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INDIA-CHINA BORDER DISPUTE
INDIA-CHINA BORDER DISPUTE
1.Context
Four-and-half years after the standoff between India and China, New Delhi and Beijing have agreed on the disengagement on the border where 50,000 to 6...
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10-Sep 2022
ROAD SAFETY BY GLOBAL NORMS
ROAD SAFETY
CONTEXT
Former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry was killed in a road accident on National Highway in Maharashtra. The tragedy has highlighted once again the high number of fataliti...
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10-Sep 2022
BANGALORE FLOODS
BANGALORE FLOODS
Source: The Hindu
Context
Bengaluru Urban and Rural, Ramanagara, Chikkaballapur, Kolar and Tumakuru are among the 11 districts that have received large excess rainfall, with depa...
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10-Sep 2022
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
Elizabeth II
1. About
Elizabeth is the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, who will become King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
In 1947 Princess Elizabeth married Pr...
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10-Sep 2022
ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION (EWS)
ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION( EWS)
1. Background
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, hearing petitions against the 10 per cent quota for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in governm...
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10-Sep 2022
CRUDE OIL AND ASSOCIATED INFLATION
CRUDE OIL AND ASSOCIATED INFLATION
1. Background
In a major relief to the Indian economy, Brent crude prices have fallen sharply over the last ten days.
If on the one hand, it is a reflecti...
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09-Sep 2022
INDIA's CONCERNS OVER PAKISTAN FLOODS
INDIA'S CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING PAKISTAN FLOODS
1. About
The monsoon flooding in Pakistan has been referred to as a “monsoon on steroids” and described as a “monster monsoon”.
T...
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09-Sep 2022
U.S MID TERM ELECTIONS
U.S MID-TERM ELECTIONS
Source: Hindu
CONTEXT
The U.S midterm elections will be held on Nov 2, 2022. In this election, every one of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 – sl...
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09-Sep 2022
GLOBAL PANDEMIC TREATY
Global Pandemic Treaty
Source: The Hindu
Introduction:
COVID-19 was counted as the most severe pandemic the world has faced in the last 100 years.
An e...
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09-Sep 2022
INSTANT LOAN APPS
INSTANT LOAN APPS
Source: The Hindu
1.Context
Several Indians have ended their lives owing to harassment by recovery agents of unregulated digital lending apps mostly linked to entities based in ...
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09-Sep 2022
KINGSWAY TO KARTAVYAPATH
KINGSWAY TO KARTAVYAPATH
Source: indianexpress
Context:
The iconic Rajpath, stretching from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate, was renamed Kartavya Path. “As we complete 75 yrs of Independence, i...
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09-Sep 2022
AMENDMENT TO THE LEGAL METROLOGY (PACKAGED COMMODITIES)RULES ,2011
AMENDMENT TO THE LEGAL METROLOGY (PACKAGED COMMODITIES) RULES 2011
Source: Hindu
CONTEXT
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Legal Metrology Division has notified a draft amendment to the Leg...
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08-Sep 2022
INDO US MILITARY COLLABRATION
INDO- US MILITARY COLLABORATION
Source: Hindu
CONTEXT
India and the U.S will undertake joint military drills in October in Auli; Uttarakhand. Auli is at an altitude of 10,000 feet and some 95...
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08-Sep 2022
CONTENT MODERATION ON WIKIPEDIA
CONTENT MODERATION ON WIKIPEDIA
Source: The Hindu
Context
India summoned officials of Wikipedia, in response to cricketer Arshdeep Singh's Wikipedia page being edited with misleading inform...
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08-Sep 2022
KERALA CRISIS- POST INDEPENDENT INDIA
KERALA CRISIS- Vimochana samaram of Kerala in 1958-59
1. Background
The political crisis that unfolded in Kerala exactly a decade after independence was probably (one of the) first true litmus t...
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08-Sep 2022