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 The central government has withdrawn its proposal to give flexibility to big companies, in terms of manpower, to retrench or lay off workers and shut shop without seeking official consent, a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
National Broadband Mission
The government promised broadband access in all villages by 2022, as it launched the ambitious National Broadband Mission entailing stakeholder investment of Rs 7 lakh crore in the coming years.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22369-national-broadband-mission.html
#NBM #RaviShankarPrasad #USOF #RoW #MoU #NDCP
SC refuses to stay CAA
The Supreme Court on 18 December 2019 refused to stay the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, which fast-tracks citizenship by naturalisation process for “illegal” migrants from six religious communities, other than Muslims, who have fled persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22368-sc-refuses-to-stay-caa.html
#SC #CAA #CJI #NGOs #NRC #Muslims #AKUpadhyay #illegal
World's third largest producer of scientific articles
With over 1.35 lakh scientific papers published, India has become the world's third largest publisher of science and engineering articles, according to a US government agency data, topped by China.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22367-world-s-third-largest-producer-of-scientific-articles.html
#NSF #China #US #scientificarticles #SouthKorea #EU
Cyclone on Jupiter’s south pole
A recent flyby of Jupiter by NASA’s Juno spacecraft has led to the discovery of a new cyclone on the south pole of the planet. The 22nd flyby took place on November 3 soaring 3,500 kilometres above the cloud top of the gas giant.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22366-cyclone-on-jupiter-s-south-pole.html
#Cyclone #Jupiter #NASA #spacecraft #JIRAM
Gulf's first female finance minister
Kuwait appointed Mariam Al-Aqeel as finance minister, the first female in the Gulf region to hold the post. Khaled Al-Fadhel retained his posts as minister overseeing oil, electricity and water in Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah’s first cabinet, which includes three women and eight new faces, according to state-run KUNA news agency.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22365-gulf-s-first-female-finance-minister.html
#Gulf #Kuwait #KUNA #KIA #OPEC #GFFFM
The government promised broadband access in all villages by 2022, as it launched the ambitious National Broadband Mission entailing stakeholder investment of Rs 7 lakh crore in the coming years.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22369-national-broadband-mission.html
#NBM #RaviShankarPrasad #USOF #RoW #MoU #NDCP
SC refuses to stay CAA
The Supreme Court on 18 December 2019 refused to stay the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, which fast-tracks citizenship by naturalisation process for “illegal” migrants from six religious communities, other than Muslims, who have fled persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22368-sc-refuses-to-stay-caa.html
#SC #CAA #CJI #NGOs #NRC #Muslims #AKUpadhyay #illegal
World's third largest producer of scientific articles
With over 1.35 lakh scientific papers published, India has become the world's third largest publisher of science and engineering articles, according to a US government agency data, topped by China.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22367-world-s-third-largest-producer-of-scientific-articles.html
#NSF #China #US #scientificarticles #SouthKorea #EU
Cyclone on Jupiter’s south pole
A recent flyby of Jupiter by NASA’s Juno spacecraft has led to the discovery of a new cyclone on the south pole of the planet. The 22nd flyby took place on November 3 soaring 3,500 kilometres above the cloud top of the gas giant.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22366-cyclone-on-jupiter-s-south-pole.html
#Cyclone #Jupiter #NASA #spacecraft #JIRAM
Gulf's first female finance minister
Kuwait appointed Mariam Al-Aqeel as finance minister, the first female in the Gulf region to hold the post. Khaled Al-Fadhel retained his posts as minister overseeing oil, electricity and water in Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah’s first cabinet, which includes three women and eight new faces, according to state-run KUNA news agency.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22365-gulf-s-first-female-finance-minister.html
#Gulf #Kuwait #KUNA #KIA #OPEC #GFFFM
Ksgindia
National Broadband Mission | KSG India | Khan Study Group
The government promised broadband access in all villages by 2022, as it launched the ambitious National Broadband Mission entailing stakeholder investment of Rs 7 lakh crore in the coming years. The