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GREEN DEPOSITS
GREEN DEPOSITS
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Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday issued detailed guidelines for acceptance of ‘green deposits’ by banks and NBFCs wherein the funds could be used for financing activi...
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02-Jun 2023
SERVICE SECTOR
SERVICE SECTOR
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India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) clocked a higher-than-expected growth rate of 6.1 percent in January-March 2023, in turn pushing up the growth estimate for the ...
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02-Jun 2023
PRIMARY AGRICULTURAL CREDIT SOCIETIES (PACS)
PRIMARY AGRICULTURAL CREDIT SOCIETIES (PACS)
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Recently, the union cabinet approved the constitution and empowerment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) for the facilitation of the "Wo...
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02-Jun 2023
US-BANGLADESH VISA TUSSLE
US-BANGLADESH VISA TUSSLE
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On May 24, the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a “new visa policy” which threatens to restrict visas to Bangladeshis who undermine the democr...
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02-Jun 2023
WORLD'S LITHIUM
WORLD'S LITHIUM
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The news of potentially significant reserves of lithium, an element needed to manufacture batteries used in electric cars and other renewable energy infrastructure in J...
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02-Jun 2023
BRICS SUMMIT BRICS
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is in Cape Town, South Africa, to attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of BRICS a grouping comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China...
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02-Jun 2023
GLOBAL BUDDHIST SUMMIT 2023
GLOBAL BUDDHIST SUMMIT 2023
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The two-day Global Buddhist Summit 2023 concluded successfully in New Delhi today with the New Delhi Declaration. Earlier on 20th April 2023, Prime M...
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01-Jun 2023
DEVAS-ANTRIX DEAL
DEVAS-ANTRIX DEAL
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Recently the Supreme Court upheld a May 25, 2021 order of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to liquidate Devas on the ground that the firm was created under fr...
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01-Jun 2023
RAVIDASSIA COMMUNITY
RAVIDASSIA COMMUNITY
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In California, members of an under-the-radar, minority religious community are stepping into the public eye to advocate for making the state the first in the nation t...
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01-Jun 2023
DIPLOMACY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
DIPLOMACY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
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Due to its intensifying geopolitical competition with the U.S. and its security interests in the region, China is expanding its military outreach to Southea...
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01-Jun 2023
AHILYABAI HOLKAR
AHILYABAI HOLKAR
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Marking the 298th Birth anniversary of Maratha queen Ahilyabai Holkar on May 31, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced that his government would rename Ahme...
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01-Jun 2023
INDIA'S GROWING POPULATION
INDIA'S GROWING POPULATION
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The annual State of World Population report from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says that India will have 1,428 million people by the middle of 2023. India's...
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31-May 2023
DE-RISKING
DE-RISKING
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The Trump era focus of the U.S. to decouple from China is being phased out by a new concept. The U.S. has expressed that it is shifting its policy on China from decoupling ...
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31-May 2023
CHILIKA LAKE
CHILIKA LAKE
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As many as 62,947 birds of 88 species were found in the vast lake during the annual summer survey of birds conducted by the Chilika wildlife division of Odisha governme...
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30-May 2023
TEMPERATURE RISE OF 2 DEGREES
TEMPERATURE RISE OF 2 DEGREES
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Under current climate change policies, billions will face life-threatening heat. But a global network of heat officers are tackling the problem in their c...
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30-May 2023