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Subject: Environment Context: Ministry of Power initiated the ‘#iCommit’ campaign, on the occasion of World Environment Day. Concept: The initiative is a clarion call to all stakeholders and individuals to continue moving towards energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability to create a robust and resilient energy system in the future. The ‘#iCommit’ initiative, driven by […]
Subject: Environment Context: On occasion of World Environment Day, today, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the “Healthy and Energy Efficient Buildings” initiative under MAITREE. Concept: This initiative is addressing the challenges of retrofitting existing buildings and air conditioning systems so that they are both […]
Subject: Economy Context: In the last monetary policy committee meeting, RBI governor expressed the need for boosting investment and consumption through easing finance conditions. Concept: After cutting interest rates by 75 basis points (bps) in March, the central bank further brought down the repo rate by 40 bps to 4% in May in a bid […]
Subject: Economy Context: Government announced opening up of Sovereign Gold Bonds 2020-21 (Series III) for the period June 08-12, 2020 Concept: Gold bonds have been introduced to convert the demand for gold as a physical asset into financial savings. Sovereign Gold Bonds or SGBs issued by the RBI on behalf of government are priced in […]
Subject: Economy Context: The Reserve Bank of India is going to create Rs 500-crore payments infrastructure development fund (PIDF) to encourage acquirers to deploy points of sale (PoS) infrastructure both physical and digital modes in tier-3 to tier-6 centres as also in northeastern states. Concept: Half of the fund will be initially contributed by RBI […]
Subject: Economy Context: Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth ₹20,814 crore in just five trading sessions in the current month. This is the highest in any month of 2020. Concept: Foreign portfolio investment (FPI) consists of securities and other financial assets held by investors in another country. It does not provide the investor with […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: NASA announced that a giant asteroid named 163348 (2002 NN4) is expected to pass Earth (at a safe distance) on June 6. Concept: Near Earth Objects are comets and asteroids nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits which allows them to enter the Earth’s neighbourhood. These objects […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Researchers have leveraged the aerial deployment of lidar technology to detect “massive, ancient platforms made of clay and earth”. Concept: Lidar, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure ranges (variable distances) to the Earth. These light pulses—combined […]
Table Of Contents LIDAR Technology Near earth Objects Foreign Portfolio Investor Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Gold Bond Scheme Monetary Policy and Demand in economy Healthy and Energy Efficient Buildings Icommit Ambarnaya River Oil spill in Russia Aerosol Radiative Forcing 1. LIDAR Technology Subject: Science and tech Context: Researchers have leveraged the aerial deployment […]
Subject: Environment Context: Environment Protection and Green Initiatives have always been a key focus area of the Indian Navy. So the Indian Navy has embarked on reducing its environmental footprint Concept: ‘Indian Navy Environment Conservation Roadmap’ (INECR) has been the guiding document and key enabler for progressively achieving the vision of the Indian Navy to […]