Why in News? A new Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) framework for UPI transactions was announced Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) framework
Registration-cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC)
Why in News? The Government of India has introduced a de minimis exemption from the Read More …
GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN)
Why in News? In June 2026, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) successfully conducted Read More …
Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems (RAS) and Biofloc Technology
Why in News? India’s fisheries and aquaculture sector is emerging as an important pillar of Read More …
Understanding Double Deflation & Implicit GVA deflator
Why in News? On 31 August 2026, India released an updated series of annual and Read More …
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs)
Why in News?Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan chaired a meeting on September 3, 2026, in Read More …
CosmoCube Mission
Why in News? The CosmoCube is a proposed suitcase-sized satellite being developed at the University Read More …
GIPC1
Why in News?US-based Mayo Clinic has announced the co-development of a cancer treatment targeting GIPC1, Read More …
Barren-Land Fallacy
Why in News? The growing emphasis on tree plantation and afforestation has highlighted concerns about Read More …
RK-251 Cancer Drug
Why in News? Scientists from various research institutions have developed a new “smart” cancer drug, Read More …
Kikuchi–Fujimoto Disease (KFD)
Why in News? A 32-year-old man from Visakhapatnam was diagnosed with the rare Kikuchi–Fujimoto Disease Read More …
What is Partition Horrors Remembrance Day?
Q1. What is Partition Horrors Remembrance Day? Partition Horrors Remembrance Day is observed on August Read More …
Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets (REPM).
Why in News? The Union Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has received 20 bids under Read More …
What are glueballs?
Why in News? At the International Conference on High Energy Physics in Brazil, the international Read More …
Study shows AI can design bacteriophages
Researchers from Stanford University and the Arc Institute have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design Read More …
What are Nitrosamines?
Why in News? Nitrosamines, a group of chemicals found in packaged foods, pharmaceuticals, industrial products Read More …
PROTOTYPE FAST BREEDER REACTOR (PFBR)
Why in News? The indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam, Read More …
BHARAT SMALL MODULAR REACTORS (BSMR)
Why in News? Under the Nuclear Energy Mission announced in the Union Budget 2025–26, the Read More …
General Concurrence Percolation (GCP)
Why in News? Scientists at the Bose Institute, Kolkata, have developed a new theoretical framework Read More …
Moken sea nomads
The Moken, one of the world’s last sea-nomad communities living around the Andaman Sea, have Read More …
Why Ceuta was in the news?
Why in News? Ceuta, a Spanish autonomous city in North Africa, came into the news Read More …
Pickaxe Mountain
U.S. President Donald Trump recently threatened to attack Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified underground facility linked Read More …
Blue Straggler Star (BSS)
Indian astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), along with international collaborators, have reported Read More …
PRAXIS: Planetary Rings Autonomous EXploration with In-situ Sampling
NASA has selected a new mission concept called PRAXIS for Phase I funding under the Read More …
India’s first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft prototype
Recently, ePlane Company, an IIT Madras-incubated startup, launched India’s first electric vertical take-off and landing Read More …