More women taking entrepreneur route: LinkedIn data – Women Empowerment The share of female founders has grown by 2.68x between 2016 and 2021 as against the share of male founders, which has grown nearly 1.79x during the same period. New LinkedIn data, published in the World Economic Forum’s 2022 Global Gender Gap Report, reveals despite …
GS Paper 3 Syllabus: General Science Source: WHO Context: WHO has released its 1st report on vaccines being developed to prevent infections caused by AMR bacteria. The report aims to guide investments and research into feasible vaccines to mitigate AMR. AMR: Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of …
GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Structure, functioning and organization of judiciary, schemes and laws to protect vulnerable sections of society, JJ Act etc Source: The Hindu Context: The “delicate task” of deciding whether juveniles aged between 16 and 18, accused of heinous offences such as murder, can be tried like adults should be based on …
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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: vulnerable sections of the society and developments related to them, issues related to the development of the social sector, Gender Gap Index etc Source: The Hindu, Indian Express Context: India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index, 2022, released by the World Economic Forum. …
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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Local bodies(Municipalities and Panchayats), 73rd and 74th constitutional amendment Act etc Source: The Hindu Context: The health of municipal finances is a critical element of municipal governance which will determine whether India realizes its economic and developmental promise. Revenue losses after the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax …
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