as possible’ Subject : Environment PM Promotion of Alternate Nutrients for Agriculture Management Yojana (PM PRANAM)- Objectives: To encourage the balanced use of fertilisers in conjunction with biofertilisers and organic fertilisers. Aim: To bring down the subsidy burden on chemical fertilisers, which is estimated […]
Man-animal conflict mitigation team selected for the Wildlife Trust of India award Subject : Environment In the news- An eight-member team from Chinnakkanal that comes under the Munnar forest division, which has been instrumental in bringing down the incidents of man-animal conflict in the region, has won the Wildlife Trust of India award. […]
India improves maternal mortality ratio, but poorer states yet to make progress Subject : Environment In the news- India has improved its maternal mortality ratio (MMR) — number of deaths per 100,000 live births — to 97 deaths per lakh in 2018-2020 from 103 deaths per lakh in 2017-2019. This is a considerable […]
COP15 Montreal: Asia must speed up its protected area coverage 6 times to meet the 30X30 goal Subject : Environment Context- Asia is not likely to meet the ambitious 30X30 goal proposed under the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), according to new research released November 29, […]
Life of Plastic: Uruguay talks inch towards last two days; final decision still awaited Subject : Environment In the news- Representatives from 175 countries endorsed a landmark resolution on plastic pollution at the United Nations Environment Assembly. As a result, an intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC-1) was formed for the negotiations and the first […]
Supreme Court floats idea of ‘Project GIB’: What is this endangered bird Subject :Environment Context- Hearing a plea to protect the endangered bird Great Indian Bustard (GIB), the Supreme Court asked if a ‘Project GIB’, on the lines of ‘Project Tiger’, could be launched. What is the Great Indian Bustard? One of the […]
One step closer to a universal flue vaccine: what the new study says Subject : Science and Technology Context– A new study describes successful animal tests of the Universal flu vaccine, which can prepare one’s body to fight every known strain of influenza. The vaccines rely on mRNA. About the universal vaccine- The […]
Why constitutional validity of J&K Reorganisation Act clause went unchallenged Subject :Polity Context: The Supreme Court on Wednesday quizzed petitioners about the reason for not challenging the constitutional validity of a specific provision in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act which gives the Delimitation Commission the power to “carry out” the readjustment of […]
Patna: a fading city once loved by age-old rulers and travelers: Subject : History History of Patna: The original name of Patna was Pataliputra or Patalipattan. The name Patna has undergone many changes at its earliest stages like Pataligram, Kusumpur, Patliputra, Azimabad, ultimately terminating to the present one. It has been said that […]