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SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEMONETISATION
DEMONETISATION
1. Context
The Supreme court upheld the government's decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 by a 4:1 majority. Rather than the effect of the decision, the ...
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09-Jan 2023
HUMAN VALUES
HUMAN VALUES
1. About Values
Value has its Latin origin and it comes from the word, VALERE. The meaning is, "to be of worth.”
So either the value of a product or an action carries a significant ...
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09-Jan 2023
KARL MARX CAPITALISM
KARL MARX CAPITALISM
1. Background
One reason for 19th-century philosopher Karl Marx’s enduring appeal to date is his analysis of capitalism’s ills.
Marx in his lifetime saw only the nascence of ...
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06-Jan 2023
SATYENDRA NATH BOSE
SATYENDRA NATH BOSE
1. Background
When a relatively unknown Kolkata-born teacher wrote a letter to Albert Einstein in 1924 about his breakthrough in quantum mechanics, nobody knew he was going to ...
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06-Jan 2023
FREEDOM CAUCUS
FREEDOM CAUCUS
1. Context
Republicans in the House of Representatives failed for a second straight day to elect a leader on Wednesday (January 4), as a faction of holdouts continued to not vote f...
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06-Jan 2023
WORLD HERITAGE SITE (VADNAGAR)
VADNAGAR AS WORLD HERITAGE SITE
1.Context
Two sites in Gujarat have made it to the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites: Vadnagar, and the Sun Temple of Modhera, both in the Meh...
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06-Jan 2023
ALDERMAN
ALDERMAN
1. Context
In the recent municipal corporation elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) beat the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a slender margin, and mayor elections are due on Fr...
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06-Jan 2023
SAVITRIBAI PHULE SAVITRIBAI PHULE
1. Context
Recently, The Prime Minister paid homage to Savitribai Phule on her birth anniversary.
2. Savitribai Phule (Kavya Phule, 1854)
A Dalit woman from the Mali commu...
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05-Jan 2023
ARCHEOLOGIAL SURVEY OF INDIA
ARCHEOLOGIAL SURVEY OF INDIA
1. Context
Fifty of India’s 3,693 centrally protected monuments have gone missing, the Ministry of Culture has told Parliament.
The submissions were made by the ministr...
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05-Jan 2023
GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION
1. Context
The government has formally approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission with the stated aim of making India a global hub for the production of green hydrogen. T...
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05-Jan 2023
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
1.Introduction
Factors of production are resources that are thought to be the basic building blocks of production in any economy.
Land, labour, and capital are widely co...
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05-Jan 2023
HEAT DOME
HEAT DOME
1. Context
Several parts of Europe witnessed an unprecedented winter heat wave over New Year’s weekend.
Calling it an “extreme event”, experts said that temperatures increased 10 to 20...
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05-Jan 2023
HIGH POWER LADAKH COMMITTEE
HIGH POWER LADAKH COMMITTEE
1. Context
The Ministry of Home Affairs constituted a high-powered committee for the Union Territory of Ladakh. The committee will discuss measures to protect the r...
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05-Jan 2023
GENE THERAPY
GENE THERAPY
1. Context
Scientists in the United Kingdom testing a new form of cancer therapy, reported success in a teenaged girl, Alyssia, with a form of cancer called T-cell acute lympho...
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05-Jan 2023
RHINO TASK FORCE OF ASSAM
RHINO TASK FORCE OF ASSAM
1. Context
In conservation efforts for the greater one-horned rhinoceros population in India, the largest strategy is an examination of rhino dung to understand the heal...
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04-Jan 2023