In News The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval for the continuation of the revised Samagra Shiksha Scheme for a period of five years. It has been extended from 2021-22 to 2025-26. About Samagra Shiksha Scheme It is an integrated scheme for school education covering complete pre-primary to senior secondary (up […]
In News Virtually half of a belated Rs 2,200 crore allotted for completing ongoing MPLADS (Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) projects in 2020-21 simply lapsed. About This happened as the Finance Ministry granted “barely a week” to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) to release the funds — inviting the ire […]
In News Recently, the Delhi High Court has allowed the medical termination of pregnancy of a woman who had completed 22 weeks of gestation as the foetus was suffering from multiple abnormalities. Background As per the Indian Penal Code, 1860 voluntarily terminating a pregnancy was considered a criminal offence. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) […]
The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 1 HC scraps law banning online games with stakes (Polity and Governance) The Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act of 2021, why the Madras High Court struck down its part 2. GS 2 2 CM to […]
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 & 3 1 Identifying Covid-19 deaths is the challenge but hard to hide large numbers: experts 1.12 times in Kerala to 2.86 times in Madhya Pradesh: April-May death surge looms over Covid death count Covid R-number rising in eight states […]
Facts in News Pingali Venkayya (2 August 1876 – 4 July 1963) Pingali Venkayya was a freedom fighter and the designer and architect of the national flag of India. He had designed a flag, known as the Swaraj Flag, that now forms the basis of India’s present-day national flag. It consisted of red and green […]
In News Oxfam has recently published a report titled “Tightening the Net” just a few months ahead of the UN climate talks in Glasgow. Key Findings of Report ‘Net zero’ carbon targets that many countries have announced maybe a “dangerous distraction” from the priority of cutting carbon emissions. “Land-hungry ‘net zero’ schemes could lead to […]
In News Recently, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) released the Hunger Hotspots Report. More in News The 2021 Global Food Crises Report released in May 2021 had already warned of acute food insecurity, soaring to a five-year high which was contributed by conflict, economic shocks (including due to […]
In News Recently, the Lok Sabha passed the Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021. About The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021, seeks to replace the ordinance promulgated in June 2021 and allows the Central Government to prohibit strikes, lock-outs, and lay-offs in units engaged in essential defence services. Aims and Objectives of Bill It aims to […]
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