News of The Day: 23rd January 2025

News of The Day –  23rd January 2025

SOURCES: The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, and PIB.

• About Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme.
• 10 years of BBBP and its Achievements.
• Challenges :Existing Gender bias issues in different sector
• Other Government Initiatives to achieve Women Empowerment.

• Digitalisation in the Healthcare Sector.
• Need for Digitalisation.
• Status of Digitalisation of Healthcare in India.
• Government Initiatives for Digitalisation in Healthcare Sector.
• Challenges and Gaps in Digitalisation of Healthcare sector.

• What is Crosspathy?
• Provision Encouraging Crosspathy in India.
• Issues Regarding Crosspathy.

• About Trumps America First Policy
• Key Highlights of Trump’s stance on India.
• India’s  response to Trump approach.

• Issue regarding Aviation Safety.
• Current scenario of accidents and threats associated with the Aviation sector.
• Regulation of Airspace.
• Role of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

• What is Vision for Viksit Agri Economy?
• 7 Imperatives  to Achieve it.
• Challenges in Implementation.
• Government Initiative in this direction.

• About Critical Minerals and its Application.
• Chinese Dominance in Critical Minerals.
• India’s Initiatives to insure Critical Mineral Availability.
• Challenges in Critical Mineral Development Plan.

• About the Principal Purpose Test (PPT).
• About Double Tax Avoidance Agreements or DTAAs.
• Excluded nation under DTAAs.

• About DRDO’s Progress in  scramjet-powered hypersonic technology.
• About Scramjet Power Hypersonic Technology and Its Significance.

• About the HC Directive.
• About the Vaigai River and sources of Pollution.
• Way to address Pollution issue in Vaigai River.

• About US withdrawal from Climate Initiatives.
• Trump’s stance on Climate Initiatives.
• Impact of US withdrawal from Paris Agreement.
• Need of recalibration of Climate Initiative.