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WHO SHOULD PAY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE
1.Background
At the G-20 summit in Bali, rich nations including the U.S., Japan and Canada have pledged $20 billion to wean Indonesia off coal. The U.S. and Japan have led the I...
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16-Feb 2023
TAXING WINDFALL PROFITS
TAXING WINDFALL PROFITS
1. Context
Recently, the Union government hiked the windfall profit tax levied on domestically-produced crude oil as well as on the export of diesel and aviation turbine fu...
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16-Feb 2023
INDIA'S MENTAL HEALTHCARE ACT
INDIA'S MENTAL HEALTHCARE ACT
1. Context
In a report, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) flagged the "inhuman and deplorable" condition of all 46 government-run mental healthcare instituti...
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16-Feb 2023
MARBURG VIRUS
MARBURG VIRUS
1. Context
Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease, following the deaths of at least nine people in Kie-Ntem province, the country’s health min...
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15-Feb 2023
IT SURVEY AND SEARCH
IT SURVEY AND SEARCH
1. Context
The Income Tax (I-T) Department on February 14 conducted surveys at the premises of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Delhi and Mumbai.
2. About I-T Sur...
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15-Feb 2023
GEO HERITAGE SITES AND GEO RELICS BILL
GEO HERITAGE SITES AND GEO RELICS BILL
1. Context
February 14 is the last day for comments and suggestions to be sent in for the draft Geo-heritage Sites and Geo-relics (Preservation and Maintenance...
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15-Feb 2023
JAMIAT ULAMA-I-HIND
JAMIAT ULAMA-I-HIND
1. Context
Maulana Arshad Madani, president of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (Arshad Madani faction) was recently in the eye of a storm for saying that "Om and Allah are one".
2. Key Poi...
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15-Feb 2023
DEPUTY SPEAKER
DEPUTY SPEAKER
1. Context
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and five states namely Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand -over the failure to...
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15-Feb 2023
Millet Cultivation in North-East India
Millet Cultivation in North-East India
1.Introduction
Millets are often grown in tropical and subtropical regions at an altitude of 2100 m. Being a heat-loving plant, 8-10 degrees C is the requir...
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14-Feb 2023
BASHINI
BASHINI
1. Context
As the battle between tech giants Google and Microsoft over the future of Internet search intensifies, something enormously significant is happening in India, seeking to harness t...
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14-Feb 2023
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MILLETS
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MILLETS
The United Nations general assembly has declared the year 2023 "International year of Millets.
The initiative led by UN Resolution was adopted with the support fro...
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14-Feb 2023
ANTI-CHEATING LAW
ANTI-CHEATING LAW
1. Context
A day after a protest in Dehradun over paper leaks and scams in the government recruitment tests turned violent, the Uttarakhand Governor Friday gave his assent to an o...
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14-Feb 2023
INDIA's FISCAL DILEMMA
INDIA's FISCAL DILEMMA
1. Context
The recently announced budget affords a good opportunity to take stock of the fiscal situation.
Most obviously, it is the last full budget before the 2024 electio...
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14-Feb 2023
DAYANAND SARASWATI
DAYANAND SARASWATI
1. Context
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday (February 12) paid tribute to Dayanand Saraswati on the 200th birth anniversary of the social reformer, hailing his contributions...
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14-Feb 2023
INDIAN AGRICULTURE EXPORTS
INDIAN AGRICULTURE EXPORTS
1. Context
India’s agricultural exports are poised to scale a new peak in the financial year ending March 31, 2023. But so are imports, bringing down the overall farm t...
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13-Feb 2023