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Culture ministry sets aside ₹350 crore fund for promoting eight schemes Subject : Schemes Section: History Context: Culture ministry sets aside ₹350 crore fund for promoting eight schemes More about the news: The Ministry of Culture in India plans to disburse over ₹350 crore over a five-year period to promote art and culture […]
Overview of Trust Funds at the World Bank Subject: Economy Section: External Sector Strategic Use of Trust Funds: Trust funds are strategic financing instruments used by the World Bank to complement core funding from IBRD and IDA. They support specific development priorities, regions, and thematic focus areas. Trust funds enhance the World Bank’s […]
India’s AI Mission Subject : Science and Tech Section: awareness in IT Context: In big AI push, Centre to step up compute capacity More about the news: As part of its Artificial Intelligence Mission, India aims to develop its own “sovereign AI” by building computational capacity in the country and offering compute-as-a-service to […]
Elimination of child labour a distant goal Subject: Polity Section: Legislation in news Context: Parliamentary panel suggested country needs uniform definition of ‘child’ to eliminate child labour. More about the news: The parliamentary panel on Labour, Textiles, and Skill Development has emphasized the need for a uniform definition of ‘child’ across various laws […]
House nod to raise age limit for GST appellate tribunal Subject :Polity Section: National body Context: House nod to raise age limit for GST appellate tribunal More about the news: The Rajya Sabha has returned a bill to raise the age limit of the President and members of the Goods and Services Tax […]
Bihar to develop Sita birthplace Subject :History Section: Art and culture Context: Bihar to develop Sita birthplace More about the news: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has launched a Rs 72-crore development plan for Goddess Sita’s birthplace at Punaura Dham in Sitamarhi. What are the mentions of present-day Bihar in the Ramayana: The […]
Ethanol blending policy Subject: Environment Section: Agri and SD In the news: While ethanol blended petrol (EBP) increased from 1.6% in 2013-14 to 11.8% in 2022-23, the 20% target by 2025 has run into trouble with low sugar stocks in 2022-23 and impending shortfall in sugarcane production this year. NAFED and National Cooperatives […]
CDSCO to ban common cold and flu syrups for children below 4 yrs; Pharma cos asked to insert warning Subject : Science and Tech Section::Health In the news: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the country’s apex health regulatory agency, has decided to ban the use of a popular anti-cold cocktail medicine […]
Why the UK banned Air France, Lufthansa, and Etihad ads over ‘greenwashing’ claims Subject: Environment Section: Climate change In the news: UK’s ad regulator banned Air France, Lufthansa, and Etihad ads for allegedly misleading consumers on air travel’s environmental impact. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found ads claiming sustainability lacked evidence, violating UK […]
COVID vaccines pillar COVAX to wind down by year-end left with billions unspent Subject: Science and Tech Section: Health Context: COVAX mechanism, a worldwide initiative launched in April 2020 to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines is coming to an end from Dec 31, 2023. COVAX mechanism: It was launched to make the […]