News of The Day – 8th August 2024 |
Sources: The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, and PIB. |
| News Headline | Source | Syllabus | What To Know? |
| Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud: When Wildfires Spit Storms, Lightning | Indian Express | GS 1: Geography | - Overview of Wildfires in the United States and Canada
- About Clouds and Types of Clouds
- Overview Of ‘Pyrocumulonimbus’ Clouds
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| Why Has The Draft Broadcast Services Bill 2024 Raised Concerns Of Freedom Of Speech? | Indian Express | GS 2: Polity and Governance | - Overview of draft Broadcast Services Bill 2024
- Major Concerns Associated with draft Broadcast Services Bill 2024
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| Yunus To Take Oath Today | The Hindu | GS 2: International Relations | - Overview of Bangladesh Interim Government
- About Muhammad Yunus
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| A Trade Policy For Viksit Bharat: Reduce Tariffs And Rethink Pacts | Livemint | GS 3: Economy | - About India’s Trade Policy
- Significance of India’s Trade Policy
- Major Challenges Associated with India’s Trade Policy
- Reforms Needed in India’s Trade Policy
- Initiatives for Viksit Bharat Goal
- Way Forward
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| Bad Bank Aims To Buy ₹2 Tn Of Stressed Assets By FY26 | Livemint | GS 3: Economy | - Overview of National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL) Buying of Stressed Or Non-Performing Assets (Npas)
- About Bad Banks And Non-Performing Assets (Npas)
- About National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL)
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| RBI Policy: RBI Keeps Repo Rate Unchanged At 6.5% For Ninth Time In Row | Indian Express | GS 3: Economy | - Overview of RBI’s Monetary Policy
- About Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and Monetary Policy
- Major Implications of RBI’s Monetary Policy
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| Quality Council Of India Introduces QCI Surajya | PIB | GS 3: Economy | - Overview of QCI Surajya Recognition & Ranking Framework
- About Quality Council of India (QCI)
- Key Findings of QCI Surajya Recognition & Ranking Framework’s August 2024 Ranking
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| Nandini Sahakar Yojana | PIB | GS 3: Economy | - About Nandini Sahakar Scheme by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)
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| Monkeypox Spread | Times Of India | GS 3: Science and Technology | - Overview of World Health Organisation’s Emergency Meeting on Monkeypox Spread
- About Monkeypox
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| Science Award For ISRO Team | The Hindu | GS 3: Science and Technology | - Overview National Awards For Scientists 2024
- Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar, Or National Awards For Scientists
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| Vigyan Ratna Award For Padmanabhan | Livemint | GS 3: Science and Technology | - Overview of Vigyan Ratna Puraskar
- About Govindarajan Padmanabhan
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| Hidden Hormone | The Hindu | GS 3: Science and Technology | - Overview of CCN3 Hormone
- About Osteoporosis
- Significance of Finding
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| CSE Report Finds Dangerous Increase In Ozone Pollution Across Urban India | Down To Earth | GS 3: Science and Technology | - Key Findings of Air Quality Tracker: An Invisible Threat Report
- About Air Quality Tracker: An Invisible Threat Report
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| India Can Bank On Its Own Natural Methane Mitigator To Tackle Climate Challenges | PIB | GS 3: Environment and Ecology | - Overview of India’s First Cultures Of Indigenous Natural Methane Mitigating Agents
- About Methane and its Mitigation
- Overview of Natural Methane Mitigating Agents
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| Chhattisgarh Approves Country’s Third Largest Tiger Reserve | Indian Express | GS 3: Environment and Ecology | - About Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve
- Overview of Tiger Reserves in India
- Map: Tiger Reserves in India
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