Today's News 24 March 2019
देश के पहले लोकपाल ने ली शपथ
सुप्रीम कोर्ट के पूर्व जज जस्टिस पिनाकी चंद्र घोष ने देश के पहले लोकपाल के तौर पर शपथ ले ली। जस्टिस घोष को राष्ट्रपति रामनाथ कोविंद ने देश के पहले लोकपाल के तौर पर शपथ दिलाई। इस मौके पर प्रधानमंत्री मोदी भी मौजूद थे।जस्टिस घोष इससे पहले आंध्र प्रदेश हाई कोर्ट के चीफ जस्टिस और सुप्रीम कोर्ट के जज रह चुके हैं। जस्टिस घोष वर्तमान में राष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार आयोग के सदस्य भी थे और मानवाधिकार कानूनों के जानकार के तौर पर उन्हें माना जाता है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/19393-2019-03-24-03-23-20
#Ombudsman #Lokpal #RamnathKovind #PinakiChandraGhosh #Lokayukta

जल प्रबंधन कार्यशाला के साथ विश्व जल दिवस को मनाया गया
पेयजल और स्वच्छता मंत्रालय ने 22 मार्च, 2019 को विश्व जल दिवस के अवसर पर भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान (आईआईटी) मद्रास के सहयोग और यूनिसेफ इंडिया के समर्थन के साथ ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में धूसर जल प्रबंधन (ग्रे वॉटर) और आर्सेनिक और फ्लोराइड युक्‍त जल शोधन पर दो दिवसीय राष्ट्रीय कार्यशाला (21 और 22 मार्च) का आयोजन किया। कार्यशाला के पूर्ण सत्र को पेयजल और स्वच्छता मंत्रालय के सचिव श्री परमेस्वरन अय्यर, और आईआईटी मद्रास के निदेशक, प्रोफेसर भास्कर राममूर्ति ने संबोधित किया।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/19392-2019-03-24-03-22-56
#WorldWaterDay #UNICEF #India #IIT #Gujarat

RBI again defers Ind AS
The Reserve Bank again deferred the implementation of the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by banks as the requisite legislative amendments are still under consideration. Earlier in April 2018, the central bank had postponed the implementation of the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by the banks by one year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19398-rbi-again-defers-ind-as
#RBI #ICAI #IFRS #ReserveBank #NACAS #ASB #FICCI

Italy endorse Belt and Road accord
Italy on 23 March 2019 became the first member of the Group of Seven industrialised powers to endorse China's "Belt and Road" infrastructure project, with Rome brushing off the worries of Western allies as it looks to revive its flagging economy.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19397-italy-endorse-belt-and-road-accord
#Italy #BRI #XiJinping #China #infrastructure

World's 12th busiest overtaking hubs
The capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is now the world’s 12th busiest airport — moving up four places from the 16th spot in 2017 — by overtaking mega hubs like the Frankfurt, Dallas Forth Worth, Guangzhou and Istanbul Ataturk airports. According to the preliminary world airport traffic rankings for 2018 released by Airports Council International (ACI), IGIA was the fastest growing among the top 20 airports.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19396-world-s-12th-busiest-overtaking-hubs
#IGIA #ACI #airport #Delhi #Frankfurt #Istanbul

First Lokpal of India sworn in
Justice Pinaki Ghose on 23 March 2019 took oath as the first Lokpal of India — the national anti-corruption ombudsman. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi were present on the occasion. The former Supreme Court judge’s appointment comes five years after the Lokpal Act received the President’s nod on January 1, 2014.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19395-first-lokpal-of-india-sworn-in
#Ombudsman #Lokpal #RamnathKovind #PinakiChandraGhosh #Lokayukta

An elusive whale is found all around the world
Salvatore Cerchio stunned the small world of whale science in 2015 when he found examples of a new species in the wild for the first time. Now, he’s mapped the habitat of that species, called Omura’s whale after Hideo Omura, a prominent Japanese whale biologist. The surprise in the new study, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, is that Omura’s whales, though little seen, are widespread across the tropical world. Cerchio, a researcher with the New England Aquarium in B

Report on RBI capital finalised
The Bimal Jalan committee, constituted to assess the optimum size of capital reserves that the RBI should hold, on 17 July 2019 finalised its report. The six-member panel, under former RBI Governor Jalan was appointed on December 26, 2018, to review the economic capital framework (ECF) for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after the finance ministry wanted the central bank to follow global best practices and transfer more surplus to the government.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20939-report-on-rbi-capital-finalised
#RBI #BimalJalan #ECF #GDP #UrjitPatel #ReserveBankofIndia #Budget

India and Italy set up Fast Track Mechanism
In order to facilitate Italian companies and investors in India and Indian companies and investors in Italy, it has been decided to establish fast-track system for companies and investors of both the countries.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20938-india-and-italy-set-up-fast-track-mechanism
#India #TrackMechanism #Italy #DPIIT #InvestIndia

New veterinary health protocol
Australia and India recently finalised a new veterinary health protocol for the export of Australian breeder sheep to India, the Australian High Commission, New Delhi informed. Australia and India have built the foundations of its agriculture relationship over decades, with cooperation on wheat and wool stemming back to the 1960s.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20937-new-veterinary-health-protocol
#health #protocol #Australia #veterinary #NLM #agriculture

Arjuna Award 2019
Cricketer Smriti Mandhana and tennis star Rohan Bopanna were conferred with the Arjuna Awards by Union Sports minister Kiren Rijiju at a ceremony held in New Delhi. Team India opener Mandhana had missed out on the award last year due to international commitments.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20936-arjuna-award-2019
#ArjunaAward2019 #ICC #Cricketer #SmritiMandhana #ODI #tennis #RohanBopanna

Apollo 11 astronaut returns
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned on 16 July 2019 to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the spotlight to himself this time — Armstrong has been gone for seven years and Aldrin canceled. Collins said he wished his two moonwalking colleagues could have shared the moment at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, the departure point for humanity’s first moon landing.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20935-apollo-11-astronaut-returns
#Apollo11 #astronaut #SaturnVrocket #Space #Michael #BuzzAldrin

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Today's Headlines - 29 August 2023
Water shortages reduce from wastewater
GS Paper - 3 (Environment)

Europe has experienced severe heat and drought over the last few summers, and 2023 has been no different. Vast swathes of Central and Southern Europe are simply too dry from a lack of rainfall. Human-induced climate change has led to more heat waves and drought and is one reason for Europe’s growing water crisis. At the same time, demand for the resource is growing, with industry and agriculture extracting more water from the ground, rivers and lakes than can be replenished.

Who uses the most water?

Industry uses half of Europe’s water resources, while a further 40% is hoovered up by agriculture and 10% by households.
In the European Union, water scarcity impacts 11% of all citizens. Falling water supplies can lead to households facing use restrictions. But the problem also impacts the energy sector.
In 2022, French authorities had to switch off some nuclear power plants because river water used for cooling them was too warm.
Last year, the dry summer also reduced hydropower in Norway. Farmers, though, who use large amounts of water for crop irrigation, are also hard hit by water shortages and drought.
Could using industry wastewater help farmers?

One solution for agriculture could be to use more treated industrial and domestic wastewater for irrigation and protect valuable freshwater supplies. Six times more waste water could be reused across the EU than current levels.
Freshwater resources are scarce and increasingly under pressure. In times of unprecedented temperature peaks, we need to stop wasting water and use this resource more efficiently.
New EU regulations on minimum requirements for water reuse for agricultural irrigation came into force this summer.
The regulations stipulate that EU member states must process communal and industrial wastewater so it can be used by farmers.
Processing and reusing water could replace a fifth of irrigation that currently uses groundwater in Spain and Portugal, said the European Commission.
In France, Italy and Greece, it could be as much as 45%. Wastewater could cover all irrigation needs in EU countries with smaller agricultural sectors.
Leaky pipes lead to massive water waste

One way to save water that is often overlooked is maintaining the pipes that shuttle the resource to homes and businesses.
On average, a quarter of the EU’s freshwater is lost during transport to taps because of leaks and broken pipes.
Currently, countries most affected by drought and a lack of rain — such as Spain, Italy and Bulgaria — invest the least amount of money per citizen to fix leaky water infrastructure.

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