अमेरिका-ईरान तनाव के बीच Air India का बड़ा फैसला
अमेरिका और ईरान के बीच तनाव लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है। इसका असर अब दिखना भी शुरू हो गया है। ईरान ने अमेरिका का ड्रोन मार गिराया अब दोनों देशों के बीच तल्खी काफी बढ़ती जा रही है। इस बीच एयर इंडिया ने भी अपने विमानों को ईरान के एयरस्पेस में न भेजने का फैसला किया है। एयर इंडिया के सीएमडी अश्वनी लोहानी ने ईरान के एयरस्पेस से विमानों के न गुजरने पर कहा, 'एयर इंडिया की उड़ानों पर इसका कोई खास प्रभाव नहीं है। हालांकि आने वाले विमानों का रूट फिर से तय करने पर काम किया जा रहा है।'
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#AirIndia #Iran #CMD #AshwaniLohani #DGCA #NewYork

इस खास कदम से दोगुनी होगी किसानों की आय
अगले तीन साल की अवधि के भीतर किसानों के आय को दोगुना करने के क्रम में कृषि व किसान कल्‍याण मंत्रालय ने ग्रामीण भारत में डिजिटल टेक्‍नोलॉजी का इस्‍तेमाल करने का निर्णय लिया है। डिजिटल टेक्‍नोलॉजी के जरिए भारत के गांवों में कृषि संबंधित गतिविधियों का आधुनिकीकरण कर व्‍यवस्‍थित करने की योजना बनाई गई है।
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#Agriculture #India #NarendraSinghTomar #RajyaSabha #ICAR

Crackdown on cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency firms will be subjected to rules to prevent the abuse of digital coins such as bitcoin for money laundering, a global watchdog said, the first worldwide regulatory attempt to constrain the rapidly growing sector.
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#Crackdown #cryptocurrencies #FATF #FinTech #GlobalDigitalFinance

Pakistan must implement FATF action plan
India on 22 June 2019 emphasised that Pakistan needs to take all necessary steps to fully implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan by the October deadline. Pakistan, however, claimed that India was politicising the process for its “narrow” objectives. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a statement that India expects Pakistan to take credible and verifiable steps against terrorism and terrorist finances.
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#FATF #Pakistan #ICRG #India #RaveeshKumar #narrow

New NASA missions to study Sun
NASA will launch two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space weather, the US space agency said. One of the selected missions will study how the Sun drives particles and energy into the solar system and a second will study Earth’s response, NASA said.
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#NASA #solar #GPS #TRACERS #Moon #missions #Sun

The Central Asian nodes in BRI
Ahead of the recently concluded summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Chinese state media provided extensive coverage of Beijing’s recent forays into Central Asia, including into Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. On its website, the state-run Xinhua news agency splashed pictures of the Irkeshtam pass, one of China’s gateways to Kyrgyzstan, a few days before planes ferrying leaders of the eight SCO member countries, apart from observers, flew into Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20635-the-central-asian-nodes-in-bri
#BRI #Asian #SCO #CPEC #XUAR #EuropeanUnion #Irkeshtampass

ASEAN summit in Bangkok
Southeast Asian leaders opened a two-day summit in Bangkok on 22 June 2019, though it was unclear what progress their 10-country group could make on disputes in the South China Sea and the plight of ethnic Rohingya fleeing Myanmar.
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#ASEAN #Bangkok #COC #Myanmar #10countrygroup #Thailand

PM-KMY launched
The Common Service Centre (CSC), a part of national e-governance scheme under the Central government, has set a target of enrolling 2 crore small and marginal farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY) by August 15.
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#PMKMYlaunched #CSC #PMKMY #NarendraSinghTomar

Cancer stem cells can form blood
The role of cancer stem cells in maintaining and spreading a tumour has remained a hypothesis until recently.
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#Cancerstemcells #blood #CancerInstitute #WIA #stemcells

“Cloaked” black hole discovered
Astronomers from American space agency NASA have discovered evidence for the farthest “cloaked” black hole found so far. The discovery was made by the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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#Cloaked #blackhole #NASA #ChandraXray #Sun

WHO Named 2019-nCoV
The UN health agency on February 11 announced that "COVID-19" will be the official name of the deadly virus disease from China, saying the disease represented a "very grave threat" for the world but there was a "realistic chance" of stopping it.
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#WHO #CoV #COVID #NCP #WHO #MERS #SARS

India is ineligible for GSP benefits: USTR
The United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) office has classified India as a developed economy, ineligible for benefits given by Washington DC to developing countries.
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#India #GSP #USTR #GNI #America #PiyushGoyal

Andhra's proposal under PM-KISAN rejected
The Centre has rejected Andhra Pradesh government’s proposal to release the payment under PM-KISAN scheme as a lumpsum amount instead of installments, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on 11 February 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22840-andhra-s-proposal-under-pm-kisan-rejected.html
#Andhra #PMKISAN #NarendraSinghTomar #SMFs

Section 3 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act notified
To ensure that all medical devices meet certain standards of quality and efficacy, the Union Health Ministry on 11 February 2020 notified medical equipment used on humans or animals as "drugs" under Section 3 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, with effect from April 1, 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22839-section-3-of-the-drugs-and-cosmetics-act-notified.html
#Section3 #CosmeticsAct #Drugs #CDSCO #DTAB #MaliniAisola

India's first 'Kisan Rail'
Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar on 7 August 2020 flagged off the country's first 'Kisan Rail' train from Deolali in Nashik to Danapur in Bihar, through video-conferencing.
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#KisanRail #NarendraSinghTomar #train #Unionminister

Watch: KSG EXPLAINER | First homegrown Covid-19 vaccine for animals | GS Paper - 3 (Health and Diseases)
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