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NDPS ACT
NDPS ACT
Source: indianexpress
CONTEXT
While granting bail to a man arrested on June 1 for possessing 29 kg of bhang and 400 gm of ganja, since the ganja recovered was below commercial quanti...
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01-Sep 2022
GORBACHEV AND INDIA
GORBACHEV AND INDIA
Source: The Indian Express
Context
Mikhail Gorbachev died on Wednesday at the age of 92, came to the helm of the Soviet Union just a few months after a forced leaders...
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01-Sep 2022
ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR PLANT
ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR PLANT
Source: The Indian Express
Context
On Tuesday, a team of officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Ukraine to assess the co...
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01-Sep 2022
ANTI RADIATION PILLS
Anti-Radiation Pills
Source: The Indian Express
Context:
The European Union decided to preemptively supply 5.5 million anti-radiation pills to be distributed among ...
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01-Sep 2022
UNITED NATIONS HIGH SEAS TREATY
UNITED NATIONS HIGH SEAS TREATY
Source: indianexpress
CONTEXT
Negotiations involving 168 countries including European Union to agree on a UN treaty for protecting oceans failed on Saturday...
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30-Aug 2022
BAIL
BAIL
Source: Hindu
CONTEXT
The jurisprudence of bail is anchored on the bedrock of Article 21 of the constitution which safeguards not only life but also liberty by commanding that libert...
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30-Aug 2022
DARK ENERGY
DARK ENERGY
1.Dark Energy :
Our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate & the reason is unknown. This seemingly contradicts current scientific knowledge of...
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30-Aug 2022
5G ARCHITECTURE
5G ARCHITECTURE
Source: The Indian Express
Context
India's largest telecom company Reliance Jio on Monday announced the launch of its 5G services in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai by ...
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30-Aug 2022
INDIA-PAKISTAN
INDIA-PAKISTAN
Source: The Hindu
Context
Pakistan's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail stated that the government may consider importing vegetables and other edible items from India following...
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30-Aug 2022
VEHICULAR POLLUTION
VEHICULAR POLLUTION
1. Background
California is to ban the sale of new petrol-only vehicles by 2035, marking a historic step in the state's attempts to tackle climate change.
The new rules...
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30-Aug 2022
DESTINATION MOON AND BEYOND- ARTEMIS I
DESTINATION MOON AND BEYOND- ARTEMIS I
1. Background
Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1, will be the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecra...
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30-Aug 2022
PEGASUS MALWARE REPORT
PEGASUS MALWARE REPORT
CONTEXT
The Supreme Court on August 25 said that the panel that it had constituted to look into the Pegasus issue had found no conclusive evidence of the Israeli origin ...
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29-Aug 2022
JAPAN's GENDER EQUALITY
JAPAN’S STRUGGLE WITH GENDER PARITY
Source: Hindu
CONTEXT
According to recent data, Japan recorded the lowest total births in 2021 at just about 8,10,000. Japan also ranked lowest among the d...
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29-Aug 2022
AADHAR VOTER ID LINKAGE
AADHAR VOTER ID LINKAGE
1. Why in News?
Reports have surfaced online of instances where block-level officers have asked individuals to link their Aadhaar with their Voter IDs, failing which ...
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29-Aug 2022
UPI PAYMENT CHARGES
UPI PAYMENT CHARGES
Source: indianexpress
Why in news?
Less than a week after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) came out with a discussion paper seeking stakeholder views on charges in payment ...
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29-Aug 2022