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Q. Which of the following brings out the Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers? (a) The Reserve Bank of India (b) The Department of Economic Affairs (c) The Labour Bureau (d) The Department of Personnel and Training Q. Which of the following statements are correct regarding The Aadhaar Bill,2016? 1. Every citizen is entitled to obtain an Aadhaar number. 2. To verify the identity of a person receiving a subsidy or a service, the government may require them to have an Aadhaar number. 3. Biometric informationwill not be shared with anyone even in the interest of national security. A. 2 only B. 1,2 C. 2,3 D. All Q. Which of the following statements are correct regarding World Trade organisation? 1. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. 2. Afghanistan is the latest member to join WTO A. 1 only B. 2 only C. Both D. None. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

India is now reaping what it had sown decades ago. Prolonged use of toxic industrial chemicals in electrical equipment have contaminated the country’s soil, air and possibly water, finds a new study. According to an analysis of soil samples from Goa and six cities, including New Delhi and Mumbai, the average concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Indian soil was almost twice the amount found globally—12 ng/g (nanogram per gram) dry weight as against 6ng/g. The study was carried out by the SRM University (Tamil Nadu) in collaboration with international institutes. PCBs are synthetic organic chemicals used in electrical equipment, adhesives, paints and several other products. In April 2016, India said manufacturing and importing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) will be banned after December 31, 2025. Recently, a joint study by the researchers at the James Hutton Institute and University of Aberdeen found that even the bottom of the ocean is not safe from PCB contam...

The time is ripe for India and Bangladesh to consolidate gains on key issues India’s decision to allow its border roads in Mizoram and Tripura to be used by Bangladeshi forces as they construct border outposts in the inhospitable terrain of the Chittagong Hill Tracts shows just how far the two countries have come to bridging their trust deficit. The decision, conveyed last week in Dhaka during the meeting of Home Ministry and security officials working on closer border management cooperation, came as Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar flew into Bangladesh to begin preparations for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India in early April. If the visit goes as planned, it will be her first bilateral trip to India since 2010, when the MoU for the Land Boundary Agreement was originally signed. The terms of that agreement have now been fully implemented, and Ms. Hasina’s visit will build on the boost that relations received from the historic agreement that was signed in 2015 during Prim...