News of The Day – 23rd March 2024

GS-03: Infrastructure

• About the Netravati Riverfront project
• Significance 
• What are the Concerns associated with the project?

• Role of Opposition in Democracy
• Free and Fair Election and the rule of law in a democracy

• About T.N. Minister’s case and Right to occupy a public office.
• Public Office Values: Constitutional Morality, Good Governance, and Trust 

• About Operation Indravati
• About Haiti Crisis
• Additional Reading: Important Rescue Operation Launched by India

• About the Bahai Minority Community
• List of Most Persecuted Community Worldwide.

• Key Findings of ADB Report
• Health emergency preparedness and response plan Of India

• Key Findings of Reports
• What are the challenges to Global Trade?
• Additional Reading: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Its Key Reports

• Indian-Bhutan Relations
• Significance of Bhutan 
• India’s development assistance to Bhutan

• What is AUKUS?
• What is the Significance of the AUKUS Deal?
• Why is AUKUS strategically important?
• India-AUKUS: The effect of AUKUS on India’s foreign and defence policies

• What is Variable Rate Repo (VRR)
• What is the importance of VRR
• Additional Reading: RBI’s Monetary Policy Tools

• About Coal-Import Trends
• State-wise distribution an production of Coal in Inia
• Global distribution of Coal Reserves
• Coal types and its Usage

• About Methane Emission
• Sources, Impacts
• Measures taken to reduce methane emission

• About Lepidopterans:
• Importance of Lepidopteran: 
• Infographic: Life Cycle Of Lepidopterans