1) Kinzhal Missile: The Kh-47M2, nicknamed “Kinzhal” (Dagger), is a nuclear-capable, Russian air-launched ballistic missile. The Kinzhal can reach speeds of up to Mach 10 and can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads with a payload of up to 480 kg with a range of 1,500-2,000 km. 2) Moon to get its own Time Zone:Read more
1) Additional Tier 1 Bonds: AT1 bonds, also called perpetual bonds, carry no maturity date but have a call option, but no put option i.e. Investors cannot return these bonds to the issuing bank and get the money but the issuer of such bonds may redeem the bonds if it is getting money at aRead more
1) Mimeusemia ceylonica: Researchers from Tamil Nadu have spotted a rare moth species for the first time in India in the buffer zone of Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) after it was last sighted 127 years ago – at Trincomalee in Sri Lanka in 1893. Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth species belonging to the subfamily AgaristinaeRead more
Janaushadhi Kendras: On the occasion of ‘the 5th Jan Aushadhi Diwas’, the government inaugurated ‘NaMo Day Care Centre’ and flagged off four NaMo Mobile Healthcare Units The Department of Pharmaceuticals is celebrating Jan Aushadhi Diwas from March 1 to March 7, 2023, to create awareness about the Jan Aushadhi Scheme. Objective: To generate awareness aboutRead more
Special Protein: A group of scientists, at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, has come up with a solution where healthy skin cells from an adult can be converted into heart cells using special proteins. According to scientists, converting cells from one form to another – a.k.a. cellular reprogramming – involves specific proteins, called transcriptionRead more
ASEAN-India Business summit:It is being held as part of the ASEAN-India Year of Friendship to commemorate the more than three-decade-long engagement between India and the 10-member bloc in Kuala Lumpur. It is a group of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which was established in 1967 with the signing of the Bangkok declaration.Founding members: Indonesia, Malaysia,Read more
Exercise FRINJEX-23: The maiden Joint Military Exercise FRINJEX-23 between Indian Army and French Army will be conducted at Pangode Military Station, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It is for the first time armies of both the nations are engaging in this format with each contingent comprising of a Company Group each from the Thiruvananthapuram based Indian Army troopsRead more
1) RBI Home Price Index: The RBI data is based on transaction-level data received from the registration authorities in ten major cities — Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai. The RBI’s All India Home Price Index (HPI) recorded a 2.79 per cent growth (year-on-year) 2) International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA): ItRead more
1) Hindu Rate of Growth: Former Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan said that India was “dangerously close” to the ‘Hindu rate of growth’ in view of the subdued private sector investment, high interest rates and slowing global growth. The ‘Hindu rate of growth’ is a term describing low Indian economic growth rates from the 1950sRead more
SWAMIH Fund:The Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) Investment Fund I is India’s largest social impact fund specifically formed for completing stressed and stalled residential projects.The Fund is sponsored by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and is managed by SBICAP Ventures Ltd., a State Bank Group company.The Fund has no precedentRead more
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