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Ethereum Merger

In News Ethereum, the world’s second most valuable cryptocurrency, has completed a significant software overhaul recently. About Revamping of Ethereum: It is known as ‘The Merge’.  It will cast aside the need for crypto miners and gigantic mining farms, who had previously driven the blockchain under a mechanism called ‘proof-of-work’ (PoW).  Instead, it has now […]

Amendments to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)

In News Recently, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has amended the regulations with the objective to maximise value in resolution.  Recent Amendments Sale of assets: IBBI has amended its regulations to allow sale of one or more assets of an entity undergoing the insolvency resolution process. Committee of Creditors (CoC): The Committee […]

Death Penalty

In News The Supreme Court referred to a Constitution Bench on the question of how to provide accused in death penalty cases a “meaningful, real and effective” hearing of their mitigating circumstances before a trial judge. About Considered Mitigation Investigator: Earlier this year, the court, while reducing the death sentence awarded to a Madhya Pradesh […]

CBI Functioning and CVC

In News The Supreme court has been criticising the CBI for its “actions and inactions” on several occasions and flagged fundamental problems with the functioning of the agency. Efforts to restructure law-enforcement agencies The struggle to free elite law-enforcement agencies such as the CBI and Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) from the stranglehold of governments and […]

Impact of Climate Change on Monsoon

In Context Monsoon in India has undergone several changes over the recent years, especially on account of climate change.  More about the news The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has sighted that 2022 has seen the second highest extreme events since 1902.  Persistence of intense La Nina conditions,  The abnormal warming of East Indian Ocean,  Negative […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 3 Quotas: Govt to set up panel to study status of Scheduled Castes converts to Christianity and Islam (Polity and Governance) Know about the government’s decision to constitute a national commission to study the social, economic and educational status of members of […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3   1   Net direct tax kitty crosses ?7 lakh crore  (Economy) Know about Taxation system in India and Government Initiatives in this context .:   GS 2 1 Lumpy skin disease virus different from 2019 version   (Health) Learn facts related […]

22nd Summit of the SCO

In News  Recently,Samarkand hosted the 22nd Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation for its member states and Council of Heads  Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the SCO Summit was cancelled in the last two years. Samarkand  It is located in the Zarefshan River valley in the Southeastern region of Uzbekistan. The name Samarkand is derived […]

UNSC resolution 1267

In News Recently, China blocked a joint India-U.S. attempt to put a Pakistan-based terrorist on the UN Security Council’s 1267 list, placing a hold on the proposal to add Lashkar-e-Taiba ‘commander’ Sajid Mir, who is wanted for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, as well as attacks in the U.S. and Denmark. About    The UNSC resolution […]

Eklavya Model Residential Schools

In Context The Eklavya Model Residential Schools have been facing teacher shortage.  About 4,000 teachers have been appointed across the 378 schools, of which nearly 70 per cent are either contractual teachers or on deputation from state government schools. Shortage of Teachers According to the guidelines issued to states in 2020 by NESTS, each school […]

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