1.PM lauds States for cooperative federalism in fighting COVID19
- NITI Governing Council discusses crop diversification, NEP, urban governance
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- GS Paper 2: Indian Polity- Issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure
2. Satellites launched by SSLV in ‘wrong orbit, not usable’
- Launch vehicle put them in elliptical, not circular orbit: ISRO
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- GS Paper 3: Science and Technology- General awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nanotechnology, bio-technology
3. Cheetah reintroduction: NBA chief dismisses concerns
- Even as preparations are underway to reintroduce cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno Palpur National Park (KNP), National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) chief Vinod B. Mathur dismissed concerns that this may cause the same problems faced by tigers in the country after breeding.
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- GS Paper 3: Environment- Conservation
4. Focused on inflation
- A rate increase was needed to prevent inflation expectations from stymieing growth
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- Prelims syllabus: GS 1- Indian Economy (monetary policy)
5. The workings of the Supreme Court collegium
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- Collegium of the Supreme Court consisting of the Chief Justice of India and four senior most judges of the Supreme Court make recommendations for appointments to the apex court and High Courts.
- GS Paper 2: Structure, organisation and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary
6. The Great Barrier Reef’s recovery and vulnerability to climate threats
- The highest levels of coral cover, within the past 36 years, has been recorded in the northern and central parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR).
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- GS Paper 3: Environment- Conservation
7. Why are regulators swooping down on stablecoins?
- A stablecoin is a digital currency whose value is pegged to a ‘stable’ asset, such as the U.S. dollar or gold
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- GS Paper 3: Science and Technology: Recent developments
8. India begins cooperation with Combined Maritime Forces
- Last month, India formally commenced cooperation with the Bahrain- based multilateral partnership, Combined Maritime Forces (CMF).
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- GS Paper 3: Various Security forces and agencies and their mandates
9. EC certifies VP election result
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- Election Commission on Sunday signed the certificate of election of Jag deep Dhankhar as Vice President
- GS Paper 2: Appointment to various Constitutional posts
10. Foreigners’ Tribunals appointments hang fire
- Assam had as many as 100 FTs prior to the publication of the complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRCs) in August 2019.
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- GS Paper 2: Indian Polity
11. Centre mum on availability, requirement of key leprosy drug
- Acute shortage of clofazimine in the country for months now
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- Prelims syllabus: Current events of national and international importance.
