1. Rules to use funds collected from penalties under green laws notified
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- Usage: Environment Protection Act 1986, Polluter Pays Principle (PPP), Environmental governance mechanisms, Environmental compensation, Transparency and accountability in fund utilisation
2. Delhi school education (transparency in fixation and regulation of fees) act, 2025
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- Usage: State legislation on education, Right to Education (RTE) framework, Regulation of private education, Cooperative federalism in education governance
3. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
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- Usage: Central Pollution Control Board, NAAQS, WHO standards, Paramenters of air pollution monitoring, Air pollution mitigation strategies
4. India-UAE summit
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- Usage: Strategic partnership, India’s West Asia policy, Economic diplomacy, energy securoty, diaspora, I2U2 grouping and Indo-Abrajam Accords cooperation
5. Second round of legally binding emission reductions targets notified
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- Usage: Climate agreement, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Climate commitments vs. Development needs, India’s climate leadership, India’s tranition to low-carbon economy, Climate finance
6. Trump invites India to join Gaza Peace Board
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- Usage: West Asia geopolitics, India’s foreign policy stance on Israel-Palestine, Shift from non-alignment to issue-based engagement, India as a responsible global power
7. India explores setting up data embassy in UAE
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- Usage: Data sovereignty, Cyber diplomacy, Cross-border data flows, Digital public infrastructure, New dimensions of diplomacy (data embassies like Estonia model)
8. Tax reductions tighten government’s ability to fund welfare
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- Usage: Fiscal policy basics, Revenue vs expenditure trade-off, Tax buoyancy and social sector funding, Fiscal deficit, Welfare spending
9. IMF predicts big YoY drop in India's FY27 GDP growth
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- Usage: GDP growth indicators, International financial institutions, External assessments of Indian economy, Cyclical vs. Structural slowdown, Critical evaluation of IMF forecasts
10. RBI proposes linking BRICS' digital currency
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- Usage: BRICS, CBDCs, Digital currency basics, De-dollarisation, Global financial architecture reforms, South-South cooperation, Digital finance innovation
11. China records lowest birth rate since 1949, population continues to fall
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- Usage: Demographic indicators, Population trends, Labour force and economic growth, Demographic transition, Ageing population challenges