India's foreign Exchange Reserves ➖ The Indian rupee has been witnessing a steady decline this year, losing almost 4% against the U.S. dollar since the beginning of 2022. ➖ The…

One Country Two Systems approach ➖ It means that the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions, both former colonies, can have different economic and political systems from that of…

Civil Registration System (CRS) and Sample Registration System (SRS) ➖ CRS presents a count of registered births and deaths, while SRS provides an estimate of the total number births and…

India's contribution to the world of Knowledge ➖ For the modern world, it was the Greek mathematician Archimedes who produced the first-known summation of an infinite series. ➖ However, it…

The Forest Survey of India has listed four categories of forests. They are: Very Dense Forest (with tree canopy density of 70 per cent or above) Moderately Dense Forest (tree…

Ladakh’s eastern boundary 🔹 Ladakh emerged as a distinct entity with the Treaty of Timosgang in 1684. This treaty established relations between Leh and Lhasa through trade exchanges. ➖ With…

Special Data Dissemination Standard & Consumer Expenditure Survey As a subscriber to the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS), India is obliged to follow good practices in four…

Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) ➖ A disarmament treaty that effectively bans biological and toxin weapons by prohibiting their development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use. ➖ Having entered…

Global Water System Project ➖ The Global Water System Project, which was launched in 2003 as a joint initiative of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) and Global Environmental Change…

Union Territories and Rajya Sabha ➖ The Union Territories of Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi have representation in the Rajya Sabha, while Ladakh, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman…