Contents1 What is the News?2 About the Draft Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Bill, 20222.1 Aim3 Salient provisions of the Draft Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Bill, 2022 What is the News? The Department of Fertilizers has sought comments from all stakeholders on the draft Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Bill, 2022. About the Draft Integrated Plant Nutrition… Continue reading Draft Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Bill, 2022: Centre proposes law to control distribution, price, quality of fertilizers
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A reductionist approach – On health sector
News: For a long, Government has focused on a reductionist approach of private-level interventions, ignoring social determinants of health. How did this problem arise? In the previous decade, Government’s focus remained on maternal and child health and infectious diseases. After this, focus moved to non-communicable diseases (NCD) and chronic illness. This led to individualistic and… Continue reading A reductionist approach – On health sector
Drafting a new Constitution is impossible
News: Chief Minister of Telangana said that the governments at the Centre over the years have been suppressing the powers of the State, so there is a need for a new Constitution. Why the demand for drafting a new constitution is not feasible? First, Dr. Ambedkar was originally elected from the Bengal assembly, which went to Pakistan… Continue reading Drafting a new Constitution is impossible
The Budget lacks the ‘power’ to transform services
Relevance: Understanding the need for energy for the improvement of the health and education sector. News: Budget 2022-23 demonstrates a clear intent to prioritise investments in clean energy and sustainable development, in line with the country’s promises made at COP26 in Glasgow last year. What does the budget proposed for the health and education sector? Health sector:… Continue reading The Budget lacks the ‘power’ to transform services
Chinars return to iconic ‘Char Chinari’ Island on Srinagar’s Dal lake
What is the News? The Jammu & Kashmir administration has decided to translocate three fully-grown Chinar trees from elsewhere to the Char Chinar Island, where the decayed trees once stood in the ‘green’ of health. What is Char Chinar Island? Char Chinar also sometimes called Char Chinari, Ropa Lank or Rupa Lank is an island… Continue reading Chinars return to iconic ‘Char Chinari’ Island on Srinagar’s Dal lake
Meta’s AI Supercomputer
What is the News? Facebook-parent Meta has announced that it is building an AI supercomputer named “AI Research SuperCluster(RSC)”. What are Supercomputers? A supercomputer can perform high-level processing at a faster rate when compared to a normal computer. Supercomputers are made up of hundreds or thousands of powerful machines which use better artificial intelligence(AI) models to… Continue reading Meta’s AI Supercomputer
Hunger Watch-2 Survey: India’s second COVID-19 wave too saw penury: study
What is the News? According to the Hunger Watch-2 Survey, India’s second wave that didn’t see a national lockdown like in the first failed to significantly alleviate economic distress and hunger among the poor. What is the Hunger Watch-2 Survey? The Survey was commissioned by the Right To Food Campaign and The Center for Equity… Continue reading Hunger Watch-2 Survey: India’s second COVID-19 wave too saw penury: study
A new measure of inflation is brewing on the horizon
News: A radical shift in paradigm with respect to the calculation of the Consumer price index has recently been initiated in the United Kingdom, by the British journalist, cookbook author, and anti-poverty campaigner, Jack Monroe. The “Vimes Boots Index” as the name of a price index, she planned to document inflation in prices of basic… Continue reading A new measure of inflation is brewing on the horizon
Regulation, not prohibition – on online skill gaming industry
News: The Karnataka High Court has delivered a judgment striking down major portions of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021. This law was introduced to ban online gambling and skill-based gaming platforms like rummy, poker, and fantasy sports that involved risking money on an uncertain event. Apart from Karnataka, Madras and Kerala High Court also struck… Continue reading Regulation, not prohibition – on online skill gaming industry
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope(GMRT) and FRBs: Pune telescope helps make major breakthrough
Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Fast Radio Bursts(FRB)?3 What did the astronomers find out?4 What is the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope(GMRT)? What is the News? Astronomers of the National Center of Radio Astrophysics(NCRA-TIFR) in Pune and the University of California in the US have used the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope(GMRT) to map the… Continue reading Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope(GMRT) and FRBs: Pune telescope helps make major breakthrough
