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#GS_3 #Environment

The article talks about Nature Restoration Law (NRL), enacted by the European Union (EU), from which India can take inspiration for similar laws.

Keywords
βœ… Nature Restoration Law by EU
βœ… EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
βœ… European Green Deal
βœ… Green India Mission
βœ… PM Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
βœ… Integrated Watershed Management Programme
βœ… National Afforestation Programme

#Facts4Mains
βœ… According to the World Economic Forum, nature restoration could globally generate economic returns of up to $10 trillion annually by 2030.
βœ… According to the ISRO’s Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas, nearly 29.7% of India’s total geographical area underwent land degradation in 2018-19.

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#GS_2 #Polity

Read about the concept of "Basic structure" of the Indian Constitution. Also
read about the Indian Secularism and Western Secularism.

Keywords
βœ… Kesavananda Bharati case
βœ… 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act

Note down
βœ… Although the word "Secular" was added in 1976, on 24 April 1973, In Kesavananda Bharati case, the SC declared that the secularism is the part of basic structure of the Constitution.

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❇️ Daily News Reading | 23 October

πŸ—ž THE HINDU (Delhi Edition) πŸ“°

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 β€˜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

Read about

βœ… UN Peacekeeping Mission
βœ… Blue Line
βœ… UN Interim Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
βœ… Expansion of P5 of UNSC
βœ… Role of Veto power in global peace

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#GS_3 #Defence

Syllabus Topic: Security challenges and their management in border areas

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βœ… Arihant Class Nuclear powered ballistic missile (SSBN) submarines(Total-05)

βœ… INS Arihant(S2)- Commissioned in Aug 2016
βœ… INS Arighaat(S3)- Commissioned in Aug 2024
βœ… INS Aridhaman(S4)- undergoing sea trials
βœ… S4* - launched into water
βœ… S4**- Planned

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#GS_3 #Energy #environment

Syllabus Topics: (i) Infrastructure: Energy (ii) Environmental pollution and degradation

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βœ… Small Modular Reactors (SMR)
βœ… "Friends of the Earth International"
βœ… Major Nuclear Disasters
βœ… Why Big Techs are adopting SMRs for energy requirement?

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#GS_3 #Cyber_Security

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βœ… Economic cost of Cyber Fraud
βœ… Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under MoHA
βœ… Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
βœ… Cyber Surakshit Bharat Initiative
βœ… Mule Bank Accounts
βœ… Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (India is not a signatory)
βœ… Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024- published by WEF


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#GS_2 #Education

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βœ… 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.
βœ… National Education Policy (NEP) 2020
βœ… Samagra Shiksha scheme


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#GS_2 #Polity

Read about

βœ… Diversity management of Indian Constitution
βœ… PART XXI of Constitution (Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions)
βœ… Asymmetric federalism
βœ… Scheme of β€œaccommodations and adjustments”
βœ… 5th Schedule(10 States)
βœ… 6th Schedule(4 States)


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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.

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βœ… Article 124 of the Constitution
βœ… Procedures for Judicial Appointments

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#GS_2 #Polity #Anti_defection

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βœ… Anti-defection law
βœ… 52nd Constitutional Amendement Act, 1985
βœ… 91st Constitutional Amendement Act, 2003
βœ… Grounds for Defection
βœ… Loopholes and defects of Anti-defection law
βœ… Difference b/w 'Spilt' and 'Merger'

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#GS_3 #S&T #Space #Bio_Technology

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βœ… ISRO-DBT Agreement and its importance
βœ… Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS)- India’s proposed indigenous space station
βœ… Gaganyaan mission- India’s first crewed mission to space
βœ… BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment) policy
βœ… Bio-economy- would be worth $300 billion by 2030

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#GS_3 #Border_Management

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βœ… "patrolling arrangements" along the Line of Actual Control (LAC)
βœ… Depsang Plains and the Demchok region
βœ… Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso, and Gogra-Hot Springs

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#GS_3 #Economics #Environment

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βœ… PM E-DRIVE scheme (replaced FAME II)
βœ… Role of Private sector in e-bus push
βœ… FAME I India scheme (2015-2019)
βœ… FAME II India scheme (2019-2024)
βœ… Battery as a Service (BaaS)
βœ… National Electric Mobility Mission Plan

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#GS_3 #Economics #Environment

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βœ… Anusandhan National Research Foundation
βœ… BioE3 policy
βœ… Academia-industry partnership for the bioeconomy
βœ… National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm
βœ… No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation Policy

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#GS_3 #Space

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βœ… Bharatiya Antariksh Station 1
βœ… NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
βœ… Astrosat
βœ… β€˜Gaganyaan’ human spaceflight programme
βœ… Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV)
βœ… Chandrayaan-4 and LUPEX
βœ… Space Based Surveillance (SBS) missions
βœ… LEAP-3 mission

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#GS_# #Agriculture

Read about

βœ… Digital Agriculture Mission
βœ… Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)
βœ… Agri Stack
βœ… Krishi Decision Support System (DSS)
βœ… β€˜Precision agriculture’ and β€˜Smart farming’

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#GS_3 #Environment

Read about

βœ… Integrative approach of Biodiversity Conservation
βœ… 18 Biosphere Reserves of India
βœ… Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
βœ… Circular Economy
βœ… Invasive Species
βœ… Native Shola Grassland
βœ… Human-Wildlife Conflicts

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#GS_3 #Environment

Read about

βœ… UNFCCC
βœ… New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG)
βœ… Global Methane Pledge
βœ… Biennial Update Report
βœ… Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBARdhan) scheme

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