News of The Day – 13th July 2024

July 13, 2024 0

News of The Day – 13th July 2024
The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, and PIB.
News Headline Source Syllabus What To Know?
Release of SDG India Index 2023-24 PIB GS-02: Polity and Governance
  • Key highlights and results from the fourth edition of the SDG India Index.
  • Key interventions are facilitating SDG achievements.
  • Additional Reading: Niti Ayog
Stay on bail should only be granted in rare cases: Supreme Court The Hindu GS-02: Polity and Governance
  • Key Highlights of SC Judgement
  • What is ‘Bail’?
  • Types of Bail in India
  • Bail Provisions in India
Explained: In Kejriwal bail, lens on ED’s power to arrest Indian Express GS-02: Polity and Governance
  • What is Interim Bail?
  • Background of Delhi Excise Policy Case
  • What is the Enforcement Directorate’s power to arrest under the PMLA?
  • What is  Section 19 of the PMLA?
  • What were the court findings?
‘Agri Fund for Start-Ups & Rural Enterprises’ (AgriSURE) to provide support to Startup and Agripreneurs PIB GS-03: Economy
  • About AgriSURE and its Aim and Objective
  • Key Features and Significance of Fund
  • Additional Reading: Government Initiatives for Promotion of Agripreneurs
The PDS impact on household expenditure The Hindu GS-03: Economy
  • Public Distribution System (PDS) and its Objective
  • PDS’s Implications for poverty and food Security
  • National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 and Key Provisions
Eco-friendly solvents offer solutions for sustainable and diverse silk industry PIB GS-03: Environment and Ecology
  • Sericulture: Silk Production in India
  • Types of Silk Produce in India (State-wise)
  • Silk Processing and toxic chemicals used
  • Ionic Liquids (ILs) and their significance for the silk industry
New species of dogfish shark discovered in Kerala harbour The Hindu GS-03: Environment and Ecology
  • About Squalus hima 
  • Unique features, Habitat and protection status
  • Additional Reading:  Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) 
Sukinda Valley Chromium Contamination Down to Earth GS-03: Environment and Ecology
  • About Chromium pollution
  • Sources and Impacts on humans and environments
  • About Sukinda Valley: location
  • Additional Reading: Water Pollutants and their harmful impacts; Heavy Metal Pollution
CITES defines guidelines on the trade of rosewood species Down to Earth GS-03: Environment and Ecology
  • What are the CITES guidelines?
  • About The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and its objective
  • About Rosewood Species ( Shisham)
  • Habitat, Distribution, uses and CITES Status
  • Why does India fight to get Rosewood delisted from CITES?
Benefits of glacial geoengineering to slow sea-level rise Down to Earth GS-03: Environment and Ecology
  • Climate change: Impact on Glaciers and Sea Level Rise
  • About glacial geoengineering technologies: Ex. Fibre-based ‘curtains
  • Impact of Arctic and Antarctic Ice Melting
  • strategies to combat glacier melting and Sea level rise
NASA’s CHAPEA Project Indian Express GS-03: Science and Technology
  • About NASA’s CHAPEA project: Aim and Objective
  • How was the Mars simulation created?
  • What is the habitat like on Mars?
  • What are the other challenges involved in a mission to Mars?
  • Additional Readings: India’s Mars missions
A spacesuit that can turn urine into drinking water Indian Express GS-03: Science and Technology
  • How does the new spacesuit work?
  • What are the limitations of current spacesuits?
  • Additional Reading: India’s Gaganyaan Mission
‘Urban Naxal’ Bill in Maharashtra The Hindu GS-03: Internal Security
  • Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024 and Key Provisions
  • Significance and Criticism of the Bill
  • What is urban naxalism, and what are its implications for internal security?
  • Additional Reading: Naxalism/Maoism: Evolution Security challenges and measures. 
Exercise Pitch Black 2024 PIB GS-03: Internal Security
  • About Exercise Pitch Black 2024
  • Location, Participating Countries 
  • Significance

 

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