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Law & precedent on clubbing of cases Subject : Polity Section : Law Context: The Supreme Court declined a plea by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma to club the hate speech cases filed against her across the country. It also refused to grant interim relief. What was the plea? Recently , when she […]
Ease of Doing Business ranking of states and union territories Subject: Economy Section: Regulation Context: Seven states among top achievers in ‘ease of doing business’ ranking of states and UTs Details: Seven states – Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Telangana and Tamil Nadu – were categorised as ‘top achievers’. Himachal Pradesh, Uttar […]
External debt Why in the news? India’s external debt rose to $620.7 billion at end-March 2022, recording an increase of $47.1 billion over the year earlier period, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed. Details: The external debt to GDP ratio declined to 19.9% at end-March 2022, from 21.2% a year earlier. Excluding […]
Capital Buffers Context: India’s scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) as well as non banking financial companies have sufficient capital buffers to withstand any shock that may emanate from the pandemic or the ongoing geopolitical tensions in Europe, the Reserve Bank of India said in its biannual Financial Stability Report (FSR) released on Thursday. According […]
Anti-defection law Context: The crisis in Maharashtra and even earlier instances are grim reminders of what the Tenth Schedule can and cannot do. Law on defections, ‘mergers’: Instances of floor crossing have long gone unchecked and unpunished. In part, this can be attributed to the exemption given to mergers between political parties which […]
Project Bandhan Context: Project Bandhan launched to tackle pink bollworm menace in cotton. Pheromone trap, mating disruption being used to restrict the pest population Project Bandhan and Innovative technique : As the pink bollworm infestation spreads in cotton plants in North India, stakeholders including the Central Institute of Cotton Re- search (CICR), State […]
Free fall of rupee Why in the news? The Indian rupee hit an all-time low against the U.S. dollar this week weakening past the 79 rupees to a dollar mark and selling as low as 79.05 against the dollar on Wednesday Details: The Indian rupee has been witnessing a steady decline this year, […]
Earth’s top asteroid defences Context: If an asteroid threat emerged, Earth would need to be ready. Scientists are continually working to give the planet the best range of defensive strategies. Asteroid defence Four strategies are most likely, but many others are being explored to give us the best chance of deflecting a fast-travelling […]
A road safety quartet and the road ahead Context: The United Nations is holding a high-level meeting on Global Road Safety on June 30 and July 1, 2022 to review the progress and challenges. Issues around road safety: Globally, about 14 lakh people die in traffic accidents annually, and nearly five crore are […]
Modified PSLV places three foreign satellites into orbit Subject: Science Context: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) workhorse launch vehicle on its 55th mission, the PSLV-C53 What is PSLV-C53 mission? The mission injected three Singaporean satellites into their intended orbits. The mission also served an additional purpose for ISRO, which decided to use […]