PM IAS AUG 10 THE HINDU TOPICS

1. HC lauds steps to fulfil climate commitments

Delhi High Court has appreciated steps taken to implement the climate change commitments made by Prime Minister after the court was told the government has approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement.
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GS Paper 3: Environmental pollution and degradation

2. Chhattisgarh implements PESA rules

Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday implemented the extension of panchayat rights in scheduled areas — PESA Rule 2022.
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GS Paper 2: Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj

3. Withdrawal of the data Bill was a bad move

The enactment of the Personal Data Protection Bill into law would have helped create a framework for redress.
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Prelims syllabus: Current events of national and international importance.

4. Fair trial goes beyond courts, to the police and media

The media needs to aid mechanisms that aim to preserve the basic principles of the justice system
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GS Paper 2: Structure, organisation and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary

5. Space to learn

The failure of SSLV does not have to be a demoralising lesson
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GS Paper 3: Science and Technology- General awareness in the fields of IT, Space.

6. Rankings that make no sense

There are glaring flaws in the National Institutional Ranking Framework’s ranking of higher education institutions
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Prelims syllabus: Current events of national and international importance.

7. How the maiden flight of ISRO’s SSLV went awry

The SSLV D1/EOS2 mission was carrying two satellites — the Earth Observation Satellite2 (EOS2 and AzadiSAT.
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GS Paper 3: Science and Technology- General awareness in the fields of IT, Space

8. On guardianship and adoption of minors

A Parliamentary panel has recommended conferring equal rights on mothers as guardians under the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (HMGA), 1956 instead of treating them as subordinates to their husband, and has called for joint custody of children during marital disputes.
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GS Paper 2: mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections.

9.Officer injured in attack on Assam Rifles

Suspected extremists carried out an attack on Assam Rifles personnel in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
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GS Paper 3: Challenges to internal security, Various Security forces and agencies and their mandates.

10. Bangladesh river water deal likely

11. PSU health insurance losses came to ₹26,364 cr.in 5 years