Why in the news? Recently, the Delhi-based NGO Toxics Link released a study titled, “Quantitative analysis of Microplastics along River Ganga”, which has found that the river – which flows through five states covering about 2,500 km before flowing into …
What is Earth Overshoot Day Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. We maintain this deficit by rapidly using the stocks …
Why in News: The government announced that Chandrayaan-3 mission is likely to be launched in late 2022. Details of the mission The Chandrayaan-2 mission, launched in 2019, was scheduled to be an effort aimed at landing a rover on the …
Why in the news? International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) which is a global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it, is coming up with new Global measure called Green Status …
About DICGC Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the RBI, created by an act of parliament in 1961. DICGC provides insurance cover on bank deposits. The idea behind the DICGC is to boost …
About iDEX The iDEX initiative of the Department of Defence Production under the Ministry of Defence was launched by the Prime Minister in April 2018. iDEX aims at Creation of an ecosystem to foster innovation and technology development in Defence …
What is it? The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is an International Monetary Fund’s report that provides analysis and forecasts of economic developments and policies in its member countries. The report encapsulates the state of the global economy and highlights risks …