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24 May 2019
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24 May 2019
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Today's Editorial
24 May 2019
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24 May 2019
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Today's Headlines
24 May 2019
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ब्रहमोस हवाई प्रक्षेपित मिसाइल सफलतापूर्वक छोड़ा
भारतीय वायुसेना ने अपने अग्रिम पंक्ति के एसयू-30 एमकेआई लड़ाकू विमान से सफलतापूर्वक ब्रहमोस हवाई प्रक्षेपित मिसाइल छोड़ा। विमान से प्रक्षेपण आसानी से हुआ और मिसाइल जमीन पर लक्ष्य को सीधे मारने से पहले वांछित प्रक्षेपपथ पर चला गया।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20274-2019-05-24-05-18-23
#missile #Brahmosair #IndianAirForce #SU30MKI #BAPL #DRDO

भारत-चीन से दोहराई सीमा पर सौहार्द बनाए रखने की प्रतिबद्धता
भारत-चीन की बॉर्डर पर्सनल मीटिंग पूर्वी लद्दाख में हुई। इस दौरान भारतीय और चीनी सेना के अधिकारियों ने वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर शांति बनाए रखने की अपनी प्रतिबद्धता दोहराई। भारतीय और चीन के ध्वज को सलामी देने के साथ शुरू हुई बैठक में सीमा पर सौहार्द बनाए रखने के लिए संबंधों को और बेहतर बनाने पर जोर दिया गया। दोनों देशों के सैन्य अधिकारियों ने विश्वास दिलाया कि वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर शांति बनाए रखने के लिए एक-दूसरे को पूरा सहयोग दिया जाएगा।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20273-2019-05-24-05-16-37
#India #China #MGArvindKapur #IndianArmy #Ladakh #Chineseflag


India’s ICT products tariff
The European Union, China, and Thailand have expressed interest to join consultations in a case filed by Japan at the WTO against India’s import duties on certain information and communication technology products, including mobile phones. Singapore, Canada and Chinese Taipei too have earlier sought to join this dispute consultation against India under the WTO’s dispute settlement body.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20277-india-s-ict-products-tariff
#India #ICT #WTO #DSB #DSU #Japan #EuropeanUnion

CDAC develops instrument to trace direction of gunfire
A team of researchers at the Centre for Development for Advanced Computing (CDAC) is developing an advanced instrument capable of tracking the precise direction of gunfire. While a pilot model of the Acoustic Gunshot Detector was developed and handed to city-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), a lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 2015, its advanced model with larger geographical range is currently under development.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20276-cdac-develops-instrument-to-trace-direction-of-gunfire
#CDAC #DRDO #ARDE #Kerala #instrument

Pakistan successfully tests ballistic missile
Pakistan 24 May 2019 successfully test-fired surface-to-surface ballistic missile Shaheen-II, capable of hitting targets as far as 1,500 kilometers away, bringing major Indian cities under its range. The Pakistan Army said in a statement that the launch was aimed at ensuring operational readiness of the Army Strategic Forces Command.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20275-pakistan-successfully-tests-ballistic-missile
#Missile #ShaheenII #ArifAlvi #PakistanArmy #ImranKhan

UN's child mortality report
India is among the few countries in the world where, in 2018, the mortality under-5 years of girls, exceeded that of boys, according to the ‘Levels and Trends in Child Mortality’ report by the United Nations (UN) inter-agency group for child mortality.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22613-un-s-child-mortality-report.html
#UN #mortality #child #SRS #ChildMortality #UNICEF

IEA slams India's gas pricing policy
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has slammed India's natural gas pricing policy, saying linking domestic production to very low global reference prices has reduced incentives for producers to raise supplies.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22612-iea-slams-india-s-gas-pricing-policy.html
#IEA #gas #LNG #GST #NarendraModi #LPG

Kolkata Port Trust renamed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 January 2020 rechristened Kolkata Port Trust after Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22611-kolkata-port-trust-renamed.html
#Kolkata #KPT #NarendraModi #SPMookerjee #Myanmar

Dispute panel over India's duty hike
The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) dispute settlement body has set up a panel to examine the US complaint against India which had increased customs duties on 28 American goods last year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22610-dispute-panel-over-india-s-duty-hike.html
#India #WTO #GATT #DSB #DSU #India

China launches gigantic telescope
China on 11 January 2020 officially opened operations of the world’s largest radio telescope, which it will use for space research and help in the hunt for extraterrestrial life.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22609-china-launches-gigantic-telescope.html
#China #gigantic #telescope #SkyEye #FAST

Today's Headlines - 19 July 2023
India, US notify WTO of mutual resolution
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

India and the US have mutually resolved all six trade disputes pending at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), in line with the commitment made by the two countries during the US visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently. Both countries have informed the WTO's dispute settlement body (DSB) about the resolution of all the pending disputes. The WTO has already issued a communication with regard to one of the disputes related to the imposition of additional customs duties by India on 28 US products.

More about the News

The United States and India are pleased to notify the DSB (dispute settlement body), in accordance with Article 3.6 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, that the parties have reached a mutually agreed solution to the matter raised in this dispute, according to a communication of the WTO dated 17 July 2023.
The two countries have urged the dispute panel that its report should be confined to a brief description of the case and information that a solution has been reached by the two.
The trade dispute which was resolved pertains to a complaint filed by the US in 2019 against India.
India had imposed additional customs duties on 28 US products including chickpeas, lentils and apples in retaliation to the US increasing duties on certain steel and aluminium products.
Against this resolution, India would remove additional duties on eight US products, including chickpeas, lentils and apples, which were imposed in 2019 in response to America's measure to increase tariffs on certain steel and aluminium products.
During the recent state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US, both countries decided the termination of six WTO (World Trade Organisation) disputes and the removal of these retaliatory tariffs on certain US products.
Flashback

In 2018, the US imposed an import duty of 25 per cent on steel products and 10 per cent on certain aluminium products on grounds of national security. In retaliation, India in June 2019 imposed customs duties on 28 American products.
The US is the largest trading partner of India. In 2022-23, the bilateral goods trade increased to USD 128.8 billion as against USD 119.5 billion in 2021-22. The six disputes include three initiated by India and as many by the US.
These included a complaint by India against the US with regard to the imposition of countervailing duties on certain hot rolled carbon steel flat products from India.
On 9 September 2016, India filed a case against the US pertaining to domestic content requirements and subsidies instituted by the governments of the states of Washington, California, Montana, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, Delaware and Minnesota, in the energy sector.
Another dispute filed by the US against India was related to domestic content requirements under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission for solar cells and solar modules. In 2018, the US filed a case against India's alleged export subsidy measures.
Similarly on 3 July 2019, the US filed a dispute against New Delhi on imposition of additional duties with respect to certain products originating in the US.

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