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Raising legal age of marriage for women

Context:The Cabinet has decided to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21. This decision is based on the recommendation of a panel led by Jaya Jaitly.Task force:Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech last year proposed a pan

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India’s data protection Bill

Context:Nearly two years after it was constituted on 11 December 2019, the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, headed by BJP MP P.P. Chaudhary, has presented its final report on the upcoming bill in both Houses of Parliament on 16 December

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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960

Context:The Supreme Court has allowed Maharashtra to hold bullock cart races in the state till the pendency of the matter before the constitutional Bench of the apex court. It is a 400-year-old tradition.What’s the issue?Bullock cart races were banned in Maharashtra afte

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Tamil Nadu makes it mandatory to stand while state song is being played

Context:The Tamil Nadu government has declared Tamil Thai Vaazhthu, a prayer song sung in praise of Mother Tamil, as the State Song.A Government Order (GO) had been issued directing that everyone who is present during the rendition of the song, barring d

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Amazon- Future deal

Context:The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has frozen its approval given in November 2019 to Amazon’s investment in a Future Group unit on the grounds that the U.S. e-commerce company had suppressed the scope and full details of its investment while seeking re

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Pegasus snooping case

The Supreme Court has stayed further proceedings of a Commission of Inquiry appointed by the West Bengal Government to look into allegations of snooping using the Pegasus software.What’s the issue?The continued use of spyware Pegasus, which an Israeli company sells to gove

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Why India, Russia blocked move to take climate change to UNSC?

Reference News:India and Russia have blocked a proposal that would have allowed the UN Security Council to deliberate on climate-related issues.What’s the issue?The draft resolution, piloted by Ireland and Niger, sought to create a formal space in the Securi

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RBI introduces prompt corrective action framework for NBFCs

Reference News:The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced the prompt corrective action (PCA) framework for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs).The PCA framework for NBFCs will come into effect on October 1,2022 on the basis of their financial position

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India’s Afghan Policy a Tricky Affair

What is the issue?India has been confronted with one of the most important diplomatic challenges of devising viable policies to deal with a Taliban ruled Afghanistan Government.What are the concerns of India with respect to Taliban?Terrorism- India had joined the international

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RBI allows Payments Banks, SFBs to conduct Govt agency business

Reference News:RBI allows Payments Banks, Small Finance Banks to conduct Govt agency business.It will be subject to the condition that the concerned bank is not under the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework or moratorium.Power of accrediting an a

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