News of The Day –  5th April  2024

News of The Day –  5th April  2024

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

• Industrial Revolution -Overview, Causes, Impact & Legacy

• Various global democracy indices?
• How is democracy defined?
• What are the limitations of global indices?
• Why does India care about a democracy index?

• Provisions of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 (Symbols Order) 
• What is the current issue?
• What happens when a recognised political party splits?
• What criteria does ECI use to resolve a symbol dispute in case of a split?

• About Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023
• Importance of this move
• Additional Reading: Centre’s portal for the Civil Registration System 
• The National Population Register (NPR).

Indian Express

• Status of Cancer in India: Prevalence 
• What are the critical reasons for rising cancer cases?
• What are the Challenges in cancer treatment?
• Way Forward

• About S.A.R.A.H.: a Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health
• WHO’s Digital Health Promotion and Its Significance?

GS 3: Indian Economy

• What is the Constitutional Scheme of Revenue Distribution?
• What was the case before the SC?
• Has the SC considered this issue earlier?
• How did this lead to the case now before the SC?
• What have the states argued so far?

• What is Section 182 (1) of the Companies Act 2013?
• What is the SC Stand?
• What is the 7.5% cap on donations to political parties?
• Additional Reading: Electoral Bond Scheme and SC Judgement

• What are the Key Highlights of the MPC Meeting
• What are Other Initiatives Taken by the RBI?

• About Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL):
• Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) Programme

• What is the exchange traded currency derivatives (ETCD) market?
• Regulatory framework for ETCDs

• About CAR-T Cell Therapy:  advantage
• Mechanism of Action
• Current Challenges and Limitations

• What is Shallow Fakes?
• What is the difference between deepfakes and shallowfakes?
• Do shallow fakes affect the electoral process?
• Have the avenues to create cheap fakes increased with time?
• Additional Reading: Artificial intelligence makes a debut in Lok Sabha polls with deep fakes, voice cloning

• About Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI
• Features and Significance
• Key Findings of the Experiment.
• Additional Reading: Dark Energy

• About Criollo
• Impact of Climate Change in Livestock Sector
• Adaptive Measures to tackle Climate Change 

• About Agni-Prime: Features and Significance
• Additional Reading: India’s Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) 
• Difference Between Cruise and Ballistic Missile.