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24 May 2019
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24 May 2019
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Today's Editorial
24 May 2019
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24 May 2019
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24 May 2019
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ब्रहमोस हवाई प्रक्षेपित मिसाइल सफलतापूर्वक छोड़ा
भारतीय वायुसेना ने अपने अग्रिम पंक्ति के एसयू-30 एमकेआई लड़ाकू विमान से सफलतापूर्वक ब्रहमोस हवाई प्रक्षेपित मिसाइल छोड़ा। विमान से प्रक्षेपण आसानी से हुआ और मिसाइल जमीन पर लक्ष्य को सीधे मारने से पहले वांछित प्रक्षेपपथ पर चला गया।
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#missile #Brahmosair #IndianAirForce #SU30MKI #BAPL #DRDO

भारत-चीन से दोहराई सीमा पर सौहार्द बनाए रखने की प्रतिबद्धता
भारत-चीन की बॉर्डर पर्सनल मीटिंग पूर्वी लद्दाख में हुई। इस दौरान भारतीय और चीनी सेना के अधिकारियों ने वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर शांति बनाए रखने की अपनी प्रतिबद्धता दोहराई। भारतीय और चीन के ध्वज को सलामी देने के साथ शुरू हुई बैठक में सीमा पर सौहार्द बनाए रखने के लिए संबंधों को और बेहतर बनाने पर जोर दिया गया। दोनों देशों के सैन्य अधिकारियों ने विश्वास दिलाया कि वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर शांति बनाए रखने के लिए एक-दूसरे को पूरा सहयोग दिया जाएगा।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20273-2019-05-24-05-16-37
#India #China #MGArvindKapur #IndianArmy #Ladakh #Chineseflag


India’s ICT products tariff
The European Union, China, and Thailand have expressed interest to join consultations in a case filed by Japan at the WTO against India’s import duties on certain information and communication technology products, including mobile phones. Singapore, Canada and Chinese Taipei too have earlier sought to join this dispute consultation against India under the WTO’s dispute settlement body.
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#India #ICT #WTO #DSB #DSU #Japan #EuropeanUnion

CDAC develops instrument to trace direction of gunfire
A team of researchers at the Centre for Development for Advanced Computing (CDAC) is developing an advanced instrument capable of tracking the precise direction of gunfire. While a pilot model of the Acoustic Gunshot Detector was developed and handed to city-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), a lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 2015, its advanced model with larger geographical range is currently under development.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20276-cdac-develops-instrument-to-trace-direction-of-gunfire
#CDAC #DRDO #ARDE #Kerala #instrument

Pakistan successfully tests ballistic missile
Pakistan 24 May 2019 successfully test-fired surface-to-surface ballistic missile Shaheen-II, capable of hitting targets as far as 1,500 kilometers away, bringing major Indian cities under its range. The Pakistan Army said in a statement that the launch was aimed at ensuring operational readiness of the Army Strategic Forces Command.
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#Missile #ShaheenII #ArifAlvi #PakistanArmy #ImranKhan

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Today's Questions
08 June 2019
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08 June 2019
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08 June 2019
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08 June 2019
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08 June 2019
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खुद अपनी किस्मत बनाने वाली में भारतीय शामिल
Forbes Releases 2019 List of America Richest Self Made Women: फोर्ब्स ने अमेरिका की 80 धनी महिलाओं की लिस्ट जारी की है। ये सभी ऐसी महिलाएं हैं जिन्होंने खुद के बदौलत अपनी किस्मत बनाई है। इस लिस्ट में भारतीय मूल की तीन महिलाएं भी शामिल हैं।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20458-2019-06-08-05-14-18
#Indian #ForbesReleases2019 #IT #NeerajSethi #SelfMadeWomen #AmericaRichest

नीति आयोग का पुनर्गठन
नीति आयोग गवर्निंग काउंसिल की बैठक से पहले प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने नीति आयोग को लेकर बड़ा फैसला लिया है प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने नीति आयोग के पुनर्गठन को मंजूरी दी। जारी आधिकारिक विज्ञप्ति के अनुसार डा. राजीव कुमार को फिर से उपाध्यक्ष बनाया गया है जबकि गृहमंत्री अमित शाह पदेन सदस्य होंगे।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20457-2019-06-08-05-13-56
#PolicyCommission #Reorganization #NarendraModi #RajivKumar #AmitShah

WHO की रिपोर्ट
आज (7 जून 2019) विश्व खाद्य सुरक्षा दिवस है। एक अनुमान के अनुसार उल्टे सीधे तरीके से खाने वाले खाद्य पदार्थों की वजह से पूरे देश में हर मिनट 44 लोग और प्रति साल 23 मिलियन से अधिक लोग दूषित भोजन खाने से बीमार पड़ रहे हैं। दूषित और जहरीला खाना खाने से हर साल लगभग 4700 लोग अपना जीवन खो देते हैं। ये आंकड़े चौंकाने वाले हैं मगर सच हैं।
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#WHO #WorldFoodSafetyDay #ZussazanaJacob #SPP #ADF

Niti Aayog reconstituted
Prime minister Narendra Modi approved the reconstitution of think tank Niti Aayog. Rajiv Kumar was renamed as the vice-chariman of National Institute for Transforming India (Niti Aayog). The government has appointed Home minister Amit Shah, Defence minister Rajanth Singh, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar as ex-officio members.
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#NitiAayog #RajivKumar #BICP #NarendraModi #RajanthSingh

India’s South-South cooperation
Describing India as a “valued supporter” of South-South cooperation, UN chief Antonio Guterres has praised the India-UN Development Partnership Fund for “championing greater prosperity” for all through its myriad projects benefitting the least developed, landlocked and small island nations. India has also been at the forefront of our efforts to reform the UN Development System.
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#India #UNOSSC #USD #UNICEF #UNDP #SDGs #WorldHealthOrganization

New Nipah detection facility set up
A Point of Care for Nipah detection has been set up at the Government Medical College in Ernakulam. Polymerase chain reaction tests can be conducted and results will be available within two hours.
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#WHO #Kerala #ReemaSahay #BArunKumar #space #Nipahvirus

India signs deal with Israel
In a major development, India signed a deal with Israel under emergency provisions worth around Rs 300 crore for buying over 100 Spice bombs with high explosives warhead for the Indian Air Force. This is the first defence deal signed by the government after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over for a

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विश्व शरणार्थी दिवस
रिफ्यूजी को हम इसलिए याद कर रहे हैं क्योंकि 20 जून को World Refugee Day 2019 है। शरणार्थी, रिफ्यूजी, मुहाजिर चाहे जिस नाम से पुकार लें। लेकिन ये वे लोग हैं जिन्हें किसी न किसी कारणवश अपना देश, अपना घर, अपना सबकुछ छोड़कर दूसरों के रहम-ओ-करम पर जीने के लिए मजबूर होना पड़ता है। किसी न किसी मजबूरीवश अपनी धरती को छोड़कर भागे हुए ये वो अभागे लोग हैं, जिन्हें कोई भी पूरे दिल से स्वीकार नहीं करता।
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#WorldRefugeeDay #Afghanistan #Refugee #WRD2019 #terrorism

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय पेटेंट आवेदनों पर संगोष्‍ठी
वाणिज्‍य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय के उद्योग एवं आंतरिक व्‍यापार संवर्धन विभाग (डीपीआईआईटी) के अधीनस्‍थ भारतीय पेटेंट कार्यालय अंतर्राष्‍ट्रीय पेटेंट आवेदनों को दाखिल करने पर एक दिवसीय संगोष्‍ठी आयोजित कर रहा है। यह संगोष्‍ठी विश्‍व बौद्धिक संपदा संगठन (विपो), एसोचैम, भारत सरकार के वाणिज्‍य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय के आईपीआर संवर्धन एवं प्रबंधन प्रकोष्‍ठ (सीपम) और उत्‍तराखंड सरकार के सहयोग से आयोजित की जा रही है।
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#InternationalPatentApplications #DPIIT #SEPM #VIPO #ASSOCHAM

EOI for six submarines
The Centre has taken a major step towards building advanced submarines for the Indian Navy. The defence ministry on 29 June 2019 issued an Expression of Interest to shortlist Indian strategic partners for the construction of six conventional submarines under Project 75 India (P-75I) worth about Rs 45,000 crore.
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#EOI #P75I #NUH #SPs #India #ExpressionofInterest #navy

Sri Lanka launches its first satellite
Sri Lanka’s first satellite ‘Ravana-1’, designed and developed by two local engineers, was successfully launched into orbit this week from the International Space Station (ISS) along with two other BIRDS 3 satellites from Japan and Nepal. Ravana 1, the cube satellite measuring 11.3 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm, and weighing around 1.05 kg, was launched into orbit.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20614-sri-lanka-launches-its-first-satellite
#SriLanka #satellite #Ravana1 #ISS #BIRDS3 #Japan

India’s first solar cruise vessel
Close on the heels of launching India’s first solar-powered ferry in 2016, Kerala is gearing up for the launch of the country’s premier solar-powered cruise boat by December. The initiative comes from the State Water Transport Department (SWTD), whose solar ferry Aditya in the Vaikom-Thavanakadavu route has proved to be a success.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20613-india-s-first-solar-cruise-vessel
#India #SWTD #IRS #Kerala #solar #Aditya

QS Rankings 2020
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) emerged the top-ranked private university in India in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Ranking 2020 released on 19 June 2019. In the 16th edition of the rankings, Manipal figures in the 701-750 band, up from 750-800 last year, among the 1,620 universities considered and 1,000 published universities from 82 countries.
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#QS #Rankings2020 #MAHE #India #WorldUniversityRanking

हेल्थ इंडेक्स 2019
स्वास्थ्य और चिकित्सा सेवाओं के मोर्चे पर पिछड़े बिहार, उत्तर प्रदेश, उत्तराखंड और ओडिशा पहले से अधिक फिसड्डी साबित हुए हैं। इसके उलट हरियाणा, राजस्थान और झारखंड में हालात सुधरे हैं।वहीं, चिकित्सा सेवा के मामले में केरल पहले नंबर पर है। पिछली बार के मुकाबले सुधार के मामले में 21 बड़े राज्यों की लिस्ट में बिहार 21वें स्थान के साथ सबसे नीचे है। रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक साल 2015-16 की तुलना में 2017-18 में स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्र में बिहार का संपूर्ण प्रदर्शन सूचकांक 6.35 अंक गिरा है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20685-2019-35
#HealthIndex2019 #Odisha #Kerala #UnionTerritories #Haryana #Mizoram

मधुमक्‍खी पालन विकास समिति की रिपोर्ट
प्रधानमंत्री की आर्थिक सलाहकार परिषद के तहत गठित मधुमक्‍खी पालन विकास समिति (बीडीसी) ने अपनी रिपोर्ट जारी की है। इस समिति का गठन प्रो. देबरॉय की अध्‍यक्षता में किया गया है। बीडीसी का गठन भारत में मधुमक्खी पालन को बढ़ावा देने के नए तौर तरीकों की पहचान करने के उद्देश्य से किया गया है ताकि इसके जरिए कृषि उत्पादकता, रोजगार सृजन और पोषण सुरक्षा बढ़ाने तथा जैव विविधता को संक्षित रखने में मदद मिल सके।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20684-2019-06-27-06-47-57
#Beekeeping #BDC #Agricultural #FAO #honeybees #horticulture #India

पेमेंट संबंधित सभी डेटा भारत में करना होगा स्टोर
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक ने 26 जून 2019 को कहा कि भुगतान से संबंधित सभी डेटा केवल भारत में संग्रहीत किए जाने चाहिए और विदेशों में संसाधित किए गए डेटा को 24 घंटे के भीतर देश में वापस लाना होगा।
आरबीआइ ने भुगतान प्रणाली ऑपरेटरों (पीएसओ) द्वारा उठाए गए कुछ कार्यान्वयन मुद्दों पर कहा, 'पूरे भुगतान डेटा को केवल भारत में स्थित सिस्टम में स्टोर किया जाएगा।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20683-2019-06-27-06-47-25
#IndiaStore #RBI #PSOs #domestic #ReserveBankofIndia

Team for water harvesting
With nearly 29% of total blocks in the country remaining water-stressed, the Centre has decided to step up various water harvesting and conservation efforts from July 1. It has appointed 255 dedicated officers of very senior rank and set up 550 teams for the exercise during monsoon and post-monsoon phases in next five months.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20691-team-for-water-harvesting
#harvesting #water #JalShaktiAbhiyan #MPLADfunds #MOSPI #monsoon

Construction permit for Polavaram project
The Centre on 26 June 2019 gave a two-year extension to the permission for construction work issued for the Polavaram Multipurpose project in Andhra Pradesh. The Polavaram project is very important to the people of Andhra Pradesh as it will irrigate nearly 3 lakh hectares of land, generate hydel power with an installed capacity of 960 MW.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20690-construction-permit-for-polavaram-project
#Polavaram #AndhraPradesh #NDA #SabariRiver #Rajamahendravaram

Storage of Payment System Data
The Reserve Bank 26 June 2019 said all data related to payments must be stored only in India and data processed abroad will have to be brought back to the country within 24 hours.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20689-storage-of-payment-system-data
#ReserveBank #India #RBI #PiyushGoyal #PaymentSystemData

IOC approves exclusion of AIBA
The International Olympic Committee on 26 June 2019 officially took over the boxing qualification and competition for next year's Tokyo 2020 Olympics and suspended international boxing federation AIBA following a vote at its session.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20688-ioc-approves-exclusion-of-aiba
#IOC #AIBA #Tokyo2020 #Olympics #NenadLalovic #InternationalOlympicCommittee

Curiosity rover detects methane
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has found the largest amount of methane ever measured during its mission on the Red Planet — about 21 parts per billion units by volume (ppbv), the US space agency said.
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India's life expectancy improves
India has seen an improvement in overall life expectancy at birth to 69 years, with women expected to live for 70.4 years and men for 67.8 years, according to the latest Sample Registration Survey (SRS) for 2013-17.
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#India #expectancy #SRS #Uttarakhand #LifeReport

India looks at Indo-Pacific region
India looks at an open, inclusive and balanced region connected by secure seas, integrated by trade and investment, underpinned by the rule of law, External Affairs Minister S Jaishanakar said in singapore on 9 September 2019, as he sought Singapore's support in addressing the challenges posed by the changing world.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21430-india-looks-at-indo-pacific-region
#India #IndoPacific #SJaishanakar #ASEAN #SMEs #China

India's first trade centre for women
Kerala will set up India’s first international women’s trade centre (iWTC), in consonance with the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs), in Kozhikode.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21429-india-s-first-trade-centre-for-women
#women #iWTC #India #SDGs #Kerala #Vision2020

Ravish Kumar received Ramon Magsaysay Award
Senior Journalist Ravish Kumar on 9 September 2019 received the Ramon Magsaysay award 2019, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize, in Manila, Philippines.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21428-ravish-kumar-received-ramon-magsaysay-award
#RavishKumar #NDTV #PIU #NobelPrize #RamonMagsaysayAward

Niti’s SDG Index 2019
For the second year in a row, Kerala retained its first rank among states and Bihar came last in the Niti Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index for 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22545-niti-s-sdg-index-2019.html
#NitisSDG #SDG #NitisSDGIndex #Kerala

Carbon tax waiver for coal mooted
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office has proposed waiving a tax on coal to help finance pollution-curbing equipment, according to documents, but the move would also make coal more competitive in price with solar and wind energy.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22543-carbon-tax-waiver-for-coal-mooted.html
#Carbon #taxwaiver #coalmooted #NarendraModis

India's green cover increased
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Today's Headlines - 27 July 2023
Raigad landslide brings back focus on Madhav Gadgil report
GS Paper - 1 (Geography)

A landslide in Maharashtra’s Raigad district claimed 27 lives, flattened an entire village, and brought back into focus the 2011 Dr Madhav Gadgil report on conservation of the Western Ghats. Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said as per the recommendation of the report, the mapping of all the landslide-prone villages in the state, including those on the Western Ghats, was carried out during his tenure as the Chief Minister of the state between 2014 and 2019 and was submitted to the Union government.

What does the report state?

In 2010, then Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh appointed the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), to be chaired by ecologist Dr Madhav Gadgil. The commission submitted its 552-page report to the Centre in August 2011.
The report recommended classifying 64 percent of the Western Ghats, spread over six states, into Ecologically Sensitive Zones called ESZ 1, ESZ 2 and ESZ 3. It also recommended designating the entire region as an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA).
Almost all developmental activities like mining, construction of thermal power plants, dams were to stop along with the decommissioning of similar projects that have completed their shelf life in ESZ 1.
It said that both the Athirappilly and Gundia hydel project sites should not be accorded environmental clearance as they fall in this zone.
For Goa, WGEEP recommended an indefinite moratorium on new environmental clearances for mining in ESZs 1 and 2, a phasing out of mining in Ecologically Sensitive Zone 1 by 2016, and continuation of existing mining in Ecologically Sensitive Zone 2 under strict regulation with an effective system of social audit.
In the Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra, the panel advised that in ESZs 1 and 2, no new polluting (red and orange category) industries, which would include coal-based power plants, should be permitted to be established, and the existing red and orange category industries should be asked to switch to zero pollution by 2016.
Further, it found that plains and coastal tracts in these districts were under “severe environmental and social stress”.
In all the zones, genetically modified crops should not be allowed, use of plastic bags be prohibited, Special Economic Zones should not be permitted, new hill stations should not be allowed, changing the land use from farmland to non-farm land and the stoppage of diversions of rivers to protect the ecology of the region, and public lands should not be converted into private lands.
The report also suggested a bottom-to-top approach instead of a top-to-bottom approach in governance of the environment, indicating decentralization and more powers to local authorities.
It recommended theestablishment of a Western Ghats Ecology Authority under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, as a professional body to manage the ecology of the region and to ensure its sustainable development.
What was the need for this report?

The Gadgil commission was formed by the Ministry of Environment in 2010 to study the impact of population pressure, climate change and development activities on the Western Ghats.
Accorded the World Heritage status by UNESCO, the Western Ghats are a 1,600-km-long mountain chain running the western coast of the country covering six states — Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
These Ghats are home to high mountain forests, which moderate the tropical climate of the region and present one of the best examples of the monsoon system on the planet.
They are home to 325 globally threatened flora, fauna, bird, amphibian, reptile and fish species. About 60 percent of the mountain range is in Karnataka.

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