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NotesRedevelopment of Sabarmati AshramMahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson Tushar Gandhi has moved the Gujarat High Court against the Gujarat government’s ₹1,200-crore plan to redevelop Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.Issues with the project:The redevelopment plan involves extending its area from
Publish Date 30, Oct 2021
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Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)The Government of India has applied for loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to procure as many as 667 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.The Manila-based ADB and the Beijing-based AIIB, where China and Indi
Publish Date 29, Oct 2021
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Amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969The Centre has proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 that will enable it to “maintain the database of registered birth and deaths at the national level”.Presently, the registration of births and deaths is done by the loca
Publish Date 29, Oct 2021
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National Security v/s Judicial ReviewSupreme Court has made few observations regarding the applicability of judicial review in matters related to ‘National Security’ of the Country.What’s the issue?The Court was responding to submissions made by Solicitor-General for the Centre, in the Peg
Publish Date 29, Oct 2021
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What is Rural Debt Trap?The All-India Debt and Investment Surveys (AIDIS), carried out by the National Statistical Office (NSO) are among the most important nationally representative data sources on the rural credit market in India.Recently published, the AIDIS report reveals that non-i
Publish Date 29, Oct 2021
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Right to Privacy: Pegasus snooping caseStressing that the power of the state to snoop in the name of national security into the “sacred private space” of individuals is not absolute, the Supreme Court has appointed an expert technical committee overseen by former Supreme Court judge R.V. Raveendran to
Publish Date 29, Oct 2021
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Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG)INSACOG led team has traced a total of 108 mutations of the SARS-Cov-2, which include four novel mutations in India, in the wastewater samples collected from Pune city between December 2020 and April 2021.How important is it for countries to continuously monitor variants and underst
Publish Date 29, Oct 2021
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Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)?Students in Srinagar who led the celebrations of Pakistan’s victory over India in recent T20 World Cup cricket match will be charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).The students will also be marked as overground workers (OGWs) of anti-India orga
Publish Date 28, Oct 2021
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What is National Population Register (NPR)?The latest form of the National Population Register (NPR) appears to have retained contentious questions such as “mother tongue, place of birth of father and mother and last place of residence”, according to a document compiled by a committee under the
Publish Date 28, Oct 2021
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What is South China Sea Dispute?China has called for an expedition in negotiations with ASEAN countries on a code of conduct framework for the South China Sea.Background:Next year is the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC). Chin
Publish Date 28, Oct 2021
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