Contents1 What is the news?2 What is Quad?3 What is the purpose of the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting?4 What was China’s response on the Quad’s agenda? What is the news? The External Affairs Minister will begin a visit to Australia to attend a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Quad (India, Australia, United States,… Continue reading Quad Ministers set to meet in Australia
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Suicides due to unemployment highest in Covid hit 2020
What is the news? A reply from Ministry of home affairs to a question in Rajya Sabha has revealed that Over 16,000 people committed suicide due to bankruptcy or indebtedness while 9,140 people ended their lives due to unemployment between 2018 and 2020. How has pandemic led to this problem? The highest number of… Continue reading Suicides due to unemployment highest in Covid hit 2020
More women got maternity benefit
What is the News? The number of beneficiaries who enrolled for the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) has exceeded the government’s target of 51.7 lakh per year in each of the last three years. What is Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)? Nodal Ministry: Ministry for Women and Child Development Purpose: It provides a… Continue reading More women got maternity benefit
Over 40% of teaching posts in IITs are vacant: govt.
What is the News? According to data provided by the Ministry of Education, Over 40% of teaching posts in all 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are vacant. What are the key highlights from the data on vacancies in IIT? Faculty from Reserved Categories Only 12% of the teaching staff are from Scheduled Castes (SC),… Continue reading Over 40% of teaching posts in IITs are vacant: govt.
‘NEET is discriminatory,against social justice’
News: Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in his speech argued about the negatives of NEET and its impact on the future of students. Contents1 Constitutionality of NEET2 Why the Tamil Nadu state is opposing the NEET exam?3 What is the purpose of introducing the NEET exemption bill?4 What is the observation of the Supreme Court? Constitutionality… Continue reading ‘NEET is discriminatory,against social justice’
Rights of the weak, duties of the powerful
News: Rights and duties of the citizens are correlative to each other, which means that rights have real meaning if individuals perform duties. What is the relationship between rights and duties? Rights and duties are complementary. If a person has a right to something, it necessarily implies that someone else has a corresponding duty. For example,… Continue reading Rights of the weak, duties of the powerful
Step up agri-spending, boost farm incomes
News: The present budget (2022-23) has increased allocation towards the agricultural sector by 4.4%. What is the issue with the current budgetary allocation for agriculture? First, the current rate of increase in budget is lower than the current inflation rate of 5.5%-6%. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report, the government expenditure on… Continue reading Step up agri-spending, boost farm incomes
Tax incentives for Philanthropy
News: Civil society plays a key role in development of the society. Hence, it is important to study various aspects that affect its functioning. Despite this, impact of tax incentives on charitable donations has not been systematically studied in the Indian context. Contents1 Is there any global in-depth research on the role of tax incentives… Continue reading Tax incentives for Philanthropy
Reducing edible oil imports
News: Government has extended the stockholding curbs on oilseeds and edible oils. This may prove to be harmful for India’s vision of boosting the output of oilseeds to reduce dependence on imports for edible oils. Why is this step harmful for the economy’s health? Wrong signal to market: Economic Survey has also cautioned against such knee-jerk… Continue reading Reducing edible oil imports
Meet India’s newest mammal: White Cheeked Macaque
What is the News? Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have found a new mammal species named “White Cheeked Macaque” from central Arunachal Pradesh. What is White Cheeked Macaque? Scientific Name: Macaca leucogenys It was first discovered in 2015 by a group of Chinese scientists from southeastern Tibet. This macaque is distinct from… Continue reading Meet India’s newest mammal: White Cheeked Macaque
