UN warning over climate crisis
The world's major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction in the next decade, the United Nations and research groups said on 20 November 2019 in the latest warning over climate crisis.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22051-un-warning-over-climate-crisis.html
#UN #UNEP #CICERO #gas #crisis #SEI #emissionsgap
Trilateral maritime exercise
Defence minister Rajnath Singh held wide-ranging talks with his Singapore counterpart Ng Eng Hen in Singapore on 20 November 2019 during which the two sides agreed to conduct the trilateral maritime exercise involving Singapore, India and Thailand annually from next year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22050-trilateral-maritime-exercise.html
#Trilateral #RajnathSingh #SITMEX #HADR #DMD
New forest policy on anvil
More than 30 years after it was last launched, a new national forest policy that would deal with issues such as climate change and human-wildlife conflict is now on the anvil.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22049-new-forest-policy-on-anvil.html
#Newforestpolicy #anvil #ICFRE #Dehradun #SureshGairola
India appeals WTO Appellate body
India on 19 November 2019 appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel's ruling that had recommended withdrawal of its key export subsidy schemes, including the one for special economic zones in the next 90-180 days.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22048-india-appeals-wto-appellate-body.html
#India #WTO #Appellatebody #SCM #GNI #EOU #MEIS
Extraterrestrial sugar found in space rocks
In a first, an international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites - supporting the hypothesis that chemical reactions in asteroids can make some of life's ingredients.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22047-extraterrestrial-sugar-found-in-space-rocks.html
#NASA #Extraterrestrial #DNA #RNA #OSIRIS #Hayabusa2
PETA India's 2019 Person of the Year
Team India skipper Virat Kohli has been named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India's Person of the Year for 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22046-peta-india-s-2019-person-of-the-year.html
#PETA #India #ViratKohli #AmerFort #PCAA #KSPanickerRadhakrishnan
The world's major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction in the next decade, the United Nations and research groups said on 20 November 2019 in the latest warning over climate crisis.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22051-un-warning-over-climate-crisis.html
#UN #UNEP #CICERO #gas #crisis #SEI #emissionsgap
Trilateral maritime exercise
Defence minister Rajnath Singh held wide-ranging talks with his Singapore counterpart Ng Eng Hen in Singapore on 20 November 2019 during which the two sides agreed to conduct the trilateral maritime exercise involving Singapore, India and Thailand annually from next year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22050-trilateral-maritime-exercise.html
#Trilateral #RajnathSingh #SITMEX #HADR #DMD
New forest policy on anvil
More than 30 years after it was last launched, a new national forest policy that would deal with issues such as climate change and human-wildlife conflict is now on the anvil.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22049-new-forest-policy-on-anvil.html
#Newforestpolicy #anvil #ICFRE #Dehradun #SureshGairola
India appeals WTO Appellate body
India on 19 November 2019 appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel's ruling that had recommended withdrawal of its key export subsidy schemes, including the one for special economic zones in the next 90-180 days.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22048-india-appeals-wto-appellate-body.html
#India #WTO #Appellatebody #SCM #GNI #EOU #MEIS
Extraterrestrial sugar found in space rocks
In a first, an international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites - supporting the hypothesis that chemical reactions in asteroids can make some of life's ingredients.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22047-extraterrestrial-sugar-found-in-space-rocks.html
#NASA #Extraterrestrial #DNA #RNA #OSIRIS #Hayabusa2
PETA India's 2019 Person of the Year
Team India skipper Virat Kohli has been named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India's Person of the Year for 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22046-peta-india-s-2019-person-of-the-year.html
#PETA #India #ViratKohli #AmerFort #PCAA #KSPanickerRadhakrishnan
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UN warning over climate crisis | KSG India | Khan Study Group
The world's major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction in the next decade, the United Nations and research groups said on 20 N
Code on IR Bill approved
The Centre approved the Code on Industrial Relations (IR) Bill, 2019 — considered to be the most contentious labour law amendments. The central government has withdrawn its proposal to give flexibility to big companies, in terms of manpower, to retrench or lay off workers and shut shop without seeking official consent, a government official said, requesting anonymity.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22065-code-on-ir-bill-approved.html
#IR #Bill #UttarPradesh #IndustrialRelationsBill #DignityofLabour #amendment
Unified regulator for IFSC
The government will set up a unified regulator for International Financial Services Centres. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet. The International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019 will be introduced in the Lok Sabha after withdrawal from the Rajya Sabha.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22064-unified-regulator-for-ifsc.html
#Unified #IFSC #CCEA #Irdai #RajyaSabha #IFSCAB
National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa
The Union Cabinet approved setting up of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh as an autonomous organization. Sowa-Rigpa is a traditional Tibetan system of medicine practised in the Himalayan belt of India.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22063-national-institute-for-sowa-rigpa.html
#NationalInstitute #SowaRigpa #NISR #AYUSH #NarendraModi #UnionCabinet
TOT model for national highways
The government approved amendments proposed to the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model for national highways. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval to the amendments proposed in the TOT model by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22062-tot-model-for-national-highways.html
#TOT #CCEA #COD #NHAI #EPC #BOT #NirmalaSitharaman
Singapore to use ITR at Chandipur
The armed forces of Singapore, which already use Indian military facilities for training of their mechanized forces, artillery and F-16 fighter jets, will soon also begin to use the integrated test range (ITR) for firing of missiles at Chandipur in Odisha as well.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22061-singapore-to-use-itr-at-chandipur.html
#ITR #Chandipur #RajnathSingh #Singapore #SITMEX
India is seventh-most affected by terror
India is at seventh place in a global think tank’s list of countries most affected by terrorism. The annual report by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace states that the country most affected by terrorism in 2018 was Afghanistan (7,379 killed), displacing Iraq (1,054 killed) as the deadliest country.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22060-india-is-seventh-most-affected-by-terror.html
#India #Iraq #Afghanistan #JeM #GTI #TerrorFactfile
Sri Lanka’s new prime minister
Sri Lanka’s former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa on 21 November 2019 took oath as the new prime minister of the island nation after incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe formally stepped down from his post.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22059-sri-lanka-s-new-prime-minister.html
#SriLanka #MahindaRajapaksa #PGR #LTTE #illegal
International children's peace prize
The Hague: Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg was awarded an international children's peace prize on 20 November 2019, for her work in the struggle against climate change which has resonated with schoolchildren across the world.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22058-international-children-s-peace-prize.html
#Internationalchildren #DivinaMaloum #PeacePrize #DKR
The Centre approved the Code on Industrial Relations (IR) Bill, 2019 — considered to be the most contentious labour law amendments. The central government has withdrawn its proposal to give flexibility to big companies, in terms of manpower, to retrench or lay off workers and shut shop without seeking official consent, a government official said, requesting anonymity.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22065-code-on-ir-bill-approved.html
#IR #Bill #UttarPradesh #IndustrialRelationsBill #DignityofLabour #amendment
Unified regulator for IFSC
The government will set up a unified regulator for International Financial Services Centres. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet. The International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019 will be introduced in the Lok Sabha after withdrawal from the Rajya Sabha.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22064-unified-regulator-for-ifsc.html
#Unified #IFSC #CCEA #Irdai #RajyaSabha #IFSCAB
National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa
The Union Cabinet approved setting up of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh as an autonomous organization. Sowa-Rigpa is a traditional Tibetan system of medicine practised in the Himalayan belt of India.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22063-national-institute-for-sowa-rigpa.html
#NationalInstitute #SowaRigpa #NISR #AYUSH #NarendraModi #UnionCabinet
TOT model for national highways
The government approved amendments proposed to the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model for national highways. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval to the amendments proposed in the TOT model by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22062-tot-model-for-national-highways.html
#TOT #CCEA #COD #NHAI #EPC #BOT #NirmalaSitharaman
Singapore to use ITR at Chandipur
The armed forces of Singapore, which already use Indian military facilities for training of their mechanized forces, artillery and F-16 fighter jets, will soon also begin to use the integrated test range (ITR) for firing of missiles at Chandipur in Odisha as well.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22061-singapore-to-use-itr-at-chandipur.html
#ITR #Chandipur #RajnathSingh #Singapore #SITMEX
India is seventh-most affected by terror
India is at seventh place in a global think tank’s list of countries most affected by terrorism. The annual report by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace states that the country most affected by terrorism in 2018 was Afghanistan (7,379 killed), displacing Iraq (1,054 killed) as the deadliest country.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22060-india-is-seventh-most-affected-by-terror.html
#India #Iraq #Afghanistan #JeM #GTI #TerrorFactfile
Sri Lanka’s new prime minister
Sri Lanka’s former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa on 21 November 2019 took oath as the new prime minister of the island nation after incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe formally stepped down from his post.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22059-sri-lanka-s-new-prime-minister.html
#SriLanka #MahindaRajapaksa #PGR #LTTE #illegal
International children's peace prize
The Hague: Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg was awarded an international children's peace prize on 20 November 2019, for her work in the struggle against climate change which has resonated with schoolchildren across the world.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22058-international-children-s-peace-prize.html
#Internationalchildren #DivinaMaloum #PeacePrize #DKR
Ksgindia
Code on IR Bill approved | KSG India | Khan Study Group
The Centre approved the Code on Industrial Relations (IR) Bill, 2019 — considered to be the most contentious labour law amendments. The central government has withdrawn its proposal to give flexib