News of The Day – 8th March 2024

• About Shemes and their Objective
• Status of Tourism in India
• Government Initiatives to Promote Tourism

• About NAMASTE Scheme
• It’s Objective and Salient Features
• Issue of Manual Scavenging in India
• Additional Reading: Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.

• About International Women’s Day 2024
• About Theme,  History, Significance of a Day

• The Office of the Speaker: Lok Sabha
• Role and Powers of Speaker:
• Additional Reading: Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha

• India and Japan have a bilateral relationship 
• Significance of Japan to India

• About North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Formation, Headquarters, Purposes, Members 
• Additional Reading: NATO Plus

GS-02: Social Justice

• About PM Ujjwala Yojana 
• Objective, Features, and Benefits of PMUY.
• Additional Reading: What are the Concerns Regarding the PMUY?

• About the James Webb Telescope
• Mission Goals
• Features of James Webb Space Telescope
• Significance of JWST
• James Webb Space Telescope vs Hubble Telescope
• Additional Reading: Other Space-based Observatories

• About IndiaAI Mission
• India’s AI ecosystem for  inclusive growth 
• vision of Making AI in India and Making AI Work for India

GS-03: Defence and Security

• About the 5th generation Fighter jet project
• Objective and Key Features and Significance
• Additional Reading:  Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

• What is Anthropocene, or the “Human Epoch”, in geologic time
  What it means, significance
• A Timeline of Planet Earth
  How is the Earth’s geological time divided?

• About Sea Defenders-2024
• Significance of the Exercise

• About National Socialist Council of Nagaland/K-Khango
• History of Insurgencies and Peace Process  in Nagaland
• Additional Reading: Greater Nagalim

• India’s Proposed Maritime Development Fund
• Features and Significance

• About UAPA Act 1967
• Provisions of UAPA Act 1967
• Amendments In UAPA
• Recent Bans Under UAPA by MHA in 2023