Tuhin Kanta Pandey Appointed as 11th SEBI Chairperson: Tuhin Kanta Pandey, India’s Finance Secretary, has been appointed as the 11th Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a three-year term. He succeeds Madhabi Puri Buch, the first woman chairperson of SEBI, whose tenure concludes on February 28, 2025. Pandey’s appointment was […]
RBI Reverses Higher Risk Weights on Bank Loans to NBFCs and Microloans
RBI Reverses Higher Risk Weights on Bank Loans to NBFCs and Microloans: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to reverse its 2023 decision to increase risk weights on bank loans to non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) due to the slowdown in bank credit growth. This move, effective from April 1, 2025, is expected to […]
India Successfully Test Fires Naval Anti-Ship Missile
India Successfully Test Fires Naval Anti-Ship Missile: India has successfully conducted the test-firing of a first-of-its-kind Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR) from Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha. The missile was launched from an Indian Naval Seaking helicopter and successfully demonstrated its precision strike capability. This achievement marks a significant milestone in India’s defense and naval […]
SBI Cuts India’s FY25 GDP Growth Forecast to 6.3%
SBI Cuts India’s FY25 GDP Growth Forecast to 6.3%: India’s economic growth is expected to slow down in the fiscal year 2024-25, with the State Bank of India (SBI) revising its GDP growth estimate to 6.3%. This is lower than the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) projection of 6.6% and a significant drop from last […]
MP Secures ₹30.77 Lakh Cr in Investment Pledges
MP Secures ₹30.77 Lakh Cr in Investment Pledges: Madhya Pradesh has received investment commitments worth ₹30.77 lakh crore at the 8th edition of the Invest Madhya Pradesh Summit, held in Bhopal. This two-day event served as a platform to attract global investors, highlight the state’s strategic advantages, industrial potential, and business-friendly policies, and drive economic […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 28th February 2025
Today’s Current Affairs: 28th February 2025 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Accredited Social Health Activist
Accredited Social Health Activist: ASHA workers have been on an indefinite stir in front of the Kerala government secretariat over the last several days demanding an increase of their monthly remuneration to Rs 21,000, retirement benefit of Rs 5 lakh and other basic benefits. ASHA is a trained female community health activist. The ASHA program […]
Cholanaikkan Tribe : New Scope
Cholanaikkan Tribe : New Scope In a novel attempt to provide education to a bed-ridden girl belonging to the Cholanaikkan tribe, the Samagra Shiksha Kerala programme of the general education department has prepared 30 audio-visual texts in the tribe’s own distinct language. They are a diminishing tribe of India. With a population of less than […]
Mount Fentale
Mount Fentale: Mount Fentale volcano in Ethiopia is spewing unusually large volumes of methane from its crater, according to satellite measurements of the potent greenhouse gas. It is a stratovolcano located in Awash National Park in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It rises approximately 600 m from the floor of the Rift Valley, and the lavas […]
Petrification
Petrification: Geologists and forest officials recently unearthed a rare and well-preserved petrified fossil at Rajmahal Hills near Barmasia village in Pakur district, Jharkhand. Petrification (petros means stone) occurs when the organic matter is completely replaced by minerals and the fossil is turned to stone. This generally occurs by filling the pores of the tissue and […]
