Goaltide Daily News 2021
News 1:
Improving diet of low-income households only way to address chronic malnutrition: Indian Express
Syllabus Reference: GS-II
Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
Issues relating to poverty and hunger.
Author says, Raising the diet of our people from subsistence level to higher levels of nourishment by overcoming the triple deficit is the only way to improve the nutritional indicators of our population — amongst children, adolescents and adults.
News 2:
India to chair 3 key UNSC committees: Hindustan Times
Syllabus Reference: GS-II
Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure and mandate.
A simple informative article saying, TS Tirumurti, India’s envoy to the UN, to chair three important subsidiary bodies of the Security Council – the Taliban sanctions committee, the counter-terrorism committee and the Libya sanctions committee. The move follows India joining the Security Council as a non-permanent member for 2021-22. The article also covers the implications. Read without fail.
News 3:
Gross NPAs more than three times up in NDA rule, says RBI data: Indian Express
Syllabus Reference: GS-III
Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment.
Nothing much, just a fact sheet. Don’t go into the politics of the article. Just focus on what the RBI data says and why.
News 4:
Food needs rethinking — our planetary boundaries are at breaking point: Times of India
Syllabus Reference: GS-III
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
Unsustainable food practices have further accelerated the environmental problems and with increasing industrialised food practices, we have arrived at the breaking point is what author is saying. There are some key facts covered in the article note them down. The article also discusses what needs to be done and what needs to be prevented. Read the article completely.
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