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GIS-based India Industrial Land Bank (IILB)- Key Facts

According to Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India Industrial Land Bank will achieve pan-India integration by December 2021. Key Points India Industrial Land Bank system (IILB) has been...

July 10, 2021

Federal Bank CEO re-appointed

Federal Bank shareholders have approved the motion of re-appointment of Shyam Srinivasan as managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of the federal bank. Highlights He has been...

July 10, 2021

NASA’s ICESat-2 discovers Antarctic Meltwater Lakes

American Space Agency, NASA’s ICESat-2 discovered Antarctic Meltwater Lakes recently. Background Glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker had made an astonishing discovery in 2007 and found that, a whole hidden...

July 10, 2021

China: Giant pandas are vulnerable, not endangered now

Chinese conservation officials have announced that, Chinese giant Panda is no longer an endangered species. Key Facts Status of giant panda has been updated to “vulnerable”. There are...

July 10, 2021

India & Russia to hold 2+2 dialogue

External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar recently held productive talks with the Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. Both sides reviewed the progress on broad-ranging cooperation between both the nations on...

July 10, 2021

WWF-UNEP report on Human-wildlife coexistence

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) recently released its report titled “A future for all – the need for human-wildlife coexistence”. Key findings...

July 10, 2021

India-UK First Financial Markets Dialogue

UK-India Financial Markets Dialogue (FMD) held first virtual meeting on July 8, 2021 in order to strengthen bilateral financial connections. UK-India Financial Markets Dialogue ·Government-to-government conversations took place during...

July 10, 2021

Himalayan yaks set to be insured

National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) at Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh has partnered with National Insurance Company Ltd. to insure high-altitude yak. What are the concerns? High-altitude yaks...

July 10, 2021

RBI asks banks to stop Libor soon

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued an advisory to banks and other financial institutions to be prepared for year-end transition from London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor). Transition from...

July 10, 2021

UP to launch new policy on population control for 2021-30

Uttar Pradesh government is set to release its new policy on population control for 2021-30. It will be released on July 11, on the occasion of World Population...

July 10, 2021

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