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Today's Questions
24 May 2019
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24 May 2019
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Today's Editorial
24 May 2019
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Today's Headlines (Hindi)
24 May 2019
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Today's Headlines
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।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20274-2019-05-24-05-18-23
#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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20277-india-s-ict-products-tariff
#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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20275-pakistan-successfully-tests-ballistic-missile
#Missile #ShaheenII #ArifAlvi #PakistanArmy #ImranKhan

BASIC countries in making Paris agreement
Nations Framework for Climate Change (UNFCC) Conference of Parties (COP-25) meet to be held later in the year from 2nd to 13th December, the BASIC countries held its 28th Ministerial meeting on Climate Change from 14th to 16th August in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21254-basic-countries-in-making-paris-agreement
#BASIC #UNFCC #CBDRRC #UNSG #IPCC #ICAO #IMO #PrakashJavadekar #XIEZhenhua

What is the UN’s stand on Kashmir?
On August 16, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a “closed consultation” meeting on the situation in Kashmir. On August 5, India had ended the special status of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under Article 370 and Article 35A, carving it into two Union Territories: J&K and Ladakh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21253-what-is-the-un-s-stand-on-kashmir
#UN #Kashmir #UNSC #UNCIP #Pakistan #India #Ladakh

Konkan Exercise in English Channel
Indian Navy stealth frigate INS Tarkash joined the UK Royal Navy's HMS Destroyer in the English Channel for their annual Konkan Exercise this week. Konkan is a long-running exercise designed to test the ability of the two Commonwealth navies to operate side-by-side during war and other crunch scenarios.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21252-konkan-exercise-in-english-channel
#KonkanExercise #EnglishChannel #INS #IndianNavy #HMS #Destroyer

China launches rocket for commercial use
A Chinese government space agency successfully launched on 17 August 2019 its first rocket meant for commercial use, state television CCTV reported, as firms in the country compete to join a commercial satellite boom.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21251-china-launches-rocket-for-commercial-use
#China #CASC #SmartDragon #rocket #satellites #CAS #TechnologyCorp

Two galaxies colliding
NASA and European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope has just captured images of two luminescent galaxies catalogued as UGC 2369. The telescope was able to capture mutual gravitational attraction between both the galaxies. Interaction between galaxies is not an uncommon event, however, two similarly sized ones merging is one of a kind.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21250-two-galaxies-colliding
#galaxies #ESA #NASA #UGC2369 #MilkyWay #HubbleSpaceTelescope

COP25 to take place in Madrid
The United Nations has confirmed that this year's climate change talks will take place in Madrid in December, after Chile withdrew as host this week because of massive street protests in the South American country.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21872-cop25-to-take-place-in-madrid.html
#COP25 #Madrid #UnitedNations #UNFCCC #SouthAmerican

Mumbai and Hyderabad joined UCCN
UNESCO has announced that Mumbai and Hyderabad have been included in its network of 'Creative Cities' on the occasion of World Cities Day 2019 on 31 October 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21871-mumbai-and-hyderabad-joined-uccn.html
#Mumbai #Hyderabad #UCCN #UNESCO #CreativeCities

AFSPA in J&K and Ladakh notified
The Union Cabinet Secretariat has notified rules reiterating that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will be the authority on deciding the imposition of AFSPA in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21870-afspa-in-j-k-and-ladakh-notified.html
#AFSPA #Ladakh #MHA #SpecialPowersAct #ArmedForces

China rolls out 5G telecom services
China’s three major state-run telecom operators have unveiled their 5G network, as the country aims at becoming the global leader in next generation telecom technology surpassing the US and other western nations.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21869-china-rolls-out-5g-telecom-services.html
#Chinarolls #5Gtelecomservices #telecomservices #5Gnetwork

Smallest ever black hole
Space scientists seem to have discovered the smallest black hole ever to get detected till now that might come under a totally different class of objects.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21868-smallest-ever-black-hole.html
#blackhole #suns #star #OhioStateUniversity #gravity

Common payment system
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, a group of major emerging economies known as BRICS, back the idea of developing a common payment system, a Russian official said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21999-common-payment-system.html
#RDIF #BRICS #G20 #SouthAfrica #India #KirillDmitriev

ICC approves probe for Rohingya
The International Criminal Court approved a full investigation into Myanmar's alleged crimes against the Rohingya, as the southeast Asian nation faced mounting legal pressure worldwide over their fate.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21998-icc-approves-probe-for-rohingya.html
#ICC #Myanmar #ICJ #AungSanSuuKyi #genocide #Rohingya

Rules under insolvency law notified
The government on 15 November 2019 notified rules under the insolvency law to deal with resolution of financial service providers, excluding banks.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21997-rules-under-insolvency-law-notified.html
#insolvency #CIRP #FSPs #Bankruptcy #Rules #FinancialServiceProviders

UNICEF report
India had the second-highest number of deaths of children under the age of five in 2018 due to pneumonia, a curable and preventable disease that claimed the life of one child every 39 seconds globally, according to a new report by the UN.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21996-unicef-report.html
#UNICEF #Nigeria #India #ChildhoodPneumonia #UHC #Pakistan #Congo

Committee for liabilities between J&K, Ladakh
The Centre has constituted a three-member committee for division of assets and liabilities of Jammu and Kashmir between two successor Union territories, which came into existence on October 31.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21995-committee-for-liabilities-between-j-k-ladakh.html
#ICAS #Article370 #AjayKumar #liabilities #Ladakh #AnandSharma

Indian Soldiers on LAC
The political slugfest about the death of 20 soldiers in a violent faceoff with the Chinese in Ladakh brought home the fact that the Indian troops were armed, but did not open fire.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/24002-indian-soldiers-on-lac.html
#IndianSoldiers #LAC #Ladakh #LineofActualControl

India changes rules of engagement along LAC
Days after a violent clash with China in eastern Ladakh, India has changed the rules of engagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to allow field commanders to approve the use of firearms under "extraordinary" circumstances.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/24011-india-changes-rules-of-engagement-along-lac.html
#LAC #Ladakh #China #LineofActualControl #SJaishankar

Watch: KSG DYK - What is “solar hamam”? #SHORTS #UPSC #IAS
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Today's Headlines - 28 July 2023
Kargil Vijay Diwas
GS Paper - 2 (Polity)

Leaders across India’s political spectrum paid their tributes to India’s armed forces and the fallen martyrs on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas. The Kargil war was imposed on India. At that time, India had tried to solve the issues with Pakistan through talks. During Operation Vijay, the Indian Army sent a message not only to Pakistan but to the whole world that when it comes to our national interests, our Army will not back down at any cost.

The Kargil War

The Kargil War officially ended on 26 July 1999, with the eviction of the last remaining Pakistani troops and infiltrators from positions on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC).
The conflict was triggered when infiltrators from Pakistan crossed the LoC and occupied high positions in Ladakh’s Kargil district.
The infiltrators were initially thought to be jihadis. But over the first few weeks, as the sheer scale of the invasion came to light, the role of the Pakistani state became undeniable.
Between mid-May and July, the Indian forces slowly recaptured critical positions from the Pakistanis, in the face of heavy casualties and numerous strategic and logistic difficulties, culminating with the Army announcing the complete withdrawal of all Pakistani regular and irregular troops from Kargil on 26 July 2023.
Indian casualties at the end of the War stood at 527 dead, 1,363 wounded and 1 PoW (Fl Lt K Nachiketa, whose MiG-27 was shot down during a strike operation).

Challenging conditions

The Kargil War posed multiple challenges to the Indian armed forces. On one hand, were the enemy infiltrators, well armed and supported by non-stop shelling by Pakistan artillery from across the border. On the other, were the conditions of Kargil itself.
Kargil is located at the northern edge of the LoC some 200 km northeast of Srinagar and 230 km west of Leh.
While the town of Kargil is itself at an altitude of 2,676 m (8,780 ft), Dras lies at a height of 3,300 m (10,800 ft) and the surrounding peaks rise to altitudes of 4,800 m (16,000 ft) to 5,500 m (18,000 ft).
These are extremely high altitudes, which cause severe physiological effects on the human body while also posing logistical and strategic challenges.

How the Army conquered Kargil’s conditions

The initial stages of the War taught some valuable lessons, as both the Army and the Air Force discovered that it was unprepared for such high-altitude combat at this scale.
Many soldiers suffered from altitude sickness which event caused a few casualties. The lack of equipment for fighting in such cold weather was another challenge.
On the other hand, the terrain and Pakistan’s constant shelling on the crucial NH 1A caused major logistical challenges.
Eventually, the Army modified its methods to overcome these challenges. Units initiated acclimatisation and training programs to better prepare the soldiers for the conditions.
Better cold-weather equipment was procured (though the Army remained lacking in this regard throughout the War).
Techniques for high-altitude assault were further honed. Instead of daytime frontal attacks, assaults increasingly featured small groups scaling near-vertical terrain.

#upsc #news #todayheadline #kargil #vijaydiwas #polity #pakistan #ladakh #indian #forces #loc #physiological #strategic #army #war #logistical #equipment

Today's Headlines - 10 September 2023
Supreme Court restores party symbol for Ladakh
GS Paper - 2 (Polity)

The Supreme Court on 6 September 2023 restored to the National Conference, its party symbol – the plough – after the Ladakh administration refused to allot the symbol to the party’s candidates for the upcoming election to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) in Kargil.

How did the matter of the symbol for NC candidates reach the courts?

With the announcement of the LAHDC polls for Kargil, the election commissioner for the UT of Ladakh refused to allot the symbol of the plough to the NC.
In its arguments against reserving the plough symbol for the NC, the Ladakh administration said that no state party, including the NC, is a recognised party in Ladakh, and that the NC could therefore not claim its plough symbol in the UT.
However, the NC challenged this decision in the High Court of J&K and Ladakh and the courts ruled in their favour.
The NC and Congress have a seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming election to 26 seats in the Hill Council. Polls for the council were slated for 10 September 2023 however the 6 September 2023 order by the Supreme Court is likely to push the election further.
What is the LAHDC?

The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils were constituted under the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils Act, 1997.
For effective governance in the districts comprising Ladakh – Leh and Kargil – two councils were constituted in 1995 (LAHDC, Leh) and 2003 (LAHDC, Kargil). The law was deemed to come into force from June 1995.
What are the powers of the LAHDC?

Powers to both councils include drafting development plans for the region, formulation of budgets for both districts, implementation of movement schemes, promotion of language and culture, public health, education, local road transport and its development among other concerns.
Small-scale industries, non-conventional energy and tourism also form part of the 28 subjects under the LAHDC’s ambit in governance in the Ladakh region.
The Hill Councils also have the authority to levy and collect taxes and other fees in their jurisdiction.

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