‘Belt and road’ in Afghan resolution
China and Russia clashed with the US and other Security Council members over China’s insistence on including a reference to Beijing’s USD 1 trillion “belt and road” global infrastructure program in a resolution on the UN political mission in Afghanistan.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21493-belt-and-road-in-afghan-resolution
#Afghan #Beltandroad #UNAMA #UN #RAVN #globalinfrastructure

South Asia’s tallest tower
Sri Lanka unveiled South Asia’s tallest tower, costing over $100 million, 80% of which has been funded by China under the controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21492-south-asia-s-tallest-tower
#SouthAsia #tallesttower #BRI #CPEC #PoK #XiJinping #SriLanka

Astra successfully launched
India's indigenously designed air-to-air missile Astra was successfully test-fired from the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha on 17 September 2019.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21491-astra-successfully-launched
#Astra #Sukhoi30MKI #Odisha #missile #DRDO #HAL

CubeSat mission in lunar orbit
NASA is aiming towards returning mankind to the Moon. The space agency plans on landing American astronauts, including the first woman and the next man, on the Moon by 2024 through its Artemis mission.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21490-cubesat-mission-in-lunar-orbit
#NASA #CubeSat #lunarorbit #CAPSTONE #Mars #Moon

InSight won an Emmy Award
NASA has won two Emmy Awards for its interactive programming during this past weekend. The space agency won the two awards for the coverage of its InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission to Mars and for its first test of a spacecraft that will help bring crewed launches to the International Space Station back to US soil.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21489-insight-won-an-emmy-award
#InSight #EmmyAward #NASA #JPL #SDM #SpaceXDemonstrationMission1

No trace of Chandrayaan-2 Vikram
NASA has found no evidence of Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander in the latest images captured by its Moon orbiter of the lunar south pole region where India's ambitious mission attempted a historic soft landing.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21779-no-trace-of-chandrayaan-2-vikram.html
#Chandrayaan2 #NASA #Vikram #ISRO #mission

Brahmos test fired successfully
The Indian Air Force has carried out successful firing of BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles from a mobile platform at Trak Island in Andaman Nicobar islands.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21778-brahmos-test-fired-successfully-2.html
#Brahmos #IndianAirForce #DRDO #ITR #missile #IAF

First national repository of cyber tech
The National Cybersecurity Coordinator’s office in partnership with Data Security Council of India (DSCI), a not-for-profit, industry body on data protection set up by Nasscom, has opened India’s first national cybertech’s repository portal named TechSagar(www.techsagar.in).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21777-first-national-repository-of-cyber-tech.html
#DSCI #PPmodel #Cybersecurity #India #TechSagar #NCC

K-4 nuclear missile
To further strengthen its capabilities of hitting enemy targets from submarines, India is planning to test-fire the 3,500 kilometre strike-range K-4 nuclear missile from an underwater platform off the coast of Andhra Pradesh on 8 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21910-k-4-nuclear-missile.html
#K4 #nuclear #missile #AndhraPradesh #DRDO #NOTAM

CRS report on Afghanistan
Pakistan has played an active but negative role in Afghan affairs for decades, and Pakistan's security establishment, fearful of strategic encirclement by India, continues to view the Afghan Taliban as "a relatively friendly and reliably anti-India element in Afghanistan" says a US Congressional report.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21909-crs-report-on-afghanistan.html
#CRS #Afghanistan #ANDSF #AfghanTaliban #HaqqaniNetwork

Panel to take up WhatsApp snooping case
A parliamentary standing committee headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will take up the WhatsApp snooping case in its next meeting on November 20, sources said on 6 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21908-panel-to-take-up-whatsapp-snooping-case.html
#WhatsApp #CLST #graveconcern #SMSs #Facebook

Singapore, UAE to bank on India for money
India’s digital payment backbone UPI, which has awed some of the biggest tech companies in the world such as Google and Oracle, may soon power Singapore and UAE. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) may soon be available in Singapore and UAE as NPCI looks to expand globally.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21907-singapore-uae-to-bank-on-india-for-money.html
#Singapore #UAE #NPCI #UPI #Singapore #money

China, France reaffirm support of Paris climate agreement
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping on 6 November 2019 issued a joint statement reaffirming their strong support for the “irreversible” Paris Agreement on climate change, from which the U.S. announced its exit this week.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21906-china-france-reaffirm-support-of-paris-climate-agreement.html
#G20 #COP21 #XiJinping #FPEM #EmmanuelMacron #FrenchPresident

Sudan's first ever satellite
Sudan's first ever satellite for conducting research in military, economic and space technology has been launched by China, the northeast African country's ruling body said on November 5.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21905-sudan-s-first-ever-satellite.html
#Sudan #satellite #ISRA #CSP #military

Citizenship Amendment Bill approved
The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4 December 2019 cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, paving the way for its introduction in Parliament during the ongoing Winter session.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22266-citizenship-amendment-bill-approved.html
#NarendraModi #CAB #Amendment #OCI #LokSabha #Article14

Data Protection Bill cleared
he long-awaited Data Protection Bill got a nod from the Union Cabinet on 4 December 2019, paving the way for it to be tabled in the Parliament in the ongoing Winter Session.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22265-data-protection-bill-cleared.html
#DataProtectionBill #PrakashJavadekar #UnionCabinet #DataProtection

ILP areas exempted from Citizenship Bill
Taking into consideration the concerns of Northeastern states, the inner line permit (ILP) areas of Arunachal, Nagaland and Mizoram and regions under the Sixth Schedule in the North East have been exempted from the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was cleared by the Union Cabinet on 4 December 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22264-ilp-areas-exempted-from-citizenship-bill.html
#ILP #CitizenshipBill #CAB #Mizoram #Amendment

India's first open source geospatial data observatory
India Observatory, country's first socio, economic and ecological open-source integrated Geospatial data platform was launched at Hyderabad in GeoSmart India conference.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22263-india-s-first-open-source-geospatial-data-observatory.html
#India #NGOs #FES #GIS #IFMT #MGNREGA #IndiaDataPlatform

Night trial of Prithvi-2 missile
India on 3 December 2019 successfully conducted another night trial of its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-2 missile as part of a user trial for the armed forces from a test range in Odisha coast.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22262-night-trial-of-prithvi-2-missile.html
#Prithvi2 #missile #Odisha #ITR #IGMDP #NAMICA #DRDO

NPR approved
The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given the go-ahead to clear the budgetary allocation for conducting the decennial Census exercise along with updating the National Population Register (NPR).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22406-npr-approved.html
#NPR #PAN #NarendraModi #usualresident #married #NRC

Creation of the post of CDS approved
The Union Cabinet, which met on 24 December 2019, approved the creation of a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and the charter of duties. The CDS who will be above the three Service Chiefs has been long pending demand as part of higher level military reforms for a single point military advisor to the Government.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22405-creation-of-the-post-of-cds-approved.html
#CDS #CCS #COSC #IAF #PrakashJavadekar #RTIAct

Atal Bhujal Yojana
The Union Cabinet on 24 December 2019 approved the Atal Bhujal Yojana, a ₹6,000 crore scheme for sustainable management of ground water resources, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22404-atal-bhujal-yojana.html
#AtalBhujalYojana #ATALJAL #PrakashJavadeka #ABY

India successfully test-fires QRSAM
India on 23 December 2019 successfully test-fired its Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system, likely to be inducted into the armed forces by 2021, from a base off Odisha coast.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22403-india-successfully-test-fires-qrsam-2.html
#QRSAM #India #DRDO #ITR #missile #Odisha

EIU survey on urban areas
Three cities in Keralafeature among the fastest-growing urban areas across the world, according to a ranking released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22591-eiu-survey-on-urban-areas.html
#EIU #Kollam #urban #TamilNadu #UAE #Gujarat

Ration card portability implemented
The Centre has rolled out the ‘one nation, one ration card’ initiative in 12 states including Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22590-ration-card-portability-implemented.html
#Rationcard #RamVilasPaswan #NFSA #Maharashtra

FAIRS Export Certificate Report
India’s animal husbandry sector underwent a significant change last year due to a “landmark move” by the government which helped ease import regulations, according to a report released by the US Department of Agriculture.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22589-fairs-export-certificate-report.html
#FAIRS #DPPQS #OAA #GAIN #India #DAHD #FAIRS

Iran-U.S. conflict
Five days after Major General Qassem Soleimani, the Quds Force chief, was killed in a U.S. air strike outside Baghdad airport, Iran on 8 January 2020 launched ballistic missile attacks at American troops in two military bases in Iraq.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22588-iran-u-s-conflict.html
#Iran #PMF #missile #MGQS #QudsForce #Article51

Only Indian in list of umpires
Anil Chaudhary is the lone Indian named in the list of 19 match officials, including 16 umpires, for the upcoming ICC U-19 World Cup starting in South Africa from January 17.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22587-only-indian-in-list-of-umpires.html
#Indian #AnilChaudhary #ICC #WorldCup #T20 #SriLanka

India in Social Mobility Index
India has been ranked very low at 76th place out of 82 countries on a new Social Mobility Index compiled by the World Economic Forum, while Denmark has topped the charts.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22670-india-in-social-mobility-index.html
#India #SocialMobilityIndex #WEF #DragsOnGrowth #SMI

India tests nuclear-missile from undersea pad
India tested its nuclear-capable K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), designed to have a strike range of 3,500 km, from an undersea platform in the shape of a submersible pontoon off the coast of Andhra Pradesh on 19 January 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22669-india-tests-nuclear-missile-from-undersea-pad.html
#nuclear #missile #SLBM #India #SSBN #IndianNavy

India makes payment to WTO
India has made an advance payment of Swiss Franc 44,55,445 (about Rs 33 crore) as its contribution to the WTO for 2020, an official said. The payment was made in December last year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22668-india-makes-payment-to-wto.html
#WTO #India #GATT #budget #WorldTradeOrganisation

UN's decarbonisation target
At least $1 trillion of investments in new fuel technology is needed to enable the shipping industry to meet U.N. targets for cuts in carbon emissions by 2050, a study published on 20 January 2020 showed.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22667-un-s-decarbonisation-target.html
#UN #CO2 #IMO #UCL #worldtrade #UMAS

'Time to Care' Study
India's richest 1 percent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 per cent of the country's population, while the total wealth of all Indian billionaires is more than the full-year budget, a new study said on 20 January 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22666-time-to-care-study.html
#TimetoCare #WEF #India #GDP #CEO #AmitabhBehar #OxfamInternational

Quotas not a fundamental right
In a major judgement, the Supreme Court has said on 9 February 2020 that there is "no fundamental right which inheres in an individual to claim reservation in promotions", and also no court can order a state government to provide for reservation to SC/STs.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22819-quotas-not-a-fundamental-right.html
#Quotas #fundamental #SC/STs #Article335

India ranks 17th in coronavirus import
Of the countries most at risk of importing coronavirus cases, India ranks 17th, researchers have found on the basis of a mathematical model for the expected global spread of the virus that originated in China's Wuhan area in December 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22818-india-ranks-17th-in-coronavirus-import.html
#India #coronavirus #MERS #WAN #SARS #IGIA

SPICe form in new avatar
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is replacing the existing SPICe (Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically) form with a new web form called SPICe+.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22817-spice-form-in-new-avatar.html
#SPICe #avatar #EPFO #MCA21 #ESIC #WorldBank

Iran unveils ballistic missile
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled on 9 February 2020 a short-range ballistic missile that they said can be powered by a “new generation” of engines designed to put satellites into orbit.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22816-iran-unveils-ballistic-missile.html
#Iran #ballistic #missile #Revolutionary #Salmanengines

China fires 'carrier killer' missile
China's military test-fired two missiles into the South China Sea, including a carrier killer, military analysts suggest might have been developed to attack US forces, a newspaper reported on 27 August 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/25239-china-fires-carrier-killer-missile.html
#carrierkiller #missile #Chinafires #SouthChinaSea #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

India test fires HSTDV
DRDO has successfully demonstrated the Hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) on 7 September 2020 from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Launch Complex at Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/25543-india-test-fires-hstdv.html
#Indiatestfires #HSTDV #DRDO #missile #scramjet #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Watch: KSG Explainer - DRDO successfully test-fires VLSRSTA Missile #UPSC #IAS
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Watch: KSG Explainer - India Successfully Test-Fires Air Version Of BrahMos Supersonic Missile #UPSC #IAS
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Watch: KSG Explainer - All About Agni Prime successfully test fired #UPSC #IAS
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KSG Podcast - India’s nuclear arsenal | best daily editorial analysis for upsc #prelims2022
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KSG Podcast - The battle for credibility | daily editorial analysis for upsc aspirants
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KSG Podcast - India’s nuclear arsenal | best daily editorial analysis for upsc #prelims2022
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KSG Podcast - The battle for credibility | daily editorial analysis for upsc aspirants
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Today's Headlines - 25 July 2023
India hands over missile corvette INS Kirpan
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

India on 22 July 2023 "gifted" its in-service missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam in reflection of growing strategic partnership between the two sides, especially in the maritime domain. It is for the first time that India gifted a fully operational corvette to any friendly foreign country.

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The Indian Navy said the ship has been handed over to Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) with complete "weapon complement".
On completing 32 years of illustrious service to the nation, Indian naval ship Kirpan has been decommissioned from the Indian Navy and handed over to VPN.
INS Kirpan, since its commissioning in 1991, has been an integral part of Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet and has participated in many operations over the last 32 years.
Manned by about 12 officers and 100 sailors, the ship is 90 metres long and 10.45 metres in width with maximum displacement of 1,450 tons.
The transfer of INS Kirpan from Indian Navy to Vietnam People's Navy symbolises the status of Indian Navy of being the 'preferred security partner in the Indian Ocean Region.
INS Kirpan, an indigenously built Khukri-class missile corvette, was handed over to Vietnam in line with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's announcement last month that India will gift an in-service missile corvette to the country.

#upsc #news #todayheadline #india #missile #corvette #INS #kirpan #vietnam #indiannavy #illustrious #weaponcomplement #khukriclass #defenceminister #Rajnathsingh #country #partnership

Today's Headlines - 26 August 2023
Indigenous ASTRA missile tested
GS Paper - 3 (Defence Technology)

LIGHT COMBAT Aircraft (LCA) Tejas successfully fired the ASTRA indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile off the coast of Goa. The missile release was successfully carried out from the aircraft at an altitude of about 20,000 ft. All the objectives of the test were met and it was a perfect text book launch.

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ASTRA is a state-of-the-art BVR air-to-air missile to engage and destroy highly maneuvering supersonic aerial targets.
It is designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Research Centre Imarat (RCI) and other laboratories of DRDO.
The test launch was monitored by the Test Director and scientists of Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) along with officials from Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) and Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DG-AQA), the aircraft was also monitored by a Chase Tejas twin-seater aircraft.
The LCA programme has been the flag bearer of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) efforts towards indigenisation of its aircraft fleet.
The nature of this project of national importance, it is required that all stakeholders adopt a collaborative approach towards its success.
It was brought out that all contracted fighter variants of the LCA Mk 1 had been delivered to the IAF.
After the LCA Mk 1, 83 LCA Mk-1A aircraft have also been contracted by the IAF in 2021.

#upsc #news #headline #indigenous #ASTRA #missile #defencetechnology #LCA #tejas #BVR #Goa #launch #DRDL #research #RCI #DRDO #ADA #HAL #CEMILAC #aircraft #IAF #collaborative #approach #national #importance #fighter #variants #assurance #military #testdirector #hindustan #LCAprogramme #airworthiness #indigenisation #aeronautical #quality #booklaunch #nonwestern

Daily News Digest - 29 November 2024 - Current Affairs Discussion - KSG India

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