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Key Highlights of Economic Survey 2020-21 Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2020-21 in the Parliament today. The key highlights of Economic Survey 2020-21, which is dedicated to the COVID Warriors, are as follows: Saving Lives and Livelihoods amidst a Once-in-a-Century Crisis India focused on saving lives …

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Protecting Children in the age of AI Getting all children on-line and creating child-safe digital spaces. According to UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), as many as two-thirds of the world’s children do not have access to the Internet at home. In addition to closing the digital divide, we need to better protect children …

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National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021 Rare diseases are broadly defined as diseases that infrequently occur in a population, and three markers are used — the total number of people with the disease, its prevalence, and the availability/non-availability of treatment options. WHO defines rare disease as having a frequency of less than 6.5-10 per 10,000 …

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Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 Why in News? Amidst growing concerns around lack of transparency, accountability and rights of users related to digital media and after elaborate consultation with the public and stakeholders, the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 has been framed in …

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India emerges key mover of global S&T partnerships The world-class 3.6 meter optical telescope set up at the Devasthal in Uttarakand has assumed global importance for observing a number of time-critical cosmic explosive events such as Gamma Ray Bursts and Supernovae. It is the Asia’s largest fully steerable optical telescope, an international facility for and …

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Amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act Why in News? Recently, the Union Cabinet ushered in some major amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 in a bid to bring in clarity and also entrust more responsibilities on bureaucrats when it comes to implementing provisions of the law. What is the …

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India’s National Hydrogen Mission Why in News? India has made an uncharacteristically early entry in the race to tap the energy potential of the most abundant element in the universe, hydrogen. Less than four months after the United States Department of Energy announced an investment up to $100 million in hydrogen production and fuel cell …

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