News of The Day – 29th July 2024 |
Sources: The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, and PIB. |
| News Headline | Source | Syllabus | What To Know? |
| Cultural Mapping Of Villages | PIB | GS 1: Art & Culture | - About National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM)
- Significance of Cultural Mapping Of Villages
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| Golan Heights | The Hindu | GS 1: Geography | - Overview of Hezbollah Rocket Strikes
- Implications of Latest Strikes On Israel- Palestine Conflict
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| Lithium Deposits Found In Karnataka’s Mandya And Yadgiri Districts | Economic Times | GS 1: Geography | - Overview of Lithium deposits found in Karnataka
- About Lithium
- Significance of Lithium Reserves Findings for India
- Map: Lithium Reserves in India
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| Fiscal Federalism: On Taxing Mineral Rights | The Hindu | GS 2: Polity and Governance | - Overview Of Supreme Court’s Judgement On Power Of State Legislatures To Tax Mining Lands And Quarries
- About Mines And Minerals (Development And Regulation) Act Of 1957
- About The Taxation Mining Lands And Quarries
- Significance Of Power Of State Legislatures To Tax Mining Lands And Quarries
- Major Concerns Associated With Taxation Mining Lands And Quarries
- Way Forward
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On Reservations And The OBC Creamy Layer | The Hindu | GS 2: Polity and Governance | - Overview of Reservations And The OBC Creamy Layer
- Key Recommendations of the Mandal Commission
- Criteria for Exclusion of the ‘Creamy Layer’ of the Other Backward Class
- Concerns Associated with Concentration of Reservation Benefits
- Way Forward
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President Droupadi Murmu Appoints New Governors For Nine States: All About The Post And Its Procedures | Indian Express | GS 2: Polity and Governance | - About Position Of The Governor
- How Is The Governor Of A State Appointed?
- What Are The Qualifications For Appointment As A State Governor?
- What Is The Relationship Between The Governor And The State Government?
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SC To Examine Acquitted Man’s ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ | Indian Express | GS 2: Polity and Governance | - What Is The Right To Be Forgotten?
- How Is The Right Interpreted In India?
- How Have Courts Ruled On The Issue?
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A New Push In The Bay Of Bengal (BIMSTEC) | The Hindu | GS 2: International Relations | - Overview of BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers Meet
- About Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
- Significance of BIMSTEC
- SAARC vs BIMSTEC
- Major Concerns Associated with BIMSTEC
- Way Forward
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India Assumes The Chair Of Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) | PIB | GS 2: International Relations | - About Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC)
- India Role in the Field of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
- Box: About International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
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India And United States Of America Sign The First Ever ‘Cultural Property Agreement’ | PIB | GS 2: International Relations | - Overview of India- USA ‘Cultural Property Agreement’
- About 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
- Significance of India- USA ‘Cultural Property Agreement’
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Reserve Bank Of India Releases Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework For Urban Cooperative Banks | Business Standard | GS 3: Economy | - Overview of RBI’s Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework
- Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework vs Supervisory Action Framework (SAF)
- Significance of Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework For Urban Cooperative Banks
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What Is Indexation In Calculating LTCG Tax? | Indian Express | GS 3: Economy | - What is Indexation?
- Overview Of The New Long-Term Capital Gains (LTCG) Tax Regime
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Centre Scraps Auction Of Three Critical Mineral Block | The Hindu | GS 3: Economy | - Overview of Scrapping of Auction for Critical Mineral Blocks
- About Critical Minerals
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Ariel: Another Watery Moon? | The Hindu | GS 3: Science and Technology | - Overview of Uranus’s Moon Ariel
- About NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
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‘Dark Oxygen’ Discovery | The Hindu | GS 3: Science and Technology | - About Dark Oxygen
- What is Deep-Sea mining?
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World Mangrove Day: Their Conservation In India | Down To Earth | GS 3: Environment and Ecology | - Overview of International Day for Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems
- About Mangrove Ecosystems
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Cites Eases Norms For Agarwood Export | The Hindu | GS 3: Environment and Ecology | - About Aquilaria Malaccensis (Agarwood)
- Overview of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
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South Africa’s New Law On Climate Change | The Hindu | GS 3: Environment and Ecology | - Overview of South Africa’s New Law On Climate Change
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21st Khaan Quest Exercise | The Hindu | GS 3: Internal Security | - About Khaan Quest Exercise
- Significance of Khaan Quest Exercise
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