गरीबी सूचकांक (एमपीआई) 2019
भारत में स्वास्थ्य, स्कूली शिक्षा समेत विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में हुई प्रगति से बड़ी संख्या में लोग गरीबी के दलदल से बाहर निकल आए हैं। संयुक्त राष्ट्र की एक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार वर्ष 2006 से 2016 के बीच रेकॉर्ड 27.10 करोड़ लोग गरीबी से बाहर निकले हैं। खाना पकाने के ईंधन, साफ-सफाई और पोषण जैसे क्षेत्रों में मजबूत सुधार के साथ बहुआयामी गरीबी सूचकांक वैल्यू में सबसे बड़ी गिरावट आई है।
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#PovertyIndex2019 #MPI #UN #India #UNDP #OPHI #UnitedNations

एथनॉल से चलने वाली देश की पहली बाइक
टीवीएस ने एथनॉल से चलने वाली देश की पहली बाइक शुक्रवार को लॉन्च कर दी। TVS Apache RTR 200 Fi E100 नाम से बाजार में उतारी गई इस बाइक की कीमत 1.20 लाख रुपये है। इसे केंद्रीय सड़क परिवहन और राजमार्ग मंत्री नितिन गडकरी और नीति आयोग के सीईओ अमिताभ कान्त की उपस्थिति में लॉन्च किया गया। टीवीएस मोटर का कहना है कि यह अपाचे पूरी तरह एथनॉल से चलेगी।
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#Ethanol #bike #NitinGadkari #TVSMotor #CEO #AmitabhKant #airpollution

करतारपुर पर भारत-पाक विशेषज्ञ करेंगे बैठक
भारत और पकिस्तान के विशेषज्ञ करतारपुर गलियारा के स्वरूप को अंतिम रूप देने के लिए मसौदा समझौता पर चर्चा करने को लेकर 14 जुलाई 2019 को अटारी-वाघा सीमा पर बैठक करेंगे। वे संबद्ध तकनीकी मुद्दों पर भी चर्चा करेंगे। यह गलियारा पाकिस्तान के करतारपुर स्थित दरबार साहिब को गुरदासपुर जिला स्थित डेरा बाबा नानक गुरुद्वारा से जोड़ेगा तथा भारतीय सिख श्रद्धालुओं की वीजा मुक्त आवाजाही को सुगम बनाएगा।
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#India #Kartarpur #Pak #BabaNanakGurudwara #Pulwama #terroristattack

India's first ethanol based bike
Chennai-based TVS Motor Company on 12 July 2019 launched the country’s first ethanol-powered motorcycle TVS Apache RTR 200 Fi E100 to help bring down crude imports and reduce air pollution. The special edition will be available in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh at Rs 120,000.
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#Ethanol #bike #NitinGadkari #TVSMotor #CEO #AmitabhKant #airpollution

CFAMM 2019
India has urged the Commonwealth to expedite readmission of the Maldives as a member country. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar conveyed India’s stand at the 19 Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting in London.
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#CFAMM2019 #Modi #CHOGM #Commonwealth #MPs #Singapore #India

First delivery of S-400 missile system
Turkey received the first batch of Russia's S-400 missile defence system on 12 July 2019, the defence ministry said, despite repeated warnings from its NATO ally United States against the purchase. The delivery of the first shipment of parts of the S-400 long range regional air missile defence system began as of July 12, 2019 to Murted air base in Ankara.
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#S400 #missile #Turkey #NATO #aircraft #IGA #CAATSA #BRICS

Amendment in POCSO Act approved
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has laid down a clear definition of what constitutes the offence and has included sexually explicit digital content involving children under its purview as per an amendment to the existing POCSO Act.
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#POCSO #Amendment #childsexual #WCD #Women #digital #ChildDevelopment

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
The Rajya Sabha passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act. The bill is a cornerstone of the government's zero tolerance policy against terrorism. The Lok Sabha had passed the bill on July 24.
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#Prevention #UAPA #RajyaSabha #AmendmentAct #NIA #MasoodAzhar

India slips to 7th largest economy
India has been pushed to the seventh place in the global GDP rankings in 2018 with the UK and France forging ahead to the fifth and sixth spots, data compiled by the World Bank showed. In 2017, India had emerged as the sixth largest economy, while France was pushed to the seventh place in the global GDP league table.
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#India #GDP #WorldBank #rankings #economy #France

E Car launched to Combat Pollution
The Indian Army in step with government policies on environmental protection has launched an ecological initiative with employing E Cars for use of its officials in New Delhi in partnership with Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), a joint Venture of Central PSUs under Ministry of Power.
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#ECar #EESL #IndianArmy #ERCs #TataMotors #ECO #GenGopalR

Changes in IBC approved
Parliament approved changes in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), providing greater clarity over the distribution of proceeds of the auction of loan defaulting companies, with the Lok Sabha passing the Bill with voice vote.
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#IBC #RajyaSabha #Amendment #Bankruptcy #CIRP #NCLAT #CoC

POCSO amendments passed
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which provides the death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children, was passed in Lok Sabha.
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#POCSO #Children #Sexual #RajyaSabha #amendments #sexualassault

Mediation panel fails to find solution
The Supreme Court-appointed mediation panel on 1 August 2019 said it was unable to arrive at a solution to the 2.77-acre Babri Masjid-Ram Janmoabhoomi land dispute issue in Ayodhya.
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#Mediation #Ayodhya #SupremeCourt #NirmohiAkhara #SCWB

DTVSV Bill approved
Parliament on 13 March 2020 approved a bill that will provide an opportunity to taxpayers to settle their tax disputes by paying just due taxes with complete waiver of interest and penalty by March 31.
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#DTVSV #LokSabha #ITAT #WTA #Appeals

New POCSO rules notified
The Union government has notified the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules, 2020 which enables implementation of recent amendments to the Act under which provisions of punishment for child abuse has been made more stringent.
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#POCSO #SJPU #pornography #Sexual

Govt revokes PSA
The J&K administration on 13 March 2020 released National Conference (NC) president and Member of Parliament, Srinagar, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, who was in detention over seven months.
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#PSA #OmarAbdullah #NC #PublicSafetyAct

RoDTEP scheme approved
Union Cabinet on 13 March 2020 approved the Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP), a scheme for exporters to reimburse taxes and duties paid by them such as value added tax, coal cess, mandi tax, electricity duties and fuel used for transportation, which are not getting exempted or refunded under any other existing mechanism.
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#RoDTEP #MEIS #NirmalaSitharaman #PiyushGoyal