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Daily News25 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 25.05.2023 ( Ties that bind , The fundamental value of the rupee , GDP growth expected to exceed 7% estimate in FY23, says RBI Governor , Independence of judiciary is part of basic structure of Constitution: SC , How a letter to PMO set off search for Sengol , India set to triple speed of its fastest supercomputers )

1. Ties that bind The Modi visit to Australia adds to the bipartisan strength of growing bonds Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to Australia this week coincided with a year since Labour Party leader Anthony Albanese was elected Prime Minister, and gave a fillip to growing bipartisan ties. While his visit was originally planned […]

Daily News24 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 24.05.2023 ( The paradox of BRICS, its new pathway , Disregarding Constitution, court, citizens , The Telangana- A.P. water dispute , What counts is seldom counted: how the Census data remains under-utilised , Draft of Digital India Bill to be released in June: Minister )

1. The paradox of BRICS, its new pathway Mysterious are the ways in which multilateral groupings prosper and wither away. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and G-77 had their heyday in the Cold War era. Later they lost their relevance, but they still exist. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summits ended in 2014, […]

Daily News23 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 23.05.2023 ( Prime Minister extols value of Pacific island nations at third FIPIC summit , The G-7 must build a global consensus on the world’s challenges , INS Sindhuratna sails for 97 days to India after major refit in Russia , Education Ministry holds meet on PARAKH aimed at unifying 60 school Boards , ‘Demand will pick up, spur capex as inflation recedes’ )

1. Prime Minister extols value of Pacific island nations at third FIPIC summit Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers his opening remarks at the FIPIC summit at Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Small island nations of the Pacific Ocean are in fact “large ocean states”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, highlighting […]

Daily News22 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 22.05.2023 (Jaishankar, Blinken meet in Hiroshima, discuss plans for PM’s U.S. visit in June, Last-minute changes made to itinerary as G-20 meet begins in Kashmir today, Return of ₹2,000 currency notes to bolster bank coffers, money market liquidity: report, Stalemate over sharing of Krishna water to continue, India, U.S. to hike technology cooperation; co-production of jet engines on the table)

1. Jaishankar, Blinken meet in Hiroshima, discuss plans for PM’s U.S. visit in June Retreat with President Biden outside Washington, diaspora events on the cards; Secretary of State says the U.S. is looking forward to hosting Prime Minister Modi, whose visit will celebrate the deep partnership between the two countries; it will be the first […]

Daily News21 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 21.05.2023 ( Ordinance an insult to SC, we will challenge it: Kejriwal , Centre seeks review of SC verdict on Delhi govt. powers , Cultural stars in bilateral firmament have one-on-one with PM in Japan , ‘No immunity for President as contract party’ )

1. Ordinance an insult to SC, we will challenge it: Kejriwal Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Aam Aadmi Party government would challenge in the Supreme Court the ordinance brought by the Centre and reach out to Opposition leaders to ensure that the Bill, when introduced in the Rajya Sabha, is not […]

Daily News20 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 20.05.2023 ( RBI to pull out ₹2,000 notes from active circulation, Hindenburg-Adani case: expert panel ‘clears’ SEBI, SC defers scientific survey on ‘Shivling’ at Gyanvapi mosque, Even limited arsenic exposure can mar cognitive ability: study, EU’s top official wants more scrutiny on Indian products derived from Russian oil )

1. RBI to pull out ₹2,000 notes from active circulation The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday decided to withdraw ₹2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation in pursuance of its “Clean Note Policy”. However, the ₹2,000 notes will continue to be legal tender. A similar withdrawal of notes from circulation was undertaken in 2013-2014. As […]

Daily News19 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 19.05.2023 ( India must invest in infrastructure that boosts defence against disasters , Elections and the airwaves , What are RBI regulations on green deposits? , ‘Operation Dhvast’: three held after NIA holds raids in States , Bring back Kohinoor from the U.K., parliamentary panel notes in its report , Rohingya refugees in India under arbitrary detention, denied exit permissions’ , Two dead in sunken Chinese vessel; Indian Navy deploys P-8I for search )

1. Warming warning India must invest in infrastructure that boosts defence against disasters. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued its annual update on its projections for temperature trends in the next decade. The prognosis, expectedly, is worrying. The annual mean global near-surface temperature for each year between 2023 and 2027 is likely to be […]

Daily News18 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 18.05.2023 ( Two judgments and the principle of accountability , Drive against drugs, forest encroachment not against any tribe: Manipur govt , . Cabinet gives approval for fertilizer subsidy of ₹1.08 lakh crore for kharif , Key climate threshold likely to be breached in 5 years: UN )

1. Two judgments and the principle of accountability M.R. Madhavan is with PRS Legislative Research, New Delhi. Two Constitution Benches of the Supreme Court of India delivered important judgments last week. The first case decided that the Delhi government headed by the Chief Minister — and not the Lieutenant Governor appointed by the central government […]

Daily News17 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 17.05.2023 ( Khasi council order on father’s surname sets off war of words in matrilineal Meghalaya , Rajasthan’s move spells some hope for gig workers , Not violating sanctions on Russian oil, says Centre after EU Minister’s charge , India moves closer to getting its first indigenous vaccine against dengue , Centre rejects U.S. govt. report citing deteriorating religious freedom in India )

1. Khasi council order on father’s surname sets off war of words in matrilineal Meghalaya The Khasis, numbering about 1.39 lakh, are one of the three indigenous matrilineal communities in Meghalaya. A tribal council’s order not to issue a Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificate to any Khasi person who adopts the surname of her or his […]

Daily News16 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 16.05.2023 ( If law is drafted well, judiciary won’t get opportunity to overstep it: Shah , Centre against any ethnic division, says Manipur CM, Evaluating DNA report as evidence , One-stop centres for zero waste to be launched in cities )

1. If law is drafted well, judiciary won’t get opportunity to overstep it: Shah Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said if a law was drafted well, the judiciary would not get an opportunity to overstep it. Mr. Shah made the remarks at the inauguration of a training programme on legislative drafting organised by […]

Daily News15 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 15.05.2023 (Agra: from medieval structures to modern systems, Centre announces Praveen Sood as new CBI Director, The nutritional value of millets, With 6.9% year-on-year growth, goods exports rise to $451 billion in 2022-23 )

1. Agra: from medieval structures to modern systems A CCTV camera zooms in on a stray cow roaming the streets of Agra in Uttar Pradesh. Immediately the system that works on artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) pattern recognition function captures that it is a cow, and an alert goes to a local animal ambulance that picks it […]

Daily News14 May 2023

Daily Current Affairs 14.05.2023 ( Study on butterflies’ migration opens door for conservation , Gaganyaan: parachutes for re-entry capsule sent to ISRO facility in Bengaluru , A break in the Western Ghats , Clash of clans in Manipur )

1. Study on butterflies’ migration opens door for conservation Winged beauties: (From left) Striped tiger, Blue tiger, Dark blue tiger and Plain tiger.Special Arrangement Millions of milkweed butterflies undertake a migration between the Eastern and the Western Ghats in southern India, seeking refuge from the harsh summer. This spectacular ecological phenomenon had been recorded more than […]