• A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Working Group (WG) on digital lending, including lending through online platforms and mobile apps, has recommended separate legislation to oversee such lending as well as a nodal agency to vet the Digital Lending…
• Restoration works of Sabz Burj is almost complete. Significance of the monument: • The tomb, which was built in 1530, does not have any markings pointing to the identity of those buried under it. • It is thought to…
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ‘Ration Aapke Gram’ initiative and the ‘Sickle Cell Mission.’ On his visit to Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a range of tribal welfare schemes. PM Modi announced the commencement of Madhya…
• NGO Pratham has released its Annual Status of Education Report 2021. • The survey was conducted over 76,000 households with children aged six to 14. • Due to the pandemic, ASER’s 16th annual report was based on a phone…
• The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda and the Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh jointly inaugurated the one-day National Conference on provisions of the Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act 1996 (PESA)…
• Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu suggested to ISRO to give a thrust to the indigenously-developed regional navigation satellite system, NaVIC for global use. • He urged ISRO to actively pursue the expansion of the NaVIC system in terms of…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Cryptocurrency Mains level: Issues related to the Indian Economy Context: • Since the demand for Cryptos has gone exponentially, the debate about its Pros, Cons and consequences has been taking place in every domain.…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Federalism Mains level: Centre state relationship Context: • The Centre will release over ₹95,000 crore in one stroke to States this month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Monday, after meeting with Chief Ministers…
• For a waste project, two teenage Indian brothers won the Children’s Peace Prize. Vihaan (17) and Nav Agarwal (14) of Delhi have won the 17th annual KidsRights International Children’s Peace Prize for their efforts to reduce pollution in their…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Universal health coverage Mains level: Significance of health insurance schemes in India Context: • NITI Aayog recently published a road map document entitled “Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle”. However, to say the least,…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Chief Justice of High Court Mains level: Judicial appointments and issues Context: • The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Sanjib Banerjee has been abruptly transferred to head the Meghalaya High Court, the…
• Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) System ‘Shakti’ has been designed and developed by Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) Hyderabad a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for Capital Warships of the Indian Navy for the interception, detection, classification,…
