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News for February 2, 2019

Important News from The Hindu:

Goyal unveils Vision 2030, highlighting 10 dimensions
[Important for: Polity, Budget 2019]
New panel for welfare of nomadic communities
[Important for: Programmes & Policies]
Railways gets Rs. 1.59 lakh cr., the highest-ever allocation
[Important for: Polity, Infrastructure, Budget 2019]
Union Government’s fiscal deficit target goes for a toss
[Important for: Economy, Budget 2019]
Earning less than Rs. 5 lakh? Save a neat Rs. 12,500
[Important for: Economy, Budget 2019]
Reliance Comm goes to NCLT for insolvency
[Important for: Business]

Why the Economic Survey is important before presenting budget?

An economic survey is one of the flagship annual document of the ministry of finance. It reviews the developments in the economic structure of India over the past 12 months. It encapsulates the performance of major development programmes and also highlights the policy initiatives of the Indian government along with the growth of the economy in the short to medium term prospective.

The first Economic Survey of India was presented in the year 1950-51. It was presented along with the union budget till 1964 after which it was segregated from the union budget. Read More…

February 1, 2019

News for February 1, 2019

Important News from The Hindu:

Report confirms crisis: experts
[Important for: Polity]
New broadcasting tariffs come into effect from today
[Important for: Programmes & Policies]
GSAT-31 to be launched from Kourou next week
[Important for: Science & Technology]
RBI lifts curbs on three PSBs
[Important for: Business]

January 31, 2019

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Neutrinos—The Ghost Particle

A neutrino is a subatomic particle that found its similarities with that of an electron. But unlike electron, it has no electrical charge and negligibly small mass, which can also be considered zero. It is one of the fundamental particles which make up the entire universe.

Neutrinos are the most abundant particles in the universe still they are difficult to detect because they interact with matter in least possible circumstances.

They are almost nothing at all, because they have almost no mass and no electric charge. They are just little wisps of almost nothing because of which they are also referred to as ghost particles.

Cosmic neutrino