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DRUG-FREE COMMUNITY
DRUG-FREE COMMUNITY
Source: The Indian Express
Context
Recently United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released its World Drug Report 2022 on World Drug Day.
Key Points
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02-Aug 2022
WHEAT WAIVER
WHEAT WAIVER
Source: Hindu
One of India’s demands in WTO is to find a permanent solution to the issue of public stockholding (PSH) of food to protect India’s food security (PSH) policy.
India...
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01-Aug 2022
GOVERNMENT ADS GUIDELINES
GOVERNMENT ADS-PM & PRESIDENT PHOTOS
Source: indianexpress
Context:
The Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu government to include the photographs of the President of India & Prime Minister...
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01-Aug 2022
JOB CRISIS IN INDIA
INDIA'S JOB CRISIS IN INDIA
Source: indianexpress
1. About
Unemployment occurs when someone is willing and able to work but does not have a paid job.
The unemployment rate is the percenta...
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01-Aug 2022
GANDHI PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY OF GANDHI
Source: indianexpress
1. Background
Mahatma Gandhi was a champion of communal harmony and wanted all Indians, be they of any religion, to unite against the colonial go...
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31-Jul 2022
TIMETABLE FOR AUGUST 2022 [INTEGRATED MAINS & PRELIMS MENTORSHIP (IMPM)] MISSION 2023
Time Table for August
The following is the Time Table for August month, Aspirants can go through it
Upscexamnotes will upload Books prepared by subject experts for the whole week, and Test Ser...
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31-Jul 2022
National Organ Transplant Program
National Organ Transplant Program
1. Background
The shortage of organs is virtually a universal problem but Asia lags behind much of the rest of the world.
India lags far behind other countrie...
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30-Jul 2022
Healthcare in Tribal areas
Healthcare in Tribal Areas
Key Points:
There are various Governmental/non-government institutional mechanisms and survey agencies which generate data on tribal healthcare periodically.
Ru...
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30-Jul 2022
WHISTLE BLOWERS
WHISTLEBLOWERS
Source: Hindu
The centre for law and democracy classifies it among the top five laws in the world. The RTI empowers us to participate in the policy-making process, by providin...
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30-Jul 2022
National Policy for Rare Disease
National Policy for Rare Disease
Source: pib
1. About
A rare disease is a health condition of low prevalence that affects a small number of people compared with other prevalent diseases in the g...
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30-Jul 2022
TUNISIA
TUNISIA
Source: Hindu
Background
Tunisian voters have approved a new constitution that would turn the country back into a presidential system, institutionalizing the one–man reign of President Ka...
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29-Jul 2022
TIGER CONSERVATION
TIGER CONSERVATION
Source- TheHindu
Introduction:
The ominous word extinction has one meaning- the death of a species.
July 29th is Global Tiger Day, the world and India can celebrate the r...
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29-Jul 2022
FEDERAL FUND RATE (FFR)
FEDERAL FUND RATE (FFR)
Source: indianexpress
In ITS continuing bid to cool down inflation in the US at a four-decade high of
WHAT IS THE FFR?
It is the interest rate at which commercial bank...
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29-Jul 2022
INDIAN POLICE AND ETHICS
INDIAN POLICE AND ETHICS
1. Background
The Indian police were never placed in such acute conflict with the nation’s Constitution.
Their legacy, tradition and profile, all important markers of ...
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29-Jul 2022
FLY AWAY
FLY AWAY
Source: indianexpress
Why in News?
Indian five Wetlands have got Ramsar recognition as " Wetlands of International Importance"
With the addition of 5 wetlands, the number of Ramsar sit...
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28-Jul 2022