About Co-operative banks Co-operative banks are financial entities established on a co-operative basis and belonging to their members. This means that the customers of a co-operative bank are also its owners. These banks provide a wide range of regular banking …
About FSSAI The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is an autonomous statutory body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is the administrative Ministry of FSSAI. FSSAI is …
About Swadesh Darshan The Swadesh Darshan Scheme was launched by the Ministry of Tourism in 2014. It aims to develop theme-based tourist circuits in the country. These tourist circuits will be developed on the principles of high tourist value, competitiveness …
About Jal Jeevan Mission Launched in 2019, the chief objective of the Mission is to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024 and thereby ensuring potable water supply in adequate quantity i.e. @ 55 lpcd …
About IRDAI Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is a statutory body set up for protecting the interests of the policyholders and regulating, promoting and ensuring orderly growth of the insurance industry in India. The powers and functions …
What is Defamation? Defamation means harming someone’s reputation by making a false and derogatory statement against him/her without any lawful justification. It can be by spoken words (slander) or written words (libel) or visual representation (posters/banners). To constitute defamation, publication …
Context: In late 2023 and early 2024, JP Morgan and Bloomberg Index Services took steps to include Indian LCGBs into their global indices. This move increased the attention on efforts for internationalisation of Rupee along with the potential benefits and …
Context: The CEOs of global tech giants Meta, X, Snap, TikTok, and Discord attended a US Senate hearing on the companies’ failures in protecting children online. The hearing, organised by the US Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary, focused on online …
Context: The Supreme Court in January 2024 questioned the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir about the non-publication of orders for the suspension of Internet services in the UT. The importance of the publication of Internet suspension orders cannot be …