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sector
https://indianexpress.com/article/business/economy/low-value-lo
ans-fuelling-npas-in-education-sector-8335517/
through the Right to Information Act, show that the default rate is much
(NPAs)?
• What are the reasons for assets becoming non-performing assets?
• What are the impacts of High level of non-performing assets (NPAs) on India’s Economy?
https://indianexpress.com/article/business/banking-and-finance/rbi-bank-npa-ratio-at-6-year-low-but-fintechs-expose-system-to-new-risks-800202
0/
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/indian-banking-rbi-report-loans-capital-assets-8004073/
Centre sounds Covid alert, asks states to
track positive samples
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/covid-surge-china-us-centr
e-genome-sequencing-8335305/
the Union Health Ministry raised an alert Tuesday and directed all
states and UTs to sequence all positive case samples on a daily basis.
situation in the country — India has been reporting around 1,200 cases
a week.
• What is BF.7?
• “The very success of China’s zero-Covid policy is now turning out to be a weakness, with reports of a surge in cases. The vast majority of its
population has not been infected by the virus and hence has no immunity”-Comment
• With this “zero-COVID” policy, have China’s COVID cases slowed down?
• For Your Information-Globally, the number of Covid-19 cases has remained almost stable at around 3.3 million in a week. However, the
number of deaths increased by 10% over the preceding week, according to the latest situation report of the World Health Organisation released on
December 14. “The number of newly reported weekly deaths increased across three WHO regions: the African Region (+975%; partly due to
batch reporting from South Africa), the Region of the Americas (+37%), and the Eastern Mediterranean Region (+81%),” the report said.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-health/covid-virus-and-fear-surge-in-china-whats-happening-and-why-8335495/
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-global/zero-covid-china-pandemic-rising-cases-8334223/
In RS, Opp slams govt during debate on
Appropriation Bills
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/opposition-slams-govt-duri
ng-debate-on-appropriation-bills-in-rajya-sabha-8335547/
3.25-lakh crore from the Consolidated Fund of India for the current
• The budget consists of two types of expenditure—the expenditure ‘charged’ upon the Consolidated Fund of India and the expenditure ‘made’
from the Consolidated Fund of India, what are the ‘Charged’ and ‘made’ Expenditure?
• Annual Financial Statement (AFS) or Union Budget, Article 112 of the Indian Constitution and Stages of Budget in the parliament
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/5-questions-budget-not-brought-about-seriously-brs-mp-k-keshava-rao-8335553/
The Biodiversity Commitment
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/th
e-biodiversity-commitment-8335496/
restore the world’s biodiversity — all the different forms of life, plants
• What is ‘30-by-30’?
• The Montreal Conference was the biodiversity equivalent of the more high-profile climate meetings that are held every year. Signatories to the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a 1993 agreement, meet every two years — not annually like the climate meetings — to work on a
global plan to halt biodiversity loss and restore natural ecosystems. The Montreal meeting was the 15th edition of this conference, hence the name
• The Montreal Conference has delivered a new agreement called the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), which contains four goals and 23
targets that need to be achieved by 2030. The GBF is being compared to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change that is guiding global
climate action.
• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention to Combat
• The Cartagena Protocol of 2003 and the Nagoya Protocol of 2014-Know in detail
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/why-have-countries-failed-to-meet-their-biodiversity-goals-8315725/
FIRST WINTER FOG HITS DELHI:
WHAT IS FOG, AND WHAT CAUSES IT?
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/delh
i-fog-phenomenon-causes-explained-8335273/#:~:text=The%20p
resence%20of%20moisture%20and,or%20localised%20
warm start to the winter, are likely to recur over the Indo Gangetic Plain
for the next three days, keeping visibility poor in the hours before and
after daybreak.
• What is the impact of western disturbances on the climate of India in general and on Delhi in particular?
• Western disturbances are storms that originate in the Mediterranean region. They bring easterly winds to Delhi, along with a spike in moisture
and increased clouding or rainfall. They are regular features in winter. In monsoon and summer, they have more tropical characteristics and bring
rain and thunderstorms. In winter, they bring rain and snow over the hills, and more moisture to the plains. The cloud cover results in higher
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/why-these-winters-in-delhi-are-not-wintry-enough-8321001/
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/explained-how-western-disturbances-are-keeping-delhi-weather-in-a-flux-7882979/