Current Affairs 06 August 2022
CONTENTS RBI hiked rates by 50 bps Live-fire exercises Personal Data Protection Bill Central Vigilance Commission RBI Hiked Rates By 50 bps Context: With inflation remaining at ‘elevated levels’, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India unanimously decided to raise the policy repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.4%. […]
Current Affairs 05 August 2022
CONTENTS: Inflation is driving GST revenue rise 1.5°C warmer world to be catastrophic for India CJI Ramana recommends Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as his successor Rare earth elements Inflation is driving GST revenue rise Context: As per the recent SBI research, High inflation is driving about 8% of the current surge in Goods and Services […]
Current Affairs 04 August 2022
CONTENTS Regional Rural Banks Financial Inclusion Index SC calls for a panel to look into freebies issue National Anti-Doping Bill India’s trade deficit Haryana’s Cheerag scheme for EWS students Regional Rural Banks Context: Recently, a meeting was held between the finance minister and the heads of banks to discuss various reforms in Regional Rural Banks […]
Current Affairs 03 August 2022
CONTENTS Wildlife (Protection), Amendment Bill Purchasing Managers Index Hellfire R9X missile 5G spectrum auction concludes Wildlife (Protection), Amendment Bill Context: The Lok Sabha passed the Wildlife (Protection), Amendment Bill, with no significant modifications to the version of the Bill presented in the House for discussion. Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: […]
Current Affairs 02 August 2022
CONTENTS Parliamentary panel reviews Goa Civil Code Indian Antarctic Bill 2022 Electoral bonds AlphaFold Lumpy skin disease African swine fever Parliamentary Panel Reviews Goa Civil Code Context A parliamentary panel has reviewed Goa’s uniform civil code, and some of its members feel that there are some peculiar and outdated provisions related to matrimony in it. […]
Current Affairs 01 August 2022
CONTENTS Blasphemy and hate speech E-Waste Management Chabahar Port Razakars Blasphemy and Hate Speech Context: While Mohammad Zubair of Alt News was arrested for tweeting a still picture from a movie that had some religious context attached to it, Nupur Sharma, a member of the BJP, has been absconding with no coercive action taken against […]