Variable Rate Repo: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) infused over Rs 25,000 crore of liquidity in the banking system through a 3-day variable rate repo (VRR) auction. The RBI has infused Rs 3.50 lakh crore of liquidity into the banking system through open market purchase (OMO) of government securities since January 2026. Variable Rate […]
Category: Current Affairs
Anti-Dumping Probe into Ethyl Chloroformate
Anti-Dumping Probe into Ethyl Chloroformate: The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has launched an anti-dumping investigation into the alleged dumping of ethyl chloroformate from China to protect the domestic chemical industry. The DGTR has also opened a separate anti-dumping investigation into imports of hexamine, another chemical […]
RELIEF Scheme
RELIEF Scheme: The Union Government has introduced the Rs 497 crore Resilience & Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation (RELIEF) scheme to provide credit insurance cover at pre-conflict rates for Indian exporters, particularly MSMEs, whose goods are stranded or at risk due to the ongoing West Asia crisis. Apart from this, India is also exploring the […]
Abortion Law in India
Abortion Law in India: The Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment permitting a woman to terminate her 30-week pregnancy, prioritizing reproductive autonomy over fetal viability. The ruling, led by Justice B.V. Nagarathna, sets a significant precedent by allowing termination well beyond the 24-week statutory limit for a woman who was a minor at […]
Smog-eating Photocatalytic Coating
Smog-eating Photocatalytic Coating: The Delhi government and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras collaborated to study “smog-eating” photocatalytic coatings on roads. Smog-eating Photocatalytic Coating is designed to neutralize harmful gases like nitrogen dioxide and volatile hydrocarbons that contribute to toxic air. It usually uses titanium dioxide as a coating which has advantages for being low-cost […]
Agri-photovoltaics (agriPV)
Agri-photovoltaics (agriPV): In the 2026-27 Budget, the outlay for the PM-KUSUM scheme nearly doubled to ₹5,000 crore, with the government considering a National Agri-photovoltaics Mission to achieve 10 GW of capacity.This move positions Agri-photovoltaics (agriPV) as a primary solution to India’s land-use conflict between food security and the 300 GW solar target for 2030.AgriPV is […]
The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) Pipeline
The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) Pipeline: The ongoing West Asia crisis has disrupted energy supplies, exposing India’s heavy dependence on imported gas.This has revived discussion on past pipeline projects like the Iran–Pakistan–India (IPI) and Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI)A proposed 2,775 km natural gas pipeline designed to transport gas from Iran’s South Pars field to Pakistan and India. Often referred […]
Diego Garcia Island
Diego Garcia Island: The U.K. condemned a reckless Iranian ballistic missile attack targeting the joint U.K.-U.S. military base on Diego Garcia, marking a significant escalation in the 2026 Iran war.A tropical footprint-shaped atoll that hosts one of the most secretive and critical overseas military installations for the United States and the United Kingdom. Diego Garcia […]
Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary
Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary: The Assam government is moving to create a new Reserved Forest adjacent to the Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary in Sonitpur district of Assam. Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary is s geographically located on the south bank of the Brahmaputra, in Assam. It is a part of the Laokhowa-Burachapori eco-system. It is nestled between […]
Litani River
Litani River: Israeli airstrikes have destroyed the Qasmiyeh Bridge, a key crossing over the Litani River on Lebanon’s southern coastal highway. Litani River is a major river in Lebanon. It rises in a low divides west of Baalbek and flowing southwestward through the Bekaa valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains. It falls into the […]
