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TURHA
TURHA
1. Context
The Election Commission has allotted a new party symbol, ‘man blowing turha’, to the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar. This decision comes days after the c...
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24-Feb 2024
KALA AZAR
KALA AZAR
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In a significant step forward towards eliminating Kala Azar — the second deadliest parasitic disease after malaria in the country — India has achieved the target of rep...
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24-Feb 2024
BLUE CORNER NOTICE
BLUE CORNER NOTICE
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The International Criminal Police Organization, more commonly known as Interpol, comprising 194 member countries, plays a crucial role as an information-sharin...
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23-Feb 2024
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT ACT (FEMA) FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT ACT (FEMA)
1. Context
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh look out circular (LOC) against edutech entrepreneur Byju Raveendran in an alleged vi...
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23-Feb 2024
RAISINA DIALOGUE 2024
RAISINA DIALOGUE 2024
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The ninth edition of the Raisina Dialogue will be held from Wednesday (February 21 2024) to Friday in New Delhi. The conference will be inaugurated by Prime Mi...
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23-Feb 2024
MILAN EXERCISE 2024
MILAN EXERCISE 2024
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Indian Navy is offering its submarine rescue capabilities to friendly countries, a key highlight of the ongoing multilateral naval exercise Milan-24 in Visakh...
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22-Feb 2024
FINANCIAL DEVOLUTION OF STATES
FINANCIAL DEVOLUTION OF STATES
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Recently various Opposition-ruled States especially from south India have claimed that they have not been receiving their fair share as per the pre...
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22-Feb 2024
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)
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AN AMNESTY window opened for just six months in March 2017 to clear projects in a novel “violation category” became routine through a Uni...
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21-Feb 2024
FARMERS PROTESTS
FARMERS PROTESTS
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On February 13 2024, groups of farmers heeded a call given by the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and began a march to the nat...
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21-Feb 2024
PLASTIC PARTICLES
PLASTIC PARTICLES
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A litre of bottled water can contain more than one lakh particles of micro- and nano-plastics, with 90% of those being the latter, a new study has reported. Nan...
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21-Feb 2024
MONEY BILL
MONEY BILL
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Even as a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court struck down the electoral bonds scheme as unconstitutional on Thursday, it saved one aspect of the challenge for anothe...
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20-Feb 2024
HUMAN AND ANIMAL CONFLICT
HUMAN AND ANIMAL CONFLICT
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The increased area under cultivation, changing cropping patterns, significant increase in the population of animals due to conservation efforts, and ...
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20-Feb 2024
BUBONIC PLAGUE
BUBONIC PLAGUE
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The bubonic plague is back. Earlier this week, health officials in Oregon, US confirmed the first case of bubonic plague in the state since 2005. According to v...
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19-Feb 2024
SUPREME COURT(SC) INVALIDATE ELECTORAL BONDS
SUPREME COURT(SC) INVALIDATE ELECTORAL BONDS
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The Supreme Court has declared the Electoral Bonds Scheme as unconstitutional. Donor anonymity was the main feature of the scheme, wh...
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19-Feb 2024
ANTI SATELLITE WEAPON
ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPON
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On February 14 2024, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Turner, called the media’s attention to “in...
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19-Feb 2024