Daily Practice Sheet 6 July 2021

  • July 7, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

6 July 2021

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Section 43D (5) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)
  • Punjab Suba Movement
  • ONORC Scheme in Delhi, Bengal soon
  • UAE’s Hope spacecraft has captured images of discrete auroras
  • PM Narendra Modi addressed the CoWin Global Conclave
  • OPEC+
  • ONDC project
  • Glyphosate-based herbicides
  • Harit Dhara
  • Organ transplantation
  • REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust)
  • T cells memory in exposed vs unexposed individuals to COVID 19

Daily Facts

Organ Transplantation:

  • Government data says annually around 1.8 lakh persons suffer from renal failure but only 6,000 renal transplants are done. About 2 lakh die of liver failure or liver cancer – 10-15 per cent of them could be saved with a timely liver transplant. Similarly, about 50,000 persons suffer from heart failures but only about 10 to 15 heart transplants are performed every year

Women:

  • According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16, India has over 355 million menstruating women. However, only 36 per cent of women were reported as using sanitary napkins, locally or commercially produced. The percentage of women using menstrual products did improve significantly across the country, especially in Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, West Bengal and Bihar, as estimated in the first phase of the recently released NFHS-5.
  • A survey conducted under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) in 2018-19 reported that more than one-fourth of total girls enrolled in class VI-VIII drop out of school as soon as they hit puberty.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Society

  1. Menstrual health is not just a women’s issue but a matter of human rights. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Polity

  1. The absence of congruence of views on appointments to Judiciary between the Supreme Court and the union government has had an adverse Impact on the judicial system. In the light of above statement, examine the proposal to constitute an all India Judicial service (ALJS). [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: International Affairs

  1. India’s development assistance in Africa has not provided commensurate empathy for India. In the light of this statement critically examine India’s development assistance to Africa in comparison with China’s. Suggest measures to make it sustainable and realize true potential.
  2. How does India see its place in the economic space of rising natural resources rich Africa? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Discuss the challenges faced by Public Sector Banks (PSBs). Suggest strategies to make them resilient. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What do you understand by leadership? Discuss qualities of leaders to tide over crisis situation. [Reference: Business Line]
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