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The Hindu – 02 July 2022
1. Lockout in Assam tea estate for ‘imaginary’ airport
- Page 3.
- Conservation.
- A lockout has been declared in a southern Assam tea estate that was partially cleared by the local authorities for a greenfield airport that the Civil Aviation Ministry was unaware of.
Daily Current Affairs for TNPSC Group Exams, Upsc Exams, SSC, RRB, BANK & All Government Exams
The Hindu – 02 July 2022
2. Reset mode
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- Govt Policies and Interventions, Economy.
- A new ministerial panel is being tasked with figuring out the long-pending constitution of an appellate tribunal for GST disputes, to move ahead. Based on an ‘interim’ report of a panel to rationalise tax rates, exemptions have been scrapped on several items and rates altered for others to correct inverted duty structures. This may translate into higher prices on many goods and services (and reductions for a few), although their impact on inflation is difficult to ascertain. However, a larger restructuring of the GST’s multiple rates’ structure, with an increase in levies to bolster revenues that have fallen short of expectations, partly due to rate cuts earlier effected as electoral tools, has been put off. With inflation expected to remain buoyant, that exercise may have to wait longer.
3. DRDO carries out test flight of autonomous UA
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- Space, Science and Technology, Growth and Development.
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully carried out the maiden test flight of a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), an autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator, from the Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga, Karnataka. This flight marks a major milestone in terms of proving critical technologies towards the development of future unmanned aircraft and is significant step towards self-reliant in strategic defence technologies.
4. India’s nuclear policy reflects past ideology
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- Govt Policies and Interventions, Nuclear Technology, Effect of Policies and Politics of Countries on India’s Interests.
- National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson said India’s policy on nuclear weapons was a manifestation of its past ideology. He said the world was today facing the threat of destructive weapons, the use of which only benefitted the manufacturers of the weapons.
Daily Current Affairs for TNPSC Group Exams, Upsc Exams, SSC, RRB, BANK & All Government Exams
The Hindu – 02 July 2022
5. India is world’s pharmacy: Mandaviya
- Page 10.
- Health, Govt Policies and Interventions, IR.
- Pharmacopoeia is important to develop a Swasthya and Samrudh Bharat, to maintain standard quality of our medical products — vaccines, medicines, equipment, etc. and to keep an eye on the effect of these medicines on patients, said Union Health Minister. Stating that India had become the “pharmacy of the world” by specialising in generic medicine formulation and manufacturing, and by supplying medicines globally, the Minister said there is a need to strengthen research in the pharmaceutical sector.
6. PMI hints manufacturing slowed to a 9-month low
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- Infrastructure, Growth and Development.
- Price pressures dampened growth in India’s manufacturing sector to the slowest pace in nine months, with the survey-based Global India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) sliding to 53.9 in June. Worries about inflation also dragged business confidence down to a 27-month.
Daily Current Affairs for TNPSC Group Exams, Upsc Exams, SSC, RRB, BANK & All Government Exams
The Hindu – 02 July 2022