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Subject: Economy Context: Flipkart has moved the Supreme Court against an order passed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), which had asked the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to initiate a probe against the company for abuse of dominant position. Concept: It is adopting predatory pricing mechanisms, which resulted in losses for small retailers.And also […]
Subject: Polity Context: Supreme Court held that states are empowered under the Disaster Management Act to override University Grants Commission (UGC) exam guidelines Concept: A three-judge Bench upheld the power of a State and its disaster management authority to countermand the revised UGC guidelines to conduct the final year and terminal semester examinations by September […]
Subject: Economy Context: The Centre offered two borrowing options to states to make up for the shortfall in the goods and services tax (GST) compensation cess fund. Concept: Option 1: States can borrow the full compensation deficit of Rs 2.35 lakh crore, which includes revenue loss due to transition to GST and also the Covid-led […]
Subject: Economy Context: Commerce and Industry minister virtually launched a first-of-its kind GIS-enabled national land bank portal Concept: It will help investors zero in on land located in various states for potential projects. As much as 4.2 lakh hectares of land has been mapped across 3,275 industrial clusters in India, of which about 1.13 lakh hectares […]
Subject: Geography Context: The Atal Tunnel at Rohtang, near Manali, is almost complete and was scheduled to be completed by May 2020, in a revised estimate, but the Covid-19 pandemic pushed back the completion by a few months due to lockdown conditions. Concept: The 9-km-long tunnel under the PirPanjal range, named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will […]
Subject: Geography Context: At least five members of the Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for Covid-19. Concept: There are 6 aboriginal tribes in Andaman & Nicobar islands. On the basis of features, they can be divided into Negrito and Mongoloid. Great Andamanes, Onge, Jarawa and Sentinelese are negrito while Nicobarese and Shompen are mongoloid. […]
Subject: Environment Context: The Tamilnadu government has notified rules for Tamil Nadu Protected Agricultural Zone Development Act which came into force on February 21. The rules are aimed at protecting the farmer interest along the Cauvery delta. What does the rule provide for? It provides for constituting a seven member technical committee that would assist […]
Subject: Schemes Context: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has notified new regulations that will make mandatory the display of the calorie count of food products on menu cards for restaurant chains and online food aggregators by 2022 Concept: Food service establishments (restaurants) having central licences or outlets at 10 or more […]
Subject: Economy Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has retained Rs 73,615 crore within the RBI by transferring it to the Contingency Fund (CF) of the central bank, thus leading to a sharp fall in the transfer of surplus to the government in the current year. Concept: This is a specific provision meant for […]
Subject: Polity Context: Rajya Sabha Chairman wrote to chairpersons of the House panels to “impress upon” members of the committees not to divulge any “information to the media” about proceedings of the committees. Concept: Parliamentary privilege refers to rights and immunities enjoyed by Parliament as an institution and MPs in their individual capacity, without which […]