CONTENTS
- IMF Bailout to Sri Lanka
- Coarse cereals
- G-20 Education Ministers Meeting
- What is kurki?
- Ramon Magsaysay
IMF Bailout to Sri Lanka
Context:
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka, months after the island nation’s economic crisis intensified this year, following a serious Balance of Payments problem.
Relevance:
GS II: International Relations
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is the staff-level agreement?
- Is the $2.9-billion a bailout package?
- About International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Coarse Cereals
Context:
Government push to coarse cereals as climate change affects wheat, paddy cultivation.
Relevance:
GS III: Agriculture
Dimensions of the Article:
- What are Coarse Cereals?
- Significance
- Why has the Government changed its attention to Coarse Cereals?
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G-20 Education Ministers Meeting
Context:
Recently, the Minister of Education addressed the G-20 Education Ministers’ Meeting in Bali, Indonesia.
Relevance:
GS II: International Relations
Dimensions of the Article:
- Key Highlights of the Meeting
- About G20
- Structure and functioning of G20
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What Is Kurki?
Context:
Recently, A 65-year-old farmer, died by suicide outside the office of the Muktsar DC. He had been sitting on a dharna outside the administrative complex against kurki orders for his land based on a court case filed against him by the local moneylender for defaulting on loan payment.
Relevance:
GS II: Polity and Governance
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is kurki?
- How is kurki executed?
- Why has a total ban on the century-old kurki law not been achieved?
- What is the ground reality?
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Ramon Magsaysay Award
Context:
Recently, Former Kerala health minister K K Shailaja has declined her nomination for the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Award, considered to be Asia’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize.
Relevance:
GS I: Personalities in News
Dimensions of the Article:
- Who was Ramon Magsaysay?
- The Ramon Magsaysay Award
- Indian winners on the list
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