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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19507-golan-heights-resolution
#GolanHeights #resolution #Arab #Syria #China

15th FC submits its report
The Finance Commission (FC) submitted its report for the financial year 2020-21 to President Ram Nath Kovind. The Commission headed by N K Singh apprised the President of the recommendations contained therein.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22287-15th-fc-submits-its-report.html
#15thFC #FinanceCommission #NKSingh #Article280

Kuala Lumpur summit
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will attend the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 in Malaysia that would provide him an opportunity to exchange views and find solution to the challenges facing the Muslim world particularly governance, development, terrorism and Islamophobia, the Foreign Office said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22286-kuala-lumpur-summit.html
#KualaLumpur #ImranKhan #KL #Malaysia #GRF

UDAN 4.0
The civil aviation ministry said bids have been sought for six underserved and 24 unserved airports and airstrips in the North East region under the latest round of regional air connectivity scheme.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22285-udan-4-0.html
#UDAN #Assam #NCAP #VGF #ArunachalPradesh #UmrangsoReservoir

Pakistan submits to FATF report
Pakistan has submitted answers to the remaining 22 questions posed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), detailing the actions taken by the government to curb terrorism and money laundering after it put Islamabad on notice.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22284-pakistan-submits-to-fatf-report.html
#Pakistansubmits #FATFreport #UnitedNations #FATF

'Kalia' to be merged with PM-KISAN
The Odisha government has decided to merge its flagship scheme to provide assistance to farmers with the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) yojana, apparently due to financial constraints, a state minister said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22283-kalia-to-be-merged-with-pm-kisan.html
#Kalia #PMKISAN #ArunKumarSahoo #Odishagovernment

Anti-subsidy duty imposed
India has imposed anti-subsidy duty for a period of five years on copper wire rods from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam after concluding a probe that these imports have impacted domestic players.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22620-anti-subsidy-duty-imposed.html
#AntiSubsidy #DGTR #Malaysia #WTO #GATT #India #CVDs

SC not to review Sabarimala case
A nine-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad A. Bobde on 13 January 2020 said its objective was not to review the Sabarimala women entry case but examine “larger issues” of law like the prohibition of women from entering mosques and temples to genital mutilation among Dawoodi Bohras and the banning of Parsi women who married inter-faith from entering the fire temple.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22619-sc-not-to-review-sabarimala-case.html
#SC #Sabarimala #CJI #Article137 #India #DawoodiBohras

Crimes were committed against the state
India registered 8,536 crimes under the ‘offences against the state’ category in the National Crime Records Bureau’s 2018 report, a 5% decrease from 2017.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22618-crimes-were-committed-against-the-state.html
#India #PDPPAct #TamilNadu #UttarPradesh #Sikkim

Panel for issues on royalty rates for major minerals
The Centre has decided to set up an 11-member panel including mines secretaries from various states, to examine issues pertaining to the revision of rates of royalty for minerals.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22617-panel-for-issues-on-royalty-rates-for-major-minerals.html
#royalty #stakeholders #Chhattisgarh #minerals

Private property is a human right
A citizen’s right to own private property is a human right. The state cannot take possession of it without following due procedure and authority of law, the Supreme Court has held in a judgment.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22616-private-property-is-a-human-right.html
#Privateproperty #humanright #Article300A #AjayRastogi

Delhi under NSA
Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor has passed an order authorizing the city’s police, controlled by the Union home ministry, to place the national capital under the National Security Act (NSA).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22656-delhi-under-nsa.html
#DelhiPolice #NSA #NCRB #CrPC #FIRs #BJP #Article370

Key molecule for life’s origin
Researchers have unravelled a key piece of the puzzle about the origin of life on the Earth with the discovery of how phosphorus-bearing molecules, essential for cell metabolism, may have reached the planet from space.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22655-key-molecule-for-life-s-origin.html
#ALMA #ESO #ROSINA #AFGL5142 #molecule #spacecraft

China and Myanmar 'stand together'
China and Myanmar inked dozens of mammoth infrastructure and trade deals after a meeting on 18 January 2020 between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyidaw (Myanmar), as Beijing doubles down on its support for a government under fire for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22654-china-and-myanmar-stand-together.html
#Myanmar #standtogether #Muslim #XiJinping #China

Davos diplomacy between India, Malaysia
Trade ministers from India and Malaysia are likely to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos next week amid a palm oil spat between the two countries, a Malaysian government told.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22653-davos-diplomacy-between-india-malaysia.html
#Malaysia #MahathirMohamad #Goyal #WEF #oil

AI-aided method for reading of legal judgements
Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have evolved an artificial intelligence-aided method to automate reading of legal judgements.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22652-ai-aided-method-for-reading-of-legal-judgements.html
#IITKharagpur #KGP #SupremeCourt #USA #RajivGandhi

India in RCEP dialogue
India has been extended an invitation to join talks on the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) next month, but is still on the fence about participation, say sources.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22683-india-in-rcep-dialogue.html
#RCEP #India #Malaysia #ASEAN #FTAs

India in Democracy Index 2019
India slipped 10 places to 51st position in the 2019 Democracy Index’s global ranking, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit, which cited “erosion of civil liberties” in the country as the primary cause for the downtrend.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22682-india-in-democracy-index-2019.html
#India #DemocracyIndex2019 #EIU #globalranking #Xinjiang

A new virus : Wuhan virus
The Union Health Ministry has sounded an alert at international airports for thermal screening of passengers arriving from China for the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) — also known as the Wuhan virus — the WHO is convening an Emergency Committee to discuss steps to contain its spread.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22681-a-new-virus-wuhan-virus.html
#Wuhanvirus #WHO #SARS #MERS #CoV #UHM

India needs investment to meet UN's SDG
India needs a whopping $2.64 trillion investment to meet the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs), offering the private sector an investment opportunity of over $1.12 trillion by 2030, according to a report.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22680-india-needs-investment-to-meet-un-s-sdg.html
#UN #SDG #investment #India #infrastructure

Daman as headquarters of the merged UT
The Centre on 22 January 2020 designated Daman as the headquarters of the merged Union Territories of Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22679-daman-as-headquarters-of-the-merged-ut.html
#Daman #GST #UTs #Headquarters #VAT #NagarHaveli

REMCs dedicated to the nation
Power Minister R K Singh on 28 February 2020 dedicated to the nation 11 Renewable Energy Management Centres (REMCs) for renewable energy integration.
Singh also inaugurated the Northern Region Renewable Energy Management Centre (NR-REMC) at a function in New Delhi.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22991-remcs-dedicated-to-the-nation.html
#REMCs #SLDCs #POSOCO #NLDC #RKSingh #CPSE

Global virus risk to maximum level
The World Health Organization on 28 February 2020 raised its global risk assessment of the new coronavirus to its highest level after the epidemic spread to sub-Saharan Africa and caused financial markets to plunge.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22990-global-virus-risk-to-maximum-level.html
#Global #WHO #TAG #SARS #COVID19 #microscope #virus

First glimpse of GISAT-1 satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 28 February 2020 shared the first glimpse of Geo Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1), that is scheduled to be launched on March 5 at 17:43 hours.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22989-first-glimpse-of-gisat-1-satellite.html
#GISAT1 #satellite #ISRO #GSLVF10 #ChandrayaanI

Wearable devices application rejected
The Indian Patent Office rejected Google’s application on wearable electronic devices, observing that it lacks inventive steps and the use and the method by which it is to be performed is not fully described in complete specification.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22988-wearable-devices-application-rejected.html
#Wearable #IPA #Google #satellite #OS

Biggest explosion since Big Bang
Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen since the begining of the universe, originating from a super-massive black hole.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22987-biggest-explosion-since-big-bang.html
#BigBang #NASA #explosion #ICRAR #DrSimonaGiacintucci

New Prime Minister of Malaysia
Malaysia's kingnamed former interior minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the new prime minister on 29 February 2020 in a shock decision that sidelined old rivals Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim after a week of political turmoil.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22986-new-prime-minister-of-malaysia.html
#Malaysia #NewPrimeMinister #UMNO #AnwarIbrahim #alliance

India imposes anti-dumping duty on Malaysia
India has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports from Malaysia for five years with a view to guard domestic players from cheap imports from that country.
https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23890-india-imposes-anti-dumping-duty-on-malaysia.html
#import #india #malaysia

Today's Headlines - 09 September 2023
India, ASEAN agree to deepen strategic ties
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

India and 10-nation ASEAN agreed to deepen their comprehensive strategic partnership with concrete actions through practical implementation of the 'Plan of Action' to implement the ASEAN-India partnership for peace, progress and shared prosperity.

More about agreement

In a joint statement on maritime cooperation, it was agreed to support India's connectivity initiatives in the region to ensure seamless connectivity in the Indo-Pacific, besides boosting cooperation in a range of areas including blue economy, space and food security among others.
The two sides agreed to deepen their comprehensive strategic partnership with concrete actions through practical implementation of the 'Plan of Action' to implement the ASEAN-India partnership for peace, progress and shared prosperity.
They reaffirmed the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, stability, maritime safety and security, freedom of navigation and overflight in the region, and other lawful uses of the seas and unimpeded lawful maritime commerce and to promote peaceful resolutions of disputes, in accordance with universally recognised principles of international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The two sides agreed to further strengthen ASEAN-India cooperation on maritime safety and security, promote cooperation in a Blue Economy and develop new and renewable energy including marine-based renewable energy, among others.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is considered one of the most influential groupings in the region, and India and several other countries including the US, China, Japan and Australia are its dialogue partners.
ASEAN-India dialogue relations started with the establishment of a sectoral partnership in 1992.
This graduated to a full dialogue partnership in December 1995 and a summit-level partnership in 2002. The ties were elevated to a strategic partnership in 2012.
What is ASEAN?

On 8 August 1967, five leaders – the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – came together in Bangkok.
Thailand was brokering some disputes among Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, and it eventually led to the signing of a document.
The five Foreign Ministers who signed it – Adam Malik of Indonesia, Narciso R. Ramos of the Philippines, Tun Abdul Razak of Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of Singapore, and Thanat Khoman of Thailand – would subsequently be hailed as the Founding Fathers of probably the most successful inter-governmental organisation in the developing world today. And the document that they signed would be known as the ASEAN Declaration.
The ASEAN Declaration signed by the five leaders conveyed the aspiration to further regional cooperation. These were about cooperation in the economic, social, cultural, technical, educational and other fields, and in the promotion of regional peace and stability and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Its major pillars that help lay out a blueprint for cooperation are Political-Security Community (APSC), Economic Community (AEC) and Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC).

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