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’.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#Chandrayaan2 #ISRO #Moon #Russia #solar #Vikram #orbit #spacecraft

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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.”
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#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.
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#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.
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#Blackhole #LIGO #physicallyimpossible #Virgo