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PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY - COMPARISION BETWEEN INDIA AND NEPAL
INDIA AND NEPAL'S PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
1. Context
On July 14 2024, K. P. Sharma Oli was sworn in as Nepal’s Prime Minister for the fourth time to head a new coalition government that fa...
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26-Jul 2024
CAPITAL GAIN TAX (CGT)
CAPITAL GAIN TAX (CGT)
1. Context
Market watchers said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s move to hike long term capital gains (LTCG) tax from 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent will dis...
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25-Jul 2024
U-WIN
U-WIN
1. Context
On the government’s 100-day health agenda is the countrywide rollout of U-WIN, an online vaccine management portal for childhood vaccination — similar to CoWIN used during the...
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25-Jul 2024
CLIMATE FINANCE TAXONOMY
CLIMATE FINANCE TAXONOMY
1. Context
Presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25 , Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the government would develop a ‘climate finance taxonomy’ to en...
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25-Jul 2024
BUDGET 2024- KEY HIGHLIGHTS
BUDGET 2024- KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Overview
"Budget Insight 2024" is a special edition magazine tailored for UPSC aspirants, focusing exclusively on the Union Budget 2024. This comprehensive guide...
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24-Jul 2024
GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION
GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION
1. Context
The World Economic Forum (WEF) report of 2024 on global gender gaps recently ranked India at 129 out of 146 economies, with a decline in the education se...
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22-Jul 2024
SOUTHWEST MONSOON
SOUTHWEST MONSOON
1. Context
For the first time this season, the southwest monsoon is active over a large geographical area of India. At least 80% of the country last week reported widespread ...
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19-Jul 2024
FOREIGNERS TRIBUNALS (FT)
FOREIGNERS TRIBUNALS (FT)
1. Context
On July 5, the Assam government asked the Border wing of the State’s police not to forward cases of non-Muslims who entered India illegally before 2014 ...
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19-Jul 2024
FINANCE COMMISSION OF INDIA - INDIAN POLITY NOTES FINANCE COMMISSION OF INDIA
1. Context
The sixteenth Finance Commission headed by former Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya has begun its work by inviting suggestions from the pu...
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19-Jul 2024
SCHEDULED CASTE LIST
SCHEDULED CASTE LIST
1. Context
The Supreme Court on 15/07/2024 ruled that states cannot make changes to the Scheduled Caste list published under Article 341 of the Constitution and quashed...
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18-Jul 2024
POLITICAL WOMEN REPRESENTATION
POLITICAL WOMEN REPRESENTATION
1. Context
In the recently concluded general elections in the U.K., a record 263 women MPs (40%) have been elected to the House of Commons. The South Afri...
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18-Jul 2024
ARUNA ASIF ALI- QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT
ARUNA ASIF ALI- QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT
1. Context
Aruna, a prominent female freedom fighter, was born on July 16, 1909. How she rose to prominence during the Quit India movement.
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17-Jul 2024
NEURORIGHTS
NEURORIGHTS
1. Context
The right to safeguard one’s mental statuses and thoughts from surveillance are precious fundamental rights but technological advancements may cheapen them in some co...
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17-Jul 2024
ISRO-LAUNCH VEHICLES, BUSINESS MODEL, LIMITATIONS
INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO)
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In June 2024, S. Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary of the Department of Space, said ISRO...
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16-Jul 2024
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY(EEG)
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY(EEG)
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This year marks the centenary of the first human EEG, produced by German physiologist Hans Berger. EEG measures electrical activity in the brain generate...
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16-Jul 2024