Current Affairs 13 February 2023

CONTENTS

1. Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
2. Forever chemicals
3. Solar Prominence
4. Prepaid payment instruments
5. Demand for a Greater Tipraland
6. MicroLED display technology

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Context:

Government agencies have expedited efforts to further strengthen the anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing frameworks in view of the coming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) assessment of India in the fourth round of mutual evaluations expected later this year.

Relevance:

GS II- International Relations

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
2. FATF Greylists
3. FATF Blacklists
4. Effects of FATF Blacklisting

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Forever Chemicals

Context:

An Oxford University-led recent study found alarming levels of toxic PFAS also known as “forever chemicals” in ice around Svalbard, Norway which pose a risk to the region’s wildlife.

Relevance:

GS III: Environment and Ecology

Dimensions of the Article:

1. What are PFAs?
2. What harm do PFAs cause?
3. How can these chemicals be removed from rainwater?

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Solar Prominence

Context:

Scientists recently observed a large prominence near Sun’s north pole.

Relevance:

GS I: Geography

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Solar Prominences
2. Solar Filaments
3. Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)

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Prepaid Payment Instruments

Context:

Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permitted all inbound travellers from the Group of Twenty (G-20) countries and non-resident Indians to access Unified Payment Interface (UPI) for their merchant payments (P2M) at select airports while they are in the country.

Relevance:

GS III: Indian Economy

Dimensions of the Article:

1. What does it mean?
2. Who can utilise this system?
3. What are prepaid payment instruments (PPIs)?
4. What’s UPI?

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Demand For a Greater Tipraland

Context:

The newest political party in Tripura, the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) Motha, floated in 2019, has created a flutter with its demand for a Greater Tipraland.

Relevance:

GS II: Polity and Governance

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Greater Tipraland
2. Genesis of the demand for Greater Tipraland

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