Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Black Swan Event?3 What is the origin of the term Black Swan?4 Have Black Swan Events occurred in the past? What is the News? A study by the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has spoken about the possibility of capital outflows to the tune of $100 billion from India… Continue reading Explained: What is a black swan event?
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Explained: How lightning kills, and how to be safe when it strikes?
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Lightning?3 Lightning Strikes in India4 Lightning Prone Areas in India5 What steps are being taken against lightning strikes?6 How can the impact of Lightning strikes be mitigated? What is the News? Seventeen people have been killed by lightning over the last two days in various parts of Bihar.… Continue reading Explained: How lightning kills, and how to be safe when it strikes?
Explained: What are bird strikes and how they can affect flights
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Bird Strikes?3 What is the impact of Bird Strike on aircraft?4 What causes Bird Strikes?5 What steps have been taken to avoid Bird Strikes? What is the News? Recently, at least two bird strike incidents have happened. Following both of these incidents, the aircraft had to return back… Continue reading Explained: What are bird strikes and how they can affect flights
Explained: Why is single-use plastic being banned in India from July 1
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Single use-plastic?3 How much is Single use-plastic produced globally?4 Which Single-use plastic items have been banned by the Government?5 Why has the Government banned these single-use plastic items?6 How will the ban be enforced?7 How is the world dealing with Single-use plastic? What is the News? The Government… Continue reading Explained: Why is single-use plastic being banned in India from July 1
Madan Sabnavis writes: The jobs puzzle
Context: While the government’s intent to add over a million jobs in the next 18 months is laudable, the task is audacious and challenging from both an administrative and financial point of view. Contents1 Important reports regarding employment2 Problems with the Unemployment data3 What is the situation wrt unemployment in India?4 Why Start-ups cannot be… Continue reading Madan Sabnavis writes: The jobs puzzle
India buys more coal from Russia, and urea from the US — diversifying supply sources is good policy
News: India’s imports of Russian coal in June are reportedly expected to be the highest in at least seven and a half years. This comes alongside Russia displacing Saudi Arabia to become India’s second-largest oil supplier after Iraq in May. Neither of these are unwelcome developments, nor the fact that India has, for the first… Continue reading India buys more coal from Russia, and urea from the US — diversifying supply sources is good policy
Arun Prakash writes: Agnipath, between the lines
News: Recently, the government of India introduced a new recruitment scheme for the armed forces, Agnipath. Contents1 How do other nations solve their challenges with armed forces?2 What is the main challenge faced by the Indian armed forces?3 What is the reason for the challenges faced by armed forces?4 What are the challenges associated with… Continue reading Arun Prakash writes: Agnipath, between the lines
Explained: What is ‘critical information infrastructure’, who protects it?
What is the News? The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has declared the IT resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and UPI managing entity NPCI as ‘Critical Information Infrastructure’. What is Critical Information Infrastructure? Definition: The Information Technology Act of 2000 defines “Critical Information Infrastructure” as a computer resource, the incapacitation or destruction… Continue reading Explained: What is ‘critical information infrastructure’, who protects it?
Partha Sen writes: The inflation tightrope
News: The Indian economy has been hit by inflationary shocks. The RBI failed to keep the inflation rate below the upper threshold of 6%. Only after inflation hit 7%, it raised the repo rate. Contents1 Mandate of the RBI2 What are the causes of inflation?3 The Monetary Policy Response4 What are the problems in India’s… Continue reading Partha Sen writes: The inflation tightrope
Ashok Gulati and Ritika Juneja write: An oil palm plan for home
News: Recently, The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference was concluded. It struggled to find satisfactory answers to some of the complex questions pertaining to global trade, especially with respects to trade in agriculture commodities and public stockholding for food security purposes, What are the major issues in international trade related to trade in… Continue reading Ashok Gulati and Ritika Juneja write: An oil palm plan for home
