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

अमेरिका-ईरान तनाव के बीच Air India का बड़ा फैसला
अमेरिका और ईरान के बीच तनाव लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है। इसका असर अब दिखना भी शुरू हो गया है। ईरान ने अमेरिका का ड्रोन मार गिराया अब दोनों देशों के बीच तल्खी काफी बढ़ती जा रही है। इस बीच एयर इंडिया ने भी अपने विमानों को ईरान के एयरस्पेस में न भेजने का फैसला किया है। एयर इंडिया के सीएमडी अश्वनी लोहानी ने ईरान के एयरस्पेस से विमानों के न गुजरने पर कहा, 'एयर इंडिया की उड़ानों पर इसका कोई खास प्रभाव नहीं है। हालांकि आने वाले विमानों का रूट फिर से तय करने पर काम किया जा रहा है।'
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20633-air-india
#AirIndia #Iran #CMD #AshwaniLohani #DGCA #NewYork

इस खास कदम से दोगुनी होगी किसानों की आय
अगले तीन साल की अवधि के भीतर किसानों के आय को दोगुना करने के क्रम में कृषि व किसान कल्‍याण मंत्रालय ने ग्रामीण भारत में डिजिटल टेक्‍नोलॉजी का इस्‍तेमाल करने का निर्णय लिया है। डिजिटल टेक्‍नोलॉजी के जरिए भारत के गांवों में कृषि संबंधित गतिविधियों का आधुनिकीकरण कर व्‍यवस्‍थित करने की योजना बनाई गई है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20632-2019-06-23-04-29-33
#Agriculture #India #NarendraSinghTomar #RajyaSabha #ICAR

Crackdown on cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency firms will be subjected to rules to prevent the abuse of digital coins such as bitcoin for money laundering, a global watchdog said, the first worldwide regulatory attempt to constrain the rapidly growing sector.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20638-crackdown-on-cryptocurrencies
#Crackdown #cryptocurrencies #FATF #FinTech #GlobalDigitalFinance

Pakistan must implement FATF action plan
India on 22 June 2019 emphasised that Pakistan needs to take all necessary steps to fully implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan by the October deadline. Pakistan, however, claimed that India was politicising the process for its “narrow” objectives. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a statement that India expects Pakistan to take credible and verifiable steps against terrorism and terrorist finances.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20637-pakistan-must-implement-fatf-action-plan
#FATF #Pakistan #ICRG #India #RaveeshKumar #narrow

New NASA missions to study Sun
NASA will launch two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space weather, the US space agency said. One of the selected missions will study how the Sun drives particles and energy into the solar system and a second will study Earth’s response, NASA said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20636-new-nasa-missions-to-study-sun
#NASA #solar #GPS #TRACERS #Moon #missions #Sun

The Central Asian nodes in BRI
Ahead of the recently concluded summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Chinese state media provided extensive coverage of Beijing’s recent forays into Central Asia, including into Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. On its website, the state-run Xinhua news agency splashed pictures of the Irkeshtam pass, one of China’s gateways to Kyrgyzstan, a few days before planes ferrying leaders of the eight SCO member countries, apart from observers, flew into Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20635-the-central-asian-nodes-in-bri
#BRI #Asian #SCO #CPEC #XUAR #EuropeanUnion #Irkeshtampass

ASEAN summit in Bangkok
Southeast Asian leaders opened a two-day summit in Bangkok on 22 June 2019, though it was unclear what progress their 10-country group could make on disputes in the South China Sea and the plight of ethnic Rohingya fleeing Myanmar.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20634-asean-summit-in-bangkok
#ASEAN #Bangkok #COC #Myanmar #10countrygroup #Thailand

ईरान ने संवर्धित यूरेनियम भंडार की तय सीमा तोड़ी
ईरान ने वैश्विक शक्तियों के साथ उसके परमाणु समझौते के तहत तय की गई संवर्धित यूरेनियम भंडारण की सीमा तोड़ दी है। यह जानकारी विदेश मंत्री जवाद जरीफ ने दी। इसके साथ ही माना जा रहा है कि ईरान पी5+1 और यूरोपीय संघ के साथ 2015 में हुए ऐतिहासिक समझौते को तोड़ने की दिशा में आगे बढ़ गया है जिस दौरान यूरेनियम भंडारण की सीमा तय की गई थी। उधर, परमाणु कार्यक्रमों पर नजर रखने वाली संयुक्त राष्ट्र की एजेंसी IAEA ने भी ईरान के इस कदम की पुष्टि कर दी है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20745-2019-07-02-05-06-34
#Iran #JawabJaffar #nuclear #IAEA #DonaldTrump #uranium #EuropeanUnion

BRI से मुकाबला
चीन का बॉडर रोड इनिशिएटिव (BRI) जहां अपने तय पैमाने और अपनी महात्वाकांक्षा से पिछड़ता दिख रहा है, वहीं भारत रियायती लाइन्स ऑफ क्रेडिट (LOC) पर आधारित विकासात्मक सहयोग साझीदारी के तहत 63 देशों में आर्थिक परियोजनाओं पर काम कर रहा है। मौजूदा समय में 63 देशों को 279 लाइन्स ऑफ क्रेडिट दिया गया है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20744-bri
#BRI #LOC #China #VMuralidharan #India #economic #BoulderRoadInitiative

अफस्पा के तहत पूरा नगालैंड 'अशांत' घोषित
अफस्पा के तहत पूरे नगालैंड को और छह महीनों (दिसंबर अंत तक) के लिए 'अशांत क्षेत्र' घोषित कर दिया गया। सशस्त्र बल (विशेषाधिकार) कानून (AFSPA) के तहत सुरक्षा बल कहीं भी कार्रवाई और बिना पूर्व नोटिस किसी को भी गिरफ्तार कर सकते हैं। नगालैंड में कई दशकों से अफस्पा लागू है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20743-2019-07-02-05-06-12
#AFSPA #turbulent #Nagaland #disturbedarea #JammuandKashmir

Teachers reservation bill Passed
Lok Sabha on 1 July 2019 passed a bill that proposes to make university or college as a unit instead of department for the purpose of providing reservation for filling teachers posts in central education institutions.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20750-teachers-reservation-bill-passed
#SC #EWS #LokSabha #ScheduledCaste #AllahabadHighCourt #NarendraModi

Assam NRC date extended
The government has given the process an extension of one month. The final list of National Register of Citizens in Assam was to be published on July 1. It will now be published on July 31.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20749-assam-nrc-date-extended
#Assam #NRC #India #HimachalPradesh #citizens

ILO report on Climate change
As climate change worsens, growing heat stress on workers in agriculture and other sectors will cause a productivity loss equal to 80 million full-time jobs over the next decade, the UN warned 1 July 2019. A report from the International Labour Organization estimated that in 2030, 2.2 percent of total working hours worldwide will be lost because of higher temperatures.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20748-ilo-report-on-climate-change
#ILO #agriculture #Organization #worldwide #Asia

Iran breaches stockpile limit
Dubai | Vienna: Iran has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile set in a 2015 deal with major powers, foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on 1 July 2019, according to the ISNA news agency, defying a warning by European co-signatories to stick to the deal despite US sanctions.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20747-iran-breaches-stockpile-limit
#Iran #UF6 #IAEA #MohammadJavadZarif #ISNA #stockpile #Dubai

Garuda Exercise
Indian Air Force (IAF) landed at Mont-de-Marsan Air Base in France to participate in the two-week ‘Garuda’ exercise with the French Air Force starting on 1 July 2019.
According to the embassy of France, as part of their Indo-Pacific cooperation, the fortnight-long Garuda exercise, will take place at Mont de Marsan (southwest of France).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20746-garuda-exercise
#GarudaExercise #IAF #India #IndianAirForce #C135 #aircraft

‘Belt and road’ in Afghan resolution
China and Russia clashed with the US and other Security Council members over China’s insistence on including a reference to Beijing’s USD 1 trillion “belt and road” global infrastructure program in a resolution on the UN political mission in Afghanistan.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21493-belt-and-road-in-afghan-resolution
#Afghan #Beltandroad #UNAMA #UN #RAVN #globalinfrastructure

South Asia’s tallest tower
Sri Lanka unveiled South Asia’s tallest tower, costing over $100 million, 80% of which has been funded by China under the controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21492-south-asia-s-tallest-tower
#SouthAsia #tallesttower #BRI #CPEC #PoK #XiJinping #SriLanka

Astra successfully launched
India's indigenously designed air-to-air missile Astra was successfully test-fired from the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha on 17 September 2019.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21491-astra-successfully-launched
#Astra #Sukhoi30MKI #Odisha #missile #DRDO #HAL

CubeSat mission in lunar orbit
NASA is aiming towards returning mankind to the Moon. The space agency plans on landing American astronauts, including the first woman and the next man, on the Moon by 2024 through its Artemis mission.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21490-cubesat-mission-in-lunar-orbit
#NASA #CubeSat #lunarorbit #CAPSTONE #Mars #Moon

InSight won an Emmy Award
NASA has won two Emmy Awards for its interactive programming during this past weekend. The space agency won the two awards for the coverage of its InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission to Mars and for its first test of a spacecraft that will help bring crewed launches to the International Space Station back to US soil.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21489-insight-won-an-emmy-award
#InSight #EmmyAward #NASA #JPL #SDM #SpaceXDemonstrationMission1

India, China informal summit conclude
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinpingconcluded their informal summit in Mahabalipuram, outside Chennai, on 12 October 2019 with a “new beginning” for cooperation between the two countries.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21689-india-china-informal-summit-conclude.html
#India #NarendraModi #TajFisherman #CBMs #BRI #IT

India wants data localisation in RCEP
India has proposed locating computing facilities inside the country if it is meant to protect its essential security interests and national interests at the the ongoing negotiations of the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21688-india-wants-data-localisation-in-rcep.html
#RCEP #India #RBI #FSA #TPP #ASEAN

Forbes’ richest Indian
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the Forbes list of richest Indians for the 12th consecutive year in 2019. With $51.4 billion net worth on Forbes’ list of richest Indians for the year 2019, Ambani leads the chart despite the Indian economy facing a slowdown.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21687-forbes-richest-indian.html
#Forbes #RIL #Gujarat #Ambani #Byju #Indian

Dharma Guardian
Dharma Guardian, the joint military exercise between India and Japan, will be held at the Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School Vairengte in Mizoram from October 19 to November 2.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21686-dharma-guardian.html
#DharmaGuardian #JGSDF #IndianArmy #Japan

Influential people in Digital Governance
Ravi Shankar Prasad, India's telecom, IT and law minister, has been adjudged among the 100 most influential people in the world of digital governance for his contribution in leading the implementation of Digital India.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21685-influential-people-in-digital-governance.html
#Digital #Governance #NGO #WorldBank #WEF

India’s strategic capabilities
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has strengthened its strategic capabilities with the latest high resolution images from CARTOSAT-3, providing the sharpest view of the ground.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22644-india-s-strategic-capabilities.html
#India #ISRO #PAN #CARTOSAT3 #satellite #Airport

Preliminary deal in Nile dam dispute
Officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan say they have reached a preliminary agreement aimed at clearing the way for the filling and operation of a $5 billion dam project on the Nile River.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22643-preliminary-deal-in-nile-dam-dispute.html
#Preliminary #DavidMalpass #Dam #NileRiver

A report on BRI
A lack of information and transparency are top barriers for European companies seeking involvement in China's Belt and Road Initiative, according to a survey published on 16 January 2020 by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22642-a-report-on-bri.html
#BRI #China #OBOR #XiJinping #ransparency

New star-gas hybrid objects
We know that our Milky Way galaxy is glued together by a supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at its centre, buried deep in the constellation Sagittarius constantly pulling stars, dust, and other matters inward.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22641-new-star-gas-hybrid-objects.html
#StarGas #UCLA #MilkyWay #galaxy #hybrid #Earth

Antibiotic against multi-drug resistant bacteria
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee have discovered a novel compound that can effectively kill a multitude of notorious antibiotic resistant bacteria, the premier engineering institute said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22640-antibiotic-against-multi-drug-resistant-bacteria.html
#Antibiotic #bacteria #IITR06144 #RanjanaPathania

BRI 'seriously affected' by Covid-19
About 20 percent of projects under China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to link Asia, Europe and beyond have been "seriously affected" by the coronavirus pandemic, an official from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on 19 June 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23995-bri-seriously-affected-by-covid-19.html
#BRI #seriouslyaffected #Covid-19 #Asia

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