Context: Global Minimum Tax: Members of the European Union have recently agreed in principle to implement a minimum tax of 15% on big businesses. Global Minimum Tax News This is in accordance with Pillar 2 of the global tax agreement framed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2021. In 2021, 136 countries …
Context: Gujarat’s Vadnagar town, the Modhera Sun Temple, and the rock cut sculptures of Unakoti in Tripura have been added to the tentative list of UNCESO World Heritage Sites. Tentative List of World Heritage Sites News With the addition of the three new sites, India now has 52 sites on UNESCO Tentative List, which captures …
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Background of Acidification of Great Lakes Scientists are building a sensor network to detect the trends in the water chemistry of Lake Huron. It is the first step towards developing a system that would be capable of measuring the carbon dioxide and pH levels of the Great Lakes over several years. Recently, it has been …
UPSC Prelims News of 22 December 2022 Purse Seine Fishing Context: The Union government has objected to the ban imposed by certain coastal states on Purse Seine fishing. More on the News: The government has argued that purse seine mode of fishing has not resulted in any serious resource depletion so far, given the available …
The Hindu Newspaper Analysis for UPSC The Hindu Newspaper Analysis 21 December 2022 The BF.7 variant of coronavirus, belived to be linked to the surge in COVID-19 cases in China, was identified in India as far back as July. Four instances of the Omicron subvariant was genome-sequenced in Gujarat and Odisha in the subsequent …
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Context: Prominent Revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement were hanged on December 17 (Rajendranath Lahiri) and December 19 (Ashfaqullah Khan, Ram Prasad Bismil, Thakur Roshan Singh) in 1927, two years after the Kakori Train Robbery. Background of Kakori Train Action The Non-Cooperation Movement: In 1920, Mahatma Gandhi declared the launch of the Non-Cooperation Movement (NCM), …
डेली करंट अफेयर्स फॉर UPSC 2022 in Hindi प्रश्न जिला खनिज फाउंडेशन (DMF) के संदर्भ में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार करें: DMF 2015 के खान और खनिज अधिनियम द्वारा स्थापित गैर-लाभकारी ट्रस्ट हैं। वे राज्य सरकारों द्वारा हर उस जिले में स्थापित किए जाते हैं जहाँ खनन होता है। DMF गवर्निंग काउंसिल की अध्यक्षता जिला …
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Daily Current Affairs for UPSC 2022 Q) With reference to District Mineral Foundations (DMFs), consider the following statements: DMFs are non-profit trusts established by the Mines and Minerals Act of 2015. They are established by state governments in every district where mining takes place. The DMF governing council is presided over by the District …
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Prohibition in India Meaning: Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. Constitutional Provisions: Article 47: The Directive Principle in the Constitution of India states that “The state shall undertake rules to …
Highlights of the Karnataka Reservation Bill Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Education Institutions and of Appointments or Posts in the Services Under the State) Bill, 2022, was introduced in the assembly. It will replace the ordinance with the same title, which had increased reservation for SCs from 15 to 17% …
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