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— The Worldwide Labour Group (ILO) has launched a report titled ‘The affect of care duties of ladies’s labour participation’.
— In keeping with the report, India has 53 per cent of ladies outdoors the labour power on account of care duties and desires additional funding within the care financial system. Compared, simply round 1.1 per cent of males keep outdoors the labour power on account of care duties in India.
— Iran, Egypt, Jordan, Mali, and India have greater than 50 per cent of ladies outdoors the labour power on account of care duties.
— The report additionally confirmed that 97.8 per cent ladies and 91.4 per cent males in India are outdoors the labour power on account of private or household causes.
— India would wish additional funding within the care financial system, notably within the early childhood care and schooling (ECCE) to assist labour power participation of unpaid carers and gender equality within the workforce.
— Belarus, Bulgaria, Latvia and Sweden have lower than 10 per cent of ladies outdoors the labour power on account of caregiving whereas investing round 1 per cent of GDP in ECCE.
Occasion
— The First Asian Buddhist Summit (ABS) is organised by the Ministry of Tradition, Authorities of India, in collaboration with the Worldwide Buddhist Confederation (IBC) in New Delhi from fifth – sixth November, 2024.
— The summit theme is ‘Function of Buddha Dhamma in Strengthening Asia’.
— The Ministry of Tourism will launch its Chalo India marketing campaign on the sidelines of the continued World Journey Mart in London.
— Chalo India is a first-of-its-kind initiative to convey extra international vacationers to India, whereby the federal government will permit “associates” of diaspora members to get free visas.
— 5 international nationals nominated by every Abroad Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder on a particular portal might be eligible for a free of charge e-visa (visa granted with out charges).
— The UK is the third largest supply marketplace for inbound vacationers to India. At virtually 1.9 million, it additionally has one of many greatest Indian diaspora.
— The Ministry of Tourism is collaborating at WTM London, being held from November 5 to 7, with a delegation of fifty stakeholders.
Polity
— The Supreme Courtroom, in a slim 4-3 majority verdict, has overruled the 1967 Azeez Basha judgment which held that the Aligarh Muslim College (AMU) was not a minority establishment.
— Within the Azeez Basha case, the SC structure bench, whereas deciphering Article 30(1), had held that to be a minority establishment, it ought to have been each established and administered by the minority.
— Article 30(1) grants “all minorities, whether or not primarily based on faith or language”, the precise to “set up and administer” instructional establishments of their alternative.
— Within the Azeez Basha case, the SC Structure bench had held that AMU will not be a minority establishment and to benefit from the standing, it ought to have been each established and administered by the minority.
— Friday’s verdict, nevertheless, mentioned the phrase “established” in Article 30(1) should be given a broad which means and emphasised that institution is extra essential than “administration.”
— The Supreme Courtroom final week delivered a landmark verdict within the Property House owners Affiliation & Ors v State of Maharashtra case.
— The Courtroom answered two key questions concerning the standing of Article 31C and the interpretation of Article 39B. It dominated that not all non-public property may be deemed “materials useful resource of the group” for redistribution beneath Article 39(b) of the Structure.
— The bulk opinion supplied 4 elements that should be thought of to find out whether or not non-public property could also be deemed as a fabric useful resource of the group:
→ The character of the useful resource and its inherent traits;
→ The affect of the useful resource on the well-being of the group;
→ The shortage of the useful resource; and
→ The results of the useful resource being concentrated within the arms of personal homeowners.
— A 3-judge Bench of the Supreme Courtroom, presided over by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, on November 5 upheld the Constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Schooling Act, 2004 (Madarsa Act), aside from its provisions permitting the Board to award greater levels like Fazil and Kamil.
— The Allahabad Excessive Courtroom earlier struck down the Act in March, saying it violated the rules of secularism.
— The Madarsa Act gives the authorized framework for madarsa schooling the place, other than the curriculum of the Nationwide Council of Instructional Analysis and Coaching (NCERT), non secular schooling is imparted as nicely.
— It created the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Schooling, predominantly comprising members of the Muslim group. The capabilities of the board are detailed beneath Part 9 of the Act and embrace making ready and prescribing course materials and conducting exams for all programs from ‘Maulvi’ (equal to Class 10) to ‘Fazil’ (equal to a Grasp’s).
— Final week, The Delhi Excessive Courtroom issued instructions to enhance the supply of so-called “orphan medication”.
— Orphan Medication are medicines used to deal with “uncommon ailments” – outlined by the World Well being Group (WHO) as a debilitating, lifelong situation that impacts 1 or fewer individuals in 1,000.
— In 2021, the Nationwide Coverage for Uncommon Illnesses (NPRD) was launched, beneath which monetary help as much as Rs 50 lakh is supplied to sufferers receiving remedy at an recognized Centres of Excellence (CoE).
— At present, 63 uncommon ailments — like Gaucher’s illness, Lysosomal Storage Issues (LSDs), and sure types of muscular dystrophy— are included beneath the Nationwide Coverage for Uncommon Illnesses on the advice of the Central Technical Committee for Uncommon Illnesses (CTCRD).
— In India, uncommon ailments are categorised into three teams primarily based on the character and complexity of accessible remedy choices.
— Group 1 consists of ailments that may be handled with a one-time healing process. Group 2 ailments require long-term or lifelong remedy that are comparatively less expensive and have proven documented advantages, however sufferers want common check-ups. Group 3 ailments are these for which efficient remedies can be found, however they’re costly and should typically proceed lifelong.
— Import of uncommon illness medicines by sufferers doesn’t entice customs obligation, however corporations that convey these medication to India nonetheless pay 11% customs obligation and 12% GST.
— Amid the continued DAP fertiliser disaster in Haryana, the Centre has allotted 1.10 lakh metric tonne (LMT) DAP to farmers.
— DAP, or di-ammonium phosphate, is India’s second mostly used fertiliser after urea.
— It’s excessive in phosphorus (P) that stimulates root institution and improvement — with out which crops can’t develop to their regular measurement, or will take too lengthy to mature. It’s thus utilized simply earlier than, or on the time of sowing.
— Initially of this 12 months, DAP together with muriate of potash (MOP) and all different such fertilisers that used to obtain nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) assist was introduced beneath “cheap pricing” controls.
— The rules have imposed oblique MRP controls on non-urea fertilisers by capping the income that corporations can earn from their gross sales.
— Delhi is among the many backside 5 cities by way of fund expenditure beneath the Nationwide Clear Air Programme (NCAP) — 68% of its funds are unutilised.
— The NCAP’s goal has set a goal to chop particulate matter air pollution (PM 10) by 40% by 2025-26 or meet Nationwide Ambient Air High quality requirements.
— The PM Vidyalaxmi Scheme, launched on sixth November, is a brand new Central Sector scheme that seeks to offer monetary assist to college students.
— Beneath the PM Vidyalaxmi scheme, any pupil who will get admission to a High quality Greater Schooling Establishment (QHEIs) might be eligible to get collateral-free and guarantor-free loans from banks and monetary establishments to cowl the total quantity of tuition charges and different bills associated to the course.
— An outlay of Rs 3,600 crore has been made for the scheme for 2024-25 to 2030-31 interval and round 7 lakh recent college students are anticipated to learn from the curiosity subvention provided beneath the scheme.
— The scheme might be accessible to India’s top-quality greater instructional establishments (HEIs) primarily based on NIRF rankings.
— For loans as much as Rs 7.5 lakh, college students can obtain a 75 per cent credit score assure on excellent defaults, supporting banks in offering these instructional loans beneath the scheme.
— College students with an annual household earnings of as much as Rs 8 lakh, who should not eligible for different authorities scholarships or curiosity subsidies, can obtain a 3 per cent curiosity subsidy on loans as much as Rs 10 lakh throughout the moratorium interval.
Worldwide Cooperation
— India must be part of the Regional Complete Financial Partnership (RCEP) and Complete and Progressive Settlement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Niti Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam mentioned on Thursday.
— India pulled out of the RCEP in 2019 after getting into negotiations in 2013.
— The RCEP bloc includes 10 ASEAN group members (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Laos and Vietnam) and their six FTA companions – China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
— CPTPP is a free commerce bloc spanning 5 continents, made up of Pacific rim international locations of Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Japan.
— India in collaboration with a number of different international locations together with convention host France, arrange the Worldwide Photo voltaic Alliance (ISA) on the 2015 local weather convention in Paris.
— It goals to speed up the deployment and absorption of photo voltaic vitality globally, primarily in growing international locations.
— ISA has been focusing on the deployment of 1,000 GW of photo voltaic vitality, and unlocking a trillion {dollars} in photo voltaic funding by 2030.
Individuals in Information
(Simply FYI: Noting historic personalities’ anniversaries aids UPSC prep. UPSC typically consists of such personalities in questions, so revisiting their lives refreshes your static syllabus.)
— Historian Romila Thapar was honoured with PG Nationwide Award 2024 for her contribution to the sphere of historical Indian historical past.
— The PG award is a tribute to Marxist thinker and author P Govinda Pillai who died in 2012. The award was introduced by PG Sanskriti Kendra, which was established in 2019.
— Kemi Badenoch grew to become the brand new chief of Britain’s Conservative Celebration. She is the primary black politician — and black lady politician — to steer a significant British celebration.
— Badenoch, 44, replaces former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and has pledged to steer the celebration via a interval of renewal.
— In 2023, author and social activist Arundhati Roy was the recipient of the award for her contribution to the sphere of writing and advocacy.
— Anil Pradhan, co-founder of Younger Tinker Basis, a non-profit organisation engaged on hands-on STEM (science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic) schooling in underserved areas, was awarded the third Rohini Nayyar Prize for Excellent Contribution to Rural Improvement.
— The prize has been instituted within the reminiscence of Rohini Nayyar by her household. Nayyar, an economist, served as an IAS officer within the Uttar Pradesh cadre, and labored with the erstwhile Planning Fee of India from 1987 to 2005. She handed away in 2021.
— The prize, comprising a money award of Rs. 10 lakh, a quotation and trophy, is given yearly by the Nayyar Basis for Social and Financial Objective, and is supposed for people under 40 years in age.
— The inaugural award was gained by Sethrichem Sangtam, who runs an NGO that works with farmers in japanese Nagaland.
— A statue of Babu Chabilal Upadhyaya, a pacesetter of the Gorkha group of Assam, might be put in by the state authorities in Guwahati.
— Upadhyaya, hailing from present-day Sonitpur district, had based the Assam Affiliation, a pioneering political organisation.
— It later merged with the Indian Nationwide Congress and Upadhyaya was made the primary president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee. He performed a number one function within the nation’s freedom battle.
— Sarangi big Pandit Ram Narayan, who gave the standard, demanding instrument a classical stature, passes away at 96.
— Born and raised in a small village named Amber close to Udaipur, Narayan got here from a household of court docket musicians, principally vocalists within the Udaipur court docket.
— Educationist Dinanath Batra who served because the principal of the primary faculty of the Vidya Bharati, an RSS-allied organisation devoted to schooling, in Kurukshetra from 1965 to 1990 handed away on the age of 94.
— Batra wrote about 15 books on topics starting from the “Indianisation” of schooling and in opposition to portray nationalists as “terrorists”, and on a curriculum for character constructing.
— People legend Sharda Sinha, identified for her repertoire of songs in Maithili, Bhojpuri, Magahi, Sanskrit and Hindi, handed away on the age of 72.
— Sometimes called “Bihar Kokila (cuckoo)”, she was identified for songs that may be performed at Chhath, weddings, and several other different rituals. She had additionally lent her voice to songs in films comparable to Maine Pyar Kiya and Gangs of Wasseypur.
— Sinha was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991 and Padma Bhushan in 2018 for her distinctive work in bringing people poets’ creations out of obscurity.
Locations in Information
(Simply FYI: The placement of the place is essential, contemplating that UPSC has requested a number of questions on locations that have been within the information, comparable to Aleppo and Kirkuk, within the 2018 UPSC Prelims. The easiest way to recollect them is to plot them on a world map.)
— Odisha’s legislation minister has clarified that there was no secret chamber contained in the treasury of the Jagannath Temple in Puri.
— Puri’s Jagannath temple is devoted to the worship of Lord Jagannath, believed to be an incarnation of Vishnu, alongside along with his older brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra.
— It is without doubt one of the chardhams, 4 of essentially the most sacred pilgrimage websites for Hindus.
— It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Web site.
— In keeping with Swiss air high quality ranking company IQAir, Lahore in Pakistan continued to be essentially the most polluted metropolis on this planet, recording an air high quality index (AQI) of above 1,000.
— The rising smog ranges have led the Chief Minister of Punjab in Pakistan, Maryam Nawaz, to introduce a “smog diplomacy” initiative between India and Pakistan to handle the dangerously excessive ranges of air air pollution, The Guardian reported.
Sports activities
(Simply FYI: With the unpredictability of the UPSC examinations and questions just like the ICC World Take a look at Championship query 2021, you’ll be able to’t be certain of something. It’s clever to know what it’s and never go into an excessive amount of element.)
— The 2024 Paragliding World Cup launched on the famend Bir-Billing website in Kangra district, attracting 94 paragliders from 26 international locations, together with 32 Indian contributors and 7 ladies.
— That is the second World Cup held at Bir-Billing, following the inaugural occasion in 2015.
— Over the previous three many years, Bir-Billing has made a reputation for itself as a “paraglider paradise” on account of its sturdy, secure air currents that assist elevate the construction simply and permit paragliders to fly over 50 km to Dharamshala and Manali.
Take a look at Your Data
(Word: The easiest way to recollect details for UPSC and different aggressive exams is to recall them via MCQs. Attempt to clear up the next questions by yourself.)
A. The place is the First Asian Buddhist Summit organised?
(a) Gaya
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bhopal
(d) Sanchi
B. Contemplate the next statements concerning the PM Vidyalaxmi Scheme:
1. It’s a new Central Sponsored scheme that seeks to offer monetary assist to college students.
2. An outlay of Rs 4,600 crore has been made for the scheme for 2024-25 to 2030-31 interval
Which of the next statements is/are appropriate?
(a) 1 solely
(b) 2 solely
(c) Each 1 and a couple of
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
C. Which of the next ministries has launched the Chalo India marketing campaign?
(a) Ministry of Exterior Affairs
(b) Ministry of Schooling
(c) Ministry of Tourism
(d) Ministry of Tradition
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