CONTENTS
- Semiconductor industry
- NavIC
- Attorney General for India
- Asian Palm Oil Alliance (APOA)
- Cheetah mitras
Semiconductor Industry
Context:
In a bid to make India’s $10 billion chip-making initiative more attractive to investors, the Centre, approved changes to the scheme for the development of a semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem.
Relevance:
GS III: Indian Economy
Dimensions of the Article:
- About Semiconductor industry
- What are the changes to India’s chip-making scheme?
- What are the challenges?
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NavIC Navigation System
Context:
The Indian government is pushing smartphone makers to enable support for its NavIC navigation system in new devices sold in the country from next year, a move that has spooked the industry due to additional costs and tight time frame.
Relevance:
GS III: Science and Technology
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is NavIC?
- How does NavIC compare?
- Why is India promoting NavIC?
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Attorney General for India
Context:
Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi has declined the government’s offer to be Attorney General (A-G) for India after “second thoughts”.
Relevance:
GS II: Polity and Governance
Dimensions of the Article:
- Who is the Attorney General for India?
- Who can become Attorney General for India?
- Functions and duties
- Powers of AG
- Limitations to his powers
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Asian Palm Oil Alliance (APOA)
Context:
Edible oil trade associations from five palm oil importing countries in South Asia – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal – announced the setting up of Asian Palm Oil Alliance (APOA).
Relevance:
GS II: International Relations
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is Palm oil?
- How important is palm oil to global supply chains?
- What is APOA?
- Why such move?
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Cheetah Mitras
Context:
With the arrival of African cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park has begun the process of their re-introduction, around 70 years after they went extinct in India. Concerns have been raised about whether the big cats can settle in and survive in the Indian landscape.
- One way the government is trying to smoothen the settling in of the cheetahs is through the medium of “cheetah mitras” or ‘cheetah friends’.
Relevance:
GS III: Environment and Ecology
Dimensions of the Article:
- Who are the cheetah mitras?
- What is their role?
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