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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.
Source: The Hindu What is the News? The draft Arunachal Pradesh Marriage and Inheritance of Property Bill, 2021 has met with strong opposition in the State. About Draft Arunachal Pradesh Marriage and Inheritance of Property Bill, 2021: The bill focuses on the provisions related to the legal status of marriage, the procedure of marriage registration,… Continue reading Women’s panel defends draft Inheritance Bill
Source: Business Standard What is the News? The Union Health Minister has launched Arogya Dhara 2.0 to celebrate the 2 Crore hospital admissions under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY). Read more: Ayushman Bharat-Jan Arogya Yojana (JAY) About Arogya Dhara 2.0: The key objective of the event is to spread the achievement… Continue reading Union Minister launches Arogya Dhara 2.0 to increase reach of Ayushman Bharat
Source: PIB Contents1 What is the News?2 About the Joint Assembly:3 Key Highlights from the address:4 National Centre for Seismology(NCS): What is the News? The Union Minister addressed the inaugural ceremony of the Joint Scientific Assembly of International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) – International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior… Continue reading India to Add 35 More Earthquake Observatories by End of This Year and 100 More by Year 2026: Govt
Dear Friends, We have initiated some changes in the 9 PM Brief and other postings related to current affairs August 23rd. 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… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – August 23rd, 2021
Source: LiveMint Relevance: To understand the complexity of Human rights and national security. Synopsis: Recent revelations in a book have revealed that State agencies do use the means like torture or violation of human rights to achieve the goal of national security. Introduction The recent book ‘Spy Stories: Inside the secret world of the R.A.W. and… Continue reading How we’re beneficiaries of suspension of human rights
Source: Down To Earth Introduction The shepherds in Uttarakhand will soon get a batch of lambs through the cross-breeding of sheep indigenous to the region with Australian Merino sheep. Australian Merino sheep are known to have the softest and finest wool used for apparel. This cross-breeding was done with an aim to boost the pastoral… Continue reading How can India’s wool sector be revived
Source: Indian Express Relevance: Understand evolving notions of gender parity Synopsis: Recent guidelines by SC to allow women candidates to appear for the NDA (National Defence Academy) exam is a welcome step in gender parity. We need to understand all of its dimensions. SC decision to allow women to sit for the NDA exam is one… Continue reading SC allowing women to sit for NDA test is a welcome push for a substantive gender reset in the armed forces
Source: The Hindu Relevance: Understand issues around non-communicable diseases. (NCD) Synopsis: Given the increasing menace of NCD there is an urgent need for a multi-stakeholder approach to handle the impending crisis. Contents1 Introduction2 The top contributors to NCD:3 About government initiatives:4 How Covid disrupts the NCD services5 Reasons for discontinuing the services6 Relationship between Covid… Continue reading Focusing on diseases sidelined by Covid 19
Source: The Hindu and Indian Express Relevance – To understand the working of Collegium Synopsis: Recent breaking of deadlock between collegium and GoI is a welcome step. We should take it further to cut on judicial hierarchy. Contents1 Introduction:2 Significance of the recent move:3 Task before collegium4 Need for transparency5 Issue of Judicial hierarchy6 Way… Continue reading It is time to end judicial feudalism in India
