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No Money For Terror Conference: Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India is organising the 3rd Ministerial ‘No Money for Terror’ Conference in New Delhi. It aims to progress the discussions on combating terrorist financing held by the international community in the previous two Conferences in Paris (2018) and Melbourne (2019). Focused Areas: Global trendsRead more

International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA): The IFSCA and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration in the field of regulation and supervision of regulated entities in their respective jurisdictions. The authority regulate financial products such as securities, deposits or contracts of insurance, financial services, andRead more

Janjatiya Gaurav Divas: November 15 is celebrated to recognize the efforts of the tribals in the preservation of cultural heritage and promotion of Indian values of national pride, valour, and hospitality. They held several tribal movements across different regions of India against the British colonial rule. 15th November also marks the birth anniversary of BirsaRead more

Exercise Sea Vigil-22: The third edition of the ‘Pan-India’ Coastal Defence Exercise ‘Sea Vigil-22’ commences. This National Level Coastal Defence Exercise was conceptualised in 2018. The exercise will be undertaken along the entire 7516 km coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone of India and will involve all the Coastal States and Union territories along with fishingRead more

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency(IREDA): IREDA is a Public Limited Government Company established as a Non-Banking Financial Institution in 1987. IREDA’s corporate and registered office housed in New Delhi. The Agency, a Mini Ratna (Category– I) Government of India Enterprise is under the administrative control of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). It isRead more

Shri Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda: PM unveils 108-feet-long bronze statue of Sri Nadaprabhu Kempegowda in Bengaluru. He was an Indian ruler under the Vijayanagara Empire. The city of Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka, was founded by Kempe Gowda in 1537. He is also noted for his societal reforms and contribution to building temples and water reservoirs inRead more

DigiLocker: DigiLocker is a flagship initiative of MeitY under ‘Digital India’ programme. This is government’s effort to create an electronic version of documents, which can be easily verified and stored in printable format. The users can store their documents such as insurance, medical reports, PAN card, passport, marriage certificate, school certificate and other documents inRead more

Atal New India Challenge(ANIC): ANIC is a flagship program of Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog. The program aims to seek, select, support and nurture technology-based innovations that solve sectoral challenges of national importance and societal relevance.One of the primary goals of the ANIC program is to support innovations in areas critical to India’s development andRead more

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services(INCOIS): It is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). It is located in Hyderabad & was established in 1999. It is a unit of the Earth System Science Organization (ESSO), New Delhi. The ESSO operates as an executive arm of the Ministry of Earth SciencesRead more

Lunar eclipse: Lunar Eclipse occurs on a full moon day when the earth comes in between the Sun and the Moon and when all the three objects are aligned. . A lunar eclipse can occur only when the Moon is full. A lunar eclipse usually lasts for a few hours. At least two partial lunarRead more