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Oil Spills

Typhoon Gaemi has wreaked havoc across Taiwan, the Philippines and parts of southeastern China. The resultant heavy rains also led to the sinking of the oil tanker MT Terra Nova, laden with 1.4 million litres of oil, in Manila Bay…

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Appointment of Governors: Constitutional Role and Issues

The Governor is the constitutional head of a state, appointed by the President and expected to function within the parliamentary system. Appointment, tenure, discretionary powers and Centre-State disputes make the office a recurri…

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Charaideo Moidams

Assam’s Charaideo Moidams burial sites have been added to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites list. These are royal burial sites of the Ahom dynasty, which ruled over mu…

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China Brokers a Deal among Palestinians

Leaders of Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah signed a China-brokered declaration in Beijing on Tuesday (July 22), “pledging to end division and strengthen unity”. THE CONFLICT: The two groups have competed in the past over the po…

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Economic Survey 2024

The Economic Survey is a comprehensive review or annual report of Indian economy during the closed financial year. Prepared by: The Economics Division of the Department of Economic Affairs of the Finance Ministry under the guidanc…

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SC On GM Mustard

split verdict on whether to allow the “environmental release” of Genetically Modified (GM) mustard. It is a method of assessing the impact of GM crops on the environment. These impacts can be positive (can reduce the need for herb…

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AI & ITS Impact On The Environment

annual environment report released earlier this month, Google reported a 13% increase in its emissions footprint in 2023 compared with the previous year. The rise was attributed mainly to the increased electricity consumption in i…

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Government Servants & RSS

“mention of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)” as an organisation that government officials cannot be part of, should be “removed”. This bar on officials participating in activities of the RSS first came into effect almost six dec…

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Climate Finance Taxonomy

Union Budget for 2024-25 on Tuesday (July 23), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the government would develop a ‘climate finance taxonomy’. To enhance the availability of capital for climate adaptation and mitigat…

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The Union Budget 2024-25

Union Budget 2024-25 was presented by the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, in Parliament on 23 July,2024. This was her seventh consecutive budget.

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The Budget : What Can We Expect?

Nirmala Sitharaman will present the first Budget of the third successive government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Such a budget presentation is typically a quinquennial event in India. Once every five years…

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Governor's Immunity

Supreme Court on July 19 agreed to hear a plea seeking to redefine the contours of the constitutional immunity enjoyed by the Governor of a state. Article 361 of the Constitution shields the President and Governor from criminal pr…

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ICJ on Israel's Occupation of Palestine

International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ principal judicial organ, said on July 19 that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem violated international law, and its presence in Palestinian territori…

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National Flag Day

22 July in 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the National Flag. It was a red-letter day in our history, and the tricolour’s adoption marked a pivotal moment in India’s journey towards establishing itself as an indepe…

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5 Things India Needs To Do If Trump Comes To Power

the Republican Party is making a big push towards overthrowing the traditional American consensus on a range of issues: free trade, alliances, open borders, and US support for post war global institutions built by Washington. 1: T…

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Microsoft Outage

Microsoft Corp’s cloud services caused service disruptions to a number of businesses Around the world, including in India. Microsoft said that a preliminary cause for the disruption was a configuration change “in a portion of [its…

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Students Protest In Bangladesh

Bangladesh announced it will indefinitely shut down all public and private universities from Wednesday (July 17) after massive country-wide protests against a controversial quota system in government jobs have left at least six de…

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Factors Causing Increased Rainfall

the southwest monsoon is active over a large geographical area of India. At least 80% of the country last week reported widespread rainfall, with heavy to very heavy spells lashing Assam, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, G…

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Surge In Terror Strikes In J & K

Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district has once again laid bare the gaps in the security infrastructure of a belt that saw long stretches of peace until recent years. Since 2021, areas south of the Pir Panjal range, including Poonch, R…

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Rules Governing Civil Servants

constituted a single-member committee under the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to examine all documents submitted by probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar to secure her candidature in the civil services. Puja Khedkar…

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What is Late Blight Disease?

Late blight is a disease that affects potato plants as well as tomato, this disease mostly attacks on tubers of the potato plant and the fruits, leaves or stem of the tomato plant.

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National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog)

NITI Aayog (National Institute for transforming India) is the newly-formed government of India’s top public policy institution that is tasked with building the concept of cooperative federalism through participation of state gover…

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