UNCCD COP 14 in India
A UN convention to combat desertification kicked off on 2 September 2019 at Greater Noida in which countries are expected to announce their targets for land restoration and agree on measures to address emerging threats including sand and dust storms and droughts.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21369-unccd-cop-14-in-india
#UNCCD #COP14 #India #LDN #GreaterNoida #COP
India to chair A-WEB
The fourth general assembly of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) is being hosted by the Election Commission of India in Bengaluru on September 3. On the same day, India will take over as the chair of A-WEB for 2019-21.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21368-india-to-chair-a-web
#India #AWEB #EMB #AAEA #Bengaluru #SunilArora #WorlDElectionBodies
Moon lander separation successful
In a key event of India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2, lander 'Vikram' was separated from the orbiter on 2 September 2019, five days ahead of its planned lunar touchdown.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21367-moon-lander-separation-successful
#Moon #India #Chandrayaan2 #ISTRAC #IDSN #ISRO #Pragyan
Yutu-2 discovers ‘gel-like’ substance
China’s Yutu-2 rover, which landed on the far side of the Moon as part of the Chang’e 4 mission, has made an unusual find on the satellite’s surface. According to a report from Space.com, the Yutu-2 rover has found “gel-like” substance inside a crater.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21366-yutu-2-discovers-gel-like-substance
#Yutu2 #gellike #Moon #SPA #satellite #mission #China
World safest cities index
There’s a new surprise member of the world’s safest cities club. Washington, DC, has entered the top 10 in the Safe Cities index for the first time, while Hong Kong is a noticeable no-show after plummeting down the rankings.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21365-world-safest-cities-index
#World #safest #HongKong #Washington #ranking #EconomistIntelligenceUni
A UN convention to combat desertification kicked off on 2 September 2019 at Greater Noida in which countries are expected to announce their targets for land restoration and agree on measures to address emerging threats including sand and dust storms and droughts.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21369-unccd-cop-14-in-india
#UNCCD #COP14 #India #LDN #GreaterNoida #COP
India to chair A-WEB
The fourth general assembly of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) is being hosted by the Election Commission of India in Bengaluru on September 3. On the same day, India will take over as the chair of A-WEB for 2019-21.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21368-india-to-chair-a-web
#India #AWEB #EMB #AAEA #Bengaluru #SunilArora #WorlDElectionBodies
Moon lander separation successful
In a key event of India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2, lander 'Vikram' was separated from the orbiter on 2 September 2019, five days ahead of its planned lunar touchdown.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21367-moon-lander-separation-successful
#Moon #India #Chandrayaan2 #ISTRAC #IDSN #ISRO #Pragyan
Yutu-2 discovers ‘gel-like’ substance
China’s Yutu-2 rover, which landed on the far side of the Moon as part of the Chang’e 4 mission, has made an unusual find on the satellite’s surface. According to a report from Space.com, the Yutu-2 rover has found “gel-like” substance inside a crater.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21366-yutu-2-discovers-gel-like-substance
#Yutu2 #gellike #Moon #SPA #satellite #mission #China
World safest cities index
There’s a new surprise member of the world’s safest cities club. Washington, DC, has entered the top 10 in the Safe Cities index for the first time, while Hong Kong is a noticeable no-show after plummeting down the rankings.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21365-world-safest-cities-index
#World #safest #HongKong #Washington #ranking #EconomistIntelligenceUni
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UNCCD COP 14 in India - KSG India | Khan Study Group
KSG India - Khan Study Group - India's Best IAS Coaching Center for General Studies and CSAT in Delhi, Jaipur, Bhopal, Indore, Patna and Bengaluru.
Vikram undergoes de-orbit manoeuvre
Chandrayaan 2’s moon lander Vikram underwent the first of two ‘de-orbiting’ manoeuvres on 3 September 2019 morning. The four-second operation performed from ISRO’s Bengaluru control centre has slightly trimmed the lander’s orbit towards its destination.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21382-vikram-undergoes-de-orbit-manoeuvre
#Vikram #Chandrayaan2 #OHRC #DEM #ISRO #Forging #orbit
Pakistan skips UN summit in India
A 12-day UN meet on combating desertification, land degradation and drought opened at Greater Noida on 2 September 2019 with India taking over presidency of the Conference of Parties (COP) from China for next two years while its neighbour Pakistan skipped it despite being invited by the global body.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21381-pakistan-skips-un-summit-in-india
#Pakistan #COP #UNCCD #ISRO #Pakistani #India
Caused of mass extinctions found
Around 420 million years ago, a devastating mass extinction event, known as Lau/Kozlowskii extinction, wiped around 23 per cent of all marine animals from the Earth in the late prehistoric Silurian Period.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21380-caused-of-mass-extinctions-found
#FSU #Kozlowskii #Earth #mass #extinctions
Apache AH-64E inducted in IAF
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has formally inducted eight of the 22 AH-64E Apache helicopters at the Air Force Station, Pathankot. The Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopters, which are expected to improve battlefield attack capabilities for the IAF, were inducted by Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21379-apache-ah-64e-inducted-in-iaf
#IAF #AH64E #Pathankot #AirForceStation #BSDhanoa #helicopters #MoD
CIMON returns to Earth
The Crew Interactive Mobile CompaniON (CIMON), which is the first artificial intelligence (AI)-based astronaut assistance system returned to Earth after spending over a year on the International Space Station (ISS).
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21378-cimon-returns-to-earth
#CIMON #ISS #DLR #ESA #Germany #artificialintelligence #IBM
Mithali Raj retired from T20
Former captain Mithali Raj announced her retirement from the shortest format of the game on 3 September 2019 after having led the Indian women’s cricket team in 32 T20 matches including three World Cups in 2012 (Sri Lanka), 2014 (Bangladesh) and 2016 (India).
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21377-mithali-raj-retired-from-t20
#MithaliRaj #T20 #ECB #Bangladesh #Indianwomen #CricketTeam
Chandrayaan 2’s moon lander Vikram underwent the first of two ‘de-orbiting’ manoeuvres on 3 September 2019 morning. The four-second operation performed from ISRO’s Bengaluru control centre has slightly trimmed the lander’s orbit towards its destination.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21382-vikram-undergoes-de-orbit-manoeuvre
#Vikram #Chandrayaan2 #OHRC #DEM #ISRO #Forging #orbit
Pakistan skips UN summit in India
A 12-day UN meet on combating desertification, land degradation and drought opened at Greater Noida on 2 September 2019 with India taking over presidency of the Conference of Parties (COP) from China for next two years while its neighbour Pakistan skipped it despite being invited by the global body.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21381-pakistan-skips-un-summit-in-india
#Pakistan #COP #UNCCD #ISRO #Pakistani #India
Caused of mass extinctions found
Around 420 million years ago, a devastating mass extinction event, known as Lau/Kozlowskii extinction, wiped around 23 per cent of all marine animals from the Earth in the late prehistoric Silurian Period.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21380-caused-of-mass-extinctions-found
#FSU #Kozlowskii #Earth #mass #extinctions
Apache AH-64E inducted in IAF
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has formally inducted eight of the 22 AH-64E Apache helicopters at the Air Force Station, Pathankot. The Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopters, which are expected to improve battlefield attack capabilities for the IAF, were inducted by Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21379-apache-ah-64e-inducted-in-iaf
#IAF #AH64E #Pathankot #AirForceStation #BSDhanoa #helicopters #MoD
CIMON returns to Earth
The Crew Interactive Mobile CompaniON (CIMON), which is the first artificial intelligence (AI)-based astronaut assistance system returned to Earth after spending over a year on the International Space Station (ISS).
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21378-cimon-returns-to-earth
#CIMON #ISS #DLR #ESA #Germany #artificialintelligence #IBM
Mithali Raj retired from T20
Former captain Mithali Raj announced her retirement from the shortest format of the game on 3 September 2019 after having led the Indian women’s cricket team in 32 T20 matches including three World Cups in 2012 (Sri Lanka), 2014 (Bangladesh) and 2016 (India).
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21377-mithali-raj-retired-from-t20
#MithaliRaj #T20 #ECB #Bangladesh #Indianwomen #CricketTeam
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Vikram undergoes de-orbit manoeuvre - KSG India | Khan Study Group
KSG India - Khan Study Group - India's Best IAS Coaching Center for General Studies and CSAT in Delhi, Jaipur, Bhopal, Indore, Patna and Bengaluru.
Longest UN climate talks end
Marathon international climate talks ended on 15 December 2019 with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on how to regulate global carbon markets.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22345-longest-un-climate-talks-end.html
#COP25 #LongestUN #climatetalks #Madrid #Glasgow #greenhousegas
India in CCPI 2020
India is among the top 10 nations as per the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) which is based parameters like renewable power and energy use efficiency, Power Minster R K Singh said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22344-india-in-ccpi-2020.html
#CCPI2020 #India #RKSingh #COP #NDCs #CCPI
Khyber Pass economic agreement
Pakistan and the World Bank has signed a project agreement worth $406.6 million for financing the Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) project with an aim to promote economic development.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22343-khyber-pass-economic-agreement.html
#Khyber #KPEC #WorldBank #Pakistan
MCA's 2019 Review
In its year-end review, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) on 15 December 2019 mentioned the various steps it undertook in 2019 for ease of doing business and creating a robust insolvency framework.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22342-mca-s-2019-review.html
#MCA #SPICe #NCLT #CCI #DVRs #WorldBank #GreenChannel #Amendment
Draft guidelines to treat rare genetic diseases
In a bid to attract the pharmaceutical industry for pooling investments in drugs for treating rare diseases, country’s apex research body Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has come up with national guidelines for gene therapy related clinical trials.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22341-draft-guidelines-to-treat-rare-genetic-diseases.html
#ICMR #PID #CDSCO #NDCTR #India #CAGR #orphandrug
Marathon international climate talks ended on 15 December 2019 with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on how to regulate global carbon markets.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22345-longest-un-climate-talks-end.html
#COP25 #LongestUN #climatetalks #Madrid #Glasgow #greenhousegas
India in CCPI 2020
India is among the top 10 nations as per the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) which is based parameters like renewable power and energy use efficiency, Power Minster R K Singh said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22344-india-in-ccpi-2020.html
#CCPI2020 #India #RKSingh #COP #NDCs #CCPI
Khyber Pass economic agreement
Pakistan and the World Bank has signed a project agreement worth $406.6 million for financing the Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) project with an aim to promote economic development.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22343-khyber-pass-economic-agreement.html
#Khyber #KPEC #WorldBank #Pakistan
MCA's 2019 Review
In its year-end review, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) on 15 December 2019 mentioned the various steps it undertook in 2019 for ease of doing business and creating a robust insolvency framework.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22342-mca-s-2019-review.html
#MCA #SPICe #NCLT #CCI #DVRs #WorldBank #GreenChannel #Amendment
Draft guidelines to treat rare genetic diseases
In a bid to attract the pharmaceutical industry for pooling investments in drugs for treating rare diseases, country’s apex research body Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has come up with national guidelines for gene therapy related clinical trials.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22341-draft-guidelines-to-treat-rare-genetic-diseases.html
#ICMR #PID #CDSCO #NDCTR #India #CAGR #orphandrug
Ksgindia
Longest UN climate talks end | KSG India | Khan Study Group
Marathon international climate talks ended on 15 December 2019 with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on how to regulate global carbon markets. After two weeks of negotiations in
FC sets up group on farm exports
The Fifteenth Finance Commission (FC) has set up an eight-member group under ITC chairman Sanjiv Puri to suggest performance incentives for states to encourage farm exports and promote crops that would “enable high import substitution”.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22890-fc-sets-up-group-on-farm-exports.html
#FC #ITC #APEDA #FY19 #RadhaSingh #Article280
India gets Champion of Migratory Species award
India was accorded Champion Plus status by the Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species Wild Animals (CMS), a United Nations body, for its commitment to the small grants programme (SGS) for conservation of migratory species and for keeping its energy projects compliant with the guidelines of Energy Task Force, at the 13th conference of parties (COP13) which began in Gandhinagar on 17 February 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22889-india-gets-champion-of-migratory-species-award.html
#India #MigratorySpecies #SGS #COP13 #GIFT #COP
India becomes 5th largest economy
ndia emerged as the world's fifth largest economy by overtaking the UK and France in 2019, says a report. A US-based think tank World Population Review in its report said that India is developing into an open-market economy from its previous autarkic policies.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22888-india-becomes-5th-largest-economy.html
#India #PPP #WPR #GDP #Japan #France
First ever a solar-powered Aircraft flies successfully
Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35) has the potential to stay to remain airborne for nearly a year and has been designed to work unmanned within the stratosphere, above the weather and conventional air traffic.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22887-first-ever-a-solar-powered-aircraft-flies-successfully.html
#solar #Aircraft #PHASA35 #HALE #DSTL #satellite
Tendulkar wins Laureus Sporting Moment Award
Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton and footballer Lionel Messi were declared joint winners of the prestigious Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award at a glittering ceremony on 17 February 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22886-tendulkar-wins-laureus-sporting-moment-award.html
#Tendulkar #LSMA #ICCWorldCup #wins #FLM
The Fifteenth Finance Commission (FC) has set up an eight-member group under ITC chairman Sanjiv Puri to suggest performance incentives for states to encourage farm exports and promote crops that would “enable high import substitution”.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22890-fc-sets-up-group-on-farm-exports.html
#FC #ITC #APEDA #FY19 #RadhaSingh #Article280
India gets Champion of Migratory Species award
India was accorded Champion Plus status by the Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species Wild Animals (CMS), a United Nations body, for its commitment to the small grants programme (SGS) for conservation of migratory species and for keeping its energy projects compliant with the guidelines of Energy Task Force, at the 13th conference of parties (COP13) which began in Gandhinagar on 17 February 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22889-india-gets-champion-of-migratory-species-award.html
#India #MigratorySpecies #SGS #COP13 #GIFT #COP
India becomes 5th largest economy
ndia emerged as the world's fifth largest economy by overtaking the UK and France in 2019, says a report. A US-based think tank World Population Review in its report said that India is developing into an open-market economy from its previous autarkic policies.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22888-india-becomes-5th-largest-economy.html
#India #PPP #WPR #GDP #Japan #France
First ever a solar-powered Aircraft flies successfully
Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35) has the potential to stay to remain airborne for nearly a year and has been designed to work unmanned within the stratosphere, above the weather and conventional air traffic.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22887-first-ever-a-solar-powered-aircraft-flies-successfully.html
#solar #Aircraft #PHASA35 #HALE #DSTL #satellite
Tendulkar wins Laureus Sporting Moment Award
Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton and footballer Lionel Messi were declared joint winners of the prestigious Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award at a glittering ceremony on 17 February 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22886-tendulkar-wins-laureus-sporting-moment-award.html
#Tendulkar #LSMA #ICCWorldCup #wins #FLM
Ksgindia
FC sets up group on farm exports | KSG India | Khan Study Group
The Fifteenth Finance Commission (FC) has set up an eight-member group under ITC chairman Sanjiv Puri to suggest performance incentives for states to encourage farm exports and promote crops that woul