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Student enrolments in higher studies rose by 7.5% in 202021: AISHE data Subject: Scheme Section: Education The Union Education Ministry on Sunday released data from the All India Sur vey on Higher Education (AISHE), 20202021, which showed a 7.5% increase in student enrolments across the country from the 201920 figures, with the total […]
Project 39 A Subject :Polity Section: Constitution According to the Annual Death Penalty Report, 2022 by Project 39A, a criminal reforms advocacy group with the National Law University, Delhi. trial courts awarded 165 death sentences in 2022, the highest in over two decades. Details: In September last year, a three-judge bench headed by […]
The Justice G. Rohini led commission for the subcategorization of other backward classes (OBCs) has been given yet another extension in its tenure by the President Subject :Polity Section: Constitution The commission, formed in October 2017, was initially given 12 weeks to finish the task of subcategorising the nearly 3,000 castes within the […]
Urgently address gaps in leprosy services and accelerate efforts towards zero leprosy infection and disease: WHO Subject : Science and Technology Section: Health Details: The World Health Organization today called on countries in the South-East Asia Region and globally to urgently address gaps in leprosy services disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and to […]
Command postings for women officers in the Army Subject: Governance Concept: The Army has stated that the process for selection of women officers to command assignments in the rank of Colonel. This follows the Supreme Court judgement of 2020 upholding an earlier judgement granting permanent commission (PC) as well as command postings to […]
Dementia Subject : Science and technology Section :Health Concept : About Dementia It is a syndrome – usually of a chronic or progressive nature – that leads to deterioration in cognitive function (i.e. the ability to process thought) beyond what might be expected from the usual consequences of biological ageing. Although dementia mainly […]
Banks reviewing Adani exposure, SBI says no devolvement worry Subject : Economy Section: Money market Concept : According to a report by investment firm CLSA, the top-five Adani Group companies – Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports, Adani Power, Adani Green and Adani Transmission – have a consolidated debt of Rs 2.1 lakh crore. According […]
Mahatma Gandhi Death Anniversary Subject : History Section :Personality Concept : At the age of 78, Mahatma Gandhi was killed on January 30, 1948, in the grounds of Birla House, a sizable palace in the heart of New Delhi that is today known as Gandhi Smriti. Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a right-wing Hindu paramilitary […]
Budget may see higher allocation for repayment of G-Secs, oil bonds Subject : Economy Section: Fiscal policy Concept : Union Budget for FY24 will see the beginning of the requirement for a higher amount towards repayment of government securities till FY32. Still, the expectation is that the gross borrowing might not see a […]
Situational awareness in aviation Subject : Science and technology Section: Msc Concept : A Court of Inquiry will examine the reasons for the crash of IAF Sukhoi-30 and Mirage-2000 that has led to the loss of two IAF jets and a fighter pilot’s life. Situational awareness in aviation Situational awareness (SA) means appreciating […]