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Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
Key Fact Statement (KFS)
Soil acidification and soil inorganic carbon
According to a new study, soil acidification in India might lead to loss of 3.3 Read More …
Treaty-shopping
Bilateral tax treaties have served to prevent harmful double taxation and remove obstacles to cross-border Read More …
Principal Purpose Test (PPT)
India and Mauritius have signed a protocol to amend the double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA), Read More …
Timekeeping on Earth
According to the study, the planet is rotating a tad bit faster than it used Read More …
Spring Meetings
The core days of the 2024 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Read More …
Hydrogels
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have designed a sustainable hydrogel to remove Read More …
Gerozyme
A researcher from Columbia University, New York has devised a novel blood test which determines Read More …
Mount Etna ‘volcanic vortex rings’
Recently, Mount Etna, the largest volcano in Europe, and among the world’s most active and Read More …
Mercenary spyware
Recently, Apple informed several users in India and 91 other countries that they were possible Read More …
Qualified Institutional Placements (QIPs)
According to a recent report, equity fundraising through qualified institutional placements (QIPs) has gained traction Read More …
Curative Petition
The Supreme Court (SC) has used its extraordinary powers to set aside its own judgment Read More …
Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC)
Recently, the White House directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the Read More …
Doctrine of harmonious construction
The Supreme Court on April 08 laid down eight principles by providing harmonious construction to Read More …
START programme
The Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST) has been designated as the Nodal Centre Read More …
Scope 3 emissions
Scope 3 emissions are the result of activities from assets not owned or controlled by Read More …
Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
A recent decision by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), permitting carbon offsetting for Scope Read More …
Igla-S Man Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS)
The Indian Army has received the first batch of 24 Russia-made Igla-S Man Portable Air Read More …
TSAT-1A satellite
The Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has successfully deployed its sub-metre optical satellite in space.
DESI Makes the Most Precise Measurement of Expanding Universe
To study dark energy’s effects over the past 11 billion years, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Read More …
Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)
According to a recent report, hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) has been illegally entering European soils despite existing Read More …
Path of Totality
North America witnessed a rare astronomical phenomenon – a total solar eclipse on April 8, Read More …
Phanigiri coins
Telangana’s Department of Heritage has recently unearthed a coin hoard at Phanigiri, a renowned Buddhist Read More …
Sannati Buddhist centre
Historians believe that the Sannati Ranamandal in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district was a fortified area spreading Read More …
Exchange-traded rupee derivatives
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deferred implementing its new rules on exchange-traded rupee derivatives Read More …