General Studies

1.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts of SCO member countries in New Delhi. 2.The Reserve Bank has imposed a total penalty of Rs 44 lakh on four co-operative banks, including Rs 16 lakh on Chennai-based The Tamil Nadu State Apex Co-operative Bank, for violation of various norms. 3.Neobank Jupiter received NBFC license from Reserve Bank of India. 4.NS Sumedha has left Port Sudan city for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia with 278 people on board to bring Indians safely out of Sudan.INS Teg has also joined the Kaveri operation. INS Teg has reached Port Sudan with necessary relief material for the officers and stranded Indians in Sudan. 5.Dr. VK Paul, Member, NITI Aayog released the Indian National Accounts Estimates for 2019-20. According to which the share of government's health expenditure in the country's total gross domestic product increased from one point one-three per cent in 2014-15 to one point three-five in 2019-20. The share of government ...

         1.Ministry of Defence inks over Rs 9,100 crore contracts for improved Akash Weapon System & 12 Weapon Locating Radars Swathi for Indian Army.         2.IIT Madras have developed a three-dimensional paper-based portable device that can detect adulteration in milk within 30 seconds.            3.Indian passport slipped six ranks on the Passport Index 2023 released by financial advisory services firm Arton Capital. As compared to the 138th rank out of 199 countries in 2022, India ranked 144 with a mobility score of 70 in 2023. This is the largest global fall in the index this year.           4.Conservation Plan for Great Indian Bustards In order to conserve and protect the Great Indian Bustard, which is considered one of the largest flying birds in the world, the Government of India is implementing various measures throughout the country. However, apart from certain regions in R...

  MARCH 31, 2023, FRIDAY, CHAITRA, SHUKAL PAKSHA, DASHAMI • Union Health & Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya to lay the foundation stone of health-related schemes along with Chief Minister Dhami at Chief Minister's residence, Main Sewa Sadan at Dehradun • Minister to lay the foundation stone of a 500-bed capacity hospital in new building of Doon Medical College, along with 50 bedded critical care blocks each at Rudraprayag, Nainital & Srinagar in Uttarakhand  • India to unveil its new Foreign Trade Policy 2023-28 in New Delhi with a view to boost exports amid slowing global trade, Union Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to announce foreign trade policy • Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to hold a review meeting in New Delhi on the COVID situation amid a spurt in virus cases • Kerala Lokayukta, likely to deliver its verdict in a case against Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, case involves the mishandling of the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund...

 1. HDFC Asset Management Company has filed for India’s first target maturity funds tracking sovereign green bonds. The two are HDFC Nifty India Sovereign Green Bond Jan 2028 Index Fund and HDFC Nifty India Sovereign Green Bond Jan 2033 Index Fund.  2. World Bank arm International Finance Corporation has decided to invest ₹600 crore in Mahindra Group's last-mile electric mobility business. 3. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs increased the minimum support price (MSP) of raw jute by Rs 300 to Rs 5,050 per quintal for 2023-24 season. 4. The government announced that a committee under the finance secretary will be set up to improve the National Pension System. 5. PM Modi inaugurates 13.7 km Whitefield-KR Puram Metro Line in Bengaluru. 6. The Government of Uttar Pradesh and Quality Council of India, launched the Uttar Pradesh Gunvatta Sankalp (Uttar Pradesh Quality Mission) at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. 7. Former Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff Elected as President of NDB...