News of The Day – 28th August 2024 SOURCES: The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, and PIB. News Headline Source Syllabus What To Know? Eighth Dharma Dhamma Indian Express GS 1: Art & Culture Key Highlights of Read More …
Month: August 2024
India needs to develop a care ecosystem
Context The economic revolution together with the high rates of urbanisation have provoked the essential shift in the structure of the population of India. It is possible to interpret the “care ecosystem” as a system of services, sources and facilities Read More …
Participation in Anubhav Awards Scheme 2024
Context The ANUBHAV Awards Scheme was started in 2015 by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions especially to record the experiences of retiring and retired Central Government employees. It does not only acknowledge Read More …
Vaccine-Derived Polio Detected
Context Vaccine-derived polio (VDPV) is an infrequent, though potentially alarming medical issue, which stems from the administration of oral polio vaccines (OPV). This is a circumstance that may happen when the reduced virulence, in OPV, changes its genetic makeup and Read More …
Himachal Assembly passes bill raising marriage age for women to 21 years
Context The Minister continued by elaborating that in one of the most recent legislative milestones the present Assembly of Himachal Pradesh passed a bill that seeks to increase the age of marriage for women from 18 years to 21 years. Read More …
Justice Verma Committee Recommendations on Death Penalty
Context The guidelines of Justice J.S. Verma Committee was in news, after the clamour of voices seeking the death penalty for the accused of the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata. Background The Justice J.S. Verma Committee recommendations, Read More …
SC ST Act 1989 Supreme Court
Context Recently, the Supreme Court held in a judgement that not all insults and intimidatory remarks aimed at a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe person would be an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Read More …
Cabinet Approves ‘Vigyan Dhara’ Scheme
Context The Union Cabinet approved continuation of the 3 umbrella schemes, merged into a unified central sector scheme namely Vigyan Dhara’ of Department of Science and Technology (DST). About DST acts as the nodal department for establishing, coordinating and promoting Read More …
Children into Adoption in India
Context Of the 18,179 adoptions recorded since 2019, only 1,404 concerned children with specific needs when absolutely the numbers of adoptions noticed an increase over the subsequent 5 years. Adoption in legal terms Adoption is the formal method by which Read More …
India adds 3 new Ramsar sites:
Context Recently, three new Ramsar Sites in Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were announced by Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav taking the tally of Ramsar Sites in India to 85. Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary and the Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Read More …