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Subject: Economy Context: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has suspended the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licences of four associations this year Concept: The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 and rules framed under it (the “FCRA” or “Act”) regulate the receipt and usage of foreign contribution by non-governmental organisations (“NGOs”) in India. Since the Act is internal security […]
Subject: Polity Context: KesavanandaBharati, the petitioner of the landmark ruling in which the Supreme Court announced the basic structure doctrine was dead. Concept: A 13-judge Bench was set up by the Supreme Court, the biggest so far, and the case was heard over 68 working days spread over six months. The case was primarily about […]
Subject: Economy Context: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves surged by $3.883 billion to touch a lifetime high of $541.431 billion in the week ended August 28. Concept: Forex reserves are external assets in the form of gold, SDRs (special drawing rights of the IMF) and foreign currency assets […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: With the Central government issuing the Unlock 4 guidelines that will allow many activities that attract large crowds to gather outside the containment zones. So there is heightened risk of a surge in coronavirus cases. Concept: An individual affected with the first known case of an infectious disease or genetically […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Currently in India, RT-PCR tests can tell if a person is infected with novel coronavirus or not. It does not reveal the amount of virus (viral load in scientific parlance) present in the person. Concept: The PCR test amplifies the genetic material from coronavirus through multiple cycles. Since coronavirus has […]
Subject: IR Context: After November 2019 presidential polls and the August 2020 general election in Sri Lanka, the spotlight has fallen on two key legislations in Sri Lanka’s Constitution. Concept: The sharp focus is the 13th Amendment passed in 1987, which mandates a measure of power devolution to the provincial councils established to govern the island’s nine […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: A supercomputer’s recent analysis of data on the contents collected earlier from the lungs of patients with the COVID-19 infection has showed that a phenomenon called a ‘bradykinin storm’ Concept: Scientists are still trying to understand the causes for the rapid deterioration in some patients with COVID-19. While the cytokine storm […]
Subject: Economy Context: A maximum of 15 per cent cess on GST rate of 28 per cent are levied on luxury goods and aerated drinks which will help create a corpus for compensating states for any loss of revenue from GST implementation Concept: In economics, a demerit good is a good or service whose consumption is considered unhealthy, degrading, or otherwise […]
Subject: Schemes Context: In order to make our country self-reliant and self-sufficient in milk NDDB has launched second phase of National Dairy Plan(NDP) , which is promoted as ‘ Mission Milk’. The project target will be to enhance milk processing capacity, infrastructure of dairy cooperatives and also attempts will be made to establish milk quality […]
Subject: History Context: Shifting monsoon patterns linked to climate change likely caused the rise and fall of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, according to a study by an Indian-origin scientist which analysed data from North India covering the past 5,700 years. Concept: The Indus Valley Civilization was an ancient civilization located in what is Pakistan and northwest India, on the […]