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WHITE PHOSPHORUS
WHITE PHOSPHORUS
1. Context
Recently, global human rights organizations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have accused the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) of employing white phosphorus mun...
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19-Oct 2023
ELECTORAL BOND SCHEME
ELECTORAL BOND SCHEME
1. Context
The recent dismissal of petitions seeking to halt the sale of electoral bonds by the Supreme Court has reignited debates over the use of these instruments in Indi...
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18-Oct 2023
75 YEARS OF PARLIAMENT
PARLIAMENT AND STATISTICS
1. Context
FEWER younger MPs than in the early years of Parliament, more women voters but only a partial increase in women representation in the House, fewer sittings...
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18-Oct 2023
SURROGACY BILL
SURROGACY BILL
1. Context
A recent report reveals significant recommendations by a Select Committee of Parliament regarding the contentious Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019. These reco...
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18-Oct 2023
INTER STATE COUNCIL
INTER-STATE COUNCIL
1. Context
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking that at least three meetings of the Inter-State Council should be held every ye...
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18-Oct 2023
CHERIYAPANI
CHERIYAPANI
1. Context
An age-old sea route between India and Sri Lanka has been rejuvenated with the inauguration of a passenger ferry service called Cheriyapani from Nagapattinam in Tamil Na...
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18-Oct 2023
WETLANDS WETLANDS
1. Context
Following a petition seeking a stay on the construction of Jewar Airport until Dhanauri Wetland is granted protection, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently granted the stat...
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17-Oct 2023
CAR T CELL THERAPY
CAR T CELL THERAPY
1. Context
For treating relapsed-refractory B-cell lymphoma and leukemia, Mumbai-based Immunoadoptive Cell Therapy Private Limited (ImmunoACT) announced the approval of Indi...
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17-Oct 2023
REAR EARTH ELEMENTS
REAR EARTH ELEMENTS
1. Context
The Indian government has recently amended a key law, enabling the specification of competitive royalty rates for the mining of three strategically significant miner...
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17-Oct 2023
OZONE HOLE OVER ANTARCTICA
OZONE HOLE OVER ANTARCTICA
1. Context
Satellite measurements over Antarctica have detected a giant hole in the ozone layer.
The hole, which scientists call an “ozone-depleted area” was 26 mil...
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16-Oct 2023
JEWS & ISRAEL
JEWS & ISRAEL
1. Context
In the latest chapter of bloodshed in the Israel-Palestine dispute, the Israeli military has ordered thousands of civilians to leave Gaza City as it prepares for a pos...
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16-Oct 2023
GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX 2023
GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX 2023
1. Context
India ranked 111th out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2023, a standing the government termed “erroneous and having malafide intent”.
2. Glo...
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16-Oct 2023
INDIAN OCEAN RIM ASSOCIATION (IORA)
INDIAN OCEAN RIM ASSOCIATION (IORA)
1. Context
‘Reinforcing Indian Ocean Identity’ was the banner theme at the Indian Ocean Rim Association’s (IORA) Council of Ministers (COM) held in Colombo ...
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16-Oct 2023
INDIA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICY INDIA'S MIDDLE EAST POLICY
1. Context
On October 7, hours after Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a statement on X expressing his deep shock at the “terrori...
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14-Oct 2023
USS GERALD R FORD
USS GERALD R. FORD
1. Context
After a surprise attack on Israel by Hamas Saturday (October 7) escalated the decades long conflict in the region, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday ord...
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14-Oct 2023