26 Mar SOMP Daily Prelims Current Affairs

Jul 15, 2026

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This document discusses overseas voting rights and explores the potential for internet voting for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). It highlights countries that allow their citizens to vote abroad and mentions India's first internet voting initiative in Gandhinagar municipal elections.

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SOMP DAILY PRELIMS CURRENT AFFAIRS
Date: 26/03/2022 | | NEWS PRELIMS FACTS | |
NEWS: Online voting for NRIs under consideration, says Kiren Rijiju (TH Page 8) | | • News: The Government of India was exploring the possibility of allowing online voting for Nonresident Indians (NRIs) as well as considering linking Aadhaar with the electoral rolls to check fraudulent voting, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said in the Lok Sabha.
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NEWS: GSLV’s last year mission may have failed due to a valve leak (TH Page 9) | | • News: The GSLVF10/ EOS03 mission, which lifted off from Sriharikota on August 12 last year, failed due to ‘deviation in the performance’ of the cryogenic upper stage (CUS) of the launch

vehicle, a national level Failure Analysis Committee (FAC) has found.
[t.me/SOMPGUIDANCE](t.me/SOMPGUIDANCE) t. me/SOMP_ENQUIRIES www.somp. in | | • The GSLV-F-10 rocket had lifted off normally from Sriharikota on August 12 last year but the mission had to be aborted 307 seconds later as the launch vehicle veered off its charted course. | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | BUSINESS: RBI sets geotagging rules for payment touch points (TH Page 12) | | | | • News: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday released a framework for geotagging of payment system touch points, issuing instructions to bank and non bank payment system operators to maintain and submit to it the geographical locations of their touch points on a regular basis.
• Geotagging of payment system touch points will enable proper monitoring of availability of payment acceptance infrastructure like Points of Sale (PoS) terminals, Quick Response (QR) codes. | | |
BUSINESS: Gujarat tops again in export preparedness (TH Page 12)
• News: Gujarat has been named India’s top State in terms of export preparedness for the second year in a row as per an index released by the NITI Aayog on Friday.
• Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu were ranked second, third and fourth in the
• index, as coastal States with higher industrial activity and access to sea ports account for a majority of India’s exports.
• The Export Preparedness Index for 2021 is based on States’ ratings on four major parameters pertaining to exports promotion and facilitation, including policy support, business and export ecosystem and the actual performance in outbound shipments.

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Jul 15, 2026

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