CONTEXT While petrol consumption has recovered to pre-pandemic levels, the consumption of diesel, which is a key indicator of economic
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Category: Current Affairs
Current Affairs
INDIA’S STANCE ON ‘REFUGEES’ AND ‘ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS’
Context India has welcomed refugees in the past, and on date, nearly 300,000 people here are categorised as refugees. But
Continue readingTHE CHENAB ARCH BRIDGE: CONNECTING KASHMIR TO KANYAKUMARI
Why in news? Constructed at a cost of Rs 1,486 crore, an arch bridge between the Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi
Continue readingSIGNIFICANCE OF INDO-PACIFIC FOR EUROPE AFTER THE PANDEMIC
Context Germany and its European partners are set for a meaningful engagement with Asia. It’s based on an understanding of
Continue readingIMF: CONTRACTION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
CONTEXT The International Monetary Fund Deputy Chief Economist, Petya Koeva Brooks, in an interview to PTI on Friday also made
Continue readingCRIMINALISING BEGGING
Context SC asks Centre, four states to respond on plea seeking repeal of provisions criminalising begging. Referring to the Census
Continue readingMUON G–2
Why in news? Newly published results of an international experiment hint at the possibility of new physics governing the laws
Continue readingFALLING CRUDE OIL PRICES: REASON AND IMPACT ON INDIA
Context The fall in international crude prices has reversed a six-month trend of rising auto fuel prices which saw the
Continue reading1/3 COVID-19 SURVIVORS FACE NEURO OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
Why in news? The estimated incidence of being diagnosed with a neurological or mental health disorder following Covid-19 infection was
Continue readingEXAMS, RESULTS, FAMILY AND SOCIETY!
Exams have always been a roller coaster ride for students all over and more for the ones appearing for the
Continue readingDURBAR MOVE
Context: Durbar Move is a bi-annual shifting of the Civil Secretariat and other offices of the state government from Jammu
Continue readingEXPERIMENT WITH SUMMER SOYABEAN, TO BOOST FARMERS EARNINGS
Why in news? Farmers in Maharashtra have experimented with growing soyabean as a summer crop, which could set a new
Continue readingA POST-COVID FISCAL FRAMEWORK FOR INDIA
Why in news? Government should plan to gradually improve its primary balance. This would protect against the risk of the
Continue readingFOOD WASTAGE PROBLEM IN INDIA
Context According to the Food Waste Index Report 2021 published by the United Nations Environment Programme, 50 kg of food
Continue readingONE HEALTH’ VISION TO TACKLE THE CRISIS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC
Why in news? ‘One Health’ initiatives, by their multidisciplinary nature, entail working across ministries and navigating tacit institutional hierarchies and
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