you and i magazine

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you and i magazine Published this article page no 36 india is the secondlargest internet user in the world. however as per the report of trai only 34 per cent of the total population had access to the internet in 2017. the figure carries a vast gender disparity where the ratio of male and female users is approx. 70 per cent and 30 per cent respectively. an analysis of the ruralurban division of internet usage complexes the internet penetration and shows the disparity.  the disparity of internet speed exists in ruralurban basis where rural areas still have slow internet availability compared to urban areas. way forward  one alternative to online education may be the delivery of education via television. the national family health survey 201516 shows that 86 per cent of urban households and 51.5 per cent of rural households had colour television. in the shortrun the television holds a much more viable equitable costefficient and scalable alternative than online education you and i magazine buy. 

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Competition Wizard

Competition Wizard 

Competition Wizard Published this article page no 77 essence is t allw legislatrs t carry ut their duties in a free manner withut any bligatin t gvernment f the day.  further parliament (preventin f disqualificatin) act 1959 lists a wide ranging number f ffices that are exempted frm disqualificatin. under article 102 (1) and article 191 (1) an mp r an mla is barred frm hlding any p under the central r state gvernment.  als under rpa 1951 hlding an p is grunds fr disqualificatin. landmark sc cases in 1964 the supreme curt ruled that the test fr determining whether a persn hlds an ffice f prfit is the test f appintment. pradyut brdli vs swapan ry (2001) sc utlined the fur brad principles fr determining whether an ffice attracts the cnstitutinal disqualificatin. whether the gvernment exercises cntrl ver appintment remval and perfrmance f the functins f the ffice.  whether the ffice has any remuneratin attached t it  whether the bdy in which the ffice is held has gvernment pwers (releasing mney alltment f land granting licenses etc.).  whether the ffice enables the hlder t influence by way patronage Competition Wizard buy.

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Banking services chronicle

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Banking services chronicle  published this article page no 8 kharwar rebellion by the kharwars (1870s bihar) against revenue settlement activities.bastar revolt (1910 jagdalpur) against new feudal and forest levies.tana bhagat movements among the mundas and oraon tribes led by jatra bhagat balram bhagat (19141915 chottanagpur) against interference of outsiders began as sanskritisation movement.rampa revolts led by alluri sitarama raju of the koyas (1916 19221924 rampa region in andhra pradesh) against british interference.gond uprising (1940s) to bring together the believers of gonddharma tribal movements of the northeast name place of origin events outcome ahom revolt (1828) assambritish did not fulfill their promise to withdraw after first burma war (182426).rebellion sparked under the leadership of gomdhar konwar in 1828 Banking services chronicle buy.

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Junior Science Refresher

Junior Science Refresher

Junior Science Refresher Published this article page no 27 it gets its name from kaav a red pigment found in laterite soil that is used to create images on white background of plaster. o red is the only colour used in kaavi art.it is found in the konkan region especially in temples of goa maharashtra and karnataka. Langamanganiyar the rapidly disappearing narrative traditions of langamanganiyar artistes are being preserved through an initiative aimed at documentation and digitization of these communities.langas and manganiyars are hereditary communities of muslim musicians residing mostly in western rajasthans jaisalmer and barmer districts and in pakistans tharparkar and sanghar districts in sindh Junior Science Refresher buy.

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E magazine competition success review

E magazine competition success review

E magazine competition success review Published this article page no  73 Easy to understand financial literacy modules with specific target audience orientation in the forms of AudioVideo booklets shall be made available for understanding the product and processes involved  Coordinated efforts should be made by RBI Panchayats Self Help Groups Farmers Clubs etc. to promote financial literacy at grassroots levels Customer Protection and Grievance Redressal  Customers shall be made aware of the recourses available for resolution of their grievances.  About storing and sharing of customers biometric and demographic data adequate safeguards need to be ensured to protect the customers Right to Privacy.  Internal audits should be done to assess the qualitative efficacy of the customer grievance redressal mechanism already in place in the banking system viz. Internal Ombudsman Scheme. Effective Coordination  There needs to be a focused and continuous coordination between the key stakeholders viz. Government the Regulators financial service providers Telecom Service Regulators Skills Training institutes etc. to make sure that the customers are able to use the services in a sustained manner.  Coordination should be promoted through emerging technology.  Adopting a decentralized approach to planning and development should be done by creating separate smaller forums to help accelerate local level financial inclusion. The NSFI also recommends periodic evaluation of financial inclusion policies through monitoring Measurement of Progress of Financial Inclusion E magazine competition success review  buy.

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Junior Science Refresher

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Junior Science Refresher this is science magazine in india Published this article page no 69  Leveraging Information Technology Rolling out of eSanjeevani Tele Consultation Services capacity building through Virtual learning modules namely iGOT platform and Arogya Setu app for selfassessment and contact tracing.  Amendment to Epidemic Diseases Act to protect Health Workers from public harassment. o According to the amendment violence against health personnel is a cognizable and nonbailable offence (It can cause the perpetrator up to 7 years in jail). Additionally it has provisions to provide compensation for injury to healthcare service personnel or for causing damage or loss to the property.  Ensuring adequate provision for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). o According to Government data domestic manufacturers of PPE have risen from zero to more than 300 and they have already supplied 51 lakh PPEs 87 lakh N 95 masks and 11.08 crore Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets. Other Health Reforms and Initiatives announced in this package  Increased investments in Public Health Public Expenditure on Health will be increased including investments in grass root health institutions. For example ramping up investment in Health and Wellness Centres in both rural and urban areas.  Preparing India for any future pandemics o Maintaining Infectious Diseases Hospital Blocks in all districts of the country. o Strengthening of lab network and surveillance by creating Integrated Public Health Labs in all districts along with block level Labs and Public Health Unit to manage pandemics. o Encouraging projects like National Institutional Platform for One health by ICMR. o Implementation of National Digital Health Blueprint for fulfilling National Digital Health Mission. Reforms and Enablers announced for Education System Online Education systems operating during COVID19  junior science refresher magazine buy.

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Junior Science Refresher this is science magazine in india Published this article page no  67 The Scheme is implemented through by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) at national level. At state level State Khadi & V.I. Boards(KVIB) and State District Industries Centres(DICs) in Rural areas and through DICs only in Urban areas in ratio of 303040 between KVIC  KVIB  DIC respectively.  The subsidy provided for the project varies from 25% for general and 35% for special category in rural areas and 15% for general and 25% for general category in urban areas.  The Bank will sanction 90% of the project cost in case of General Category of beneficiary and 95% in case of special category.  Neither collateral nor any third party guarantee is insisted here. Any assets created from the bank loan should be hypothecated to Bank.  Government subsidy under the scheme isrouted by KVIC through the identified Banks for eventual distribution to the beneficiariesentrepreneurs in their Bank accounts.  Negative list of activities that cannot use the scheme Industry related to cultivation sericulture horticulture floriculture rural transport manufacture of Polythene carry bags etc junior science refresher magazine buy. 

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world focus magazine subscription Published this article page no  118 Equal treatment to women in the eligibility for R & R benefits: In the eligibility for R & R benefits, the women should be treated at par with their male counterparts. The major daughter and major son should receive equal treatment. Similarly, the R & R policy should recognize the households headed by women and they should be treated equally for R & R benefits. Disseminate information about the rights of displaced persons during displacement to displaced persons and to relevant authorities. The authorities should mandatorily disclose to the public regarding various measures adopted for ensuring the rights of displaced people. Other measures: o Any developmental projects which involve displacement should be initiated only after properly rehabilitating each and every one affected. o Establish monitoring and reporting systems that document violations of the rights guaranteed. o Principles of Sustainable Development, Polluter Pays Principle and Precautionary Principle should be applied while implementing the developmental projects. 59The developmental projects are very essential for achieving economic growth of the country as well as for providing and enhancing basic amenities of people. Therefore, the adverse impacts of developmental projects on the displaced people must be avoided so that these projects are beneficial to everyone world focus magazine subscription buy.

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Junior Science refresher

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Junior Science refresher Published this article page no  146 o The 1999 Law Commission Report strongly recommended the introduction of a regulatory framework for governing the internal structures and inner party democracy of the political parties. o A draft Political Parties (Registration and Regulation of Affairs) Act 2011 was submitted to the Union Law Ministry.Act aims to regulate the constitution functioning funding accounts and audit and other affairs of and concerning political parties participating in elections. ANTIDEFECTION LAW Why in news? The Calcutta High Court has given West Bengal Assembly Speaker a deadline to pass an order in the defection case. What is defection? Defection may be defined as the practice of floorcrossing by a member of one political outfit to another (also commonly referred as Horse Trading). For instance in Lok Sabha if MPs of Party A join Party B they are said to have defected and thus will face the prevalent antidefection proceedings. About Antidefection Law The Tenth Schedule contains the following provisions with respect to the disqualification of members of Parliament and the state legislatures on the ground of defection.Disqualification A member of a House belonging to any political party becomes disqualified for being a member of the House if o He voluntarily gives up his membership of such political party or o He votes or abstains from voting in such House contrary to any direction issued by his political party without obtaining prior permission of such party and such act has not been condoned by the party within 15 days.An independent member of a House becomes disqualified to remain a member of the House if he joins any political party after such election.A nominated member of a House becomes disqualified for being a member of the House if he joins any political party after the expiry of six months from the date on which he takes his seat in the House Junior Science refresher buy.

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competition success review subscription Published this article page no 73  ONE TRILLION TREES INITIATIVE  The World Economic Forum (WEF) at its Davos meeting has launched a global initiative to grow restore and conserve 1 trillion trees around the world  in a bid to restore biodiversity and help fight climate change.  1t.org offers a platform for leading governments businesses civil society and ecopreneurs committed to serving the global trillion trees community. o 1t.org is a WEF initiative designed to support the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 20212030 led by UNEP and FAO.  1t.org exists to connect empower and mobilize a global reforestation community of millions unleashing their potential to act at an unprecedented scale and speed to ensure the conservation and restoration of one trillion trees within this decade. TROPICAL FOREST ALLIANCE 2020  The World Economic Forum discussed about the global reforestation efforts and Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA) is a part of this effort.  The Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 was founded in 2012 at Rio+20.  It is a global publicprivate partnership dedicated to collaborative action to realize sustainable rural development and better growth opportunities based on reduced deforestation and sustainable land use management in tropical forest countries.  The Alliance includes more than 150 partners who are committed to reducing tropical deforestation associated with the production of palm oil soy beef and pulp and paper.  TFA involves working across Latin America West and Central Africa and Southeast Asia to implement these commitments competition success review subscription buy. 

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Master In Current Affairs Magazine

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Master In Current Affairs Magazine Published this article page no  43 Challenges in research and development The clinical explanation may be skewed or partial because of a very small pool of patients and lesser known pathophysiology natural history of these diseases. o Rare diseases are chronic in nature where long term follow up is particularly important. As a result they lack published data on longterm treatment outcomes and is often incompletely characterized.  Challenges in treatment Unavailability of treatment as around 95% of them do not have any approved treatment. Only 300 therapies are available to treat them. o Prohibitive cost of treatment Due to lack of a significant market for drug manufacturers there is no incentive to develop drugs for them. For this reason rare diseases are also called orphan diseases and drugs to treat them are called orphan drugs. Salient Features of Draft Policy  It lists 450 diseases as rare but does not provide a detailed roadmap on treatment.  It creates three categories of rare diseaseso diseases requiring onetime curative treatment o diseases which need longterm treatment but cost is low 78 o diseases that require lifelong treatment and cost is high.  Standardisation and monitoring National Registry for Rare Diseases will be created at Indian Council of Medical Research which will help to arrive at a definition of rare diseases best suited to India.  Financial support for treatment Provide financial support to patients of rare diseases living below the poverty line under its umbrella scheme Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi. o It will also fund onetime treatment cost to the tune of 15 lakh for certain treatable rare diseases for patients under its health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana which covers 40% of the population. o There is no clarity of Centre and State responsibilities and on category III patients Master In Current Affairs Magazine buy. 

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gk today magazine subscription  Published this article page no  35 Some states have their own guidelines for recognition and certification.  Once conferred a status of minority educational institution there is no need for its renewal periodically. NCMEI a quasijudicial body regulates the certification of minority educational institutions all over India.  Its Chairman should be who has been a Judge of the High Court and three members are to be nominated by Central Government.  It has the powers of a Civil Court. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction in such matters as laid down by the SC in Joseph of Cluny vs The State of West Bengal case.  Commission has adjudicatory functions and recommendatory powers.  It decides on disputes regarding affiliation of a minority educational institution to a university.  It has power to enquire suo motu into complaints regarding deprivation or violation of rights of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.  It specifies measures to promote and preserve the minority status and character of institutions of their choice established by minorities.  It can also cancel the minority status granted to institutions if they are found to have violated the conditions of the grant. Issues of Linguistic minority institutions (LMIs) gk today magazine subscription buy. 

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gk today magazine subscription Published this article page no 34  If an unfavourable treatment is given out to an educational institution established and administered by a minority an objection can be raised. o But if ensuring of excellence in educational institutions is the underlying principle behind a regulatory regime and the mechanism of selection of teachers is so designed to achieve excellence in institutions the matter may stand on a completely different footing.  While upholding the validity of the Act SC reiterated that regulation of minority institutions including in matter of appointment of teachers is permissible if it is intended to ensure excellence in minority institution without interfering with its minority status.  The court referred to the TMA Pai vs State of Karnataka 2002 case while deciding this case. Constitutional Provisions regulating Minority Institutions Article 30 of the Constitution deals with the Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions.  Under Article 30 (1) all minorities whether based on religion or language have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.  Article 30 (2) prohibits the state in discriminating against such institutions in granting aid on the ground that it is under the management of minority. Minority Educational Institutions (MEIs)  The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) Act defines MEI as a college or an educational institution established and administered by a minority or minorities.  The Constitution of India does not define the term minority. The NCMEI Act defines minority means a community notified as such by the Central Government. o As per notification of the Government of India there are 6 notified religious minority communities  Muslim Sikh Christian Buddhist Parsis and Jain. o No linguistic minority has been notified by the Central Government till date. Thus linguistic minorities are outside the purview of the NCMEI.  Eligibility criteriao Educational institution is established and being administered by the minority community. o If it is run by a trust registered society majority of members must be from the minority community. o It has been established for the benefit of the minority community gk today magazine subscription buy. 

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