The New Year 2013 begins with Tuesday. The following current affairs events are expected to be observed in January 2013. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas India will host the Pravasi...
The Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) is a scientific tool used to assess the relative vulnerability of coastal areas to natural hazards such as sea-level rise, coastal erosion, storm...
A salvage regimen refers to a medical treatment strategy employed when the standard or first-line therapies have failed, are no longer effective, or cannot be tolerated by the...
The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Dodd–Frank Act, is a landmark piece of financial legislation enacted in the United States in...
The standard sovereign credit rating is a statement of how safe and rewarding a nation’s credit is, without any account of where other nation’s stand on this dimension....
The primary object of an adjournment motion is to draw the attention of Lok Sabha to a recent matter of urgent public importance having serious consequences and in...
In 2012, the Union Cabinet has approved the scheme for the development of Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMCs). Proposed scheme would support setting up of both Greenfield and Brownfield...
Municipal Bonds, often referred to as “muni bonds”, are debt instruments issued by urban local bodies (ULBs) or municipal corporations to raise funds for public infrastructure projects such...
The Tapas Majumdar Committee was a landmark committee established by the Government of India in 1998 to examine the financial requirements for implementing the constitutional guarantee of free...
Remote Sensing in India refers to the science and technology of acquiring information about the Earth’s surface and atmosphere from space-borne or airborne platforms without direct physical contact....
