India’s first fashion forecasting initiative ‘VisioNxt’
20 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: Union Minister of Textiles launched the ‘VisioNxt Fashion Forecasting Initiative,’ a bilingual web portal developed by the National Institute...
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Economy
Economy
Downfall in Casa ratio of banks to Pre-Covid level
20 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: SBI Chairman CS Setty stated that the share of low-cost deposits in the banking system, already declining, could drop...
Economy
Innovation, Competition and Ambition
20 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: Indian industry invests only 0.3% of GDP in in-house R&D, far below the world average of 1.5% and India...
Economy
National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR)
20 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of the National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics,...
Science and Technology
Light Pollution and Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
20 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: Over the past 25 years, global artificial lighting has surged by 49%, causing the night sky’s brightness to increase...
Internal Security
NCB and Narco- Terrorism
20 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: Anurag Garg, an IPS officer of the 1993 batch, has been appointed as the new director general of the...
Schemes
Government Partially Restores Wheat Allocation Under PMGKAY
20 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Centre will partially restore wheat distribution for beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) after...
Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity
CAQM has revised the GRAP to address air pollution in the NCR.
20 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has revised the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) to address air pollution...
Science and Technology
Union Cabinet Approves Expansion of Chandrayaan-4 and New Space Missions
20 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Union Cabinet approved the expansion of the Chandrayaan-4 Mission to include preparatory measures for a future manned moon...
Economy
NFRA issues revise Standards to Address Deficient Audit Quality
20 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has proposed revised Standards on Auditing (SA 600) to align with International Standards...
Editorials
Governance and Oversight of SEBI: A Critique for Reform
20 September 2024 | The Study IASThis essay talks about K P Krishnan’s article “A Checks and Balances Challenge” from Business Standard, published in Business Standard...
Editorials
Balancing Climate Action, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction: A Global Dilemma
20 September 2024 | The Study IASThe essay, based on Prof. Dani Rodrik’s article titled “The Global Economy Confronts Yet Another ‘Impossible Trinity’” and published in...
Economy
India as Largest Contributor to Global Oil Demand
19 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: Earlier this month, two of the top three global energy forecasters projected that India would become the largest contributor...
Economy
Promoting Domestic Ship – Building Industry
19 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: Japan and South Korea have shown interest in investing in India’s nascent shipbuilding industry, according to Union Minister Sarbananda...
Internal Security
Batla House Encounter
19 September 2024 | The Study IASContext: The Batla House encounter was an armed operation conducted by the Delhi Police Special Cell on September 19, 2008...
