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Daily News23 Oct 2021

Daily Current Affairs 20.10.2021 (No excuses please, India awaits a full caste headcount, The Economics Nobel Laureates have successfully upturned received wisdom in mainstream economics)

1.No excuses please, India awaits a full caste headcount The central government’s logistical or legal justifications to not disclose caste census data do not stand scrutiny The Narendra Modi government has finally elaborated on its reasons for not disclosing the caste data collated in the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011. The Government’s affidavit filed […]

Daily News23 Oct 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 19.10.2021 (A shadow foreign policy for the first time, China denies testing ‘hypersonic missile’)

1.A shadow foreign policy for the first time A document suggesting an alternative foreign policy has been put forth, but will the Opposition consider it? India does not have a tradition of shadow cabinets lurking behind the government in power with ready alternative approaches to policy matters. The opposition challenges government policies, but provides no […]

Daily News19 Oct 2021

Daily Current Affairs 17.10.2021 (Zeolite oxygen concentrators: chemistry in three dimensions, What is the extent of India’s coal crisis?)

1.Zeolite oxygen concentrators: chemistry in three dimensions At the heart of this technology are synthetic frameworks of silica and alumina with nanometer-sized pores that are rigid and inflexible Chemists, when they are designing or building new molecules, can be thought of as architects and builders. An organic chemist can plan a blueprint for a new […]

Daily News17 Oct 2021

Daily Current Affairs 14.10.2021 (‘Gati Shakti’ will boost infra projects: PM , A portrait of the Nobel masters of ‘metrics’)

1.‘Gati Shakti’ will boost infra projects: PM ‘It will help India realise its dream of becoming business capital of the world’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday kicked off ‘PM Gati Shakti’, a national master plan for synchronising connectivity infrastructure projects across modes of transport, and said it will help India realise its dream of […]

Daily News17 Oct 2021

Daily Current Affairs 13.10.2021 (Retail inflation falls to 4.35%; industrial output growth up, Taking the lid off illicit financial flows, Do not breathe easy on the silicosis prevention policy)

1.Retail inflation falls to 4.35%; industrial output growth up Don’t read too much into the encouraging data: economists India’s retail inflation cooled off to a five-month low of 4.35% in September, thanks to a sharp dip in food price inflation, while industrial output growth accelerated to 11.9% in August, driven largely by a statistical effect […]

Daily News17 Oct 2021

Daily Current Affairs 12.10.2021 (The next step is a constitutional right to health, India’s natural laboratories, U.K. asks India to update climate goals)

1.The next step is a constitutional right to health Presently, any investment in health care has failed to translate into a sense of security and sanctuary for many Indians The brevity of human memory is often a blessing and even necessary for our collective healing from suffering. But the lessons we learn from suffering are […]

Daily News16 Oct 2021

Daily Current Affairs 11.10.2021 (A ‘Taiwan flashpoint’ in the Indo-Pacific, The many questions arising from QES data, What deposit cover overhaul means for you)

1.A ‘Taiwan flashpoint’ in the Indo-Pacific In pursuing its Indo-Pacific strategy, India needs to be mindful of the China-U.S. equations in the region If the rising confrontation between the United States and China erupts into a clash of arms, the likely arena may well be the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan is the unfinished business of China’s […]

Daily News16 Oct 2021

Daily Current Affairs 10.10.2021 (Global pact on minimum corporate tax of 15%, NRC backs Linear No-Threshold model for radiation safety, India may need to rescind digital tax)

1.Global pact on minimum corporate tax of 15% It will end ‘race to bottom’ among countries wooing MNCs A milestone global deal to ensure big companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15% and make it harder to avoid taxation has been agreed after Ireland, Estonia and Hungary signed up to an accord, which U.S. […]

Daily News16 Oct 2021

Daily Current Affairs 09.10.2021 (Reflections on the ‘quasi-federal’ democracy, Prompt action proved IAF’s combat readiness: IAF chief, RBI suspends GSAP, holds interest rates)

1.Reflections on the ‘quasi-federal’ democracy Despite a basic structure, Indian federalism needs institutional amendment to be democratically federal Events coinciding with the jubilee of India’s Independence draw attention to the federal structure of India’s Constitution, which is a democratic imperative of multi-cultural India, where the constituent units of the sovereign state are based on language, […]

Daily News16 Oct 2021

Daily Current Affairs 08.10.2021 (Seeding a data revolution in Indian agriculture)

1. Seeding a data revolution in Indian agriculture But technology fixes and agri-business investments alone will not be enough to improve farmers’ livelihoods In June this year, two significant documents relating to the Indian agriculture sector were released. The first is a consultation paper on the India Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture (IDEA) from the Ministry […]

Daily News8 Oct 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 07.10.2021 ( emitting fine particulate matter: study)

1.U.P. tops list of States emitting fine particulate matter: study Council on Energy, Environment and Water does analysis Uttar Pradesh is the largest emitter of PM2.5, the class of particulate matter considered most harmful to health, according to an analysis by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). The council, a research body, looked […]

Daily News7 Oct 2021

Daily CUrrent Affairs 06.10.2021 (RBI microfinance proposals that are anti-poor, ‘Must look at weaknesses and strengths of 13A’)

1.RBI microfinance proposals that are anti-poor The proposed guidelines will favour private credit institutions at the cost of public sector banks In June 2021, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) published a “Consultative Document on Regulation of Microfinance”. While the declared objective of this review is to promote the financial inclusion of the poor and […]