IASbaba's Flagship Course: Integrated Learning Programme (ILP) - 2024 Read Details
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Context: Ukraine’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba invoked the legacy of Gandhi to seek India’s support for the freedom and independence of Ukraine.
Background: –
Gandhi and Guru
Unraveling misunderstandings
Clarifying misunderstandings
Compassion and nonviolence
Commitment to non-violence
Gandhi’s ahimsa and Guru’s non-violence
Source: Indian Express
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Context: India’s plans to get into the manufacturing value chain of Small Modular Reactors (SMR) are yielding some positives with a handful of private players learnt to have shown interest in deploying these at their captive site.
Background: –
About Small Modular Reactors (SMR)
Additional Information
Source: Indian Express
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Context: Output levels in India’s core sectors slipped to a nine month low in August, even as year on year growth slipped 1.8%, marking the first contraction in three and a half years.
Background:
About Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
Key Features of the IIP:
About Index of Core Industries (ICI)
Source: The Hindu
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Context: Actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
Background: –
About Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Source: Hindustan Times
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Context: India’s current account deficit (CAD) widened marginally to $ 9.7 billion (1.1% of GDP) in Q1:2024-25 from $8.9 billion (1.0% of GDP) in Q1:2023-24 according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Background: –
About Current Account Deficit (CAD)
Components of the Current Account:
Reasons for CAD:
Implications of CAD:
Factors Affecting CAD:
Measures to Control CAD:
Source: The Hindu
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Context: NITI Aayog, the top think tank of the government, had opposed some of the provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, and particularly red-flagged the changes proposed to the Right to Information (RTI) Act that could “weaken” the legislation.
Background: –
Digital Personal Data Protection Act:
Salient Features of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act:
Issues with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act:
Source: Indian Express
Q1.) With reference to the Current Account Deficit (CAD), consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, and 3
Q2.) With reference to the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, and 3
Q3.) With reference to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and the Index of Core Industries (ICI), consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, and 3
Comment the answers to the above questions in the comment section below!!
ANSWERS FOR ’ 1st October 2024 – Daily Practice MCQs’ will be updated along with tomorrow’s Daily Current Affairs
Q.1) – a
Q.2) – a
Q.3) – c