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CRISIS IN EUROPE
CRISIS IN EUROPE
1.Context
The 27 heads of European Union nations gathered in Brussels for a two-day meeting, and on their agenda is the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis that has sent th...
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21-Oct 2022
VULTURES
VULTURES
1. Introduction:
The Tamil Nadu Government formed a committee to set up an institutional framework for the effective conservation of vultures. Tamil Nadu is home ...
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21-Oct 2022
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE COMMITTEE
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE COMMITTEE
1. Context
The 11th volume of the Report of the official Language Committee submitted to the President of India on September 9, 2022, did not seem to evoke much intere...
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21-Oct 2022
OCTOBER STORM
OCTOBER STORM
1. Context
The first tropical cyclone of the Post Monsoon season of 2022 is likely to form in the Bay of Bengal on October 24, the Indian Metrological Department (IMD) has said.
If r...
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21-Oct 2022
LOTHAL
LOTHAL
1. Context:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening reviewed the construction of the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) site at Gujarat’s Lothal via video conferencing
2...
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21-Oct 2022
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
1. Context
Talking about Putin's possible use of nukes in Ukraine and Sixty years on, revisiting the Cuban missile crisis, recently invoked by Biden.
2. Cuban missile crisis...
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20-Oct 2022
UNSC-1267
UNSC-1267
1. Context
On Wednesday, China placed a "hold" on a joint India-U.S. proposal to designate Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Shahid Mehmood under the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) 1267...
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20-Oct 2022
UNIFICATION CHURCH
UNIFICATION CHURCH
1. Context
On October 17, the Japanese government ordered an immediate investigation into the unification church, a religious group that has come under scrutiny after the assas...
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20-Oct 2022
LIFE FOR CLIMATE ACTION
LIFE FOR CLIMATE ACTION
1. Context
The United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report has warned that global human development measures have declined across most countries in the ...
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20-Oct 2022
INTERPOL
INTERPOL
1.Why in news?
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the 90th Interpol General Assembly in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Earlier, Interpol rejected a second request by India t...
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20-Oct 2022
INS ARIHANT
INS ARIHANT
1. Context
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Friday (October 14) that the indigenous ballistic missile nuclear submarine INS Arihant had successfully launched a nuclear-capabl...
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19-Oct 2022
DIGITAL BANKING UNITS
DIGITAL BANKING UNITS
1. Context
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (October 16 ) dedicated 75 digital banking units to the nations, taking forward an announcement that was made in the 2022-2...
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19-Oct 2022
ONE NATION ONE FERTILIZER SCHEME
ONE NATION ONE FERTILIZER SCHEME
1. Context
The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers announced that it has been decided to implement One Nation One Fertilizer by introducing a "Single brand for ...
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19-Oct 2022
LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE
LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE
1. Background
In 2017, astrophysicists observed an unusual feat among the stars.
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave (LIGO) observatories recorded ...
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19-Oct 2022
MAHAKAL TEMPLE IN UJJAIN
MAHAKAL TEMPLE IN UJJAIN
1. Why in the news
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of the ‘Shri Mahakal Lok’ corridor in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain on Tuesday.
After Vishwanat...
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19-Oct 2022