MQ-9B Sea Guardian: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will provide Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services for engines of US’s MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft System as India is in discussions to buy 30 MQ-9B drones to enhance its surveillance capabilities along the China border and the Indian Ocean region. In another announcement, Germany based HENSOLDT and […]
First Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Framework : Puducherry
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 […]
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
