News of The Day – 18th April  2024

News of The Day – 18th April  2024

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

• Overview of World Heritage Day
• Significance of World Heritage Day
• Table: Top 5 Heritages Sites in India

• Overview of Mount Ruang Eruption
• About Volcanoes
• Map: Pacific Ring of Fire and Mount Ruang Volcano

• Overview of Anticyclone in Dubai
• About Anti-Cyclones
• Impact of Anticyclone on Weather

• What is the Law On Preventive Detention?
• On What Grounds the Preventive Detention Order can be Quashed?
• High Courts and Supreme Court on Preventive Detention 

• Overview of Uttar Pradesh’s Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021
• Procedure for Valid Conversion
• Challenges to the Law

• Overview of Election Commission Orders to Remove Social Media Posts
• About ‘Voluntary Code of Ethics’ for Social Media Platforms
• Need for Voluntary Code of Ethics for Social Media Platforms

• Overview of Russian Peacekeepers Withdrawal from Region
• Background of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
• India’s Stand on the Conflict

• Key Findings of Report
• About Bretton Woods Institutions
• Significance of Bretton Woods Institutions
• Challenges Associated with Bretton Woods Institutions
• Way Forward and Major Recommendations of the Report

• Key Findings of “2024 Financing for Sustainable Development Report”
• About UNCTAD

• About Agroforestry
• Significance of Agroforestry for Small Scale Farmers

• About Sonam Wangchuk’s Pashmina March 
• Major Reasons for the Ladakhis’ Protests
• Way Forward

• Status of Maternal Mortality Rate in India
• Major Causes of Heart Disease Among Mothers
• Way Forward

• Overview of Aral Sea 
• Major Impacts of Drying of Aral Sea
• Table: Chenobyl Disaster
• Map: Drying of Aral Sea

• About Heatwaves
• Overvuiew of India’s Heat Action Plan
• Causes of Heatwaves
• Major Challenges Associated with Heatwaves
• Way Forward

• Status of Anti-Maoist Operations in India
• Background of Naxalite-Maoist Insurgency in India
• Anti-Naxal Strategy of the Security Forces
• Significant of Anti-Maoist Operations 
• Map: Maoist Conflict in India