News of The Day: 8th January  2025

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News of The Day: 8th January  2025

News of The Day –  8th January  2025

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

News Headline Source Syllabus What To Know?
Earthquake in Tibet kills 126, injures 188; tremors felt in India and Nepal IE GS 1: Geography
  • Causes of Earthquakes
  • Measuring Earthquakes
  • Vulnerability of India to Earthquake-Related Hazards
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas events to begin today  Financial Express GS 2: Polity and Governance
  • About Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas
  • History 
  • Significance
Why is there a drop in school enrolments? Deccan Herald GS 2: Polity and Governance
  • Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+)
  • Reason for  a drop in school enrolments
Court dismisses plea against judge’s impeachment motion The Hindu GS 2: Polity and Governance
  • Impeachment Process for Judges in India
  • Constitutional Safeguards and Grounds for Impeachment
  • Steps in the Impeachment Process
The rebounding of Pakistan’s Afghan strategy The Hindu GS 2: IR
  • Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Struggles in 2024
  • Diplomatic and Military Tensions with Afghanistan
  • Diplomatic and Military Tensions with Afghanistan
  • Border and Pashtun Nationalism
Top court slams delay in appointing Information Commissioners The Hindu GS 2: Polity and Governance
  • Right to Information Act and State Information Commissions
  • Objectives
  • Composition and Appointment Process of State Information Commissions
  • Tenure and Service Conditions of State Information Commissioners
  • Removal Procedures for State Information Commissioners
ID tokenisation will help minors pass age test under new data rules: Minister  The Hindu GS 2: Polity and Governance
  • Child Verification System and Its Objectives
  • Tokenisation of Identity Documents
  • Government’s Position on Privacy Concerns
  • Criticisms and Challenges
SC to hear tomorrow pleas seeking review of same-sex marriage verdict The Hindu GS 2: Polity and Governance
  • Legality of Same-Sex Marriages in India
  • Earlier Views of Supreme Court on Same-Sex Marriages
  • Arugments in Favour of Same Sex Marriage
  • Arugments Against Same Sex Marriage
GDP growth projected to fall to four-year low at 6.4%  BS GS 3: Economy
  • First Advance Estimates of GDP 
  • Nominal GDP growth
  • profile of sectoral growth
India, U.S. to jointly manufacture interoperable sonobuoys for Navy The Hindu GS 3: Security
  • Interoperable sonobuoys
  • Undersea Domain Awareness (UDA)
  • U.S.-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (ICET)
Bharatpol to aid in nabbing fugitive criminals ‘wherever they hide’: Home Minister The Hindu GS 3: Security
  • Features
  •  CBI 
  • National Central Bureau of India
Inter-ministerial committee is needed to strengthen AI governance: IndiaAI Mission  The Hindu GS 3: S & T
  • Union Government’s Approach to AI Governance in India
  • Inter-Ministerial AI Coordination Committee
  • Promoting Responsible AI and Self-Regulation
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