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News: Recently, a Common Undergraduate Entrance Test (CUET) for admission to 53 central universities has been introduced. What is the Common Undergraduate Entrance Test (CUET)? Must read: Central University Entrance Test: Benefits and Concerns – Explained, pointwise What is the difference between the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and CUET? Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is taken… Continue reading A common admission test could worsen higher education access

News: Recently, the govt released a set of draft amendments to the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Once enacted, digital intermediaries will have to ensure that the community standards to which they hold their users answerable comply with Indian law and India’s constitutional principles. This, the govt clarified, has become… Continue reading An ideal approach to social media grievance redressal

News: At present, the 12th World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference is being held in Geneva. Food security is one of the agenda on the discussion table on the ministerial conference. Importance of Free Trade Free trade ensures that agricultural products flow from zones of abundance to regions of scarcity, just as the free exchange… Continue reading Free trade can’t yet pass a basic food security test 

News: It’s a win for India’s diplomacy that the G7 group looks set to offer it a climate partnership deal. Unless it places an unfair burden on us, let’s use the funds to decarbonize our economy faster. What is the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP)? Upon taking over the G-7 presidency for 2022, host Germany… Continue reading Welcome a G-7 package for an energy transition

News: Practical examples of Web 3.0 proved that it is like going back to early human settlements, with all transactions happening peer-to-peer with easy mutual trust and locally minted currency. Blockchains provide the decentralized foundation of trust for this new old world, and Web 3.0 is the business model driving it. Contents1 What is Web… Continue reading Web3 is the business model of a decentralized new virtual world

News: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MEITY) has released a fresh draft of the amendment to the Information Technology(IT) Rules 2021. What are the draft new amendments to the IT Rules,2021? Read here: Union Govt seeks fresh comments on Draft IT Rules What are the issues associated with the draft amendments? 1) State oversight of moderation… Continue reading Moderation’s broken but this isn’t the way to fix it

News: In a statement, the United Nations’ Secretary General, said that: Global hunger levels are at a new high. In just two years, the number of severely food insecure people has doubled from 135 million to 276 million. The present situation is pointing towards a global food shortage. It may push millions of people into… Continue reading Global hunger calls for a collective action

News: Recently, the Reserve Bank of India has hiked the policy repo rate by 50 basis points with a unanimous vote for a decisive rate increase, to rein in inflationary pressures which are likely to go beyond the mandated tolerance level. Contents1 What are the causes of high inflation?2 Measures taken by the RBI3 About… Continue reading RBI’s decisive policy move will help impart stability to markets