News of The Day – 26th August 2024

News of The Day – 26th August 2024

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

• Overview of Frequent Mass Wasting in Tibet
• About Mass Wasting
• Major Concerns Associated  with Frequent Mass Wasting in Tibet
• Way Forward

• Major Findings of the Study on Chile’s Atacama Salt Flat Sinking 
• About Lithium and Lithium Mining

• Overview of Muthamizh Murugan International Conference 2024
• About Muthamizh Murugan International Conference

• Overview of Demand for Autonomy by Classical Language Centres 
• About Classical Languages in India
• About Classical Language Centres 

• Overview of Punishment for Rape in India
• Key Recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee
• Box: About Gender Rights

• Overview of Union Cabinet Approval of the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS)
• About Unified Pension Scheme (UPS)
• Comparison Between Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), Old Pension Scheme (OPS) and New Pension Scheme (NPS)
• Need for Unified Pension Scheme (UPS)
• Major Challenges Associated with the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS)
• Way Forward

• Overview Of Governance Model In India
• About Trust-Based Governance Model
• Need For Trust-Based Governance Model In India
• Major Concerns Associated With Governance Model In India
• Way Forward 

• Overview Of Notification By The FSSAI To Curb Dairy Products Being Labelled As A2
• About Classification Of Dairy Products As ‘A1’ and ‘A2’ 
• About Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
• Box: About Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

• Overview of India- Singapore Ministerial Meetings
• About India- Singapore Relations

• Overview of Defence Minister’s U.S Visit
• About Submarine and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) 
• About William B Morgan Large Cavitation Channel (LCC)
• Overview of Security of Supply Agreement (SoSA) 

• About BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment) Policy
• About Biotechnology
• Need for High Performance Biomanufacturing in India

• Overview of NITI Aayog’s Workshop on Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS)
• About Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS)

• About Tanager-1 Satellite
• How Will The Tanager-1 Satellite Track Emissions? 
• Why Do Researchers Want To Track Methane Emissions? 

• About Sonoluminescence

• About RHUMI-1