What are Open Market Operations (OMOs)? Open Market Operations are conducted by the RBI which involves sale or purchase of G-Secs to or from the market. The objective is to control the money supply conditions. If there is excess money …
About INS Viraat INS Viraat is a Centaur class aircraft carrier weighing 27,800 tonnes. It served in the British Navy as HMS Hermes for 25 years from November 1959 to April 1984. It was commissioned into the Indian Navy in …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has constituted the National Council for Transgender Persons, a requirement under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. Composition: The Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment would be …
Who are PVTGs? Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (earlier Primitive tribal group) is a government of India classification created with the purpose of enabling improvement in the conditions of certain communities with particularly low development indices. This was created based on …
About the DNA Bill The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister for Science and Technology, Mr. Harsh Vardhan, on July 8, 2019. The Bill is for the regulation of use …
Why in News? A Hong Kong man, who recovered from COVID-19, was infected again four-and-a-half months later in the first documented instance of human re-infection. News in Detail The findings indicate the disease, which has killed more than 8,00,000 people …
Who are Behrupiyas? A ‘behrupiya’ (or bahrupiya), or impersonator, is a centuries-old form of performing art in some Indian States like Rajasthan, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Gujarat, as also some neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. Traditionally these behrupiyas …
What are P-Notes? P-Notes or Participatory Notes are instruments issued by a registered foreign institutional investor to an overseas investor who wishes to invest in Indian stock markets without registering themselves with the market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board …
Recently, the Swachh survekshan 2020 report was released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. What is Swachh Survekshan? It was launched by the Prime Minister in 2016. It is meant to monitor the performance of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, …
Recently, a virtual meeting was held to review the progress made on various India-aided developmental projects being implemented in Nepal. The meeting carried out a comprehensive review of bilateral economic and development. A glance at Indo-Nepal relationship Since the …