News of The Day – 20th March 2024

News of The Day – 20th March 2024

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

• About WMO’s State of the Climate Report
• Key Findings of the State of the Climate Report
• Overview of WMO

• About Pandavula Gutta
• Overview of Geo-Heritage Sites

• About Ramgarh Crater
• Overview of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972

• Key Findings of Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labour
• Overview of ILO

• Key Findings of World Bank Report 
• Overview of the Gender Pay Gap 
•  How is The Gender Pay Gap Calculated?
• Reasons Leading To High Gender Pay Gap
• Challenges Associated with Wide Gender Pay Gap
• Government Initiatives to Ensure Equal Pay
• Way Forward

• What is India’s Neighbourhood First Policy?
• How has India’s Neighbourhood policy evolved?
• What are the Challenges in India’s Neighbourhood First Policy?
• What is the relevance of India’s Neighbourhood Policy in today’s
• geopolitical landscape?
• How can India make its Neighbourhood policy more robust and impactful?

• Key highlights of the CAG report
• Kshipra River: Geography and Features.

GS 3: Environment And Biodiversity

• About US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)
• Four pillars of IPEF
• Additional Reading: Carbon Credits Trading Scheme (CCTS)

• About chrysotile asbestos/ white asbestos
• Use of asbestos

• About Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR): Location and Habitat
• Additional Reading: Map of Tiger Reserves in India and Project Tiger.

• GeM (Government e-Marketplace)
• Major Developments on GeM
• Significance of GeM

• About State Development Loan (SDL) bonds?
• What are Treasury Bonds?
• What are dated securities?

• What are exchange-traded funds (ETFs)?
• What is the difference between ETFs and Mutual Funds?

• What is the Gaia AI project?
• What is Its Features?

• What is Cryptoverse?
• About AI crypto tokens? 
• Additional Reading: Block-Chain Technology

• About Cancer: Its Types, Prevelance, Diagnosis and Tratment
• Global and Indian Governments Initative to Treat Cancer

• About  the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
• Its Structure and Mandate

• About Agnibaan SOrTeD and Unique Features.
• What is a Semi-Cryogenic Engine?
• Additional Reading: Vikram-S (India’s first privately-developed rocket).