Good Morning dear reader We are posting Today’s Must Read Current Affairs Articles below: About Must Read News Articles: Must Read News Articles is an initiative by Team ForumIAS to provide links to the most important news articles of the day. It covers several newspapers such as The Hindu, Indian Express, Livemint, etc. This saves the… Continue reading Must Read Current Affairs Articles – Aug 3rd 2021
Must Read Current Affairs Articles – Aug 3rd 2021
PM to launch digital payment solution e-RUPI
Source: PIB What is the News? The Prime Minister has launched a digital Initiative named “e-RUPI”. About e-RUPI: e-RUPI is a cashless and contactless instrument for digital payment. It is founded on the Unified Payment Interface(UPI) platform. Purpose: It is designed to be a person and purpose-specific digital payment solution. It seeks to ensure that… Continue reading PM to launch digital payment solution e-RUPI
New Polyhouse Technology for Horticulture CROPS
Source: PIB What is the News? CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur has inaugurated a “Naturally Ventilated Polyhouse Facility” and laid the foundation stone of “Retractable Roof Polyhouse” at Ludhiana in Punjab. Background: Farmers face a number of problems such as excessive or insufficient cold, heat, rain, wind, and other factors associated with insufficient transpiration.… Continue reading New Polyhouse Technology for Horticulture CROPS
Reform-based scheme: Discoms get till Dec 31
Source: Indian Express What is the News? Union Minister of Power has said that the Power distribution companies (discoms) looking to avail funds under the government’s Rs 3.03-lakh crore Reform Based Scheme for discoms will have to submit plans to cut losses by 31st December,2021. About Reform Based Power Distribution Scheme: The Scheme aims to… Continue reading Reform-based scheme: Discoms get till Dec 31
Atal Innovation Mission successfully completes ‘ATL Tinkerpreneur Bootcamp’
Source: PIB What is the News? Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog has successfully completed two month long and a first of its kind, digital skills and an exclusive entrepreneurship ATL Tinkerpreneur summer boot camp held across the country. About ATL Tinkerpreneur: ‘Tinkerpreneur’ is the name derived from the phrase ‘enabling students to tinker from… Continue reading Atal Innovation Mission successfully completes ‘ATL Tinkerpreneur Bootcamp’
PM launches SAFAL for CBSE students, Vidya Pravesh for preschoolers
Source: The Print What is the News? The Prime Minister has launched the SAFAL assessment framework and Vidya Pravesh Scheme on the first anniversary of National Education Policy(NEP) 2020. About SAFAL: SAFAL stands for Structured Assessment For Analysing Learning. Purpose: It is a competency-based assessment for grades 3, 5 and 8 introduced by the Central… Continue reading PM launches SAFAL for CBSE students, Vidya Pravesh for preschoolers
Intel partners with CBSE to launch ‘AI For All’ initiative
Source: Livemint What is the News? The Prime Minister has launched the “AI For All’ initiative. About AI For All Initiative: The AI For All Initiative has been launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) in collaboration with Intel. Aim: To create a basic understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) for every citizen in the… Continue reading Intel partners with CBSE to launch ‘AI For All’ initiative
Our bankruptcy code deserves credit for what it has achieved
Source: Live Mint Synopsis: An examination of the IBC’s record on resolving cases of business insolvency reveals greater success than critics acknowledge Background Analysis of IBC’s performance: Added points A good insolvency system cannot be judged by the number of companies being liquidated. Because the purpose of insolvency law is to swiftly liquidate firms that… Continue reading Our bankruptcy code deserves credit for what it has achieved
A cycle of low growth, higher inflation
Source: The Hindu Synopsis: Unless policy action ensures higher demand and growth, India will continue on the path of a K-shaped recovery Background Some economists are of the opinion that the Government should not intervene with the economy and that it will revive by itself. These economists’ reason that, like after the Great Depression, the… Continue reading A cycle of low growth, higher inflation
