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CORRUPT PRACTICES OF RPA 1951
"CORRUPT PRACTICES" UNDER THE REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE'S ACT 1951
1.Context
Supreme Court observed that no one in India votes for a candidate based on their educational qualifications and, th...
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24-Feb 2023
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)
1. Context
A 53-year-old man from Germany referred to as the Dusseldorf patient, has become at least the third person to have been cured of HIV with the virus not...
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24-Feb 2023
INDIA'S TARGETS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
INDIA'S TARGETS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
1. Context
Speaking at the UN climate conference in Glasgow earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shortened the timeline on the country’s existing clim...
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24-Feb 2023
DATA FOR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENTS (MP)
HOW DATA CAN EMPOWER MP'S
1.Introduction
India’s parliamentary constituencies (PCs) serve a dual role as geographical and administrative policy units headed by democratically elected Members o...
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24-Feb 2023
INDIAN COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
ICAR
1. Context
The Union Agriculture Ministry announced that it had set up a committee to monitor the situation arising from the increase in temperatures and its impact if any on the current wheat...
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23-Feb 2023
VENICE
VENICE CANALS
1.Context
With some of Venice’s secondary canals almost drying up in the past few days, images of docked water taxis, gondolas and ambulance boats have garnered a lot of attentio...
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23-Feb 2023
UPI GLOBAL
UPI GLOBAL
1. Context
India's real-time retail payment system Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which has allowed for quick digital payments through apps like Bharat Pe and Paytm, and its equivalent...
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23-Feb 2023
KEELADI
KEELADI
1. Context
Keeladi is a tiny hamlet in the Sivaganga district in south Tamil Nadu. It is about 12 km southeast of Madurai's temple city and is located along the Vaigai river. The excavati...
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23-Feb 2023
BURKINA FASO
BURKINA FASO
1. Context
Burkina Faso was announced led by France in the country.
France signed a military agreement with Burkina Faso in 2018 to achieve stability against the threat of Islamist mil...
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23-Feb 2023
ABNORMAL IS NEW NORMAL
HEAT WAVE
1. Context
It is still February, technically a winter month, and temperatures in some parts of the country are touching 40 degrees Celsius. There are already concerns over the possibility ...
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22-Feb 2023
CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION
CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION
1. Context
The Central Water Commission (CWC), Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti entered into a Memorandum of ...
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22-Feb 2023
VOSTRO ACCOUNTS
VOSTRO ACCOUNTS
1. Context
Government officials informed that 20 Russian banks, including Rosbank, Tinkoff Bank, Centro Credit Bank and Credit Bank of Moscow have opened Special Rupee Vostro Account...
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22-Feb 2023
EL-NINO
EL-NINO
1. Context
India is experiencing a colder-than-normal winter thanks to the north-south winter flow set up by the weather phenomenon known as La Nina.
2. Key points
La Nina itself is go...
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22-Feb 2023
FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA
DEMENTIA
1.Context
In 2022, the 67-year-old action movie star was diagnosed with aphasia — difficulty with language and speech
2.About Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal dementia...
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22-Feb 2023
AUTISM DISORDER
AUTISM DISORDER
1. Context
Recently, an talks about ‘Fix your gut, fix your brain’ used to be an underrated idea, but it is today gaining in relevance as more and more research throws light on th...
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21-Feb 2023