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28 May 2019
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28 May 2019
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28 May 2019
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28 May 2019
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28 May 2019
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राइट टू हेल्थ स्कीम लागू करने वाला देश का पहला राज्य
आचार संहिता खत्म होते ही अब छत्तीसगढ़ में राइट टू हेल्थ स्कीम को लागू करने की तैयारी शुरू हो गई है। मिली जानकारी के मुताबिक जल्द ही छत्तीसगढ़ राइट टू हेल्थ स्कीम लागू करने वाला देश का पहला राज्य बन सकता है। इस योजना के लागू होने के साथ ही बिना स्मार्ट कार्ड के हर जरूरतमंद व्यक्ति को मुफ्त स्वास्थ्य सेवा मुहैया हो सकेगी।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20316-2019-05-28-05-28-34
#Chhattisgarh #TSSinhadev #Health #NationalHealthScheme

स्विट्जरलैंड ने साझा की स्विस बैंकों की जानकारी
स्विट्जरलैंड ने अपने वैश्विक वित्तीय केंद्र होने की हैसियत को दोबारा हासिल करने के लिए अपने बैंकों की जानकारियों को खुफिया रखने की प्रतिबद्धता छोड़ दी है। खासतौर पर देखा गया है कि स्विस बैंकों के भारतीय ग्राहकों की जानकारियों को साझा करने की प्रक्रिया में तेजी आई है। पिछले एक हफ्ते में करीब ऐसे एक दर्जन मामले सामने आए हैं।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20315-2019-05-28-05-27-25
#Switzerland #FTA #FederalTaxAdministration #Schweizerische #Nationalbank

Triple talaq bills lapse
With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and the one on banning triple talaq have lapsed as they were not passed by Rajya Sabha. The two bills could not be passed by Rajya Sabha in the Budget session, the last Parliament session of the outgoing government.
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#LokSabha #Amendment #Budget #RajyaSabha #MuslimWomen #talaqbills

Proposal for SHP rejected
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has rejected a proposal by a private company in Tamil Nadu seeking Central finance assistance for their small hydropower project (SHP) due to non-compliance with the provisions in the scheme. M/s. Dazzle Power (P) Ltd. had proposed to set up 0.35 MW small hydro project at Tuklapatti Canal Drop, Madurai.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20318-proposal-for-shp-rejected
#SHP #MNRE #CFA #TamilNadu #MW #Madurai

Sikkim's New chief minister
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) president Prem Singh Tamang, popularly known as P S Golay, on 27 May 2019 took oath as the chief minister of Sikkim. Eleven SKM MLAs were also administered the oath by Governor Ganga Prasad at Paljor Stadium. Golay, who is not a member of the state assembly at present as he did not contest the polls, was elected as the SKM Legislature Party leader.
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#PSGolay #SKM #Sikkim #PawanKumar #SDF #Ganga #PaljorStadium

यूनेस्को विश्व धरोहर सूची में शामिल हुआ गुलाबी शहर
यूनेस्को वर्ल्ड हेरिटेज की लिस्ट में भारत का एक और शहर शामिल हो गया है। राजस्थान की राजधानी जयपुर शहर को यूनेस्को वर्ल्ड हेरिटेज घोषित कर दिया गया है। यह ऐलान यूनेस्को ने 6 जुलाई 2019 को किया। राजस्थान में 37 वर्ल्ड हेरिटेज साइट्स हैं। इनमें चित्तौड़गढ़ का किला, कुंभलगढ़, जैसलमेर, रणथंभोर, और गागरोन का किला शामिल हैं।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20801-2019-07-07-05-55-10
#India #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #PinkCity #Rajasthan #NarendraModi

सरकार की नई टैरिफ नीति
आम बजट में कुछ अहम सुधारों की घोषणा के बाद सरकार की नजर बिजली क्षेत्र में सुधारों को आगे बढ़ाने की है। इसमें सबसे पहले नई टैरिफ नीति का कैबिनेट नोट सभी संबंधी मंत्रालयों को भेज दिया गया है, जिस पर अगले एक पखवाड़े के भीतर फैसला होने की उम्मीद है। नई टैरिफ नीति से देशभर में ग्राहकों को चौबीसों घंटे बिजली की आपूर्ति सुनिश्चित होगी।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20800-2019-07-07-05-55-01
#Government #tariffpolicy #Budget #DBT #household #UttarPradesh


Pink City declared world heritage site
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee inscribed Jaipur the ‘Pink City of India’ among its World Heritage Sites. In a meeting held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The UNESCO Committee decided to include seven cultural sites of different nations in its world heritage list.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20804-pink-city-declared-world-heritage-site
#India #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #PinkCity #Rajasthan #NarendraModi

Panel to be set up for encourage women
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 5 July 2019 said a committee will be set up to evaluate, suggest measures to encourage and facilitate women participation in country's development. Presenting the first Budget of the Modi government in its second term, Sitharaman proposed to expand self help groups (SHG) to all districts and said one woman in every SHG will get loan of up to Rs 1 lakh under Mudra Yojana.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20803-panel-to-be-set-up-for-encourage-women
#NirmalaSitharaman #MudraYojana #Budget #Modi #SHG #NationalResearchFoundation

Country’s first overseas bond
The government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will finalise plans for the country’s first overseas sovereign bond issue by September when the Centre’s second quarter borrowing programme is finalised, finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said on 6 July 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20802-country-s-first-overseas-bond
#RBI #SubhashChandraGarg #India #PFC #IRFC #overseas

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

China shared satellite data with India
India received satellite data on its flood-hit regions from eight nations and China was the first to provide it as part of a multi-lateral mechanism for sharing space-based information for countries affected by natural or man-made disasters.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21053-china-shared-satellite-data-with-india
#China #satellite #India #ISRO #CNSA #NRSC

India gets Apache attack helicopters
US aerospace major Boeing on 27 July 2019 handed over the first four of the 22 Apache attack helicopters to the Indian Air Force while another batch of four choppers will be delivered next week.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21052-india-gets-apache-attack-helicopters
#India #helicopters #IndianAirForce #IAF #AH64E #USArmy

Concil trim rate on Electric Vehicles
The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) on 27 July 2019 welcomed the reduction of GST on electric vehicles to 5%, saying it is in line with the government’s steps to promote eco-friendly mobility, even as it sought a similar cut in spare batteries.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21051-concil-trim-rate-on-electric-vehicles
#ElectricVehicles #SMEV #GST #Amendment #Budget #EVs

UN Report on flooding
At least 600 people have been killed and over 25 million others affected by flooding due to the torrential monsoon rains in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Myanmar, the UN has said. More than half-a-million of them have been displaced, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21050-un-report-on-flooding
#UN #flooding #UNICEF #Nepal #FarhanHaq #India

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).
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21215-swachh-survekshan-2022
#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.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21214-india-s-first-overseas-debt-bond-sale-is-failing
#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

LOI of Chandrayaan-2
Almost 30 days after it was launched, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft on 20 August 2019 moved into the lunar orbit, and started going around the moon, in preparation for a landing on September 7. Chandrayaan-2, launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 22, is India’s first lander mission to the moon.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21267-loi-of-chandrayaan-2
#LOI #Chandrayaan2 #spacecraft #India #Earth #IST #GSLVMkIII

DRR requirement for NBFCs and HFCs
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has amended the Companies (Share Capital & Debentures) Rules by removing Debenture Redemption Reserve (DRR) requirement for Listed Companies, NCFCs and HFCs.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21266-drr-requirement-for-nbfcs-and-hfcs
#DRR #NBFCs #HFCs #NirmalaSitharaman #NHB #Budget

A Panel report on Corporate tax
A government panel has recommended cutting the corporate tax rate to 25% from 30% for all companies and scrapping surcharges on tax payments, an official said on 20 August 2019, part of a major overhaul of the six-decades old tax act.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21265-a-panel-report-on-corporate-tax
#Corporatetax #AkhileshRanjan #COGS #NirmalaSitharaman #IncomeTaxAct

Recommendations of Jalan Committee accepted
The RBI board accepted the recommendations of the Bimal Jalan committee and has decided to transfer Rs 1,76,051 crore to the government. This is broken as Rs 1,23,414 crore as surplus for year 2018-19 and another Rs 52,637 crore of excess provisions identified by the committee as per the revised Economic Capital Framework (ECF).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21325-recommendations-of-jalan-committee-accepted
#ECF #RBI #ADF #CGRA #BimalJalan #budget #Recommendations

Humanoid robot docks with ISS
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a humanoid robot docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on 27 August 2019. The FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) robot is on a planned mission to support the crew and test its skills. It will stay on the station until Sept. 7.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21324-humanoid-robot-docks-with-iss
#Humanoid #robot #ISS #spacecraft #FEDOR #Robonaut2 #NASA

Multiple craters on Moon
Isro released the lunar surface images captured by the Terrain Mapping Camera 2 (TMC-2) on August 23 from an altitude of 4,375km. One set of images show impact craters such as Jackson, Mitra, Mach and Korolev.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21323-multiple-craters-on-moon
#Moon #TMC2 #Isro #Korolev #Jackson #Chandrayaan2 #Mitra

India’s first woman DGP passed away
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, India’s first woman Director General of Police (DGP), passed away following an illness in Mumbai on 26 August 2019 night.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21322-india-s-first-woman-dgp-passed-away
#India #DGP #woman #KiranBedi #IPS #Bhattacharya #KanchanChaudhary

India in G-7 summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India’s efforts towards eliminating single-use plastic, conserving water, harnessing solar energy and, protecting flora and fauna for a sustainable future during his address at the G-7 session on environment in Biarritz.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21321-india-in-g-7-summit
#India #G7 #NarendraModi #UNESCO #COP21 #Biodiversity

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

Tax cut means for economy
In its boldest gambit yet to stir up the economy, the government on 20 September 2019 issued an ordinance to reduce the corporate tax rate for domestic firms and new manufacturing units by 10 to 12 percentage points, effectively bringing India’s tax rates on par with its competing Asian peers.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21531-tax-cut-means-for-economy.html
#NirmalaSitharaman #Tax #budget #manufacturing #economy #EastAsia

Chandrayaan-2 achieved 98% objectives
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan on 21 September 2019 said the Chandrayaan-2 mission has achieved 98 per cent of its objectives, even as scientists are working hard to establish contact with lander 'Vikram'. Chandrayaan-2 orbiter is doing well and performing scheduled science experiments.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21530-chandrayaan-2-achieved-98-objectives.html
#Chandrayaan2 #ISRO #Vikram #ChairmanKSivan #mission

Mysterious magnetic pulses on Mars
The magnetic field of Mars at times tends to pulsate in ways which have never been observed before in the middle of the night. But, the reason behind this is currently not known.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21529-mysterious-magnetic-pulses-on-mars.html
#Mars #NASA #Mysterious #EPSC #InSight #HP3 #SEIS

PTA with Chile
For further expansion of the existing Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA), India and Chile have signed the terms of reference. According to the ambassador of Chile to India Juan Angulo Monsalve.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21528-pta-with-chile.html
#PTA #Chile #MoP #TPCI #NewDelhi #PacificAlliance

Ficci study on commodity storage
India, which is currently witnessing a spike in retail onion price on tight supply, should explore low-cost modern technology models from countries like Israel and Brazil for storing the commodity, industry body Ficci said on 8 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21930-ficci-study-on-commodity-storage.html
#Ficci #TOP #Budget #IITs #ICAR #NAFED #Israel

India Justice Report 2019
Karnataka is ranked sixth among 18 big and mid-sized states when it comes to justice delivery, with Maharashtra and Kerala topping the list and Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state ranked last, the India Justice Report (IJR) 2019 says.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21929-india-justice-report-2019.html
#India #IJR #DAKSH #UTs #TISS #IndiaJusticeReport2019 #Maharashtra

UNGA votes against Cuba
The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on 7 November 2019 to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for the 28th year, rejecting US criticism of human rights violations there and criticising the Trump administration's increasingly tough enforcement measures.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21928-unga-votes-against-cuba.html
#UNGA #Israel #JairBolsonaro #FidelCastro

BIMSTEC conclave
Three agreements have been signed between Ranong Port (Thailand) and port trusts of Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Kolkata, with an aim to reduce sea travel time between the two countries to more than a half.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21927-bimstec-conclave.html
#BIMSTEC #MoUs #Thailand #Kolkata #ActEastPolicy

Wealth of global billionaires fell
The world’s billionaires saw their collective fortunes dip in 2018 for the first time in three years, erasing $388 billion of their net worth. Asia was hardest hit, as slowing growth in China and rising US interest rates resulted in an 8% wealth drop among that continent’s richest people, according to the UBS/PwC Billionaires Report released on 8 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21926-wealth-of-global-billionaires-fell.html
#Wealth #UBS #EMEA #APAC #PwC #GlobalWealthManagement #Asia

UN draft treaty to combat cybercrime
The UN General Assembly approved a resolution on 27 December 2019 that will start the process of drafting a new international treaty to combat cybercrime over objections from the European Union, the United States and other countries.
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#UN #cybercrime #Russian #CherithNormanChalet #resolution

UN ups 2020 budget
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a USD 3.07-billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar.
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#budget #UN #Muslim #GeneralAssembly #Myanmar

U.N. condemns human rights abuses against Rohingya
The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution on 27 December 2019 strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.
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#Rohingya #RohingyaMuslims #Myanmar #humanrights

Mars 2020 rover to seek ancient life
The Mars 2020 rover, which sets off for the Red Planet next year, will not only search for traces of ancient life, but pave the way for future human missions, NASA scientists said as they unveiled the vehicle.
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#Mars2020 #NASA #RedPlanet #Earth #JPL

India in Social Mobility Index
India has been ranked very low at 76th place out of 82 countries on a new Social Mobility Index compiled by the World Economic Forum, while Denmark has topped the charts.
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#India #SocialMobilityIndex #WEF #DragsOnGrowth #SMI

India tests nuclear-missile from undersea pad
India tested its nuclear-capable K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), designed to have a strike range of 3,500 km, from an undersea platform in the shape of a submersible pontoon off the coast of Andhra Pradesh on 19 January 2020.
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#nuclear #missile #SLBM #India #SSBN #IndianNavy

India makes payment to WTO
India has made an advance payment of Swiss Franc 44,55,445 (about Rs 33 crore) as its contribution to the WTO for 2020, an official said. The payment was made in December last year.
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#WTO #India #GATT #budget #WorldTradeOrganisation

UN's decarbonisation target
At least $1 trillion of investments in new fuel technology is needed to enable the shipping industry to meet U.N. targets for cuts in carbon emissions by 2050, a study published on 20 January 2020 showed.
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#UN #CO2 #IMO #UCL #worldtrade #UMAS

'Time to Care' Study
India's richest 1 percent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 per cent of the country's population, while the total wealth of all Indian billionaires is more than the full-year budget, a new study said on 20 January 2020.
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#TimetoCare #WEF #India #GDP #CEO #AmitabhBehar #OxfamInternational

First MPC Meet of 2020
The monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India decided to hold policy rates at 5.15 percent on 6 February 2020 and maintained its accommodative stance.
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#MPC #CPI #Q3FY20 #GDP #NSC #ChetanGhate

Panel to examine fiscal, debt situation
The Fifteenth Finance Commission (15th FC) will set up a panel later this month to examine the fiscal and debt situation of the Centre and states and present a road map, on the lines of the erstwhile Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management panel, the Commission’s Chairman N K Singh said on 5 February 2020.
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#NKSingh #15thFC #Article293 #FY21 #FRBM #Budget

MAVEN makes surprising discovery
NASA’s ongoing Mars mission through its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has made surprising discoveries that scientists believe may help understand the disruptive phenomena on Earth.
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#MAVEN #NASA #aircraft #spacecraft #Earth

India slips in International IP Index
India’s slipped to 40th position on the International Intellectual Property (IP) Index, which analyses the IP climate in 53 global economies, this year, according to a report of the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center.Last year India was ranked at 36th position out of 50 countries.
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#India #International #IP #GIPC #IPR #France

Draft UN resolution on Libya
A UN resolution that would endorse a plan to restore peace to Libya and condemn the recent increase in violence faced opposition on 5 February 2020 from Russia and South Africa.
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#Libya #resolution #SouthAfrica #UN #British

Astronaut lands back on Earth
Koch touched down on 6 February 2020 on the Kazakh steppe after 328 days in space along with Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency.
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#Astronaut #Earth #NASA #ISS #ESA #Kazakh

FRBM Act not breached in budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 16 February 2020 said the 2020-21 union budget was prepared keeping the FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management) in mind even as she maintained she would be remembered for presenting the "longest prepared budget" than for "longest speech" on it.
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#FRBM #budget #NirmalaSitharaman #GDP #RBI

India CSR Reporting Survey 2019
More companies in India are complying with corporate social responsibility norms under the Companies Act, 2013, with 76 per cent firms having spent 2 per cent or more of their profits on such initiatives during 2019, according to a report.
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#CSR #India #KPMG #ReportingSurvey #environmental

World’s first yoga university outside India
World’s first yoga university outside India would start its post graduation course later this year in the US along with research in the ancient Indian practice and the admissions for it will begin in April, university officials said on 15 February 2020.
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#World #VAYU #HRNagendra #NASA #LosAngeles

Mysterious ‘ghost’ ancestry
Scientists examining the genomes of West Africans have found the latest evidence of humankind’s complicated genetic ancestry as they detected signs that a mysterious extinct human species interbred with our own species tens of thousands of years ago in Africa.
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#Mysterious #ghost #UCLA #DNA #Africa #introgression

Watch: Budget 2022: Here are the key takeaways #budget2022 #unionbudget2022 #budget
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KSG Podcast - 17th Gender Budget | daily editorial analysis for upsc aspirants
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Watch: Budget 2022: Here are the key takeaways #budget2022 #unionbudget2022 #budget
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KSG Podcast - 17th Gender Budget | daily editorial analysis for upsc aspirants
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