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DO SONS CONTRIBUTE MORE TOWARD ELDERLY CARE
DO SONS CONTRIBUTE MORE TOWARD ELDERLY CARE
1. Context
By 2050, India's elderly population will touch 319 million three times the number identified by the 2011 Census.
The number of people over...
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23-May 2023
CLIMATE TARGETS
CLIMATE TARGETS
1. Context
A series of recent studies and reports have once again sounded the red alert on climate change, saying the situation was worsening rapidly and the window of opportunity f...
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22-May 2023
DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER
DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER
1. Context
Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge announced Siddaramaiah to be the next Chief Minister of Karnataka on Thursday (May 18), 2023 ending the contest that w...
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22-May 2023
PANGENOME MAP
PANGENOME MAP
1. Context
A new study published in the May 10, 2023 issue of the Nature Journal describes a pangenome reference map, built using genomes from 47 anonymous individuals (19 men and ...
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22-May 2023
OPEN NETWORK FOR DIGITAL COMMERCE
ONDC
1. Context
The Union government is looking to formally launch the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) this year to "democratise e-commerce" and "to provide alternatives to proprietary e...
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22-May 2023
JALLIKATTU JALLIKATTU
1. Context
A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has upheld the amendments made by Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Karnataka to The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) A...
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19-May 2023
G7- HIROSHIMA SUMMIT
G7- HIROSHIMA SUMMIT
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Leaders of seven of the world's most powerful democracies will gather this weekend for the Group of Seven summits in Hiroshima, the location of the world's first ato...
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19-May 2023
CLASSICAL DANCES OF INDIA
CLASSICAL DANCES OF INDIA
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Dance is an ancient and celebrated cultural tradition in India. Folk dances abound all across the country, and huge crowds of people can be found danc...
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19-May 2023
GREEN DEPOSITS
GREEN DEPOSITS
1. Context
Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) came up with a regulatory framework for banks to accept green deposits from customers. Under the new framework, banks that acce...
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19-May 2023
DOTTED LANDS
DOTTED LANDS
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The Andhra Pradesh Government has started removing "dotted lands" in the state from the prohibited list, restoring full rights of selling or pledging these lands to the farm...
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19-May 2023
INDO PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
INDO PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
1.Context
WITH US President Joe Biden cancelling his trip to Australia due to the crucial debt-ceiling talks in Washington, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Alban...
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19-May 2023
LIBERALISED REMITTANCE SCHEME
LIBERALISED REMITTANCE SCHEME
1. Context
THE CENTRAL Government, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, in a late night notification Tuesday amended rules under the Foreign Exchang...
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19-May 2023
ASTR
ASTR
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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has developed an artificial intelligence-based facial recognition tool that it claims has the capability of running checks on subscriber ...
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18-May 2023
AVERAGE MONSOON RAINFALL
AVERAGE MONSOON RAINFALL
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In its first-stage long-range forecast for the 2022 southwest monsoon, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast normal rainfall during the season. I...
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18-May 2023
CHINA-CANADA
CHINA-CANADA
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On May 8, 2023 the Canadian government declared Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei persona non grata, for allegedly targeting a Canadian lawmaker critical of China’s human rights reco...
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18-May 2023