CURRENT AFFAIRS

According to reports, a ‘pre-feasibility report’ on the 11,000 MW project in arunachal pradesh, or more than five times the size of the largest such projects in India – has been submitted to the Central Electricity Authority for appraisal in December by the National Hydropower Corporation (NHPC) recently.

The Union Cabinet’s recent decision to earmark ₹2,600 crore for providing banks with an incentive to promote digital payments has focused attention on India’s welcome push to broaden and deepen alternatives to the most widely accepted method of payment worldwide, cash.

Quad partners are not only coming up with bilateral and other agreements among themselves but also bringing in other countries from Europe, such as France and the United Kingdom which reflects their seriousness about security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.

While existing measures by the government can reduce particulate matter, significant reduction is possible only if the territories spanning the airsheds implement coordinated policies, says the report, Striving for Clean Air: Air Pollution and Public Health in South Asia, released by the World Bank.

State Assemblies in India have seen many  protests where even Governors have been involved in such protests, by skipping or omitting portions of text from the addresses prepared for them by the State governments.

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar recently said that Parliamentary sovereignty cannot be permitted to be diluted or compromised by the Executive or the Judiciary.

The month-long Kashi Tamil Sangamam heralded a new era where ancient Indian traditions intermingle with one another and are revitalized with the help of modern practices so that they contribute to cultural and economic growth.

Due to the ever-increasing importance of the internet and the rapid digital transformation on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital divide widens and has the potential to be the “new face of inequality”.

The recent report on child mortality i.e. Levels and Trends in Child Mortality by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNIGME) estimates that globally, five million children died before their fifth birthday (under-five mortality) in 2021.

Central government agencies and experts are assisting Uttarakhand to prepare short-, medium- and long-term plans to deal with the Joshimath situation.