About Padma Awards The Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian honours of India announced annually on the eve of Republic Day. The Awards are given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service), Padma Bhushan (distinguished …
Why in news? The Indian Navy demonstrated its submarine rescue capability, available with very few countries in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), during the Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC) 2021. To read about GMC- https://officerspulse.com/goa-maritime-conclave/ About submarine rescue mechanism The Navy …
What’s in the news? The Third Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan held recently in New Delhi chaired by the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. Heads of the national security establishments of all the Central Asian countries, and Russia and Iran …
About NRA Last year, the central government announced it has decided to set up a common recruitment body called National Recruitment Agency (NRA). The Agency aims to conduct a single online ‘Common Eligibility Test’ or CET, the scores of which …
The RBI uses the PCA framework to keep track on banks with poor financial performance. The PCA framework was introduced by the RBI in 2002 as a structured early-intervention mechanism for banks that have become undercapitalized or fragile due to …