Daily Current Affairs  – 26 August 2021

Indian Polity  37th PRAGATI Meeting Syllabus: GS 2/Government Policies & Interventions In News  Recently, the Prime Minister of India chaired the meeting of the 37th edition of  Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation (PRAGATI). About  It is an information and communications technology( ICT) based multimodal platform aimed at addressing the common man’s grievances and simultaneously monitoring […]

In News The Supreme Court quashed a notification issued by the State of Haryana specifying the criteria for exclusion of ”creamy layer ” within the backward classes. What was the controversial notification? Powers under Section 5(2) of the Haryana Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and Admission in Educational Institutions) Act, 2016 were used to issue […]

In News  Recently, the Ministry of Labour & Employment launched the National Database for Unorganised Workers (NDUW) or e-Shram portal  About the Portal  The portal will maintain a database of workers in the country’s unorganised sector.  Workers will be provided with an e-SHRAM card which will have a 12 digit unique number.  The details of […]

In News  The  Tamil Nadu government would implement the Kalaignar Urban Development Scheme at a cost of ?1,000 crores.  About  Under Kalaignar Urban Development Scheme, Infrastructure including a community hall, markets, modern libraries will be created in municipalities and town panchayats The urban employment scheme will be on the lines of the Mahatma Gandhi National […]

In News Recently, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has launched Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) immunisation drive for infants. About The vaccine is a mix of several bacteria of the pneumococci family, which are known to cause pneumonia — hence ‘conjugate’ is included in the name of the vaccine. Conjugate vaccines are made using a […]