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Here is our 9pm current affairs June 22 brief for you today<\/p>\n
About 9 PM Brief<\/strong>- With the 9 PM Daily Current affairs for UPSC brief we intend<\/span> to simplify the newspaper reading experience. In 9PM briefs, we provide our reader with a summary of all the important articles and editorials from three important newspapers namely The Hindu, Indian Express, and Livemint. This will provide you with analysis, broad coverage, and factual information from a Mains examination point of view.<\/p>\r\n About Factly<\/strong>- The Factly initiative covers all the daily news articles regarding Preliminary examination. This will be provided at the end of the 9 PM Brief.<\/p>\r\n Dear Aspirants,<\/p>\r\n We know for a fact that learning without evaluation is a wasted effort. Therefore, we request you to please go through both our initiatives i.e 9PM Briefs and Factly, then evaluate yourself through the 10PM Current Affairs Quiz.<\/p>\r\n We plan to integrate all our free daily initiatives to comprehensively support your success journey. Source<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>The Indian Express<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Syllabus:\u00a0Role of women and women\u2019s organization,\u00a0Social\u00a0empowerment<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tags: Gender Equality, Women Empowerment, Temple\u00a0Entry\u00a0Movement<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Context:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister PK Sekar Babu\u2019s remark that women could be appointed priests in the 35,000-odd temples in the state is long overdue.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Two major criticisms against the entry of women<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0a)\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0fear of women\u00a0coming in contact with\u00a0men<\/span><\/i>, and\u00a0b)\u00a0<\/span>notions of purity and pollution<\/span><\/i>, especially associated with menstruation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Reasons to\u00a0open\u00a0temples to women priests:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Conclusion:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Now it is time for\u00a0not only Hinduism, but also for\u00a0<\/span>all other religions to liberate religion from\u00a0patriarchy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Syllabus:\u00a0Issues relating to poverty and hunger<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tags:\u00a0poverty, poverty line calculation, mass poverty, poverty estimation<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Source<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>The Hindu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Context<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0Trend of rising poverty\u00a0in India\u00a0– middle class sliding into poverty amid Covid \u2013 19\u00a0pandemic.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Trends\u00a0signifying\u00a0India\u2019s\u00a0slide into\u00a0poverty.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All of\u00a0the above indicators show rising poverty in India. However,\u00a0poverty line debate in India is still an unsettled one.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Why this slide into poverty should be a cause of worry for India?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This is certainly a cause of concern.\u00a0India since independence for 25 years (1951 \u2013 1974) saw a\u00a0continuous\u00a0increase in poverty.\u00a0The population of the poor increased from 47% to 56%\u2019.\u00a0There has been\u00a0an\u00a0uninterrupted battle against poverty since the 1970s.\u00a0Recent\u00a0trends\u00a0show\u00a0India is again a \u201ccountry of mass poverty\u201d after 45\u00a0years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Why counting the poor is necessary?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Conclusion<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Urgent solutions are needed within, and the starting point of that would be only when we know how many are poor.\u00a0If we do not bother to know of the increased numbers sliding into poverty, there would be little possibility of moving toward a solution.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Terms to\u00a0know:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nWomen as temple priests: An idea whose time has\u00a0<\/span>come.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
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