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UNSC resolution addresses ‘key concerns’ on Afghanistan: India

 

(IR) 

UNSC resolution to address ‘key concerns’ on Afghanistan and its significance, implications of  Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, concerns for India and the world, what are the steps being taken by India and the world in this context 

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The economy grows 20.1% in Q1, lags pre-pandemic level

 

(Economy  )

What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? Background of India’s GDP, Methods of Estimation of GDP, Understanding the impact of CoVID-19 on Economy, the present status of GDP in India 

 

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NCRPB defers decision on Regional Plan-2041

Activists raise red flag overdraft plan

(Polity & Governance)

Draft NCR Regional Plan-2041, its features, objectives and need, criticism, key analysis and way forward 

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Kerala airports to screen for new virus strain

(Health)

 

Learn facts related new “C.1.2 lineage” of SARS-CoV-2

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It’s time to build BRICS better

(IR  )

Background of BRICS, Composition, Pillars of intra-BRICS cooperation, Significance of BRICS, Challenges for BRICS, and way forward 

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Two years since the NRC draft, lakhs still in limbo

 

(Polity & Governance)

What is the National Register of Citizens (NRC)? Objectives, impacts, challenges /issues, key analysis and way forward 

 

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Nyay to be Cong. pivot in Uttarakhand

(Welfare Schemes)

Nyay- Nyuntam Ayay Yojana,its provisions and relevence 

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Concerns over Afghanistan’s membership in SAARC arise

(IR  )

Concerns over Afghanistan’s membership in SAARC, About The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), its groupings, objectives and significance for South Asia 

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China opens first road-rail transport link to the Indian Ocean

 

( IR) 

The first shipments on a newly-launched railway line from the Myanmar border to the key commercial hub of Chengdu in western China concerns associated with it for India and suggest measures in this context 

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Overseas settlement of Gsec deals on the anvil: Das

 

Fiscal deficit touches 21.3% of target

 

(Economy)

Why the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to enable international settlement of transactions in government

securities (G-secs) through International Central Securities

Depositories (ICSDs), what are government

securities?

 

What is a Fiscal Deficit?, Components, How is Fiscal Deficit Financed?, India’s Fiscal Policy Framework, Difference between Fiscal Deficit and Revenue Deficit, Is Fiscal Deficit good for the economy?

 
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