First Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Framework : Puducherry Puducherry has launched the country’s first Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) framework as part of a pact under the Indo-Norway Integrated Ocean Initiative. Puducherry and Lakshadweep were chosen as coastlines to pilot the MSP initiative after a 2019 Memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India and Norway. Marine Spatial […]
Month: February 2023
National Organ Transplantation Guidelines
National Organ Transplantation Guidelines: The Central Government has recently made major changes in the organ transplant regulations in the country under its ‘one nation, one policy’ rule by removing the 65-year age cap for recipients and allowing them to register in any state and not just their state. The primary legislation governing organ transplantation in […]
Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744)
Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744): Astronomers have recently revealed the latest deep field image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, featuring never-before-seen details in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744). Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744): It is a giant galaxy cluster. It appears to be the result of a simultaneous pile-up of at […]
Primary Agricultural Credit Societies : Approved
Primary Agricultural Credit Societies : Approved Union Cabinet recently approved the establishment of new Primary Agricultural Credit Society in 2 lakh panchayats in the next five years. PACS are village-level cooperative credit societies that serve as the last link in a three-tier cooperative credit structure headed by the State Cooperative Banks (SCB) at the state […]
Payment Aggregator Licenses : RBI
Payment Aggregator Licenses : RBI Payment Aggregator (PA) is a third-party service provider that allows merchants to accept payment from customers by integrating it into their websites or apps. It facilitates different types of payment transactions, including cash/cheque, online payments through multiple payment sources, or offline touchpoints. It allows merchants to accept bank transfers without […]
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) : India’s Ranking
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) : India’s Ranking In the recent services trade restrictiveness index (STRI), India’s rank improved a notch to 47 from 48 among 50 countries surveyed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Highlights of the Survey: The 2022 STRI of India is above the OECD average and high compared […]
Thyreus narendrani : New Species Of Cuckoo Bee
Thyreus narendrani : New Species Of Cuckoo Bee Researchers from Kerala has been discovered a new species of cuckoo bee from the Kole wetlands and named it Thyreus narendrani. Thyreus narendrani: The new species belongs to the family Apidae of the order Hymenoptera. The genus Thyreus consists of cuckoo bees or cleptoparasitic bees. Cuckoo bees […]
Exercise Dharma Guardian-2023
Exercise Dharma Guardian-2023: A joint military exercise Dharma Guardian between India and Japan to begin from 17 February 2023 at Camp Imazu in Japan. Exercise Dharma Guardian-2023: is the 4th joint military exercise between India and Japan which is being conducted since 2018. The scope of this exercise covers platoon-level joint training on operations in […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 17th February 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 17th February 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
HARBINGER 2023: RBI Announces 2nd Global Hackathon
HARBINGER 2023: RBI Announces 2nd Global Hackathon The Reserve Bank of India recently announced the “HARBINGER-2023”. The theme of the hackathon is “Inclusive Digital Services”. Competitors from 22 different countries will participate in the hackathon. This includes Israel, the Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, the USA, and the UK. RBI also received 363 proposals from Indian candidates. […]
