News of The Day – 9th April 2024

• About Indian New Year: Chaitra Sukladi, Ugadi, Gudi Padova, Cheti Chand, Navreh and Sajibu Cheiraoba 
• Significance of New Year

GS-03 Environment

• About ‘’The right to a healthy environment, safe from the ill-effects of climate change.’’
• The significance of the Court’s verdict
• Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution
• Additional Reading: SC judgement M C Mehta v Union of India (1987).
• Constitutional Provision Related to the Environment

• Centre-State relations: Legislative, Administrative & Financial
• India’s Constitutional Scheme of Federalism.
• The Complexity of Indian Federalism
• Contemporary Issues in Federalism
• Way forward

Local Bodies

• What is Cantonment Boards?
• Categories of Cantonment Board: Governance and Structure

GS-03: Indian Economy

• What is the Peace Clause?
• Significance of Peace Clause 
• Trade Negotiation in WTO

• Who is Jorge Glas, and why does Ecuador’s government want his custody?
• The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

• Background of Patanjali misleading ads case
• Issue of Misleading Advertisement
• Additional Reading: About the Drugs & Other Magical Remedies Act, 1954 (DOMA), and the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (CPA).

Places in News

• About Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
• Nuclear Saftey and Security
• Additional Reading: Russia-Ukraine War

• About Finance Commission: Power and Function
• Composition: Members, Eligibility and Process of Selection of Members
• Term of Reference of 16th FC
• Additional Reading: Recommendation of 15th FC

• What are the key Findings of Report?
• What are the components of Household Debts?
• Concerns about rising household debts

• About Sodium Cyanide and Its Uses
• What is anti-dumping duty?
• Additional Reading: Directorate General of Trade Remedies

• Status of Aviation Sector in India
• Issue with Saftey and Security
• Additional Reading: the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

GS-03: Science and Technology

• What is a Glycaemic Index?
• What are the effects of the High Glycaemic Index?

• What are the Key findings of the Experiment?
• About The Alu Accident/Insertion 
• Additional Reading: Mutation, Natural Selection and Junk DNA

• About Mosquito Bat: Principle and function 

• About the Akashteer Project 
• Significance of the Akasteer Project
• What is Situational awareness and control?
• Additional Reading: Air Defence System Of India