Recently, the Bumchu Festival was celebrated in the Tashiding Monastery, located in the state of Sikkim.
Tashiding Monastery:
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Recently, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the Buddha Jayanti Park in India.
Historical Background:
Various dimensions of relations between India and Japan:
Strategic Relations:
Quad: The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan, and United States that is maintained by talks between member countries. |
Economic ties between India and Japan:
Technical Intern Training Program: Aims to send Indian technical interns to Japan for on-the-job training for a period of three to five years. |
Japan has agreed to train Indian youths on its industrial floors and contribute in Skill India and Make in India projects.
Disaster Management:
Way forward:
The Supreme Court (SC) gave the government leeway to pay in instalments in arrears due to veterans under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme.
Sealed cover:
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About One Rank One Pension (ORPO):
Issues with OROP:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the final final report of the sixth assessment cycle.
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About the report:
About IPCC:
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions:
Low Emissions Technologies:
Delhi High Court gave judgement on regarding the Non-citizens filing RTI and mentioned that they are not barred from this fundamental Right.
Highlights of the Judgement:
What is the Right to Information?
Governing of the RTI:
Why is RTI empowering legislation for people?
RTI Act fulfilling its purpose:
It has fulfilled its purpose to some extent:
What are the challenges faced by the RTI Act?
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs has raised concerns that some people could not avail of the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) due to the eligibility criteria or other impediments.
Findings of the report:
About the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U):
Beneficiaries:
Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) vs. Central sector scheme:
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Phases of the Mission:
Mission with all its component has become effective from the date 17.06.2015 and will be implemented up to March 2022 but now extended till December 2024. |
Four Verticals under the Scheme:
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Government initiatives for implementation of the scheme:
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released Ethical Guidelines for AI in Healthcare and Biomedical Research to “guide effective yet safe development, deployment and adoption of AI-based technologies”.
Artificial intelligence and healthcare:
Role/ Applications of AI in healthcare:
AI programs have been developed and applied to practices such as diagnosis processes, treatment protocol development, drug development, personalized medicine, and patient monitoring and care.
Concerns with Artificial Intelligence in healthcare:
Way Forward:
The government has formulated a seven-point strategy as a framework for the adoption of AI in India. This includes developing methods for human machine interactions, ensuring safety and security of AI systems, creating a competent workforce in line with AI and R&D needs, understanding and addressing the ethical, legal and societal implications of AI, and measuring and evaluating AI technologies through standards and benchmarks, among others.
Geography Spring equinox
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The Spring Equinox falls on 21 March every year, also called the vernal equinox is the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Why does Spring Equinox happen?
Cultural Celebration of Equinox:
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Polity and Governance First transgender advocate at Bar council Of Kerala |
The Bar Council of Kerala has appointed its first transgender woman Advocate Padma Lakshmi among its members. About:
Transgender in Judiciary:
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International Relations Vienna Convention
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Raising pro-Khalistan slogans, the protesters broke open the makeshift security barriers and installed two Khalistani flags inside the Consulate premises, which has involved Vienna convention in talk. About:
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Economy 3 billion Dollar IMF loan to Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka secured a much-anticipated loan of about $3 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the South Asian nation navigates its worst financial crisis in decades. About IMF:
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Environment Kappaphycus alvarezii |
The Government is planning a seaweed park in Tamil Nadu, ignoring the threat that Kappaphycus, widely grown invasive seaweed, poses to corals in the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park running along the state's coastline. About:
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Science and Technology Leprosy |
Lecturing on leprosy before the Royal Society of Arts, Sir Leonard Rogers related the favourable results on the treatment of disease with oils such as cod liver oil and royalin oil.
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Impact:
Verifying, please be patient.