In News-Recently, the Prime Minister dedicated to the nation four infrastructure projects worth 4700 crore rupees at Haldia in West Bengal. About: The foundation stone of the second Catalytic-Isodewaxing Unit was laid down at the Haldia refinery of Indian Oil Corporation Limited. Other three projects are Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited(BPCL’s) LPG Import Terminal, GAIL’s Dobhi-Durgapur […]
In News- The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 4.0% under the Liquidity adjustment facility (LAF). Consequently, the reverse repo rate remains unchanged at 3.35% and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 4.25%. It was decided […]
In News: Recently, the Bureau of Indian Standards’ (BIS) Animal Husbandry, Feeds and Equipment Subcommittee has replaced a test on guinea pigs used for detecting and identifying pathogenic organisms. Old Test: It involved injecting guinea pigs with a feed sample. If the bacterium Bacillus anthracis or its spores, that cause anthrax, were present, the animals […]
In News –Rejected claims of farmers crop insurance multiplied 10 times in two years under the Centre’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Insurance companies can reject some of the claims on various grounds like the late intimation of claims, denial of claims to non-insured farmers or non-insured crops, non-occurrence of the risk etc. […]
In News –Rejected claims of farmers crop insurance multiplied 10 times in two years under the Centre’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Insurance companies can reject some of the claims on various grounds like the late intimation of claims, denial of claims to non-insured farmers or non-insured crops, non-occurrence of the risk etc. […]
In News-Recently, The Government has received several grievances/complaints regarding the content of programmes on OTT platforms. The latest issue was over an Amazon Prime series Tandav. Following the controversy that some scenes of the series referring to Hindu gods were derogatory. It has been claimed that content on OTT platforms such as Netflix and Amazon […]
In News: Myanmar military staged a coup and dismissed the democratically elected Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) government over allegations of rigged elections. Background of the Event: Timeline of Myanmar’s Political History: 1992: Than Shwe emerged as head of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) and commander in […]
In News: Recently, the USA has stopped the construction of the “border wall” between the USA and Mexico. However, as an alternative, a ‘smart wall’ will replace the physical wall with advanced surveillance technology for border security. Features of the Wall The wall would use sensors, radars and surveillance technology to detect and track border […]
In News -In the Union Budget 2021-22, Finance Minister announced that APMCs would become eligible beneficiaries to utilize the 1 lakh crore financing facility under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) . Implications of the announcement: With access to low cost credit under AIF, They will be able to set up post-harvest infrastructure such as sorting and […]
In News –The Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance will start a worldwide month-long campaign in February to raise awareness and garner support across the globe to conserve Fishing Cat. About Fishing Cat: Scientific Name – Prionailurus viverrinus The fishing cat is nocturnal and apart from fish also preys on frogs, crustaceans, snakes, birds, and scavenges on […]
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