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JALLIANWALA BAGH
JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE
1.Context
On April 13, 1919, what was planned as a protest gathering of Indians in a compound called Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, in then British-ruled India...
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14-Apr 2023
NATIONAL PARTY AND STATE PARTY
NATIONAL PARTY AND STATE PARTY
1. Context
A head of the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, the Arvind Kejriwal Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) received a shot in the arm from the Election Commission of I...
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14-Apr 2023
DOCTRINE OF PLEASURE
DOCTRINE OF PLEASURE
1. Context
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president, M.K. Stalin, has urged the Chief Ministers of the States ruled by parties other than the BJP to get resolutions passed...
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13-Apr 2023
SERIOUS FRAUD INVESTIGATION OFFICE (SFIO)
SERIOUS FRAUD INVESTIGATION OFFICE (SFIO)
1. Background
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office is a statutory corporate fraud investigating agency in India.
As per the Companies Act, 2013,...
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13-Apr 2023
JUPITER ICY MOONS EXPLORER MISSION
JUICE
1. Context
The European Space Agency (ESA) is all set to launch the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or Juice, mission on April 13, 2023, from its spaceport in French Guiana on an Ariane 5 launcher...
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13-Apr 2023
TEJA SINGH SUTANTAR
TEJA SINGH SUTANTAR
1. Context
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann unveiled a statue of Teja Singh Sutantar, former Sangrur MP and revolutionary leader, on April 12, at Nihalgarh village in Sangrur distri...
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13-Apr 2023
UDHAMPUR SRINAGAR BARAMULLA RAILWAY LINE (USBRL)
HISTORY OF TRAIN TO KASHMIR
1. Context
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said last month that a Vande Bharat Express will run between Jammu and Kashmir “in December [2023] or January-February ...
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13-Apr 2023
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
1. Context
Due to the sheer volume of information and scale of operations that the Indian Parliament is required to undertake, it is not feasible to take up all issues on...
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13-Apr 2023
LARGE HADRON COLLIDER
LARGE HADRON COLLIDER
1. Context
The world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), will begin smashing protons into each other at unprecedented levels of energy begin...
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13-Apr 2023
KUDMI COMMUNITY
KUDMI COMMUNITY
1. Context
Kudmi community, which is demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and the inclusion of their language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, lifted their agita...
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13-Apr 2023
GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT
GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT
1. Context
US President Joe Biden is to visit Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, on Tuesday (April 11, 2023) to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement...
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12-Apr 2023
GURU TEGH BAHADUR
GURU TEGH BAHADUR
1. Context
The ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur's 401st birth anniversary was celebrated across the country on April 11th, 2023.
2. The Early life
The Guru was born in Amrit...
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12-Apr 2023
JYOTI RAO PHULE JYOTI RAO PHULE
1. Context
The nation is remembering renowned social reformer, thinker, writer and anti- caste activist Mahatma Jyotiba Phule on his 196th birth anniversary. Jyotiba Phule, who...
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12-Apr 2023
CENTRE VS STATE OF DELHI
CENTRE VS STATE OF DELHI
1. Context
The Centre recently introduced the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha, reviving the dispute on the distribut...
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12-Apr 2023
ONLINE GAMING
ONLINE GAMING: CENTRE VS TAMILNADU
1. Context
The state’s assembly passed the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Ordinance, 2022 last October. However, in...
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12-Apr 2023