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Second wave: 60% addition to bad loans from MSMEs

(Economy)

  What is a bad loan? its causes and impacts on the economy.

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Push for cash amid Covid: 159 districts in 25 states see a decline in fixed deposits 

(Economy)

 

Compensation may leave states with insufficient funds: Govt to SC

 

Centre announces winners of Ganga quest quiz  

(Polity and Governance )

The latest data reported in the ‘Quarterly Statistics on Deposits and Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks’ released by the Reserve Bank of India

 

State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF), Features of SDRF, notified disaster, Need and significance of the fund, issues associated with it, key analysis and way forward 

 

Ganga Quest quiz, its features and significance 

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Delhi’s sea blindness 

(IR)

 

China’s use of  the Maritime Silk Route initiative to expand its sphere of influence and ensure dominance in the Indo-Pacific, its implications on India, various steps taken by india in this context, key analysis and way forward 

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Reexamine agri export basket 

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Mind the vaccine gender gap 

(Polity and Governance )

 

The recent growth of   Agri-exports  in FY 2020-21, its relevance in the present scenario 

 

 

 

  

India’s  second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive, objectives, issues associated with it, key analysis and way forward 

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Monoclonal antibodies & Covid

(S&T)

 

An oversight that left key provisions of the NDPS act inoperable 

(Polity and Governance )

  What are monoclonal antibodies? How important are they in Covid-19 treatment?

 

 

An oversight in drafting the 2014 amendments to the NDPS Act, 1985, What is this provision, and how does the drafting error affect the fight against narcotics trafficking?

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Held broad consultations’ on new IT rules: India counters UN commentators

(Polity and Governance )

 

Time to remedy the damage done by GST to states’ finances: Kerala FM

(Economy)

Information Technology Rules, 2021, its provisions, implications, key analysis and way forward 

 

Overview of Goods and Services Tax (GST), pros and cons, challenges, what needs to be done in this context.

 
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