What is the News? The European Parliament and European Union(EU) Member States have announced that they have reached a political agreement on the Digital Services Act(DSA). What is the Digital Services Act(DSA)? Purpose: The Act is a set of rules on intermediaries’ obligations and accountability across the single market and ensures higher protection to all… Continue reading Digital Services Act(DSA): Explained: European Union ground rules for Web
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Indian express articles.
Changing the skill development model
Context: In a rapidly changing world, there is a need to talk about skill development and predicting where jobs will be in 2032. What are the challenges wrt job creation? It is difficult to predict what jobs will be created in the long run. Also, India’s mental models for skill related policies were not only… Continue reading Changing the skill development model
Why reforming the system of free food is necessary?
News: Recently, the World Bank and the IMF released the working papers which has led to a renewed debate on poverty in India. The former used the Consumer Pyramid Household Surveys (CPHS) and the latter used the NSO Consumer Expenditure Survey for the poverty related assessment. Contents1 What are the findings related to India’s poverty… Continue reading Why reforming the system of free food is necessary?
Explained: Can climate change be solved by pricing carbon?
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are the different approaches adopted by countries to address climate change?3 What is the Carbon Pricing Approach?4 What is the difference between the Social Cost of Carbon and Carbon Pricing? What is the News? Pennsylvania has become the first major fossil fuel-producing state in the US to adopt a… Continue reading Explained: Can climate change be solved by pricing carbon?
Explained: What is GO 111, the order to protect Hyderabad’s Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar, that has now been lifted
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is GO 111?3 When were Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar built?4 Why has the Government withdrawn GO 111?5 Why has this move been criticized? What is the News? Environmentalists and activists are criticizing the Telangana government for withdrawing a Government Order(GO) 111 protecting the historic Osman Sagar and Himayat… Continue reading Explained: What is GO 111, the order to protect Hyderabad’s Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar, that has now been lifted
India to get world’s longest and highest tunnel in Himachal by 2025
What is the News? India will soon be home to the world’s longest highway tunnel beneath Shinku-La Pass. What is the Shinku-La Tunnel? The Shinku-La tunnel will be built at Shinku La Pass at an altitude of 16,580ft. The tunnel will be 4.25 km in length. It will provide all-weather connectivity between Ladakh and Himachal.… Continue reading India to get world’s longest and highest tunnel in Himachal by 2025
Explained: What a new research about Jupiter’s moon Europa means
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Europa?3 Future Missions to Europa4 What did the researchers find about Europa? What is the News? A team of researchers from Stanford University have said that one of Jupiter’s moons Europa, a prime candidate for life in the solar system, might have an abundance of water pockets beneath… Continue reading Explained: What a new research about Jupiter’s moon Europa means
Addressing the digital tax challenge
Context: Over the past four years, 137 countries have been engaged with the OECD. It is related to the ongoing discussion and proposal to find a solution to the tax challenges arising from digitalisation. What are the tax challenges in the age of digitization? In a digital economy, the firms operate seamlessly across borders. Therefore,… Continue reading Addressing the digital tax challenge
Explained: UGC rules for tie-ups between Indian and foreign universities
Context: The rules governing tie-ups between Indian and foreign higher educational institutions have been simplified by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to expand the net of academic collaborations. UGC chairperson recently announced that the commission has approved an amended set of regulations, which will soon be notified. The article explains the changes in the wake… Continue reading Explained: UGC rules for tie-ups between Indian and foreign universities
Explained: What laws govern tapping a phone; what are the checks in place?
Context: A Shiv Sena leader has claimed that the Centre is protecting IPS officer Rashmi Shukla, now posted with the CRPF. She’s facing an FIR in Mumbai and is being probed for allegedly tapping the phones of Rajya Sabha MP Raut and NCP leader Eknath Khadse in 2019, when she was heading the State Intelligence… Continue reading Explained: What laws govern tapping a phone; what are the checks in place?
