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GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
GUN LEGISLATION
Context
Recently increased gun encounters in the United States of America
Gun control legislation in different countries
Gun Laws in the US
The second amendment of t...
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02-Jun 2022
Novartis AG vs Union of India and Others
Novartis AG vs Union of India and Others
Key points
Novartis applied as per the TRIPS agreement before the Madras Indian Patent Office in 1998 for the grant of a patent for an anticancer medica...
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02-Jun 2022
Reservations and Important Amendments
Reservations in Public Employment
Article 16(1) and classifications there under especially article 16(4) and Article 16(4A) which are in nature of facilitating provisions, vesting discretion on ...
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30-May 2022
5G
5G
Context
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country's first indigenous testbed to help support the ecosystem around 5G.
The Government reiterated its plans to conduct auctions for 5G...
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30-May 2022
COAL SECTOR
COAL CRISIS IN INDIA
1. Background
India is the world’s second-largest producer and consumer of coal.
The Indian government recently claimed that there has been an increase in coal production ...
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30-May 2022
MSE-CDP
Micro & Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP)
Context
The Indian economy thrives through the means of enterprise creation as one of the prime movers of the economy.
In this ...
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30-May 2022
MHHM-Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management
DISABILITY & BARRIERS TO FEMININE HYGIENE
Context
MHHM-Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management have brought awareness, enhanced access to female-friendly appropriate sanitation facilities and availa...
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28-May 2022
MUDRA
MUDRA YOJANA
Introduction
PM Mudra Yojana aims to enable Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), Non-Banking financial institutions/Companies (NBFCs), Small Finance Banks, RBRs, Commercial Banks, Coo...
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28-May 2022
ASSET QUALITY OF BANKS
ASSET QUALITY IN THE BANKING SECTOR
1. Background
The banking system continues to suffer from shocks of asset quality woes. The collateral damage caused by such a high volume of toxic assets im...
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28-May 2022
Different shapes of Economic Recoveries
K-Shaped Recovery
reference: corporatefinanceinstitute
About
A K-shaped recovery divides the economy into two, with divisions based on wealth, geographic, and industrial characteristics
It is cal...
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27-May 2022
Targeted Public Distribution System (TDPS)
Targeted Public Distribution System (TDPS)
Context
More than 90 million eligible people have been excluded from legal entitlements under the Targeted Public Distribution System, India's tool to comb...
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27-May 2022
US-TAIWAN RELATION
US-TAIWAN RELATION
1. Background
As a leading democracy and a technological powerhouse, Taiwan is a key U.S. partner in the Indo-Pacific.
The United States and Taiwan share similar values, deep...
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27-May 2022
GLASS CLIFF
GLASS CLIFF
INTRODUCTION
The term 'glass cliff' was coined by researchers from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
Glass cliff is a phenomenon that reinforces stereotypes about women no...
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26-May 2022
Emissions-embodied exports
Emissions-embodied exports
Context
The uncertainties in the global economic environment are significantly driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and resultant sanctions on Russia by the West.
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26-May 2022
Health Care Schemes
PM Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Project
Objective
To lower the amount that citizens spend on medicine. Supplying affordable generic pharmaceutical and surgical supplies (Up to 50% - 90% lower than marke...
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25-May 2022