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WORLD MALARIA DAY 2023
WORLD MALARIA DAY 2023
1. Context
World Malaria Day 2023 will be marked under the theme “Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement”.
2. About Malaria Disease
Malaria is a life-t...
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27-Apr 2023
SUDAN CONFLICT
SUDAN CONFLICT
1. Context
Around 530 Indians have been evacuated from Sudan so far with 250 people taken to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia via an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft and 278 on an Indian Navy S...
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27-Apr 2023
UREA RULES IN INDIA
UREA RULES IN INDIA
1. Context
In May 2015, the Centre made it mandatory to coat all indigenously manufactured and imported urea with neem oil.
This was followed by replacing 50 kg bags with 45...
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27-Apr 2023
NUCLEAR LIABILITY LAW IN INDIA
NUCLEAR LIABILITY LAW IN INDIA
1. Context
The issues regarding India’s nuclear liability law continue to hold up more than a decade old plan to build six nuclear power reactors in Maharashtra’s Jai...
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27-Apr 2023
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
1. Context
On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) began rounding up Armenian political and cultural leaders in Constantinople, marking the beginning of what would co...
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26-Apr 2023
SOCIAL SECURITY FOR GIG WORKERS
SOCIAL SECURITY FOR GIG WORKERS
1. Context
Recently the Rajasthan government announced the Rajasthan Platform-based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023, which has stringent provisions...
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26-Apr 2023
TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
1. Context
There was news recently that March 2023 was the second warmest March on record. The monthly report and the subsequent endoftheyear annual summary by the U.S. N...
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26-Apr 2023
GENOME INDIA PROJECT
GENOME INDIA PROJECT
1. Context
The Department of Biotechnology recently said that the exercise to sequence 10, 000 Indian human genomes and create a database under the Centrebacked Genome India Pr...
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26-Apr 2023
OFFSETS
OFFSETS
1. Context
Offsets have come under fire as a way for companies to compensate for carbon emissions through eco projects elsewhere.
Swedish fast-food Chain Max seems not only does the company...
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25-Apr 2023
POLAR SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE (PSLV) PSLV
1. Context
Recently ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) successfully placed two Singapore satellites into their intended orbits.
2. History of PSLV
The PSLV is one of ISRO’s mos...
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25-Apr 2023
PONZI SCHEME
PONZI SCHEME
1. Context
The government is working to clamp down on financial apps that are taking investors for a ride, with false promises of lucrative returns, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman ...
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25-Apr 2023
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE DEAL
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE DEAL
1. Context
Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements Friday with Turkey and the U.N., clearing the way for exporting millions of tons of desperately needed Ukrainian g...
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25-Apr 2023
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
1. Context
Deficient rain, relatively high humidity in the air, and rising temperature made it a triple whammy of sorts for the people in the different parts of the country, with t...
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25-Apr 2023
WAGNER GROUP
WAGNER GROUP
1. Context
After fighting erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on April 15, 2023 questions have been raised over the involvement of the Wagner group, which has been active in African ...
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25-Apr 2023
G-SECS
G-SECS
1.Introduction
G-secs, or government securities or government bonds, are instruments that governments use to borrow money.
G-secs are different from everyday lending between two priva...
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25-Apr 2023