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World Gold Council (WGC) Subject – IR Context – Imports made up 86% of gold supply in 2016-20, says WGC Concept – The World Gold Council is the market development organisation for the gold industry. Its purpose is to stimulate and sustain demand for gold, provide industry leadership, and be the global authority […]
WTO TRIPS Subject – IR Context – PepsiCo Controversy: Globally, India Has Always Refused to Give in on IPR on Plant Varieties Concept – India is a member of multilateral trade rules, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), since 1995. One of the WTO agreements, namely the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property […]
Judicial review of Speaker’s decision Subject – Polity Context – Supreme Court sets aside Manipur Speaker’s order disqualifying three MLAs for defection Concept – Constitutional courts cannot judicially review disqualification proceedings under the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law) of the Constitution until the Speaker or Chairman makes a final decision on merits. A 28-year-old […]
Global Health Security Index 2021 Subject – Governance Context – World unprepared for future pandemics: Global Health Security Index 2021 Concept – The Global Health Security Index is an assessment of global health security capabilities in 195 countries prepared by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and […]
Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF) Subject – Governance Context – No coercive action against digital media without our approval, says Madras HC Concept – The Madras High Court asked the central government not to take any coercive action against digital media companies that are members of Indian Broadcasters and Digital Media Foundation, […]
Ken-Betwa Project Subject – Environment Context – Cabinet nod for KenBetwa project Concept – Ken Betwa Link Project (KBLP): The Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) is the River interlinking project that aims to transfer surplus water from the Ken river in MP to Betwa in UP to irrigate the drought-prone Bundelkhand region. The region […]
Law Commission of India Subject – Polity Context – Law panel appointments under consideration Concept – The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body constituted by the Government of India from time to time. The first Law Commission of independent India was established in 1955 for a three-year term. Since then, twenty one more Commissions have […]
Civil Registration System Subject – Governance Context – Establishing reliable, real-time mortality surveillance is an essential element of pandemic preparedness Concept – The history of Civil Registration System (CRS) in India dates back to the middle of the 19th century. In 1886 a Central Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act was promulgated to […]
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) Subject – Government Schemes Context – High LPG prices are scorching the air pollution fight Concept – Prime Minister launched the second phase of Pradhan MantriUjjwalaYojana (PMUY) or Ujjwala 2.0 Scheme. PMUY-I – Launched in May 2016 to provide LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections to poor households. PMUY-II: It is […]
Two plant species now extinct in wild Subject – Environment Context – ‘Two plant species now extinct in the wild’ Concept – Two species of plants first collected by botanists more than 125 years ago from Meghalaya and the Andaman Islands are now extinct in the wild. Classified under the genus Boesenbergia, the […]