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Rupee-Dollar Futures and Options contracts
Relevance: Prelims: Economy Why in news? • Union Finance Minister launched INR-USD (Rupee-Dollar) Futures and Options contracts on the two
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World Red Cross Day
Relevance: Prelims: International Why in news? • The World Red Cross Day was observed by IFRC on May 8, 2020.
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Covid-19 & the Concept of Latent Function
Covid-19 & the Concept of Latent Function Relevance: Sociology: Sociological Thinkers: Robert K. Merton- Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance,
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Relevance: Prelims/Mains: G.S paper II: Health & Governance CONTEXT With nations around the world confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, the World
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Difference between vaccines, antibodies
Relevance: Prelims: Science CONTEXT Vaccines are chemicals that help the body develop antibodies while antibodies are developed by the body’s immune
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Relevance: Prelims: Health Why in news? • Researchers in France have put forward a hypothesis that the presence of nicotine
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Relevance: Prelims: International Why in news? • The Iranian Parliament authorised the replacement of the national currency, the rial with
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Relevance: Prelims: Science and technology Why in news? • Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation
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Post COVID-19 & the need of universal basic income Relevance: G.S paper II: Governance: Government policies and interventions for development in
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Relevance: Prelims/Mains: Indian Economy & Sociology : Social reforms. Problems of rural labour, bondage, migration. Why in news? The latest move by
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Relevance: prelims: Health Why in news? • Researchers have developed a treatment that links two nanobodies isolated from a ‘Llama’
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Relevance: Prelims: Economy Why in news? • Union Rural Development Minister launched the Saras collection on Government e Marketplace (GeM)
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Relevance: Prelims/mains: Science and technology & Environment Why in news? After the catastrophic Bhopal Gas Tragedy (1984), now toxic gas
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