UPSC/STATE PSC     The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: Use of Web3 and AI in banking to detect fraud Background: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday asked banks to be more digital savvy and give immediate priority to [...]

UPSC/STATE PSC     The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: Financial Stability Development Council Background: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed the need for the government and regulators to monitor financial sector risks and market developments on a continuous basis and take timely actions to [...]

UPSC/STATE PSC     The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: Wholesale inflation slowed to an 11-month low at 12.4% in August Background: Inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) eased in August to the slowest pace since last September at 12.4%, from 13.9% [...]

UPSC/STATE PSC     The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: GST Council is a fledgling but vibrant institution, says FM Background: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is still a fledgling five-year old institution that has yet to become well-settled but acts as [...]

UPSC/STATE PSC     The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: ‘Adopt a TB patient’ drive mitras Background: The Union Health Ministry’s “adopt a TB-patient” (Ni-kshay Mitra) initiative, and it was to fill the critical “community” element into India’s fight towards eliminating TB by 2025 [...]

UPSC/STATE PSC     The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: Eurozone to coordinate fiscal, monetary policy on inflation Background: Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Friday to act together to protect households and companies from soaring energy prices, coordinating their support policies with the [...]

UPSC/STATE PSC     The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: Monetary tools alone cannot tame inflation Background: Nirmala Sitharaman in the meet “Taming Inflation”, spoke about the monetary tools role in controlling inflation. She expressed that while an increase in interest rate forms a [...]

UPSC/STATE PSC     The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: India eyes IMF support ahead of G20 chair Background: India will soon be taking over the G20 chair in December where the agendas such as debates and climate change will be discussed while India [...]

UPSC/STATE PSC     The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: India gets its first nasal COVID­19 vaccine 1) Bharat Biotech’s ChAd36-SARS-CoV-S COVID-19 (Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vectored) recombinant nasal vaccine has been approved by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for primary immunization against COVID-19 in [...]