WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? It is an idea that gives emphasis on development of human beings/societies to meet their needs while preserving the capacity of natural system that provides natural resources and ecosystem on which economy and society depends, for upcoming generations UNITED NATIONS SUBSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) These are interlinked/integrated goals for achieving sustainable […]
In June 2021, CHIME (Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment) scientists shared its data in annual meeting of American Astronomical society and told that this Telescope has detected record number of FRBs (fast radio bursts) in its 1st year of operation, between 2018 and 2019. The Telescope has detected 535 new FRBs in just one year.
Fukuoka Prize is an Honorary award presented to the people who try their best to save the traditions alive in Asia and have also safeguard them. This prize is given to make people aware of the Asian cultures that are being forgotten and to let other Asians also learn so that they can be taken
Recently we saw in the news that the Delhi High Court had issued a notice to CARA on a plea by a Hindu Couple who lives in the US to allow No Objection Certificate to adopt a Christian Child. WHAT IS CHILD ADOPTION? As a definition we can say it is a legal process by
ASEAN- Association of South East Asian Nations Anthem– The ASEAN way Motto– One vision, one identity, one community Symbol– 10 stalks of Rice bonded together Secretariat– Jakarta, Indonesia Preceded by– ASA (Association of Southeast Asia) 31st July 1961 Founded by– Bangkok declaration on 8th August 1967 Founding members– Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand First
” Ecology is the permanent economy “ Chipko is a Hindi word, which means “to hug” or “to stick”. Chipko Movement is one of the strongest movements which began in 1973 at the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand (then a part of Uttar Pradesh for the conservation of forest. Background: Inspired by Jayaprakash Narayan
What are Swap Agreements? A swap agreement is an agreement between two parties to exchange financial instruments or cash flows for a certain period of time. Here the financial instruments can be almost anything but most of the swaps involves cash based on a notional principal amount i.e. the face value on which the payments calculation
Introduction – The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) was setted up in 1988 by an act of the Parliament, say NHAI Act. It was formally made an autonomous body under Government of India and came into operations on 10 February 1995. The function of NHAI: to develop, maintain and manage the national highways
BASIC EXCHANGE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT As we all know that India and USA share a awfully good diplomatic and Military connections that builds the mutual trust between the 2 militaries and the nations. The USA signs four “FOUNDATIONAL AGREEMENTS” – General security Of military security agreement (GSOMIA) in 2002, logistics support
Finance minister Arun Jaitely launched a mission to improve functioning of public sector banks, named Mission Indradhanush on August 2015. The mission has seven pillars and the Bank Board Bureau (BBB) is one of those pillars. Bank Board Bureau is an autonomous recommendatory body which has limited but important roles to perform. Bank Board
