News of The Day – 23rd July 2024

News of The Day – 23rd July 2024

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

• About Mental health
• Status of Mental Health in India
• Harmful effects of poor Mental Health?
• Reasons for poor status of Mental Health in India
• What steps have been taken to improve Mental Health in India?
• Legal Measures & Schemes and Initiatives
• Way Forward
• Conclusion

• About International Seabed Authority (ISA)
• Functions
• Structure
• Funding and Oversight of International Seabed Authority
• Challenges Associated with the International Seabed Authority
• about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
• About Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
• Conclusion

• Overview of Plea on Use Of Money Bills To Pass Laws
• About Money Bills
  criteria that a bill should fulfill to become a money bill
• Procedure for the passage of the Money Bill in Parliament
• Major Concerns Associated with the Misuse of Money Bills To Pass Laws
• Potential Consequences of Misclassifying Money Bills
• Difference between a money bill and a financial bill
• Way Forward

• About  Public-Private Partnership
• About airports with the PPP model and examples
• Key developments of airports in India through Joint Ventures (JVs) under the PPP model
• Benefits of airports in India through joint ventures under the PPP model: 
• Challenges Faced By Authorities Under PPP
• Way Forward

• What is India’s Trade Dynamics 
• Which Sectors are Propelling India’s Trade Growth?
• India’s Service Sector Role
• India’s External Reserves
• Trade Diversification
• Main Roadblocks Hindering India’s Trade Growth
• Way Forward

• Forest Degradation
• Tree Plantation for Healthy Environment
•  Carbon Sequestration
• Van Mahotsava
• Carbon Sink
• The One Trillion Project, the “Great Green Wall of China”, the “10 Billion Tree Tsunami”, the “Bonn Challenge
• Paris Agreement, 2021-2030 as a Decade of Ecosystem Restoration by the United Nations
• Monoculture
• India’s Achievement
• Challenges faced by India
• Way Forward

• What’s Economic Survey
• Who Publishes the Economic Survey of India?
• In charts: Key takeaways from Economic Survey 2023-24
• Global headwinds – foreign direct investment (FDI) 
• China challenge
• AI threat
• Tepid private investment
• Employment imperative
• Data deficiency
• Lifestyle disadvantages
• Recommended solutions
• Job creation by the private sector
• Lifestyle changes by private sector
• Farm sector as the saviour
• Removing regulatory bottlenecks:
• Building state capacity

• About Bhusanket Web Portal: 
• Key facts about Geological Survey of India
• About Landslides
• Causes of landslides
• Effects of landslides
• India’s Vulnerability
• Recent examples of landslide disasters in the past year:
• Components of National Landslide Risk Management Strategy (2019) 
• Other Initiatives
• Government Measures for Landslide Impact Mitigation
• NDMA Guidelines
• Way Forward

• What are Neutrinos?
• What are Anti-Particles?
• About Indian Neutrino Observatory

• About Xenotransplantation:
• Complications in Xenotransplantation
• Why are Pigs Often Used for Xenotransplantation?

• About Pralay Missile
• Key Features
• Maneuverability and Stealth
• Warhead Options

on shooter Abhinav Bindra

• About Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
• About Bindra’s achievments