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DATA LOCALISATION

DATA LOCALISATION 1. Context Most countries mandate data created within their borders remain stored within its borders. Such stringent laws, while allowing governments and their law enforcement a...

14-Nov 2022

CoP 27 (1.5 DERGESS AT CLIFF EDGE)

CoP 27 (1.5 DERGESS AT CLIFF EDGE) 1. Context The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022- COP27- Opened in Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) to ensure full implementation of the Paris Agreement adop...

14-Nov 2022

GLOBAL DASHBOARD

GLOBAL DASHBOARD 1. Background The global dashboard for vaccine equality is a joint effort by United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the World health organisation (WHO), and the University of...

14-Nov 2022

GREEN BOND FRAMEWORK

FRAMEWORK FOR SOVEREIGN GREEN SCHEME 1.Introduction: India's commitment to the preservation of the environment is enshrined in Article 48-A of the Constitution. Initia...

12-Nov 2022

I&B MINISTRY REGULATION OVER CONTENT

I&B MINISTRY REGULATION OVER CONTENT 1.Context The Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) informed Media One, a Malayalam-language news channel, through an order that its broadcast licenc...

11-Nov 2022

DEMONETIZATION 1. What is Demonetization? Demonetization is the act of stripping a currency unit of its status as legal tender. It occurs whenever there is a change in national currency. The curr...

11-Nov 2022

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS 1. Ethics Ethics is a branch of philosophy that defines what is right and what is wrong. We follow ethics everywhere, we follow moral values and a code of conduct and we are ...

11-Nov 2022

ETHICS-CASE STUDY

ETHICS-CASE STUDY 1. Context Here recognizing the efforts of Minal Karnwal, Development Officer at the Nandurbar Project on the subject of Education and the learning gap specifically. Going beyon...

11-Nov 2022

KHERSON 1. Context Ukraine's defence and intelligence unit has reported on the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson but predicts it to be a delusion for a retreat. 2. Kherson and its signifi...

11-Nov 2022

DELHI AIR POLLUTION

DELHI AIR POLLUTION 1. Context Delhi was once again covered in a haze of smog, witnessing very poor air quality, a phenomenon that has become a trend during the winter months. The share of veh...

10-Nov 2022

INFLATION TARGETING FRAMEWORK

INFLATION TARGETING FRAMEWORK 1. Context The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to conduct an off-cycle meeting today to discuss the failure to meet the inflation target under Section 45Z...

10-Nov 2022

INDIAS FIRST PRIVATE SATELLITE VEHICLE-VIKRAM-S

INDIA'S FIRST PRIVATE SATELLITE VEHICLE-VIKRAM-S 1. Context India's first privately developed launch vehicle is set to make its maiden flight from the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) ...

10-Nov 2022

PART-TIME DEGREES- PhD REGULATIONS

PART-TIME DEGREES- PhD REGULATIONS 1. Context The UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of PhD Degree) Regulations, 2022 notified on November 7, which replace the Rules notified in 2016....

10-Nov 2022

RAKHIGARHI 1.Context ASI's latest excavation has revealed new archaeological findings. The major findings include a drainage system, the structure of some houses, lanes, jewellery unit, copper...

09-Nov 2022

GLYPHOSATE 1. Context: The Union Agriculture Ministry restricted the use of glyphosate, a widely used herbicide. The Supreme court is about to take up a plea seeking a ban on all her...

09-Nov 2022