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MP's DISQUALIFICATION
MP's DISQUALIFICATION
1. Context
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Thursday held guilty and sentenced to two years in jail by a Surat court in a 2019 defamation case.
The Conviction came over hi...
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24-Mar 2023
PMAY- URBAN
PMAY- URBAN
1. Context
The Centre has committed Rs 2.01 lakh crore for the PMAY-U, of which Rs 1.18 lakh crore has been released and Rs 1.10 lakh crore has been spent.
2. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yoj...
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23-Mar 2023
INDIA's POWER DEMANDS
INDIA's POWER DEMANDS
1. Context
Surging power demand in India poses a challenge for a country where solar power is growing rapidly but generation capacity is stretched when the sun goes down.
In ...
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23-Mar 2023
KOZHIKODE PROJECT
KOZHIKODE PROJECT
1. Context
The Kerala government recently announced the State’s first wastetoenergy project in Kozhikode. The planned facility is expected to be built in two years and generat...
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23-Mar 2023
XBB.1.16
XBB.1.16
1. Context
Over the past three years and multiple waves of infection, the SARSCoV2 virus continues to evolve by accumulating genetic variations.
2. About Recombinants
Coinfection of ...
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23-Mar 2023
FEMININE MYSTIQUE
FEMININE MYSTIQUE
1.Background
Feminine mystique was one of the most influential concepts in the feminist movement, known to have triggered second-wave feminism in the U.S. in the 1960s.
The ...
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23-Mar 2023
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (HDI)
1. Context
India is now one of the fastest-growing economies globally. However, this growth has not resulted in a corresponding increase in its Human Development Ind...
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23-Mar 2023
WILLOW OIL PROJECT
WILLOW OIL PROJECT
1. Context
The United States President Joe Biden's administration formally approved a controversial oil drilling project in Alaska known as Willow, drawing fierce criticism from e...
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21-Mar 2023
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
1. Context
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 17, 2023, for the alleged war crime of un...
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21-Mar 2023
DOCTRINE OF 'DOUBLE JEOPARDY'
DOCTRINE OF DOUBLE JEOPARDY
1.Context
A Delhi court on Saturday sentenced two former Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials to three years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 5,000 each, in a ...
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21-Mar 2023
ZOONOSES THEORY
ZOONOSES THEORY
1. Context
In the neverending debate about the origin of the virus that set off the COVID19 pandemic, there is now fresh grist for the mill for those who have held out for the z...
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21-Mar 2023
RECYCLING OF PLASTICS
CAN PLASTICS BE RECYCLED?
1.Context
With only 9% of annual plastic waste recycled, the myth that we can recycle our way out of a mounting plastic pollution crisis doesn’t add up. Around 85% of...
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21-Mar 2023
FOREIGN LAW FIRMS IN INDIA
FOREIGN LAW FIRMS IN INDIA
1. Context
Five years after the Supreme Court allowed foreign law firms and foreign lawyers to visit India for a temporary period for giving legal advice to their clients...
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21-Mar 2023
GENERATIVE AI
GENERATIVE AI
1. Context
Generative artificial intelligence has become a buzzword this year, capturing the public’s fancy and sparking a rush among Microsoft and Alphabet to launch products with ...
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20-Mar 2023
DE-INDUSTRIALISATION OF INDIA
DEINDUSTRIALISATION OF INDIA
1. Context
Oxford Union, a prominent debating society at Oxford University, is celebrating its second centenary this year.
2. Key Points
Public figures ranging from...
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20-Mar 2023