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Daily News1 Dec 2022

Daily Current Affairs 01.12.2022 (The Assam-Meghalaya border firing, Are ransomware attacks increasing in India?, SC worried over effect of GM crops on livelihood of women farm labourers, SC seeks Centre’s response on evolving a programme to protect Great Indian Bustard, An Indian recipe to quell micronutrient malnutrition, Cease and desist)

1. The Assam-Meghalaya border firing What is the boundary dispute between the two States? Does the current incident have bearing on this dispute? What has been the response from the governments of the two States? Have there been political ramifications in Meghalaya considering its bound for elections next year? A bid by the Assam police […]

Daily News30 Nov 2022

Daily Current Affairs 30.11.2022 (On the entry of women in masjids, What is the Karnataka voter data theft case?, NITI Aayog proposes decarbonising of industrial emissions, Settling the language for cooperative federalism, A spymaster who now has the Pakistan Army’s reins, EWS are well represented in higher education, Where does waste originate and go?)

1. On the entry of women in masjids Why did the Jama Masjid in Delhi prohibit the entry of single women or women in groups inside the mosque premises? Did they later revoke the ban? What does the Quran say about entry of women worshippers inside masjids? What happened at the Haji Ali Dargah in […]

Daily News29 Nov 2022

Daily Current Affairs 29.11.2022 (Anguish over NJAC order behind posting delays: SC, Why was Google sued for its location tracking practices?, In India, calls for looking beyond the binary are growing stronger, Still a nightmare for domestic violence survivors, Loss and Damage decisions pitfalls and promises, Same rights)

1. Anguish over NJAC order behind posting delays: SC Supreme Court had struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission, which gave the government an equal say in judicial appointments to the constitutional courts, in 2015 The Supreme Court on Monday linked the bitter failure of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) to the government’s willingness […]

Daily News28 Nov 2022

Daily Current Affairs 28.11.2022 (Toward legalising same-sex marriage, What is the PDS scam that has led to a SC listing controversy?, Imaginative pasts the uncertain futures of historians, Xi’s Congress rhetoric powers the PLA’s march ahead, Shifts unexplained, It’s time to discuss depopulation)

1. Toward legalising same-sex marriage How do the fresh pleas in the Supreme Court seek to recognise same-sex marriage? What are the existing rights of LGBTQIA+ people in India? Which are the judgments being cited by the petitioners? Where do other countries stand on same-sex marriage? A Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice of […]

Daily News26 Nov 2022

Daily Current Affairs 26.11.2022 (IRDAI allows PE funds to invest directly in insurers, Govt. forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy, COP27 and the ambiguity about responsibility, The Constitution of India deserves better, An uphill struggle in Sri Lanka’s tea country)

1. IRDAI allows PE funds to invest directly in insurers Insurance regulator introduces slew of proposals to improve ease-of-doing business, including allowing promoters to dilute up to 26% stake and raise subordinated debt sans approval Insurance regulator IRDAI has approved a bouquet of proposals, including permitting private equity funds to directly invest in insurers, in a […]

Daily News25 Nov 2022

Daily Current Affairs 25.11.2022 (Riots at China’s iPhone assembly plant, Russia’s nuclear icebreakers and militarisation of the Arctic, Unemployment rate dips marginally to 7.2% in July-September: survey, Exporters seek helping hand to ride out global slowdown, Ukraine right-wingers and the crisis of democracy, Disquiet in Northeast, Opening stance, Can poor countries afford to go green?)

1. Riots at China’s iPhone assembly plant What led to the mass protests by workers at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou in China? How is the local government reacting to the protests? How did Foxconn and Apple respond to the clashes between thousands of police and factory workers? How will it impact iPhone production? Videos […]

Daily News24 Nov 2022

Daily Current Affairs 24.11.2022 (SEBI’s plans to tackle market rumours, Are El Niño-La Niña weather patterns changing?,Centre sends experts to 3 cities to contain measles infection, ‘India cotton exports may miss forecast on high prices’ ,Fixing India’s malnutrition problem,India is losing its cherished right to know, Space, not time,Time to ease norms, India’s G-force moment , Milk inflation at a 7.5-year high, prices are lower in the south)

1. SEBI’s plans to tackle market rumours What are the measures proposed by the market regulator? Is misinformation affecting securities and impacting investor confidence? Do the proposals recognise the material importance of key personnel and senior management of listed companies? The story so far: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on November 12 floated […]

Daily News23 Nov 2022

Daily Current Affairs 23.11.2022 (RBI’s concerns on slow deposit growth, The SC ruling on pensions for women IAF officers, Europe to be hit hardest in global slowdown says OECD, The ‘India pole’ in international politics, Think local climate action think Meenangadi, A Bill protecting state surveillance)

1. RBI’s concerns on slow deposit growth Why did senior officials of the apex banking regulator meet the MD and CEOs of public and certain private sector banks? What are the possible reasons for low deposit growth? What is the net status of non-performing assets? Has credit growth risen when compared to the year-ago period? The […]

Daily News22 Nov 2022

Daily Current Affairs 22.11.2022 ( How different is the new data protection Bill?,The need to have full disclosure on electoral bonds and political funding,Centre sets standard for e-commerce reviews,ndustry seeks Budget measures to spur demand amid global slowdown,The dissenting judgment versus the razing of equality,Fireproofing India from global turbulence,The geoheritage value of Ram Setu)

1. How different is the new data protection Bill? Has the right to portability and right to be forgotten been removed from the latest draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022? Has the Central government been given more rule making power? What are the duties imposed on data principals? The story so far: […]

Daily News21 Nov 2022

Daily Current Affairs 21.11.2022 (A first look at the new data protection Bill, Charting the economic journey ahead, A place for all refugees under India’s welfare umbrella, Incremental win, Threat to federalism in agricultural education)

1. A first look at the new data protection Bill How different is the latest draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 from the previous Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019? Have the rights for data principals been enhanced? Has the concept of ‘sensitive personal data’ been removed from the current version of the […]

Daily News20 Nov 2022

Daily Current Affairs 20.11.2022 (‘67% drop in PM-Kisan payout in 3 years’, Hypertension: a ticking time bomb in Indian adolescents, Climate change drives dengue spread in France, What is India’s future strategy on emissions?, Centre scraps export tax on iron ore and steel)

1. ‘67% drop in PM-Kisan payout in 3 years’ The number of beneficiaries of the scheme came down from 11.84 crore to 3.87 crore since the first installment in February 2019 till the 11th installment in May-June 2022, show Agriculture Ministry data; Centre says families have so far received more than ₹2 lakh crore under the […]

Daily News19 Nov 2022

Daily Current Affairs 19.11.2022 (India’s first private rocket lifts off from ISRO spaceport,Prison inmates across country likely to get Aadhaar as UIDAI allows enrolment with Induction Document as proof,‘Al Qaeda, IS emerged as major challenges post regime change’,India and Russia agree to deepen cooperation on counter-terrorism at UN)

1. India’s first private rocket lifts off from ISRO spaceport The six-metre-tall launch vehicle Vikram-S is named after Vikram Sarabhai; the rocket is developed by the Hyderabad-based start-up Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited It was a historic moment when Vikram-S, India’s first privately-developed rocket, lifted off precisely at 11.30 a.m. on Friday from Indian Space Research […]