Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . National Multidimensional Poverty Index Context: India witnessed 13.5 crore people moving out of multidimensional poverty between 2015-16 and 2019-21 with fastest reduction in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan, a Niti Aayog report. Background National Multidimensional Poverty Index MPI Dimensions & Indicators What … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . India – UAE agreement on Rupee Dirham for trade Context: India moved a step closer to increasing circulation of the rupee in the Gulf region with the signing of two memoranda of understanding (MoU) between the Reserve Bank of India and the Central Bank of … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topic Covered 1 . Legion of Honour Context: French President Emmanuel Macron conferred his country’s highest honour, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi. What is Legion of Honour? What does the award entail? When can a foreigner be honoured with the Legion? … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topic Covered 1 . India – France Relationship Context: As the India-France strategic partnership hits the quarter-century mark, it has been given “strong guidance” by the “common vision” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron. India- France Relationship 2 . UNHRC Context: India voted in favour … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Enforcement Directorate Context: The Supreme Court asked Enforcement Directorate (ED) Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra to quit four months before his third extension ends in November even as it upheld statutory amendments which facilitate the tenures of Directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Global South Context: The unwillingness of many leading countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to stand with NATO over the war in Ukraine has brought to the fore once again the term “Global South.” What is Global South? Geopolitical Significance of Global South What … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . FC5 Patent Context: The Delhi High Court last week upheld an order by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPVFRA), revoking the intellectual property protection granted to PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt. Ltd with respect to a potato variety developed by it. Background … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Defamation Context : In a setback to former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, the Gujarat High Court on July 7 declined to stay his conviction in a criminal defamation case in which he was sentenced to two years in jail by a Surat court. What is criminal defamation? … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Internationalization of Rupees Context : As the Government of India presses ahead with internationalisation of the Indian Rupee (INR), an Inter Departmental Group (IDG) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a report has said that internationalization may result in potential increased volatility in the … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Article 370 Context : A Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, will take up on July 11 a series of petitions challenging the dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution, which deprived Jammu and Kashmir of its special privileges and led to the … Read more