Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Cryptocurrency Mains level: Digital Economy and BlockChain Technology Context: • The authors talk about opportunities posed by Cryptocurrency to India What’s happening? • In an astonishing event, the Ethereum founder has donated cryptocurrency worth…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Regulation Mains level: Devolution of powers Context: • A slew of reforms being introduced by the new administrator of Lakshwadeep is being talked about in the given article. What is…
• Edible oil prices have risen sharply in recent months. About: • The prices of six edible oils — groundnut oil, mustard oil, vanaspati, soya oil, sunflower oil and palm oil — have risen between 20% and 56% at all-India…
• West Bengal Chief Secretary Bandyopadhyay, an IAS officer of the 1987 batch, was due to begin an extension of three months after retiring. Instead, the Centre has asked him to join the Government of India. About: • Rule 16(1)…
• On June 3, NASA will send 128 glow-in-the-dark baby squids and some 5,000 tardigrades (also called water bears) to the International Space Station for research purposes. About: • The International Space Station (ISS) has been in space since 1998,…
• Amnesty International Day is set on May 28 every year because this NGO was established in London in 1961. Amnesty International was established in London on May 28, 1961, when lawyer Peter Benenson published an article “The Forgotten Prisoner”…
• To ensure holistic growth of horticulture, Union Minister of Agriculture launched the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP). About: • In a pilot phase, the programme will be implemented in 12 horticulture clusters covering 11 States/UTs out of the total…
• On account of the disruptions to businesses across various sectors of the economy, Government has further enlarged the scope of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme as under. About: • ECLGS 4.0: 100% guarantee cover to loans up to Rs.2…
• The arrival of the southwest monsoon over Kerala has been delayed to June 3, the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The agency had last month forecast that the onset would be on May 31. About: • Skymet, a private weather…
• Switzerland and World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the BioHub facility, which will allow pathogens to be shared between laboratories and will facilitate “analysis and preparedness” against them. • Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been appointed as the new Director…
• Bangladesh’s central bank as approved a $200 million currency swap facility to Sri Lanka, , which will help Colombo tide over its foreign exchange crisis. About: • A currency swap is effectively a loan that Bangladesh will give to…
• Switzerland said goodbye to years of negotiations with the European Union over a proposed overarching agreement that would have upgraded its relations with the bloc – which are currently governed by a patchwork of more than 120 bilateral deals.…
