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COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
1. Context
The Union Council of Ministers (COM) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in on June 9, 2024. The present COM consists of the Prime Minister, 30 Cab...
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17-Jun 2024
SATNAMI
SATNAMI
1. Context
Members of the Satnami religious sect set fire to the office of the Superintendent of Police and pelted the office of the District Collector with stones in Baloda Bazar in c...
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13-Jun 2024
WORLD BANK'S GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS REPORT
WORLD BANK'S GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS REPORT
1. Context
India will remain the fastest-growing major economy recording a steady growth of 6.7 per cent in the next three years including the cur...
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13-Jun 2024
PRO-TEM SPEAKER
PRO-TEM SPEAKER
1.Context
As the 18th Lok Sabha prepares to meet, the TDP and JD(U), key allies of the BJP in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), are said to be jockeying for the post of S...
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12-Jun 2024
ORIENTAL DESPOTISM
ORIENTAL DESPOTISM
1. Context
A look at the evolution of the concept of Oriental despotism, influenced by the Eurocentric perspectives of various thinkers across centuries; this idea was furth...
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12-Jun 2024
HEAT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
HEAT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
1. Context
Heat is animus. It was there at the birth of the universe, and its death will be the universe’s death. It is impossible to overstate its importance, both thr...
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11-Jun 2024
LGBTQIA+
LGBTQIA+
1. Context:
Ten years after the Supreme Court’s NALSA judgement that recognised the rights of transgender people in India, the community tells us what has changed in their lives – ...
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10-Jun 2024
NATIONAL HEALTH CLAIM EXCHANGE (NHCX)
NATIONAL HEALTH CLAIM EXCHANGE (NHCX)
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The Health Ministry along with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) are working on measures aimed at allo...
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10-Jun 2024
CHANG'S MISSION (FAR SIDE OF THE MOON)
CHANG'S MISSION
(FAR SIDE OF THE MOON)
1. Context:
Chang’e 6 is attempting to replicate its predecessor’s feat but from the moon’s far side. This time, the scientific goal is to understan...
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10-Jun 2024
GREATER ADJUTANT STORK - FEATURES AND IUCN LISTING
GREATER ADJUTANT STORK
1. Context
Recently, Bihar has initiated a program to attach GPS trackers to greater adjutant storks, locally known as 'Garuda', in order to monitor their movements a...
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10-Jun 2024
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION - EXPLAINED
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
1. Context
The results of the 18th Lok Sabha elections were declared in the first week of June'24. The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has won 293 seats...
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10-Jun 2024
FEDERALISM IN INDIA
FEDERALISM IN INDIA
1. Context
In the last decade, the government has been emphasising more on cooperative and competitive federalism through National Institution for Transforming India (NITI)...
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08-Jun 2024
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST)
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST)
1. Context
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the earliest-known galaxy, one that is surprisingly bright and big considering it formed...
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08-Jun 2024
H5N2-INFLUENZA A VIRUS AN OVERVIEW
H5N2
1. Context
The World Health Organization (WHO) on June 5 2024 confirmed the death of a 59-year-old man in Mexico caused by a strain of bird flu called H5N2, which was never recorded in hu...
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08-Jun 2024
SPECIAL CATEGORY STATUS(SCS)
SPECIAL CATEGORY STATUS(SCS)
1. Context
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu emerged as a key player in national politics, after his party won 16 seats in the Lok Sabha e...
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07-Jun 2024