Current Affairs 03 September 2022

CONTENTS

1. Single use plastic
2. UN accuses China of Uighur rights abuses
3. Cervavac
4. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Single Use Plastic

Context:

Since July 1, 2022, India has banned the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of single-use plastics (SUP) items with low utility and high littering potential.

Relevance:

GS III- Environment and Ecology

Dimensions of the Article

1. About Single use plastic
2. What are the items being banned?
3. How will the ban be enforced?
4. Impacts of Single Use Plastic (SUP)
5. Challenges with banning single use plastic
6. Measures taken so far in India

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UN Accuses China of Uighur Rights Abuses

Context:

The UN accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to “crimes against humanity” in a report examining a crackdown on Uighurs and other ethnic groups.

Relevance:

GS II: International Relations

Dimensions of the Article:

1. What is the leak about?
2. Who are Uyghurs?
3. About China’s Treatment of Uyghurs
4. What was the build-up to the Uighur crackdown?

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Cervavac

Context:

Union Minister of Science and Technology has announced the scientific completion of Cervavac, India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent human papillomavirus (qHPV) vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer.

Relevance:

GS III- Science and Technology

Dimensions of the Article:

1. What is Cervavac?
2. How effective is the new vaccine?
3. What are the challenges?
4. About Cervical cancer

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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Context:

The delay in payment of wages has pushed MGNREGS workers in West Bengal to the brink. There are allegations of corruption against the State government, the Centre’s reluctance in releasing payments, and the plight of the workers caught in this tussle.

Relevance:

GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Health and Poverty related issues, Government Interventions and Policies, Issues arising out of the design and implementation of Government Policies)

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
2. How MGNREGA came to be?
3. Features of MGNREGA
4. Objectives of MGNREGA

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