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INSURANCE REGULATORY DEVLOPMENT AUTHORITY OF INDIA REGULATIONS 2024
INSURANCE REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF INDIA REGULATIONS 2024
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The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Insurance Products) Regulations, 2024, came into fo...
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29-Apr 2024
INS VIKRANT
INS VIKRANT
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Recently, The Indian Navy showcased its growing power with "twin carrier operations". Both INS Vikramaditya and the indigenously built INS Vikrant launche...
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29-Apr 2024
STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN ASIA
STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN ASIA
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The 2023 'State of the Climate in Asia' report by the World Meteorological Organization highlighted that Asia has experienced a more rapid warm...
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29-Apr 2024
COLONISATION
COLONISATION
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Recently, Thousands spilt on to the streets to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’ that toppled the longest fascist dictatorship...
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27-Apr 2024
PACIFISM
PACIFISM
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Japan has given up its post-war pacifism and is working to become a major military power. The turn is historic and promises to transform the geopolitics of Asia and th...
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27-Apr 2024
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE (EVM)
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE (EVM)
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Stating that no candidate has yet pointed to a mismatch between the votes polled on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and the slips printed by the Vo...
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26-Apr 2024
ARTICLE 244 (A) OF THE CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 244 (A) OF THE CONSTITUTION
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Recently, in Assam’s tribal-majority Diphu Lok Sabha constituency, candidates of all parties have promised the implementation of Article 24...
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26-Apr 2024
COALITION FOR DISASTER RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE (CDRI)
COALITION FOR DISASTER RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE (CDRI)
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Investment in resilient infrastructure systems is essential in the light of increasing climate risks and disasters and t...
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26-Apr 2024
SIPRI REPORT
SIPRI REPORT
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With military expenditure worth $83.6 billion in 2023, India was the fourth largest spender globally in 2023, the latest report by Stockholm International Peace Rese...
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25-Apr 2024
ETHYLENE OXIDE
ETHYLENE OXIDE
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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will conduct checks on products of spice brands MDH and Everest Group after authorities in Hong Kong and Si...
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25-Apr 2024
NATIONAL CLEAN AIR PROGRAM (NCAP)
NATIONAL CLEAN AIR PROGRAM (NCAP)
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The Indian government introduced the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in 2019 to reduce atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM) concentration by...
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25-Apr 2024
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION REPORT
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION REPORT
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The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) recently released its State of the Climate in Asia, 2023 report, shedding light on t...
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24-Apr 2024
DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
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Recently, The Karnataka High Court upheld the state government’s ban on hookahs as being in the interest of the general public and rule...
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24-Apr 2024
DIRECT TAXES
DIRECT TAXES
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Government’s net direct tax collections, after adjusting for refunds, grew 17.7 per cent year-on-year to Rs 19.58 lakh crore in financial year 2023-24, exceeding the re...
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23-Apr 2024
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR)
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The amended rules to the Patent Act will prolong the life of drugs because of frivolous patenting, increase their prices, and make lives d...
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23-Apr 2024