News of The Day: 24th January 2024

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News of The Day – 24th January 2024

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

News Headline Source Syllabus What To Know?
Bharat Ratna to Karpoori Thakur: Why the Jannayak’s politics and policies still resonate Indian Express GS 1: Culture
  • About Karpoori Thakur and His Contribution
  • Additional Reading: Bharat Ratna and List of Civilian Awards in India
Restoring Lake Victoria: CSE, Tanzanian authorities hold multi-nation stakeholder consultation Down to Earth GS 1: Geography and Places in News
  • About Lake Victoria
  • What is Rift Valley
Analysing the rising gap in incomes The Hindu GS 1: Society

GS 2: Development Issue

  • What is Aggregate inequality and trends in India?
  • What are the different forms of inequality prevalent in India?
  • What are Measures of Inequality such as the Gini coefficient?
  • Anomaly in Poverty and Inequality in India Case Study
  • Government Approaches to Reduction of Inequalities
Centre seeks data from states to assess the functioning of the Surrogacy Act 2021 Economic Times GS 1: Social Issues
  • What is the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, of 2021?
  • What are the Recent Changes Made by the Supreme Court?
  • What are the key Challenges in the Implementation of the Act?
SC asks Gujarat cops: ‘So you have an authority under the law to tie people to poles and beat them? The Hindu GS 2: Polity and Governance

GS 4: Ethics

  • What is the Rule of Law
  • Issues with the Police System in India
  • What are the Ethical Arguments against Police Authority?
Delhi High Court quashes CIC order on PM Cares Fund information Economic Times GS 2: Polity and Governance
  • About PM CARES Fund
  • Key Provision The Right to Information (RTI) Act.
  • Issues associated with the Functioning of the RTI Act:
  • Reasons for Exclusion of Political Parties from the RTI Act
Nato signs $1.2 bn deal to help  Ukraine with ammunition Business Standard Gs 2: International Relations
  • What are the NATO and its Alliances?
  • What are the Objectives of NATO?
  • How does NATO Function?
Direct tax-GDP ratio rose to 15-year high in FY23, tax buoyancy dipped Indian Express Gs 3: Economy
  • What is Indias Tax regime?
  • What are the Reasons for Low Tax Base in India?
  • Measures to Increase Tax Base
Indian bourses now fourth-largest with combined stock value of $4.33 trillion, surpasses Hong Kong Indian Express GS 3: Economy
  • About Stock Market
  • Status of India Stock Market
  • Factors behind India Success
Nitin Gadkari Announces Over 200 Ropeway Projects Worth 1.25 Lakh Crore under Parvatmala Program AIR GS 3: Economy and Infrastructure
  • About Ropeway Projects
  • About National Ropeways Development Programme- Parvatmala 
  • Benefits of Ropeway
Year End Review of GOBARdhan: “Waste to Wealth” initiative PIB GS 3: Economy and Environment
  • About GOBARdhan
  • Steps to promote the implementation of GOBARdhan
  • Additional Reading: Compressed Biogas (CBG) plants
Weeds like Mimosa, Siam are taking over Assam’s biodiversity Down to Earth GS 3: Ecology and Environment
  • About Invasive Mimosa species.
  • What are Invasive Species?
  • Threat to biodiversity
Pulsar glitches The Hindu GS 3: Science and Technology
  • About Pulsar
  • What are pulsar glitches?
  • Origin of Pulsar glitches:
What is end-to-end encryption? How does it secure information? | Explained The Hindu GS 3: Science and Technology and Cyber Security
  • What is Encryption?
  • What is End-to-End Encryption?
  • Mechanism and Usage
  • What are the Advantages of E2EE?
  • What are the Disadvantages of E2EE?
  • What is the Legal Framework for Encryption in India?
Limits and borders: On the territorial jurisdiction of the Border Security Force The Hindu GS 2: Center-State Relation

GS 3: Internal Security

  • What is the territorial jurisdiction of BSF?
  • Centre’s Notification on Extending BSF’s Jurisdiction
  • What are the Issues involved in extending the jurisdiction of BSF?

Additional Reading:

  • Constitutional Framework and Federal Principle.
  • Analysis of Article 131 and its implication on federalism.
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