News for 31 January, 2021
Important News for Today:
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‘Electricity will be the backbone of our entire energy system’
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China is still largest source of critical imports for India
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Proposal to stay farm laws stands, says PM
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Applications invited for BlockChain courses
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Elections should be bereft of intimidation, says SEC
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News for 30 January, 2021
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Economic Survey predicts 11% growth next fiscal
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Why can’t UPSC aspirants take exam again, asks SC
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‘High out-of-pocket expenses for health can lead to poverty’
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India’s ratings don’t reflect economy’s fundamentals: CEA
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‘Focus on growth than on alleviating inequality’
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‘Businesses must ramp up R&D spending to boost innovation’
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The world’s biggest drone, Ravn X will send satellites into space on a rocket
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News for 29 January, 2021
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‘Plug GST gaps, cut wasteful spending to lift fiscal support’
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India’s gold demand fell to 25-year low in 2020: WGC
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‘U.S. will rejoin deal if Iran is compliant’
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‘India’s UNSC seat a matter of discussion’
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News for 28 January, 2021
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Committee approves hike in MSP for copra
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China slams apps ban, urges India to ‘correct discriminatory measures’
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‘High debt burden could hamper India’s ability to provide stimulus’
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Russia moots West Asia meet as U.S. resets Palestinian ties
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Iran says Israel is waging a ‘psychological war’
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World’s richest men, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, fight over satellite fleets
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News for 27 January, 2021
Important News for Today:
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India set to grow 11.5% in 2021: IMF
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‘Data privacy can take form of non-price competition’
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‘Inclusive reforms must for UNSC to be effective’
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India only key nation with double-digit growth in FY22: IMF
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News for 26 January, 2021
Important News for Today:
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‘RBI proposals for NBFCs don’t address key issues’
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‘Green’ tax mooted for personal vehicles older than 15 years
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RBI says it is open to exploring possibility of digital version of fiat currency
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Russia hits out at U.S. over Navalny rallies
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At Davos forum, Xi warns world leaders against ‘new Cold War’
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Biden to sign executive order to boost ‘Buy American’ rules
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India, China troops clashed at Naku La
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Need a lift? SpaceX launches record spacecraft in cosmic rideshare program
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Gandhi-Prophet of Satyagraha

An Acquaintance with the political saint, who brought down an empire by preaching brotherhood and non-violence, whose very name has become synonymous with non-violence and freedom, whose life volumes of books can’t do justice to, whose sacrifices rightly earned him the title of‘Father of the nation’-Mahatma Gandhi is more than an individual, he is a movement that still exists today in the hearts of people.
The honorific ‘Mahatma’ (Sanskrit: high-soul, venerable) employing non-violence Civil Disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. It is undoubtedly South Africa, which the whole world is indebted to, for providing the circumstances for the nurturing and the blossoming of a world figure who would change the contemporary world history in the years to come.
News for 25 January, 2021
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Why SIPs are brain-friendly
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U.S. interfering in domestic affairs: Russia
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Bombay HC overturns conviction under POCSO Act
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Sunderbans is home to 428 species of birds, says ZSI
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Largest sea on Saturn’s moon Titan could be more than 1,000 feet deep
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News for 24 January, 2021
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Biden govt. to review U.S.-Taliban deal
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World watching new India: PM
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Judicial review a remedy to prevent abuse of special powers: Justice Surya Kant
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‘Sukhoi helped maritime security’
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Draft policy to help grow nano, micro enterprises
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News for 23 January, 2021
Important News for Today:
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RBI moots scale-based tighter regulatory framework for NBFCs
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Biden respects successful India-U.S. ties: WH
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EU–Russia-US-Nuclear Treaty
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India proposes to expand research, tourism in the Arctic
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