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भारत में मर्डर रेट में आई गिरावटः UN
भारत में 2015 तक छह सालों की अवधि में हुई हत्याओं की कुल दर में 10 फीसदी की कमी दर्ज की गई है लेकिन उत्तर भारत के कुछ राज्यों में इसमें पर्याप्त वृद्धि देखी गई। संयुक्त राष्ट्र की एक रिपोर्ट में यह जानकारी दी गई है। संयुक्त राष्ट्र मादक पदार्थ एवं अपराध विभाग (यूएनओडीसी) ने 'हत्याओं पर वैश्विक अध्ययन 2019' नामक शीर्षक से जारी रिपोर्ट में यह जानकारी दी है।
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#UN #India #UNODC #NationalCrimeRecordsBureau #Witchcraft #mortality

भारत-आसियान त्रिगुट व्‍यापार मंत्रियों की बैठक आयोजित
भारत-आसियान त्रिगुट व्‍यापार मंत्रियों की बैठक नई दिल्‍ली में आयोजित की गई जिसका उद्देश्‍य वर्तमान में जारी क्षेत्रीय व्‍यापक आर्थिक साझेदारी (आरसीईपी) पर अनौपचारिक सलाह-मशविरा करना था। इस बैठक में केन्‍द्रीय वाणिज्‍य एवं उद्योग और रेल मंत्री श्री पीयूष गोयल, थाईलैंड की कार्यवाहक वाणिज्‍य मंत्री सुश्री चटिमा बुन्‍यप्रफासारा, इंडोनेशिया के व्‍यापार मंत्री एनगैरतियास्‍तो लुकिता, आसियान के महासचि‍व श्री लिम जॉक होई और आरसीईपी के टीएनसी अध्‍यक्ष श्री ईमान पैमबैग्‍यो ने भाग लिया।
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#ASEAN #India #RCEP #PiyushGoyal #RCCE #China #FTA

क्रॉनिक ऑब्सट्रक्टिव पल्मोनरी डिजीज
वायु प्रदूषण के खतरों के प्रति आगाह करते हुए एक अध्ययन में यह बताया गया है कि घर और दफ्तरों से बाहर प्रदूषित हवा (आउटडोर पल्यूशन) के संपर्क में आने से फेफड़ों की कार्यक्षमता में तो कमी आती ही है। साथ ही क्रॉनिक ऑब्सट्रक्टिव पल्मोनरी डिजीज (सीओपीडी) विकसित होने का खतरा बढ़ जाता है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20844-2019-07-11-05-30-57
#COPD #airpollution #GBD #GlobalBurden #NO2 #Britain #BMI

UN report on sustainable development
Hunger is growing and the world is not on track to end extreme poverty by 2030 and meet other U.N. goals, mainly because progress is being undermined by the impact of climate change and increasing inequality, a U.N. report said. The report on progress toward achieving the 17 U.N. goals notes achievements in some areas, including a 49% fall in child mortality between 2000 and 2017 as well as electricity now reaching nearly 90% of the world’s population.
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#UN #sustainable #shockingly #workforce #LiuZhenmin #development

UN conference on combating desertification
India will host a UN conference on combating desertification in September. At present, 23% of the world’s geographical area is affected by degradation while India faces this problem in nearly 30% of its land due to multiple reasons including deforestation.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20849-un-conference-on-combating-desertification
#UNCCD #UN #India #IUCN #LDN #PrakashJavadekar #COP14 #desertification

US and Iran to clash at UN nuclear watchdog
The United States will use an emergency meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on 10 July 2019 to raise pressure on Iran over breaches of its nuclear deal, but diplomats expect no concrete action as parties to the deal considers their next move.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20848-us-and-iran-to-clash-at-un-nuclear-watchdog
#US #nuclear #Iran #IAEA #Britain #UnitedStates #clash

State of the Education Report
A UNESCO delegation led by Eric Falt, Director, UNESCO, has called on M. Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice President of India and presented ‘State of the Education Report’ for the year 2019 on ‘Children with Disabilities’ in India.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20847-state-of-the-education-report
#Education #UNESCO #India #RPWD #UnitedNations #MVenkaiahNaidu
Joint Panel for FTA
India and the 10-member bloc of South-East Asian nations have decided to review their free trade agreement (FTA) in goods that was signed in 2009.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21446-joint-panel-for-fta
#FTA #JointPanel #ASEAN #RCEP #Indianindustry #PiyushGoyal

Healthcare’s climate footprint
India figures among the top ten countries that account for 75 per cent of global healthcare climate footprint, according to a report released by Health Care Without Harm, an international NGO, in collaboration with Arup.
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#Healthcare #footprint #GHG #NGO #greenhouse #gas

UN refuses to interfere on Kashmir issue
A day after India and Pakistan had a face-off at the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on 11 September 2019 expressed concern on the potential escalation between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue and appealed to both sides to solve it through dialogue.
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#Kashmir #Pakistan #ImranKhan #UNSC #Article370 #UNHRC #NarendraModi

A rare Harvest Moon
This 13 September 2019, a full moon will be visible in the sky, which will be the first time in nearly 20 years that it will coincide with the 13th September 2019.
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#Harvest #Moon #NationalGeographic #HarvestMoon #fullmoon
India, China informal summit conclude
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinpingconcluded their informal summit in Mahabalipuram, outside Chennai, on 12 October 2019 with a “new beginning” for cooperation between the two countries.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21689-india-china-informal-summit-conclude.html
#India #NarendraModi #TajFisherman #CBMs #BRI #IT

India wants data localisation in RCEP
India has proposed locating computing facilities inside the country if it is meant to protect its essential security interests and national interests at the the ongoing negotiations of the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21688-india-wants-data-localisation-in-rcep.html
#RCEP #India #RBI #FSA #TPP #ASEAN

Forbes’ richest Indian
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the Forbes list of richest Indians for the 12th consecutive year in 2019. With $51.4 billion net worth on Forbes’ list of richest Indians for the year 2019, Ambani leads the chart despite the Indian economy facing a slowdown.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21687-forbes-richest-indian.html
#Forbes #RIL #Gujarat #Ambani #Byju #Indian

Dharma Guardian
Dharma Guardian, the joint military exercise between India and Japan, will be held at the Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School Vairengte in Mizoram from October 19 to November 2.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21686-dharma-guardian.html
#DharmaGuardian #JGSDF #IndianArmy #Japan

Influential people in Digital Governance
Ravi Shankar Prasad, India's telecom, IT and law minister, has been adjudged among the 100 most influential people in the world of digital governance for his contribution in leading the implementation of Digital India.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21685-influential-people-in-digital-governance.html
#Digital #Governance #NGO #WorldBank #WEF
India pulls out of RCEP pact
India on 4 November 2019 pulled out of the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, capping six years of talks to clinch the world’s biggest free-trade deal in the face of stiff resistance from domestic industries and political circles and reluctance of partners like China to grant it meaningful concessions despite hard negotiations in recent weeks.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21901-india-pulls-out-of-rcep-pact.html
#RCEP #India #Bangkok #ArvindPanagariya #NItiAayog #ASEAN #FTAs

US formally moves to exit the Paris Agreement
The United States formally notified the United Nations on 4 November 2019 that it was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Today the United States began the process to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21900-us-formally-moves-to-exit-the-paris-agreement.html
#US #Paris #Agreement #KyotoProtocol #COP21

Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative
The United States formally notified the United Nations on 4 November 2019 that it was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Today the United States began the process to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21899-indo-pacific-oceans-initiative.html
#IPOI #NarendraModi #ASEAN #EAS #USA #EastAsia

Clues to cosmic shoreline
Scientists have decoded the signals sent by NASA’s Voyager 2 from about 11 billion miles away from interstellar space, which will help scientists paint a clearer picture of cosmic shoreline, where the heliosphere ends and interstellar space begins.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21898-clues-to-cosmic-shoreline.html
#NatureAstronomy #MilkyWaygalaxy #spacecraft #Voyager2 #NASA
GCF for Maharashtra
IN order to combat climate change in coastal towns of Maharashtra and enhance climate resilience of the coastal communities, the state government is set to get US$ 25.7 million under the United Nations-backed Green Climate Fund (GCF) over six years.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21958-gcf-for-maharashtra.html
#GCF #Maharashtra #SROCC #IPCC #UNFCCC #AndhraPradesh

World Heritage Site status for Hoysala temples
The State Archaeology Department has clubbed 14 temples from the Hoysala period reflecting similar architectural styles — including the monuments at Belur-Halebid and Somnathpur — for serial nomination to seek UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21957-world-heritage-site-status-for-hoysala-temples.html
#UNESCO #INTACH #WHS #Hoysala #SAD #INTACH

India-China business forum called off
AN INDIA-CHINA business forum that was to take place in Delhi later this weekhas been called off as the Indian government has not yet issued visas to the Chinese delegation.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21956-india-china-business-forum-called-off.html
#India #FICCI #IBLF #RCEP #CHINA #NitinGadkari #NITIAayog

T.N. Seshan dead
Former Chief Election Commissioner Tirunellai Narayanaiyer Seshan, who cracked the whip on money and muscle power in elections and proved to be a nemesis for political parties, died in Chennai on 10 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21955-t-n-seshan-dead.html
#TNSeshandead #CEC #MadrasChristianCollege #elections #Jayalakshmi
Government withdraws draft bill of Forest Act
After widespread criticism from tribal communities across states, the government on 15 November 2019 announced that it has decided to withdraw a contentious draft bill to amend the Indian Forests Act, 1927.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22007-government-withdraws-draft-bill-of-forest-act.html
#IndianForestAct #ST #IFA #MoEF&CC #PrakashJavadekar #zerodraft

Drinking water quality standards
Mumbai is the only city whose tap water meets piped drinking water quality standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards, according to a study of 21 capital cities released on 16 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22006-drinking-water-quality-standards.html
#Drinkingwater #Bureau #JalJeevanMission #SwachhBharatKosh #BIS

Bat for India's entry into RCEP
Australia and New Zealand continue to push for India’s inclusion in the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) pact, weeks after New Delhi pulled out of it.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22005-bat-for-india-s-entry-into-rcep.html
#RCEP #India #NewZealand #IndiasBusinessDownUnder #Australia

Govt scraps NSO's consumer expenditure survey
The government has decided to scrap the National Statistical Office’s (NSO’s) consumer expenditure survey conducted in 2017-18 over “data quality”.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22004-govt-scraps-nso-s-consumer-expenditure-survey.html
#NSO #dataquality #MPCE #Govtscraps #expenditure

India joins to oppose spectrum band for 5G
India is learnt to have aligned with China, Russia and Japan to oppose the use of 26 Ghz spectrum band for 5G operations, but industry bodies have expressed their reservations about the decision.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22003-india-joins-to-oppose-spectrum-band-for-5g.html
#ISRO #5G #India #26Ghz #WRC #GSA #ITU #China
SE Asian dither on joining solar alliance
The India-headquartered International Solar Alliance’s (ISA’s) drive to co-opt countries from South-East Asia is facing problems with some countries holding back because of New Delhi’s decision to not join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22571-se-asian-dither-on-joining-solar-alliance.html
#SeAsian #solaralliance #RCEP #ISAs #solar #vietnam


DPIIT focus to push India's ranking
The Commerce and Industry Ministry has prepared a blueprint to further improve India's ranking in the World Bank's ease of doing business index with a focus on six parameters, including enforcing contracts and starting a business.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22570-dpiit-focus-to-push-india-s-ranking.html
#DPIIT #WorldBanks #Indiasranking #EoDB #registeringproperty

GoM to vet National Tariff Policy
Home minister Amit Shah will head a group of ministers to discuss the proposed National Tariff Policy that is being awaited as a major reform by the stressed power sector but being opposed by state governments and discoms due to clauses like penalties for load shedding.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22569-gom-to-vet-national-tariff-policy.html
#GoM #NationalTariffPolicy #Amitshah #Tariffpolicy

Russia pushes India’s entry into EAEU
Russia, ahead of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to India this month, has stated that Russia has pushed for Delhi’s entry into the Eurasian Economic Union or EAEU that will open up opportunities of third country partnerships in Central Asia-Eurasian region.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22568-russia-pushes-india-s-entry-into-eaeu.html
#Russia #EAEU #ForeignMinister #Lavrovs
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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#Daman #GST #UTs #Headquarters #VAT #NagarHaveli