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Combined report on Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) released

The Hindu Page 12

Education

• What are the key highlights of Ministry of Education’s combined report on Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) for the year 2020-21 & 2021-22

Churu – Ratangarh section railway line

PIB

Economy

• PM Modi lays foundation stone for doubling of the 43 km long Churu – Ratangarh section railway line
• Its Significance

PM laid the foundation stone for infra development projects in Warangal

PIB

Economy

• PM Modi laid the foundation stone for infrastructure development projects in Warangal, Telangana

6th anniversary of Goods and Services Tax (GST)

AIR

Economy

• What are the key significance of Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

Edgars Rinkevics – new president of Latvia

AIR

International / Society

• Latvia’s former foreign minister becomes EU’s first openly gay head of state
• Navtej Singh Johar vs Union of India (2018)

Raxaul-Kathmandu cross-border railway project

AIR

International

• Draft Detailed Project Report of Raxaul-Kathmandu cross-border railway project handed over to Nepal
• Its Significance

FL 2027 potato variety : PepsiCo’s appeal over potato patent

Indian Express

Economy / Science

• What is FL 2027 potato variety
• Why Delhi HC rejects PepsiCo’s appeal over potato patent

Since 2013, ‘extreme’ rainfall events each year

Indian Express

Geography

• What is the definition of ‘extreme’ rainfall?
• What are its reasons?

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) 

Indian Express

Envmt

• Can we capture carbon and store it?
• Efforts and  challenges

Manipur’s Churachandpur district 

Indian Express

Geography

• Amid ongoing violence, why there is an open challenge to the name of Manipur’s Churachandpur District

TRAI to regulate WhatsApp, similar services

Indian Express

Science

• Why TRAI wants to regulate WhatsApp, similar services

Objections overruled, Forest Bill goes to House unchanged

The Hindu Page 1

Envmt

• Parliamentary committee endorses proposed amendments to Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 in its entirety

In Varanasi, turtles help clean the Ganga

The Hindu Page 4

Envmt

• Role of turtles in cleaning the River Ganga

Meta’s social media app Threads

The Hindu Page 8

Science

• What is Meta’s social media app Threads?

Draft norms for exhibition of government films released

The Hindu Page 12

Governance

• Draft norms for exhibition of government films released
• Its Significance

Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM 3) 

The Hindu

Science

• What is the significance of Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM 3)?