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ADOPTIONS VS ABANDONMENT
ADOPTIONS VS ABANDONMENT
Source: indianexpress
CONTEXT
Data by the National Crime Records Bureau show that no less than 709 criminal cases of “exposure and abandonment of child under twelve ...
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03-Oct 2022
LEADERSHIP WITH ETHICS
LEADERSHIP WITH ETHICS
Source: The Indian Express
Context
The Second Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose birth anniversary is being observed on Oct 2, was known as a statesman par...
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03-Oct 2022
INDIA'S IMPACT ON GLOBAL WARMING
India's Impact on Global Warming
Source: The Hindu
Introduction:
The US Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) has pointed out that since the industrial revolution(1800),...
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03-Oct 2022
TOKENISATION
TOKENISATION
Source: The Indian Express
1.Context
The Reserve Bank of India's card-on-file (CoF) tokenisation norms have kicked in from October 1 2022, aimed at improving the security of card tra...
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03-Oct 2022
ABORTION RULING
ABORTION RULING
1.Context
The Supreme Court in a significant judgment said it is unconstitutional to distinguish between married and unmarried women for allowing termination of pregnancy on ...
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03-Oct 2022
BANDAVGARH TIGER RESERVE
BANDAVGARH TIGER RESERVE
1.CONTEXT
The Archaeological Survey of India reported 26 Buddhist caves in Madhya Pradesh Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
2.FINDINGS
Caves the earliest of which date...
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01-Oct 2022
5 G SERVICES
5 G SERVICES
Source: Indian Express
CONTEXT
Prime Minister will launch 5 G in select cities while inaugurating the sixth edition of the Indian mobile congress
ABOUT 5G
5G is the 5th generat...
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01-Oct 2022
NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM
NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM
1.Context
Systematic Lump Sum Withdrawal (SLW) will allow systematic payment of NPS corpus on a monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annual basis for 75 years.
2.Pensio...
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01-Oct 2022
KEIBUL LAMJAO CONSERVATION AREA
KEIBUL LAMJAO CONSERVATION
Source: indianexpress
Description:
Keibul Lamjao Conservation Area comprises a core area of Keibul Lamjao National Park(KLNP) of 40 sq km,...
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30-Sep 2022
NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
1.Context
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Celebrated its 18th Formation Day on September 28, 2022, in New Delhi.
The theme for this yea...
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30-Sep 2022
INR VOLATILITY
INR VOLATILITY
Source: The Indian Express
Context
As Central banks continue to raise interest rates amid rising inflation, the US economy has seen a sharp inflow of funds, leading to the dollar str...
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30-Sep 2022
NATIONAL LOGISTIC POLICY
NATIONAL LOGISTIC POLICY
Source: indianexpress
Why in news?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the National Logistics Policy on Saturday (September 17), aimed at easing the movement of goo...
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30-Sep 2022
IRAN
IRAN
SOURCE –INDIAN EXPRESS
CONTEXT
Khomeini established his clerical rule after Iran’s 1979revolution, many expected the new regime to collapse but he purged internal dissent and consolidate...
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29-Sep 2022
TRUSS-KWARTENG MINI-BUDGET
TRUSS-KWARTENG MINI-BUDGET
Source: The Indian Express
Context
The Mini-budget presented last week by Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng of the new Conservative government under Prime Mini...
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29-Sep 2022
PM PRANAM SCHEME
PM PRANAM SCHEME
Source: indianexpress
Why in news?
In order to reduce the use of chemical fertilisers by incentivising states, the Union government plans to introduce a new scheme – PM PRANA...
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29-Sep 2022