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COMPETITION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022
COMPETITION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022
Source: The Hindu
Context
The Bill to amend the Competition Act, 2022 was recently tabled in the Lok Sabha.
Background
The Indian Competition Ac...
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25-Aug 2022
DROUGHTS
DROUGHTS IN EUROPE
1. Background
Drought Is a rainfall-scarce period, affecting the availability of water for irrigation, drinking, etc.
They are classified into three types.
METEOROLO...
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25-Aug 2022
ACCULTURATION
Acculturation
Source: The Hindu
Introduction :
A sociological concept that explains the changes that occur when two or more groups come in contact with each other & exchange aspects of ...
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24-Aug 2022
CHINESE COMPANIES
CHINESE COMPANIES
Source: The Hindu
Context
Chinese telecom major Huawei may downsize its research and development facilities in India indicative of an endgame for its Indian operations...
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24-Aug 2022
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL (CSAM)
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL
Source: indianexpress
1. Background
Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) has different legal definitions in different countries.
The minimum defines CSAM as imagery ...
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24-Aug 2022
CHABAHAR PORT CHABAHAR PORT
1.Context
The Union government has high performance its interest in using Iran's Chabahar port to connect to Afghanistan and Central Asia for trade.
The Union Minister of...
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24-Aug 2022
PRIVATISATION
PRIVATISATION
1. What is privatisation all about
It means migration from the Public to the Private Sector through the transfer of ownership, management and control.
In India, privatisation is ...
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24-Aug 2022
PANDURANG KHANKHOJE
PANDURANG KHANKHOJE
Source: indianexpress
CONTEXT
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will travel to Mexico where he will unveil statues of Swami Vivekananda and Maharashtra-born freedom and agricultu...
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23-Aug 2022
DELHI EXCISE POLICY
DELHI EXCISE POLICY
Source: indianexpress
CONTEXT
The New Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22, launched in November, which sought to ensure optimum revenue for the state government, confront the sale of sp...
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23-Aug 2022
KERALA SAVARI
KERALA SAVARI
Source: The Hindu
Context
Kerala has soft-launched "Kerala Savari", the country's first online taxi service owned by a State government, to ensure fair and decent service to pa...
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23-Aug 2022
CENTRE-STATE TAX TUSSLE
CENTRE-STATE TAX TUSSLE
Source: The Hindu
Context
Chief Ministers expressed their concern about dwindling State revenues in a recently NITI Aayog meeting chaired by the Prime Minister.
The...
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23-Aug 2022
US JOBS RECESSION PARADOX
US JOBS RECESSION PARADOX
CONTEXT
The US GDP fell 1.6% on an annualized basis in the first quarter of 2022 followed by a 0.9% fall in the second quarter.
RECESSION-two consecutive quarters of ec...
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22-Aug 2022
KASHMIR VOTERS LIST
KASHMIR VOTER’S LIST
Source: Hindu
CONTEXT
The J&K Chief Electoral Officer, Hirdesh Kumar, announced that anyone "who is living ordinarily in J&K can avail the opportunity to get enlisted as a ...
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22-Aug 2022
FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
Source: The Hindu
Context
Right to Information (RTI) responses received by the Internet Freedom Foundation, a New-Delhi based digital rights organisation, revea...
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22-Aug 2022
ROHINGYA
ROHINGYA
Source: The Hindu
Context
On August 17, Union Housing Minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted that Rohingya refugees would be shifted to flats meant for the economically weaker section ...
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22-Aug 2022