News of The Day – 17th August 2024

August 17, 2024 0

News of The Day – 17th August 2024

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

News Headline Source Syllabus What To Know?
Kerala High Court launches state’s first virtual court in Kollam district Indian Express GS 2: Polity and Governance
  • About-Court Integrated Mission Mode Project
  • Advantages of the Project
  • What Steps have the Courts Taken for Digitisation of Judiciary?
  • Why is Digitisation of Judiciary a Need?
  • Potential Challenges in the Digitisation of Judiciary
  • Steps can be Taken to Promote the Digitisation of Judiciary
‘Bangladesh Plus One’ prospect beckons India’s textiles industry Livemint GS 2: International Relations
  • How the Bangladesh Political Crisis will impact Indian textile market
  • Blessing in disguise to Indian textile manufactures
  • Significance of the Indian textile sector
  • Growth drivers of the textile sector
  • Challenges faced by the textile sector
  • Government initiatives to promote the growth of the textile sector
Centre’s guidelines for special assistance to states finalised, Rs 10,000 crore for land reforms Indian Express GS 3: Economy
  • Recent Announcements For Land Reforms Under the Scheme
  • Major Initiatives Undertaken for Land Reforms
  • Recent Initiatives:
  •  Challenges and Steps That Can Be Taken for Land Reforms
  • About Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) or Bhu-Aadhaar for all lands;
  • About digitisation of cadastral maps 
  • About survey of map sub-divisions according to current ownership 
  • About Establishment of a land registry
The essence of India’s inflation problem The Hindu GS 3: Economy
  • About core inflation
  • Food Price Inflation and Disinflation in India
  • About Consumer Food Price Inflation (CFPI)
  • About Consumer Price Inflation (CPI)
  • Causes Behind Food Price Inflation
  • Government measures to control food inflation
  • Impact of Food Inflation
ISRO’s SSLV successfully launches earth observation satellite into orbit The Hindu GS 3: Science and Technology
  • About Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)
  • About Earth Observation Satellite (EOS)
  • About EOS-08 and SR-0 Demosat passenger satellite
  • objectives of the SSLV-D3-EOS-08 mission
  • Technological Advancements
World Investment Report UNCTAD GS 3: Economy
  • About World Investment Report
  • Key highlights of the report
  • about the UN Conference on Trade and Development
  • FDI Trend in India
  • Reasons for Declining FDI Trend
  • Impact on Sustainable Development Goals
  • Digital Government
What is the Gross Environment Product Index? The Week GS 3: Environment
  • About Gross Environment Product (GEP)
  • Evolution of GEP
  • Need of GEP
  • Advantages of GEP
  • Significance of Gross Environment Product (GEP)
Centre finalises tender to procure 1,000 GPUs under IndiaAI Mission Indian Express GS 3: Science and Technology
  • About graphics processing units (GPUs)
  • How does a GPU work?
  • Applications
  • About IndiaAI Mission
  • Key components of the mission
How an asteroid from beyond Jupiter ended the age of dinosaurs Indian Express GS 3: Science and Technology
  • About Asteroid
  • Asteroid Classifications
  • How Asteroids Get Their Names
  • About ruthenium
  • Impact of Collision
How James Webb Space Telescope has raised questions in cosmology Indian Express GS 3: Science and Technology
  • About James Webb Space Telescope
  • Features of James Webb Space Telescope
  • Objectives of JWST
  • Significance of JWST
  • James Webb Space Telescope vs Hubble Telescope
The Californium that wasn’t — how ‘radioactive’ substance kept Bihar’s Gopalganj police on edge Indian Express GS 3: Science and Technology
  • What is radioactivity?
  • About Californium 
  • Properties
  • Applications
Microwave ovens host thriving communities of microbes: What a new study says Indian Express GS 3: Science and Technology
  • About bacteria Klebsiella, Enterococcus, and Aeromonas
  • What’s extremophiles?
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