What’s in the news? The First Australia India Education and Skill Council (AIESC) meeting is set to be held at IIT Gandhinagar. The AIESC, earlier the Australian India Education Council (AIEC), is a bi-national body established in 2011 to guide …
What are Electoral Bonds? An electoral bond is designed to be an interest-free bearer instrument like a Promissory Note — in effect, it will be similar to a bank note that is payable to the bearer on demand. It can …
Context The government recently permitted certain Indian companies to directly list on select foreign stock exchanges, , including GIFT IFSC, Ahmedabad, which will allow these companies to access global capital and boost capital outflows. How do companies currently list on …
What’s in the news? The Reserve Bank of India’s Department of Economic and Policy Research (DEPR) said in its latest report on Currency & Finance 2022-23 that up to 4.5% of India’s GDP could be at risk by 2030 due …
About NSDC National Skill Development Corporation is a not-for-profit public limited company incorporated in 2008. NSDC was set up by the Ministry of Finance as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. The Government of India through the Ministry of Skill …
Context The Philippines has announced its exit from China’s Belt and Road Initiatives. The Philippines’ departure from the BRI is rooted in deep-seated bilateral issues concerning contested territories in the South China Sea. What was the idea behind the BRI, …
Context On this second anniversary of World Biosphere Reserve Day, UNESCO in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, concluded the 10th South and Central Asian Biosphere Reserve Network …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has released the yearly report on ‘Road Accidents in India- 2022’ that comprises alarming facts. It states that in the year 2022, there were a total 4,61,312 incidents of …
About CTBT The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear explosions, whether for military or peaceful purposes. It comprises a preamble, 17 articles, two annexes and a Protocol with two annexes. Did the CTBT stop nuclear testing? Since the CTBT, …