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Everyday Economics: What is the Fed, and what role does it play in the US economy?Subscriber Only
March 18, 2022 12:08 IST
This is the first time since 2018 that the US central bank has raised borrowing costs. The Fed had kept interest rates near zero since March 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic dealt blows to the US economy
Everyday Global: What is Daylight Saving Time, which the US Senate has voted to scrap?Subscriber Only
March 17, 2022 07:24 IST
Countries have long debated the usefulness of Daylight Saving Time. What is it, and what is the problem with it?
Everyday Economics: What are WPI and CPI inflation rates?Subscriber Only
March 17, 2022 12:50 IST
WPI and CPI are two different baskets of goods and services. The government assigns different weights to different goods and services based on what is relevant for those two types of consumers.
Everyday Politics: What is the CWC, and what role does it play in the Congress?Subscriber Only
March 19, 2022 11:59 IST
The Working Committee is the “highest executive authority” of the Congress, and has the final say in interpreting and applying the provisions of the party’s constitution.
Explained: What is xenotransplantation, the process of using an animal’s organ to keep a human alive?Subscriber Only
March 11, 2022 09:41 IST
In a landmark surgery in January, doctors replaced the heart of a 57-year-old patient with the heart of a genetically altered pig. However, the patient died two months after the operation. What is this experimental procedure?
Explained: Who are the oligarchs, sanctioned by the West as enablers of Russia’s war on Ukraine?Subscriber Only
March 11, 2022 11:38 IST
Several Russian oligarchs are facing sanctions by the West in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. How did the oligarchy in modern Russia come to be? What next for Russia’s oligarchs?
What is the Temporary Protection Directive of 2001, and why has the EU invoked it for refugees of Ukraine war?Subscriber Only
March 10, 2022 09:47 IST
Responding to refugee crisis, EU Member States have made an unprecedented decision to activate the Temporary Protection Directive. What is temporary protection, and how did it come to be? What obligations does it place upon EU states?
Everyday Global: What is NATO, and why is Russia so insecure about Ukraine joining the US-led alliance?Subscriber Only
March 8, 2022 13:05 IST
To President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine becoming part of NATO poses an existential threat to Russia that is serious enough for him to start a war of the scale that Europe has not seen since the end of World War II in 1945.
Everyday Economics: What is the RBI’s MPC, and what does it do?Subscriber Only
March 5, 2022 15:23 IST
The primary objective of the RBI's monetary policy is to maintain price stability while keeping in mind the objective of growth. Price stability is a necessary precondition to sustainable growth.
Explained: What is co-location, at the heart of the scam at the NSE?Subscriber Only
March 4, 2022 09:14 IST
Multiple agencies are probing the NSE co-location scam, in which many former top officials including former CEOs Chitra Ramakrishna and Ravi Narain are under a cloud. What is co-location?
Everyday Global: What is the State of the Union Address delivered by the US President?Subscriber Only
March 3, 2022 10:00 IST
Joe Biden's State of the Union address, his first, was the 98th in-person Address/Annual Message in US history.
Everyday Sport: Who are FIFA, and what role do they play in global football?Subscriber Only
March 3, 2022 11:10 IST
FIFA is responsible for organising and promoting football's major international tournaments, most importantly the football World Cup, which began in 1930, and the Women's World Cup which began in 1991.
Everyday Global: What is the International Court of JusticeSubscriber Only
March 1, 2022 11:42 IST
Ukraine has accused Russia of falsely claiming that "acts of genocide have occurred in the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts of Ukraine", and of using that as a pretext to recognise the independence of these regions and of going to war against Ukraine.
Ukraine: A short history of its creationSubscriber Only
February 25, 2022 19:35 IST
Ukraine is in the east of Europe, and is bound by Russia to its northeast, east, and southeast, and the Black Sea in the south. In the southwest, west, and north, Ukraine shares borders, in the clockwise direction, with Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, and Belarus.
Explained: What are MSPs, and how are they decided?Subscriber Only
March 3, 2022 19:02 IST
Typically, MSPs create the benchmark for farm prices not just in those commodities for which they are announced, but also in crops that are substitutes.
Everyday Sport: Who is a chess Grandmaster?Subscriber Only
February 24, 2022 08:34 IST
The title is the badge of the game’s super elite, a recognition of the greatest chess talent on the planet, which has been tested and proven against a peer group of other similarly talented players in the world’s toughest competitions.
Everyday Economics: What are Swiss banks and how do they work?Subscriber Only
February 23, 2022 12:32 IST
Swiss bank accounts are attractive to depositors because they combine low levels of risk with very high levels of privacy.
Everyday Technology: What are NFTs? How are they different from cryptocurrency?Subscriber Only
February 23, 2022 12:32 IST
What are non fungible tokens, and what makes them unique? How are they different from cryptocurrency? How do they work? Who can buy NFTs? What are the risks associated with buying NFTs? Here's your guide.
Everyday Law & Policy: What is an FIR?Subscriber Only
February 23, 2022 12:32 IST
An FIR is the document that has been prepared by the police after verifying the facts of the complaint. The FIR may contain details of the crime and the alleged criminal.
Everyday Science: What are ISRO’s launch vehicles, and how are satellites placed into space?Subscriber Only
February 23, 2022 12:33 IST
Satellites, or payloads as they are often called, sit inside the rocket, and are ejected once they reach near their intended orbit in space. Most satellites have small propulsion systems and carry small amounts of fuel, because they encounter very little drag, or force, in outer space.
Everyday Economics: What are repo & reverse-repo rates?Subscriber Only
February 17, 2022 10:36 IST
What are repo & reverse-repo rates, how are they decided, and how do they affect the economy?
Everyday Economics: What is an IPO?Subscriber Only
August 18, 2022 14:51 IST
Initial Public Offering (IPO): While coming with an IPO, the company has to file its offer document with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).
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