Context: There is some risk necessary to reform Banking and Agriculture sectors. Contents1 What are the recently announced reforms in Farming and Banking sector?2 Can MSP ensure farm income and Agri-growth?3 What do the laws propose to do?4 What is immediate response of common people?5 How future will be different for Agriculture?6 What can be… Continue reading Farm and Banking Reform
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Innovations to curb air pollution
Innovations to curb air pollution Context-It is important to have systemic changes at the policy and strategy levels to curb air pollution in India. Why air quality monitoring is essential? Monitoring helps in assessing the level of pollution in relation to ambient air quality standards. Robust monitoring helps to guard against extreme events by alerting… Continue reading Innovations to curb air pollution
Fifth Edition of National Family Health Survey
News: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released the fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey(NFHS). Facts: NFHS: It was conducted after a gap of three years.It contains detailed information on population, health, and nutrition for India and its states and Union Territories. This is the Phase 1 of the survey conducted in 17… Continue reading Fifth Edition of National Family Health Survey
Issues faced by Nursing sector in India
Context: Nursing education in India suffers poor quality of training, inequitable distribution, and non-standardised practices. In News: The year 2020 has been designated as “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife”. Nurses and midwives will be central to achieving universal health coverage in India. What are the structural challenges affecting nursing sector in India? Low… Continue reading Issues faced by Nursing sector in India
Inter community Relationships
Context: Campaigns against inter-community relationships are a way to redirect anxieties over large-scale structural disruptions. What is patriarchy? Discuss the recent expressions of patriarchy in society. Patriarchy: A social system that places men, women and other genders in hierarchies learns to perceive the plurality of genders as unnatural and views women with suspicion. Potential sign… Continue reading Inter community Relationships
Why farm laws are enacted?
Context: A minuscule minority of farmers is protesting against the farm laws. They don’t want an end to the system that has benefited them. Background The creation of the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) came into existence almost 150 years ago to feed the colonial master’s raw cotton for their Manchester mills. The farmers were… Continue reading Why farm laws are enacted?
Five years after Paris agreement
Context: The Climate Ambition Summit, co-hosted by the UK, France and the UN, on the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Paris Agreement, comes at the end of a dreadful year. What is the climatic status of nations, 5 years after Paris agreement? GHGs: Greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere are at record levels, with the… Continue reading Five years after Paris agreement
Will Farm laws reduce Farmers income?
Context: The present farm laws alter the bargaining landscape in favour of the corporate players to the detriment of the farmers. What is current issue with farm laws? The three recently enacted farm laws assented have led to a showdown between the peasantry and the Union government. No consultation undertaken by the central government at… Continue reading Will Farm laws reduce Farmers income?
Pressure on the education sector- Due to COVID-19
Context – The novel coronavirus has turned India’s weak pedagogic system upside down, will be difficult to reunite the new technological environment with child psychology and educational theory. Contents1 What is educational technology?2 What are the Advantages of educational technology?3 What are the issues related to online learning?4 What is the way forward? What is educational technology?… Continue reading Pressure on the education sector- Due to COVID-19
India’s first indigenous vaccine HGCO19 gets nod for human trials
News: India’s first indigenous mRNA vaccine candidate HGCO19 has received approval from Indian Drug regulators to initiate Phase I/II human clinical trial. Facts: HGCO19: It is a novel mRNA vaccine candidate developed by Gennova, Pune and supported with seed grant under the Ind-CEPI mission of Department of Biotechnology of Ministry of Science & Technology. Additional… Continue reading India’s first indigenous vaccine HGCO19 gets nod for human trials
