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

GoM on Jammu and Kashmir
The government on 28 August 2019 constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into development, economic and social issues in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh that will come into existence on 31 October 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21331-gom-on-jammu-and-kashmir
#GoM #Jammu #Kashmir #JitendraSingh #PMO #RaviShankarPrasad #Article370

3rd Moon-bound orbital maneuver
The third Moon-bound orbital maneuver was carried out on ISRO’s lunar probe. Chandrayaan 2 which is undergoing orbital maneuver in the Moon’s orbit in order to place itself over the lunar poles is scheduled to land on the Moon’s surface on September 7.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21330-3rd-moon-bound-orbital-maneuver
#ISRO #Chandrayaan2 #IST #maneuver #Moon #spacecraft

Spending in space alters brain
It has long been known that if we spend time in space it has effects on our body and now a recent study suggests that the human mind could also get affected.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21329-spending-in-space-alters-brain
#space #brain #FMRI #Earth #supramarginalgyrus #Russia

India to host Interpol general assembly
India on 1 September 2019 proposed to host the Interpol general assembly in 2022, as part of the 75th-anniversary celebrations of the country’s Independence.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21360-india-to-host-interpol-general-assembly
#India #AmitShah #INTERPOL #75thAnniversary #Independence

Fifth lunar orbit manoeuvre
India’s Chandrayaan-2 successfully completed its fifth and final lunar-bound orbit maneuver on 1 September 2019. The final and fifth Lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully on September 01, 2019 at 1821 hrs IST.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21359-fifth-lunar-orbit-manoeuvre
#orbit #Chandrayaan2 #India #IST #spacecraft #ISRO #SatishDhawan

Fingerprint of Earth’s atmosphere
Astronomers at Canada’s McGill University have made a “fingerprint” for the Earth, which could be used to identify a potentially life sustaining planet beyond the solar system.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21358-fingerprint-of-earth-s-atmosphere
#Fingerprint #Earth #McGillUniversity #SCISAT #JWST #TRAPPIST1

Evolution of antibiotic resistance in E. coli
It is well known that low concentrations of antibiotics can cause resistance to evolve among bacteria. Now, a group of researchers from IISER Pune has taken this further to explore how exactly this happens.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21357-evolution-of-antibiotic-resistance-in-e-coli
#Ecoli #IISER #Pune #antibiotic #Evolution #bacteria

India to host Interpol general assembly
India on 1 September 2019 proposed to host the Interpol general assembly in 2022, as part of the 75th-anniversary celebrations of the country’s Independence.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21360-india-to-host-interpol-general-assembly
#India #AmitShah #INTERPOL #75thAnniversary #Independence

Fifth lunar orbit manoeuvre
India’s Chandrayaan-2 successfully completed its fifth and final lunar-bound orbit maneuver on 1 September 2019. The final and fifth Lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully on September 01, 2019 at 1821 hrs IST.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21359-fifth-lunar-orbit-manoeuvre
#orbit #Chandrayaan2 #India #IST #spacecraft #ISRO #SatishDhawan

Fingerprint of Earth’s atmosphere
Astronomers at Canada’s McGill University have made a “fingerprint” for the Earth, which could be used to identify a potentially life sustaining planet beyond the solar system.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21358-fingerprint-of-earth-s-atmosphere
#Fingerprint #Earth #McGillUniversity #SCISAT #JWST #TRAPPIST1

Evolution of antibiotic resistance in E. coli
It is well known that low concentrations of antibiotics can cause resistance to evolve among bacteria. Now, a group of researchers from IISER Pune has taken this further to explore how exactly this happens.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21357-evolution-of-antibiotic-resistance-in-e-coli
#Ecoli #IISER #Pune #antibiotic #Evolution #bacteria

Watch: KSG DYK - The standard meridian of India (IST) passes through how many States? #SHORTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5HnHTi68QQ