अभ्‍यास संप्रीति-2019 का समापन
भारत और बांग्‍लादेश का संयुक्‍त सैन्‍य अभ्‍यास संप्रीति VIII, 14 मार्च, 2019 को तंगेल, बांग्‍लादेश में संपन्‍न हुआ। भारत-बांग्‍लादेश सयुक्‍त सैन्‍य अभ्‍यास में भारतीय सेना की ओर से राजपूताना राइफल्‍स की 9वीं बटालियन का कंपनी ग्रुप तथा 36 ईस्‍ट बंगाल बटालियन बांग्‍लादेश की कंपनी ने भाग लिया। समापन समारोह में मुख्‍य अतिथि भारतीय उच्‍चायुक्‍त महामहिम श्रीमती रीवा गांगुली दास ने दोनों देशों के बीच विशेष संबंधों पर प्रकाश डाला।
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#military #India #Bangladesh #IndianArmy #Indianforces

भारत ऊर्जा प्रारूपण फोरम की पहली कार्यशाला
नीति आयोग और संयुक्‍त राज्‍य अंतर्राष्‍ट्रीय विकास एजेंसी (यूएसएआईडी) ने भारत ऊर्जा प्रारूपण फोरम (आईईएमएफ) की पहली कार्यशाला आयोजित की। यह फोरम भारत के ऊर्जा भविष्‍य के संबंध में विचारों के आदान-प्रदान, परिदृश्‍य परिचर्चा व योजना निर्माण के लिए एक मंच उपलब्‍ध करता है। पैसिफिक नॉर्थ वेस्‍ट नेशनल लैबोरेटरी (पीएनएनएल) के सहयोग से इस दो दिवसीय कार्यशाला का आयोजन किया गया था। कार्यशाला के उद्घाटन सत्र की अध्‍यक्षता नीति आयोग के उपाध्‍यक्ष डॉ. राजीव कुमार तथा यूएसएआईडी इंडिया के मिशन डायरेक्‍टर श्री मार्क ए व्‍हाइट ने संयुक्‍त रूप से की।
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#India #Workshop #USAID #IEMF #PNNL #RajivKumar #NITIAayog

New policy for highway projects
The government has unveiled a policy for resolving stalled highway projects worth nearly Rs 30,000 crore, including those where proceedings have been initiated against the companies before the bankruptcy tribunal. The move is aimed at unlocking money of both lenders and private players, including crisis-hit IL&FS, which is caught in about 28-30 projects as work has come to a standstill due to shortage of funds. According to a road transport ministry circular issued on March 9, agencies such as NHAI can foreclose the contract by signing a supplementary agreement. It said the authority will a make full and final payment to the private player for the “value of work done” or 90% of the debt due, whichever is lower.
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#highwayproject #bankruptcy #NCLT #ILFS #NHAI

First Workshop on IEMF Held
The NITI Aayog and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organized the first workshop on development of the India Energy Modelling Forum (IEMF), which has been envisaged as a pan-stakeholder platform for debating ideas, scenario-planning & discussing the India's energy future. The two-day workshop, being held with the support of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was organized under the Sustainable Growth Pillar of the India-U.S. Strategic Energy Partnership. The inaugural session of the workshop was chaired by Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog and Mr Mark A. White, Mission Director, USAID India.
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#IEMF #NITIAayog #Workshop #USAID #India #PNNL

MoU sign for STC
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has signed an MoU with The Indian Space Research Organisation of the Department of Space, Government of India, Bengaluru to set up an ISRO-IITR Space Technology Cell (STC) at IIT Roorkee, recognising the need to strengthen their institutional interactions and thereby enhance the scope of the activities pursued under STC commensurate with the programmatic goals of ISRO.
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#MoU #STC #IIT #ISRO #Bengaluru #IITRoorkee #India

Astronauts successfully reach ISS
A Russian cosmonaut and two US astronauts arrived 15 March 2019 at the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, five months after the failed launch of a rocket carrying two of the passengers. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and his Russian colleague Alexey Ovchinin, who both survived a dramatically aborted Soyuz launch last

Today's News 20 March 2019
आईबीबीआई और सेबी मे सहमति पत्र पर हस्‍ताक्षर
भारतीय दिवाला एवं दिवालियापन बोर्ड (आईबीबीआई) ने 19 मार्च 2019 को भारतीय प्रतिभूति एवं विनिमय बोर्ड (सेबी) के साथ एक सहमति पत्र (एमओयू) पर हस्‍ताक्षर कि‍ए। आईबीबीआई और सेबी दरअसल दिवाला एवं दि‍वालियापन स‍ंहिता, 2016 और इससे संबंधित नियम-कायदों पर कारगर ढंग से अमल किए जाने के पक्ष में हैं, जिन्‍होंने डेट एवं इक्विटी के आपसी ताल्‍लुकात को नए सिरे से परिभाषित किया है और जिनका उद्देश्‍य उद्यमिता एवं डेट मार्केट को बढ़ावा देना है। आईबीबीआई और सेबी ने सहमति पत्र के तहत संहिता के बेहतर कार्यान्‍वयन के लिए एक-दूसरे के साथ सहयोग करने पर सहमति जताई है। हालांकि, इस संबंध में लागू कानूनों द्वारा तय की गई सीमाओं को ध्‍यान में रखना होगा। उपर्युक्‍त एमओयू पर सेबी के कार्यकारी निदेशक श्री आनंद बैवर और आईबीबीआई के कार्यकारी निदेशक श्री रितेश कावडि़या ने मुम्‍बई में हस्‍ताक्षर किए।
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#IBBI #SEBI #Bankruptcy #MoU #Isolvency #Resolution

अफ्रीका-भारत फील्ड प्रशिक्षण अभ्यास -2019
भारत और अफ्रीकी देशों के लिए अफ्रीका-भारत फील्ड प्रशिक्षण अभ्‍यास -2019 (एएफआईएनडीईएक्‍स-19) का उद्घाटन समारोह 18 मार्च, 2019 को औंध मिलिट्री स्टेशन, पुणे में आयोजित हुआ। यह अभ्‍यास कार्यक्रम 18 मार्च से 27 मार्च 2019 तक चलेगा। 17 अफ्रीकी देशों - बेनिन, बोत्सवाना, मिस्र, घाना, केन्या, मॉरीशस, मोजाम्बिक, नामीबिया, नाइजर, नाइजीरिया, सेनेगल, दक्षिण अफ्रीका, सूडान, तंजानिया, युगांडा, जाम्बिया और जिंबाब्वे के सैन्‍य दल के साथ मराठा लाइट इन्फैंट्री ने उद्घाटन समारोह में भाग लिया।
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#Africa #AFINDEX #India #Military #SanjeevSharma

जीएसटी काउंसिल बैठक में नई दरों को मंजूरी
जीएसटी काउंसिल ने 19 मार्च 2019 की बैठक में रियल एस्टेट सेक्टर के लिए की गई दरों में कटौती की व्यवस्था को लागू करने की योजना को मंजूरी दे दी है। बैठक के बाद मीडिया से बातचीत में राजस्व सचिव ए बी पांडेय ने कहा कि राज्यों से बातचीत कर डिवेलपर्स को नई व्यवस्था के तहत आने के लिए जरूरी समय मुहैया कराया जाएगा। उन्होंने कहा कि बिल्डर्स निर्माणधीन रिहायशी प्रोजेक्ट के लिए दो टैक्स स्लैब में किसी का चयन कर सकते हैं।
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#GST #tax #ITC #GSTCouncil #realestate #GSTCouncilMeeting

मोजाम्बिक में भयंकर समुद्री तूफान
दक्षिण अफ्रीकी देश मोजाम्बिक में आए भयंकर समुद्री तूफान से बड़ी तबाही मची है। एक हजार से ज्यादा लोगों के तूफान में मारे जाने की आशंका है। तूफान ने पड़ोसी जिम्बाब्वे में भी खूब तबाही मचाई है। वहां दर्जनों लोगों की मौत हो गई है और 150 से ज्यादा लोग लापता हो गए हैं। समुद्री तूफान इडाई को मोजाम्बिक के बेरा शहर में अपने साथ तबाही लेकर आया। तेज हवा और अचानक बाढ़ से जानमाल का काफी नुकसान हुआ है। बाढ़ का पानी अपने साथ हजारों घरों और सड़कों को बहा ले गया है।
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#Mozambique #SouthAfrican #RedCross #catastrophe

IBBI, SEBI sign MoU for IBC
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 19 March 2019 with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The IBBI and the SEBI seek effective implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) and its allied rules and regulations, which have redefined the debt-equity relationship and aims to promote entrepreneurship and debt market. They have agreed under the MoU to assist and co-operate with each other for the effective implementation of the Code, subject to limitations imposed by the applicable laws. The MoU was signed by Shri Anand Baiwar, Executive Director, SEBI, and Shri Ritesh Kavdia, Executive Director, IBBI, at Mumbai.
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#IBBI #SEBI #Bankruptcy #MoU #Isolvency #Resolution

India kicks off AFINDEX-19
In the first such military outreach to Africa, where China has made deep strategic inroads, India on 18 March 2019 kicked off an exercise with 17 nations from the continent at the Aundh military statio

Coalition led by him staged a surprise victory defying exit polls in the general elections.
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#scottmorrison #australianparliament #bridgetmckenzie

NSIC signs MOU with Ministry of MSME
The National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for the year 2019-20.
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#nsic #mou #msme #ministryofmicro #memorandumofunderstanding

Patnaik takes oath for 5th term
Naveen Patnaik on 29 May 2019 took oath as the Chief Minister of Odisha for a record fifth time. The only political leader to be the chief minister of Odisha five times, Patnaik joined an exclusive club of continuous fifth-term CMs Sikkim’s Pawan Chamling and West Bengal’s Jyoti Basu.
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#naveenpatniak #cms #missionshakti #kalia #shgs

Today's Questions
10 June 2019
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10 June 2019
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Today's Editorial
10 June 2019
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10 June 2019
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Today's Headlines
10 June 2019
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एनसीजीजी और मालदीव मे एमओयू
भारत के अग्रणी लोक सेवा प्रशिक्षण संस्थान राष्ट्रीय सुशासन केन्द्र (एनसीजीजी) ने अगले पांच वर्षों के दौरान मालदीव के एक हजार लोक प्रशासकों के क्षमता निर्माण के लिए मालदीव सिविल सर्विसेज कमीशन के साथ एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर किया है।
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#MoU #NCGG #Maldives #SDGs #KVEapen

निजी स्कूलों के नाम से हटेंगे 'पब्लिक' शब्द
नई राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति के मसौदे पर सरकार ने यदि अमल किया, तो देश के तमाम नामी निजी स्कूलों के नाम से 'पब्लिक' शब्द हट जाएगा। नई शिक्षा नीति में निजी स्कूलों के नाम से पब्लिक शब्द को हटाने की सिफारिश की गई है। साथ ही सुझाव दिया गया है
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#Public #Governmentschool #Privateschools

मालदीव के सर्वोच्च सम्मान पीएम को
पड़ोसी देश मालदीव ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को देश के सबसे बड़े सम्मान 'निशान इज्जुद्दीन' से सम्मानित किया। इस दौरान पीएम मोदी ने मालदीव की पिछली सरकार के चीन के करीब जाने की तरफ इशारा करते हुए कहा कि राष्ट्रपति इब्राहिम सोलिह के पद ग्रहण करने के बाद द्विपक्षीय सहयोग की गति और दिशा में मौलिक बदलाव आया है।
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#Maldives #NarendraModi #MarkIzzuddin #Lineoffcredits


Chandrayaan-2 mission
Chandrayaan-2, the country’s first moon lander and rover mission, is a month away. The Indian Space Research Organisation has marked mid-July for the take-off and kept the launch window open from July 9 to 16.
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#Chandrayaan2 #rovermission #wisdom #NASA

India, Maldives sign six key agreements
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Maldives on 8 June 2019, his first state visit abroad since being re-elected to office, was marked by the signing of six key agreements, and substantive bilateral level talks, reaffirming cooperation between the two countries.
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#NarendraModis #Maldives #Mou #sixkeyagreements

Global map of where groundwater meets oceans
Scientists have created high-resolution maps of points around the globe where groundwater meets the oceans — the first such analysis of its kind that may help protect both drinking water and the seas.
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#Globalmap #groundwater #submarine #satellites

NCGG and Maldives sign MOU
The National Center for Good Governance (NCGG), India’s leading civil services training institution, has entered into an MOU with the Maldives Civil Services Commission for capacity building of 1000 Maldives civil servants over the next 5 years.
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#NCGG #MOU #Maldives #SDGs #KVEapen

Today Update

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14 June 2019
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14 June 2019
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14 June 2019
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14 June 2019
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14 June 2019
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भारत को अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मध्यस्थता का केन्द्र बनाने की इच्छा
प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के नेतृत्व में एनडीए सरकार के प्रमुख कार्यक्रमों में भारत को अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मध्यस्थता का केन्द्र बनाना प्रमुख रूप से शामिल रहा है। संस्थागत घरेलू तथा अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मध्यस्थता के लिए एक स्वतंत्र और स्वशासी व्यवस्था की स्थापना इस दिशा में एक कदम है। प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी की अध्यक्षता में केन्द्रीय मंत्रिमंडल ने नई दिल्ली अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मध्यस्थता केन्द्र (एनडीआईएसी) विधेयक, 2019 को संसद के अगले सत्र में पेश करने की मंजूरी दे दी।
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#India #NDA #NarendraModi #NDICA #UnionCabinet #ICADR #HLC

केंद्रीय शैक्षिक संस्थाान (शिक्षक संवर्ग में आरक्षण) विधेयक 2019 को मंजूरी
शिक्षा के क्षेत्र में सुधारों पर जोर देते हुए, इसे समावेशी बनाने और विभिन्‍न श्रेणियों के लोगों की आकांशाओं को ध्‍यान में रखते हुए, प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेन्‍द्र मोदी की अध्‍यक्षता में केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडल ने ‘केंद्रीय शैक्षिक संस्‍थान (शिक्षक संवर्ग में आरक्षण) विधेयक, 2019’ नामक एक विधेयक पेश करने की मंजूरी दे दी है। मंत्रिमंडल के निर्णय से अनुसूचित जातियों/अनुसूचित जनजातियों/सामाजिक और शैक्षिक रूप से पिछड़े वर्गों से संबंधित लोगों की काफी पुरानी मांगों का हल होगा और संविधान के तहत उनके अधिकार सुनिश्चित होंगे।
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#CEI #UnionCabinet #RTC #NarendraModi #ScheduledCastes

भारत दुनिया का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा इंटरनेट यूजर
मुकेश अंबानी नियंत्रित रिलायंस जियो इन्फोकॉम ने भारत में इंटरनेट प्रयोग की दशा और दिशा बदल दी है। इंटरनेट ट्रेंड्स पर वर्ष 2019 की मैरी मीकर रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि चीन के बाद भारत दुनिया का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा इंटरनेट यूजर देश बन गया है। रिपोर्ट का कहना है कि रिलायंस जियो के प्रयासों के चलते भारत इंटरनेट उपयोगकर्ताओं में 12 फीसद तक का योगदान दे रहा है। अमेरिका से बाहर स्थित इंटरनेट कंपनियों में जियो सबसे इनोवेटिव इंटरनेट कंपनी बन गई है।
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#India #Reliance #IndiaInternetTrends #MukeshAmbani #RelianceJio


World's highest number of colour morph
In the misty jungles of Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang valley, Indian scientists from the international conservation charity organization Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and University College London have stumbled upon "an evolutionary puzzle" after they discovered six different colour variations of the elusive Asiatic golden cat.
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#ZSL #melanistic #IUCN #colourmorphs #Dibangvalley #ArunachalPradesh #jungles

MoU between India and Kyrgyzstan approved
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of Health.
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#India #MoU #FamilyWelfare #Kyrgyzstan #MinistryofHealth #NarendraModi

World Investment Report 2019
India received foreign direct investments worth USD 42 billion in 2018, helped by robust inflows in

भारत और मालदीव के बीच स्‍वास्‍थ्‍य क्षेत्र में समझौते को मंजूरी
केंद्रीय मत्रिमंडल ने भारत और मालदीव के बीच स्‍वास्‍थ्‍य क्षेत्र में समझौते को मंजूरी दे दी है। इस समझौता ज्ञापन पर दोनों देशों ने 8 जून, 2019 को हस्‍ताक्षर किए थे। इस समझौता ज्ञापन के तहत निम्‍नलिखित क्षेत्र आयेंगे:
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#Maldives #health #India #PMModi #agreement #MoU #Telemedicine

राजद्रोह कानून खत्म करने का इरादा नहीं'
केंद्रीय मंत्री नित्यानंद राय ने कहा कि सरकार का राजद्रोह कानून खत्म करने का विचार नहीं है। मोदी सरकार के पहले कार्यकाल में राजद्रोह कानून को लेकर कुछ राजनीतिक दलों और सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं ने काफी आपत्ति जाहिर की थी। राजद्रोह कानून को सख्त बनाने की जरुरत है। वोट का अधिकार सरकारी नौकरी एवं सुविधाओ से वंचित लोक सभा राज्य सभा सहित किसी भी चुनाव मे लड़ने पर रोक लगनी चाहिये।
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#laws #NityanandRai #Modi #LokSabha #IPC #RajyaSabha #JNU #KanhaiyaKumar

RBI forms working group CICs
The Reserve Bank on 3 July 2019 said it has constituted a working group that will review the regulatory and supervisory framework for core investment companies.
In August 2010, RBI had introduced a separate framework for the regulation of systemically important core investment companies (CICs), recognising the difference in the business model of a holding company relative to other non-banking financial companies.
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#RBI #CICsCorporateAffairs #investment #framework #TapanRay

NDIAC Bill introduced
A bill to set up an independent and autonomous regime for institutionalised domestic and international arbitration was introduced in Lok Sabha on 3 July 2019.
The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2019, seeks to replace an ordinance issued in March this year by the previous government.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20771-ndiac-bill-introduced
#NDIAC #LokSabha #ICADR #RaviShankarPrasad #NewDelhi #SupremeCourt

Code on Wages Bill approved
The Union Cabinet on 3 July 2019 approved the introduction of a bill that will codify relevant provisions of four existing laws and intends to increase the legislative protection of minimum wage to the entire workforce. The Codes on Wages Bill, 2019 would benefit about 50 crore workers.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20770-code-on-wages-bill-approved
#UnionCabinet #WagesBill #BonusActAct #EqualRemuneration #Act1976

UNESCO report on disabilities
More than one in four children with disabilities between ages 5 and 19 in India have never attended any educational institution, while three-fourths of five-year-olds with disabilities are not in school. A report by UNESCO and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences released on 3 July 2019 recommends structural, funding and attitudinal changes to ensure that no child is left out of the right to education.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20769-unesco-report-on-disabilities
#UNESCO #India #primaryschool #RTEAct #SocialScience #TataInstitute

India in GII 2019
The 12th edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) — an annual ranking of countries in terms of their capacity for innovation and success in it has ranked India as the 52nd most innovative country globally in its 12th edition.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21021-india-in-gii-2019
#India #GII2019 #INSEAD #WIPO #healthcare #GlobalLeaders #Innovation

Steps taken to combat Terror Financing
During the Informal BRICS Meeting, on the margins of G20 Osaka Summit (28-29 June, 2019), India along with other BRICS members underlined their resolve to make the international financial system entirely hostile to terrorist financing.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21020-steps-taken-to-combat-terror-financing
#BRICS #TFFC #FICN #MoU #FCORD #NIA #Prevention #terroristattacks

Unlawful Activities Amendment Bill passed
The Lok Sabha on 24 July 2019 passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, popularly known as the Anti-Terrorism Bill. Introducing the bill in the lower house, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the amendments to the bill will ensure anti-terror laws are not misused.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21019-unlawful-activities-amendment-bill-passed
#Amendment #LokSabha #NIA #UAPA #Prevention #AmitShah #AntiTerrorismBill

India, China in free visa-on-arrival scheme
Sri Lanka on 24 July 2019 included India and China in the free visa-on-arrival scheme to revive the country’s tourism sector which witnessed a slump following the Easter Sunday bombings.
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#India #China #visa #SriLanka #USA

OBC panel gets extension
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the extension of the term of the commission constituted under Article 340 of the constitution to examine the issue of Sub-categorization within other Backward Classes in the Central List by six months beyond 31st July, 2019 and upto 31st January, 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21105-obc-panel-gets-extension
#OBC #NarendraModi #Commission #Article340 #UTs #TamilNadu

MoU approved for Uses of Outer Space
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Bolivia on Cooperation in the Exploration and Uses of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes".
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21104-mou-approved-for-uses-of-outer-space
#MoU #OuterSpace #NarendraModi #ABE #ISRO #UnionCabinet

ITLU at Moscow approved
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the setting up of ISRO Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) at Moscow, Russia. The ISRO Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) at Moscow will enable effective technical coordination for timely interventions on diversified matters with Russia and neighbouring countries for realization of the programmatic targets of ISRO.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21103-itlu-at-moscow-approved
#ITLU #ISRO #NarendraModi #Space #USA #Moscow #Russia

MoU between India and Bahrain apprised
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised about the signing of Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bahrain on Cooperation in the Exploration and Uses of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21103-itlu-at-moscow-approved
#MoU #India #NarendraModi #NSSA #ISRO #DOS #MEA

UNISA approved
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the signing of the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements (UNISA) resulting from mediation by the Republic of India scheduled to be held at Singapore on 7th August, 2019, or at United Nations Headquarters.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21101-unisa-approved
#UNISA #ADR #NDIAC #NarendraModi #IIIA #Singapore

Triple Talaq Bill passed
Parliament marked a historic moment when Rajya Sabha passed the much-debated and politically contentious triple talaq bill that makes the Muslim practice of instant divorce punishable.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21100-triple-talaq-bill-passed
#Talaq #LokSabha #Muslim #TripleTalaqBill #MarriedMuslim #RajyaSabha

The Code on Wages Bill 2019
The Lok Sabha passed The Code on Wages Bill, 2019. It is a historic Bill which aims to transform the old and obsolete labour laws into more accountable and transparent ones which is need of the hour.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21099-the-code-on-wages-bill-2020
#WagesBill2019 #LokSabha #historicBill #BonusAct

First year of PMJAY
n its first year, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), the tertiary care arm of Ayushman Bharat, has funded the treatment of 90,000 cancer patients through 1.8 lakh hospital admissions.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21642-first-year-of-pmjay.html
#PMJAY #AyushmanBharat #NHA #HWC #MoHFW

MoU for coastal surveillance system radar
India and Bangladesh inked a important MoU that will enable Delhi to set up a coastal surveillance system radar in Bangladesh besides deciding to further expand connectivity network corridors boosting Delhi's Indo-Pacific strategy with Dhaka emerging as a key pillar in that vision.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21641-mou-for-coastal-surveillance-system-radar.html
#MoU #India #PMs #NarendraModi #SheikhHasina #BIPSDI #LPG

First all-female spacewalk is back
The first spacewalk to be conducted entirely by women is scheduled for Oct. 21, NASA announced, nearly seven months after an all-female spacewalk was canceled because two properly fitted spacesuits were not readily available.
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#spacewalk #NASA #ChristinaKoch #AnneMcClain #NickHague

GoM for land leasing issues
The Prime Minister’s Office has set up a group of 12 ministers to resolve differences over the proposed Model Agricultural Land Leasing Act, 2016. The GoM includes the ministers of defence, home, agriculture and rural development.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22100-gom-for-land-leasing-issues.html
#GoM #PMO #GDP #NITIAayog #MALL #Agriculture

Human-induced climate change has made El Ninos, La Ninas, and the climate phenomenon that drives them more extreme in the industrial age, new research has found. With greater intensity, these events can worsen storms, drought, and coral bleaching in El Nino years.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22099-climate-change-affects-el-ninos.html
#ElNinos #ENSO #PacificOcean #GRL #GIoT #ClimatePhenomenon

Codeshare agreement
SpiceJet on 25 November 2019 said it has signed a codeshare agreement with Emirates that will allow passengers of the Dubai-based airline to book tickets on the Indian budget carrier using Emirates' ticketing system from early 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22098-codeshare-agreement.html
#Codeshareagreement #SpiceJet #Dubai #MoU #AjaySingh

First ever WHO study on Adolescents
Adolescents in India are comparatively more active than their peers globally, according to a WHO study which says factors such as increased domestic chores among girls and the focus on sports like cricket among boys contribute to their physical activity.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22097-first-ever-who-study-on-adolescents.html
#WHO #Bangladesh #Adolescents #India #WorldHealthOrganisation

Pact sign for 5G in India
Optical fibre maker Sterlite Technologies on 10 December 2019 said it has entered into a pact with Indian Institute of Technology Madras for research and advancements in 5G communications technology in the country.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22308-pact-sign-for-5g-in-india.html
#STL #MoU #UCL #5G #IITMadras #AJPaulraj


Paris summit results in ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky met face to face at a Paris summit. Mr Zelensky was downbeat, saying little had been achieved at the meeting and he had wanted to see more resolved.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22307-paris-summit-results-in-ceasefire.html
#Parissummit #VladimirPutin #Zelensky #Ukrainianforces


World’s oceans are losing oxygen rapidly
The world’s oceans are gasping for breath, a report issued at the annual global climate talks in Madrid has concluded.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22306-world-s-oceans-are-losing-oxygen-rapidly.html
#oxygen #Worldsoceans #oceans #Nature


Social Security Code Bill 2019
Millions of organised sector employees may soon have the option of reducing their provident fund contribution — currently at 12% of basic salary — and therefore increase their take home pay.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22305-social-security-code-bill-2019.html
#SocialSecurity #CodeBill #SocialSecurityCode #SecurityCodeBill


Russia banned from Olympics for four years
Russia was banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports for four years on 9 December 2019 after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruled to punish it for manipulating laboratory data, a WADA spokesman said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22304-russia-banned-from-olympics-for-four-years.html
#Russiabanned #Olympics #WADA #worldchampionships


Black holes have weaker magnetic fields
Black holes, known for their intense gravitational pull capable of gobbling up entire stars, may have significantly weaker magnetic fields than previously thought, a study has found.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22303-black-holes-have-weaker-magnetic-fields-2.html
#Blackholes #weakermagnetic #magneticfields #UF

ICAR sign deal with Nabard
With a view to promote sustainable agriculture and climate resilient farming systems the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Board of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to facilitate the action research (the research carried out with the active participation of farmers to provide solutions for the challenges) and up-scaling of the various technologies and innovative farmer models developed by the ICAR that includes the successful climate resilient practices, models and integrated and hi-tech farming practices in a participatory model through adoptive research on watershed platform.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22338-icar-sign-deal-with-nabard.html
#ICAR #MoU #Nabard #NABARD #HRD #Agriculture

No significant progress made in COP25
Unable to make any significant progress on main agenda issues such as the creation of new carbon markets, as was expected, discussions on contentious issues at the Madrid climate talks are set to be postponed to next year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22337-no-significant-progress-made-in-cop25.html
#COP25 #India #supervisorybody #KyotoProtocol #humanrights

China, U.S. announce trade deal
The United States and China cooled their trade war on 13 December 2019, announcing a “phase one” agreement that reduces some U.S. tariffs in exchange for increased Chinese purchases of American farm goods.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22336-china-u-s-announce-trade-deal.html
#China #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #UnitedStates #USTR

National Ganga Council meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 December 2019 chaired the first meeting of National Rejuvenation, Protection and Management of River Ganga Council (National Ganga Council) at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology in Kanpur.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22335-national-ganga-council-meeting.html
#NGC #NarendraModi #Kanpur #NationalGangaCouncil #CETP #NMCG

Wind flow pattern on Mars
NASA scientists have mapped the global wind circulation patterns in the upper atmosphere of Mars- 120 to 300 kilometers above the Red Planet's surface.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22334-wind-flow-pattern-on-mars.html
#Mars #NASA #UMBC #MAVEN #NGIMS #RedPlanet

National Broadband Mission
The government promised broadband access in all villages by 2022, as it launched the ambitious National Broadband Mission entailing stakeholder investment of Rs 7 lakh crore in the coming years.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22369-national-broadband-mission.html
#NBM #RaviShankarPrasad #USOF #RoW #MoU #NDCP

SC refuses to stay CAA
The Supreme Court on 18 December 2019 refused to stay the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, which fast-tracks citizenship by naturalisation process for “illegal” migrants from six religious communities, other than Muslims, who have fled persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22368-sc-refuses-to-stay-caa.html
#SC #CAA #CJI #NGOs #NRC #Muslims #AKUpadhyay #illegal

World's third largest producer of scientific articles
With over 1.35 lakh scientific papers published, India has become the world's third largest publisher of science and engineering articles, according to a US government agency data, topped by China.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22367-world-s-third-largest-producer-of-scientific-articles.html
#NSF #China #US #scientificarticles #SouthKorea #EU

Cyclone on Jupiter’s south pole
A recent flyby of Jupiter by NASA’s Juno spacecraft has led to the discovery of a new cyclone on the south pole of the planet. The 22nd flyby took place on November 3 soaring 3,500 kilometres above the cloud top of the gas giant.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22366-cyclone-on-jupiter-s-south-pole.html
#Cyclone #Jupiter #NASA #spacecraft #JIRAM

Gulf's first female finance minister
Kuwait appointed Mariam Al-Aqeel as finance minister, the first female in the Gulf region to hold the post. Khaled Al-Fadhel retained his posts as minister overseeing oil, electricity and water in Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah’s first cabinet, which includes three women and eight new faces, according to state-run KUNA news agency.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22365-gulf-s-first-female-finance-minister.html
#Gulf #Kuwait #KUNA #KIA #OPEC #GFFFM

South India’s first RAC-S
South India’s first and the country’s fourth Regional Academy Centre for Space (RAC-S) by Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) was inaugurated at National Institute of Technology Karnataka(NITK), Surathkal, on 3 January 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22562-south-india-s-first-rac-s.html
#RACS #SouthIndia #NITK #CBPO #MoU #ISRO #JPMC #NITK

The Kalapani dispute
The MEA on 2 January 2020 clarified that India's political map released after reorganisation of J&K has in no manner revised the boundary with Nepal. The timing is significant, as it comes amid an unease with Nepal over territorial claims of the Kalapani trijuntion of India-Nepal-China.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22561-the-kalapani-dispute.html
#Kalapani #India #MEA #SupremeCourt #reorganisation

U.S strike at Bagdad
Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed on 3 January 2020 in a U.S. strike, was one of the most popular figures in Iran and seen as a deadly adversary by America and its allies.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22560-u-s-strike-at-bagdad.html
#US #Bagdad #IRGC #Iran #QasemSoleimani #QudsForce

107th Indian Science Congress
The 107th Indian Science Congress (ISC) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3 January 2019 at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22559-107th-indian-science-congress.html
#ISC #NarendraModi #IndianScienceCongress #ISTEM #Yonath

India’s own brain template
A team of scientists led by senior scientist Pravat Mandal at the Nueroimaging and Nuerospectroscopy Laboratory (NINS) of the National Brain Research Center (NBRC), Manesar, Haryana, has developed a brain template, Brahma, which will show intrinsic details about the anatomy of the Indian brain.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22558-india-s-own-brain-template.html
#India #brain #MNI #HumanBrainFunction #NBRC #NINS #DST

MoU signed for cooperation in SSA
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has entered into an agreement with Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES)
https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23894-mou-signed-for-cooperation-in-ssa.html
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MoU for collaboration on start-up, innovation
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India, Denmark ink pact on IPRs
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India and UAE to promote use of local currencies

GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a pact to establish a framework to promote the use of the rupee and UAE Dirham (AED) for cross-border transactions. The MoU on establishing a framework for the use of local currencies for transactions between India and the UAE aims to put in place a Local Currency Settlement System to promote the use of INR (Indian rupee) and AED (UAE Dirham) bilaterally, the RBI said. The MoU covers all current account transactions and permitted capital account transactions.

More about the mechanism

The framework for the use of local currencies for transactions between India and the UAE aims to put in place a Local Currency Settlement System (LCSS).
The creation of the LCSS would enable exporters and importers to invoice and pay in their respective domestic currencies, which in turn would enable the development of an INR-AED foreign exchange market.
This arrangement would also promote investments and remittances between the two countries.
The use of local currencies would optimise transaction costs and settlement time for transactions, including for remittances from Indians residing in UAE.
New Delhi is likely to use this mechanism to pay for crude oil as well as other imports from the UAE, which is currently made in US dollars. India is the third largest oil importer in the world and the UAE was its fourth biggest supplier of crude last year.
The RBI had last year announced a framework for settling global trade in rupees, primarily targeting trade with Russia. But this is yet to take off in a substantive manner.

Impact of the move

Bilateral trade between India and the UAE was around $85 billion in FY23. New Delhi is looking to work out a way to hedge exchange rate risks in the rupee-based trade to limit losses for Indian exporters.
The move to ink the pact with the UAE is part of a concerted policy effort by India to internationalise the rupee to bring down the dollar demand as a means to insulate the domestic economy from global shocks.
Government had earlier indicated that apart from Russia, countries in Africa, the Gulf region, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh had also expressed interest in trading in rupee terms.
The RBI’s plan to settle international trade in the local currency will let importers make payments in the rupee, which will be credited to the special account of the correspondent bank of the partner country, while exporters will be paid from the balances in the designated special account.
The Central bank is also in the process of issuing a Standard Operating Procedure to all banks so that e-BRC (electronic bank realisation certificate) becomes easy to use.

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