India enters 37-year period of “Demographic Dividend”

India enters the 37-year period of DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: Demographic dividend – advantages, Other global economies, Benefits to India News Flash Since 2018, India’s working-age population (people between 15 and 64 years of age) has grown larger than the dependent population (children aged 14 or below as well as people above 65 years of age). The working-age population is going to last till 2055. Many Asian economies —…

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World Bank study on Rural Roads Scheme – PMGSY

WORLD BANK STUDY ON PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAD YOJANA For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: Highlights of the study- Key findings, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, World Bank News Flash Recently, an independent study was conducted by the World Bank on the assessment of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. The study shows that the scheme “triggered a shift from farm to non-farm employment” between 2009 and 2017. As with roads in place,…

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ISRO has planned to launch its solar mission Aditya-L1

ISRO’S SOLAR MISSION ADITYA-L1 For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: Sun/ Solar mission Aditya L1 mission, Highlights, Significance News Flash After Chandrayaan-2, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has planned to launch its solar mission (Sun mission), Aditya-L1, during the first half of 2020. ISRO’s solar mission Aditya-L1 is meant to observe the Sun’s corona, which are the outer layers of the star that span thousands of kilometres. How the corona gets…

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GSLV MkIII-M1 lifts up Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft successfully

CHANDRAYAAN-2 GOES UP SUCCESSFULLY For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: All about Chandrayaan-2 mission, Proposed Chandrayaan-3 mission News Flash India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV MkIII-M1 successfully launched the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into an earth orbit. The spacecraft is now revolving round the earth with a perigee (nearest point to Earth) and an apogee (farthest point to Earth). GSLV MkIII-M1 vehicle lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre…

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“Thirty Meter Telescope” will study the exoplanets

THIRTY METER TELESCOPE For: Mains Topics covered: About Telescope, Features & Significance, constructing agency News Flash Hawaii saw protests against plans to start construction of a giant telescope atop Mauna Kea, the US state’s highest mountain at 14,000 feet. Highlights It will study the expolanets, which have been detected in the last few years. It will find whether their atmospheres contain water vapour or methane. The signatures of possible life. TMT will…

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Provisions of the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2019

NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION (NMC) BILL, 2019 For: Mains Topics covered: National Medical Commission Bill 2019, Why Medical Council of India being replaced? News Flash Tamil Nadu government opposed the provision in the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill proposing a common final-year MBBS exam, to be known as National Exit Test (NEXT), for admission to post-graduate medical courses. State government favoured NEXT only for candidates who completed their undergraduate medical courses in foreign countries.…

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Country’s first body protector for women personnel in combat

PROTECTION GEARS FOR FEMALE PERSONNEL For: Preliminary Topics covered: Protection gears for female personnel in combat – advantages & features News Flash Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, a unit of the DRDO, has developed full body protectors for CRPF’s female personnel. Significance & Features The gear covers all soft parts of the human body such as rib-cage, back of the arm, inner calf, thigh and groin area of females deployed…

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Pegasus- Spyware toll used by Israeli firm NSO Group

PEGASUS SPYWARE For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About Pegasus, what is spyware, Pegasus – Highlights News Flash It is the spyware tool used by Israeli firm NSO Group. Pegasus spyware can harvest data from Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft cloud accounts. Many users rely on cloud storage to save photos, messages, along with other encrypted filed, all of that information could be compromised. The spyware can access the cloud information without…

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“Project Sampark” by Border Roads Organisation – Diligent IAS

PROJECT SAMPARK For: Preliminary Topics covered: Project details, Significance, Border Road Organisation News Flash Defence Minister inaugurated Ujh and Basantar Bridges in Jammu & Kashmir. It will enhance the connectivity of roads and bridges in border areas. Two bridge: One is a 1000 meter long Ujh Bridge in Kathua district and another is 617.40-meter Basantar Bridge in samba district. Both these bridges have been constructed by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) under 69 RCC/13 BRTF…

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Elon Musk’s ‘mind-reading’ microchip – “brain-machine interface”

ELON MUSK’S ‘MIND-READING’ MICROCHIP For: Mains Topics covered: Brain-machine interface, mind-reading microchip, Neuralink News Flash At the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Elon Musk revealed that his “brain-machine interface” start-up, is developing an implant that will enable humans to control compatible technology with their thoughts. The brain-computer interface announced by Musk is the ambition of linking brains directly to machines to prevent what he sees as an “existential threat” if artificial intelligence…

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