Guidelines On State Guarantees On Borrowings : RBI A Working Group constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made certain recommendations to address issues relating to Guarantees extended by State governments. The Working Group constituted during the 32nd Conference of the State Finance Secretaries held in July 2022. The term Guarantee should be […]
Month: February 2024
Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar Programme
Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar Programme: The Union Minister for Culture, Tourism And Development of North Eastern Region informed the Lok Sabha about the Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar programme. Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar programme is a pan-India initiative of the Ministry of Culture under the National Mission on Cultural Mapping and was launched on 27th July […]
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite : NASA
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite : NASA Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have recently discovered and characterised a habitable zone planet named TOI-715b. Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a NASA mission that’s searching for planets orbiting the brightest stars in Earth’s sky. The satellite is a follow-up to NASA’s highly […]
ABHYAS : Flight Trials
ABHYAS : Flight Trials The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted four flight trials of the high-speed expendable aerial target ‘ABHYAS’ recently. ABHYAS is a high-speed expendable aerial target (HEAT). It is designed by the DRDO’s Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE). ABHYAS offers a realistic threat scenario for the practice of weapon systems. It […]
Messinian Event
Messinian Event: The Geological Institute of Israel recently uncovered a never-before-known underwater canyon near Cyprus that dates back to the Messinian Event. Messinian Event also known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), the Messinian event was a geological event during which the Mediterranean Sea went into a cycle of partial or nearly complete desiccation (drying […]
Nagoya Protocol
Nagoya Protocol: Cameroon recently adopted the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation (the Protocol) is a legally binding global agreement that implements the access and benefit-sharing obligations of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). […]
Banking Current Affairs : 6th Feb 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 6th Feb 2024 for SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc ABHYAS: DRDO carries out successful flight trials of High-speed Expendable Aerial Target ‘ABHYAS’ from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur REC wins Best Green Bond: REC Limited, a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power and […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 6th Feb 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 6th Feb 2024 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
GRAPES-3 Experiment
GRAPES-3 Experiment: The GRAPES-3 experiment discovered a new feature in the cosmic-ray proton spectrum at about 166 tera-electron-volt (TeV) energy while measuring the spectrum spanning from 50 TeV to a little over 1 peta-electron-volt (PeV). Gamma Ray Astronomy PeV EnergieS phase-3 (GRAPES-3) is designed to study cosmic rays with an array of air shower detectors […]
Dusted Apollo : High-Altitude Butterfly
Dusted Apollo : High-Altitude Butterfly Dusted Apollo (Parnassius stenosemus), a rare high-altitude butterfly, has been sighted and photographed for the first time in Himachal Pradesh. Dusted Apollo is an extremely rare butterfly and has never been photographed before in Himachal Pradesh. It is found from Ladakh to West Nepal and it flies between 3,500 to […]
