Daily Current Affairs  – 23 February 2021

                                  Facts in News Koala Scientific Name: Phascolarctos cinereus About It is an Australian animal, often called the koala bear. They are marsupials (mammals with a pouch for the development of offspring). Their fur (hair) is more like the […]

In News Every year, 21st February is celebrated as the Statehood Day of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. On this day in 1987, both of them became full-fledged states of the Indian Union with the Fifty-Third Amendment of the Indian Constitution, 1986. Mizoram Situated in the southernmost tip of the North-Eastern states, Mizoram derives its name […]

In News: The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution has stressed the need for ‘One Nation One Standard’ to bring uniformity. About One Nation One Standard’ Mission It was first deliberated in September 2019. The mission was envisioned on the line of the ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme in order to […]

In Context- The Centre wants to reform the country’s land markets through a fundamental legal and procedural shift in how land titles are awarded. More in News  In 2020, the NITI Aayog took steps to initiate land reforms.  A Model Bill on Conclusive Land Titling was sent to States and Union Territories last June seeking […]

In News: Niti Aayog has released a Draft Policy on Migrant Workers. Migrant Worker A worker who has left his place of residence for the work due to varying degrees of constraints and compulsions is a migrant worker. Migrant workers are sometimes unwelcomed by locals due to fear of job loss, cultural and demographic diversions, […]

In News: 6th meeting of the NITI Aayog Governing Council was attended by Prime Minister, 26 Chief Ministers, three Lieutenant Governors and two administrators, besides Union Ministers, special invitees and NITI Aayog officials. Key Highlights of PM’s Speech at Council’s meeting Three areas where states need to work: Reducing compliance burden for citizens to ensure […]

In News: Researchers from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP), Maryland, US, have estimated the cost of ensuring WASH. Key Findings It estimates that improving and maintaining WASH across the public healthcare facilities in India for a year would cost $354 million (Rs 2567,00,00,000 approximately) in capital costs and $289 million (Rs […]

In News: Recently, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has  launched the operational guidelines for Integration of NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) with NPCDCS (National Programme for Prevention & Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke). What is NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease)? It is the abnormal accumulation of fat in the liver […]

In News Recently, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Council has set up four committees to explore a range of governance reforms for the IITs, in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 recommendations. Background In 2018, the Ministry of Education set up a seven-member panel to explore the feasibility of diluting government control […]