In News Recently, the Prime Minister of India has congratulated the people of Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura on their 50th statehood day. What is Statehood Day? Statehood Day has been celebrated on an annual basis as Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura on January 21, 1972, became full-fledged states under the North Eastern Region (Reorganization) Act of […]
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 1 Supreme Court pulls up states over low Covid-19 ex-gratia numbers (Governance ) The rationale behind Supreme Court’s recent direction to state governments not to reject any claims for ex-gratia payment for Covid-19 deaths on “technical grounds. GS 3 1 Center […]
The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 1 New Haryana law may hit jobs, growth: stakeholders States weigh options on IAS cadre rule changes (Polity and Governance ) Know about the law guaranteeing 75% reservation to locals in private sector jobs in Haryana? its expected implications […]
In News A controversy recently broke out after the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) recommended that the Delhi government suspend its flagship ‘Desh ke Mentor’ programme till “the time when all the loopholes pertaining to the safety of the children are overhauled. About the programme The programme was launched in 2021: and […]
In News The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve released the Wetland Bird Estimation Report for 2021-2022. This is also the first time that Eastern Swamp Deer was estimated in the whole of the region. About The 4th Wetland Bird Estimation was conducted from December 21 to 27, 2021, in which a total of 66,776 […]
In News A section of aquarists and ornamental fish breeders are surprised that the Denison barb (Miss Kerala) has been included in Schedule I of the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021. Image courtesy:TH About The scientific name: Puntius denisonii, given against the common name Denison barb. It is said this name is wrong it […]
In News India’s production of crude oil, which is refined to produce petrol and diesel, continued to decline in December 2021. About Oil production in December was 2.51 million tonnes, down from 2.55 million tonnes a year earlier and a target of 2.6 million tonnes. The output was, however, higher than 2.43 million tonnes produced […]
In News Recently, the Union government informed the Supreme Court (SC) that no starvation death has been reported by any state or Union territory (UT) in recent years. Model Scheme The court wants the Centre to frame a model scheme and circulate it to all the states and UTs for their consideration. Every welfare state’s […]
In News Global unemployment is projected to stand at 207 million in 2022. This is 21 million more than in 2019 before the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic began, according to the ILO World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2022. About Status of Global working hours in 2022: This will be almost two per […]
Context Antimicrobial resistance has become a leading cause of death worldwide and is killing about 3,500 people every day according to recent research. About The new Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (Gram) report estimates deaths linked to 23 pathogens and 88 pathogen-drug combinations across 204 countries and territories in 2019. Statistical modelling was used to […]
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