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AADHAAR
AADHAAR
1. Context
Recently, The Reserve Bank of India proposed that the onboarding of Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) service providers will be streamlined and additional fraud pr...
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09-Feb 2024
ATAL PENSION YOJANA (APY)
ATAL PENSION YOJANA (APY)
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The number of subscribers under the National Pension Scheme (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) increased 23 per cent to over 6.24 crore the Financ...
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09-Feb 2024
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTHERN IRELAND
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Recently, Michelle O’Neill, a pro-Irish unity politician representing Sinn Féin, achieved a historic milestone by becoming Northern Ireland's first Nation...
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08-Feb 2024
THE PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS (PREVENTION OF UNFAIR MEANS) BILL, 2024
THE PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS (PREVENTION OF UNFAIR MEANS) BILL, 2024
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The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024, was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday (Februar...
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07-Feb 2024
TOTAL FERTILITY RATE (TFR) TOTAL FERTILITY RATE (TFR)
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While presenting the 2024 budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promised a committee to study India’s population growth to ensure that the n...
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07-Feb 2024
DELIMITATION EXERCISE DELIMITATION EXERCISE
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The delimitation of constituencies for the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies is to be carried out based on the first Census after 2026. The 2...
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07-Feb 2024
FISCAL CONSOLIDATION
FISCAL CONSOLIDATION
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As per the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) law, which the Vajpayee-headed NDA government had enacted in 2003, the general government de...
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06-Feb 2024
MYANMAR'S CIVIL WAR AND INDIA'S INTEREST
MYANMAR'S CIVIL WAR AND INDIA'S INTEREST
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In February 2021, upon ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar military leaders expe...
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06-Feb 2024
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII)
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII)
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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs recently addressed a significant vulnerability in its online portal several months after a cybersec...
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05-Feb 2024
DUSTED APOLLO
DUSTED APOLLO
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Dusted Apollo (Parnassius stenosemus), a rare high-altitude butterfly, has been sighted and photographed for the first time in Himachal Pradesh, indicating the flour...
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05-Feb 2024
UTTARAKHAND'S UNIFORM CIVIL CODE
UTTARAKHAND'S UNIFORM CIVIL CODE
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The Uttarakhand Assembly is expected to approve the State's Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in its upcoming four-day session this week. ...
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05-Feb 2024
PRADHAN MANTRI SURYODAYA YOJANA
PRADHAN MANTRI SURYODAYA YOJANA
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People availing of the government’s newly-announced rooftop solar scheme will be entitled to 300 units of free electricity every month and help th...
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03-Feb 2024
SNOW LEOPARD
SNOW LEOPARD
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Recently, The National Board for Wildlife meeting in New Delhi released the report on the Status of Snow Leopards in India by the Union Minister of Environmen...
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03-Feb 2024
MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY
MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY
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Recently, In her Interim Budget address, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that over the past decade, the government's commitment to 'Sa...
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03-Feb 2024
INTERIM BUDGET 2024: HIGHLIGHTS
INTERIM BUDGET 2024: HIGHLIGHTS
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Recently, Finance Minister Nirmala Sithatraman finished her interim Budget speech within an hour. While many say that there aren’t any ...
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02-Feb 2024