TITBITS:
1. POLLUTION
CAUSED by landscape fires, including incidents like agricultural burning in
northern India during winters, could have claimed more than 1.2 lakh deaths in
India every year on an average in the 20-year period between 2000 and 2019, a
new study published in Lancet magazine said.
2. Amiya Kumar Bagchi, a renowned economist,
revolutionized Indian economic history by linking imperialism to
underdevelopment and analyzing colonial India's economy. He also contributed to
institution building and regional planning, leaving a lasting impact on
academia and policy-making.
3. ALL
STATES and Union Territories should have a uniform specialised terror unit with
proper strength, they should have a prison monitoring unit, language expert
unit, deradicalisation unit, financial intelligence unit, all upgraded weapons
recommended by NSG and a standard common training module set by the NSG - these
are some of the key points prepared by the Union Home Ministry for the national
counter-terrorism policy and strategy
4. THE
SUPREME Court upheld the insertion of the words "socialist" and
"secular" in the Preamble of the Constitution of India, almost 75
years after the founding document was adopted on November 26, 1949.