Current Affairs 28 August 2024
CONTENTS Unified Pension Scheme Context: The Union Cabinet has sanctioned the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), designed to ensure a guaranteed pension for government employees post-retirement. Scheduled to commence on April 1, 2025, this scheme will replace the existing National Pension System (NPS) for central government employees. Additionally, state governments will be given the choice to […]
Laissez-Faire Approach to Content Hosting
Context: Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, is a tech entrepreneur who has championed absolute free speech on his platform, cultivating an anti-establishment image by allowing dissidents to use the messaging app, even at the risk of antagonizing governments. His recent detention and arrest by French authorities, as part of investigations into criminal […]
India Needs to Develop a Care Ecosystem
Context: The low female labor force participation rate (FLFPR) has been at the center of discussions about women’s empowerment. According to the Economic Survey 2023-24, India’s FLFPR was 37% in 2022-23, compared to the global average of 47.8% in 2022. While this is an improvement from 23.3% in 2017-18, 37.5% of this group consists of “unpaid […]
Streamlining Science and Technology Initiatives
Context: The Union Cabinet has sanctioned the consolidation and continuation of various programs under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) into three primary components, integrating them into a single central sector scheme titled ‘Vigyan Dhara’. Relevance: GS II: Government Policies and Interventions Vigyan Dhara Initiative Key Components: Existing Programs: Duration and Scope: Special Focus: […]
National Medical Register (NMR) Portal
Context: The Union Health Minister recently launched the National Medical Register Portal in New Delhi. Relevance: GS II: Government Policies and Interventions National Medical Register (NMR) Portal Features of the NMR Data Accessibility and Privacy Continuous Improvement
PIB Summaries 28 August 2024
CONTENTS National Medical Register (NMR) Portal Context: The Union Health Minister recently launched the National Medical Register Portal in New Delhi. Relevance: GS II: Government Policies and Interventions National Medical Register (NMR) Portal Features of the NMR Data Accessibility and Privacy Continuous Improvement Streamlining Science and Technology Initiatives Context: The Union Cabinet has sanctioned the […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 28 August 2024
CONTENTS India Needs to Develop a Care Ecosystem Context: The low female labor force participation rate (FLFPR) has been at the center of discussions about women’s empowerment. According to the Economic Survey 2023-24, India’s FLFPR was 37% in 2022-23, compared to the global average of 47.8% in 2022. While this is an improvement from 23.3% […]
Static Quiz 28 August 2024 (History)
India and Singapore Second Ministerial Meeting
Context: India and Singapore are going to hold the second round of ministerial roundtable meeting. It aims to review various aspects of their Strategic Partnership and identify new avenues to further elevate and broaden it. Relevance: GS-II: International Relations Dimensions of the Article: India–Singapore relations History of India-Singapore Relations Relations with Singapore related to Defence […]
Typhoon Shanshan
Context: Japan is on High alert as Typhoon Shanshan nears and could make landfall in western Japan. Relevance: GS-I: Geography (Physical geography – Climatology, Important Geophysical phenomena), GS-III: Disaster Management Dimensions of the Article: Tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, […]