Current Affairs Quiz 29 July 2022
Current Affairs 29 July 2022
CONTENTS Suspension of MPs Election freebies Universal Service Obligation Fund Kangaroo court Suspension of MPs Context: Over this week, the two Houses of Parliament have suspended 27 MPs between them, the latest being two AAP MPs and an independent MP from Rajya Sabha . Lok Sabha has suspended four Congress MPs, and Rajya Sabha 23 MPs. The Rajya Sabha suspensions […]
Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme
Focus: GS-III: Indian Economy Why in News? Recently, the central government has released Rs 206 crore to states for the promotion of exports under the Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) initiative. Under the TIES, financial assistance for 27 export infrastructure projects have been approved during FY 2019-20 to 2022-23. About Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) […]
Foreign Direct Investment
Focus: GS-III: Indian Economy (Growth and Development of Indian Economy, External Sector) Why in News? Singapore (27.01%) and USA (17.94%) have emerged as top 2 sourcing nations in equity flows into India in FY2021-22 followed by Mauritius (15.98%), Netherland (7.86%) and Switzerland (7.31%). Details: It may be noted that as per the UNCTAD World Investment […]
PIB Summaries 29 July 2022
CONTENTS Foreign Direct Investment Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme Foreign Direct Investment Focus: GS-III: Indian Economy (Growth and Development of Indian Economy, External Sector) Why in News? Singapore (27.01%) and USA (17.94%) have emerged as top 2 sourcing nations in equity flows into India in FY2021-22 followed by Mauritius (15.98%), Netherland (7.86%) and Switzerland (7.31%). […]
The Destiny of the Lions and The History of the Cheetas
Context Beginning in August 2022, four male and four female African cheetahs will be imported from Namibia, and another 12 from South Africa. These cheetahs are intended for soft release in a compartmentalised enclosure (500 hectare) ready at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh (carrying capacity of 21 cheetahs) to reintroduce the cheetah into its […]
Government Sets Malnutrition Target
Context The Union Minister for Women and Child Development informed the Rajya Sabha that the Central government intends to reduce stunting and undernutrition (underweight prevalence) among children under the age of six by 2% per year. Relevance GS Paper 2: Social justice, Health Mains Question Even with a number of programmes in place to combat […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 29 July 2022
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 29 July 2022 Contents The destiny of the Lions and the history of the Cheetas Government sets malnutrition target The Destiny of the Lions and The History of the Cheetas Context Beginning in August 2022, four male and four female African cheetahs will be imported from Namibia, and another 12 from […]
Static Quiz 29 July 2022 (Geography)
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