News of The Day – 8th November 2024

• Key Highlights of SC Judgement
• the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act
• Salient Features
• Issues and Challenges with the POCSO Act
• Government Initiatives to Curb Child Abuse

• Key Highlights of Verdict
• Aligarh Muslim University’s Minority Character: Constitutional Debates and the 2016 Controversy
• Significance of Article 30(1) in Defining ‘Minority Character’ in Educational Institutions

• Key Points of the Judgment: Significance and Implication
• Implications and Significance
• Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI): Powers and Functions
• Additional Reading: the Customs Act, 1962

• Key Highlights of SS’s Ruling
• Rules of the Game
• Two categories of recruitment rules
• Additional Reading: Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution

• Overview of India-Canada Relations
• Current Status: Issues and Challenges
• Way Forward
• Additional Reading: Right to Free Speech

• Key Highlights of Joint Session
• About Zambia: Location and Key Facts
• Additional Reading: Map Reading

• About ICP Darranga: Location and Key Features
• Land Ports in India: Significance and Benefits
• Land Ports Authority of India

GS 3: Economy

• About Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership 
• About Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
• Free trade agreements of India

• Key Highlights of Judgement 
• Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) of 2016: Features and Significance
• National Companies Law Tribunal (NCLT)
• Additional Reading: Article 142 of Constitution

• Key Findings of Study
• Millets as a Nutrient-Rich Alternative
• some of the popular varieties of millets grown in India
• How can millets solve the issue of hidden hunger in India? 

• Amazon Rainforest: Ecological and Climate Significance
• Equatorial Rainforest: Characteristics, Flora and Fauna

• Terrorism: Security  Challenge for India
• Government Counter-Terrorism Strategy
• Need for National counter-terrorism policy