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• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 05, Aug 2021

Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) ‘Vikrant’ designed by Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval Design(DND) is being built at Cochin Shipyard LimitedThis is the maiden attempt of the Indian Navy and Cochin Shipyard to indigenously design and build an Aircraft Carrier.&n

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 30, Jul 2021

The Union Health Ministry has announced 27% reservation for the OBCs (Other Backward Classes) and 10% quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the All India Quota (AIQ) scheme for undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) medical / dental courses.About AIQThe AIQ was i

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 30, Jul 2021

Amagarh  fort in Jaipur is at the centre of a conflict between the tribal Meena community and local Hindu groups.Members of the Meena community say the Amagarh Fort was built by a Meena ruler predating Rajput rule in Jaipur.According to historian Rima Hooja, the present for

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 30, Jul 2021

Why in news: High fiscal borrowings won’t crowd out private sector, says Chief Economic AdvisorThe crowding out effect is an economic theory arguing that rising public sector spending drives down or even eliminates private sector spending.There are three main reasons for t

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 30, Jul 2021

Context: The Union Cabinet cleared changes to the deposit insurance laws to provide funds up to Rs 5 lakh to an account holder within 90 days in the event of a bank coming under the moratorium imposed by the RBI.Present ProcessAccount holders had to wait for years till the liquidat

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 30, Jul 2021

The 14 tiger reserves which received the accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS) are:Manas, Kaziranga and Orang in AssamSatpura, Kanha and Panna in Madhya PradeshPench in MaharashtraValmiki Tiger Reserve in BiharDudhwa in Uttar PradeshSun

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 29, Jul 2021

Contingent workers are defined as freelancers, independent contractors, consultants, or other outsourced and non-permanent workers who are hired on a per-project basis.Why in news: Twitter has appointed Chief Compliance Officer as a Contingent WorkerWhat does IT rules say: 4 (1)

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 29, Jul 2021

With an aim to further improve ease of doing business, Central govt launched the "Secured Logistics Document Exchange" along with a Calculator for Green House Gas EmissionsThe SLDE platform is a solution to replace the present manual process of generation, exchange and c

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 29, Jul 2021

Why in news: a consignment of ‘Raja Mircha’ also referred as king chilli from Nagaland was today exported to London via Guwahati by air for the first time.King Chilli is considered as world’s hottest based on the Scoville Heat Units (SHUs).The chilli from Nagal

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 29, Jul 2021

It is a central sector scheme with budgetary support of Rs. 498.80 crore for the next 5 years from 2021-22 to 2025-26The objective of the scheme is to provide financial support to nearly 300 Startups/ MSMEs/ individual innovators and about 20 Partner incubators through Defence Inn