Headlines of the day 15-06-2023


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Shri Dharmendra Pradhan flags off Gabon’s first Agri-SEZ Project

PIB

GS-2/IR

  • Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today flagged off Gabon’s first Agri- SEZ project from New Delhi. 
  • The project will be implemented by AOM group with Centurion University as the knowledge partner. 

DoT organises webinar to bust myth of Electromagnetic Field radiation through mobile towers

PIB

GS-3/Science

  • What is Electromagnetic Field (EMF)? 
  • Electromagnetic Field (EMF) radiation via mobile towers

First Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav

PIB

GS-2/Tribals (Sports)

  • The first Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav at the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar

Harmonised Guidelines and Space Standards for Universal Accessibility in India-2021

PIB

GS-2/Social Justice

  • Harmonised Guidelines and Space Standards for Universal Accessibility in India is now available on India
  • What is Accessible India Campaign?

World Blood Donor Day

AIR

GS-3/Science

  • World Blood Donor Day is observed on June 14
  • The slogan for this year’s World Blood Donor Day campaign is ‘Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often’. 

India achieves all-time high exports of seafood

AIR

GS-3/Eco

  • India achieved an all-time high exports of seafood both in terms of volume and value by shipping 17 Lakhs MT of seafood worth US$ 8 billion during FY 2022-23

Tamil Nadu withdraws general consent for CBI

The Hindu Page 6

GS-3/Security

  • What is ‘general consent’ for the CBI, now withdrawn by Tamil Nadu? Which other states have done so?

The status of transgenic crops in India?

The Hindu Page 10

GS-3/Eco and S&T

  • What is the status of transgenic crops in India?
  • What is the process of regulating transgenic crops in India?

Why did the govt. impose a ceiling on wheat stocks?

The Hindu Page 10

GS-3/Eco

  • Why did the govt. impose a ceiling on wheat stocks? Has there been a decline in the production of wheat in the country?

Law Commission seeks fresh suggestions on Uniform Civil Code

The Hindu Page 12

GS-2/Polity

  • What is the debate on uniform civil code all about?
  • Why does it matter? and What next?

Union govt. moots new HDI for Vulnerable Tribal 

The Hindu Page 12

GS-2/Society

  • What are Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups?
  • Why is the Centre looking to design Human Development Index for 28 lakh Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups?

News consumption falls in India, says study

The Hindu Page 14

GS-2/Polity and Governance

  • Why there is General decline in consumption and sharing of news in India?


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