The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on July 14 reported its embedded value at Read More …
Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
What is Embedded Value (EV)?
Mission Shakti components
Ministry of Women and Child Development has issued detailed guidelines for ‘Mission Shakti’ scheme. About Read More …
I2U2 Summit unveils $2-bn initiative to tackle food security
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 14 said that under the I2U2 Framework, India-Israel-UAE-USA are Read More …
Centre relaxes norms for States’ Off-budget borrowings
The Finance Ministry has relaxed norms for adjusting States’ off-budget loans. Off-budget borrowing done by Read More …
Global Gender Gap Index 2022 ranks India at 135
The Global Gender Gap Index for 2022 was released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) Read More …
Financial Stability Board (FSB)
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on July 11 that it would propose ‘robust’ global Read More …
ISRO System for Safe & Sustainable Operation (IS4OM)
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the “ISRO Read More …
Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)
Indian Scientists have found that cancer-causing virus Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) can infect the neuronal Read More …
IDBI Bank-led consortium invokes SARFAESI Act to sell GTL’s secured assets
Banks have invoked the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Read More …
LUX-ZEPLIN-World’s most sensitive dark matter detector
A test run of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector in South Dakota (USA) has shown it Read More …
CBI joins Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) initiative
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has joined the Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) initiative. Read More …
Indonesia Announces New Digital Nomad Visa
Indonesia has announced “Digital Nomad Visas” for travellers, to attract more foreign tourists. The Digital Read More …
National Fish Farmers Day 2022
National Fisheries Development Board celebrated the 22nd National Fish Farmers Day on July 10 in Read More …
Sannati and Kanaganahalli
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has come up with a plan for the conservation Read More …
NMA recommends two sites associated with Dr. Ambedkar to be declared as Monuments of National Importance
National Monuments Authority (NMA) has recommended two sites associated with Dr Ambedkar, the Father of Read More …
Researchers create artificial Hox genes
Researchers at New York University have created artificial Hox genes using new synthetic DNA technology Read More …
Derecho storm
Several states in the US were hit by a storm system called a derecho on Read More …
Pine Labs, Razorpay, Stripe get RBI’s payment aggregator licences
Payment providers such as Razorpay, Pine Labs, Stripe, and 1Pay have received in-principle approval from Read More …
PARIMAN: The Geo-Portal for NCR made Public
Geo-Portal for NCR known as ‘PARIMAN’ was launched on 31.08.2021 in the 40th meeting of Read More …
India Stack Knowledge Exchange 2022
As part of the ongoing Digital India Week 2022 celebrations, the 3-days long virtual event Read More …
All-Season Ozone Hole Discovered over Tropics
University of Waterloo’s (Canada) Professor Qing-Bin Lu has discovered a large, all-season ozone hole in Read More …
What is greenwashing?
Environmental groups are suing Dutch airline KLM, alleging that advertisements promoting the company’s sustainability initiative Read More …
Ex-NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant is new G-20 Sherpa
Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has been appointed as India’s Sherpa for the G20. Read More …
The octopus’ brain and the human brain share the same ‘jumping genes’
A recent research shows that the same ‘jumping genes’ are active both in the human Read More …
What is Quality Infrastructure (QI)?
The Department of Consumer Affairs and German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Read More …