Clean drinking water to all by 2024

CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO ALL BY 2024 For: Preliminary Topic covers: Drinking water, Sustainable Development Goal News Flash The Centre has set a target of providing clean drinking water to all by 2024. Jal Shakti Ministry is formulating a plan to provide clean drinking water to nearly 14 crore households. Sikkim had 99 per cent coverage of piped water to households, while some States such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand…

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India, Maldives sign six key agreements

INDIA, MALDIVES SIGN SIX KEY AGREEMENTS For: Mains Topic covers: India-Maldives agreements News Flash Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Maldives, was marked by the signing of six key agreements, and substantive bilateral level talks, reaffirming cooperation between the two countries. Highlights Mr Modi was conferred with the Maldives’ highest honour — the Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen — by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Addressing the Maldivian Parliament, the Majlis, Mr. Modi…

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Chandrayaan-2 Mission

CHANDRAYAAN-2 MISSION For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: About Mission, Challenges, Lander and Rover News Flash Chandrayaan-2, the country’s first moon lander and rover mission, is a month away. The Indian Space Research Organisation has marked mid-July for the take-off and kept the launch window open from July 9 to 16. ISRO has set September 6 as the date to soft-land its landing craft at the lunar south pole – a region where…

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Global Sikh Council

GLOBAL SIKH COUNCIL For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: Council, Role & Significance, World Council of Churches News Flash To commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak (1469), the first guru of the Sikhs, World Council of Churches, Geneva, in collaboration with the Global Sikh Council will organise a Christian-Sikh dialogue in Geneva on July 5, with the dialogue focusing on the theme ‘Pursuing Peace in a Pluralistic World’. The city council will…

Foreigners Tribunals

FOREIGNERS TRIBUNALS For: Mains Topic covers: Foreigners Tribunals, New recommendations and powers, NRC News Flash The Ministry of Home Affairs has amended the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964, and has empowered district magistrates in all States and Union Territories to set up tribunals to decide whether a person staying illegally in India is a foreigner or not. Opportunity will also be given to those who haven’t filed claims by referring their cases to the…

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Expansion of Right to Education – NEP

NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: NEP, RTE, New recommendations, Need of the hour News Flash All Indian children could soon enter the formal education system at the age of three, with the draft National Education Policy projecting an expansion of the Right To Education Act to cover the three years of preschool before Class 1. Draft National Education Policy The draft policy wants early childhood education to…

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Second Global Disability Summit

GLOBAL DISABILITY SUMMIT For: Preliminary Topic covers: Summit, Objectives News Flash Second Global Disability Summit is being held at Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Government of Argentina Republic, the International Alliance Disability (IDA) and the Latin American Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and their Families (RIADIS) are hosting “Disability Summit, Argentina 2019” The first “Global Disability Summit”, held in London in 2018. Objective The objective is to deliberate on issues…

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India’s first Emissions Trading Scheme

INDIA’S FIRST EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: About Scheme, Highlights, Trading system, Capping, Significance, Rules & Regulations News Flash Gujarat government launched India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution on World Environment Day 2019, which has air pollution as its theme. It is initiated by the Gujarat Pollution COntrol Board (GPCB). The emission trading scheme (ETS) was designed with the help of a team of researchers from…

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Economic Census 2019

ECONOMIC CENSUS 2019 For: Mains Topic covers: Economic Census, Need of EC, Objectives, Findings News Flash Preparations for 7th Economic Census are underway. 7th EC is being conducted by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). In the current Economic Census, MoSPI has partnered with CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology as the implementing agency for 7th EC. In the 7th EC,…

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Complete ban on e-cigarettes

COMPLETE BAN ON E-CIGARETTES For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: E-cigarettes, Negative impact on health and society, New Recommendation News Flash The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended complete ban on e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). E-cigarettes and other such devices contains nicotine solution, which was highly addictive. It also includes harmful ingredients such as flavoring agents and vaporizers. World No-Tobacco Day : 31 May Negative impact of…

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