Why in News: The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment. Prior attempts at such transplants — or xenotransplantation — have failed largely because patients’ bodies rapidly rejected the …
Why in News: Exercise Dharma Guardian, an annual exercise between Indian Army and Japanese Ground Self Defence Force, concluded at Belgaum with a focus on counter-terrorism operations and disruptive technologies between two key partners in the Indo-Pacific region. About the …
About Payments banks Payments banks are the new age banks with limited facilities. These banks mostly operate through the small vendors and shopkeepers. It exists in between the mobile wallet and regular banks. Payments banks are permitted to set up …
What is it? Foreign Exchange Reserve indicates the reserves held by RBI in the form foreign currency assets, gold, SDR and reserve tranche. Components of foreign exchange reserve: Foreign Currency Assets– Currencies of foreign countries are held in foreign exchange …
What’s in the news? The Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has released the guidelines for the scheme “Strengthening of Pharmaceutical Industry (SPI)”, with a total financial outlay of Rs.500 Cr for the period from FY 21-22 to …
The Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972 was passed to safeguard plants and animals. The Director of Wildlife Preservation, as well as assistant directors and other officers reporting to him, are appointed by the federal government. State governments designate a Chief …