Nepal will be the first foreign country to adopt India’s Unified payments interface (UPI) system:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Developments in Science and Technology.   Context: The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that the neighboring country of Nepal will be the first foreign country to adopt India’s UPI system.   What is UPI? Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is an instant real-time payment system, allowing users to …

FATF:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Indian and its neighbourhood. Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   Context: Pakistan’s efforts to investigate and prosecute leaders of UN-designated terror groups in order to counter terror financing will be assessed during the ongoing meetings of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris. The multilateral …

Election symbols:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions.   Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during an election speech in Uttar Pradesh, appeared to suggest a connection between the 2008 Ahmedabad blasts and the Samajwadi Party due to its election symbol, the bicycle.   What’s the issue? Bicycles …

Public order: A constitutional provision for curbing freedoms:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.   Context: The Karnataka High Court is hearing a challenge to the constitutionality of the state government’s ban on students wearing a hijab in educational institutions. In the last hearing, the judges heard an argument on whether the …