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Daily News12 Aug 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 30.07.2021 (The wings of Pegasus, the epoch of cyberweapons, The long road to winning the battle against trafficking, LS passes 2 Bills without debate)

1.The wings of Pegasus, the epoch of cyberweapons With their use not only during a conflict but even during peacetime, matters have reached a tipping point A raging controversy across the world on the misuse of Pegasus spyware — a great deal of which is mired in facts, suppositions, false trails, allegations and counter-allegations, but […]

Daily News9 Aug 2021

Daily Current Affairs 29.07.2021 (A judgment that must be taken in the right spirit, Oxygen for fiscal federalism)

1.A judgment that must be taken in the right spirit The striking down of the 97th Amendment is a reminder that the power to regulate cooperatives must stay with States A constitutional amendment is a rare event. There have only been 104 such cases of those in the 71 years since the Constitution came into […]

Daily News28 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 28.07.2021 (Needed: an anti-trafficking law, Opposition unrelenting in Parliament, China’s sea claims have no basis, says U.S., Panel raps govt. over MSMEs, urges larger economic package)

1.Needed: an anti-trafficking law Human trafficking is a crime in itself, but it is also the propeller of several other crimes Sita was 13 years old when she was trafficked. Her parents worked in a tea garden in Assam for meagre wages. She was trafficked to a placement agency in New Delhi, and bought for […]

Daily News27 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 27.07.2021 (An emigration Bill that does not go far enough, Lok Sabha passes two Bills amid protests by Opposition)

1.An emigration Bill that does not go far enough The new Bill is better than the Emigration Act 1983, but more reforms are needed to protect Indian workers In early June 2021, the Ministry of External Affairs invited public inputs to the Emigration Bill 2021. The Bill could be introduced in Parliament soon and presents […]

Daily News27 Jul 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 26.07.2021 (India and Digital Currency, Are law and technology a solution to fake news?, Joining the dots in the second coming of Pegasus, Deal on Gogra, Hot Springs likely soon)

1.Money changer India needs to move forward on introducing an official digital currency In contrast to India’s continued ambiguity over the legality of cryptocurrencies, its stance on introducing an official digital currency has been reassuringly clear and consistent over time. And, four years after an inter-ministerial committee recommended that India launch fiat money in digital […]

Daily News26 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 25.07.2021 (Moon-forming region seen around exoplanet for the first time, Study proposes repurposed drug to treat COVID-19, What are the surveillance laws in India?)

1.Moon-forming region seen around exoplanet for the first time Scientists for the first time have spotted a moon-forming region around a planet beyond our solarsystem – a Jupiter-like world surrounded by a disc of gas and dust massive enough that it could spawn three moons the size of the one orbiting Earth. The researchers used […]

Daily News24 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 24.07.2021(A house for a family and 1,000 dusky leaf-nosed bats, The Ganga’s message, Empowering nature with biocentric jurisprudence)

1.A house for a family and 1,000 dusky leaf-nosed bats They have been living together at Lawspet without disturbing each other for 21 years At a time when bats are being looked upon with suspicion and vilified as carriers of coronavirus, a family in Puducherry has been co-existing with over 1,000 dusky leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros […]

Daily News24 Jul 2021

Daily Current AFfairs 23.07.2021 (Glucagon can impact Type-2 diabetes: study, Survey gives insights into birth and death of stars, RBI plans digital currency pilots soon)

1.Glucagon can impact Type-2 diabetes: study ‘The new finding may change the way diabetes is treated’ A recent study has found that glucagon, one of the two hormones produced by the pancreas, plays an important role in the development of Type 2 diabetes. In the study done on a group of 81 persons in a […]

Daily News24 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 22.07.2021 (India must directly engage with Taliban 2.0, U.K. wants new trade deal for N. Ireland,

1.India must directly engage with Taliban 2.0 The time for hesitant, backchannel parleys is over and New Delhi has to begin ‘open talks’ as it is a strategic necessity With the withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan in process, New Delhi has decided to ramp down its civilian presence in the war-torn country, bracing […]

Daily News24 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 21.07.2021 (Pegasus spyware row rocks Parliament, The thread to grasp in the Kitex story, SC annuls parts of co-op amendment)

1.Pegasus spyware row rocks Parliament Lok Sabha adjourned for the day amid repeated disruptions; Rajya Sabha discusses COVID-19 situation The Pegasus snooping controversy led to multiple disruptions in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday before the House was adjourned for the day. In what seemed to be a different strategy by the Opposition parties for the […]

Daily News23 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 20.07.2021 (Rahul, Prashant Kishor, ex-EC Lavasa on list of spyware targets, Egypt takes centre stage in West Asian affairs, Surveillance reform is the need of the hour)

1.Rahul, Prashant Kishor, ex-EC Lavasa on list of spyware targets Analysis confirms Pegasus attack or attempts on 10 Indian numbers, says report Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, election strategist Prashant Kishor, Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee and Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Prahlad Patel appeared on a leaked list of […]

Daily News23 Jul 2021

Daily Current Affairs 19.07.2021 (A new chapter in Nepal’s quest for political stability, China denies politics behind UNESCO move on Barrier Reef, Beware of new low-risk, high-return promise)

1.A new chapter in Nepal’s quest for political stability The Supreme Court order offers some respite amidst the political uncertainty, with lessons for Indian diplomacy too On July 12, 2021, the Supreme Court of Nepal handed over a 168-page verdict on a case filed by 149 lawmakers out of the 275 parliamentarians demanding that Sher […]