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2024-04-15 16:32:30 [Economy] DTAA-Principal Purpose Test | Round Tripping | Hot Money Basics for UPSC by Mrunal Patel:


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2024-04-15 08:21:52 Rumor Market saying UPSC-2023 result should come in few days.

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2024-04-14 09:52:08 3.
BioNemo: AI tool developed by NVIDIA company for pharma industry. Useful for clinical trials, new drug discovery, customised therapy recommendations, et cetera.

4. Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement(DTAA) between India and Mauritius → proposal to add “Principal Purpose Test (PPT)”. So if someone is setting up the company only for the purpose of tax evasion/avoidance, then they will not get the benefit under DTAA. FPI got scarred and running away from Indian sharemarket → SENSEX falling.

5. Greenwashing: companies adding fake labels to their products to pretend that they are environment friendly. Netherland Supreme Court issued strong directive against this.

6. Bournvita/Horlicks: national commission for protection of child rights has concluded that there is no term “health drinks” under FSSAI Act. Afterwards, commerce ministry has ordered the e-commerce companies not to label these drinks as health drinks.

7. Vishu= first day of the Medam month in the Malayalam calendar. Vishu signifies the equinox in the solar calendar, typically falling in the second week of April in the English calendar. Parallely, Tamil Nadu: Puthandu, Tamil New Year; West Bengal: Pohela Boishakh; Orissa: Pana Sankranti; Punjab: Vaisakhi; Assam: Bihu

8. Books: the cooking of books: a literary memoir by Ramchandra Guha

9. Books: just a mercenary? By RBI former governor, D Subbarao

10. Persons: Gopal Thotakura- first Indian space tourist. He will fly to space in Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s blue origin mission.

11. Dr. B R Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891. 133rd anniversary.

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2024-04-14 09:50:32 Current Affairs Terms in News 13-14 April-2024 for UPSC
- Form-M,
Rupee-Kyat settlement, GreenWashing, BioNemo, Bournvita not health drink

1. 1996: ECI introduced “Form M” for J&K Assembly elections to enable Kashmiri Pandit migrants to vote in their constituencies in the Valley even while staying in exile. 2024: the Election Commission (EC) said on Thursday that Kashmiri Pandit migrants staying in Jammu and Udhampur districts need not fill the "Form M" for casting their votes in their native parliamentary constituencies in the Valley. However, in the places they’ll have to fill up this form.

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Rupee-Kyat settlement: Kyat is the official currency of Myanmar. RBI/Govt of India has allowed Indian importers to pay in rupee currency while importing pulses from Myanmar using Rupee VOSTRO/Nostro account in Punjab National Bank.

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2024-04-13 06:48:15 6. Statue of Valour: 125 ft statue of Ahom General Lachit Borpukhan (1622-1672), in Jorhat, Assam. He is famous for defeating the Mughals in the Battle of Saraighat (1671).

7. Maidam: Earthen Pyramid. Ahom General Lachit Borpukhan was buried in it.

8. Syed Abdul Rahim: Indian football team coach in the 50s and 60s. Ajay Devgn’s Maidan movie is based on his life.

9. Chef De Mission (CDM): the leader/chief admin-member of a country’s Olympic team. Ensures the welfare of the athletes and firefighting against controversies. Originally, boxer Mary Kom was appointed as CDM for Paris Olympics 2024, but later resigned.

10. Candidates Tournament: Chess tournament being held in Toronto, Canada.

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2024-04-13 06:48:09 Current Affairs Terms in News 12-13 April-2024 for UPSC


1. CDP-Suraksha: digital platform for instant release of farmers' subsidy for horticulture crops, with the help of E-Rupee gift card/vouchers.

2. Mt. Etna: largest volcano in Europe. It is in news because of the volcanic vortex rings coming out of it.

3. Mohan-Babu: Election Commission mascot for Cooch Behar. It is a black soft-shell turtle.

4. Consolidation of capital budget: Before 2024, the Defence Ministry would make 3 separate demands for grants: army, navy, Air Force. But in the interim budget 2024, they are combined so that each wing has more flexibility for the utilization of money.

5. Zero Orbital Debris: ISRO’s PSLV/XPOSAT mission didn’t leave any garbage/kachra/debris in space. This was achieved with the help of the POEM Platform.

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2024-04-12 16:32:35 Terms in News 11-12 April/2024

1. Principal purpose test = legal provision to prevent misuse of double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) for tax evasion/avoidance. India and Mauritius discussing about this.

2. FDTL Rules = provide resting period for the air pilots, designed by director general of civil aviation.

3. Angara A5 = name of the new Russian space rocket .

4. Electric neuro modulation = This technology is used in a wearable device of Dr Reddy for migraine management given approval in Europe.

5. Invasive Alien Species in India = fishes [African catfish, Nile tilapia, red-bellied piranha, alligator gar], turtle [red-eared slider], Deer [Cheetal / Spotted dear in Ross Island]

6. Kavaratti island = At Lakshadweep. HDFC became the first private bank to open a branch here.

7. Augusta Masters = Name of Golf Tournament

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2024-04-11 10:24:55 [Meme] सौ तरह के रोग ले लूँ, डबल-ढोलकी ChatGPT का मर्ज़ क्या है?

I can infect myself with 100 diseases, but double-dholki ChatGPT is the medicine for which of those 100 diseases? - when it (ChatGPT) keeps giving ambivalent answers for the process for ratification in India versus USA.

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