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Russia’s debt default Why in the news? The White House said on Monday that Russia had defaulted on its international bonds for the first time since the Bolshevik revolution, as sweeping sanctions amid Moscow’s war on Ukraine have effectively cut the country off from the global financial system. Details: Russia kept on paying […]
The national anti-profiteering authority Why in the news? The national anti-profiteering authority has held cosmetics and personal care giant L’oreal guilty of not passing on the GST rate reduction (28% to 18% in November 2017) benefits to consumers and directed it to deposit the sum along with 18% interest in the consumer welfare […]
India joins G7, 4 others to protect free speech, ‘online and offline’ Context: India, along with G7 countries and four invited countries, Monday signed the ‘2022 Resilient Democracies Statement’ in which they committed to “guarding the freedom, independence and diversity of civil society actors What they said in the statements? Democracies enable “open […]
Moosewala’s SYL music video removed from YouTube The SYL canal The Satluj Yamuna Link Canal is a proposed 214-kilometre-long canal connecting Sutlej and Yamuna rivers. It was planned in 1966 after the state of Haryana was carved out of Punjab. While the decision to share resources was taken, the terms on sharing waters […]
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has also time to time advised all states in Ganga basin for demarcation, delineation and notification of river flood plains and removal of encroachment from river bed/floodplain of the river Ganga and its tributaries in adherence to the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, […]
Yamuna floodplains Context: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) carried out an anti-encroachment drive on a stretch of the Yamuna floodplains in the Sarai Kale Khan area. Demolition drive on Yamuna floodplains People had encroached upon DDA land and constructed shanties while also carrying out agricultural work, which is prohibited. Flood plain management and […]
Schools poor in digital learning Context: The Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) for 2019-20 shows that schools across India performed poorly under the category of digital learning, which threw up the lowest scores compared to the other parameters which were considered while creating the index. The Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) […]
Talaq-e-Hasan Context: The Delhi High Court has sought a response from Delhi Police and a Muslim man ov- er a petition filed by his wife seeking to declare a notice of ‘Talaq-e-Hasan’ sent to her as “void and unconstitutional”. Talaq-e-Hasan Talaq-e-Hasan is a form of ‘triple talaq’ by which a Muslim man can […]
Cancer-busting virus Viruses are simple in structure: a small amount of genetic material wrapped in proteins and lipids. Just 20-200 nanometres in size, they can only be detected with an electron microscope. Yet, their ability to hijack living cells and exploit them for multiplication is what makes viruses unique. They often destroy their […]
Forensic probe to be made mandatory for offences attracting 6 yrs or more in jail Context: The government is working towards making forensic investigation mandatory in all cases of offences punishable with imprisonment for more than 6 years Concept: The government is planning to make forensic investigation compulsory in all cases where the […]