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Gold prices Subject: Economy Context: The World Gold Council has said that “gold wasn’t the crisis hedge it has often been historically, certainly when measured in US dollars”. Details: Prices of gold have remained low amid high inflation, rising interest rates, and the ongoing war in Ukraine Gold futures fell to their shortest […]
ISRO’s Next-Gen LV may assume PSLV’s role Subject: Science and technology Context: ISRO is developing Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV), which will replace its ‘trusted work horse’ PSLV in the future. Concept: About NGLV ISRO’s NGLV will be a three-stage reusable heavy-lift vehicle. Pay load capacity will be around 10 tonnes to Geostationary […]
Govt stocks dip to 5 year low amid high food inflation Subject: Agriculture Context :Stocks of wheat and rice with government agencies have plunged to a five-year low, even as retail cereal price inflation soared to a 105-month high in September. Concept: According to data from the Food Corporation of India (FCI), wheat […]
Article 340 Subject :Polity Context: Three-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away at a private Gurugram hospital on Monday Article 340: The President may by order appoint a Commission consisting of such persons as he thinks fit to investigate the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes within the territory of India […]
Jammu administration rescinds order on registration of new voters Context: A day after issuing the order on enrolling new voters, sparking a political row in the Union Territory, Jammu district authorities have withdrawn the direction authorising tehsildars or revenue officials to issue certificate of residence to people residing in the district for more […]
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Context: Europe’s top court in its order has said that EU companies can ban headscarfs as long as it is a general prohibition that does not discriminate against employees. The case was related to a Muslim woman who was told not wear a headscarf when […]
Karnataka hijab ban case and the split verdict of Supreme Court Context: Recently, the Supreme Court has delivered a split verdict on the Karnataka Hijab Ban Case. One of the two judges on the Bench upholded the March 15 order of the Karnataka HC validating the government’s ban, and the other set aside […]
New Andaman islands : strategic and ecological significance– Subject : Geography mapping Location and Composition– It is located in the Indian Ocean, in the southern reaches of the Bay of Bengal, nearer to Indonesia and This comprises of two island groups – the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands – which separates the […]
Poland Subject : Geography mapping Context: Recently there was a leak on a pipeline carrying oil from Russia to Europe in one of the Druzhba pipelines in Poland. Where is Poland: It is a country located in Central Europe and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the […]
Lebanon Subject : Geography mapping Context: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a draft deal to resolve a decades-old dispute over the control of an eastern stretch of the Mediterranean Sea. Where is Lebanon: Lebanon is a country in Western Asia. It is the second smallest country in continental Asia. It is located […]