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Showing posts with label Daily news. Show all posts

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Allegations against Google over Revenue Sharing

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 What is the issue?The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered a probe against Google for alleged unfair revenue sharing terms with regard to news content.What is the case about?The News Broadcasters and Digital Associations (NBDA) has...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Cheetah Reintroduction Project

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 Why in news?Seventy years after being extinct from India, world's fastest land animal Cheetahs walk on the Indian ground once again.How did cheetahs go extinct in Ind...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

India-Pakistan Disaster Diplomacy

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 Why in news?Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences and hoped for an early restoration of normalcy in flood ravaged Pakistan.What is the current Pakistan flood about?The flood has devastated the regions of Sindh and Baluchistan (Western...
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PM SHRI Schools- The Laboratory of New Education Policy

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 Why in news?On Teachers Day, PM Modi announced the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI) Scheme to transform 14,500 schools into model institutions to achieve the objectives of National Education Policy, 2020.What is the sche...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Impact of Pandemic on Crimes and Suicides

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 What is the issue?Increase in violent crimes, suicides in NCRB’s Crime in India report 2021 points to indirect consequences of pandemic.What is NCRB...
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Friday, August 05, 2022

5G Spectrum Auctions

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Why in news?India’s biggest ever spectrum auction ended with bids upwards of Rs 1.5 lakh crore.How much spectrum was bought by the applicants?A total of 51.2 GHz of spectrum was sold of the total 72 GHz that was up for grabs – close to 71%.The total...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021

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 Why in news?The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 has been passed in both houses of Parliament enabling the linking of electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem.What is the government's rationale?A Parliamentary Standing Committee report on...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Digital Lending Draft Rules

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 Why in news?The ‘Report of the Working Group on Digital Lending including Lending through Online Platforms and Mobile Apps’ has been released by the RBI. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); What is digital lending?Digital...
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The India-US Trade Policy Forum

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 Why in news?The Trade Policy Forum (TPF), a premier forum to resolve trade and investment issues between India and the United States has been re-launched after four long years.What is the status of India-US bilateral trade? (adsbygoogle...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

US Inflation and Impact on India

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 What is the issue?The United States’ Labor Department reported that retail inflation had spiked to 6.2 % in October whereas India’s National Statistical Office data showed that retail inflation rose to 4.5 % for the same month.What is inflation...
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Monday, November 15, 2021

Glasgow Climate Pact: Achievements and Disappointments

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 Why in news?The Glasgow Climate Pact (of COP 26)  was adopted recently and it is a mixed bag of modest achievements and disappointed expectations. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); What are the modest achievements...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Why India shouldn’t sign on to Net Zero

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 What is the issue?The net zero campaign has been gaining momentum as a number of countries and non-state actors are pushing for the world’s carbon dioxide emissions to reach net zero.What targets have been set by the countries towards net zero...
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