Current Affairs for APSC: Important Topics for UPSC & APSC

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1. National Monetisation Pipeline:

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2. Covid-19:

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3. Analysis: Rupee fall against Dollar:

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4. The need for a second chamber:

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5. Schemes to Uplift Women:

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6. Grand Renaissance Dam may trigger water war in East Africa:

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7. Infrastructural Developments in India since Economic Reform:

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8. Recent Agricultural sector reforms in India:

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9. India's Tryst With OBOR:

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