Daily Current Affairs for UPSC & MPSC
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Curated from The Hindu, Indian Express, PIB and Yojana, sorted by GS paper.
Global Hunger Index
India has ranked 102nd among 117 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI).
Bihar CM cracks down on stubble burning
Speaking in an International conference “Crop Residue Management”, Bihar CM expressed concern over rising trend of farmers in Bihar setting agricultural residue on fire.
Indirect poll for Civic body heads in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan Cabinet decided to conduct indirect election for the post of mayor and chairpersons in corporations and municipalities in the State.
EC plans live webcasting from 9,673 booths
The Election Commission has decided to conduct live webcasting from over 9,000 polling stations. Including sensitive ones, during Assembly elections in Maharashtra.
SC seeks reply from Centre on RTI portals.
The SC gave the Centre and 25 states a month’s time to respond to a writ petition seeking a direction to establish RTI portals across all states to enable citizens, especially those living abroad, to file RTI applications online.
UNISEF Report on Undernourishment
According to a grim United Nations assessment of childhood nutrition released. a third of the world’s nearly 700 million under five year olds are undernourished or overweight.
PM-JAY health scheme
Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and AndhraPradesh have emerged as the top performing States with free secondary and tertiary treatment.
IMF Cuts India’s growth Rate
The International Monetary Fund cut its estimate for India’s growth this year to 6.1% from 7% projected in July.
Indirect poll for Civic body heads in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan Cabinet decided to conduct indirect election for the post of mayor and chairpersons in corporations and municipalities in the State.
EC plans live webcasting from 9,673 booths
The Election Commission has decided to conduct live webcasting from over 9,000 polling stations. Including sensitive ones, during Assembly elections in Maharashtra.
SC seeks reply from Centre on RTI portals.
The SC gave the Centre and 25 states a month’s time to respond to a writ petition seeking a direction to establish RTI portals across all states to enable citizens, especially those living abroad, to file RTI applications online.
Cataract is the leading cause of Blindness
According to the National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey India 2015-19, Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in people above 50 years.
Rythu Bharosa scheme
The Andhra Pradesh government is set to launch its flagship ‘Rythu Bharosa’ scheme.
Nobel Prize in Economics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”.
FAS Tags will work as Aadhaar to track vehicles, says Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday called FASTags- a device to make automatic payments at toll booths-the equivalent of Aadhaar for vehicles, which will allow the government to track their movement across the country.
High quality fake notes back: NIA
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said “high quality” fake currency notes have “resurfaced”, with Pakistan being the “main source
If the media keeps quit, terrorism will end: NSA Doval
NSA Ajit Doval has cited former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to opine that “if a terrorist takes action and the media is quiet about it, terrorism will end”.
Syrian forces step in to thwart Turkish onslaught
Syrian forces backed by Russia have started deploying troops to the Kurdish-held territories after US announced complete withdrawal of troops from the region.
Prosecute LeT operatives, US tells Pak.
Alice Wells, head of the U.S. State department’s South and Central Asian bureau, also welcomed the arrest the top four leaders of Lashkar-e-Taiba /Jamaat-ud-Dawah in Pakistan.
Mother’s Education and Children’s Nutrition
A survey conducted by the Health and Family Welfare Ministry on nutrition levels among children shows a direct correlation between Mother’s education and children’s well being.
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