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STOCK EXCHANGE ROUTE
STOCK EXCHANGE ROUTE
1. Context
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has decided to phase out the buyback of shares of listed companies through the exchange route.
The regulator favo...
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23-Dec 2022
J&K LAND GRANT RULES 2022
J&K LAND GRANT RULES 2022
1. Context
The J& K Lieutenant Governor's administration notified fresh land rules under J&K Land Grants Rules-1960, which dealt with the special rules to grant governme...
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23-Dec 2022
UNCONTROLLED RE-ENTRIES OF SATELLITES
UNCONTROLLED RE-ENTRIES OF SATELLITES
1. Context
More than 140 experts and dignitaries have signed an open letter published by the Outer Space Institute (OSI) calling for both national and multi...
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23-Dec 2022
UN GLOBAL POPULATION PROSPECTS
GLOBAL POPULATION PROSPECTS
1.Background
According to the 2022 edition of the United Nations’ World Population Prospects (WPP), released on Monday, India is projected to surpass China as the w...
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23-Dec 2022
XBB VARIANT
XBB VARIANT
1.Context
The Union Ministry of Health has issued a statement emphatically rejecting the “fake and misleading” claims on social media that the XBB sub-variant of Omicron is “5 ti...
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23-Dec 2022
APPROPRIATION BILL
APPROPRIATION BILL
1. Context
The Union Finance Minister moved the Appropriation (No.5) Bill, 2022, and Appropriation (No.4) Bill, 2022, in the Rajya Sabha. The bill authorized payment and approp...
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22-Dec 2022
CHINAs ZERO COVID POLICY
CHINAs ZERO COVID POLICY
1. Context
China's health authorities Monday (December 19) announced two Covid-19 deaths the Country's first reported fatalities in weeks amid an expected surge of illnesse...
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22-Dec 2022
INVINCIBLE ORIGINALITY OF SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN
INVINCIBLE ORIGINALITY OF SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN
1. Context
Every year, Srinivasa Ramanujan's birth anniversary on December 22 is commemorated as National Mathematics Day.
2. Srinivasa Ramanujan Ea...
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22-Dec 2022
COMMITTEE ON CONTENT REGULATION IN GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING-(CCRGA)
COMMITTEE ON CONTENT REGULATION IN GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING-(CCRGA)
1. Context
Delhi Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) has directed the Chief Secretary to implement a 2016 Committee on Content Regulation in ...
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22-Dec 2022
AMRIT SAROVAR MISSION
AMRIT SAROVAR MISSION
1.About
Amrit Sarovar Mission was launched on 24 April 2022 with a view to conserve water for the future.
2.Aim
Mission Amrit Sarovar had initially planned a target...
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21-Dec 2022
INTERNET OF THINGS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN AGRICULTURE
INTERNET OF THINGS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN AGRICULTURE
1. Context
The government has taken up various activities using the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in A...
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21-Dec 2022
COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES HEALTH
COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES HEALTH
1. Context
According to the Ministry of Cooperation's mandate to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country and promote a cooperative-based economic development...
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21-Dec 2022
NEW GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK
NEW GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK
1. Context
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations agreement to conserve and sustainably use earth's biodiversity, got a boost at a confere...
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21-Dec 2022
CPI-AL and RL
CPI-AL and RL
1. Context
All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) (Base: 1986-87=100) registered an increase of 11 points each in June 2024, r...
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21-Dec 2022
BASE EDITING
BASE EDITING
1. Context:
Alyssa, a British teenager, is the first person in the world to benefit from Base editing-experimental cancer treatment.
2. Key Points:
In 2021, A...
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20-Dec 2022