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SPECIAL MARRIAGES ACT
SPECIAL MARRIAGES ACT
1. Context
For several interfaith couples including actress Swara Bhasker and her partner Farhad Zirar Ahmad, the choice to marry under a secular personal law is through the S...
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21-Feb 2023
STOCK MARKET IN INDIA
STOCK MARKET IN INDIA
1. Context
The Supreme Court asked the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the government to produce the existing regulatory framework in place to protect inves...
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21-Feb 2023
POLIO VIRUS
POLIO VIRUS
1. Context
The West Bengal government announced that it was introducing an additional dose of injectable polio vaccine as part of the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) for Children...
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21-Feb 2023
CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI
CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI
1. Context
The 391st birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was celebrated across the country on February 19.
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2. Key points
For a long time i...
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20-Feb 2023
AIR INDIA'S MEGA ORDER
AIR INDIA'S MEGA ORDER
1. Context
Tata Group-owned Air India (AI) placed two mega orders adding up to a staggering 470 aircraft for 250 planes with Europe's Airbus consortium and 220 with Boeing Co...
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20-Feb 2023
ISRAEL'S NEW CITIZENSHIP LAW
ISRAEL'S NEW CITIZENSHIP LAW
1.Context
Israel’s parliament Knesset on February 15 passed a law that allows it to deport and “strip convicted terrorists who receive funding from the Palesti...
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20-Feb 2023
STANDARD MODEL THEORY
STANDARD MODEL THEORY
1. Context
In an astonishing feat of metrology, physicists recently reported measuring the electron's magnetic moment with a precision of 0.13 parts per trillion (ppt).
2. Ke...
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20-Feb 2023
PLUTO
CONTROVERSIAL STORY OF PLUTO
1.Context
Pluto has been discovered on February 18, 1930
The search for Pluto was paused for fourteen years post Lowell’s passing in 1915, resumed by a 23-year...
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20-Feb 2023
TIPU SULTAN
TIPU SULTAN
1. Context
Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel triggered yet another controversy recently when he asked people to chase away Tipu Sultan supporters “to the forest” as “only tho...
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17-Feb 2023
LAVANI
LAVANI
1. Context
NCP leader Ajit Pawar has directed members of his party to not organise raunchy public shows in the name of Lavani, a folk song and dance performance that is popular in Maharasht...
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17-Feb 2023
MINISTRY OF COOPERATION
MINISTRY OF COOPERATION
1. Context
Recently, the government announced the formation of a separate Union Ministry of Cooperation, a subject that till date was looked after by the Ministry of Agric...
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17-Feb 2023
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT (CAD)
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
1. Context
While data released by the government shows that India's exports and imports declined by 6.59 per cent and 3.63 per cent respectively in January.
2. What is a Cu...
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17-Feb 2023
MEHRAULI
MEHRAULI: DELHI
1.Context
The demolishing authorities claimed that the houses encroached on government land – belonging to the Mehrauli Archaeological Park, protected by the Archaeological Survey...
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17-Feb 2023
DWARF PLANET
DWARF PLANET
1. Context
Astronomers have found a ring around a dwarf planet, located in the Kuiper Belt at the solar system’s edge, called Quaoar, according to a new study. The ring, however, is pos...
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16-Feb 2023
MARGINAL COST OF FUND-BASED LENDING RATES
MARGINAL COST OF FUND-BASED LENDING RATES
1. Context
Following the 25 basis points (bps) hike in repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India, multiple lenders have raised their marginal cost of fund-base...
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16-Feb 2023