❇️ Daily News Reading | 23 October
🗞 THE HINDU (Delhi Edition) 📰
1. Modi meets Putin, offers all help to end conflict (page-1) (GS-2, IR)
2. IMF retains India’s growth projection at 7% for FY25 (page-1) (GS-3, Economics)
3. The world needs blue helmets who act as blue helmets (page-6) (GS-2, IR)
4. Working toward a meaningful ‘victims’ register’ in Bastar(page-6) (GS-3, LWE)
5. Over the borderline (page-6) (GS-2, IR)
6. West versus the rest (page-6) (GS-2, IR)
7. The job crisis undermines state legitimacy (page-7) (GS-3, Economics)
8. On Section 6A of the Citizenship Act (page-8) (GS-2, Polity)
9. Why are Big Tech companies such as Google scouting for nuclear power? (page-9) (GS-3, S&T)
10. India’s fourth nuclear submarine launched with advanced arms (page-10) (GS-3, Defense)
11. FDA approval for Cobenfy casts light on schizophrenia’s wickedness (pg- 18) (GS-2, Health, GS-3, S&T)
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🗞 THE HINDU (Delhi Edition) 📰
1. Modi meets Putin, offers all help to end conflict (page-1) (GS-2, IR)
2. IMF retains India’s growth projection at 7% for FY25 (page-1) (GS-3, Economics)
3. The world needs blue helmets who act as blue helmets (page-6) (GS-2, IR)
4. Working toward a meaningful ‘victims’ register’ in Bastar(page-6) (GS-3, LWE)
5. Over the borderline (page-6) (GS-2, IR)
6. West versus the rest (page-6) (GS-2, IR)
7. The job crisis undermines state legitimacy (page-7) (GS-3, Economics)
8. On Section 6A of the Citizenship Act (page-8) (GS-2, Polity)
9. Why are Big Tech companies such as Google scouting for nuclear power? (page-9) (GS-3, S&T)
10. India’s fourth nuclear submarine launched with advanced arms (page-10) (GS-3, Defense)
11. FDA approval for Cobenfy casts light on schizophrenia’s wickedness (pg- 18) (GS-2, Health, GS-3, S&T)
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#GS_2 #IR
Syllabus Topic: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate
✅ UN Peacekeeping Mission
✅ Blue Line
✅ UN Interim Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
✅ Expansion of P5 of UNSC
✅ Role of Veto power in global peace
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Syllabus Topic: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate
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✅ UN Peacekeeping Mission
✅ Blue Line
✅ UN Interim Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
✅ Expansion of P5 of UNSC
✅ Role of Veto power in global peace
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#GS_3 #Defence
Syllabus Topic: Security challenges and their management in border areas
✅ Arihant Class Nuclear powered ballistic missile (SSBN) submarines(Total-05)
✅ INS Arihant(S2)- Commissioned in Aug 2016
✅ INS Arighaat(S3)- Commissioned in Aug 2024
✅ INS Aridhaman(S4)- undergoing sea trials
✅ S4* - launched into water
✅ S4**- Planned
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Syllabus Topic: Security challenges and their management in border areas
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✅ Arihant Class Nuclear powered ballistic missile (SSBN) submarines(Total-05)
✅ INS Arihant(S2)- Commissioned in Aug 2016
✅ INS Arighaat(S3)- Commissioned in Aug 2024
✅ INS Aridhaman(S4)- undergoing sea trials
✅ S4* - launched into water
✅ S4**- Planned
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#GS_3 #Energy #environment
Syllabus Topics: (i) Infrastructure: Energy (ii) Environmental pollution and degradation
✅ Small Modular Reactors (SMR)
✅ "Friends of the Earth International"
✅ Major Nuclear Disasters
✅ Why Big Techs are adopting SMRs for energy requirement?
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Syllabus Topics: (i) Infrastructure: Energy (ii) Environmental pollution and degradation
Read about
✅ Small Modular Reactors (SMR)
✅ "Friends of the Earth International"
✅ Major Nuclear Disasters
✅ Why Big Techs are adopting SMRs for energy requirement?
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Forwarded from MCQs for Prelims 2025 (Inquisitive Mind)
“BharatGen” is the world’s first government-funded multimodal LLM initiative, which is launched by the-
Anonymous Quiz
38%
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
35%
Ministry of Science & Technology
17%
NITI Aayog
10%
Ministry of Earth Sciences
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❇️ Daily News Reading | 24 October
1. Modi, Xi welcome border pact, seek to rebuild ties (page-1) (GS-2, IR)
2. BRICS nations should strengthen financial integration: Modi (page-1) (GS-2, IR)
3. Two years after launch, Delhi govt. signs MoU with Education Ministry to implement PM SHRI scheme (page-1) (GS-2, Education)
4. The Manipur crisis, the issue of managing diversity (page-6, GS-1, Society)
5. The shifting sands within global supply chains (page-6, GS-3, Economics)
6. Cyberfraud losses could amount to 0.7% of GDP, projects Ministry’s study (page-10, GS-3, Cyber Security)
7. India close to finalising industry carbon targets ahead of COP meet (page-11, GS-3, Environment)
8. Researchers meld AI and genomics to find thousands of new viruses (page-18, GS-3, S&T)
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🗞 THE HINDU (Delhi Edition) 📰
1. Modi, Xi welcome border pact, seek to rebuild ties (page-1) (GS-2, IR)
2. BRICS nations should strengthen financial integration: Modi (page-1) (GS-2, IR)
3. Two years after launch, Delhi govt. signs MoU with Education Ministry to implement PM SHRI scheme (page-1) (GS-2, Education)
4. The Manipur crisis, the issue of managing diversity (page-6, GS-1, Society)
5. The shifting sands within global supply chains (page-6, GS-3, Economics)
6. Cyberfraud losses could amount to 0.7% of GDP, projects Ministry’s study (page-10, GS-3, Cyber Security)
7. India close to finalising industry carbon targets ahead of COP meet (page-11, GS-3, Environment)
8. Researchers meld AI and genomics to find thousands of new viruses (page-18, GS-3, S&T)
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#GS_3 #Cyber_Security
✅ Economic cost of Cyber Fraud
✅ Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under MoHA
✅ Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
✅ Cyber Surakshit Bharat Initiative
✅ Mule Bank Accounts
✅ Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (India is not a signatory)
✅ Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024- published by WEF
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✅ Economic cost of Cyber Fraud
✅ Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under MoHA
✅ Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
✅ Cyber Surakshit Bharat Initiative
✅ Mule Bank Accounts
✅ Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (India is not a signatory)
✅ Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024- published by WEF
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#GS_2 #Education
✅ PM SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India) scheme - a centrally sponsored initiative, launched in 2022, by the GoI aimed at establishing over 14,500 PM SHRI Schools by enhancing existing schools to showcase the implementation of the NEP 2020.
✅ National Education Policy (NEP) 2020
✅ Samagra Shiksha scheme
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✅ PM SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India) scheme - a centrally sponsored initiative, launched in 2022, by the GoI aimed at establishing over 14,500 PM SHRI Schools by enhancing existing schools to showcase the implementation of the NEP 2020.
✅ National Education Policy (NEP) 2020
✅ Samagra Shiksha scheme
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#GS_2 #Polity
✅ Diversity management of Indian Constitution
✅ PART XXI of Constitution (Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions)
✅ Asymmetric federalism
✅ Scheme of “accommodations and adjustments”
✅ 5th Schedule(10 States)
✅ 6th Schedule(4 States)
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✅ Diversity management of Indian Constitution
✅ PART XXI of Constitution (Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions)
✅ Asymmetric federalism
✅ Scheme of “accommodations and adjustments”
✅ 5th Schedule(10 States)
✅ 6th Schedule(4 States)
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#Facts4Mains
✳️ As per the Global Gender Gap Report 2024 of World Economic Forum, at the current rate, it will take 134 years to reach full gender parity globally (roughly five generations beyond the 2030 SDG target).
Source- Click here
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✳️ As per the Global Gender Gap Report 2024 of World Economic Forum, at the current rate, it will take 134 years to reach full gender parity globally (roughly five generations beyond the 2030 SDG target).
Source- Click here
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#GS_2 #Polity #SC
Justice Sanjiv Khanna will be the 51st Chief Justice of India. He was today appointed as the new CJI. He will take the oath of office on November 11.
✅ Article 124 of the Constitution
✅ Procedures for Judicial Appointments
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Justice Sanjiv Khanna will be the 51st Chief Justice of India. He was today appointed as the new CJI. He will take the oath of office on November 11.
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✅ Article 124 of the Constitution
✅ Procedures for Judicial Appointments
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❇️ Daily News Reading | 25 October
🗞 THE HINDU (Delhi Edition) 📰
1. India, China begin disengaging at last two friction points (page-1) (GS-2, IR, GS-3, Border Management)
2. Satellites tracking Cyclone Dana since October 20: ISRO (page-5) (GS-3, Dis Mgmt)
3. Move on madrasas, the alienation of Muslims (page-8) (GS-1, Society, GS-2, Polity)
4. The Gaza war and the Global South’s ‘interventions’ (page-8) (GS-2, IR)
5. Trachoma eliminated as a public health problem in India; what next? (page-22) (GS-3, Health)
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🗞 THE HINDU (Delhi Edition) 📰
1. India, China begin disengaging at last two friction points (page-1) (GS-2, IR, GS-3, Border Management)
2. Satellites tracking Cyclone Dana since October 20: ISRO (page-5) (GS-3, Dis Mgmt)
3. Move on madrasas, the alienation of Muslims (page-8) (GS-1, Society, GS-2, Polity)
4. The Gaza war and the Global South’s ‘interventions’ (page-8) (GS-2, IR)
5. Trachoma eliminated as a public health problem in India; what next? (page-22) (GS-3, Health)
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❇️ Daily News Reading | 26 October
🗞 THE HINDU (Delhi Edition) 📰
1. India, China to undertake ‘coordinated patrolling’ (page-1) (GS-2, IR)
2, Sharpen the anti-defection law, strengthen democracy (page-8) (GS-2, Polity)
3. Fair trade (page-8) (GS-3, Environment)
4. ISRO-DBT sign agreement to conduct biotechnology experiments in space station (page-12) (GS-3, S&T)
5. Over 84 lakh workers erased from MGNREGS rolls in 6 months: report (page-12) (GS-1, Society, GS-2, Govt. Schemes)
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🗞 THE HINDU (Delhi Edition) 📰
1. India, China to undertake ‘coordinated patrolling’ (page-1) (GS-2, IR)
2, Sharpen the anti-defection law, strengthen democracy (page-8) (GS-2, Polity)
3. Fair trade (page-8) (GS-3, Environment)
4. ISRO-DBT sign agreement to conduct biotechnology experiments in space station (page-12) (GS-3, S&T)
5. Over 84 lakh workers erased from MGNREGS rolls in 6 months: report (page-12) (GS-1, Society, GS-2, Govt. Schemes)
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Sharpen the anti-defection law, strengthen democracy - The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/sharpen-the-anti-defection-law-strengthen-democracy/article68796858.ece
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/sharpen-the-anti-defection-law-strengthen-democracy/article68796858.ece
The Hindu
Sharpen the anti-defection law, strengthen democracy
The anti-defection law has been somewhat effective in curbing the practice of defection, but various loopholes and implementation issues have surfaced over time, necessitating further reforms
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#GS_2 #Polity #Anti_defection
✅ Anti-defection law
✅ 52nd Constitutional Amendement Act, 1985
✅ 91st Constitutional Amendement Act, 2003
✅ Grounds for Defection
✅ Loopholes and defects of Anti-defection law
✅ Difference b/w 'Spilt' and 'Merger'
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✅ Anti-defection law
✅ 52nd Constitutional Amendement Act, 1985
✅ 91st Constitutional Amendement Act, 2003
✅ Grounds for Defection
✅ Loopholes and defects of Anti-defection law
✅ Difference b/w 'Spilt' and 'Merger'
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