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Daily Current Affairs – April 2022
The day’s news that matters for Prelims and Mains, organised by GS paper, with practice questions.
Daily Current Affairs 30.04.2022 (‘Mother Nature’ a ‘living being’ with legal entity: Madras HC, ‘Heatwaves linked to man-made climate change’, ‘Heatwaves linked to man-made climate change’)
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1. ‘Mother Nature’ a ‘living being’ with legal entity: Madras HC It will have rights, duties and liabilities like a living person, says Madurai Bench Holding that it is the right time to confer juristic status to ‘Mother Nature’, Justice S. Srimathy of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court invoked the ‘parens patriae jurisdiction’, […]
Daily Current Affairs 29.4.2022(Russian roulette with gas supplies, Meritorious candidates can get general seats: SC, Centre’s employment survey finds addition of four lakh jobs)
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1. Russian roulette with gas supplies Why is Gazprom cutting off its supplies to the two NATO countries? How has the EU responded? Russian energy company Gazprom has announced that it has “completely suspended gas supplies” to Poland’s PGNiG and Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz citing their failure to pay in roubles. Poland, which gets 40% of its […]
Daily Current AFfairs 28.04.2022 (‘States not passing on fuel duty cut to people’, ‘Delhi should be under Centre’s control’, SSLV ‘development flights’ likely in 2022, Energy independence through hydrogen, Indonesia’s palm oil export ban, A look at child and adolescent healthcare systems, Birth, death reporting to be automated, Plan for 4G upgrade in LWE areas)
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1. ‘States not passing on fuel duty cut to people’ PM flays non-BJP governments for not reducing VAT Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that fuel prices were too high in some States ruled by BJP rivals and they were not passing on the benefits of the Centre’s excise duty cut to the people. […]
Daily Current Affairs 27.04.2022 ( Act against communal hate, SC tells two States, India’s designation by the USCIRF)
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1. Act against communal hate, SC tells two States Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh told to take preventive steps The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned the heat on BJP-ruled Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh to take “corrective measures” against the peddling of communal hate in ‘dharam sansad’ events and warned that the Chief Secretaries of the two States […]
Daily Current Affairs 26.04.2022 (CJI mulls listing of pleas on removal of J&K special status, The quarrel over Kuril Islands, A docket full of unresolved constitutional cases)
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1. CJI mulls listing of pleas on removal of J&K special status ‘This is a five-judge Bench case… Let me ask other judges’ Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Monday said he would discuss with other judges and consider listing, after summer vacations, the petitions challenging the abrogation of special status of Jammu and […]
Daily Current Affairs 25.4.2022(Days of misery over, PM tells J&K youth, After a hiatus, household consumer spending survey to resume in July, Towards a resolution of the Arunachal-Assam border dispute, ‘Nagas without borders’ spreads message of unity)
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1. Days of misery over, PM tells J&K youth Modi inaugurates projects estimated at ₹20,000 crore Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Sunday that Kashmiri youth of today would not suffer the miseries that the previous generations in the Valley had gone through. He was inaugurating development projects estimated at ₹20,000 crore aimed at […]
Daily Current Affairs 24.4.2022(WTO may ease curbs on Indian grain exports, Doval to lead first international intelligence heads’ Delhi meet, ‘Army not against removal of AFSPA’, After talks with IMF, Pakistan agrees to reduce fuel subsidies, How quickly can India move away from coal?)
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1. WTO may ease curbs on Indian grain exports Where there is hunger, there are grains to go, says Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), is looking into resolving WTO rules that are making it difficult for India to export foodgrains to meet shortages in other countries, caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, according […]
Daily Current Affairs 23.04.2022 (2 JeM ‘fidayeen’ militants killed in Jammu ahead of PM’s visit, ‘Postal ballot for NRIs being contemplated’)
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1. 2 JeM ‘fidayeen’ militants killed in Jammu ahead of PM’s visit A CISF officer also killed in Sunjwan gunfight amid enhanced security Two unidentified Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants, apparently on a ‘fidayeen’ (suicide) mission, were killed in Jammu on Friday, just two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first public address in J&K since […]
Daily Current Affairs 2.04.2022(Maldives bans ‘India Out’ campaign, This is India’s moment of reckoning, Expert body needed on man-animal conflict: House panel)
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1. Maldives bans ‘India Out’ campaign President Solih calls it a ‘threat’ to national security, says it ‘exploited’ freedoms Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solihon Thursdayissued a decree banning the ‘India Out’ campaign, now led by former President Abdulla Yameen, terming it a “threat to national security”. Stating that the government’s policy was to provide freedom […]
Daily Current Affairs 21.04.2022 (Unfounded apprehensions about this Act, The UGC regulations for collaboration between Indian and foreign universities)
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1. Unfounded apprehensions about this Act In the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, data collection does not seem disproportionate with the Act’s objectives The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 (now Act), that received the President’s assent on April 18 and ‘shall come into force on the day of such notification’, has raised eyebrows. The Act authorises […]
Daily Current Affairs 20.04.2022 (‘War to test resilience of global financial system’)
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1. ‘War to test resilience of global financial system’ IMF flags the risks of future shocks Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven up financial stability risks “on several fronts” and will test the resilience of the global financial system at a time when interest rates are rising sharply, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned in […]
Daily Current Affairs 19.04.2022 (Wholesale price inflation climbs to 14.55% in MarchThe broad-based inflation is led by fuel and power, Cryptos and a CBDC are not the same thing)
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1. Wholesale price inflation climbs to 14.55% in MarchThe broad-based inflation is led by fuel and power Inflation in India’s wholesale prices hit a four-month high of 14.55% in March, from 13.11% in February, driven by accelerating price rise across all categories of goods, with fuel and power as well as primary articles driving most […]
Daily Current Affairs 18.04.2022 (The functioning of the Enforcement Directorate, The status of India’s National Cyber Security Strategy)
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1. The functioning of the Enforcement Directorate What are the powers of the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act? The PMLA was brought in to prevent parking of money outside India and to trace out the layering and the trail of money. The ED got its power to investigate these crimes under Sections […]
Daily Current Affairs 17.04.2022 (Green project will add life to Rajasthan park, Centre extends tenure of green permits, What’s fuelling inflation in rural India?, How will Sri Lanka overcome its debt crisis?)
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1. Green project will add life to Rajasthan park Locals, experts to work in tandem A green agriculture project, funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Global Environment Facility, will act as a lifeline for the Desert National Park (DNP) in western Rajasthan with the conservation of critical biodiversity and forest landscapes. ‘Develop grasslands’ […]
Daily Current Affairs 16.04.2022 (e-DAR portal to speed up accident compensation claims, Navy accelerates indigenisation efforts, focus on weapons and aviation items)
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1. e-DAR portal to speed up accident compensation claims It will be linked to other databases for instant information A web portal designed by the government in consultation with insurance companies will provide instant information on road accidents with a few clicks and help accelerate accident compensation claims, bringing relief to victims’ families. The Ministry […]
Daily Current Affairs 15.04.2022 (IMD forecasts ‘normal’ monsoon, no El Nino, Is Hindi or English beneficial as the link language?, Is the Reserve Bank doing enough to rein in inflation?, Understanding the sovereign debt crisis in Sri Lanka, Russia warns against NATO enlargement)
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1. IMD forecasts ‘normal’ monsoon, no El Nino Met Dept. updates long period average rainfall to 87 cm The India Meteorological Department (IMD), while forecasting a “normal” southwest monsoon for this year also, revised downwards the definition of what constitutes average rainfall. At a press briefing on Thursday, the agency said India would get 99% […]
Daily Current Affairs 14.04.2022 (Hits and misses: India’s solar power energy targets, Alarm bells over Nepal’s dwindling forex reserves , Nod to extend Gram Swaraj scheme, SC refuses to take up plea for uniform code for religious institutions, Finland to decide on NATO membership ‘within weeks’)
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1. Hits and misses: India’s solar power energy targets How far has India come with respect to solar power generation and storage? Why do the authors of the report say that India will not meet its 2022 solar goal? A report prepared by JMK Research and Analytics and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial […]
Daily CUrrent Affairs 13.04.2022 (The process of electing India’s President ,Cardless cash withdrawals at ATMs, Understanding software copyright and licences,India likely to miss year’s solar capacity target,TRAI seeks views on media ownership)
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1. The process of electing India’s President Will the recent Assembly Elections impact the presidential election in July? How is the vote value for each MP/MLA calculated? The Indian President is elected through an electoral college system, wherein the votes are cast by national and State-level lawmakers. In the upcoming polls, the number of electors […]
Daily Current Affairs 12.04.2022 (Modi pushes for peace as Shehbaz flags Kashmir, Amending the Weapons of Mass Destruction Act)
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1. Modi pushes for peace as Shehbaz flags Kashmir Elected unopposed, new Pak. PM raises issue of Article 370 Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Pakistan’s new PM Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, with a message of peace in a region “free of terror”. In a speech to the National Assembly a few hours earlier, Mr. Sharif […]
Daily Current Affairs 11.04.2022 (India’s role in a disordered world,The no-confidence vote in Pakistan,Ukraine crisis to headline India-U.S. ‘2+2’ meet,Bengal coast faces most erosion)
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1. India’s role in a disordered world New Delhi can play an important role in shaping a new, more democratic, world order Western nations want to throw Russia out of the G-20. China has opposed them. India will be chair of the G-20 from December 1, 2022. The world is greatly disordered. What should India […]
Daily Current Affairs 10.04.2022 (President bats for mediation as a dispute resolution tool,Offering freebies is a policy call of a political party: ECI,Improved GSLV to be ready by this year,‘Carbon dioxide removal is necessary’,W boson mass less than expected: study,A constitutional crisis in Pakistan,Has Mullaperiyar dam panel been changed?, India has lowest tech talent demand-supply gap: Nasscom)
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1. President bats for mediation as a dispute resolution tool Kovind flags reluctance among judiciary to adopt mediation President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday advocated the concept of mediation in the judicial process and said it is yet to find widespread acceptance due to certain bottlenecks, adding that all stakeholders should display a positive attitude […]
Daily Current Affairs 09.04.2022(Shah pitches for Hindi use, Opposition cries foul, RBI holds benchmark interest rates, SC upholds new restrictions on receiving foreign funds, Bodoland State demand revived, Strict regime necessitated by experience of abuse: SC, RBI to ‘focus’ on inflation, lifts estimates)
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1. Shah pitches for Hindi use, Opposition cries foul Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement that people from various States speaking different languages should communicate with each other in Hindi instead of English has triggered widespread criticism from Opposition leaders, who dubbed it “Hindi imperialism”. A statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs quoted Mr. […]
Daily Current Affairs 08.04.2022 (Russia suspended from rights council,Ukraine and the anatomy of India’s neutrality,The manacles of caste in sanitation work,India-U.S. 2+2 will discuss key issues, says MEA)
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1. Russia suspended from rights council India abstains from vote at UNGA Russia’s membership to the Human Rights Council (HRC), to which it was elected in 2020, was suspended on Thursday after the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted, 93 to 24, with 58 abstentions, including India, to adopt a resolution suspending Moscow from the […]
Daily Current Affairs 07.04.2022(India offers help to end Russia-Ukraine conflict ,Repairing the complex India-Nepal relationship,A candid conversation about the ‘caged parrot’,How the UAPA is wrecking lives ,The HDFC Ltd.-HDFC Bank merger,Realism versus liberalism in international relations,Centre extends relief to Tibetan Committee by 5 years,UNGA to vote on Russia’s HRC suspension)
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1. India offers help to end Russia-Ukraine conflict Russia is ‘very important partner’: External Affairs Minister India will be “glad” to help in bringing about a resolution for the crisis in Ukraine, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday. Speaking in the Lok Sabha during a discussion under Rule 193 regarding the crisis […]
Daily Current Affairs 06.04.2022(Gotabaya govt. loses majority in Parliament, Strengthen secularism, save the republic, The Indian Antarctic Bill and its various provisions, ‘BrahMos sale to Philippines a bilateral deal’, ‘IPCC report endorses India’s position on climate finance’, ‘Rural India will create 1.2 cr. jobs in dairy sector’)
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1. Gotabaya govt. loses majority in Parliament Over 40 MPs of Sri Lanka’s ruling alliance sit separately Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa lost his parliamentary majority on Tuesday, as a group of lawmakers from the ruling party and its allies sat independently in the House, deserting the government that faces enormous public criticism for “mishandling” […]
Daily Current Affairs 05.04.2022(Push the policy needle forward on migrant support,Tampering with the Constitution in Pakistan,The India-Australia trade agreement,The partial rollback of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act,Caste hierarchies and migration patterns,‘No need for laws to enforce duties on citizens’,99% of world’s population is breathing polluted air: WHO)
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1. Push the policy needle forward on migrant support Amidst the scattered experimentation now, the Centre must offer strategic policy guidance for inter-State coordination Only two years ago, in the wake of a nationwide lockdown, India was left shocked by the plight of migrant workers walking hundreds of kilometres, facing hunger, exhaustion and violence, to […]
Daily Current Affairs 04.04.2022 (No-trust vote dismissed, Imran gets Pak. Parliament dissolved,All Ministers quit in Sri Lanka,WHO pauses Covaxin supply via UN bodies,A far-reaching verdict that ends a regressive exception,The ‘Chandigarh question’,The key takeaways of a UNEP report on noise pollution,NFC technology for instant payments,Uniform Civil Code debate gains momentum,CBI no more a ‘caged parrot’, says Rijiju,First cases of infection from diabetes medication in India,Taliban order ban on poppy cultivation)
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1. No-trust vote dismissed, Imran gets Pak. Parliament dissolved Opposition turns to top court after President acts on Prime Minister’s advice Pakistan’s beleaguered Prime Minister Imran Khan bowled a yorker at his rivals on Sunday by getting the presidential nod for the dissolution of Parliament, a move dubbed “unconstitutional” by the Opposition parties. The latter […]
Daily Current Affairs 03.04.2022(India-Australia deal seeks to double bilateral trade in 5 years, Nepal PM seeks steps to resolve border dispute, Northeast part of ‘mainstream’: Rijiju, As war depletes wheat granaries across the world, India looks to fill the void, Evolution can happen at shorter timescales, Why is Sri Lanka under a state of Emergency?, Roubles for fuel, defence deals with Russia, How has BIMSTEC fine tuned its agenda?)
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1. India-Australia deal seeks to double bilateral trade in 5 years Significant economic pact for New Delhi amid Canberra’s tensions with Beijing India and Australia signed an Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) on Saturday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart in Canberra Scott Morrison, with an eye on doubling […]
Daily Current Affairs 2.4.2022(CJI flags ‘falling credibility’ of CBI, Centre introduces Antarctica Bill, Record nesting of Olive Ridley turtles)
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1. CJI flags ‘falling credibility’ of CBI Justice Ramana calls for umbrella probe body to avoid multiple proceedings Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Friday said that with the passage of time, like every other institution of repute, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had also come under deep public scrutiny. Its actions and […]
Daily Current Affairs 1.4.2022(U.S. Deputy NSA warns India of ‘consequences’,Areas under AFSPA regime reduced: Shah,SC strikes down T.N. Vanniyar quota,Dam Safety Act can end disputes, says SC,Dip in Chilika lake’s dolphin population,This is a criminal attack on privacy,The rise of the rouble amid the Ukraine invasion,The demand for restoring the old pension scheme,India prepared for climate refugees, Centre tells LS)
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1. U.S. Deputy NSA warns India of ‘consequences’ Daleep Singh cautions against trade deals with Russia There will be “consequences” for any country, including India, that conducts local currency transactions through Russia’s central bank or constructs a payment mechanism that subverts or circumvents the United States’ sanctions against Russia, American Deputy National Security Adviser for […]