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VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK(VPN)
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK(VPN)
1. Background
India’s cybersecurity agency passed a rule mandating Virtual Private Network (VPN) providers to record and keep their customers’ logs for 180 days.
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27-Jun 2022
G 7
G 7
Source: The Indian Express
Context
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Germany to attend the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at Schloss Elmau, a Century-old retreat in a nature reserve in the B...
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27-Jun 2022
BRAIN AND MEDITATION
BRAIN AND MEDITATION
1. Background
Researchers have found that consistent meditation modifies the connectivity between relay channels that takes in data from the sensory world to the cerebral c...
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26-Jun 2022
INFRASTRUCTURE- RAILWAYS
Indian Railway e-Procurement System (IREPS)
1. About the Scheme
Indian Railways has taken steps to bring Commercial Earning and Non-Fare Revenue contracts under the ambit of electronic auction ...
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25-Jun 2022
KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK
STIFLING OF KAZIRANGA BY WEEDS
source- TheHindu
Context-
18 invasive plants were found to be stifling the Kaziranga Na...
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25-Jun 2022
NATIONAL PENSION SCHEME
NATIONAL PENSION SCHEME
Source: Dept. of Financial Services
Key Points
The National Pension System (NPS) is being administered and regulated by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Author...
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25-Jun 2022
TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL
TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL(TRL)
1. Background
Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) are a type of measurement system used to assess the maturity level of a particular technology.
Technology...
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24-Jun 2022
Vanijya Bhawan & NIRYAT
Vanijya Bhawan & NIRYAT
1. Background
The new office complex for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, “Vanijya Bhawan,” and the “National Import-Export Record for Yearly Analysis of Trade” (N...
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24-Jun 2022
PAKISTAN'S ECONOMIC MUDDLING
PAKISTAN'S ECONOMIC CRISIS
Source: The Hindu
Context
The Pakistani rupee (PKR) has been falling continuously from 150 in April 2021 to 213 against the dollar on 21 June, an all-time low.
Key...
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24-Jun 2022
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
TRADE- India leveraging China Zero-Covid Policy
1. Background
Shanghai imposed a fresh, partial Covid-19 lockdown again this month
Suchpersistence by China with a zero-tolerance strategy has le...
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24-Jun 2022
URBANISATION SUSTAINABLE URBANISATION
1. Context
The national capital is undergoing one of the world’s fastest urban expansions, with little regard for the land’s natural topography and drainage capacity. Thi...
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23-Jun 2022
CASTE IN ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
CASTE IN ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
Source: The Hindu
Context
The protests against the Agnipath programme, farm laws and agitation for reservation by agriculture castes are all controversially an o...
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23-Jun 2022
KEIBUL LAMJAO NATIONAL PARK
KEIBUL LAMJAO NATIONAL PARK
HABITAT:
The Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) is the world's only floating wildlife sanctuary, afloat on the waters of the Loktak Lake, Manipur.
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23-Jun 2022
TALAQ E HASAN
TALAQ E HASAN
1. Background
Talaq-e-Hasan is an extra-judicial form of divorce prescribed in Islam that only men can practice.
It is a revocable form of divorce under Muslim personal laws.
T...
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23-Jun 2022
ARTIFICAL INTELLEGENCE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
1. Background
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions.
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23-Jun 2022