G-20 tourists can use UPI at select Indian airports: How?

Source: The post is based on the article “G-20 tourists can use UPI at select Indian airports: How?” published in Indian Express on 13th February 2023. Contents1 What is the News?2 What has been announced by the RBI?3 Who can utilize this system?4 How will the PPIs be issued? What is the News? Reserve Bank… Continue reading G-20 tourists can use UPI at select Indian airports: How?

How the e-waste you produce is providing poor children with a dangerous living

Source: The post is based on the article “How the e-waste you produce is providing poor children with a dangerous living” published in Indian Express on 13th February 2023. What is the News? The extraction of e-waste is usually performed by Children. This is a crude and hazardous process that goes unregulated. What is e-waste?… Continue reading How the e-waste you produce is providing poor children with a dangerous living

Article 105 of Constitution: The limits to free speech in Parliament, and what Supreme Court has ruled

Source: The post is based on the article “Article 105 of Constitution: The limits to free speech in Parliament, and what Supreme Court has ruled” published in The Indian Express on 11th February 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Indian Polity Relevance: Parliamentary Privileges and associated concerns News: Members of Parliament enjoy certain privileges and powers under Article… Continue reading Article 105 of Constitution: The limits to free speech in Parliament, and what Supreme Court has ruled

India’s urban centres are ailing due to lack of funds

Source– The post is based on the article “India’s urban centres are ailing due to lack of funds” published in The Indian Express on 11th February 2023. Syllabus: GS1- Urbanisation. GS2- Devolution of Powers and Finances up to Local Levels Relevance– Urban financing News– The health of municipal finances in India is in poor state.… Continue reading India’s urban centres are ailing due to lack of funds

Exercise Tarkash: First time, India-US exercise includes response to nuke & bio terror attacks

Source: The post is based on the article “First time, India-US exercise includes response to nuke & bio terror attacks” published in Indian Express on 11th February 2023. What is the News? Exercise Tarkash between India and US is currently underway in Chennai. What is Exercise Tarkash? It is a counterterrorism Exercise between India’s National… Continue reading Exercise Tarkash: First time, India-US exercise includes response to nuke & bio terror attacks

Parts of Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary speech expunged: What does this mean and when does this happen?

Source: The post is based on the article “Parts of Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary speech expunged: What does this mean and when does this happen?” published in Indian Express on 11th February 2023. Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the rules on expunging from the record?3 What are Unparliamentary words?4 How is the decision to… Continue reading Parts of Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary speech expunged: What does this mean and when does this happen?

What happened to your data on Aarogya Setu?

Source: The post is based on the article “What happened to your data on Aarogya Setu?” published in Indian Express on 10th February 2023 Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Aarogya Setu?3 What happened to citizens’ data on Aarogya Setu?4 What were the concerns with the Aarogya Setu app? What is the News? The… Continue reading What happened to your data on Aarogya Setu?

‘Victory City’: A brief history of the kingdom of Vijayanagara, in which Salman Rushdie’s latest novel is situated

Source: The post is based on the article “Victory City: A brief history of the kingdom of Vijayanagara, in which Salman Rushdie’s latest novel is situated” published in Indian Express on 10th February 2023 What is the News? Salman Rushdie released a new novel “Victory City” – a fictionalized story of the Vijayanagara Kingdom. About… Continue reading ‘Victory City’: A brief history of the kingdom of Vijayanagara, in which Salman Rushdie’s latest novel is situated

Centre blocks 200 online platforms under Section 69(A) of IT Act: What is the provision, the debate around it

Source: The post is based on the article “Centre blocks 200 online platforms under Section 69(A) of IT Act: What is the provision, the debate around it” published in Indian Express on 10th February 2023. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Section 69 of the IT Act?3 What is the procedure to block such… Continue reading Centre blocks 200 online platforms under Section 69(A) of IT Act: What is the provision, the debate around it

How RBI rate hikes impact your home loan EMIs, and what can help

Source: The post is based on the article “How RBI rate hikes impact your home loan EMIs, and what can help” published in Indian Express on 10th February 2023. What is the News? Recently, the Reserve Bank of India has increased the Repo rate. How the repo rate increase will impact the borrowings? People with… Continue reading How RBI rate hikes impact your home loan EMIs, and what can help

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