Home  /  GS 3 ( Page 9 )

Tag: GS 3

Trade Statistics

In News  India’s overall exports are projected to scale new heights, growing at 13.84 percent during FY 2022-23. Key Highlights  Goods exports and Trade deficit:  India’s goods exports declined for the second successive month in March, falling a sharp 13.9% to $38.38 billion while imports dipped 7.9% to $58.11 billion.  Total goods exports in 2022-23 […]

Flash Droughts

In News As per a recent study, flash droughts occurred more often than conventional ‘slow’ droughts in tropical places like India, Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Amazon basin. More about Study Flash droughts are fast becoming the ‘new normal’ making forecasting and preparing for their impact more difficult. Climate change has effectively speed up […]

India’s dairy sector needs a structural shift

In Context India is faced with a milk shortage & the Centre has reportedly been considering the import of butter and ghee. India’s dairy sector India’s success story in milk production was scripted by Dr Verghese Kurien, known as the “Father of the White Revolution” in India Dairy: It is the single largest agricultural commodity […]

A HELP Program

In News ‘A HELP Program’ launched in the State of Uttarakhand. What is an A-HELP Program? About:  The ‘A-HELP’ training programme is being run jointly by the Union Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. In the programme, members of women self-help groups registered under State Rural Livelihood Mission, who […]

Exercise Orion

In News Indian Rafale combat aircraft are set to participate in a multinational wargame codenamed Orion, which is being hosted by France at Mont-de-Marsan, an Air Force base of the French Air and Space Force (FASF). Do you know? The Indian Air Force has previously participated in wargames with foreign countries, including ones with the […]

Solar Energy Corporation Gets Miniratna Status

In News State-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI) has got the status of Miniratna Category-I Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE).  About Miniratna Status In October 1997, the government granted certain autonomy & financial powers to some profit making organisations on the basis of certain criterias. The criteria laid down by the Government for […]

Galaxy GN-z11

In News The latest spectroscopic results from GN-z11 which is one of the distant and early galaxies has confirmed a complete absence of dust particles from its surroundings for an interim time period despite possessing a very high star formation rate. About GN-z11 Galaxy It was first discovered in 2015 by the Hubble Space Telescope […]

Guidelines for Acceptance of Green Deposits

In News The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the framework for accepting green deposits. The framework will come into effect from June 1. About  Green Deposits A green deposit means an interest-bearing deposit, received by the Registered Entities(RE )  for a fixed period, the proceeds of which are earmarked for being allocated towards green […]

Dabba Trading

In News Recently, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) issued a string of notices naming entities involved in ‘dabba trading’.  More about the news NSE cautioned retail investors to not subscribe (or invest) using any of these products offering indicative/assured/guaranteed returns in the stock market as they are prohibited by law.  NSE also added that the […]

Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

In News Currently, engineers are warming up the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for its third season of operations. Large Hadron Collider (LHC) The LHC is the world’s largest science experiment that smashes tiny particles called hadrons together at really high speeds. It uses protons as the particles and has a long circular pipe where they’re […]