News of The Day – 24th June 2024

News of The Day – 24th June 2024

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

• About Amaravathi Buddhist Site
• Rise and Fall of  Amaravathi Buddhist Site
• Map: Buddhist Sites in India

• Key Highlights of ‘Excavations at Perumbalai 2022 Report
• About Perumbalai
• Box: Kongumandala Satakam’s Reference of Perumbalai

• About Dodol
• History And Significance Of Dodol In Goa?
• Significance of Getting GI Tag
• Box: About GI Tag

• About Solstice
• What Is Summer Solstice
• Celebration of Summer Solstice around World

• About Members of Parliament (MP)
• How Do Mps Take Oath?
• When Does The Term Of An Mp Begin?
• What Happens If An Mp Is In Jail?

• About Speaker of the Lok Sabha
• How Can The Impartiality Of The Speaker’s Office Be Preserved? 
• What Are The Main Roles Of The Speaker?

• About Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) 
• Overview of  Supreme Court’s Order on the EVM-VVPAT sSystem 
• Standard Operating Procedure For Checking And Verification Of The Burnt Memory Of EVMs And VVPATS.

• Overview of EU’s Chat Control Law
• Status of EU’s Chat Control law
• Major Concerns Associated with EU’s Chat Control law 

• Overview of China-Backed Pipeline in Niger 
• Implications of Niger- Benin Dispute on China-Backed Pipeline in Niger 
• Map: Niger

• Overview Of Renewal Of Farakka-Ganga Treaty
• About Farakka-Ganga Treaty
• Major Concerns Associated With Farakka-Ganga Treaty

• Overview of India- Russia Draft Logistics Agreement
• About India- Russia Relations
• Significance of  India- Russia Draft Logistics Agreement for India and Russia

• Overview of Revised Priority Sector Lending Norms
• About Priority Sector Lending 
• Categories of Priority Sector

• About GST Council
• Why Was The GST Council Set Up?
• Evolution Of The GST Council
• Box: Article 279A (1) of the Indian Constitution

• Key Highlights of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Report
• About Compressed Biogas (CBG) 
• Significance of Compressed Biogas (CBG) Sector in India
• Major Challenges Faced by Compressed Biogas (CBG) Sector
• Government Initiatives to Support Compressed Biogas (CBG) Sector in India
• Way Forward

• Overview of Pushpak
• About Reusable Launch Vehicles
• Significance of  Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO’s) Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Landing Experiments (LEX) 

• Overview of  Plutonium-239 (Pu-239)
• About Fission
• Significance of India’s Nuclear Power Programme’s Refocus on Pu

• About Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) satellite 

• About Zero Knowledge Proof
• About Sovereign Cloud
• About Deadpool
• About Buffer Overflow

• About Asiatic Lions
• Overview of Barda Sanctuary
• Box: Boma Technique