What is the News? National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB) has released data regarding the undertrial prisoners in India. What are the key findings related to undertrial prisoners in India? The number of undertrials in prisons has increased sharply in 2020 even as the number of convicts fell. This has resulted in undertrials accounting for over three-fourths… Continue reading Undertrials comprise 75% of India’s prison population, most in a decade
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e-Rupi limit hike to promote offline digital payment push
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is e-Rupi?3 Key Features of e-Rupi4 Future of e-Rupi What is the News? Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has increased the e-Rupi voucher limit to Rs 1 Lakh from Rs 10,000. RBI has also allowed one e-Rupi voucher to be used multiple times until it has been fully redeemed. What… Continue reading e-Rupi limit hike to promote offline digital payment push
What does rising public debt mean for the economy
Contents1 What is the news? 2 What does public debt- to-GDP ratio mean? 3 How does it reflect the stability of the economy? 4 What are current statistics for the debt to GDP ratio? 5 How does high debt affect the economy? 6 Why does the quality of debt also matters? 7 How then to control public debt? What is… Continue reading What does rising public debt mean for the economy
Exercise Milan: Amidst tense Ukraine standoff, US & Russia to take part in India’s largest naval exercise
What is the News? The US and Russia will be participating in India’s biggest maritime exercise named “Milan-2022” amidst escalating tensions between them over Ukraine. What is Exercise Milan? Exercise Milan is a biennial multilateral naval exercise conducted by the Indian Navy. It was first held in the year 1995 in the Andaman and Nicobar… Continue reading Exercise Milan: Amidst tense Ukraine standoff, US & Russia to take part in India’s largest naval exercise
Benzo[b]thiophene: Woman scientist from Chennai granted patent for green technology producing medicinally important compound
What is the News? A Women Scientist from IIT Madras has been granted a patent for developing a green methodology for producing a medicinally important compound called Benzo[b]thiophene. What is Benzo[b]thiophene? Benzo[b]thiophene is a medical compound present in a range of medicines such as raloxifene (used in osteoporosis), zileuton (used in asthma), and sertaconazole (antifungal… Continue reading Benzo[b]thiophene: Woman scientist from Chennai granted patent for green technology producing medicinally important compound
Tax laws made complicated by exemptions, need to be simplified: Tarun Bajaj
What is the News? According to the Revenue Secretary, there is a need to simplify direct tax laws as various exemptions announced every year have made them complicated. What are the views of the Revenue Secretary on Taxation Structure? On Corporate Taxation Structure: In 2019, the Finance Minister had announced a cut in corporate tax to… Continue reading Tax laws made complicated by exemptions, need to be simplified: Tarun Bajaj
Understanding oceans: Why UNESCO wants to map 80% of the world‘s seabed
Contents1 What is the News?2 Why is the ocean floor being mapped by UNESCO?3 How will be the ocean floor get mapped?4 What is the significance of ocean floor mapping? What is the News? The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has pledged to map around 80% of the world’s ocean floors by… Continue reading Understanding oceans: Why UNESCO wants to map 80% of the world‘s seabed
Quad meet focuses on Indo-Pacific cooperation
What is the News? Quad has recently held its fourth ministerial meeting in Melbourne, Australia. Read here: Quad Ministers set to meet in Australia What are the key outcomes of the Quad summit? On terrorism: Group requested countries not to let use their territories to launch terror attacks. They also condemned the terrorist attacks in India, including the… Continue reading Quad meet focuses on Indo-Pacific cooperation
Remarks by Prime Minister at the One Ocean Summit
What is the news? The Prime Minister has addressed the high-level segment of the One Ocean Summit. What is One Ocean Summit? The One Ocean summit is being organised by France in cooperation with the United Nations and the World Bank. The objective of the summit is to mobilise the international community to take tangible… Continue reading Remarks by Prime Minister at the One Ocean Summit
INCOIS carries out coastal vulnerability assessment
What is the news? Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has prepared the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI). What is the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI)? INCOIS has carried out a coastal vulnerability assessment for the entire Indian coast at States level. It has brought out an Atlas comprising 156 maps on 1:1,00,000 scales to… Continue reading INCOIS carries out coastal vulnerability assessment
