In News  Recently, India, Bangladesh and Nepal finalised an enabling memorandum of understanding (MoU) for implementing the long-gestating Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) Bhutan participated in the meeting as an observer. The MoU was finalised “pending ratification of the MVA by Bhutan”                                                     Image Courtesy :ET Major highlights  The meeting discussed the protocols to operationalize […]

In News Recently, EU Member States made the unprecedented decision to activate the European Union’s Council Directive 2001, known as the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD). Temporary Protection Directive  Origin and History:  The Temporary Protection Directive was created in 2001 following conflicts during the 1990s in the Balkans to manage a ‘mass influx of displaced persons’. […]

In News Recently, two Indian researchers working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have built a low-energy security chip. About  It is designed to prevent side-channel attacks (SCAs) on IoT (Internet of Things) devices.  Side Channel Attacks (SCAs) About:  SCAs take advantage of security exploits where information can be gathered from the indirect effects […]

In News  Degradation and loss of coral reefs can affect about 4.5 million people in southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Major Highlights of the Report The report talks about the effects of global warming and anthropogenic activities […]

In News  The Ministry of Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises launched two special initiatives – ‘Sambhav’ and ‘Swavlamban’  About ‘Sambhav’ and ‘Swavlamban’ Initiatives Sambhav: It is National Level Awareness Program (NLAP) and is being launched in Webinar Mode  in 1300 colleges across the country through its field offices. During the campaign the college […]

In News Recently, the Ministry of Finance stated that the Equalisation levy imposed by India on supply of services by multinational enterprises is a ‘sovereign right’. What is an Equalisation Levy? It was first introduced by the Finance Act, 2016, at the rate of 6 per cent on payments for digital advertising services received by […]

In News The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted a $ 5 billion dollar-rupee swap auction as part of its liquidity management initiative. About Dollar–Rupee Swap:  It’s a forex tool whereby the central bank uses its currency to buy another currency or vice versa. In a Dollar–Rupee buy/sell swap, the central bank buys dollars (US […]

In News  Recently, National Supercomputer Mission (NSM) has deployed a supercomputer system called PARAM-Ganga with 1.66 petaFLOPS (PFLOPS) of computing power at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee. A supercomputer is a computer that performs at or near the currently highest operational rate for computers. About PARAM Ganga It is designed, developed, and commissioned […]

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1   Ukraine drops pitch for NATO   (IR) Know about the latest developments in context of Russia-Ukraine crisis ,How the Ukraine-Russia crisis reached a tipping point?,major reasons of crisis ,Why Russia began military build-up near Ukraine, what it wants from West  […]

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 3 Standoff at Hot Spring : India, China to hold 15th round of Corps Commander talks on March 11 (IR) What is the present status and background of the India-China Disengagement process  in Eastern Ladakh ?The relevance of the upcoming India and […]