Conflicts and online misinformation are emerging threats: UNICEF

UNICEF outlines eight growing challenges For: Mains Topics covered: Open letter of UNICEF Threats to children’s News Flash The open letter by UNICEF outlines eight growing challenges for the world’s children including prolonged conflicts, pollution and the climate crisis, a decline in mental health, mass migration and population movements, statelessness and online misinformation. Highlights The letter expresses concern that the majority of children will grow up as natives of a digital environment saturated with…

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Corpotate tax and Changes in Income Tax rules – Diligent IAS

CHANGES IN TAX RULES For: Mains Topics covered: Changes in Corporate tax and Income tax rules News Flash In order to revive the private investment and lifting growth, the FinMin announced big cuts in the corporate tax rate. The government rolled back enhanced surcharge on capital gains arising on sale of equity share in a company or a unit of an equity-oriented mutual fund in the hands of an individual. Changes in…

Train-the-trainer Programme in Artificial Intelligence

Train-the-trainer Programme in Artificial Intelligence For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About the Trainer Programme – its advantages & significances News Flash Ministry of Skill development joined hands with global IT major IBM to train the trainers in Artificial Intelligence skills across India. Its aim is to train ten thousand faculty members from ITIs across the nation. The programme will enable trainers with basic Artificial Intelligence skills to use the technology in their…

Bharat Bill Payment System by Reserve Bank of India

BHARAT BILL PAYMENT SYSTEM For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About Bharat Bill Payment System News Flash The Reserve Bank of India has expanded the scope of the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) by adding other categories of recurring payments through the portal. Bharat Bill Payment System BBPS is an interoperable platform that enables a customer to pay bills, like, telephone, water, gas, direct-to-home (DTH) and electricity. With the expansion of the…

Two new plant species discovered from Shola forests

WESTERN GHATS For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: Two new plant species discovered About the Western Ghats News Flash Two new plant species discovered from Shola forests A team of researchers discovered the two new plant species belonging to the Asclepiadaceae or milkweed family from the shola forests of the Western Ghats. Latex in plant parts and pappus seeds are the general characteristics of the family. What Tylophora balakrishnanii, a straggling vine, has…

NGOs will fall under the ambit of “public authority” under RTI

NGOs WILL FALL UNDER RTI ACT For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: Recent Supreme Court Decision on NGOs News Flash Supreme Court ruled that the NGOs that are “substantially financed, directly or indirectly”, by government funds will fall within the ambit of “public authority” under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. Now, NGOs will have to maintain records and every citizen will have the right to get information from them. Judgment The…

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NASA to send CubeSat to unique lunar orbit by December 2020

CUBESAT For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About CubeSat mission News Flash NASA plans on landing American astronauts on the Moon by 2024 through its Artemis mission. In this direction, the agency has given a contract to a firm for developing and operating a lunar orbital CubeSat mission that will be launched as early as December 2020. Cubesat mission The CubeSat mission which is called Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation…

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National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development (NCCCR&D)

National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development About the Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research News Flash To address the challenges and opportunities in the development of clean coal technologies, the National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development (NCCCR&D) has been launched. The NCCCR&D is launched by the Department of Science & Technology. National Centre for…

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Air-to-Air missile Astra successfully test-fired – DRDO

ASTRA MISSILE For: Preliminary Topics covered: About Astra Missile- Design, Features and Specifications News Flash Indigenously designed air-to-air missile Astra was successfully test-fired from the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha. The beyond-visual-range missile was launched from a Sukhoi-30 MKI as a part of user trials. Design Astra is designed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO). The Astra missile is developed as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme…

The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019

PUBLIC PREMISES EVICTION BILL 2019 For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About the bill, its features and significances News Flash The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019, has come into effect. It provides for the eviction of unauthorised occupants from public premises/ government residential accommodations in certain cases. This is expected to further increase the availability of government residential accommodations for eligible persons and reduce the waiting period. …

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