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Daily News17 Aug 2021

Daily Current Affairs 11.08.2021 (LS clears Bill restoring States’ rights to specify OBC groups, MFIs urge RBI to drop urban, rural difference for borrowers)

1.LS clears Bill restoring States’ rights to specify OBC groups Lawmakers across parties call for removal of 50% cap on reservation The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the 127th Constitution Amendment Bill, 2021, with unanimous support from the House and not a single vote against, with Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar stating that […]

Daily News17 Aug 2021

Daily Current Affairs 10.08.2021 (IPCC report forecasts a future of severe weather, Glaciers will keep shrinking: IPCC report, LS passes three Bills in 20 minutes)

1.IPCC report forecasts a future of severe weather Global warming to trigger extreme rain in South India, it says The Indian Ocean is warming at a higher rate than other oceans, said the latest report by the Intergovernmen- tal Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released on Monday, with scientists warning that India will witness increased […]

Daily News17 Aug 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 09.08.2021 (The sovereign right to tax is not absolute)

1.The sovereign right to tax is not absolute BIT provisions to challenge taxation measures include expropriation and fair and equitable treatment An important bill introduced in Parliament last week aims to nullify the regressive 2012 amendment in the Income Tax Act. The 2012 amendment overturned the Supreme Court’s decision in Vodafone International Holdings v. Union […]

Daily News16 Aug 2021

Daily Current Affairs 08.08.2021 (Neeraj spears historic Olympics gold, Sunderbans is now drowning in plastic,Location of Dara Shikoh’s grave still a mystery,New technique to study ultrasmall particles in cells)

1.Neeraj spears historic Olympics gold The 23-year-old javelin thrower becomes the first Indian to win an athletics event at the Games On an incredible Saturday in Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun, India found its brightest athletics star. Neeraj Chopra’s history-altering effort in the men’s javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics landed India’s maiden […]

Daily News13 Aug 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 07.08.2021 (Amid adjournments, Lok Sabha passes two Bills, RBI holds rates, MPC splits on stance, India’s history-making women fall agonisingly short)

1.Amid adjournments, Lok Sabha passes two Bills House was adjourned for the day in the first half of the sitting itself The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day in the first half of the sitting itself and at the end of a third week of protests by Oppositions MPs on the Pegasus snooping issue […]

Daily News13 Aug 2021

Daily Current Affairs 06.08.2021 (A guide to resolving the Assam-Mizoram issue, Jaishankar’s Tehran trip holds key amid Afghan developments, Britain will not recognise a Taliban govt. that takes power by force)

1.A guide to resolving the Assam-Mizoram issue Historical knowledge, sensitivity and an accommodative spirit need to accompany any dialogue and negotiation The violent stand-off between the Assam and Mizoram armed policemen at Vairengte in Mizoram, on July 26, about six kilometres from Lailapur, Assam which took six lives and left over 50 injured is the […]

Daily News13 Aug 2021

Daily Current Affairs 05.08.2021 (A grand tax bargain in danger of coming apart, Tigray’s woes, The doubted scientist and her vaccine revolution)

1.A grand tax bargain in danger of coming apart A Goods and Services Tax version 2.0 may have to be designed soon given the flaws in the existing structure, After four years, the promise of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) remains substantially unrealised. It is a far cry from the attempted avoidance of cascading […]

Daily News12 Aug 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 04.08.2021 (Poverty in India is on the rise again)

1.Poverty in India is on the rise again In the absence of CES data, the Periodic Labour Force Survey shows a rise in the absolute number of the poor India has not released its Consumption Expenditure Survey (CES) data since 2011-12. Normally a CES is conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSO) every five […]

Daily News12 Aug 2021

Daily Current Affairs 03.08.2021 (SC questions States on cases under 66A, A disconcerting picture behind the headline numbers, Criminalising welfare issues)

1.SC questions States on cases under 66A Citizens are still being booked under it, says plea The Supreme Court on Monday asked the States to respond to a petition that stated citizens continued to get booked and prosecuted under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for expressing themselves freely on social media. Section 66A […]

Daily News12 Aug 2021

Daily Current Affairs 02.08.2021 (Pegasus, a blemish on democracy, Clinical trials of ‘Ashwagandha’ soon)

1.Pegasus, a blemish on democracy The hour has come to oppose excessive oppression through serious political action Pegasus, the mythical winged horse from Greek mythology, is known to have allowed Bellerophon, the Corinthian hero, to ride him in order to defeat the monstrous Chimera before flying off to the heavens where he was turned by […]

Daily News12 Aug 2021

Daily Current Affairs 01.08.2021 (India all set for UNSC presidency term, ‘Erroneous to conclude we have attained herd immunity’, Stellar mid-life crisis: What ails the middle-aged Sun?, Ruins of an Indus Valley civilisation site – Dholavira)

1.India all set for UNSC presidency term Meetings to focus on maritime security, counterterrorism and peacekeeping As it begins its month-long presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), India is set to hold high-level meetings and briefings to bring focus to its three priorities: maritime security, counterterrorism and peacekeeping, said India’s Permanent Representative to […]

Daily News12 Aug 2021

Daily Current Affairs 31.07.2021 (Visualising the Himalaya with other coordinates, Govt. introduces Bill on insurance firms)

1.Visualising the Himalaya with other coordinates Looking at it only through the prism of geopolitics and security concerns ignores its other crucial frameworks A conceptual audit of questions related to geopolitics and security concerns while talking or thinking about the Himalaya is perhaps long overdue. There is no gainsaying the truth that we have been […]