TERMS OF THE WEEK
S.No. |
Term |
About |
1. |
Aadhaar Mitra |
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2. |
Critical Mineral |
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3. |
Decarbonisation |
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4. |
No-Confidence Motion |
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5. |
Parliamentary privileges |
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6. |
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) |
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7. | Middle-income countries (MICs) |
According to the World Bank, middle-income countries (MICs) are defined as economies with a gross national income (GNI) per capita between $1,136 and $13,845 as of 2024. MICs consist of lower-middle-income countries and upper-middle-income countries, |
8. |
Improvised Explosive Device (IED) |
An IED is basically a home-made bomb. IEDs can be deployed using a vehicle, carried, placed, or thrown by a person, delivered in a package, or concealed on the roadside. IEDs are not simply used to kill and injure — they have often, especially in active war zones, been used as distractions. |
9. |
Gross Value Added (GVA) |
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10. |
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
GDP= GVA + taxes – subsidies |
11. |
Body mass index (BMI) |
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12. |
Obesity |
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13. |
Underweight |
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14. |
Trade distortion |
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15. |
Ramsar Site |
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16. |
Central Asian Flyway |
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1. |
Gender Disparity |
It is discrimination on the basis of sex or gender causing one sex or gender to be routinely privileged or prioritized over another. |
2. |
Labour Force |
Labour force refers to the part of the population which supplies or offers to supply labour for pursuing economic activities for the production of goods and services and, therefore, includes both employed and unemployed persons. |
3. |
Government Security |
Government securities are essential instruments in the financial market, serving as a means for the government to borrow funds and meet its fiscal requirements. |
4. |
Fully accessible route (FAR) bonds |
FAR bonds are debt instruments that allow foreign investors to invest in specified government of India dated securities. |
5. |
Bloomberg EM Local Currency Liquid Government Bond Index |
It is a country-constrained index designed to provide a broad measure of the performance of liquid local currency emerging markets debt. It limits country exposure to a maximum of 10% and redistributes the excess market value index-wide on a pro-rata basis. |
6. |
Carbon footprint |
Carbon footprint, amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with all the activities of a person or other entity. |
7. |
Naval detachment |
A naval detachment has administrative, logistics, and medical facilities. |
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