News of The Day – 1st March 2024

News of The Day – 1st March 2024

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

Theyyam 

Gs 1: Art and Culture

• About Theyyam 
• Various types of Theyyam
• Cultural Significance

• What are the major tribes in Keonjhar District?
• About Demography, Culture and Heritage

• What is the Rajya-Sabha election Process?
• What does the Tenth Schedule state?
• SC ruling in Kuldip Nayar versus Union of India (2006).
• Additional Reading: Anti-defection Law and Disqualification of MLAs

• Key Findings of the Report
• Status of MAlnutrition in India
• Government Initiative to Fight Against Malnutrition

• What is the Investment Facilitation Development Agreement (IFD)?
• Why did India and South Africa block it?
• Additional Readings: 13th WTO Ministerial Conference and Key Highlights

• About the UN Human Rights Council: composition and Mandate
• Procedures and Mechanisms: Universal Periodic Review,
• India and UN Human Rights Council.

• About the National Statistical Office (NSO) and GDP estimation methods
• GDP trends
• Additional Reading: 

• What is the Minimum Support Price?
• What is the issue with the current MSP regime
• Debate: Against and Favour in  Legal Guarantee to MSP
• Additional Reading: Farmers’ protests 2024

• What are amendments to the Second Schedule to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (‘MMDR Act’)?
• What are critical and strategic minerals and their Significance?

• What is Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS)?
• What are the Issues with Fertilizer Subsidies?

• What is the International Big Cat Alliance?
• About its Governance Structure and Objective.

• Key Findings of Forest Survey Report
• About Leopard: unique features, habitat and Protection status.

• About sea slug
• Additional Reading: Zoological Survey of India.

• Status of Plastic Pollution in India
• Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021.
• Guidelines for banning single-use plastics
• Additional Reading: Global Plastic Treaty

• What is Semiconductor and Its Fabrication?
• Application of Semiconductor.