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Cyborg Cockroaches

In News  An international team of researchers have devised a system that can create cyborg cockroaches, that are part insect and part machine.  About Cyborg cockroaches Cyborg cockroaches’ movements are controlled by tiny integrated circuits.  They will be able to conduct surveillance in procedures like urban search and rescue, environmental monitoring and inspection of areas […]

National Cooperation Policy (NCP)

In News Recently, the government constituted a 47-member committee, headed by former union cabinet minister Suresh Prabhu to draft a new national cooperation policy document . About This Policy is being formulated to realize the government’s vision of ‘Sahakar Se Samriddhi’. It will have a holistic approach from primary agriculture credit societies (PACS) upwards. It […]

Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan

In News Recently, the President of India launched the `Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’. Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan Vision:  It has been envisioned to bring together all community stakeholders to support those on TB treatment and accelerate the country’s progress towards TB elimination. This is aimed at working towards TB elimination from […]

Central Vista Avenue

In News Recently, the Prime Minister unveiled the new look of the revamped Central Vista Avenue, the 3-km stretch from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to the India Gate. PM also said that the Kingsway or Rajpath which was the symbol of slavery has become a matter of history and has been erased forever. About the recent […]

Mental Health Challenges in Uniformed Forces

In News The government needs to ensure the mental well-being of uniformed personnel.  Causes for Mental Health Issues in the Uniformed Forces Strict Hierarchy: Uniformed forces are tightly structured with a command-and-control hierarchy system. The hierarchy is rarely breached. The system ensures discipline, clarity of roles and accountability.  However, it tends to become inhuman, especially […]

Medium of Instruction in Schools

In News Over the years, there has been a raging debate over the need for children to have their mother tongue as the medium of instruction in schools. Background  The mother tongue, home language or the first language educationally means the language which the child is using to connect to the world, to people, to […]

Reviewing EWS Quota

In News A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court is examining whether the 10% quota for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) violates the basic structure of the Constitution. More about the News Petition: The Bench of the Supreme Court, hearing petitions against the 10 percent quota for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in government jobs and admissions, […]

UNDP’s Human Development Index

In News Human Development Report 2021-22 was recently released. Human Development Index Human Development Index is a composite index given by the report that measures average achievement in human development taking into account four indicators:  Life expectancy at birth (Sustainable Development Goal 3);  Expected years of schooling (SDG 4.3);  Mean years of schooling (SDG 4.4); […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3 3 Covid distress: One in 6 MSME loan accounts under Govt pandemic relief package turns NPA (Economy)   Know about Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) ,their significance ,what are the challenges faced by them ,governments efforts and what more needs to […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   GS 2   1   4   New Delhi, Dhaka hail Ganga panel   (International Relations)   ‘Dry’ Bihar to turn liquor bottles into glass bangles (Polity and Governance) Know about objectives of Ganga technical committee and other recent developments in […]

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