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Context: Recently a popular YouTuber, shared how his mother’s bank account was drained using an Aadhaar-linked fingerprint without needing a two-factor authentication. His mother was not informed of the transactions by her bank, via message or otherwise. What is AePS? The Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) is a bank-led model which allows online financial transactions at …
Read MoreContext: 10 years after the PoSH Act came into force, the Supreme Court Bench of India has said there are “serious lapses” and “uncertainty” regarding its implementation, issuing directions to the Union, States, and Union Territories to verify if all government bodies had formed Internal Complaint Committees and to ensure that the composition of such …
Read MoreNews: Authorities have been blaming a sharp temperature change in the area for the recent deaths of thousands of fish in Dal Lake. A lake can be found in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu & Kashmir during the summer. The Pir Panjal mountains encircle it. It is known as the “Jewel in the crown of …
Read MoreNews:The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) of the European Space Agency recently flashed an encrypted message to Earth from its orbit around Mars. The first of several cooperative projects between Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, and the European Space Agency (ESA), is the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). It is intended to learn more about …
Read MoreNews: Schizophrenia Day was observed by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) to promote awareness of and combat stigma associated with mental illness. Schizophrenia is a persistent, severe mental illness that has an impact on a person’s relationships with others as well as their thinking, acting, and emotional expression. Young adults in …
Read MoreNews: The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar nominations have been opened by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Every year, the government holds the famous Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar to honour young people who have excelled in a variety of sectors, including bravery, sports, social service, science and technology, the environment, and others. …
Read MoreNews: The seventh Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog will be presided over by the Prime Minister of India. “Viksit Bharat @ 2047: Role of Team India” will be the meeting’s subject. Eight major topics will be covered during the summit, including Gati Shakti for community development and social infrastructure, MSMEs, infrastructure and investments, minimising …
Read MoreContext: The Union government is looking to formally launch the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) this year to “democratise e-commerce” and “to provide alternatives to proprietary e-commerce sites”. What is ONDC? The government wants to change the fundamental structure of the e-commerce market from the current “platform-centric model to an open-network model”. The ONDC …
Read MoreContext: Recently, co-legislators at the European Commission signed the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). It has been described as a “landmark tool” to put a “fair price on the carbon emitted during the production of carbon intensive goods that are entering the EU, and to encourage cleaner industrial production in non-EU countries. What is the …
Read MoreFour cubs were recently born in the Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in the Gondia district of Maharashtra. In the Maharashtra districts of Gondia and Shandara is the Nawegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR). In 1970, it was designated as a wildlife sanctuary. In order to be a part of the Tiger Project, the state administration …
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