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Performance Grading Index 2.0

BS

Education

• What are the key findings of Performance Grading Index 2.0?

Defamation Case

The Hindu Page 1

Polity

• What is defamation?
• “Subramanian Swamy vs Union of India” (2016)

K.M.V. Namboothiri passed away

The Hindu Page 5

Culture

• Who was K.M.V. Namboothiri?
• His contributions

UCC and impact on Tribals

The Hindu Page 7

Polity 

• What is Uniform Civil Code?
• Its impact on Tribals

Gita Press: Gandhi Peace Prize

The Hindu Page 8

Culture

• What are the contributions of Gita Press?
• Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 

PM lays foundation stone of multiple development projects in Uttar Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

PIB 

Economy

• Why is the government ramping up infra projects in Uttar Pradesh & Chhattisgarh?
• Its Significance

U.S. will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine 

The Hindu Page 11

Security 

• What are cluster bombs? 
• Convention on Cluster Munitions

IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023

The Hindu Page 10

Polity

• What are key provisions of IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023?
• Its significance and criticism

Amazon deforestation rates have fallen

Indian Express

Geography/Envmt

• What is the significance of Amazon rainforest?
• Which are the countries that shares the Amazon basin?

National Anthem: Supreme court rulings

Indian Express

Polity

• Standing up for National Anthem
• What the Supreme Court has ruled?

Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) and Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)

Indian Express

Economy

• What is CMV and ToMV? 
• The two ‘mosaic’ viruses that hit tomato crop in Maharashtra and Karnataka

Ambergris found in dead whale

Indian Express

Envmt

• Ambergris worth Rs 4 crore found in dead whale 
• What is this rare substance, how it’s used?

Gati Shakti Portal

The Hindu Page 12

Economy

• What is Gati Shakti Portal?
• Its significance

67th convention of Travel Agents Association of India

The Hindu Page 11

Economy

• 67th convention of Travel Agents Association of India inaugurated in Colombo
•  What are its key highlights