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                                            PC: Egypt Today The shareholders of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have given their nod to India’s candidature to international financial  institution. With this, India will become the 69th member of EBRD. The move follows Indian Government’s application to seek membership of EBRD back  institution. With this, India will become the 69th member of EBRD. The move follows Indian Government’s application to seek membership of EBRD back  in December 2017. It will set stage increase in joint investment with Indian companies in EBRD’s regions of operation. What is  European Bank for Reconstruction & Development ( EBRD)          The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was established to help build a new, post-Cold War era in Central ...

                                           pic credit- Bitcoin Magazine What is Blockchain       A blockchain is a continously growing list of records, called blocks , which are linked and secured using crypt ography. Each block typically contains a cryptographic hash of the previous bloc, a timestest  and transaction data. By design a blockchain is inherently resistant to modification of the data. It is  "an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way". For use as a distributed ledger a peer to peer network collectively adhering to a protocol for validating new blocks. Once recorded the data in any given block can not be altered retroactively without the alteration of all subsequent blocks, which requires collusion of the network majority.    ...

Arise! Awake! and not stop until the goal is reached.-Vivekanada The life of Swami Vivekananda was the life of an ideal youth. He had multi-faceted talents, he was a great orator, a great poet, a singer, a social reformer, a great patriot, and above all, a great spiritual leader of the world. That is why Swami Vivekananda is the only personality who can be a leader of youth icon. In a short life of 39 years, 5 months and 22 days, this great man conquered the entire world his message. Swami Vivekananda's Message of Internal Strength       After   Swami Vivekananda addressed the Parliament of Religions at Chicago, he stayed in America and Europe for 4-5 years. During his stay in America he was walking on the streets with peculiar dress- the ochre robe and ochre turban on his head. Some Americans passersby saw this person with peculiar dress. They had never see anyone with suche a dress. They discussed among themselves that this person seems to have come from ...

Recently, DRDO ( Defence research and Development Organization ) has test fired surface-to-surface Agni-  II  ballistic missile successfully from the Abdul Kalam Island, off Odhisa coast. Agni-II is two-stage nuclear capable surface-to-surface missile developed indigenously by DRDO. It is 21-metre long and weighs 17 tonnes.  It has strike range of 2000 kilometres, which can also be increased to 3000km by reducing the payload.  It is propelled by the solid rocket propellant system. It can carry a nuclear payload of 1 thousand kilograms.  It is one of the sophisticated weapons that can act as a deterrent against nuclear-armed neighbours. It is equipped with advanced high accuracy  navigation system. It is guided by a novel scheme of state of the art command and control system. It can be fired from both rail and road mobile  launchers and it takes only 15 minutes for the missile to be readied for firing. What is Ballistic Missile A  b...

India recently joined the Ashgabat Agreement, which was instituted in April 2011 to establish an international multimodal transport and transit corridor between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. The Agreement was first signed by Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Oman and Qatar on 25 April 2011. While Qatar subsequently withdrew from the agreement in 2013, Kazakhstan and Pakistan joined the grouping in 2016. The Ashgabat Agreement came into force in April 2016. Its objective is to enhance connectivity within the Eurasian region and synchronize it with other regional transport corridors, including the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC). Its accession to the Ashgabat Agreement would enable India to utilise the existing transport and transit corridor to facilitate trade and commercial interactions with the Eurasian region. Further, this would synchronise with India’s efforts to implement the INSTC ( I for enhanced connectivity. Note: Ashgabat is capital of Tur...

Kerala, Punjab & Tamil Nadu ranked on top in terms of overall performance Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh ranked top three States in terms of annual incremental performance   What is It? NITI Aayog (National Institute For Transforming India)  released a comprehensive Health Index report titled, “ Healthy States, Progressive India ”. The report ranks states and Union territories innovatively on their year-on-year incremental change in health outcomes, as well as, their overall performance with respect to each other. The report was released jointly by the CEO, NITI Aayog; Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; Preeti Sudan and World Bank India Country Director, Junaid Ahmad. It is the first attempt to establish an annual systematic tool to measure and understand the heterogeneity and complexity of the nation’s performance in Health. The report has been developed by NITI Aayog, with technical assistance from ...