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OPEN MARKET SCALE SCHEME
OPEN MARKET SCALE SCHEME
1. Context
States have been looking at alternative ways of procuring wheat and rice in after the Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) imposed quantity restrictions followed ...
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30-Jun 2023
ANGLO-TRIBAL ENCOUNTERS IN COLONIAL INDIA
ANGLO-TRIBAL ENCOUNTERS IN COLONIAL INDIA
1. Context
As Gujarat features a tableau commemorating a massacre of Bhil tribespeople by colonial troops in 1922
It is that time of the year a...
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30-Jun 2023
NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
1. Context
Recently, the Union Cabinet approved the National Research Foundation (NRF) Bill, 2023 in Parliament. The Bill, after approval in the Parliament, will esta...
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30-Jun 2023
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE (LFPR) LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE (LFPR)
1. Context
According to the latest data available from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), India’s labour force participation rate (LFPR) fell to ...
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29-Jun 2023
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION TAG
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION TAG
1. Context
Seven products from Odisha, ranging from the Similipal Kai chutney made with red weaver ants to the embroidered Kapdaganda shawl, have bagged the coveted Ge...
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29-Jun 2023
AMERICAN BALD EAGLE
AMERICAN BALD EAGLE
1. Context
The American bald eagle was removed from the United States' list of endangeredspecies on June 28, 2007. Since then, the population of the bird has steadily risen. A...
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29-Jun 2023
CHANDRAYAAN-3
CHANDRAYAAN-3
1. Context
Almost four years after its unsuccessful attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for its third lunar mission...
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29-Jun 2023
GREEN CREDITS PROGRAMME
GREEN CREDITS PROGRAMME
1. Context
In a new set of rules, the Union Environment Ministry will now award green credits generated for tree plantation under the Green Credit Programme (GCP) on...
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29-Jun 2023
INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE
INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE
1. Context
The forthcoming monsoon season in India faces the likelihood of being influenced by the EI Nino phenomenon.
However, there are hopes that a positive Indian Ocea...
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28-Jun 2023
PAKISTAN OCCUPIED KASHMIR (POK)
PAKISTAN-OCCUPIED KASHMIR (POK)
1. Context
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar recently expressed India's expectation of having physical jurisdiction over Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in...
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28-Jun 2023
INDIA-US DIGITAL TRADE
INDIA-US DIGITAL TRADE
1. Context
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s U.S. state visit, cooperation on technology emerged as a prominent talking point and yielded some of the most substantive o...
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28-Jun 2023
FEMINIST INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
FEMINIST INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
1. Introduction
Shifting dynamics in the global order following World War II necessitated new approaches to understanding international Relations (IR).
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28-Jun 2023
BENGAL PARTITION
BENGAL PARTITION
1. Context
The marking of West Bengal's Foundation Day by Governor C V Ananda Bose at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on June 20 has ignited a political controversy in the state.
The Ru...
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27-Jun 2023
GREEDFLATION
GREEDFLATION
1. Context
There is a growing consensus across the world that corporate greed is the new villain in town, spiking inflation even as workers get doubly penalized by low wage increases an...
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27-Jun 2023
ASSAM DELIMITATION
ASSAM DELIMITATION
1. Context
Recently, the Election Commission (EC) released a draft delimitation document for Assam, proposing a change in the boundaries of several Lok Sabha and Assembly consti...
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27-Jun 2023