Angel tax : Impact On Startups In India A senior government official recently said that the ‘angel tax’ provision in the Finance Bill will not impact startups in India. The Finance Bill 2023 has proposed some changes that will remove the exemption for foreign funds and non-resident investors, who will now have to pay Angel […]
Month: February 2023
Train Control And Supervision System : Delhi Metro
Train Control And Supervision System : Delhi Metro The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) recently launched the first ever indigenously developed Train Control and Supervision System. i-ATS system is India’s first indigenously developed Train Control and Supervision System. It is a computer-based system that will manage train operations including basic functioning such as running and […]
First State In India To Have Organized Cultivation Of Mulethi : Himachal Pradesh
First State In India To Have Organized Cultivation Of Mulethi : Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh has recently begun the commercial cultivation of licorice (Mulethi) to become the first state in India to have organized cultivation of Mulethi. Mulethi, commonly known as licorice, is a sweet-tasting perennial shrub. Scientific name: Glycyrrhiza glabra The roots have a […]
ULTRASAT : Israel’s First Space Telescope Mission
ULTRASAT : Israel’s First Space Telescope Mission NASA will launch Israel’s first space telescope mission, the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT) in early 2026. ULTRASAT is an ultraviolet observatory with a large field of view, that will investigate the secrets of short-duration events in the universe, such as supernova explosions and mergers of neutron stars. […]
United Nations High Seas Treaty Began In New York
United Nations High Seas Treaty Began In New York: A new round of negotiations on the United Nations High Seas Treaty began in New York. United Nations High Seas Treaty is known as the ‘Paris Agreement for the Ocean’, and the treaty to deal with Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictionhas been under discussion for several years. […]
Pink Dolphin Rescued From a Colombian River
Pink Dolphin Rescued From a Colombian River: Two pink river dolphins, a mother and her calf, were rescued from a Colombian river where these mammals were trapped in shallow water. Pink Dolphin is the Amazon River dolphin which is also known as the pink river dolphin or boto and lives only in freshwater. It is […]
Gross Domestic Climate Risk Ranking
Gross Domestic Climate Risk Ranking: According to Gross Domestic Climate Risk ranking by Cross Dependency Initiative (XDI), India has nine states in the 50 high risk states including Punjab, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Kerala and Assam. XDI is a global organisation specialising in climate risk analysis for regions, banks and companies. […]
Special Rupee Vostro Accounts
Special Rupee Vostro Accounts: 20 Russian banks have opened Special Rupee Vostro Accounts (SRVA) with partner banks in India for the settlement of payments in rupee for trade between India and Russia. Also, all major domestic banks have listed their nodal officers to sort out issues faced by exporters under the arrangement. In July 2022, […]
International Mother Language Day 2023
International Mother Language Day 2023: UNESCO declared 21st February as International Mother Language Day in 1999 and the World has been celebrating the same since 2000. The day also commemorates a long struggle by Bangladesh to protect its mother language Bangla. The resolution to mark 21st February as the International Mother Language Day was suggested […]
Announcement Of Opportunity : ISRO
Announcement Of Opportunity : ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has recently made an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) to allow scientists and researchers to analyze data from the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission, AstroSat. The space agency has made the AO soliciting proposals for 13th AO cycle observations from AstroSat. This AO soliciting proposal […]
