Category: 18 June CA

Gs paper-4 Syllabus: Values and Ethics in Public Administration – Corporate Governance   Context: Gustin Guttman, a consumer rights campaigner in the United Kingdom, is launching a class-action suit against Apple seeking damages of around $935 million for throttling the performance of some of the older versions of the iPhone. The suit claims that Apple abused its …

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Gs paper-3 Syllabus:  Effects of liberalisation on the economy (post-1991 changes), changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.   Context: The World Trade Organization’s164 members (12th Ministerial Conference) in a historic step approved a series of trade agreements including commitments on fish, a partial waiver of intellectual property (IP) rights for COVID-19 …

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Gs paper-3 Syllabus: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilisation of resources, growth, development and employment.   Context: RBI governor has asked for regulation of Bigtech and Fintech companies. For this, With an aim to provide secure and affordable e-payments, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come up with a document ‘Payments Vision …

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Gs paper-2 Syllabus: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies.   Context: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin wrote to Prime Minister, asking that at least three meetings of the Inter-State Council should be held every year to “strengthen the spirit of cooperative federalism”. Other suggestions: Discuss important bills in ISC first: Bills of national …

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Gs paper-1 Syllabus: Indian Culture – Salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.   Context: The government is working to bring amendments to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act-1958, which stipulates area around the protected monuments to make it “more flexible and friendly”. What is …

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