Current Affairs

Rise in Preventive detentions
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GS Paper 2: Structure, Organization and Functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government. Image Courtesy: The Hindu What is preventive detention? Preventive detention means to detain a person so that to prevent that person from commenting on any possible crime…

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Divergence in inflation across States.
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GS Paper 3: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. News: Despite picking up of private consumption, there is dampener in the form of inflation. National  Retail inflation after an eight-year high of 7.79% in April, cooled slightly…

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Borra Caves in Andhra Pradesh
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GS Paper 1:Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. Image Courtesy: The Hindu About Borra caves: Borra…

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The Change in the Age of consent for a sexual relationship: An analysis 
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Context: On August 2, in Rama @ Bande Rama v. the State of Karnataka, the Karnataka High Court quashed criminal proceedings of rape and kidnapping under the Indian Penal Code and penetrative and aggravated penetrative sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences…

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El Niño and La Niña.
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GS Paper 1: Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. News: In what may be termed as…

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Jio’s ‘standalone’ 5G architecture.
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GS Paper 3: Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth and Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. News: India’s largest telecom company Reliance Jio on Monday announced the launch of its 5G services on a “standalone”…

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Cryptojacking
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News: According to a report by SonicWall, a US-based cybersecurity firm ‘Cryptojacking’ attacks on computer systems have gone up by 30% to 66.7 million in the first half of 2022 compared to the first half of last year. GS Paper 3: Science and Technology- Developments…

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Cyber Crime & Cyber Infrastructure
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GS Paper 3: Basics of Cyber Security. News: According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), from 12,317 cases of cybercrime in 2016, there were 50,035 cases registered in 2020 due to increased use of information and communication technology (ICT). What is the Definition of…

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Inflation Rate Differentials
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News: India-U.S. inflation differentials to support rupee. GS Paper 3: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. Key analysis by Yes Securities on Indian Economy: Inflation rate differentials between the U.S. and India suggest that the worst of…

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Rise in GST revenue collections.
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GS Paper 3: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. News: Data released by the Finance Ministry shows that Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose to Rs 1,43,612 crore in August (for sales in July), sequentially…

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