News of The Day: 24th January 2024

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

• About Karpoori Thakur and His Contribution
• Additional Reading: Bharat Ratna and List of Civilian Awards in India

• About Lake Victoria
• What is Rift Valley

GS 2: Development Issue

• What is Aggregate inequality and trends in India?
• What are the different forms of inequality prevalent in India?
• What are Measures of Inequality such as the Gini coefficient?
• Anomaly in Poverty and Inequality in India Case Study
• Government Approaches to Reduction of Inequalities

• What is the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, of 2021?
• What are the Recent Changes Made by the Supreme Court?
• What are the key Challenges in the Implementation of the Act?

GS 4: Ethics

• What is the Rule of Law
• Issues with the Police System in India
• What are the Ethical Arguments against Police Authority?

• About PM CARES Fund
• Key Provision The Right to Information (RTI) Act.
• Issues associated with the Functioning of the RTI Act:
• Reasons for Exclusion of Political Parties from the RTI Act

• What are the NATO and its Alliances?
• What are the Objectives of NATO?
• How does NATO Function?

• What is Indias Tax regime?
• What are the Reasons for Low Tax Base in India?
• Measures to Increase Tax Base

• About Stock Market
• Status of India Stock Market
• Factors behind India Success

• About Ropeway Projects
• About National Ropeways Development Programme- Parvatmala 
• Benefits of Ropeway

• About GOBARdhan
• Steps to promote the implementation of GOBARdhan
• Additional Reading: Compressed Biogas (CBG) plants

• About Invasive Mimosa species.
• What are Invasive Species?
• Threat to biodiversity

• About Pulsar
• What are pulsar glitches?
• Origin of Pulsar glitches:

• What is Encryption?
• What is End-to-End Encryption?
• Mechanism and Usage
• What are the Advantages of E2EE?
• What are the Disadvantages of E2EE?
• What is the Legal Framework for Encryption in India?

GS 3: Internal Security

• What is the territorial jurisdiction of BSF?
• Centre’s Notification on Extending BSF’s Jurisdiction
• What are the Issues involved in extending the jurisdiction of BSF?

Additional Reading:

• Constitutional Framework and Federal Principle.
• Analysis of Article 131 and its implication on federalism.