कैलाश सत्यार्थी को लाइफटाइम अचीवमेंट अवॉर्ड
नोबेल शांति पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कैलाश सत्यार्थी को वॉकहार्ट समूह की ओर से आयोजित एक समारोह में वॉकहार्ट लाइफ टाइम अचीवमेंट अवॉर्ड दिया गया। वॉकहार्ट समूह की तरफ से कैलाश सत्यार्थी और उनकी पत्नी सुमेधा कैलाश के सम्मान में राष्ट्रीय सिनेमा संग्रहालय (National Museum of Indian Cinema) में एक समारोह का आयोजन किया गया था,
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#KailashSatyarthi #NobelPeacePrize #India #HabilKhorakiwala #healthcare

ईरान ने 2015 न्यूक डील में तय सीमा को तोड़ा
ईरान 2015 में हुए परमाणु समझौते को तोड़ने की दिशा में आगे बढ़ता दिख रहा है। स्थानीय मीडिया के अनुसार, उसने समझौते में यूरेनियम संवर्धन के तय किए गए कैप को तोड़ दिया और इसका यूरेनियम संवर्धन 4.5 प्रतिशत के पार पहुंच गया। उल्लेखनीय है कि 2015 में संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद के स्थायी सदस्यों (पी5), जर्मनी और यूरोपीय संघ के साथ ईरान की डील हुई थी
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#UNSC #P5 #EuropeanUnion #nuclear #AbbasMusawi #DonaldTrump #US #Iran

पर्यावरण में घुले प्लास्टिक के सूक्ष्म कण खतरनाक
प्लास्टिक प्रदूषण की समस्या पूरे विश्व के लिए एक बड़ी पर्यावरणीय चिंता बनकर उभर रही है। पर्यावरण में घुले प्लास्टिक के सूक्ष्म कण मनुष्य के शरीर के भीतर पहुंचकर उन्हें नुकसान पहुंचा रहे हैं। दुनिया भर में हर साल 400 मिलियन (लगभग 4 करोड़) टन से अधिक प्लास्टिक का उत्पादन होता है। सौंदर्य प्रसाधन, खाद्य पैकेजिंग, बर्तन आदि जैसे उद्योगों के जरिए भी प्लास्टिक हमारे शरीर में पहुंच कर नुकसान पहुंचा रहे हैं।
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#plastic #Micro #environmental #ScientificReport #NatarajanChandrasekharan

Vertical steep dive version of Brahmos
India has successfully test-fired a vertical deep dive version of the indigenous BrahMos supersonic missile. The upgraded version of the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile with an enhanced range of up to 500 km is also ready. It was possible to increase the range of this missile since India was now a part of the elite Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).
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#India #MTCR #BrahMos #IndianAirForce #ISRO #HCOC #Navy

Nag missile tests successful
Moving closer toward the induction of the Nag anti-tank guided missiles into the Army, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out three successful test firings of the missiles in the Pokhran firing ranges. The missiles were test-fired during both day and night on 7 July 2019 during the trials.
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#NAMIS #missile #IGMDP #DRDO #APJAbdulKalam #NAMICA

First ever atmosphere of a midsize exo-planet
In a first, scientists have identified the detailed chemical “fingerprint” of a planet between the sizes of Earth and Neptune to uncover clues about its nature and origin, using NASA’s Sptitzer and Hubble space telescopes. No planets like this can be found in our own solar system, but they are common around other stars.
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#fingerprint #NASA #Earth #planet #MilkyWay #spectroscopy

डीएनए प्रौद्योगिकी (उपयोग एवं अनुप्रयोग) विनियमन विधेयक 2019
केंद्रीय विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री डॉ. हर्षवर्धन ने ‘’डीएनए प्रौद्योगिकी (उपयोग एवं अनुप्रयोग) विनियमन विधेयक–2019’’ लोकसभा में पेश किया। विधेयक प्रस्‍तुत करते हुए डॉ. हर्षवर्धन ने कहा कि यह विधेयक गुमशुदा व्‍यक्तियों, पीडि़तों, दोषियों, विचाराधीन कैदियों और अज्ञात मृत व्‍यक्तियों की पहचान के लिए ’डीएनए प्रौद्योगिकी के उपयोग एवं अनुप्रयोग के विनियमन से संबंधित है।
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#DNA #RegulationBill2019 #LokSabha #DrHarshVardhan #RegulatoryBoard

कश्‍मीर पर UNHRC की रिपोर्ट
जम्मू-कश्मीर पर संयुक्त राष्ट्र मानवाधिकार कार्यालय (OHCHR) की एक रिपोर्ट से भारत सख्‍त नाराज है। वहीं पाकिस्‍तान इस पर इतराया हुआ है। भारत ने इस रिपोर्ट को पूरी तरह से खारिज करते हुए इसे मनगढ़ंत करार दिया है। सरकार की तरफ से कहा गया है कि यह रिपोर्ट पूरी तरह से झूठ और राजनीति से प्रेरित है। भारत का तर्क है
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#Pakistan #UNHRC #OHCHR #India #Kashmir #RavishKumar #terrorist

2020 में देश के पहले विमान वाहक पोत का बेसिन ट्रायल
भारत में बन रहे स्वदेशी विमानवाहक पोत के निर्माण का कार्य तेजी से चल रहा है और मार्च 2020 तक यह बेसिन ट्रायल (कम गहरे पानी में परीक्षण) के लिए पानी में उतारा जा सकता है। इसके बाद पोत का सी ट्रायल (समुद्र के गहरे पानी में परीक्षण) होगा। इस पहले स्वदेशी विमानवाहक पोत का नाम आइएनएस विक्रांत होगा।
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#aircraft #BasinTrial #INS #Vikrant #AKSaxena #IndianNavy #AdmiralSaxena #AdmiralSaxena

Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP)
The Central Government has introduced a 4-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) for pre-service training, to offer graduation with certain specializations built into it namely Primary and Secondary Education. In this regard, a Gazette Notification dated 29th March, 2019 has been published and applications have been invited from 3rd June, 2019.
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#ITEP #NCERT #SSA #RTE #PGI #OECD #NIEPA #RMSA

Global Study on Homicide 2019
Asia, which accounts for 60% of the global population, recorded the lowest rate of homicide in 2017 with only 2.3 killings per 1,00,000 people while the Americas had the highest homicide rate, according to a UN report.
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#GlobalStudy #Homicide2019 #Asia #UNODC #worldwide

FAME India Scheme
The National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020 is a National Mission document providing the vision and the roadmap for the faster adoption of electric vehicles and their manufacturing in the country. As part of the NEMMP 2020, Department of Heavy Industry formulated a Scheme viz.
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#FAME #India #NEMMP #FAMEIndia #CO2 #manufacturing #hybrid

Iran breaches limit in nuclear deal
Iran on 8 July 2019 began enriching uranium to 4.5%, just breaking the limit set by its nuclear deal with world powers, while it is still seeking a way for Europe to help it bypass U.S. sanctions amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington.
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#Iran #nuclear #Europe #IAEA #DonaldTrump #Organization #AtomsforPeace

भारत में मर्डर रेट में आई गिरावटः UN
भारत में 2015 तक छह सालों की अवधि में हुई हत्याओं की कुल दर में 10 फीसदी की कमी दर्ज की गई है लेकिन उत्तर भारत के कुछ राज्यों में इसमें पर्याप्त वृद्धि देखी गई। संयुक्त राष्ट्र की एक रिपोर्ट में यह जानकारी दी गई है। संयुक्त राष्ट्र मादक पदार्थ एवं अपराध विभाग (यूएनओडीसी) ने 'हत्याओं पर वैश्विक अध्ययन 2019' नामक शीर्षक से जारी रिपोर्ट में यह जानकारी दी है।
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#UN #India #UNODC #NationalCrimeRecordsBureau #Witchcraft #mortality

भारत-आसियान त्रिगुट व्‍यापार मंत्रियों की बैठक आयोजित
भारत-आसियान त्रिगुट व्‍यापार मंत्रियों की बैठक नई दिल्‍ली में आयोजित की गई जिसका उद्देश्‍य वर्तमान में जारी क्षेत्रीय व्‍यापक आर्थिक साझेदारी (आरसीईपी) पर अनौपचारिक सलाह-मशविरा करना था। इस बैठक में केन्‍द्रीय वाणिज्‍य एवं उद्योग और रेल मंत्री श्री पीयूष गोयल, थाईलैंड की कार्यवाहक वाणिज्‍य मंत्री सुश्री चटिमा बुन्‍यप्रफासारा, इंडोनेशिया के व्‍यापार मंत्री एनगैरतियास्‍तो लुकिता, आसियान के महासचि‍व श्री लिम जॉक होई और आरसीईपी के टीएनसी अध्‍यक्ष श्री ईमान पैमबैग्‍यो ने भाग लिया।
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#ASEAN #India #RCEP #PiyushGoyal #RCCE #China #FTA

क्रॉनिक ऑब्सट्रक्टिव पल्मोनरी डिजीज
वायु प्रदूषण के खतरों के प्रति आगाह करते हुए एक अध्ययन में यह बताया गया है कि घर और दफ्तरों से बाहर प्रदूषित हवा (आउटडोर पल्यूशन) के संपर्क में आने से फेफड़ों की कार्यक्षमता में तो कमी आती ही है। साथ ही क्रॉनिक ऑब्सट्रक्टिव पल्मोनरी डिजीज (सीओपीडी) विकसित होने का खतरा बढ़ जाता है।
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#COPD #airpollution #GBD #GlobalBurden #NO2 #Britain #BMI

UN report on sustainable development
Hunger is growing and the world is not on track to end extreme poverty by 2030 and meet other U.N. goals, mainly because progress is being undermined by the impact of climate change and increasing inequality, a U.N. report said. The report on progress toward achieving the 17 U.N. goals notes achievements in some areas, including a 49% fall in child mortality between 2000 and 2017 as well as electricity now reaching nearly 90% of the world’s population.
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#UN #sustainable #shockingly #workforce #LiuZhenmin #development

UN conference on combating desertification
India will host a UN conference on combating desertification in September. At present, 23% of the world’s geographical area is affected by degradation while India faces this problem in nearly 30% of its land due to multiple reasons including deforestation.
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#UNCCD #UN #India #IUCN #LDN #PrakashJavadekar #COP14 #desertification

US and Iran to clash at UN nuclear watchdog
The United States will use an emergency meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on 10 July 2019 to raise pressure on Iran over breaches of its nuclear deal, but diplomats expect no concrete action as parties to the deal considers their next move.
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#US #nuclear #Iran #IAEA #Britain #UnitedStates #clash

State of the Education Report
A UNESCO delegation led by Eric Falt, Director, UNESCO, has called on M. Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice President of India and presented ‘State of the Education Report’ for the year 2019 on ‘Children with Disabilities’ in India.
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#Education #UNESCO #India #RPWD #UnitedNations #MVenkaiahNaidu

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

Deep Ocean Mission
After successfully venturing into space exploration, India will launch its ambitious ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ by October to enter hitherto untapped 75,000 sq km of area in international waters to tap vast marine resources.
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#Mission #CIOB #DRDO #ISRO #DeepOceanMission #manned #DBT

WII report on GIB
The critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) is nearing extinction due to collision with high voltage power lines that criss-cross their flying path, according to a report by the Ministry of Environment.
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#GIB #WII #Rajasthan #CAMPA #NGT #GIBs #CWEL #Gujarat

Repatriation talks with Rohingya refugees
A Myanmar government delegation has met with representatives of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh to discuss creating conditions for their safe repatriation, officials said on 28 July 2019.
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#ASEAN #Bengalis #Myanmar #Bangladesh #Muslim #RohingyaMuslimrefugees

Indian wins People’s Choice Award in US
Renowned Indian sand artist and Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People’s Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the US, wowing the American public with his sculpture that highlighted the message of combating plastic pollution in oceans.
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#Indian #US #Pattnaik #PadmaAwardee #SudarsanPattnaik

Arrow-3 system successfully tested
Israel and the United States have successfully carried out tests of a ballistic missile interceptor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on 28 July 2019 provides protection against potential threats from Iran.
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#Arrow3 #Israel #Iran #missile #Alaska #UnitedStates

Mary Kom wins gold medal
Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom claimed the gold medal without breaking a sweat in the 23rd President’s Cup, asserting her supremacy in a lop-sided 51kg bout final in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia on 28 July 2019. The Olympic bronze medallist pugilist decimated Australian April Franks 5-0.
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#MaryKom #goldmedal #23rdPresident #TokyoOlympics #Asian #WorldChampionships

Odisha rasagola gets GI tag
A year after West Bengal walked away with geographical indication (GI) tag recognition for rasgulla, the Odisha government reopened the battle for ownership of the delicacy and won the rights over ‘Odisha rasagola’.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21079-odisha-rasagola-gets-gi-tag
#Odisha #GItag #rasagola #OSIC #NiladriBije #WTO #TRIPS #WestBengal

4th cycle of All India Tiger Estimation
On the occasion of International Tiger Day (29 July 2019), Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the results of the fourth cycle of All India Tiger Estimation - 2018 at Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi on 29 July 2019. The count of tigers in India has risen to 2967, in 2018, according to this census.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21078-4th-cycle-of-all-india-tiger-estimation
#India #Tiger #NarendraModi #historic #NTCA #MSTrIPES #MEETR

A bill to curb ponzi schemes passed
Parliament on 29 July 2019 unanimously passed the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019, which seeks to put in place a mechanism by which poor depositors will get back their hard earned money. The Rajya Sabha passed with voice vote the bill which would save gullible investors from ponzi schemes.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21077-a-bill-to-curb-ponzi-schemes-passed
#RajyaSabha #curb #ponzischemes #LokSabha #Ordinance #recommendations

Atomic restrictions imposed by the Iran
Iran produced tonnes before the deal. Any excess enriched uranium was either down blended to the level of natural uranium or shipped out of the country in exchange for natural uranium.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21076-atomic-restrictions-imposed-by-the-iran
#Iran #JCPOA #IAEA #UnitedStates #Atomic #restrictions

Third orbit-raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan 2
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) performed the third orbit raising manoeuvre of its Lunar craft Chandrayaan 2 on 29 July 2019 at 3:12 PM. This was done using the onboard propulsion system for a firing duration of 989 seconds.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21075-third-orbit-raising-manoeuvre-of-chandrayaan-2
#Chandrayaan2 #ISRO #Moon #Russia #solar #Vikram #orbit #spacecraft

South India’s first RAC-S
South India’s first and the country’s fourth Regional Academy Centre for Space (RAC-S) by Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) was inaugurated at National Institute of Technology Karnataka(NITK), Surathkal, on 3 January 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22562-south-india-s-first-rac-s.html
#RACS #SouthIndia #NITK #CBPO #MoU #ISRO #JPMC #NITK

The Kalapani dispute
The MEA on 2 January 2020 clarified that India's political map released after reorganisation of J&K has in no manner revised the boundary with Nepal. The timing is significant, as it comes amid an unease with Nepal over territorial claims of the Kalapani trijuntion of India-Nepal-China.
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#Kalapani #India #MEA #SupremeCourt #reorganisation

U.S strike at Bagdad
Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed on 3 January 2020 in a U.S. strike, was one of the most popular figures in Iran and seen as a deadly adversary by America and its allies.
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#US #Bagdad #IRGC #Iran #QasemSoleimani #QudsForce

107th Indian Science Congress
The 107th Indian Science Congress (ISC) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3 January 2019 at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru.
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#ISC #NarendraModi #IndianScienceCongress #ISTEM #Yonath

India’s own brain template
A team of scientists led by senior scientist Pravat Mandal at the Nueroimaging and Nuerospectroscopy Laboratory (NINS) of the National Brain Research Center (NBRC), Manesar, Haryana, has developed a brain template, Brahma, which will show intrinsic details about the anatomy of the Indian brain.
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#India #brain #MNI #HumanBrainFunction #NBRC #NINS #DST

EIU survey on urban areas
Three cities in Keralafeature among the fastest-growing urban areas across the world, according to a ranking released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey.
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#EIU #Kollam #urban #TamilNadu #UAE #Gujarat

Ration card portability implemented
The Centre has rolled out the ‘one nation, one ration card’ initiative in 12 states including Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22590-ration-card-portability-implemented.html
#Rationcard #RamVilasPaswan #NFSA #Maharashtra

FAIRS Export Certificate Report
India’s animal husbandry sector underwent a significant change last year due to a “landmark move” by the government which helped ease import regulations, according to a report released by the US Department of Agriculture.
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#FAIRS #DPPQS #OAA #GAIN #India #DAHD #FAIRS

Iran-U.S. conflict
Five days after Major General Qassem Soleimani, the Quds Force chief, was killed in a U.S. air strike outside Baghdad airport, Iran on 8 January 2020 launched ballistic missile attacks at American troops in two military bases in Iraq.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22588-iran-u-s-conflict.html
#Iran #PMF #missile #MGQS #QudsForce #Article51

Only Indian in list of umpires
Anil Chaudhary is the lone Indian named in the list of 19 match officials, including 16 umpires, for the upcoming ICC U-19 World Cup starting in South Africa from January 17.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22587-only-indian-in-list-of-umpires.html
#Indian #AnilChaudhary #ICC #WorldCup #T20 #SriLanka

Sea Guardians-2020
China and Pakistan on January 14 concluded a nine-day mega naval exercise during which they carried out advance-level joint drills and naval maneuvers in the North Arabian Sea.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22637-sea-guardians-2020.html
#SeaGuardians #China #CPEC #IndianNavy #Pakistan

India, Uzbekistan explore PTA
India and Uzbekistan agreed to work towards early conclusion of the Feasibility Study to be jointly conducted by the two sides to begin negotiations for a Preferential Trade Agreement.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22636-india-uzbekistan-explore-pta.html
#India #PTA #SCO #WTO #GSP #Uzbekistan #Kamilov

Iran Nuclear-deal dispute action
Britain, France and Germany have launched action under the Iran nuclear agreement paving the way for possible sanctions in response to Tehran’s attempts to roll back parts of the deal, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22635-iran-nuclear-deal-dispute-action.html
#Iran #Nuclear #Germany #disputemechanism #JosepBorrell


First ever ethnic group in US census
Sikhs in the US will be counted as a separate ethnic group in the 2020 census, an organisation of the minority community said, describing it as a milestone. President of the Sikh Society of San Diego Baljeet Singh said that the Sikh community's efforts have come to fruition.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22634-first-ever-ethnic-group-in-us-census.html
#US #census #Sikhs #BaljeetSingh #SikhsOfAmerica

Oldest solid material on Earth discovered
Scientists have discovered the oldest solid material ever found on the Earth, in the form of stardust trapped inside a meteorite that crashed into Australia 50 years ago and predates the formation of our solar system.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22633-oldest-solid-material-on-earth-discovered.html
#Earth #Australia #PNAS #Chicago #galaxy #babyboom

Quotas not a fundamental right
In a major judgement, the Supreme Court has said on 9 February 2020 that there is "no fundamental right which inheres in an individual to claim reservation in promotions", and also no court can order a state government to provide for reservation to SC/STs.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22819-quotas-not-a-fundamental-right.html
#Quotas #fundamental #SC/STs #Article335

India ranks 17th in coronavirus import
Of the countries most at risk of importing coronavirus cases, India ranks 17th, researchers have found on the basis of a mathematical model for the expected global spread of the virus that originated in China's Wuhan area in December 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22818-india-ranks-17th-in-coronavirus-import.html
#India #coronavirus #MERS #WAN #SARS #IGIA

SPICe form in new avatar
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is replacing the existing SPICe (Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically) form with a new web form called SPICe+.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22817-spice-form-in-new-avatar.html
#SPICe #avatar #EPFO #MCA21 #ESIC #WorldBank

Iran unveils ballistic missile
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled on 9 February 2020 a short-range ballistic missile that they said can be powered by a “new generation” of engines designed to put satellites into orbit.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22816-iran-unveils-ballistic-missile.html
#Iran #ballistic #missile #Revolutionary #Salmanengines

UN Conference on Migratory Birds
United Nations Conference on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals (COP13) will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 17 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22835-un-conference-on-migratory-birds.html
#UNConference #MigratoryBirds #NarendraModi #CMS

Palestinians withdraw on US Mideast plan
The Palestinians have abandoned their request for a vote at the UN Security Council on 11 February 2020 on rejecting the US Mideast plan, over a lack of international support.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22834-palestinians-withdraw-on-us-mideast-plan.html
#Palestinians #USMideastPlan #UNSecurityCouncil #MahmudAbbas

Five new smart cities to be investment hubs
Five new smart cities, proposed by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget, would be developed on the pattern of Gandhinagar’s Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) with dedicated metro corridors, energy-conserving buildings, walkability elements, state-of-the-art design elements, and automated garbage collection.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22833-five-new-smart-cities-to-be-investment-hubs.html
#newsmartcities #hubs #GIFT #SEZs #NirmalaSitharaman

Exercise Ajeya Warrior
The fifth edition of India-UK joint military exercise 'Ajeya Warrior' will be conducted at Salisbury Plains, United Kingdom from February 13 to 26, the Army said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22832-exercise-ajeya-warrior.html
#ExercisAjeyaWarrior #AjeyWarrior #UnitedKingdom

Iran remembers 1979 Islamic Revolution
Hundreds of thousands across Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on 11 February 2020 amid some of the highest tensions ever between Tehran and the US in the past four decades.
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#Iran #IslamicRevolution #US #HassanRouhani

Extending the UN arms embargo on Iran
A six-nation bloc of Gulf Arab nations torn apart by internal strife endorsed an extension of a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, just two months before it is set to expire.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/24936-extending-the-un-arms-embargo-on-iran.html
#UNarms #Iran #embargo #GulfArabnations #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Vote on extending arms embargo on Iran
The UN Security Council is preparing to vote this week on a US proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran, a move that some diplomats say is bound to fail and put an already fragile nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers further at risk.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/24986-vote-on-extending-arms-embargo-on-iran.html
#Vote #Iran #armsembargo #DonaldTrump #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

‘Snapback’ sanctions on Iran
The United States has notified UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres of its decision to trigger a ‘snapback’ that will initiate restoration of all UN sanctions on Iran, saying Washington will never allow “the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism” to freely buy and sell any kind of conventional weapons.
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#Snapback #Iran #UnitedStates #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

UNSC rejects 'snapback' sanctions on Iran
The president of the UN Security Council (UNSC) rejected the Trump administration's demand to restore all UN sanctions on Iran, a move that drew an angry rebuke from the US ambassador who accused opponents of supporting “terrorists.”
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/25207-unsc-rejects-snapback-sanctions-on-iran.html
#UNSC #snapback #Iran #IAEA #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Iran expands stockpiles of enriched uranium
The UN's atomic watchdog agency says Iran continues to increase its stockpiles of enriched uranium, in violation of limitations set in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
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#Iran #stockpiles #nucleardeal #UNs #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

US imposes new Iran-related sanctions
The United States imposed fresh Iran-related sanctions, blacklisting an entity and an individual as Washington continues to ramp up pressure on Tehran during U.S. President Donald Trump's final months in office.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/27394-us-imposes-new-iran-related-sanctions.html
#US #Iran #DonaldTrumps #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses #ksgnews

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Today's Headlines - 26 August 2023
BRICS gets six new members
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

The five-member BRICS invited six more countries to join the alliance, in a move which can strengthen its claim of being a ‘voice of the Global South’ on one hand, while raising concerns about China’s increasing dominance on the other. BRICS consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. In its ongoing summit at Johannesburg, South Africa, it has invited Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Egypt, and Ethiopia. Their membership will begin in January.

Why New Members

Adding new members strengthens the group’s heft as a spokesperson of the developing world. BRICS currently represents around 40% of the world’s population and more than a quarter of the world’s GDP.
With the additions, it will represent almost half the world’s population, and will include three of the world’s biggest oil producers, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iran.
The rush towards BRICS is driven by two basic impulses: “First, there is considerable anti-US sentiment in the world, and all these countries are looking for a grouping where they can use that sentiment to gather together.
Second, there is a lot of appetite for multipolarity, for a platform where countries of the Global South can express their solidarity.”
The formation of BRICS in 2009 was driven by the idea that the four emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India, and China would be the future economic powerhouses of the world. South Africa was added a year later.
While the economic performance of BRICS has been mixed, the war in Ukraine — which has brought the West together on the one hand and strengthened the China-Russia partnership on the other — has turned it into an aspiring bloc that can challenge the western geopolitical view, and emerge as a counterweight to Western-led fora like the Group of 7 and the World Bank.
What this means for India

If India’s presence at the recent G7 summit in Hiroshima, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi also participated in an informal Quad summit, was seen as a sign of New Delhi’s US tilt, it continues to attach importance to the “anti-West” BRICS.
India is also part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and despite problems, it has relations with Russia, with China.
While China does want BRICS to be an anti-western group, the Indian view is that it is a “non-western” group and should stay that way.
Among the new members, while India looks at all of them as partnerships worth developing, concerns have been raised that the group could become more pro-China and sideline New Delhi’s voice and interests.

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