GS-2 5.JAPAN PROVIDES LOAN TO INDIA India and Japan signed an agreement for a loan of up to 50 billion yen (about Rs.3,550 crore) to back India’s economic support programmesfor the poor and vulnerable affected by the Covid-19 crisis. ABOUT THE LOAN: It is a part of Japan’s Official Development …
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GS-3 4.NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING AND VALUATION OF THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROJECT Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of the Ecosystem Services (NCAVES)India Forum-2021 is being organised by the Ministry of Statistics and ProgrammeImplementation (MoSPI) in virtual format. The MoSPI has taken up several initiatives under the project “Natural Capital Accounting and …
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GS-2 3.DEMAND FOR AUTONOMY IN ASSAM There has been a demand for implementation of Article 244A for the creation of an autonomous State within Assam BACKGROUND: The appeal to the Centre has been for the creation of an autonomous State for the KarbiAnglong region. The districts are currently governed by …
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GS-2 2.INDIA-MONGOLIA RELATIONS Recently, India and Mongolia have reviewed bilateral cooperation in hydrocarbons and steel sectors. IMPORTANT POINTS: India reiterated its commitment to timely completion of the Mongol Refinery Project, the country’s 1 oil refinery. The greenfield Mongol Refinery Project is being built under a Line of Credit from the …
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GS-2 1.SEVENTH TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF INDIA AT THE WTO Recently, the final session of India’s seventh Trade Policy Review (TPR) concluded at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. APPRECIATION FOR INDIA: Introduction of Goods & Services Tax in 2016. India’s efforts in the implementation of WTO’s Trade …
Read More »Context: CSIR-NAL scientists along with medical professionals from CSIR-IGIB came forward to address the shortages of ventilators in the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and indigenously designed and developed the non-invasivebilevel positive airway pressureventilator –SwasthVayu SwasthVayu, with additional features to treat Covid-19 patients and make the country self-reliant. The performance …
Read More »The Nation’s first indigenously developed DNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19, ZyCoV-D, by M/s Zydus Cadila has been approved by Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), for conduct of the Phase III clinical trials. The candidate has been supported by the National Biopharma Mission (NBM) under the aegis of BIRAC and …
Read More »Context: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between National Centre of Meteorology (NCM), United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) India. The MoU provides for sharing of …
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