BASIC countries in making Paris agreement
Nations Framework for Climate Change (UNFCC) Conference of Parties (COP-25) meet to be held later in the year from 2nd to 13th December, the BASIC countries held its 28th Ministerial meeting on Climate Change from 14th to 16th August in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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#BASIC #UNFCC #CBDRRC #UNSG #IPCC #ICAO #IMO #PrakashJavadekar #XIEZhenhua
What is the UN’s stand on Kashmir?
On August 16, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a “closed consultation” meeting on the situation in Kashmir. On August 5, India had ended the special status of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under Article 370 and Article 35A, carving it into two Union Territories: J&K and Ladakh.
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#UN #Kashmir #UNSC #UNCIP #Pakistan #India #Ladakh
Konkan Exercise in English Channel
Indian Navy stealth frigate INS Tarkash joined the UK Royal Navy's HMS Destroyer in the English Channel for their annual Konkan Exercise this week. Konkan is a long-running exercise designed to test the ability of the two Commonwealth navies to operate side-by-side during war and other crunch scenarios.
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#KonkanExercise #EnglishChannel #INS #IndianNavy #HMS #Destroyer
China launches rocket for commercial use
A Chinese government space agency successfully launched on 17 August 2019 its first rocket meant for commercial use, state television CCTV reported, as firms in the country compete to join a commercial satellite boom.
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#China #CASC #SmartDragon #rocket #satellites #CAS #TechnologyCorp
Two galaxies colliding
NASA and European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope has just captured images of two luminescent galaxies catalogued as UGC 2369. The telescope was able to capture mutual gravitational attraction between both the galaxies. Interaction between galaxies is not an uncommon event, however, two similarly sized ones merging is one of a kind.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21250-two-galaxies-colliding
#galaxies #ESA #NASA #UGC2369 #MilkyWay #HubbleSpaceTelescope
Nations Framework for Climate Change (UNFCC) Conference of Parties (COP-25) meet to be held later in the year from 2nd to 13th December, the BASIC countries held its 28th Ministerial meeting on Climate Change from 14th to 16th August in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21254-basic-countries-in-making-paris-agreement
#BASIC #UNFCC #CBDRRC #UNSG #IPCC #ICAO #IMO #PrakashJavadekar #XIEZhenhua
What is the UN’s stand on Kashmir?
On August 16, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a “closed consultation” meeting on the situation in Kashmir. On August 5, India had ended the special status of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under Article 370 and Article 35A, carving it into two Union Territories: J&K and Ladakh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21253-what-is-the-un-s-stand-on-kashmir
#UN #Kashmir #UNSC #UNCIP #Pakistan #India #Ladakh
Konkan Exercise in English Channel
Indian Navy stealth frigate INS Tarkash joined the UK Royal Navy's HMS Destroyer in the English Channel for their annual Konkan Exercise this week. Konkan is a long-running exercise designed to test the ability of the two Commonwealth navies to operate side-by-side during war and other crunch scenarios.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21252-konkan-exercise-in-english-channel
#KonkanExercise #EnglishChannel #INS #IndianNavy #HMS #Destroyer
China launches rocket for commercial use
A Chinese government space agency successfully launched on 17 August 2019 its first rocket meant for commercial use, state television CCTV reported, as firms in the country compete to join a commercial satellite boom.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21251-china-launches-rocket-for-commercial-use
#China #CASC #SmartDragon #rocket #satellites #CAS #TechnologyCorp
Two galaxies colliding
NASA and European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope has just captured images of two luminescent galaxies catalogued as UGC 2369. The telescope was able to capture mutual gravitational attraction between both the galaxies. Interaction between galaxies is not an uncommon event, however, two similarly sized ones merging is one of a kind.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21250-two-galaxies-colliding
#galaxies #ESA #NASA #UGC2369 #MilkyWay #HubbleSpaceTelescope
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BASIC countries in making Paris agreement - KSG India | Khan Study Group
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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
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
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India in Social Mobility Index | KSG India | Khan Study Group
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. The report, released ahead