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Daily News11 Sept 2022

Daily Current Affairs 11.09.2022 (Why cloudburst forecast in India still remains elusive, What is the G7 planning on Russian oil?, Why is the Kushiyara river treaty important?, Risk from rabies)

1. Why cloudburst forecast in India still remains elusive Monitoring stations on the ground can hardly capture cloudburst characteristics due to their highly localised and short occurrence Cloudbursts — violent and voluminous amounts of rain pouring down in a short duration over a small area — have been reported since the mid-19th century. Yet, the […]

Daily News10 Sept 2022

Daily Current Affairs 10.09.2022(India, China to take up remaining LAC issues,SC allows bail to journalist Kappan,The stark reasons why Bengaluru is sinking,Moving out of the shadows, from silence to assertion,End of an era,Army in Arunachal Pradesh receives modern artillery, SC takes up pleas against Places of Worship Act,Rules relaxed to bring IAS, IPS officers to J&K,Centre bans export of broken rice due to domestic demand,Make anti-TB campaign a mass movement: President, Basic skills poor in regional languages: NCERT,N. Korea makes nuclear programme ‘irreversible’, FM tasks RBI to ‘whitelist’ legal loan apps to protect borrowers)

1. India, China to take up remaining LAC issues India and China will take up remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) once the ongoing disengagement at Patrolling Point (PP) 15 in Gogra-Hot Springs is completed by Monday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. Beijing welcomed the disengagement at PP15 […]

Daily News9 Sept 2022

Daily Current Affairs 09.09.2022( India, China troops disengage at LAC friction point in Ladakh , Rajpath, a symbol of slavery, erased: PM , ‘Faustian bargain’ versus principles is the toss-up , Should the mother tongue or English be the medium of instruction? , Nirmala links inflation, State fuel taxes , Naga team continues talks on Constitution , Google plans pilot on ‘gambling’ apps )

India, China troops disengage at LAC friction point in Ladakh Pullback begins from Patrolling Point-15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings area India and China on Thursday announced that their Armies have begun to disengage from Patrolling Point-15 in the Gogra-Hotsprings area of eastern Ladakh, marking a step forward towards ending the stand-off ongoing since May 2020. The […]

Daily News8 Sept 2022

Daily Current Affairs 08.09.2022 (Content moderation on Wikipedia, The mandatory requirements for packaged commodities, Cabinet approves PM SHRI scheme, WHO to stress prevention of non-communicable diseases, CBDC to reduce time, cost in cross-border business: RBI’s Sankar, How ideology muddled inflation control in India, The Spirit of 1971, The evolving role of CSR in funding NGOs)

1. Content moderation on Wikipedia What are the mechanisms Wikipedia uses to ensure that users do not have unrestricted editorial privilege? India has summoned officials of Wikipedia, in response to cricketer Arshdeep Singh’s Wikipedia page being edited with misleading information that stated he was a “khalistani”. To increase Wikipedia’s reliability and also to prevent vandalism […]

Daily News7 Sept 2022

Daily Current Affairs 07.09.2022 (The Chilean referendum for a new constitution, The controversy over K.K. Shailaja’s nomination for the Ramon Magsaysay Award, SC asks Punjab, Haryana CMs to meet on SYL canal dispute, India, 7% plus annual growth, and the realities, For Vizhinjam business as usual is not an option)

1. The Chilean referendum for a new constitution What led to the referendum? What were some of the proposed amendments? The people of Chile resoundingly rejected a new constitution which was set to replace a charter imposed by General Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago. In 2019, over a million people took to the streets of […]

Daily News6 Sept 2022

Daily Current Affairs 06.09.2022 (Seat belts, head restraints and safety regulations, The ban on conversion therapy for the LGBTQIA+ community, Preventive detentions rose in 2021, Gorbachev, macro-economics, and Gandhi, The difficult path to India-Pakistan peace, Public health need not be led by doctors alone)

1. Seat belts, head restraints and safety regulations What are the functions of seat belts and head restraints? Is India implementing its mandatory seat belt policy? The death of Cyrus P. Mistry, former Chairman of Tata Sons, in a car crash in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has turned the focus on whether compulsory use of seat […]

Daily News5 Sept 2022

Daily Current Affairs 05.09.2022 (Deploying 5G in a world built on 4G technology, The International Monetary Fund’s staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka, Untangling Kerala’s Lokayukta controversy, ‘Dark sky reserve’ to come up in Ladakh, Scientists remain sceptical about how nano urea benefits crops, ISRO tests system to recover spent rocket stages, Justice rendered, but only incompletely, India and Australia, from divergence to convergence, Coercion as conversion, Perils of brinksmanship, A lot is at stake for India-Bangladesh ties)

1. Deploying 5G in a world built on 4G technology The switch to a pureplay 5G architecture is no more a question of whether or not, but when and how Since 4G’s inception in the early 2010s, the number of smartphone users have grown significantly. According to Statista, the total number of smartphone users in […]

Daily News4 Sept 2022

Daily Current Affairs 04.09.2022 (Flight test of LCA-Mk2 to be completed by 2027, New sub-lineages of monkeypox virus emerge, Has science evolved to record dreams?, Why is inflation rate different across States?, At Vostok-22, why is India not joining naval drill?)

1. Flight test of LCA-Mk2 to be completed by 2027 Cabinet Committee on Security sanctioned the development of the model earlier this week at a total cost of ₹9,000 crore With the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) sanctioning the development of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk2, a bigger and more capable fighter than the […]

Daily News3 Sept 2022

Daily Current Affairs 03.09.2022 (Paddy cultivation sees decline, The NPT is beginning to look shaky, India’s cyber infrastructure needs more than patches, Wind in the sail, Delays, debt and distress in West Bengal)

1. Paddy cultivation sees decline 5.62% decrease in the area covered this year compared to 2021, data show The trend of decrease in paddy sowing has continued even as the monsoon season in north India is in its last legs. According to the data released by the Union Agriculture Ministry on Friday, the decrease in […]

Daily News2 Sept 2022

Daily Current Affairs 02.09.2022 (Vostok-2022 begins in Russia with India, China participating,Seven States cold to Centre’s crime portal, Indian-made HPV vaccine this year,UN accuses China of Uighur rights abuses, UN inspectors arrive at Ukraine nuclear plant amid shelling)

1. Vostok-2022 begins in Russia with India, China participating U.S. criticises India’s attendance in the joint military exercise An Indian Army contingent comprising troops from 7/8 Gorkha Rifles is participating in the multilateral strategic and command exercise ‘Vostok-2022’ which commenced on Friday at the training grounds of the eastern military district in Russia. The exercise […]

Daily News30 Aug 2022

Daily Current Affairs 30.08.2022 (The jurisprudence of bail, Explaining Pakistan’s flip-flop on trade with India, Tribe categorisation work delays benefits under SEED, There are no easy answers to the freebies issue, Curing the patriarchal mindset of the legal system, Challenges of sub-national fiscal correction)

1. The jurisprudence of bail The Supreme Court has time and again reiterated that “bail is the rule and jail is the exception” The jurisprudence of bail in post-independent India, is anchored on the bedrock of Article 21 of the Constitution which states that liberty can be deprived only through the procedure established by law, […]

Daily News29 Aug 2022

Daily Current Affairs 29.08.2022 (The concerns around Aadhaar-Voter ID linkage, Revisiting the S. Subramaniam Balaji vs Tamil Nadu judgment, The cyber threat to mobile banking, ‘Working on a comprehensive legal framework for digital economy’, A public judge with an uncertain legacy, Japan’s continuing struggle with gender parity, Sops for votes, PIN code @50 years)

1. The concerns around Aadhaar-Voter ID linkage Why is the Election Commission keen on voters linking their Aadhaar with voter IDs? There have been instances of block officers mandating the linking of Aa dhar with Voter IDs after the Election Commission’s campaign to promote the linkage of Voter ID and Aadhaar which began on August […]