Headlines of the day 24-05-2023

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Update NPR to enumerate self during next Census

The Hindu

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Polity

  • What is National Population Register (NPR)?
  • How is census conducted?
  • Reasons and implications of delay?

The missing Census and its consequences

Indian Express

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Polity 

  • How is census conducted?
  • Reasons and implications of delay?

The Telangana- Andhra Pradesh water dispute

The Hindu 

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Polity

  • Constitutional and Legal Mechanism to resolve water dispute
  • How did the Bachawat Tribunal allocate water resources to the three riparian States? 
  • What did the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, state about water shares? 
  • Has the Union government intervened in the issue? 
  • Why is Telangana asking for a larger share?

CJI Chandrachud condemns ‘forum shopping’: What is this practice?

Indian Express

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Polity 

  • What is practice of forum shopping?
  • What is the Supreme Court’s view on this practice?

Govt’s power to promulgate, repromulgate Ordinances — why and how

Indian Express

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Polity 

  • Ordinance in Constitution
  • Repromulgation of Ordinance
  • critical analysis of power of Ordinance

No record of office expenses for Justice Rohini Commission on OBC quota for 2 years: RTI

The Hindu

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Polity

  • Justice G. Rohini Commission for the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)

The paradox of BRICS, its new pathway

The Hindu

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International

  • Background of grouping?
  • Expansion of BRICS
  • Challenges facing the grouping
  • How to revive it?

India-Australia trust not just diplomatic but based on people-to-people ties: PM Modi

Indian Express

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International

  • Key outcomes of the summit
  • Significance and challenges of bilateral ties

India at G7 — myth of multipolarity

Indian Express

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International

  • Overview of India’s foreign policy in multipolar world: Benefits and challenges
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India gives Bangladesh key rail infra

The Hindu

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GS-2/ International

GS-3/ Economy 

  • India-Bangladesh connectivity 
  • PM Gati shakti Scheme 

Decoding the dilemma behind escalating cooking oil imports

Mint

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GS-3/ Economy 

  • How much is India importing?
  • What about consumer and farmer prices?
  • Why is India so dependent on imports?
  • What is the current government policy?

‘73% Smart City projects completed’

The Hindu

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Economy 

  • About Smart Cities Mission

US stares at default

Indian Express

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Economy 

  • What is the debt ceiling?
  • What happens if the govt defaults?
  • Its likely fallout?

Questions remain after expert committee report on Adani

Indian Express

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Economy

  • Analysis of functioning of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
  • Supreme court’s appointed panel on SEBI’s functioning

INSACOG has not put out weekly bulletin since March 27

The Hindu

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Science & Tech

  • Overview of the India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG)

The tragedy of the axolotl mutant

The Hindu

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Science & Tech

  • Scientists are studying how this species of salamander quickly regenerates lost limbs, gills, tail, their eyes, and even parts of the head; 
  • By understanding how axolotls do this, we might gather clues on how to increase our own chances of doing the same

What is the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism?

The Hindu 

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Environment

  • What is the CBAM?
  • What is carbon leakage? 
  • Why are countries worried?
  • How will the new policy affect trade between India and the EU?

National Campaign for Updation and Verification of People’s Biodiversity Register Launched in Goa

Press information Bureau (PIB)

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Environment

  • About People’s Biodiversity Register
  • About Biological Diversity Act 2002
  • About Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC) 

INSV Tarini crew back after completing historic voyage

Indian Express

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Miscellaneous

  • Key facts about INSV Tarini and trans-ocean inter-continental voyage