Context Recently the RBI has announced that banks need not activate countercyclical capital buffers (CCyB) amid slowdown due to COVID-19 outbreak. About Countercyclical Capital Buffer (CCyB) A capital buffer is…
Context The Centre is using powers under the Indian Telegraph Act to “fetch information” from telecom companies every 15 minutes to track COVID-19 cases across the country. What is Geo-fencing?…
Context Recently the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has received a request for merger of a company following green channel combination route. What is a Green Channel Route? In a…
Context According to a US-based research, a combination of reduced morbidity and mortality could make the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination a “game-changer” in the fight against novel coronavirus. What is…
Context Recently NASA releases new global maps mapping groundwater, soil wetness using GRACE-FO satellites. About GRACE-FO Mission The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission is a partnership between…
Context An Indian Air Force (IAF) C-130J transport aircraft o delivered 6.2 tonne of essential medicines and hospital consumables to Maldives under Operation Sanjeevani. About Operation Sanjeevani At the request…
Context A supermoon is all scheduled to show up in the sky on April 7. It would be the biggest and brightest full moon of 2020. Pink Supermoon According to…
Context Recently the Department of Science & Technology has approved setting up of a Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH). About CAWACH CAWACH will help to address…
Context The RBI has permitted banks to allow moratorium of three months on payment of instalments in respect of all loans including home, car and personal loan among others. What…
Context The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced a separate channel, namely ‘Fully Accessible Route’ (FAR), to enable non-residents to invest in specified government bonds with effect from April…
