Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) ➖ An international network for banks to facilitate smooth money transactions globally ➖ A messaging network used by banks and financial institutions globally…

The rupee is impacted by three factors 🔸 One, the US dollar will strengthen further as interest rates of dollar denominated securities begin moving higher. This will make rupee decline.…

Hallmark Unique Identification (HUID) ➖ A six-digit alphanumeric code, or one that consists of numbers and letters. ➖ It is given to every piece of jewellery at the time of…

Functions of Election Commission of India ➖ Election Commission is insulated from executive interference. ➖ It is the Commission which decides the election schedules for the conduct of elections, whether…

Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO-TBT) ▪️ Commonly referred to as the TBT Agreement ▪️ An international treaty administered by the World Trade Organization. ▪️ Last renegotiated during the…

Article 253 of Indian Constitution ➖ After the Stockholm Declaration on the Global Environment, the Constitution was amended in 1976 to include Protection and Improvement of Environment as a fundamental…

La Nina, EL Nino & ENSO ▪️ La Nina is a natural ocean-atmospheric phenomenon. It is marked by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean near…

Finance for Biodiversity (F4B): ▪️ An initiative to increase the materiality of biodiversity in financial decision-making, and so better align global finance with nature conservation and restoration. ▪️ The initiative…

Botulinum ➖ Botulinum is a natural toxin produced by a bacteria known as Clostridium botulin. ➖ It produces the toxin when it starts reproducing. ➖ Botulinum affects both humans and…

Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin ➖ The Ganges- Brahmaputra- Meghna (GBM) is a transboundary river system spanning five countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal. ➖ Trans-boundary rivers originating outside India cause…