News of The Day – 19th April 2024

News of The Day – 19th April 2024
Sources: The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, and PIB.
News Headline	Source	Syllabus	What To Know?
Indian Institute of Astrophysics plays a crucial role in bringing sunlight to the forehead of Sri Ram Lalla	PIB	GS 1: Art and Culture GS 3: Science and Technology	Science Behind Surya Tilak Ceremony Significance Additional Reading: Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Rio Grande, other New Mexico rivers are ‘most endangered’ in the US: Non-profit	Down to Earth	GS 1: Geography	About Rio Grande River Criteria for Declaring River Endangered
Banning transgender persons from begging is cruel and illegal	Indian Express	GS 1: Indian Society	About Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure What Issues Do Transgender People Face? The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 What are the Challenges Associated with the Act? Additional Reading: the Government Initiatives have taken for Transgender Persons
India’s population is estimated at 1.4 bn, with 24% in the 0-14 age bracket: UNFPA	Business Standard	GS 1: Indian Society	About the Report Key Findings of the Report Additional Reading: UNFPA
Comprehensive reforms to municipal elections	The Hindu	GS 2: Polity and Governance	About Urban Local Bodies and Their Contribution? Legal Provisions for Local Bodies’ Elections What are the Challenges Associated with Local Bodies’ Elections?
New Delhi set to deliver BrahMos Missiles to Philippines	Livemint	GS 2: International Relations	About India-Philippines Defence Cooperation About BrahMos and its features Additional Reading: India’s Defence Export
Why have private investments dropped?	The Hindu	GS 3: Indian Economy	What is private Gross Fixed Capital Formation? Significance of Gross Fixed Capital Formation?
FDI in Space	Indian Express	GS 3: Indian Economy GS 3: Science and Technology	FDI in the Space Sector Significances of FDI in Space Sectors Concerns and Challenges Additional Reading: India and Space Sector
DRDO successfully test fires indigenous long-range subsonic cruise missile	The Hindu	GS 3: Science and Technology GS 3: Defence	What is a subsonic cruise missile? How is it different from a Supersonic Cruise Missile? Additional Reading: Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile
Biological Weapon	Livemint	GS 3: Science and Technology GS 3: Defence	About Biological Weapon Biological Weapons Convention Additional Reading: The 1925 Geneva Protocol Additional Reading: Bioterrorism, Strategy to combat bioterrorism
100 scientists take two years to rename airborne viruses	HT	GS 3: Science and Technology	What are Air-borne Viruses? Global Implications of Renaming?
Nestlé’s baby food sold in Asian African countries has added Sugars	Indian Express	GS 2: Polity and Governance GS 3: Science and Technology	What does the report say about Nestlé? Why are added sugars harmful? Additional Reading: Ultraprocess food and its harmful impact
India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000: Global Forest Watch	Indian Express	GS 3: Environment and Biodiversity	About the Report Key Findings of the Report Difference between tree cover and forest cover Additional Reading: Global Forest Cover
SPACE, a premier testing & evaluation hub	PIB	GS 3: Internal Security	About Submersible Platform for Acoustic Characterisation and Evaluation (SPACE) Applications
War of attrition: On the fight against Maoist insurgency	The Hindu	GS 3: Internal Security	What is Maoist insurgency? What is the present status of Left Wing Extremism in India? Historical Background and Causes of Naxalism What are the steps taken by the government to stop Left Wing Extremism?