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Centre’s decision to withdraw Rs. 2000 notes from circulation Subject :Economy Section: Monetary Policy Specifics: Not demonetization: Firstly the note will continue to be legal tender, even though public is encouraged to deposit/exchange these by 30th September. Extended window for deposit/exchange. Reasons: Exact reason not given, but the RBI’s stand is to discourage […]
Adani-Hindenburg Supreme Court Panel Report Subject :Economy Section: Capital Market Context: Supreme Court on Friday (May 19) made public the report of the court-appointed expert panel in the Hindenburg-Adani row case. SEBI) is yet to submit its report, the expert panel in its report disclosed that SEBI has been investigating the ownership of 13 […]
Bring back Kohinoor from the U.K., parliamentary panel notes in its report Subject :History Section: Art and Culture Context: Nothing prevents India from seeking the return of the Kohinoor diamond, which left Indian shores in the early 1850s and is currently embedded in the crown of the British monarch Background: The report on […]
Freedom of speech the ‘bulwark’ of democracy: Why the Andhra HC struck down order seeking to regulate public assemblies, processions Subject : Polity Section: Constitution Context: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside a Government Order (GO) issued by the Andhra Pradesh government that sought to regulate public meetings, processions, and assemblies on […]
Block-chain enabled trace and track system Subject :Science and technology Section: Awareness in IT This is a supply chain centered implementation of the block-chain technology, that uses the decentralized, immutability (cannot be changed), real-time, cryptographic security characteristics of the distributed ledger system (i.e. Block Chain) to stream-line supply chains. With this one can […]
EU -Deforestation Regulation (EU-DR) Subject :Environment Section: International convention Concept : It is a European Union regulation that aims to counter deforestation by requiring companies registered in the EU that import or export specific items (list of 479 for India) have not been produced on land that was deforested after December 31, 2020. […]
Papua New Guinea to sign security pact with US Subject : International Relations Section: Places in news Concept : Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape said on Thursday that the country will sign a security pact with the US. The pact will give US troops access to the Pacific nation’s ports […]
Centre pushes vaccine for lumpy skin disease Subject : Science and technology Section: Health Concept : More than 10,000 cattle have been infected with the Lumpy Skin disease in this wave of the epidemic. Uttarakhand has reported the bulk of the cases in this wave. While the Kutch region of Gujarat emerged as […]
SC upholds validity of Jallikattu Subject : Polity Section: Constitution Concept : A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court upheld the amendments made by the legislatures of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Karnataka to The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960. The amendments allowed bull-taming sports like jallikattu, kambala, and bullock-cart races […]
Sovereign Ratings Subject :Economy Section: Capital Market Concept : Sovereign credit rating is an assessment of a country’s creditworthiness. It shows the level of risk associated with lending to a particular country since it is applied to all bonds issued by the government. Generally within the country treasury bills or bonds issued by […]