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How bond yield in US affect India Subject: Economy Context: With the US Federal Reserve increasing interest rates aggressively to curb inflationary pressures, the yield on US 10-year bonds surged to 4.163%. Concept: What is yield in the context of a bond? Yields are the returns from investing in a bond. A bond’s […]
A peek into India’s Toshakhana Subject: Economy Context: In the last few years, the number of items that Toshakhana received has been going down. Details: As per the Ministry of External Affairs-between January 2019 and April 2022, Toshakhana received 2,036 items, that cumulatively have a value of ₹7.76 crore. The repository received around 768 […]
End of lock-in period Subject: Economy Context: The share price of India’s 11 new-age tech companies, including Nykaa, Paytm is likely to be under pressure as $14 billion worth of locked-in shares in these companies will be available to be sold in the market. Details: Leading investors who had made pre-IPO bets are […]
WTO AND ENVIRONMENT Subject: Economy Context: The WTO may serve as an appropriate forum for discussions on opening up trade in environmental goods and services according to the World Trade Report 2022: Climate Change and International Trade. Details: The Elimination of tariffs and reduction in Non-tariff measures on a specific subset of environmental […]
Tax: GDP and Revenue foregone Subject: Economy Context: Bibek Debroy has suggested that given the huge resource gap, Citizens should be willing to pay higher taxes or settle for reduced delivery of public goods and services. Details: Bibek Debroy highlighted that the total tax GDP ratio comes to 15 per cent even as […]
The Snow Leopard Population Assessment of India (SPAI) Subject: Environment Context: The first-ever recording of the snow leopard from the Baltal-Zojila region has renewed hopes for the elusive predator in the higher altitudes of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Camera trapping exercises by researchers from Nature Conservation Foundation by researchers from Nature Conservation […]
Malaria Subject :Science and Technology Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite. The parasite is spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes. People who have malaria usually feel very sick with a high fever and shaking chills. While the disease is uncommon in temperate climates, malaria is still common in […]
Falcon Heavy launch Subject :Science and Technology Context: The Falcon Heavy launch: the most powerful operational rocket in the world What are the specifications of the Falcon Heavy rocket? SpaceX claims Falcon Heavy to be the most powerful rocket in the world today by a factor of two. With a lifting capacity of […]
PVTGs Subjects: Geography Context: Anthropological Survey of India builds tribal hut replicas to promote unique heritage Jarawa tribe – The Jarawas (Jarawa: Aong, pronounced are an indigenous people of the Andaman Islands in India. They live in parts of South Andaman and Middle Andaman Islands, and their present numbers are estimated at between […]
COP27: 1st time, compensating poor nations for climate disasters on the table Subject: Environment Context- In a big positive on the opening day of the climate change conference COP27 at Sharm El-sheikh, Egypt, negotiators agreed to discuss the creation of an international mechanism for compensating poor countries that suffer large-scale damage due to […]