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Daily News13 Mar 2023

Daily Current Affairs 13.03.2023( Same-sex union can rock societal values: Centre, India’s silence on Beijing’s role in Saudi Arabia-Iran deal is disquieting, G-20 meet to focus on blue economy, responsible AI, INS Sahyadri joins maritime exercise with French Navy, More buildings set to achieve net-zero waste, Adultery as misconduct and judicial musings )

1. Same-sex union can rock societal values: Centre Any change in human relationship should come from legislature, not court, Centre says in its affidavit in response to a Supreme Court decision to examine petitions on same-sex marriage The Centre, in an affidavit in the Supreme Court, has frowned upon same-sex marriage while invoking the “accepted […]

Daily News12 Mar 2023

Daily Current Affairs 12.03.2023 ( Sickle cell screening meets only 1% of target, hurting ambitious elimination goal, ‘Lines between natural, man-made disasters blurred in Joshimath’, The evil effects of deforestation, Why is crypto trade within PMLA ambit? )

1. Sickle cell screening meets only 1% of target, hurting ambitious elimination goal With barely two weeks left in the fiscal year, the Health Ministry has completed a minuscule 1% of its ambitious target to scan one crore people for sickle cell disease in 2022-23. The Ministry is starkly behind schedule, having screened just a […]

Daily News8 Mar 2023

Daily Current Affairs 08.03.2023( U.S. is trying to ‘encircle’ China: Foreign Minister, India sending 20,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan via Chabahar, The concerns over linking Aadhaar with voter IDs, Hailstorm, unseasonal rain damage crops in three States, Migrant workers must feel safe and as integral part of the community , The importance of women-led digital solutions )

1. U.S. is trying to ‘encircle’ China: Foreign Minister America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy seeks to target China through creation of ‘exclusive blocs’, provokes confrontation and tries to create an Asia-Pacific version of NATO, says Qin Gang China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Tuesday accused the United States of attempting “to encircle China” through its Indo-Pacific strategy, […]

Daily News7 Mar 2023

Daily Current Affairs 07.03.2023( IAF choppers to help contain smoke from Kochi dumpyard, Rushikulya sands teem with Olive Ridleys, Keep constant vigil along borders, entire coastline: Rajnath, . Railways ties up with ISRO for train tracking, The anti-defection law is facing convulsions, How to become a green hydrogen superpower )

1. IAF choppers to help contain smoke from Kochi dumpyard Gasping for air: Vehicles moving through a flyover as toxic haze from a waste dump fire covers Kochi on Monday. While the fire was completely doused, smoke continues to rise from the garbage heaps; Justice Devan Ramachandran writes to the Chief Justice of the High Court […]

Daily News6 Mar 2023

Daily Current Affairs 06.03.2023( ‘Regulator’s proposal on Rajasthan power lines flouts SC orders, threatens bustard’, Kochi chokes as fire at waste dump still rages; govt. asks people to stay indoors, India holds conference of global intelligence chiefs, The non-governmental sector should not be dragged into legal quagmire , Utilising India’s moment under the diplomatic sun)

1. ‘Regulator’s proposal on Rajasthan power lines flouts SC orders, threatens bustard’ The population of the critically endangered species has dipped to less than 150. In a move that helps solar power projects in Rajasthan but may hinder efforts to make the region safe for the endangered Great Indian Bustard, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) […]

Daily News5 Mar 2023

Daily Current Affairs 05.03.2023( With overfishing, great seahorses bolt from Coromandel, Assam’s moidams fit UNESCO requirements for heritage site, Phytoplankton blooms increase in size in 21st century, Why is the tribal panel upset with Environment Ministry over forest rights?, Internet should be open in India, unlike that in China: Chandrasekhar )

1. With overfishing, great seahorses bolt from Coromandel Found vulnerable: The great seahorse, one of the nine species found in the Indian coastal ecosystem, is among the eight species tagged ‘vulnerable’. Extensive fishing off the Coromandel coast could be forcing the great seahorse to migrate laboriously toward Odisha. Fishing is less intense in the Bay of […]

Daily News4 Mar 2023

Daily Current Affairs 04.03.2023( Select Central staff can opt for Old Pension Scheme, Supreme Court eases norm for selection of consumer court presidents, members, World Bank to lend $1 billion to support India’s health sector, Border issue should be kept ‘in proper place’, says China, Kuno Park unsuitable to host all 20 cheetahs, not enough prey, says scientist, India scores 74.4 in World Bank index on working women, U.S. blames Indian firm for cough syrup deaths in Gambia, Services activity hit 12-year high in February, PMI signals, Court verdict on manner of choosing poll panel is a boost to its independence )

1. Select Central staff can opt for Old Pension Scheme Govt. allows one-time option for those who applied for jobs advertised before Dec. 22, 2003, the day National Pension Scheme was notified, but joined service in 2004, when NPS came into effect In a significant decision, the government has decided to give a one-time option to […]

Daily News28 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 28.02.2023( 1,300-year-old Buddhist stupa found in Odisha’s Jajpur, History of invasions dug up to keep nation on the boil: SC , Karnataka best equipped to supply renewable energy: report, Unpacking the new set of e-waste rules )

1. 1,300-year-old Buddhist stupa found in Odisha’s Jajpur Initial assessment showed that the stupa could be 4.5-metre tall and may belong to the 7th or 8th century. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) stumbled upon a 1,300-year-old stupa right in the middle of a mining site in Odisha’s Jajpur district from where Khondalite stones were […]

Daily News27 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 27.02.2023( SC asks govt. what it has done to end manual scavenging, SC intrigued by the lack of ‘protection officers’ for domestic violence cases , eSanjeevani is a great boon, shows power of digital India: Modi, All constraints on the road to gender equality must end, Smoke signals from the renewable energy sphere )

1. SC asks govt. what it has done to end manual scavenging The Supreme Court has directed the government to place on record within six weeks the steps taken by it to implement its nearly 10-year-old judgment to end manual scavenging and prevent future generations from the “inhuman practice” while making entry into sewers without […]

Daily News26 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 26.02.2023 (Man-animal conflict: Kerala to conduct elephant, tiger surveys, Strawberry farming making waves in tribal land of Odisha , Ukraine war is exacerbating fragilities in the global economy: G-20 Ministers, Are neutrinos their own anti-particles?, Aztec hummingbirds, Indian sunbirds, How did the real-time payment linkage between Singapore and India come about? How does the ecosystem work? , IMF, FSB to flesh out global crypto rules)

1. Man-animal conflict: Kerala to conduct elephant, tiger surveys The Kerala Forest Department is set to launch surveys to enumerate wild elephant and tiger populations as part of its efforts to mitigate man-animal conflict in the State. Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran said the field-level enumeration of wild elephants in the State would be held from […]

Daily News25 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 25.02.2023 (It’s Centre’s call, says SC on menstrual leave policy, Orangutans smuggled via Chennai, four policemen suspended, Birders delight: Bengal reports 489 species during count , COP-28 must focus on adaptation instead of mitigation, says official, Cyberattacks are rising, but there is an ideal patch, Breathing the toxic air of Chandrapur)

1. It’s Centre’s call, says SC on menstrual leave policy Petitioner can approach the Ministry of Women and Child Development, says Bench, which also flagged the concern that such leave can act as a ‘disincentive’ for those who want to hire women The Supreme Court said on Friday that there are different “dimensions” to menstrual […]

Daily News24 Feb 2023

Daily Current Affairs 24.02.2023 (60% of India’s voters linked Aadhaar to voter ID: RTI, Ministry seeks report on Kaziranga rhino estimation, Arts, artists are carriers of culture: Murmu at Sangeet Natak Akademi awards, ‘Consumer demand to spur growth’, NSE gets final nod from SEBI for social stock exchange, India must further its cross-border digital payment linkages , A case that scans the working of the anti-defection law, Thanks to social media, protesters are now surprisingly well informed, but a uniform narrative can also be unhelpful )

1. 60% of India’s voters linked Aadhaar to voter ID: RTI While Tripura leads the way with over 92% of voters having provided their Aadhaar details to EC, Gujarat and Delhi are at the bottom of the pile; southern States perform above national average Over 60% of India’s 94.5 crore voters have linked their Aadhaar […]