Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its biannual Financial Stability Report. As per the report, asset quality of the banking system has improved with Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPA) ratio declining to the lowest in 7 years.   About the Financial Stability Report – It is published by RBI bi-annually on behalf of the… Continue reading Financial Stability Report

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has notified a National Geospatial Policy 2022, with the goal of making India a world leader in the global geospatial sector.   What is Geospatial Technology? Geospatial Technology is an emerging field of study that includes Geographic Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), and Global… Continue reading National Geospatial Policy 2022

Recently Union Home Minister launched ‘Prahari’ app for Border Security Force (BSF) Jawans.   About the app – BSF ‘Prahari’ app is a great example of Proactive Governance, now Jawans can get personal and service related information, housing, Ayushman-CAPF and leave related information on their mobile. Other features of the app include — Availability of… Continue reading Prahari App

The Allahabad HC recently ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to hold urban local body elections without reservation for OBCs as the ‘triple test’ requirement for it had not been met.   Details – The five-member commission will conduct a survey to ensure that the OBCs are provided reservation on the basis of the triple test,… Continue reading Triple Test Survey

Maharashtra state government is planning to rename the city of Ahmednagar as ‘Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Nagar’, after the 18th century Malwa queen.   Who is Ahilyabai Holkar? Ahilyabai (1725 -1795) was one of the women rulers of Medieval India who belongs to the Holkar dynasty of the Maratha Empire. She was married Khanderao Holkar in 1733… Continue reading Ahilyabai Holkar

Uzbekistan’s health ministry has recently claimed India-made cough syrups contained ethylene glycol which led to the death of at least 18 children.   What is ethylene glycol? Ethylene glycol is a colourless and odourless alcoholic compound that can be fatal if consumed. The sweet-tasting ethylene glycol is a syrupy or viscous liquid at room temperature. It… Continue reading Ethylene Glycol

The Election Commission (EC) announced that it is ready to pilot remote voting for domestic migrants, so they don’t have to travel back to their home states to vote. For this, the commission has developed a prototype for a Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine (RVM). The ECI will demonstrate the functioning of the remote EVM… Continue reading Remote Voting for migrants

Recently, the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test-fired the extended Range Version of Brahmos missile.   Details – The missile achieved the desired mission objectives in the Bay of Bengal region. With this, IAF has achieved a significant capability boost to carry out precision strikes from SU-30MKI aircraft against land or sea targets over very… Continue reading BrahMos

In a major boost to the striking capabilities of the Indian armed forces, the defense ministry has recently cleared a proposal to purchase 120 Pralay missiles for the Indian Air Force and Army.   About the ‘Pralay Missile’ – Pralay is an indigenous short-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile. The missile will be India’s first tactical quasi-ballistic… Continue reading Pralay Missile

Astronomers and scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), while studying the Omega Centauri found that hot stars and white dwarfs emitted less ultraviolet radiation than expected.   Details – A team of Scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics detected strange hot stars in the Globular clusters using the Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) images… Continue reading Omega Centauri