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Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3 1   Govt plans Bills to bar Pvt cryptocurrency with a few ‘exceptions’, repeal farm laws   (Cyber Security) Major provisions of The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, objectives and need, RBI’s and lawmakers stance on the legality […]

PMC Bank and Unity SFB Merger Scheme

In News The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a draft scheme of amalgamation of fraud-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank and Delhi-based Unity Small Finance Bank. Major Highlights Unity small finance bank: Unity SFB is a joint venture between Centrum Group and BharatPe. It commenced operations as a small finance bank (SFB). Unity […]

Global Nutrition Report (GNR) 2021

In Context India has made no progress on anaemia and childhood wasting according to the 2021 Global Nutrition Report (GNR, 2021).   About the Global Nutrition Report The Global Nutrition Report was conceived following the first Nutrition for Growth Initiative Summit (N4G) in 2013 as a mechanism for tracking the commitments made by 100 stakeholders spanning […]

SDG Urban Index by NITI Aayog

In News Recently, NITI Aayog under the Indo-German Cooperation releases the inaugural SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021–22. SDG Urban Index About The index and dashboard are a result of the NITI Aayog-Germany’s International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) and BMZ collaboration focused on driving SDG localization in our cities, under the umbrella of Indo-German Development Cooperation. […]

Rani Gaidinliu

In News  Recently, Union Home Minister virtually laid the foundation stone for the ‘Rani Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum’ in Manipur’s Tamenglong district.  About Museum Project The museum project was sanctioned by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in 2019.  This would help in preserving and exhibiting artefacts related to the tribal freedom […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1   Platforms as publishers, penalties, checking electronic hardware may figure in draft data Bill   (Governance) What are the key suggestions believed to have been pushed by the Joint Committee of Parliament (JCP) after almost two years of scrutiny on the […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3   1   We care more for a policy on MSP than PM’s apology: Tikait   (Polity and Governance/Economy) What were the farm laws that have been repealed? what are the key provisions of 3 Farmers Bills and The Controversies Surrounding them, […]

INS Visakhapatnam

In News  Recently, INS Visakhapatnam was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. About INS Visakhapatnam It is designed at the Directorate of Naval Design, the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation, and built by the state-owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai. It is the first of the stealth guided-missile destroyers being indigenously constructed under Project 15B. […]

El Salvador’s Bitcoin City

In Context El Salvador is planning to build an entire city based on the largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin. In September 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. About El Salvador’s Bitcoin city Bitcoin city will be laid out in a circle (like a coin) and there will […]

World Fisheries Day

In News World Fisheries Day Observed on the 21st November every year. About World Fisheries Day Purpose: To highlight the importance of sustainable stocks of fisheries in the world.  It also focuses on other related factors such as the necessity of healthy oceans, balance in ecosystem and surroundings.  It was started in the year 1997 […]