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Fourth Phase Roll-Out of GIAN Scheme

Source: TH Why in News? After an eight-year journey, including a brief pause during COVID, the Ministry of Education is preparing to resume the...

05 Dec 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

2023 World Malaria Report

For Prelims: Malaria, World Health Organization , World Health Assembly, Vector-Borne Disease For Mains: Health, Malaria and its Eradication,...

04 Dec 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

World AIDS Day 2023

Source: TH Why in News? Every year on 1st December, World AIDS Day is commemorated globally to raise awareness about Human Immunodeficiency Virus...

04 Dec 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas

For Prelims: Periodic Labour Force Survey, National Sample Survey Office, Unemployment, Labour Force Participation Rate, Worker Population Ratio,...

02 Dec 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Strengthening the Industry-Academia Collaborations

This editorial is based on “How universities and industry can collaborate” which was published in The Hindu on 30/11/2023. It talks...

01 Dec 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Risks Associated with the Decommissioning of Coal Plants

For Prelims: Risks Associated with the Decommissioning of Coal Plants, Transition towards Cleaner Energy, Risks of Stranded Assets, Public sector...

01 Dec 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Fast Track Special Courts

For Prelims: Fast Track Special Courts, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act), Sexual Offenses, Criminal Law (Amendment) Act...

01 Dec 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Disclosure of Political Funding

For Prelims: Representation of the People Act 1951, Supreme Court, Electoral Bonds, Publicity Act of USA, European Union, Regulation of the...

01 Dec 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Decline in Muslim Enrollment in Higher Education

For Prelims: Decline in Muslim Enrollment in Higher Education, Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+), All India Survey of...

01 Dec 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Global Energy Monitor's Global Coal Plant Tracker

For Prelims: Global Energy Monitor, GEM’s Global Coal Plant Tracker, Status of coal power projects worldwide. For Mains: Global Energy...

30 Nov 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Fibre Optic Cables

For Prelims: Fibre Optic Cables, Optical Fibres, Charles Kao, Total Internal Reflection, National Mission on Quantum Technologies and...

29 Nov 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Rat-Hole Mining

For Prelims: Rat-Hole Mining, Silkyara-Barkot Tunnel, National Green Tribunal (NGT). For Mains: Rat-Hole Mining, Environmental pollution and...

29 Nov 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Call for Safer and Healthier Working Environments: ILO

For Prelims: Safer and Healthier Working Environments, International Labour Organization, Asia-Pacific region, World Congress on Safety and Health...

29 Nov 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Centre Exempts CERT-In from Ambit of RTI Act

For Prelims: Right to Information Act, 2005, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Cyber Security For Mains: Right to Information...

29 Nov 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Electrification: India’s Strategy to Decarbonise Road Transport

This editorial is based on “Fleet Electrification to tackle urban pollution” which was published in The Hindu on 27/11/2023. It talks...

28 Nov 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Collection of Farm Fire Data in India

For Prelims: Consortium for Research on Agroecosystem Monitoring and Modeling from Space, Suomi NPP satellite, Moderate Resolution Imaging...

28 Nov 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

Seven Years of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

For Prelims: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), National Company Law Tribunal , Insolvency, Bankruptcy For Mains: Challenges faced by the IBC,...

28 Nov 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

India to Chair International Sugar Organisation in 2024

Source: PIB Why in News? The recent announcement at the 63rd council meeting of the International Sugar Organisation (ISO), headquartered in...

28 Nov 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

International Container Transhipment Port in Great Nicobar Island

Source: PIB Why in News? Recently, the Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) visited the site of the proposed International...

27 Nov 2023 Government Policies & Interventions

India's Economic Surge: Analysing the Robust Growth in FY24

This editorial is based on “How India can sustain its economic momentum in an uncertain world” which was published in The Indian...

25 Nov 2023 Government Policies & Interventions