News of The Day – 23rd April  2024

News of The Day – 23rd April  2024

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

• About Chipko Movement
• Impact of Chipko Movement

• Overview of Panchayat Raj Day
• Evolution of Grassroot Governance in India
• How Panchayat has Transformed Local Governance?
• Challenges Associated with Grassroot Governance in India
• Way Forward
• Case Studies: Success Stories of Panchayati Raj Governance

• Overview of Supreme Court Intervention on Healthcare
• About Insurance Model for Healthcare
• Comparison of Private and Public Healthcare in India
• Key Features of Insurance Model for Healthcare Sector
• Major Challenges faced by  Insurance Model in Healthcare Sector
• Government Initiatives to Support Heathcare in India
• Way Forward
• Table: Best Practices in Indian States

• Legal Provisions related to Star Campaigners
• Benefits available to Star Campaigners
• Major Issues faced by Star Campaigners
• Way Forward

• Overview of Karnataka’s Ban on Hookah
• High Court’s Arguments to Uphold Ban on Hookah
• Table: Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) of 2003

• Overview of India’s Law on Abortion
• Ethical Dilemma Associated with Abortion
• Table: Instances where Court Allowed Termination beyond 24 weeks of Pregnancy

• Overview of India-Mauritius Amendment to Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
• About India-Mauritius Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
• Major Challenges Associated with Amendment
• Way Forward
• Table: Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

• Overview of GAIA’s Call on Plastic Pollution
• About Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
• Table: Plastic Pollution Associated with ASEAN Countries 

• About B-READY Index
• Significance of India’s Early Preparations for B-READY Index
• Table: Limitations of Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Index

• Overview Randomised Control Trials for TB Treatment
• About Tuberculosis
• Significance of Randomised Control Trials for TB Treatment

• Overview of Hong Kong’s Ban on Sale of few Indian Spices 
• About Ethylene Oxide
• FSSAI’s Nationwide Quality Check of Banned Spices 

• Overview of Rising Global Sea Level
• Linkages between Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
• Impacts of Rising Global Sea Level
• Way Forward
• Case Study: Land Subsidence in China