News of The Day – 5 February 2024

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

• About LK Advani
• About Bharat Ratna
• Criteria For Bharat Ratna 

• What is the Uniform Civil Code?
• What are the arguments in favor of the UCC?
• What are arguments against the UCC?
• What is the status of UCC in Indian States?
• What is the way forward?

• What are changes in the curriculum proposed by CBSE for class 10 and class 12?

• What is Personally Identifiable Information (PII)?
• What is the difference between sensitive and non-sensitive PII?
• What are the risks of PII exposure?
• How to protect PII?

• What is WTO’s Appellate Body?
• What are the Issues?
• What are the Disputes Involving India at the WTO?
• Way Forward
• Additional reading: WTO, Organisation structure of WTO and Dispute settlement body of WTO.

• About World Cancer Day
• Additional Reading: Cervical Cancer

• About Iron ore
• Iron ore mining in India.
• Contribution of Iron ore mining to India’s growth.
• Various issues in the iron ore sector
• Steps needed to make the sector sustainable and fair.

• What is the Ergosphere?
• Why are Ergospheres ellipsoidal in nature?

• About Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
• Working of NFT
• How is an NFT different from a cryptocurrency?
• What is Blockchain Technology?

• What is Vyommitra?
• Features