PM-KMY launched
The Common Service Centre (CSC), a part of national e-governance scheme under the Central government, has set a target of enrolling 2 crore small and marginal farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY) by August 15.
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#PMKMYlaunched #CSC #PMKMY #NarendraSinghTomar

Cancer stem cells can form blood
The role of cancer stem cells in maintaining and spreading a tumour has remained a hypothesis until recently.
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#Cancerstemcells #blood #CancerInstitute #WIA #stemcells

“Cloaked” black hole discovered
Astronomers from American space agency NASA have discovered evidence for the farthest “cloaked” black hole found so far. The discovery was made by the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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#Cloaked #blackhole #NASA #ChandraXray #Sun

Second state in recognising forest rights claims
Chhattisgarh has become the second state in the country after Odisha to recognise the forest rights claims as well as the forest lands acquired by Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21216-second-state-in-recognising-forest-rights-claims
#forest #recognising #Odisha #BhupeshBaghel #STs #NationalForestPolicy

Swachh Survekshan 2020
The Government has launched the Swachh Survekshan 2020 (SS 2020), the fifth edition of the annual cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
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#SwachhSurvekshan2020 #MoHUA #ULBs #NIC #ODF #IHHL

India’s first overseas debt bond sale is failing
India’s foray into international debt markets may consist of little more than sound and fury, as the nation struggles to shed decades of trepidation about borrowing in foreign currencies.
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#India #NirmalaSitharaman #IMF #NarendraModi #budget #Bloomberg #GDP

Sgr A* emits mysterious radiation
Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), which is a supermassive Black Hole at the heart of the Milky Way, suddenly glowed way too brighter than its normal state becoming 75 times more luminescent before going back to its normal state.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21213-sgr-a-emits-mysterious-radiation
#SagittariusA* #BlackHole #astronomers #cosmicfizzle #MilkyWay

First Indian to claim a world title in motorsports
Aishwarya Pissay became the first Indian to claim a world title in motorsports, annexing the FIM World Cup in the women’s category after the final round of the championship. The 23-year old from Bengaluru also finished second in the FIM Junior category.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21212-first-indian-to-claim-a-world-title-in-motorsports
#FirstIndian #motorsports #AishwaryaPissay #Dubai #WorldCup #FIM

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.
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#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.”
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#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.
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#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

First-ever arrested landing of LCA
DRDO and ADA on 13 September 2019 successfully executed the first-ever arrested landing of Light Combat Aircraft (Navy) at a shore-based facility, INS Hansa in Goa, inching closer to the goal of operating from an aircraft carrier.
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#LCA #DRDO #ADA #Navy #INSHansa #CSIRLabs


Indian to lead UNMHA
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed a veteran Indian Army official as the head of the world body’s observer mission in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah.
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#UNMHA #IndianArmyofficial #UNSecretary #RCC


SC/ST review plea sent to bench
The Supreme Court 13 September 2019 referred to a larger bench the Centre’s plea for review of its March 2018 verdict which had virtually diluted provisions of arrest under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21462-sc-st-review-plea-sent-to-bench
#PreventionofAtrocities #ScheduledCastes #reviewplea


Bio-terrorism in SCO conference
Underlining the threat posed by bio-terrorism, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said new technologies in the battlefield are throwing up new challenges for the armed forces,
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#SCO #bioterrorism #RajnathSingh #medicalservices


First time Gravitational waves detected from black hole
Researchers have, for the first time, detected the gravitational waves from a newly born black hole, and found that the ringing pattern of the waves predicts the cosmic body’s mass and spin, providing more evidence for Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21460-first-time-gravitational-waves-detected-from-black-hole
#Gravitationalwaves #blackhole #mass #spin #electriccharge

COP25 to take place in Madrid
The United Nations has confirmed that this year's climate change talks will take place in Madrid in December, after Chile withdrew as host this week because of massive street protests in the South American country.
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#COP25 #Madrid #UnitedNations #UNFCCC #SouthAmerican

Mumbai and Hyderabad joined UCCN
UNESCO has announced that Mumbai and Hyderabad have been included in its network of 'Creative Cities' on the occasion of World Cities Day 2019 on 31 October 2019.
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#Mumbai #Hyderabad #UCCN #UNESCO #CreativeCities

AFSPA in J&K and Ladakh notified
The Union Cabinet Secretariat has notified rules reiterating that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be the authority on deciding the imposition of AFSPA in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21870-afspa-in-j-k-and-ladakh-notified.html
#AFSPA #Ladakh #MHA #SpecialPowersAct #ArmedForces

China rolls out 5G telecom services
China’s three major state-run telecom operators have unveiled their 5G network, as the country aims at becoming the global leader in next generation telecom technology surpassing the US and other western nations.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21869-china-rolls-out-5g-telecom-services.html
#Chinarolls #5Gtelecomservices #telecomservices #5Gnetwork

Smallest ever black hole
Space scientists seem to have discovered the smallest black hole ever to get detected till now that might come under a totally different class of objects.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21868-smallest-ever-black-hole.html
#blackhole #suns #star #OhioStateUniversity #gravity

States to get medical device parks
The government has given approval for setting up four medical device parks with a view to support Make in India initiative and provide world-class products at an affordable price for treatment.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21950-states-to-get-medical-device-parks.html
#CFC #AndhraPradesh #infrastructure #CommonFacilityCentre

100% FDI in coal mining
India’s move to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment in coal mining is a “positive move” and a good policy enabler towards the country’s long-term ambition of producing 300 million tonnes of steel per annum.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21949-100-fdi-in-coal-mining.html
#FDI #NationalSteelPolicy2017 #environment #India #NSP

Black hole devour another
In a first, researchers have created simulations explaining how the largest of black hole mergers may have happened, showing one may have devoured another “in a ‘Pac-Man-like’ behaviour.”
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21948-black-hole-devour-another.html
#Blackhole #RIT #gravitational #Earth #gas #space

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