13th India-US Trade Policy Forum: Trade Policy Forum is a platform for continuous engagement between two countries in the area of trade and to further the trade and investment relations between the two countries. The TPF is chaired by the Commerce and Industry Minister from the Indian side and USTR from the US side. BothRead more
1) BharOS Software: It is an indigenous mobile operating system (OS), like Android or iOS developed by an IIT Madras-incubated company. It is focused on privacy and security. It would support Native Over The Air (NOTA) updates as well as No Default Apps (NDA). NOTA updates, meaning that security updates and bug fixes will beRead more
1) Paris Club: It is an informal group of creditor nations whose objective is to find workable solutions to payment problems faced by debtor nations. It has 22 permanent members, including most of the western European and Scandinavian nations, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. The group is organized around the principles thatRead more
1) Co-location Trading: The National Stock Exchange 2009 started to offer co-location services to members of the exchange. It allows a member to set up his server in a specifically earmarked data centre within the NSE’s exchange premises for a certain price. The relative proximity allows members wishing to gain access to the entirety ofRead more
1) Planet Parade: This is the phenomenon wherein the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were visible to the naked eye from Earth. This planetary meet-up, also known as a conjunction, makes the two planets appear close together or even touch in the Earth’s night sky. Despite being millions of kilometers apart, the planetsRead more
1) Additional Tier-1 (AT1) bonds: These bonds are unsecured bonds that have perpetual tenors, are issued by banks and have no maturity date. They have a call option, which can be used by the banks to buy these bonds back from investors. These bonds are typically used by banks to bolster their core or tier-1Read more
Indian Telegraph (Infrastructure Safety) Rules 2022: The Department of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Communications has formulated the Indian Telegraph (Infrastructure Safety) Rules 2022. The rules is to address the issues of safety to the existing telecom infrastructure. Advantages (For Government):Many utilities can be saved from unwanted cuts and wasteful cost towards restoration, thus savingRead more
Youth20 Summit: Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports will launch the themes, logo and website of Y20 Summit in New Delhi. India is hosting the Y20 summit for the first time. At Y20 Engagement group, India’s key focus is to bring young leaders from all across the globe together and discuss ideas for aRead more
Hydrogen: Hydrogen is the lightest and first element on the periodic table.The weight of hydrogen is lesser than air and thus it rises in the atmosphere.It is therefore not found in its pure form. Hydrogen is a nontoxic, nonmetallic, odorless, tasteless, colorless, and highly combustible diatomic gas. Hydrogen fuel is a zero-emission fuel burned withRead more
Agnipath Scheme:The Government had launched Agnipath scheme on June 15, 2022 to recruit both male and female aspirants into ‘below the officer’s rank’ cadre of the three services for a period of four years as Agniveers. Candidates between the age group of 17.5 to 21 years are eligible to apply for the scheme. These AgniveersRead more
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