hp/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19508-anti-dumping-duty-on-solar-cell-component
#India #WTO #Thailand #DGTR #Malaysia #JawaharlalNehru

Golan Heights resolution
Arab leaders said on 31 March 2019 they would seek a U.N. Security Council resolution against the U.S. decision to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and promised to support Palestinians in their bid for statehood. Arab leaders, long divided by regional rivalries, also ended their annual summit in Tunisia calling for cooperation with non-Arab Iran based on non-interference in each others’ affairs. Arab leaders who have been grappling with a bitter Gulf Arab dispute, splits over Iran’s regional influence, the war in Yemen and unrest in Algeria and Sudan sought common ground after Washington recognised Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan.
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#GolanHeights #resolution #Arab #Syria #China

HDFC बैंक ने शीर्ष पर बनाई जगह
बाजार अनुसंधान संगठन Numr ने हाल ही में भारतीय बैंकों के लिए महानगरों और एनसीसीएस ए1 से संबंधित लोगों के बीच एक एनपीएस सर्वे किया है। इस सर्वे से सामने आई रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, सबसे ज्यादा 36 फीसद लोगों ने एचडीएफसी को अपना प्राथमिक बैंक बताया। इसके बाद दूसरे नंबर पर 33 फीसद के साथ स्टेट बैंक ऑफ इंडिया (SBI) रही। वहीं तीसरे नंबर पर आसीआईसीआई बैंक और चौथे नंबर पर एक्सिस बैंक रही।
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#NPS #HDFC #SBI #NCC #ICCIBank #India #AxisBank

उत्तर प्रदेश मे 17 अति पिछड़ी जातियों को मिलेगा एससी का दर्जा
उत्तर प्रदेश की योगी सरकार ने निषाद, मल्लाह और राजभर समेत 17 जातियों को अनुसूचित जाति का दर्जा देने का फैसला किया है। सरकार ने इसके लिए आदेश जारी कर दिया है। हालांकि समाज कल्याण विभाग द्वारा जारी किए गए आदेश में कहा गया है कि यह फैसला कोर्ट के अंतिम आदेश के अधीन होगा। यानी अगर कोर्ट का अंतिम निर्णय इन जातियों को अनुसूचित जाति में शामिल न करने का आता है, तो फिर से इन्हें अनुसूचित जाति के दायरे से बाहर कर दिया जाएगा।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20709-17-5
#SC #UttarPradesh #BSP #ScheduledCastes #AkhileshYadav #PIL

चौथे भारत समुद्री पुरस्‍कार 2019
जवाहरलाल नेहरू पोर्ट ट्रस्‍ट (जेएनपीटी) को चौथे भारत समुद्री पुरस्‍कार 2019 के अंतर्गत वर्ष के सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ पोर्ट (कंटेनर) पुरस्‍कार से सम्‍मानित किया गया। देश के सबसे अच्‍छे पोर्टों को इस श्रेणी में नामांकित किया गया था। समुद्री क्षेत्र में 30 वर्षों की अपनी स्‍वर्णिम सेवाओं के लिए जेएनपीटी को एक विशेष सम्‍मान भी दिया गया।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20708-2019-36
#IndiaMarineAward2019 #JNPT #TEUs #JawaharlalNehru


EQUIP finalised and released
World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 June 2019 put forward a five-point approach to address common challenges facing the world, including protectionism, unilateralism at global financial organisations like the WTO and terrorism.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20713-equip-finalised-and-released
#EQUIP #HRD #PrimeMinister #GER #India #EFC

India's approach in G20
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) is back at it - endorsing commercial products. Except, this time they aren’t calling it endorsement. The new name is “certifying a claim that is health friendly”. And the IMA is refusing to divulge how much money has been given for this certification citing “non-disclosure agreements” with the companies whose products they have certified.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20712-india-s-approach-in-g20
#India #G20 #NarendraModi #WTO #German #EU

IMA finds a new way to mint money
World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan are clashing over the values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 June 2019 put forward a five-point approach to address common challenges facing the world, including protectionism, unilateralism at global financial organisations like the WTO and terrorism.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20711-ima-finds-a-new-way-to-mint-money
#IMA #LED #NABH #MedicalEthics #Regulations2002 #MCI

Article 370 scrapped
Home Minister Amit Shah on 5 August 2019 announced scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution that provides special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21145-article-370-scrapped
#Article370 #AmitShah #JammuandKashmir #PoK #JawaharlalNehru


Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Bill
The Lok Sabha on 5 August 2019 passed a bill which provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21144-transgender-persons-protection-of-rights-bill
#LokSabha #ProtectionofRights #Transgender #TPP #sexual #hijra #aravani


U.S., South Korea prepare military drills
South Korea and the United States are preparing to hold their annual joint military exercises despite warnings from North Korea that the drills could derail fragile nuclear diplomacy, Seoul’s military said on 5 August 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21143-u-s-south-korea-prepare-military-drills
#US #military #NorthKorea #solemnwarning #DonaldTrump #MrKim


‘Mega-tsunami’ on Mars
Today, Mars is a cold and dry world but many scientists believe it carried water billions of years ago.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21142-mega-tsunami-on-mars
#Megatsunami #Mars #redplanet #Lomonosov #water #Korolev #Earth

WTO dispute over India's tariffs on ICT goods
The US has sought establishment of a dispute panel by the World Trade Organization's (WTO) in a case against India's import duties on certain ICT products, including mobile phones.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21539-wto-dispute-over-india-s-tariffs-on-ict-goods.html
#WTO #ICTgoods #settlementmechanism #US #WTOnorms


NATGRID to be ready by early 2020
The NATGRID - a robust intelligence gathering mechanism related to immigration, banking, individual tax payers, air and train travels - is likely to be operational by January 2020, officials said on 22 September 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21538-natgrid-to-be-ready-by-early-2020.html
#NATGRID #NationalIntelligenceGrid #AmitShah #traintravels


7th frigate in P17A series
The Navy has planned to name the seventh ship in the P17A frigate series as 'Mahendragiri'.The first of the seven frigates, christened 'Nilgiri', is slated to be launched in Mumbai on September 28 in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21537-7th-frigate-in-p17a-series.html
#P17Aseries #NilgiriHills #Mahendragiri #INSNilgiri


Genes implicated in bipolar disorder identified
A study by researchers from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), in Bengaluru, identifies two specific genes which may be related to bipolar disorder, a neuropsychiatric disorder that has been studied widely.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21536-genes-implicated-in-bipolar-disorder-identified.html
#NIMHANS #JNCASR #JawaharlalNehru #Bengaluru


Rules of trade remedies
The government will soon make changes in the rules of trade remedies such as antidumping and safeguard, for making them more effective to protect the domestic industry.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21535-rules-of-trade-remedies.html
#Rules #traderemedies #WorldTradeOrganization #LDR

Constitution bench for Article 370
A five-judge Bench led by Justice N.V. Ramana is learnt to have been formed to start hearing from October 1 petitions challenging the Centre's move render Article 370 inoperative that stripped Jammu and Kashmir people of their special privileges, which led to the bifurcation of the State to two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21583-constitution-bench-for-article-370.html
#Article370 #CJI #NVRamana #JawaharlalNehru #JammuandKashmir

India’s second scorpene-class submarine
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 28 September 2019 commissioned the indigenously-built second scorpene-class submarine INS Khanderi into the Indian Navy. The INS Khanderi is the second Kalvari-class diesel-electric submarine after INS Kalvari.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21582-india-s-second-scorpene-class-submarine.html
#India #RajnathSingh #INSKalvari #IndianNavy #DCNS

ICGS Varaha
The Coast Guard ship 'Varaha' launched by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Chennai was the 51st such vessel built by Larsen and Toubro. Larsen and Toubro Shipyard Ltd had been mandated by the Ministry of Defence for design and construction of seven offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in 2014.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21581-icgs-varaha.html
#ICGS #Varaha #OPVs #OPVVarad #RajnathSingh #Chennai #Vikram

Today's Headlines - 19 July 2023
India, US notify WTO of mutual resolution
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

India and the US have mutually resolved all six trade disputes pending at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), in line with the commitment made by the two countries during the US visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently. Both countries have informed the WTO's dispute settlement body (DSB) about the resolution of all the pending disputes. The WTO has already issued a communication with regard to one of the disputes related to the imposition of additional customs duties by India on 28 US products.

More about the News

The United States and India are pleased to notify the DSB (dispute settlement body), in accordance with Article 3.6 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, that the parties have reached a mutually agreed solution to the matter raised in this dispute, according to a communication of the WTO dated 17 July 2023.
The two countries have urged the dispute panel that its report should be confined to a brief description of the case and information that a solution has been reached by the two.
The trade dispute which was resolved pertains to a complaint filed by the US in 2019 against India.
India had imposed additional customs duties on 28 US products including chickpeas, lentils and apples in retaliation to the US increasing duties on certain steel and aluminium products.
Against this resolution, India would remove additional duties on eight US products, including chickpeas, lentils and apples, which were imposed in 2019 in response to America's measure to increase tariffs on certain steel and aluminium products.
During the recent state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US, both countries decided the termination of six WTO (World Trade Organisation) disputes and the removal of these retaliatory tariffs on certain US products.
Flashback

In 2018, the US imposed an import duty of 25 per cent on steel products and 10 per cent on certain aluminium products on grounds of national security. In retaliation, India in June 2019 imposed customs duties on 28 American products.
The US is the largest trading partner of India. In 2022-23, the bilateral goods trade increased to USD 128.8 billion as against USD 119.5 billion in 2021-22. The six disputes include three initiated by India and as many by the US.
These included a complaint by India against the US with regard to the imposition of countervailing duties on certain hot rolled carbon steel flat products from India.
On 9 September 2016, India filed a case against the US pertaining to domestic content requirements and subsidies instituted by the governments of the states of Washington, California, Montana, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, Delaware and Minnesota, in the energy sector.
Another dispute filed by the US against India was related to domestic content requirements under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission for solar cells and solar modules. In 2018, the US filed a case against India's alleged export subsidy measures.
Similarly on 3 July 2019, the US filed a dispute against New Delhi on imposition of additional duties with respect to certain products originating in the US.

#upsc #news #international #relations #WTO #primeminister #DSB #mutually #solution #termination #india #domestic #jawaharlalnehru #national #solar #mission #measures #newdelhi

Today's Headlines - 27 July 2023
No-confidence motion against government
GS Paper - 2 (Polity)

The ongoing strife in Manipur in Parliament, which has brought the monsoon session to a standstill, opposition parties belonging to the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc have taken a significant step. They decided to move a no-confidence motion against the government, with a particular focus on the situation in the northeastern state.

What is a no-confidence motion?

A no-confidence motion is a parliamentary process that allows the opposition to challenge the government's majority and ability to govern. If the motion is passed, the government must resign.
Any member of the Lok Sabha can move a no-confidence motion. However, the motion must be supported by at least 50 members of the House.
A no-confidence motion must be in writing and must be signed by the member moving it.
The motion must be submitted to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha on any day on which the House is sitting.
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha will decide whether to admit the motion for discussion and debate.
If the motion is admitted, the Speaker will then decide on the date and time for the discussion. The Speaker may grant time for the discussion of the motion (under sub-rule (2) and (3) of rule 198 of Lok Sabha Rules.

How many no-confidence motions have been moved in the Lok Sabha?

Since independence, 27 no-confidence motions have been moved in the Lok Sabha.
The first no-confidence motion was moved against Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1963.
PM Indira Gandhi faced the most no-confidence motions (15), followed by Lal Bahadur Shastri and PV Narasimha Rao (three each).
The Atal Bihari Vajpayee government lost the no-confidence motion by a margin of one vote (269–270) in April 1999.
The most recent no-confidence motion was moved against the Narendra Modi government in 2018.

#upsc #news #noconfidence #motion #polity #manipur #parliament #INDIA #loksabha #primeminister #Jawaharlalnehru #lalbahadurshastri #atalbiharivajpayee #narendermodi #narasimharao #indiragandhi