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PM SVANIDHI
PM SVANIDHI
1. Context
The PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme, which was launched in June amid the pandemic, is a micro-credit facility that provides street vendors a colla...
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18-Apr 2023
SACHAR COMMITTEE
SACHAR COMMITTEE
1. Context
Reports that the Union government intends to appoint a national commission to study the status of Dalits (ex "untouchable" castes) belonging to the Muslim and Christian c...
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18-Apr 2023
LONG PERIOD AVERAGE (LPA)
LONG-PERIOD AVERAGE (LPA)
1. Context
The country is likely to receive a normal monsoon for the fourth consecutive year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its first Long Rang...
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18-Apr 2023
INDIA'S MILK PRODUCTION
INDIA'S MILK PRODUCTION
1. Context
Till mid-October last year, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul) was charging consumers Rs 10 per liter more for full-cream milk compared to ton...
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17-Apr 2023
FLASH DROUGHTS
FLASH DROUGHTS
1. Context
The study found that flash droughts occurred more often than slower ones in tropical places like India, Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Amazon Basin. Human-cause...
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17-Apr 2023
BAISAKHI FESTIVAL
BAISAKI FESTIVAL 2023
1.Background
The Sikh community celebrated Baisakhi with religious fervour and traditional enthusiasm across Jammu and Kashmir
The Sikh community with traditional ...
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17-Apr 2023
VIRGINIA NORWOOD
VIRGINIA NORWOOD
1. Context
Virginia Norwood, an aerospace pioneer who invented the scanner that has been used to map and study the Earth from space for more than 50 years, has died at her home i...
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17-Apr 2023
SPACE X BIG STAR SHIP
SPACE X BIG STAR SHIP
1. Context
Elon Musk's SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth Starship.
It's the biggest and mightiest rocket ever...
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17-Apr 2023
NAGA COMMUNITY
NAGA ANCESTRAL HUMAN REMAINS
1. Context
The Naga community of Northeast India has initiated an overseas repatriation effort to bring their ancestral human remains home from a museum in Brit...
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15-Apr 2023
MAHAD SATYAGRAHA MAHAD SATYAGRAHA
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The republic must mark the centenary of the Mahad Satyagraha with the seriousness it deserves; it calls for a year of honest reckoning to ask whether the constitu...
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15-Apr 2023
UTTARMERUR INSCRIPTION
UTTARMERUR INSCRIPTION
1. Context
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (April 14 2023 ) referred to the Uttaramerur inscription in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, while discussing India’s democra...
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15-Apr 2023
AMBEDKAR JAYANTHI AMBEDKAR JAYANTHI
1. Context
On the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14), we look at Dr. Ambekar's early life and his contribution to Indian society and the issue of separate electorates, Dr. ...
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14-Apr 2023
VIBRANT VILLAGES PROGRAMME
VIBRANT VILLAGES PROGRAMME
1. Context
Recently, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was in Arunachal Pradesh for the launch of the Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) in the border village of Kibithoo.
The...
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14-Apr 2023
MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT 1961 MATERNITY BENEFIT TO ADOPTIVE MOTHERS
1. Context
The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Section 5(4) of the Maternity Benefit Act, 196...
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14-Apr 2023
DABBA TRADING
DABBA TRADING
1. Context
In the past week, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) issued a string of notices naming entities involved in ‘dabba trading’. The bourse cautioned retail investors to not s...
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14-Apr 2023