CONTENTS
- Central Bank Digital Currency
- Tomato flu
- Pandurang Khankhoje
- Kerala Savari
- Forever chemicals
Central Bank Digital Currency
Context:
According to the recent reports the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) digital rupee — the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) — may be introduced in phases beginning with wholesale businesses in the current financial year.
Relevance:
GS III: Indian Economy
Dimensions of the Article:
- About Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
- Why are central banks issuing digital currencies?
- What will the introduction of the digital rupee change for citizens?
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Tomato Flu
Context:
A new infection dubbed tomato flu, or tomato fever, has been detected in India mostly among children younger than five, according to a report in the Lancet Respiratory Journal.
Relevance:
GS II- Health
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is tomato flu?
- How can tomato flu be treated? How to take care of it?
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Pandurang Khankhoje
Context:
Lok Sabha Speaker, who is currently in Canada for the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, will travel to Mexico where he will unveil statues of Swami Vivekananda and Maharashtra-born freedom fighter and agriculturalist Pandurang Khankhoje (1883-1967).
Relevance:
GS I: History
Dimensions of the Article:
- Who was Pandurang Khankhoje?
- What was his association with the Indian independence movement?
- How did Khankhoje reach Mexico?
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Kerala Savari
Context:
Kerala has soft launched ‘Kerala Savari’, the country’s first online taxi service owned by a State government, to ensure fair and decent service to passengers along with fair remuneration to auto-taxi workers.
Relevance:
GS II: Government policies and Interventions
Dimensions of the Article:
- About ‘Kerala Savari’
- Security-related features of ‘Kerala Savari’
- Will the new government initiative end the monopoly of private cab aggregators?
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Forever Chemicals
Context:
A recent study published in Environment Science and Technology has found that rainwater from many places across the globe is contaminated with “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,” (PFAs), which are called “forever chemicals” because of their tendency to stick around in the atmosphere, rainwater and soil for long periods of time.
Relevance:
GS III: Environment and Ecology
Dimensions of the Article:
- What are PFAs?
- What harm do PFAs cause?
- How can these chemicals be removed from rainwater?
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