News of The Day – 9th May 2024

News of The Day – 9th May 2024

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

• World Migration Report 2024 
• Key Highlights of World Migration Report 2024 

• Genesis of India and Nepal’s Border Issue
• India-Nepal Talks
• Frictions in India Nepal Bilateral Ties
• Map: India-Nepal Territorial Dispute 

• Overview of Guidelines for Merchant Acquisition on BHIM Aadhar Pay
• About BHIM Aadhar Pay

• What are ‘Non-Market Economies’?
• Why Does Vietnam Want to get the ‘Market Economy’ Status?
• Major Challenges for Vietnam in getting Market Economy Status?

• About Wilful Defaulter Framework
• Need for ‘Wilful Defaulter’ Framework

• Overview of Zomato’s Crowd-Supported Weather Infratructure
• About Weather Information Network and Data System (WINDS)

• Overview of India’s Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product (CoPP)
• About WHO’s Good Manufacturing Practices Certificates
• Need for the New Drug Export Regime

• NASA’s move to create a  Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) 
• What is Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC)?
• Major Features that a Time Standard must Possess
• Need to Create a Standard Time for the Moon
• Major Issues in Defining and Implementing LTC

• Overview of Widal Test
• About Typhoid 
• How is typhoid fever diagnosed?
• Why is the Widal Test Inappropriate?
• What are the Consequences of the Test’s Use?
• What do we Need Instead of the Widal Test?

• About World Bank’s Recipe for a Livable Planet Report
• Key Highlights of the Recipe for a Livable Planet Report

• State of Waste Generation in India and World
• About Waste Management
• India’s Current Policies for Waste Management
• Major Challenges Associated with Waste Management
• Best Practices for Waste Management
• Way Forward
• Table: Difference between Modern and Traditional Waste Practices
• Box: Case Study of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch