NEWS TO BE READ
THE HINDU
Will adopt declaration on Special Category Status for Andhra Pradesh: Congress (Page 05)
Relevance: Prelims; Mains- GS 2
Focus areas:
- What is a special category state?
- What is the mechanism of acquiring this status and what are the constitutional provisions for it?
- What are the states that have this status?
Source link: The Hindu
PM Modi inaugurates country’s first indigenous hydrogen fuel cell ferry (Page 05)
Relevance: Prelims- Science and Technology
Focus areas:
- What is a Hydrogen Fuel Cell?
- What are its components and working mechanism?
Source link: The Hindu
The Economic case for investing in India’s children (Page 06)
Relevance: Mains- GS 1
Focus areas:
- What is the need for increased investing in ‘Early Childhood Care and Education’?
- What are the initiatives for early childhood development?
- NIPUN Bharat
- Poshan bhi Padhai bhi
- What is the role of ASHAs and Anganwadi workers?
Source link: The Hindu
India’s fight against rare diseases (page 07)
Relevance: Prelims and Mains- GS 3
Focus Areas:
- What are Rare Diseases and how is it classified? (Below mentioned diseases as per the article)
- Dermatomyositis
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Gaucher’s disease
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type 1
- Whipple’s disease
What is National Policy for Rare Diseases (NPRD) 2021 and its components?
Source link: The Hindu
THE INDIAN EXPRESS
The importance of creating India’s genetic map (Page 17)
Relevance: Prelims; Mains- GS 3
Focus areas:
- What is the Project?
- What is a genome and how is it sequenced?
- How does the study of genetic makeup of the country help?
- How long did the project take?
Source link: The Indian Express
Why we have leap years, why they don’t always come every 4 years
Relevance: Prelims- GS and CSAT
Focus areas:
- What is a leap year?
- Why was a leap year introduced?
- When was the leap year introduced?
- Why does a leap year not come every four years?
Source link: The Indian Express