Global Forest Watch : Report India has lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000, according to the latest data from the Global Forest Watch monitoring project. Global Forest Watch (GFW) is an open-source web application to monitor global forests in near real-time using satellite data and other sources. It is a project of […]
Month: April 2024
Financial Services Institutions Bureau
Financial Services Institutions Bureau: FSIB recently recommended the name of SIDBI Chairman and Managing Director. FSIB has recommended Manoj Mittal as the Chairman and Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and Sanjay Shukla as the Managing Director of National Housing Bank (NHB). Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB): It’s a government body […]
Fort Emmanuel
Fort Emmanuel: Steps to conserve the laterite-brick remnants of Fort Emmanuel, that was built along the beachfront by the Portuguese in 1503. Fort Emmanuel is a ruined fort located at Fort Kochi Beach in Kochi, Kerala. It was originally built in 1503 and reinforced in 1538. It was a symbol of the strategic alliance between […]
Banking Current Affairs : 15th April 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 15th Apr 2024 for SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc Joint Director in CBI: Anurag Kumar (IPS) has been appointed as Joint Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). According to an order issued from the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) on April 12, the […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 13th April 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 13th April 2024 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
New Features For The Unified Payments Interface
New Features For The Unified Payments Interface: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently introduced two new features for the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). These new features are poised to make UPI even more versatile and user-friendly, benefiting both consumers and financial institutions. New Features: UPI Access for Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) through Third […]
Credit-Deposit Ratio : Reached Its Highest Level
Credit-Deposit Ratio : Reached Its Highest Level Data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that the credit-deposit ratio has reached its highest level in at least 20 years. This surge in the credit-deposit ratio indicates that more of the banks’ deposit base is being utilized for loans, including home loans and other consumption-related […]
Homoeopathy Symposium
Homoeopathy Symposium: The President of India inaugurated a two-day Homoeopathy Symposium, organised by the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy on the occasion of the World Homoeopathy Day. Homeopathy is a system of medicine which is based on the concept that the body has an inherent ability to heal itself, and the role of the […]
Overseas Citizenship Of India : Expansion
Overseas Citizenship Of India : Expansion India has been contemplating extending the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) Card privileges to overseas Indians in Fiji and other nations after relaxing the rules for Suriname. In 2023, India announced an extension of the eligibility criteria for OCI card of the original Indian immigrants in Suriname, from the […]
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI): DESI’s groundbreaking project harnesses 5,000 robots to peer 11 billion years into the past, revealing unprecedented insights into our expanding universe. It found the most precise measurement of the universe expansion rate at a rate of 68.5 (±0.6) kilometres per second per megaparsec (a million parsec; 1 parsec equals 3.2616 […]
