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NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (NTA)
NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (NTA)
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) is at the centre of controversy over alleged irregularities in competitive exams conducted by it. Amid the raging row...
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29-Jun 2024
GIG ECONOMY GIG ECONOMY
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Five years from now, by roughly the end of the current government’s term, the IMF expects India’s GDP to have increased to $5.8 trillion, up from $3.5 trillion now — ...
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28-Jun 2024
LEADER OF OPPOSITION (LoP)
LEADER OF OPPOSITION (LoP)
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Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi is Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, a position that lay vacant for 10 years because no party had numbers equalling a tenth of...
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28-Jun 2024
HOOCH
HOOCH
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The death of 57 people and hospitalisation of dozens following the consumption of illicit liquor in the village of Karunapuram in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi district is a tr...
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26-Jun 2024
RAIN SHADOW EFFECT-DEFINITION, CAUSES AND EFFECTS
RAIN SHADOW EFFECT
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After the deficient monsoon last year, the Maharashtra government declared many parts of the State to be drought-hit. The impact of the deficiency manifested a...
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26-Jun 2024
REUSABLE LAUNCHING VEHICLES (RLV)
REUSABLE LAUNCHING VEHICLES (RLV)
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully demonstrated the landing of the Pushpak reusable launch vehicle for the third time on Su...
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25-Jun 2024
CONSTITUTIONAL MORALITY CONSTITUTIONAL MORALITY
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The recent arrest of a serving Chief Minister put the spotlight on the question of constitutional morality. While arresting a chief minister in office may no...
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21-Jun 2024
GREAT NICOBAR ISLAND PROJECT GREAT NICOBAR ISLAND PROJECT
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The Congress party has described the proposed Rs 72,000-crore infra upgrade at the Great Nicobar Island as a “grave threat” to the island’s indigenous i...
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21-Jun 2024
BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE (BRI)
BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE (BRI)
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China said it was willing to study a plan to connect Malaysia’s $10-billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) to other China-backed railway projects in Laos...
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21-Jun 2024
SPEAKER OF LOK SABHA
SPEAKER OF LOK SABHA
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With the new Lok Sabha set to choose a Speaker on June 26, the ruling and Opposition coalitions are trying to reach a consensus on the post of the presidi...
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19-Jun 2024
INDIAN MONSOONS MONSOON IN INDIA
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On almost all days in June so far, North and Northwest India have experienced ‘heatwave’ to ‘severe heatwave’ conditions. The southwest monsoon that made an earl...
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19-Jun 2024
GINI COEFFICIENT
GINI COEFFICIENT
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Jyoti Thakur and Prabir Kumar Ghosh note that a recent working paper from the World Inequality Lab has brought renewed attention to the...
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19-Jun 2024
CABINET COMMITTEES
CABINET COMMITTEES
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The contours of the Narendra Modi 3.0 ministry are becoming clearer ahead of the swearing-in ceremony on Sunday (June 9) evening. The Prime Minister-designate had...
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18-Jun 2024
NOTIFIED DISASTER-IN DISASTER MANAGMENET ACT
NOTIFIED DISASTER
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The ongoing spell of extreme heat in many parts of the country has once again reopened discussions on the inclusion of heatwaves as one of the notified disaster...
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18-Jun 2024
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (SWM)
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (SWM)
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara Palike (BBMP) has proposed a Solid Waste Management (SWM) Cess of ₹100 per month for each household. While the proposal...
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17-Jun 2024