ईरान से गतिरोध जारी
ब्रिटेन ने ईरानी गनबोटों (नौसैन्य पोतों) द्वारा ब्रिटिश सुपरटैंकर को निशाना बनाए जाने के बाद बढ़े तनाव के बीच कहा कि वह खाड़ी में दूसरा युद्धपोत भेज रहा है और क्षेत्र में चौकसी का स्तर बढ़ा रहा है। इस फैसले का खुलासा अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डॉनाल्ड ट्रंप की तरफ से इस्लामी गणराज्य के परमाणु कार्यक्रम और पश्चिम एशिया में आतंकवादी समूहों के लिए उसके कथित समर्थन को लेकर उसके खिलाफ वाकयुद्ध तेज करने के बाद हुआ है।
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#Iran #DonaldTrump #US #British #IndiaNavy #nuclear #deadlock

मिशन चंद्रयान-2 की उल्‍टी गिनती
भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान केंद्र (Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO) के मिशन चंद्रयान-2 की उल्‍टी गिनती 14 जुलाई 2019 से शुरू हो जाएगी। इसरो प्रमुख (ISRO chairperson) डॉ. के सिवन (Dr K. Sivan) ने बताया कि इस मिशन के 20 घंटे के काउंटडाउन की 14 जुलाई को सुबह 6.51 बजे से शुरू होने की उम्मीद है। यह 15 जुलाई को तड़के 2 बजकर 51 मिनट पर श्रीहरिकोटा के सतीश धवन सेंटर से लॉन्च होगा।
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#Chandrayaan2 #MissionMoon #ISRO #GSLV #Bahubali #Space #Satellite

Global MPI 2019
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty index values during the period with strong improvements in areas such as “assets, cooking fuel, sanitation and nutrition, a report by the United Nations said. The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) was released.
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#Global #MPI2019 #UNDP #OPHI #India #UnitedNations #Jharkhand

Moon-forming disk discovered
Astronomers have made the first observations of a circumplanetary disk of gas and dust like the one that is believed to have birthed the moons of Jupiter, by using Earth’s most powerful array of radio telescopes.
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#Moon #ALMA #VLT #PDS #VLT #MUSE #PDS #Earth #Astrophysical

Chandrayaan-2
Chandrayaan-2, India's most ambitious second lunar mission to be launched on July 15, will be the first of its kind as it will shed light on a completely unexplored section of the Moon - its South Polar region. Leveraging nearly a decade of scientific research and engineering development, the mission is aimed at helping in better understanding of the origin and evolution of the Moon by conducting detailed topographical studies, comprehensive mineralogical analyses, and a host of other experiments on the lunar surface. I
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#Chandrayaan2 #MissionMoon #ISRO #GSLV #Bahubali #Space #Satellite

First Indian woman CFO
The World Bank (WB) Group announced that Anshula Kant, an Indian national, has been appointed its next MD and CFO. Ms. Kant will be the first woman CFO of the Bank. Anshula brings more than 35 years of expertise in finance, banking, and innovative use of technology through her work as CFO of the State Bank of India, World Bank Group president David Malpass said.
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#CFO #Indianwoman #AnshulaKant #IBRD #ICSID #MIGA #IFC #ShriRamCollege

Committee to run golf in India
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has taken over the reins of the derecognised Indian Golf Union (IGU), forming a five-member 'golf governance committee' which will oversee all aspects concerning the "participation of athletes and officials in the Tokyo Olympic qualifiers/ events" until IGU's fresh election takes place.
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#IOA #golf #India #IGU #MukeshKumar #IGF #AGM #NSFs #Tokyo #KavitaSingh

Companies (Amendment) Bill passed
Lok Sabha on 26 July 2019 gave its nod to the Companies (Amendment) Bill which seeks to tighten corporate social responsibility compliance and reduce the load of cases on the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
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#Amendment #Bill #NCLT #LokSabha #criminal #NirmalaSitharaman

Chandrayaan-2 raises orbit
Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft moved into a higher orbit around the earth, by performing its second orbit-raising manoeuvre in the early hours of 26 July 2019.
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#Chandrayaan2 #orbit #GSLV #spacecraft #Earth #ISRO

28 new stars in Milky Way
Scientists at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital have discovered 28 new variable stars in the Milky Way galaxy. ARIES Director Wahab Uddin described the finding of the new variable stars, whose luminosity or brightness keeps changing, as a "rare achievement".
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#MilkyWay #stars #ARIES #DOT #NGC #SnehLata #NGC4147

Creamy layer’s exclusion from SC/ST quota
The Union government on 2 December 2019 asked the Supreme Court to refer to a seven-judge Bench the question whether the creamy layer should apply or not to the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe people while providing them reservation in government promotions.
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#Creamylayer #ST #MNagaraj #Articles341 #SC #judgment

Promotion of endangered languages
The government has launched a scheme for the promotion of endangered languages in central and state universities, Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said in the Lok Sabha on 2 December 2019.
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#Promotion #HRD #RameshPokhriyalNishank #UGC #LokSabha

India to get its second spaceport
The work on the country’s second spaceport has started in Tamil Nadu as Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is gearing up for increased launch activities in coming years.
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#India #Isro #TamilNadu #PSLV #GSLV #SSLV #Kulasekarapattinam

Russia-China gas pipeline
Russia and China on 2 December 2019 launched a giant gas pipeline linking the countries for the first time, one of three major projects aimed at cementing Moscow's role as the world's top gas exporter.
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#Russia #CEO #VladimirPutin #XiJinping #GasPipeline

Cybersecurity policy upgraded
India is ready to update its cybersecurity policy, and as a first step towards formulating the new document “National Cybersecurity Strategy 2020, the government is inviting suggestions from the citizens.
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#Cybersecurity #NCSS2020 #space #RajeshPant #India

COP25 meet begins
Amid concerns that the collective actions of all nations together is not enough to save the world from the ill effects of global warming, the UN climate change conference kicked off in Madrid where representatives of nearly 200 countries will work on giving finishing touches to the rules governing the Paris Accord in the next 11 days.
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#COP25 #WRI #Article6 #NDCs #G20 #netzeroemissions

India-EU Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on 3 December 2019 and expressed his desire to work together for strengthening India-EU partnership.
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#India #NarendraModi #EuropeanUnion #UrsulavonderLeyen

NASA satellite finds crashed Vikram lander
A NASA satellite orbiting the Moon has found India's Vikram lander which crashed on the lunar surface in September, the US space agency has said.
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#NASA #LRO #satellite #Vikram #Chandrayaan2 #GSLV

Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019 passed
The Lok Sabha passed a Bill to replace an Ordinance for effecting reduction of corporate tax rates.
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#TaxationLaws #Amendment #MAT #IncomeTaxAct #LokSabha

India, Sweden ink 3 pacts
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf on 2 December 2019 held extensive talks with President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expand overall bilateral cooperation in diverse areas including in trade and investment, innovation and culture.
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#India #Sweden #RamNathKovind #NarendraModi #SKCXVIG

Watch: KSG DYK - UPSC CSE Prelims Previous years' question | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle #SHORTS
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