Article 370 scrapped
Home Minister Amit Shah on 5 August 2019 announced scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution that provides special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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#Article370 #AmitShah #JammuandKashmir #PoK #JawaharlalNehru


Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Bill
The Lok Sabha on 5 August 2019 passed a bill which provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders.
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#LokSabha #ProtectionofRights #Transgender #TPP #sexual #hijra #aravani


U.S., South Korea prepare military drills
South Korea and the United States are preparing to hold their annual joint military exercises despite warnings from North Korea that the drills could derail fragile nuclear diplomacy, Seoul’s military said on 5 August 2019.
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#US #military #NorthKorea #solemnwarning #DonaldTrump #MrKim


‘Mega-tsunami’ on Mars
Today, Mars is a cold and dry world but many scientists believe it carried water billions of years ago.
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#Megatsunami #Mars #redplanet #Lomonosov #water #Korolev #Earth

Resolution to repeal Article 370 approved
Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah, introduced two bills and two resolutions regarding Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) in Lok Sabha. These are as follows:
Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Order, 2019 {Ref. Article 370(1) of Constitution of India} – issued by President of India to supersede the 1954 order related to Article 370.
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#Resolution #Article370 #India #AmitShah #JammuKashmir #Pakistan


Consumer Protection Bill 2019 gets Parliamentary nod
The Parliament on 7 August 2019 gave its nod to the landmark Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 which aims to protect the rights of consumers by establishing authorities for timely and effective administration and settlement of consumers’ dispute.
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#Consumer #Protection #Bill2019 #Parliamentary #CCPA #LokSabha

Eviction Bill 2019
The Upper house on 6 August 2019 passed a Bill for speedy eviction of unauthorised occupants from government residential accommodations, with Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri saying the legislation will have a deterrent effect.
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#EvictionBill2019 #HardeepSinghPuri #PPEAct #RajyaSabha #Amendment

Bill to increase number of SC judges
Parliament on 7 August 2019 passed a bill which seeks to increase the number of Supreme Court judges from the present 30 to 33 with a view to reducing pendency of cases. Moving "The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019" for consideration and return, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
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#SC #CJI #Amendment #NarendraModi #Parliament #RanjanGogoi

Moon, Mercury may contain more water ice than thought
The Moon and Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, may contain significantly more water ice than previously thought, according to a new analysis of data from NASA spacecraft.
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#Moon #NASA #telescopic #LRO #spacecraft #planet

GoM on Jammu and Kashmir
The government on 28 August 2019 constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into development, economic and social issues in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh that will come into existence on 31 October 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21331-gom-on-jammu-and-kashmir
#GoM #Jammu #Kashmir #JitendraSingh #PMO #RaviShankarPrasad #Article370

3rd Moon-bound orbital maneuver
The third Moon-bound orbital maneuver was carried out on ISRO’s lunar probe. Chandrayaan 2 which is undergoing orbital maneuver in the Moon’s orbit in order to place itself over the lunar poles is scheduled to land on the Moon’s surface on September 7.
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#ISRO #Chandrayaan2 #IST #maneuver #Moon #spacecraft

Spending in space alters brain
It has long been known that if we spend time in space it has effects on our body and now a recent study suggests that the human mind could also get affected.
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#space #brain #FMRI #Earth #supramarginalgyrus #Russia

Joint Panel for FTA
India and the 10-member bloc of South-East Asian nations have decided to review their free trade agreement (FTA) in goods that was signed in 2009.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21446-joint-panel-for-fta
#FTA #JointPanel #ASEAN #RCEP #Indianindustry #PiyushGoyal

Healthcare’s climate footprint
India figures among the top ten countries that account for 75 per cent of global healthcare climate footprint, according to a report released by Health Care Without Harm, an international NGO, in collaboration with Arup.
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#Healthcare #footprint #GHG #NGO #greenhouse #gas

UN refuses to interfere on Kashmir issue
A day after India and Pakistan had a face-off at the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on 11 September 2019 expressed concern on the potential escalation between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue and appealed to both sides to solve it through dialogue.
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#Kashmir #Pakistan #ImranKhan #UNSC #Article370 #UNHRC #NarendraModi

A rare Harvest Moon
This 13 September 2019, a full moon will be visible in the sky, which will be the first time in nearly 20 years that it will coincide with the 13th September 2019.
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#Harvest #Moon #NationalGeographic #HarvestMoon #fullmoon

J&K Public Safety Act
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah has been slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) and may now remain under detention for two years or longer.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21485-j-k-public-safety-act
#PublicSafetyAct #PSA #CHRI #RTI #JammuandKashmir #FarooqAbdullah

Jammu and Kashmir petitions in SC
The Supreme Court 16 September 2019 heard a clutch of petitions pertaining to the situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 that gave it special status.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21484-jammu-and-kashmir-petitions-in-sc
#JammuandKashmir #SC #SupremeCourt #GhulamNabiAzad #Article370

Russia deploys S-400 in Arctic
Russia has placed S-400 missile defence systems at the Novaya Zemlya archipelago as Moscow seeks to increase its military presence in the Arctic, the defence ministry said on 16 September 2019.
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#Russia #S400PMU3 #Arctic #missile #YuzhnyIsland #ArmedForces

Country’s first central police varsity
The country’s first central police university will be set up by the Union home ministry off the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida.
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#GNIDA #GreaterNoida #CybercrimeForensicSciences #GreaterNoida

Constitution bench for Article 370
A five-judge Bench led by Justice N.V. Ramana is learnt to have been formed to start hearing from October 1 petitions challenging the Centre's move render Article 370 inoperative that stripped Jammu and Kashmir people of their special privileges, which led to the bifurcation of the State to two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21583-constitution-bench-for-article-370.html
#Article370 #CJI #NVRamana #JawaharlalNehru #JammuandKashmir

India’s second scorpene-class submarine
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 28 September 2019 commissioned the indigenously-built second scorpene-class submarine INS Khanderi into the Indian Navy. The INS Khanderi is the second Kalvari-class diesel-electric submarine after INS Kalvari.
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#India #RajnathSingh #INSKalvari #IndianNavy #DCNS

ICGS Varaha
The Coast Guard ship 'Varaha' launched by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Chennai was the 51st such vessel built by Larsen and Toubro. Larsen and Toubro Shipyard Ltd had been mandated by the Ministry of Defence for design and construction of seven offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in 2014.
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#ICGS #Varaha #OPVs #OPVVarad #RajnathSingh #Chennai #Vikram

BVRAAM ready for IAF fighters
India's first indigenous beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) for fighters, Astra, is now finally ready for induction after 15 tortuous years of development, with the DRDO expecting the IAF to initially order at least 200 missiles for its Sukhoi-30MKI jets.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21591-bvraam-ready-for-iaf-fighters.html
#BVRAAM #IAF #DRDO #India #ECCM #IAF #ukhoi30MKI

Starship’s plans unveiled
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled a prototype design of its next-generation Starship spacecraft that will take people or cargo to the moon, Mars or other destinations in space or around Earth.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21590-starship-s-plans-unveiled.html
#Starship #CEO #SpaceX #BFR #ITS #spacecraft #multiplanetary

Working group for new industrial policy
The Centre will soon constitute a working group on the proposed new industrial policy which is aimed at promoting emerging sectors, reducing regulatory hurdles and making India a manufacturing hub, an official has said.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21589-working-group-for-new-industrial-policy.html
#industrialpolicy #DPIIT #MSME #NMP #CII #UnionCabinet

BDC elections on October 24
In a first test to the prevailing security situation in Jammu-Kashmir, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer announced that elections for the Block Development Council (BDC) will be held on October 24.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21588-bdc-elections-on-october-24.html
#BDC #PanchayatRaj #BDC #Article370 #ShailendraKumar #PCOs

Common payment system
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, a group of major emerging economies known as BRICS, back the idea of developing a common payment system, a Russian official said.
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#RDIF #BRICS #G20 #SouthAfrica #India #KirillDmitriev

ICC approves probe for Rohingya
The International Criminal Court approved a full investigation into Myanmar's alleged crimes against the Rohingya, as the southeast Asian nation faced mounting legal pressure worldwide over their fate.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21998-icc-approves-probe-for-rohingya.html
#ICC #Myanmar #ICJ #AungSanSuuKyi #genocide #Rohingya

Rules under insolvency law notified
The government on 15 November 2019 notified rules under the insolvency law to deal with resolution of financial service providers, excluding banks.
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#insolvency #CIRP #FSPs #Bankruptcy #Rules #FinancialServiceProviders

UNICEF report
India had the second-highest number of deaths of children under the age of five in 2018 due to pneumonia, a curable and preventable disease that claimed the life of one child every 39 seconds globally, according to a new report by the UN.
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#UNICEF #Nigeria #India #ChildhoodPneumonia #UHC #Pakistan #Congo

Committee for liabilities between J&K, Ladakh
The Centre has constituted a three-member committee for division of assets and liabilities of Jammu and Kashmir between two successor Union territories, which came into existence on October 31.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21995-committee-for-liabilities-between-j-k-ladakh.html
#ICAS #Article370 #AjayKumar #liabilities #Ladakh #AnandSharma

Delhi under NSA
Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor has passed an order authorizing the city’s police, controlled by the Union home ministry, to place the national capital under the National Security Act (NSA).
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#DelhiPolice #NSA #NCRB #CrPC #FIRs #BJP #Article370

Key molecule for life’s origin
Researchers have unravelled a key piece of the puzzle about the origin of life on the Earth with the discovery of how phosphorus-bearing molecules, essential for cell metabolism, may have reached the planet from space.
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#ALMA #ESO #ROSINA #AFGL5142 #molecule #spacecraft

China and Myanmar 'stand together'
China and Myanmar inked dozens of mammoth infrastructure and trade deals after a meeting on 18 January 2020 between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyidaw (Myanmar), as Beijing doubles down on its support for a government under fire for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22654-china-and-myanmar-stand-together.html
#Myanmar #standtogether #Muslim #XiJinping #China

Davos diplomacy between India, Malaysia
Trade ministers from India and Malaysia are likely to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos next week amid a palm oil spat between the two countries, a Malaysian government told.
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#Malaysia #MahathirMohamad #Goyal #WEF #oil

AI-aided method for reading of legal judgements
Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have evolved an artificial intelligence-aided method to automate reading of legal judgements.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22652-ai-aided-method-for-reading-of-legal-judgements.html
#IITKharagpur #KGP #SupremeCourt #USA #RajivGandhi

Anyone can now buy land in J & K
The Government of India on 26 October 2020 issued a notification stating that any Indian citizen can now buy land, except agricultural, in municipal areas of Jammu and Kashmir without being a domicile.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/26791-anyone-can-now-buy-land-in-j-k.html
#J&K #buyland #Article370 #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses