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PRESURE PHYSICS
PRESSURE
1. Context
Once you start seeing the effects of pressure somewhere, you will start realising it is actually everywhere. The water in your tap, the clouds that suddenly appear on a ...
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07-Aug 2024
DOOR DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL
DOOR DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL
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The States of Delhi, Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Goa, and Kerala are or were mulling plans to allow the doorstep delivery of alcohol through ...
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06-Aug 2024
SUB QUOTAS OF SCHEDULED CASTE (SC) SUB QUOTAS OF SCHEDULED CASTE (SC)
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A seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has ruled that States have the power to sub-divide Scheduled Castes (SC) into groups so that it can give ...
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05-Aug 2024
WESTERN GHATS - LANDSLIDES WESTERN GHATS - LANDSLIDES
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Massive landslides hit the district of Wayanad in northern Kerala in the early hours of July 30, with continuous torrential rainfall triggering large-scal...
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05-Aug 2024
PRIVATE MEMBER BILL
PRIVATE MEMBER BILL
1.Context
A private member resolution asking the government to bring a law to remove education from the concurrent list, and repeal NEET and NTA to allow states to...
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03-Aug 2024
PRIVILEGE MOTION - POLITY NOTES
PRIVILEGE MOTION
1. Context
The Congress on Wednesday moved a Privilege Motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for posting on social media “a portion of remarks which were expunged fro...
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02-Aug 2024
INSURGENCY
INSURGENCY
1. Context
Over 75 camps with personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG) in forest areas; regular training for Village Defence Committees (VDCs) with traditional as well as sem...
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02-Aug 2024
LOK ADALAT
LOK ADALAT
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Marking its 75th year, the Supreme Court kicked off a week-long, first-of-its-kind Lok Adalat, a “mega settlement drive”, as part of which, over the next four days, nearl...
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31-Jul 2024
HUNGER STRIKE AS A MODE OF PROTEST - ETHICS
HUNGER STRIKE AS A MODE OF PROTEST
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Hunger-strikes have always raised a series of complicated moral questions, such as whether it is appropriate to provide medicine against the wi...
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31-Jul 2024
NATIONAL MISSION ON NATURAL FARMING (NMNF)
NATIONAL MISSION ON NATURAL FARMING (NMNF)
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In her Budget proposals for 2024-25, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that in the next two years, one crore farmers acr...
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29-Jul 2024
OBC CREAMY LAYER
OBC CREAMY LAYER
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The allotment of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) to Puja Khedkar as an Other Backward Class (OBC) Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) candidate coupled with multiple disabil...
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29-Jul 2024
ROYALTY AND TAX
ROYALTY AND TAX
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In an 8-1 majority ruling 25/07/2024, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court upheld the power of states to levy royalty on extraction of minerals from ...
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27-Jul 2024
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
1. Context
The Prime Minister’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC) reviewed the ongoing activities for pandemic preparedness across agenci...
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27-Jul 2024
MOIDAMS- UN HERITAGE SITE
MOIDAMS
1. Context
The Moidams of the Ahom Dynasty in Assam were declared India's 43rd World Heritage Site on Friday during UNESCO's 46th World Heritage Committee session in New Delhi
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26-Jul 2024
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GULF REGION IN INDIA'S ENERGY SECURITY
INDIA'S ENERGY SECURITY
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Since the 1980s, the Gulf countries have been among India’s top petroleum suppliers. What are the factors that contribute to the continued significance ...
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26-Jul 2024