Big Techs: Report by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), large non-financial technology firms, referred to as “big techs,” pose challenges to financial stability owing to their technological advantages, large user base, wide-spread use by financial institutions and network-effects. Big techs include companies such as Alibaba, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Tencent. They usually hold service licenses […]
Category: Current Affairs
Kamikaze Drones
Kamikaze Drones: Ukraine’s capital region was struck by Iranian-made kamikaze drones. These kamikaze drones are not new, and have also been supplied by the US to Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia. Kamikaze Drones: These are small unmanned aircraft that are packed with explosives that can be flown directly at a tank or a […]
Nihonshu
Nihonshu: The Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, has filed an application seeking Geographical Indication (GI) tag for nihonshu/Japanese sake. This is the first time a product from Japan has filed for a tag at the Geographical Indication Registry in Chennai. In Japan, nihonshu is regarded as a special and valuable beverage made from fermenting rice. […]
Booker Prize
Booker Prize: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has been named the winner of the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. The Booker Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize and the Man Booker Prize, is a literary prize. Objective: To promote the finest in fiction by […]
Rustom-2
Rustom-2: The indigenous medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is expected to complete all user trials by August 2023 Rustom-2 is also known as Tapas-BH (Tactical Airborne Platform for Aerial Surveillance-Beyond Horizon 201). It has been designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru, with the production partners being Hindustan […]
Grievance Redressal Index
Grievance Redressal Index: UIDAI tops the Grievance Redressal Index for the second consecutive month. Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), releases a grievance redressal index on monthly basis. UIDAI’S grievance redressal ecosystem comprised of UIDAI HQ, its Regional Offices, Technology Centre, and contact centre partners. It enables UIDAI to resolve around 92% of […]
World Green City Award 2022
World Green City Award 2022: Hyderabad City has overall won “World Green City Award 2022” in the category “Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth”, at the International Association of Horticulture Producers (AIPH) 2022 World Green Cities Awards which was organised in Jeju, South Korea. The six categories of award are Living Green for […]
International Solar Alliance
International Solar Alliance: 5th assembly of ISA has been inaugurated in India. India holds the office of the President of the ISA Assembly, with the Government of France as Co-President. The Assembly is the apex decision-making body of ISA, where each Member Country is represented. It meets annually at the ministerial level at the ISA’s […]
Giraffes
Giraffes: Giraffes brought to India by the British may belong to endangered species. A genetic distance analysis of the giraffes in Alipore showed that they were most closely related to Nubian and Rothschild giraffes. About 150 years ago, British colonialists brought batches of single species of the northern giraffe to India, from their other colonial […]
National Conference On Tourist Police Scheme
National Conference On Tourist Police Scheme: Union Ministry of Tourism in co-ordination with Ministry of Home Affairs and the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) is organising the national conference of director generals/inspector generals of police department of all states and Union territories “in connection with implementation of uniform Tourist Police Scheme at pan […]
