Daily News Prescription - 26th July, 2021

The Hindu

GS3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation

• ‘Mid-century target for net zero inadequate' New Delhi wants G20 nations to pledge for reductions by 2030

GS2:  Issues and Challenges Pertaining to the Federal Structure,

• Where did the Centre go wrong on cooperatives? Why has the Supreme Court struck down part of the 97th Constitution Amendment and will it impact federal principles?

GS2/GS3: Gov policies/ Challenges to Internal Security through Communication Network

• Are law and technology a solution to fake news? Stakeholders are attempting to find a robust and effective solution to sift fact from fiction

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

• Lessons from India’s food security response Government measures to tackle the food crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic were effective

GS3: Indian Economy

• Money changer India needs to move forward on introducing an official digital currency

GS3: Science and Technology

• "National web portal for sharing R&D facilities I-STEM enters Phase-II, five years extension approved by the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to GOI" The Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map (I-STEM), the national web portal for sharing R&D facilities was formally launched in January 2020 by the Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. I-STEM (www.istem.gov.in) is an initiative of Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India (PSA, GOI) under the aegis of Prime Minister Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC) mission. I-STEM project has been accorded extension for five years,until 2026 and enters its second phase with added features.

GS3: Disaster management

• A climate risk Only proper planning can insure against the inevitable extremities of nature

Indian Express

GS3: Indian Economy, inclusive growth

• ExplainSpeaking: The curious case of India’s falling unemployment rate in 2019-20 The latest annual report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) has surprised everyone by claiming that the unemployment rate fell in a year when India's GDP growth was at its weakest

Prelims Corner

• ‘Spouses’ presence not mandatory for OCI card’ The Delhi High Court has said that the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) cannot insist on the physical or virtual presence of both the spouses for processing Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card applications for one of them.
• Telangana temple gets World Heritage tag In a diplomatic triumph, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee reached consensus with the backing of 17 countries

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

• 35% of govt. schools, anganwadis have no tap water JJM fails to meet goals ten months after 100-day campaign was launched

PIB Corner

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

• "NESAC will transform Shillong into the “Space Tech capital of the east”: Union Minister Shri G. Kishan Reddy" Shri G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Culture, Tourism and Development of North East Region said that NESAC (North Eastern Space Applications Centre) has enabled the States to address issues and challenges of North Eastern region with the support of space technology. “The organisation can also provide the required strategic inputs for the entire region for its overall development and strategic planning”, he said.

GS2: Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health

• Measures Taken to Rising Anti-Microbial Resistance in The Country  National programme on AMR containment was launched during 12th FYP in 2012-17. Under this programme, AMR Surveillance Network has been strengthened by establishing labs in State Medical College. 30 sites in 24 states have been included in this network till 30th March 2021.

 GS3: Science and Technology

• Indian scientists discover materials that self-repair mechanical damages New materials may soon make it possible for damaged electronic components, such as in space crafts, to mend themselves. The materials recently developed by scientists can repair their own mechanical damages with the electrical charges generated by the mechanical impact on them.

 

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