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INDIAN NAVY
INDIAN NAVY
1. Context
The Indian Navy celebrates Navy Day on December 4 every year to commemorate the successful naval action at Karachi during the 1971 War.
2. Key Points
Over the past 75 yea...
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05-Dec 2022
CHINA INDIAN OCEAN REGION FORUM
CHINA INDIAN OCEAN REGION FORUM
1. Context
China’s top development aid agency convened the first “China-Indian Ocean Region Forum” in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming. The meeting organiz...
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05-Dec 2022
DIGIYATRA
DIGIYATRA
1. Context
The government has introduced paperless entry at select airports to make air travel hassle-free.
Under this initiative, airports will use facial recognition software called ...
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05-Dec 2022
DASH DIET
DASH DIET
1. Introduction
A recent study showed a higher incidence of heart attacks, heart failure & strokes with a higher frequency of adding salt to one's food.
Over 1.76 lakh participants fro...
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05-Dec 2022
SOIL MANAGEMENT
SOIL MANAGEMENT
1. Context
World Soil Day (WSD) 2022, annually observed on December 5, aligns with this, WSD 2022, with its guiding theme, 'Soils: Where food begins', is a means to raise awarenes...
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05-Dec 2022
SPECIAL PROVISIONS TO STATES
SPECIAL PROVISIONS TO STATES
1. Background
The Sangh Parivar has long argued that the special status accorded to Jammu & Kashmir in the Constitution has prevented its "full integration" into the I...
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05-Dec 2022
E-RUPEE
E-RUPEE
1. Context
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said the adoption of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), or digital currency, can help in making cross border pay...
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02-Dec 2022
EARTHS OXYGEN
EARTH'S OXYGEN
1. Introduction
The amount of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere makes it a habitable planet. Twenty-one percent of the atmosphere consists of this life-giving element. But in the ...
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02-Dec 2022
GLOBAL LAYOFFS
GLOBAL LAYOFFS
1. Context
Over the past two months, a slew of U.S. multinational companies including tech giants Amazon, Meta, Intel, and Twitter and financial behemoths like Citi and Morgan St...
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02-Dec 2022
PERSONAL RIGHTS
PERSONAL RIGHTS
1. Context
The Delhi High Court recently passed an interim order to prevent the unlawful use of Bollywood star Amitabh Bachan's name, image, and voice. The court, through its orde...
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02-Dec 2022
MALNUTRITION
MALNUTRITION
1.Context
Iron deficiency anaemia is responsible for 3.6% of disability-adjusted life years or DALYs (years of life lost due to premature mortality and years lived with disability)....
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01-Dec 2022
GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD (GIB)
GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD
1.Context
The Supreme Court has ruled that people have a “right to be free from the adverse effects of climate change”, which should be recognised by Articles 14 and 21 of...
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01-Dec 2022
GDP AND GVA
GDP AND GVA
1. Context
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released India's economic growth data for the second quarter of the current financial year (2022-23 or FY 23)....
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01-Dec 2022
MONEY TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
MONEY TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
1. Context
The money currently being channeled for climate action is barely one to 10 percent of the estimated requirements. At the recently concluded climate change...
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01-Dec 2022
RANSOMEWARE
RANSOMWARE
1. Context
Recently, e-services at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) were crippled by what is suspected to be a ransomware attack. The Delhi Police's Intelligence Fus...
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01-Dec 2022