News of The Day – 16th July 2024

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

• Overview of Bhojshala complex 
• About Raja Bhoj and Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty
• Overview of Methods Adopted by the ASI for Excavation

• Overview of  Supreme Court’s Framework On The Portrayal Of Persons With Disabilities (PwDs)
• About Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)
• Current Status of PwDs in India
• Major Challenges faced by PwDs in India
• Government Initiatives for the Empowerment of PwDs
• Way Forward
• Box: Laws Which Grant Disability Rights

• Overview of Establishment & Functioning Of Gram Nyayalayas
• About Gram Nyayalayas
• Salient features of the Gram Nyayalayas Act
• Need for Gram Nyayalayas
• Major Challenges Faced Gram Nyayalayas
• Way Forward

• Overview of Supreme Court verdict on Assam Man
• About Foreigners Act, 1946
• Major Implications of Supreme Court Verdict 
• Box: Overview of The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and the National Register of Citizens (NRC)

• Overview of Plea on Use Of Money Bills To Pass Laws
• About Money Bills 
• Major Concerns Associated with the Misuse of Money Bills To Pass Laws

• Overview of Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) Revised Master Directions On Fraud Risk Management for Regulated Entities 
• About Regulated Entities 

• About PONZI SCHEMES
• Major Reasons Why Ponzi Schemes Are Still So Rampant In India

• Overview Of One Scientist, One Product’ Scheme
• Significance Of One Scientist, One Product’ Scheme

• About Trade Deficit 
• Implications Of Changes In Trade Deficit 

• Overview of Infrastructure Lending and NaBFID
• About National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID)

• India’s Four Launch Vehicles
• Evolution Of Indian Space Programme Supply-Driven To Demand-Driven Model
• Launch Capability Limitations

• Overview of Cave On The Moon
• Significance of Findings Regarding Cave On The Moon

• About Electroencephalography (EEG) In Human Medicine
• How Was The Eeg Invented?
• Working Of Electroencephalography (EEG) 

• Key Findings Regarding Impact of Air Pollution on Pollinators and Pests
• About Air Pollution

• Overview of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Assessment of Indian Leopard
• About Indian Leopard

• Overview of  Building Violation In Forest Land in Odisha
• About Forest Advisory Committee (FAC)

• Overview of Spade-Toothed Whales 
• About Whales

• Overview of Puja Khedkar controversy
• About All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968, and the IAS (Probation) Rules, 1954
• Ethical Issues Associated with Puja Khedkar controversy
• Way Forward