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विश्व शरणार्थी दिवस
रिफ्यूजी को हम इसलिए याद कर रहे हैं क्योंकि 20 जून को World Refugee Day 2019 है। शरणार्थी, रिफ्यूजी, मुहाजिर चाहे जिस नाम से पुकार लें। लेकिन ये वे लोग हैं जिन्हें किसी न किसी कारणवश अपना देश, अपना घर, अपना सबकुछ छोड़कर दूसरों के रहम-ओ-करम पर जीने के लिए मजबूर होना पड़ता है। किसी न किसी मजबूरीवश अपनी धरती को छोड़कर भागे हुए ये वो अभागे लोग हैं, जिन्हें कोई भी पूरे दिल से स्वीकार नहीं करता।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20611-2019-06-21-04-16-25
#WorldRefugeeDay #Afghanistan #Refugee #WRD2019 #terrorism

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय पेटेंट आवेदनों पर संगोष्‍ठी
वाणिज्‍य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय के उद्योग एवं आंतरिक व्‍यापार संवर्धन विभाग (डीपीआईआईटी) के अधीनस्‍थ भारतीय पेटेंट कार्यालय अंतर्राष्‍ट्रीय पेटेंट आवेदनों को दाखिल करने पर एक दिवसीय संगोष्‍ठी आयोजित कर रहा है। यह संगोष्‍ठी विश्‍व बौद्धिक संपदा संगठन (विपो), एसोचैम, भारत सरकार के वाणिज्‍य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय के आईपीआर संवर्धन एवं प्रबंधन प्रकोष्‍ठ (सीपम) और उत्‍तराखंड सरकार के सहयोग से आयोजित की जा रही है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20610-2019-06-21-04-16-13
#InternationalPatentApplications #DPIIT #SEPM #VIPO #ASSOCHAM

EOI for six submarines
The Centre has taken a major step towards building advanced submarines for the Indian Navy. The defence ministry on 29 June 2019 issued an Expression of Interest to shortlist Indian strategic partners for the construction of six conventional submarines under Project 75 India (P-75I) worth about Rs 45,000 crore.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20615-eoi-for-six-submarines
#EOI #P75I #NUH #SPs #India #ExpressionofInterest #navy

Sri Lanka launches its first satellite
Sri Lanka’s first satellite ‘Ravana-1’, designed and developed by two local engineers, was successfully launched into orbit this week from the International Space Station (ISS) along with two other BIRDS 3 satellites from Japan and Nepal. Ravana 1, the cube satellite measuring 11.3 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm, and weighing around 1.05 kg, was launched into orbit.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20614-sri-lanka-launches-its-first-satellite
#SriLanka #satellite #Ravana1 #ISS #BIRDS3 #Japan

India’s first solar cruise vessel
Close on the heels of launching India’s first solar-powered ferry in 2016, Kerala is gearing up for the launch of the country’s premier solar-powered cruise boat by December. The initiative comes from the State Water Transport Department (SWTD), whose solar ferry Aditya in the Vaikom-Thavanakadavu route has proved to be a success.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20613-india-s-first-solar-cruise-vessel
#India #SWTD #IRS #Kerala #solar #Aditya

QS Rankings 2020
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) emerged the top-ranked private university in India in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Ranking 2020 released on 19 June 2019. In the 16th edition of the rankings, Manipal figures in the 701-750 band, up from 750-800 last year, among the 1,620 universities considered and 1,000 published universities from 82 countries.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20612-qs-rankings-2020
#QS #Rankings2020 #MAHE #India #WorldUniversityRanking
आर्थिक समीक्षा 2018 -19
केन्‍द्रीय वित्‍त एवं कॉरपोरेट मामलों की मंत्री श्रीमती निर्मला सीतारमन ने संसद में आर्थिक समीक्षा 2018-19 पेश की। आर्थिक समीक्षा की 2018-19 की मुख्य बातें इस प्रकार हैं-
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20780-economic-survey-2018-19-hindi
#EconomicReview2018 #NirmalaSitharaman #GDP #MSME #BetiBachao #BetiTeach

हेनले पासपोर्ट इंडेक्‍स-2019
हेनले पासपोर्ट इंडेक्‍स-2019 की ताजा रैंकिंग में दो एशियाई देशों जापान और सिंगापुर ने संयुक्तरूप से पहला स्थान हासिल किया है। भारत इस सूची में 86वें स्थान पर है। यह रैंकिंग देशों के पासपोर्ट की ताकत पर निर्भर करती है। जिस देश के पासपोर्ट के जरिए बगैर वीजा या वीजा ऑन अराइवल सबसे अधिक देशों में आने-जाने की छूट होती है, वह सबसे अधिक ताकतवर पासपोर्ट माना जाता है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20779-2019-37
#HenleyPassport #Index2011 #Japan #SriLanka #visa #Afghanistan #UAE

भारत को मिलेगा पहला ई-वाहनों को चार्ज करने वाला हाईवे
दिल्ली-जयपुर और दिल्ली-आगरा हाईवे ये भारत का पहला ऐसा हाईवे बनने जा रहा है, जहां इलेक्ट्रिक वाहनों के लिए चार्जिंग स्टेशनों की भी व्यवस्था की जाएगी। 2020 तक यह हाईवे तैयार हो जाएगा। बताया गया कि यमुना एक्सप्रेसवे (दिल्ली और आगरा के बीच) और राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग 48 (दिल्ली और जयपुर के बीच) की टोटल दूरी 500 किमी होगी और दो मार्गों पर टोल प्लाजा के पास 18 चार्जिंग स्टेशन स्थापित किए जाएंगे।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20778-2019-07-05-04-31-37
#India #highway #Jaipur #ASSAR #EODB #NHEV #PariChowk

Economic Survey 2018-19
The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2018-19 in the Parliament on 4 July 2019. The Key Highlights of Economic Survey 2018-19 are as follows:
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20784-economic-survey-2018-19
#EconomicSurvey2018 #GDP #MGNREGS #WTO #GCF #HumanDevelopment #NirmalaSitharaman

NITI Aayog's ease of doing farm business
Maharashtra achieved first rank in NITI Aayog launched “Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index (AMFFRI), which ranks states based on the degree of reforms they have undertaken in agricultural marketing.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20783-niti-aayog-s-ease-of-doing-farm-business
#NITIAayog #AMFFRI #MadhyaPradesh #UTs #APMCAct #EconomicSurvey2018

New gene linked to schizophrenia
After 18 years of research, Indian and Australian scientists have identified a new gene directly linked to schizophrenia. Scientists from the University of Queensland in Australia and a team of Indian researchers searched the genomes of over 3,000 individuals and found those with schizophrenia were more likely to have a particular genetic variation.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20782-new-gene-linked-to-schizophrenia
#schizophrenia #Indian #NAPRT1 #BryanMowry #Chennai #QBI #European

‘To-Do List’ for Jal Shakti Abhiyan
The Centre has issued an 18-point to-do list to all joint secretaries and additional secretaries deputed as Central Nodal Officers/Central Prabharis for implementation of the Jal Shakti Abhiyan. Tasks have been clearly spelt out, beginning from three days after the launch of the Abhiyan on July 1.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20781-to-do-list-for-jal-shakti-abhiyan
#JalShaktiAbhiyan #BNO #JSA #CNO #BlockNodalOfficers
India in achieving NDCs
Acknowledging the importance of urban environmental management for improving quality of life in cities, the Environment Ministers of BRICS countries, agreed to work together to resolve the multifaceted environmental issues faced by BRICS cities.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21238-india-in-achieving-ndcs
#NDCs #India #BRICS #PUESI #PrakashJavadekar #UNFCC

Khel Ratna award
Asian and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia was on 16 August 2019 nominated for the country’s highest sporting honour – the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21237-khel-ratna-award
#KhelRatna #BajrangPunia #WFI #AsianGames #RajivGandhi #CommonwealthGames

India's ranking in measles outbreak
A recent WHO report says that the first half of 2019 has recorded the highest cases of measles since 2006. Globally, 82% have received the first dose of measles and 69% have received the second dose—far from the 95% target WHO had set for 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21236-india-s-ranking-in-measles-outbreak
#India #WHO #DPT #ranking #outbreak

First Indian airline to fly over North Pole
Air India hoisted its Boeing 777 aircraft over the North pole to become the first Indian airline to operate commercial flights overflying the polar region. Its Delhi-San Francisco flight, which usually overflies the Atlantic or the Pacific ocean, cut across latitudes instead on 15 August 2019 to fly over zero degree north in a feat that would probably be Air India's last hurrah before it is thrown into the throes of privatisation.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21235-first-indian-airline-to-fly-over-north-pole
#airline #FirstIndian #SFO #AirIndia #aircraft #Afghanistan
PM at EEF
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Plenary Session at the 5th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), said India will give a line of credit worth USD 1 billion for the development of the Far East.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21402-pm-at-eef
#PM #EEF #NarendraModi #ActEast #FEFU #Gandhi #Russia

IoE status to 5 public institutions
The HRD Ministry on 5 September 2019, awarded Institution of Eminence (IoE) status to five public institutions including Delhi University, Banaras Hindu University, University of Hyderabad, IIT-Madras and IIT-Kharagpur.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21401-ioe-status-to-5-public-institutions
#IoE #IITMadras #budget #Hyderabad #InstitutionsofEminence

Mysterious colourful lights spotted
NASA’s NuSTAR space observatory has captured extremely bright sources of X-ray light that appeared as bright blue and green spots. However, these colourful blobs disappeared days later.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21400-mysterious-colourful-lights-spotted
#Mysterious #NuSTAR #NASA #ULX #LEOStar #brightblue #greenspots

India's Position in gold reserves
India has pipped the Netherlands to move into the list of top ten countries in terms of total gold reserves.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21399-india-s-position-in-gold-reserves
#India #Netherlands #WorldGoldCouncil #IMF #GoldPrices

Peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan
India and Russia supported all efforts for an inclusive peace and reconciliation in war-torn Afghanistan. Addressing a joint press meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “India wants to see a Afghanistan which is safe, stable, peaceful, independent, undivided and democratic.”
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21398-peace-and-reconciliation-in-afghanistan
#Afghanistan #NarendraModi #JCPOA #VladimirPutin #Russia

Global Liveability Ranking 2019
One of Pakistan’s cities — Karachi — has been ranked among one of the least liveable cities on the earth. On the other hand, national capital Delhi does not even feature in the top 100 cities to live in, according to a recent report by the Economist Intelligence Unit titled Global Liveability Ranking 2019.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21397-global-liveability-ranking-2019
#Karachi #GlobalLiveability #Ranking2019 #Pakistan #EIU

Black hole is ‘physically impossible’
Space scientists are analysing the signals provided by Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo interferometer that provide details of a big black hole which is so huge that until now has been thought to be physically impossible.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21396-black-hole-is-physically-impossible
#Blackhole #LIGO #physicallyimpossible #Virgo
K-4 nuclear missile
To further strengthen its capabilities of hitting enemy targets from submarines, India is planning to test-fire the 3,500 kilometre strike-range K-4 nuclear missile from an underwater platform off the coast of Andhra Pradesh on 8 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21910-k-4-nuclear-missile.html
#K4 #nuclear #missile #AndhraPradesh #DRDO #NOTAM

CRS report on Afghanistan
Pakistan has played an active but negative role in Afghan affairs for decades, and Pakistan's security establishment, fearful of strategic encirclement by India, continues to view the Afghan Taliban as "a relatively friendly and reliably anti-India element in Afghanistan" says a US Congressional report.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21909-crs-report-on-afghanistan.html
#CRS #Afghanistan #ANDSF #AfghanTaliban #HaqqaniNetwork

Panel to take up WhatsApp snooping case
A parliamentary standing committee headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will take up the WhatsApp snooping case in its next meeting on November 20, sources said on 6 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21908-panel-to-take-up-whatsapp-snooping-case.html
#WhatsApp #CLST #graveconcern #SMSs #Facebook

Singapore, UAE to bank on India for money
India’s digital payment backbone UPI, which has awed some of the biggest tech companies in the world such as Google and Oracle, may soon power Singapore and UAE. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) may soon be available in Singapore and UAE as NPCI looks to expand globally.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21907-singapore-uae-to-bank-on-india-for-money.html
#Singapore #UAE #NPCI #UPI #Singapore #money

China, France reaffirm support of Paris climate agreement
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping on 6 November 2019 issued a joint statement reaffirming their strong support for the “irreversible” Paris Agreement on climate change, from which the U.S. announced its exit this week.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21906-china-france-reaffirm-support-of-paris-climate-agreement.html
#G20 #COP21 #XiJinping #FPEM #EmmanuelMacron #FrenchPresident

Sudan's first ever satellite
Sudan's first ever satellite for conducting research in military, economic and space technology has been launched by China, the northeast African country's ruling body said on November 5.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21905-sudan-s-first-ever-satellite.html
#Sudan #satellite #ISRA #CSP #military
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
Strategic Chabahar project
India and Iran on 22 December 2019 agreed to accelerate work on the strategic Chabahar project as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held wide-ranging talks with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif on regional and global issues of mutual interest.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22395-strategic-chabahar-project.html
#StrategicChabahar #India #NarendraModi #Afghanistan #JavadZarif

Boeing spacecraft returned to earth
Boeing's new Starliner unmanned spacecraft returned to Earth on 22 December 2019, landing in the New Mexico desert in the United States six days early after a clock problem prevented a rendezvous with the International Space Station.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22394-boeing-spacecraft-returned-to-earth.html
#spacecraft #earth #NASA #AtlasVlaunch #rocket #ISS

Russia, Ukraine outline gas transit deal
Russia and Ukraine announced terms of a new gas transit deal on 21 December 2019, under which Moscow will supply Europe for at least another five years via its former Soviet neighbour and pay a $2.9 billion settlement to Kiev to end a legal dispute.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22393-russia-ukraine-outline-gas-transit-deal.html
#Russia #Ukraine #Moscow #gas #Europe

Cuba gets first prime minister
Cuba's first prime minister in more than four decades - long-serving tourism minister Manuel Marrero - has taken office as the country resurrected a post last held by Fidel Castro.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22392-cuba-gets-first-prime-minister.html
#Cuba #ManuelMarrero #GHG #FidelCastro
SC refuses plea for minority status
The Supreme Court 20 February 2020 refused to entertain a plea seeking to define the word 'minority' and laying of guidelines to accord minority status based on state-wise population of a particular community.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22921-sc-refuses-plea-for-minority-status.html
#SC #minority #Articles29 #VikasSingh #RFNariman

Pakistan retained on grey list of FATF
Pakistan has been retained on the “grey list” of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for another four months, with a stern warning from the global watchdog that met in Paris (February 19-21) to complete the 27-point action plan it has been given by June 2020 or face being put on the “black list”.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22920-pakistan-retained-on-grey-list-of-fatf.html
#Pakistan #FATF #UNSC #greylist #blacklist

Agreement on violence cut pact
The United States and the Taliban will sign an agreement on Feb. 29 at the end of a week long period of violence reduction in Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Taliban said on 21 February 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22919-agreement-on-violence-cut-pact.html
#Agreement #violence #GMT #IEA #RIV #Afghanistan