• EcoPill6: HRD: National Education Policy, 2020 says allow foreign universities in India. 2022: New UGC norms: Foreign universities can set up campus, decide fee, send back funds.Freedom to hire foreign faculty. Offline classes,no online. 🤩 Indian students will not have to migrate abroad = braindrain prevented. 😰 foreign universities will ultimately take away the fees outside India➡️ CAD⬆️. (विदेशी विश्वविद्यालयों को भारत में कैंपस खोलने की मिली अनुमति)
  • EcoPill1D-Insurance/ pension/ financial inclusion: Finance Ministry’s department of economic affairs ⬆️ the interest rates for some small savings schemes by 20–110 basis points for the January-March quarter. (लघु बचत योजनाओं के ब्याज दर वित् मंत्रालय ने बढ़ायी.)

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  • BizGK: Afeela electric vehicle by Sony with help of Honda.
  • EcoPill6: HRD: malnutrition: West Bengal has announced a revised mid-day meal menu for schools run by its government, with chicken and seasonal fruits to be served weekly, from January to April. Union government will not pay for this non-veg items. State government will bear the cost. (पश्चिम बंगाल में मध्यान्ह भोजन में फल और मुर्ग़ी परोसी जाएगी हालाँकि केंद्र सरकार इसका पैसा नहीं देगी राज्य ने ख़ुद भुगतना होगा.)
  • Ethics : Case Study- 2 motorcyclists died due to Chinese kite strings. High Court has expressed displeasure and asked what the Vadodara city police is doing? If you’re DCP (IPS), what will you do?? (पतंग की कातिल डोर से लोगों का गला कट रहा है। हाई कोर्ट ने जतायी नाराज़गी। DCP के रूप में आप क्या करेंगे?)
  • Ethics: Villagers of Olpad taluka on submitted a memorandum to Surat District Collector against shrimp farming activities under Govt Scheme, saying it would block rainwater passage and damage their crops. They also threatened of self-immolation if their demands are not met. As IAS what will you do? ()
  • Geography: Arco, Novy, Varandey: Name of the artic sea ports thru which Russia exported oil. Previously to Europe but now to India-China as well. (आर्कटिक समंदर में स्थित इन बंदरगाहों से रशिया भारत और चीन को पेट्रोल कच्चा तेल निर्यात कर रहा है।)
  • IR/Defense: The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow organisation of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Ministry of Home Affairs declared it a “terrorist organisation” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
  • Polity: PRI- DELHI’S LIEUTENANT Governor nominated 10 aldermen to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), raising a controversy because he had picked all BJP members as the nominees (दिल्ली में लेफ्टिनेंट गवर्नर ने एल्डरमेंन/ नगर निगम पार्षदों के रूप में 10 BJP नेताओं को नामांकित किया जिसे विपक्ष में नाराज़गी।)
  • Polity: right to live / right to home: Uttarakhand High Court had ordered eviction of 50,000 People who had illegally occupied the land owned by Railways in Haldwani. SC stays Haldwani eviction order: Can’t uproot 50,000 within 7 days. Government need to make alternate arrangements for them. (रेलवे की ज़मीन पर ग़ैर क़ानूनी रूप से रहने वाले लोगों को हटाने पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने लगायी अस्थायी रोक.)
  • Sci-Tech: use of technology to prevent cheating in the medical examination for police & army recruitment. 1) magnetic tape to measure chest 2) sensor heels to accurately measure height. 3) RFID tags during running tests. (सरकारी नौकरियों में भर्ती के दौरान शारीरिक जाँच में दादरी न हो इसलिए विज्ञान प्रौद्योगिकी का इस्तेमाल.)
  • PIN-Books: Britain’s Prince Harry’s new book “Spare”.