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11 June 2019
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11 June 2019
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11 June 2019
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11 June 2019
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11 June 2019
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ऑयल इंडिया लिमिटेड के खाते में 12 ब्लॉक
डायरेक्टरेट जनरल ऑफ हाइड्रोकार्बन्स (डीजीएच) द्वारा 32 तेल व गैस ब्लॉक की नवीनतम नीलामी की गई है जिसमें सबसे ज्यादा 12 ब्लॉक सरकारी कंपनी ऑयल इंडिया लिमिटेड (ओआइएल) के खाते में आ रहे हैं। इस नीलामी के अनुसार सरकारी कंपनी ऑयल एंड नेचुरल गैस कॉरपोरेशन (ओएनजीसी) तथा निजी क्षेत्र की वेदांता लिमिटेड को नौ-नौ तेल व गैस ब्लॉक मिलना तय है। वहीं शेष एक ब्लॉक रिलायंस इंडस्ट्रीज लिमिटेड और उसकी ब्रिटिश सहयोगी बीपी पीएलसी के हिस्से में आ रहा है।
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#OilIndiaLimited #DGH #ONGC #OIL #AnilAgarwal #CCEA #OALP

दिग्गज साहित्यकार गिरीश कर्नाड का निधन
बॉलीवुड के जानेमाने अभिनेता, कन्नड़ साहित्यकार और निर्देशक गिरीश कर्नाड (Girish Karnad) का 81 साल की उम्र में निधन हो गया। कर्नाड लंबे समय से बिमार थे। उन्हें कई बार अस्पताल में भी भर्ती करवाया गया था। 10 जून 2019 को सुबह उन्होंने बेंगलुरु के अस्पताल में आखिरी सांस ली। गिरीश कर्नाड के निधन से बॉलिवुड जगत में शोक की लहर है। गिरीश कर्नाड को पद्मश्री, पद्मभूषण पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया जा चुका था।
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#GirishKarnad #Veteranliterary #PadmaBhushanAward #PMModi #Bangalore

Inter Creditor Agreement
The Sashakt Committee has recommended that the existing Inter-Creditor Agreement (ICA) to incorporate the revised voting threshold and other changes for decision making stipulated by the Reserve Bank of India. In a statement it said that this will enable expeditious implementation of the new framework on stressed assets.
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#ICA #IBA #RBI #NBFCs #RajnishKumar #BLRA #SashaktCommittee

China’s rare earths exports fall
Rare earth exports by China, the world's dominant producer, fell 16% in May from a month earlier amid an increased focus on the raw materials due to the Sino-U.S. trade war, although the drop was in line with usual trading.
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#China #REM #REE #tradewar #military #IUPAC

India as partner to counter trade headwinds
China on 10 June 2019 invited India to join a budding international effort to counter headwinds of “trade protectionism and unilateralism” and brainstorm ways to address “bullying practices of the United States”.
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#India #SCO #ZhangHanhui #XiJinping #NarendraModi

Tokayev elected Kazakhstan president
Kazakhstan's interim president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, chosen successor of veteran ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev who retains sweeping powers, has won a snap presidential election with nearly 71% of the vote. Nazarbayev, who ruled oil producer Kazakhstan for almost three decades, handpicked the 66-year-old career diplomat as his successor when he stepped down in March.
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#Kazakhstan #Tokayev #NursultanNazarbayev #Europe

Big banks merger
Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman on 30 August 2019 announced measures for the banking sector. Sitharaman said the government is trying to create big next generation banks.
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#NiramalaSitharaman #PSBs #NPA #PNB #Bigbanks #angeltax

Central pillar of global disarmament
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said the legacy of nuclear testing is “nothing but destruction,” and in a world of rising tensions, our collective security depends on bringing a global treaty into force that bans nuclear explosions.
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#CTBT #Nuclear #IAEA #UnitedNations #MrGuterres #global

India nudges Russia
India has nudged Russia to use its influence on oil suppliers cartel OPEC to balance the global oil market, ensuring adequate supply with responsible and reasonable price.
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#India #Russia #DharmendraPradhan #OPEC #LNG #Sakhalin3 #Oil

Government bans import of PMAA
The government has banned the import of polymethyl methacrylate (PMAA), with effect from September 1, commerce and industry ministry said in a notification.
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#PMAA #Government #India #Crylux #methylmethacrylate #Acrylite

Chennai-Vladivostok sea route
India and Russia are against “outside influence” in the internal matters of any nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 4 September 2019 during which they discussed ways to bolster cooperation in trade and investment, oil and gas, nuclear energy, defence, space and maritime connectivity.
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#Chennai #Vladivostok #NarendraModi #EEF #India #outsideinfluence

Coordination committee for Census
A coordination committee headed by chief secretary was constituted in Jammu and Kashmir on 4 September for Census-2021, an order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) stated.
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#Coordination #GAD #Census #JammuandKashmir #GirdhariLal

India hikes contribution in Global Fund
Strengthening its commitment towards eliminating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, India has increased its contribution to the Global Fund to $22 million for the 6th replenishment cycle (2020-22), up 10% over the amount contributed in the fifth cycle.
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#India #GlobalFund #AIDS #G20 #BRICS #malaria #tuberculosis

Higher procurement price for ethanol
The Union Cabinet on 3 September 2019 approved a higher procurement price for ethanol purchased by oil marketing companies for the ethanol blended petrol (EBP) programme, which will come into effect from December 1 for a period of one year.
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#ethanol #EBP #UnionCabinet #Cheavy #procurement #oil

Treaty on mutual legal assistance
India and Maldives on 3 September 2019 signed a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid discussed ongoing cooperation in various fields and ways to further strengthen the bilateral ties.
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#India #SJaishankar #AbdullaShahid #Maldives #IOC #MLAT

Vikram performs second maneuver
The Vikram Lander of the Chandrayaan-2 mission successfully carried out the second de-orbiting maneuver in the early hours of 4 September 2019, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
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#Vikram #Chandrayaan2 #ISRO #moon #Pragyaan #spacecraft

India's banana and Climate Change
Climate change may lead to a significant decline in banana production in India -- the world's largest cultivator and consumer of the crop, according to a study.
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#ClimateChange #India #Bananas #Brazil #agricultural #fruitcrop

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).
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#IITKharagpur #KGP #SupremeCourt #USA #RajivGandhi

Gas marketing freedom allowed
The government on 7 October 2020 allowed affiliate companies to buy gas produced from non-regulated fields as part of giving complete marketing freedom.
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#Gas #ONGC #OIL #DharmendraPradhan #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Today's Headlines - 08 September 2023
Genome secrets of Indian oil sardine
GS Paper - 3 (Biotechnology)

In a major breakthrough in marine fisheries research, a team of scientists at the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has decoded the whole genome of the Indian oil sardine, a popular food fish. This is the first time that the genome of a marine fish species from the Indian subcontinent has been decoded, a CMFRI statement said.

More about the News

This development is a 'milestone' in Indian marine fisheries, the decoded genome will be a valuable resource for understanding the biology, ecology and evolution of the oil sardine (Sardinella longiceps).
This critical genome data could be used to improve the management strategies for the conservation and sustainable utilisation of this fish.
The decoded genome is 1.077 Gb in size and contains a total of 46316 protein coding genes.
This landmark research accomplishment was achieved through the cutting-edge Next Generation Sequencing technology by a group of researchers led by Dr Sandhya Sukumaran, Principal Scientist at Marine Biotechnology division of the CMFRI. This research has been published in the high-impact journal Scientific Data of the Nature Group.
Indian oil sardine is a vital fisheries resource in the Indian subcontinent, contributing substantially, approximately 10 per cent, to the total marine fisheries industry in India.
This fish is a trans-boundary resource and the whole genome information can also be utilised for certification of the fishery and identification of the origin of catch for monitoring clandestine trade and tracking the movement of this enigmatic fish.
Small pelagic fishes like the Indian oil sardines can be considered as model organisms to study the climatic as well as fishing impacts on the Indian Ocean resources, as they respond to variations in environmental and oceanographic parameters.
About Sardines

Sardines are an ecologically important part of the marine ecosystem, as they form an intermediate link in the food web and serve as prey for larger predators.
The genome assembly of the sardines is a valuable tool for studying how fish adapt to climate change.
Genetic and genomic investigations found that Indian oil sardines exist in two highly distinct stocks, one in Indian waters and another in the Gulf of Oman.
Understanding these genetic differences could help researchers comprehend how environmental and oceanographic conditions impact this species in different regions of the Northern Indian Ocean.
The CMFRI statement said the researchers have also identified the genes involved in the biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) of the oil sardine, offering insights into the genomic mechanisms behind the high nutritional quality of these sardines.
Oil sardines are a good source of these fatty acids, which play a crucial role in maintaining human health.

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