News of The Day –  19th April  2024

April 19, 2024 0

News of The Day –  19th April  2024

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

News Headline Source Syllabus What To Know?
Indian Institute of Astrophysics plays a crucial role in bringing sunlight to the forehead of Sri Ram Lalla PIB GS 1: Art and Culture

GS 3: Science and Technology

  • Science Behind Surya Tilak Ceremony
  • Significance
  • Additional Reading: Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Rio Grande, other New Mexico rivers are ‘most endangered’ in the US: Non-profit Down to Earth GS 1: Geography
  • About  Rio Grande River
  • Criteria for Declaring River Endangered
Banning transgender persons from begging is cruel and illegal Indian Express GS 1: Indian Society
  • About  Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 
  • What Issues Do Transgender People Face?
  • The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
  • What are the Challenges Associated with the Act?
  • Additional Reading:  the Government Initiatives have taken for Transgender Persons
India’s population is estimated at 1.4 bn, with 24% in the 0-14 age bracket: UNFPA Business Standard GS 1:  Indian Society
  • About the Report
  • Key Findings of the Report
  • Additional Reading: UNFPA
Comprehensive reforms to municipal elections The Hindu GS 2:  Polity and Governance
  • About Urban Local Bodies and Their Contribution?
  • Legal Provisions for Local Bodies’ Elections
  • What are the Challenges Associated with Local Bodies’ Elections?
New Delhi set to deliver BrahMos Missiles to Philippines Livemint GS 2: International Relations
  • About India-Philippines Defence Cooperation
  • About  BrahMos and its features
  • Additional Reading: India’s Defence Export
Why have private investments dropped? The Hindu GS 3: Indian Economy
  • What is private Gross Fixed Capital Formation?
  • Significance of Gross Fixed Capital Formation?
FDI in Space Indian Express GS 3: Indian Economy

GS 3:  Science and Technology

  • FDI in the Space Sector
  • Significances of FDI in Space Sectors
  • Concerns and Challenges
  • Additional Reading: India and Space Sector
DRDO successfully test fires indigenous long-range subsonic cruise missile The Hindu GS 3:  Science and Technology

GS 3: Defence

  • What is a subsonic cruise missile?
  • How is it different from a Supersonic Cruise Missile?
  • Additional Reading:  Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile
Biological Weapon Livemint GS 3:  Science and Technology

GS 3:  Defence

  • About Biological Weapon
  • Biological Weapons Convention 
  • Additional Reading: The 1925 Geneva Protocol 
  • Additional Reading: Bioterrorism, Strategy to combat bioterrorism
100 scientists take two years to rename airborne viruses HT GS 3:  Science and Technology
  • What are Air-borne Viruses?
  • Global Implications of Renaming?
Nestlé’s baby food sold in Asian African countries has added Sugars Indian Express GS 2:  Polity and Governance

GS 3:  Science and Technology

  • What does the report say about Nestlé?
  • Why are added sugars harmful?
  • Additional Reading: Ultraprocess food and its harmful impact
India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000: Global Forest Watch Indian Express GS 3: Environment and Biodiversity
  • About the Report
  • Key Findings of the Report
  • Difference between tree cover and forest cover
  • Additional Reading: Global Forest Cover
SPACE, a premier testing & evaluation hub PIB GS 3: Internal Security
  • About Submersible Platform for Acoustic Characterisation and Evaluation (SPACE)
  • Applications
War of attrition: On the fight against Maoist insurgency The Hindu GS 3: Internal Security
  • What is Maoist insurgency?
  • What is the present status of Left Wing Extremism in India?
  • Historical Background and Causes of Naxalism
  • What are the steps taken by the government to stop Left Wing Extremism?
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