SC issues notice on RTI portal
The Supreme Court on 26 August 2019 issued notice to the Centre and state governments on a petition seeking to establish a Right to Information (RTI) portal to enable people to file online applications for information from any department.
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#SC #RTIportal #SupremeCourt #RTI #NRIs

Coal in India report 2019
India, the world’s third largest coal consumer, is one of the most appealing market for Australia’s thermal coal to meet its increasing energy requirements, according to a new report.
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#Coal #Indiareport #ChiefEconomist #Australia

Amazon Forest fires
As the Amazon forest fires rage on, US space agency NASA said that 2019 has seen an increase in the number forest fires in the Amazon region in Brazil.
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#AmazonForestfires #NASA #Brazil #USspaceagency

First crime committed in space
US space agency NASA is investigating what may be the first crime committed in outer space, The New York Times reported.
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#Firstcrime #space #NASA #ISS #AstronautAnneMcClain

India’s first startup IPO
Desi startup Alphalogic Techsys became the first enterprise to float India’s first startup IPO, which would allow it to raise growth capital from a group of investors instead of select VCs.
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#IPO #startup #AlphalogicTechsys #Sebi #US

First Indian to win BWC's gold
P.V. Sindhu on 25 August 2019 became the first Indian to win a Badminton World Championships (BWC's) gold by beating familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a lop-sided final in Basel.
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#BWCsgold #PVSindhu #gold #BWCs #Sindhu

J&K Public Safety Act
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah has been slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) and may now remain under detention for two years or longer.
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#PublicSafetyAct #PSA #CHRI #RTI #JammuandKashmir #FarooqAbdullah

Jammu and Kashmir petitions in SC
The Supreme Court 16 September 2019 heard a clutch of petitions pertaining to the situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 that gave it special status.
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#JammuandKashmir #SC #SupremeCourt #GhulamNabiAzad #Article370

Russia deploys S-400 in Arctic
Russia has placed S-400 missile defence systems at the Novaya Zemlya archipelago as Moscow seeks to increase its military presence in the Arctic, the defence ministry said on 16 September 2019.
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#Russia #S400PMU3 #Arctic #missile #YuzhnyIsland #ArmedForces

Country’s first central police varsity
The country’s first central police university will be set up by the Union home ministry off the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida.
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#GNIDA #GreaterNoida #CybercrimeForensicSciences #GreaterNoida

SC opens office of CJI to RTI
The Office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a public authority under the Right to Information (RTI) Act and is liable to provide information sought in public interest, a five-judge Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi declared on 13 November 2019.
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#SC #CJI #SanjeevKhanna #RanjanGogoi #RTI #DeepakGupta

SC scraps Finance Act rules on tribunals
The Supreme Court on 13 November 2019 struck down provisions of the amended Finance Act 2017, which had changed the structure and powers of various judicial tribunals, such as the National Green Tribunal and Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.
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#SC #NGO #SAFE #ITAT #TDSAT #MoneyBill #NGT

Tiger Triumph
The first ever joint exercise involving the Army, Navy and Air Force of both India and the United States and commanded by each other, the tri-services joint exercise between the two countries, announced by US President Donald Trump during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event in Texas in September, started in Visakhapatnam on 13 November 2019.
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#TigerTriumph #Navy #Army #NarendraModi #HADR #RAMT

11th summit of Brics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Brazil for the 11th Brics Summit which has the theme 'Economic Growth for an Innovative Future'.
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#Brics #NarendraModi #GDP #VladimirPutin #MEA

Mauritius PM takes oath
Mauritius's incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth was sworn in for a five-year term on 12 November 2019 after elections in which his coalition consolidated its grip on parliament.
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#Mauritius #PM #PravindJugnauth #Alliance #RenganadenPadayach

Ancient life in Jezero crater
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will hunt for microscopic fossils, which could provide signs of ancient life on the red planet. The 2020 rover is yet to be named, and is expected to land on the planet by February 18, 2021.
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#Ancient #Jezero #NASA #Mars2020 #JPL #microscopic