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10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |March 24,2022
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We are posting the 10 PM current affairs quiz for today. Under our 10 PM current affairs quiz initiative, we are posting 10 MCQs sources from news articles, on a daily basis. MCQs in this initiative are sourced from PIB, The Hindu, Indian Express, etc.
National Bank for Financial Infrastructure and Development: Govt sets Rs 1-trillion infrastructure lending target for DFI
What is the News? Government has set a target of about Rs 1 trillion for the National Bank for Financial Infrastructure and Development(NaBFID) for sanctioning loans to the infrastructure sector in the next financial year. What is NaBFID? NaBFID has been set up as a Development Financial Institution(DFI) to support the development of long-term infrastructure… Continue reading National Bank for Financial Infrastructure and Development: Govt sets Rs 1-trillion infrastructure lending target for DFI
The serious public health burden of gender violence
Context: Gender-based violence constitutes one of the serious public health burdens in India. What is gender-based violence? ‘Gender-based violence’ refers to violence that is directed towards an individual owing to their gender and/or sexual orientation. It also includes efforts to bring young boys or LGBTQIA+ individuals into dominant forms of masculinity or femininity. Global and… Continue reading The serious public health burden of gender violence
Dial down the security dilemma that sets vicious cycle in motion
Context: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has given a blow to post-1989 ‘liberal’ international order. What was the post-1989 ‘liberal’ international order? The global order rested on the premise that the world could rely on economic interests to spread prosperity and mitigate conflict. For instance, as the middle and rising powers such as Russia and… Continue reading Dial down the security dilemma that sets vicious cycle in motion
Teachable moments
News: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has taken a decision to hold the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for undergraduate admissions to all 45 centrally funded universities. Issues that remain to be clarified: CUET is expected to provide a level playing field to a great extent. However certain issues still remain to be clarified. Such… Continue reading Teachable moments
9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – March 24th, 2022
Dear Friends, We have initiated some changes in the 9 PM Brief and other postings related to current affairs. What we sought to do: Ensure that all relevant facts, data, and arguments from today’s newspaper are readily available to you. We have widened the sources to provide you with content that is more than enough… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – March 24th, 2022
Fighting TB with lessons learnt during Covid pandemic
News: Recently, World TB Day was organized. Focus on TB has declined due to Covid-19 Pandemic. It’s time we acknowledge the magnitude of the disease, and work harder at offering individuals’ equitable healthcare access and resources that the disease warrants. Why should TB be considered serious? On one side, 1.8 million people succumbed to the… Continue reading Fighting TB with lessons learnt during Covid pandemic
On India’s education and healthcare: Mind, body & growth
News: Ensuring top quality and a proper delivery of public goods like education and healthcare is one area where successive governments have underperformed in India. The article highlights the current situation, reasons for underperformance and measures to address the issues. What is the situation wrt education and healthcare in India? – Education: ASER reported in… Continue reading On India’s education and healthcare: Mind, body & growth
The controversy over the proposed Mekedatu water project
News: Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are heading for a political confrontation over the Mekedatu drinking water project across river Cauvery, proposed by the former. Within days of Tamil Nadu Assembly’s resolution against the project, Karnataka’s legislative assembly is set to counter it with a resolution seeking the project’s early implementation and clearances from the Centre.… Continue reading The controversy over the proposed Mekedatu water project
