Daily News Prescription - 17th July, 2021

The Hindu

GS2: Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

• India needs a renewed health-care system The new Health Minister needs to focus on the core lessons from the pandemic and rebuild trust in public health

GS3: Environmental Conservation

• China starts long-awaited carbon trading scheme China launched its long-awaited emissions trading system on Friday, a key tool in its quest to drive down climate change-causing greenhouse gases and go carbon neutral by 2060.

GS3: Internal Security

• DRI unearths smuggling of luxury cars The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday arrested three persons, including the chief executive officer of a Gurugram-based dealership

GS2: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation.

• Ministry clears rules for vintage cars For the first time, India is set to have rules regulating the registration process for vintage cars.

GS3: Defence and security

• ‘Be aware of underwater domain’ With regard to naval operations, underwater domain awareness (UDA) was one of the most critical areas for the country.

GS2: Structure, Organization and Functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary

• Don’t seek surrender of those on interim bail: SC Orders NALSA and States to submit detailed report on criteria/norms considered by respective panels to release prisoners on interim bail
• Bail orders will be sent instantly to jail authorities: SC  SC announces ‘FASTER’ scheme Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Friday said “it is just too much” that people given bail by courts, even by the Supreme Court, have to wait for days before the prison authorities released them.

Indian Express

GS2: Indian Constitution—Historical Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, Significant Provisions and Basic Structure.

• Explained: The Shreya Singhal case that struck down Section 66A of IT Act  The Centre has now written to states, asking them not to register cases under the repealed provision and withdraw any such case that may have been filed.

GS2: Important International Institutions, agencies and fora - their Structure, Mandate.

• Can Indian invoke state sovereignty to prevent seizure of assets abroad in Cairn Energy case?  State immunity can be invoked to resist the seizure of sovereign assets, but not commercial properties. Besides, fighting the case will consume an enormous amount of resources and attract bad press (State Immunity) 

GS2: Indian Constitution—Historical Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, Significant Provisions and Basic Structure.

• Explained: When were Tilak and Gandhi tried under the sedition law? The sedition law which is enshrined in Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPS) was introduced by the British government in 1870 to tackle dissent against colonial rule.

GS3: Science and Technology

• Explained: Why the Hubble telescope is working in ‘safe mode’ The safe mode was activated after an onboard computer halted on 13 June, leading to all non-essential systems being shut down – essentially meaning the telescope is not being used for astronomy observations.

GS3: Indian Economy, Inclusive Growth and issues arising from it.

• Explained: Curbs on foreign card firms The safe mode was activated after an onboard computer halted on 13 June, leading to all non-essential systems being shut down – essentially meaning the telescope is not being used for astronomy observations.

PIB Corner

GS3: Agriculture related issues

• 93rd Foundation day of Indian Council of Agriculture Research celebrated virtually Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) celebrated its 93rd foundation day virtually today. As part of the celebration, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology  Shri Ashwini Vaishnav jointly launched ‘Kisan Sarathi’, a digital platform to facilitate farmers to get ‘right information at right time’ in their desired language.

GS3: Infrastructure, Energy

• "Shri R K Singh, Union Minister for Power and MNRE inaugurates “Aiming for Sustainable Habitat: New Initiatives in Building Energy Efficiency 2021”" While inaugurating  “Aiming for Sustainable Habitat: New Initiatives in Building Energy Efficiency 2021” which was virtually  launched today by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Union Minister Shri R.K .Singh reiterated his commitment to ensure continuous efforts to enhance energy efficiency in the economy, especially in the buildings sector. He congratulated BEE for organizing the launch event and suggested all officials to continue to strive to remove all barriers in implementing Energy Efficiency in the Buildings sector, creating energy efficient demand and energy efficient designs.

 

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