News 1: Eurozone to coordinate fiscal, monetary policy on inflation
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Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Friday to act together to protect households and companies from soaring energy prices, coordinating their support policies with the…

News 1: ‘Adopt a TB patient’ drive mitras
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The Union Health Ministry’s “adopt a TB-patient” (Ni-kshay Mitra) initiative, and it was to fill the critical “community” element into India’s fight towards eliminating TB by 2025 under the Pradhan…

More than 100 years of Conflict






The Issue: –

1) Britain took control of the area known as Palestine after the ruler

News 1: ‘India may need up to 28 GW in new coal-fired plants by 2032’
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India may need up to 28 gigawatts of new coal-fired power plants by 2032 to meet power demand that is expected to more than double from the current 404.1 GW, a government

The story so far: 
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday, September 2, defended the windfall tax imposed by the Centre on domestic crude oil producers, saying that it was not an ad hoc move but was done after full consultation with the industry.…

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Urban flooding is a problem long associated with Mumbai. With a steady increase in the occurrence and severity of extreme weather events, Mumbai has lost that relative exclusivity, with Chennai and now Bangalore revealing a propensity to be…

News 1: GST Council is a fledgling but vibrant institution, says FM
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The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is still a fledgling five-year old institution that has yet to become well-settled but acts as a vibrant forum for intense interactions…

Life expectancy in India has more than doubled since Independence — from around 32 years in the late 1940s to 70 years or so today. Many countries have done even better, but

News 1: Wholesale inflation slowed to an 11-month low at 12.4% in August
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Inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) eased in August to the slowest pace since last September at 12.4%, from 13.9% in July, with food being the sole segment…

News 1: Financial Stability Development Council Background: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed the need for the government and regulators to monitor financial sector risks and market deve…

News 1: Use of Web3 and AI in banking to detect fraud Background: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday asked banks to be more digital savvy and give immedia…

Declining Fertility and Consequence: Global population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 Average global fertility has been consistently declining over the past 70 years. The average number o…

News 1: PM Modi unveils policy for logistics Background: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled the National Logistics Policy that seeks to address challenges facing the transport sector…

News 1: PM Modi unveils policy for logistics Background: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled the National Logistics Policy that seeks to address challenges facing the transport sector…

News 1: FM urges World Bank arm IFC to raise lending to India Background: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged the World Bank’s private sector investment arm, the International Finance Cor…