CWM Index 2.0
To supplement the efforts of Jal Shakti Ministry, NITI Aayog has prepared the second Round of Composite Water Management Index (CWMI 2.0).The Report was launched on 23 August 2019 by NITI Aayog. CWMI 2.0 ranks various states for the reference year 2017-18 as against the base year 2016-17.
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#CWM #Index2.0 #NITIAayog #JalShaktiMinistry #Gujarat

ESA’s ExoMars programme
NASA has planned to launch its Mars 2020 rover next year sometime in July, however, it will not be the sole expedition to the red-coloured planet. There is another mission called the ExoMars programme, which is a joint venture between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian space agency Roscosmos, that is expected to launch sometime in between July 26-August 13 next year.
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#NASA #ExoMars #planet #Roscosmos #ESA #RosalindFranklin

Oxytocin issue refers to a larger bench
The Supreme Court referred to a larger Bench the issue of banning manufacture of life-saving drug Oxytocin by private companies. The drug is used to induce labour in pregnant women and stall postpartum bleeding, a leading cause of maternal deaths.
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#Oxytocin #BGP #manufacture #SupremeCourt #Karnataka

Ocean energy now a renewable source
Ocean energy has been included in renewable energy to give a further boost to ocean energy in India. Power Minister R K Singh approved the proposal.
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#Ocean #India #RPO #NPV #OTEC #RKSingh #stakeholders

IOA blames NADA for suspension
The Indian Olympic Association on 23 August 2019 lashed out at the National Anti-Doping Agency for the suspension of the country’s only WADA-accredited laboratory, saying NADA’s “mistakes” have jeopardised the anti-doping programme in New Delhi.
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#IOA #NADA #WADA #ISL #ISL #LabEG #IOC #UNESCO

Vikram lander located
The news of Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander being located on the lunar surface by ISRO on 8 September 2019 has lent a ray of hope among Indians of the space agency re-establishing contact with the module.
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#Vikram #ISRO #Chandrayaan2s #Vikramlander #Indiantricolour

Govt to roll out UDAY 2.0
The government is in the process of rolling out a new tariff policy and UDAY 2.0 to address the issue of losses of discoms, which is the “only difficulty” in ensuring round the clock electricity supply for all, Power Minister R K Singh said.
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#UDAY2.0 #tariffpolicy #RKSingh #PowerMinister #PRAAPTIportal

First greenfield industrial smart city
Prime Minister said the ambitious Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC) was not merely being developed as a ‘smart industrial city’, but would be a pulsating centre of the country’s industrial activity in the near future.
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#smartcity #AURIC #AurangabadIndustrialCity #greenfieldindustrial

Pakistan, China discuss Kashmir issue
Pakistan and China on 8 September 2019 discussed the Kashmir issue and underlined the need to settle disputes in the region through dialogue on the basis of mutual respect and equality,
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#Pakistan #WangYis #Beijing #Kashmirissue #UNCharter

Longest UN climate talks end
Marathon international climate talks ended on 15 December 2019 with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on how to regulate global carbon markets.
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#COP25 #LongestUN #climatetalks #Madrid #Glasgow #greenhousegas

India in CCPI 2020
India is among the top 10 nations as per the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) which is based parameters like renewable power and energy use efficiency, Power Minster R K Singh said.
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#CCPI2020 #India #RKSingh #COP #NDCs #CCPI

Khyber Pass economic agreement
Pakistan and the World Bank has signed a project agreement worth $406.6 million for financing the Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) project with an aim to promote economic development.
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#Khyber #KPEC #WorldBank #Pakistan

MCA's 2019 Review
In its year-end review, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) on 15 December 2019 mentioned the various steps it undertook in 2019 for ease of doing business and creating a robust insolvency framework.
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#MCA #SPICe #NCLT #CCI #DVRs #WorldBank #GreenChannel #Amendment

Draft guidelines to treat rare genetic diseases
In a bid to attract the pharmaceutical industry for pooling investments in drugs for treating rare diseases, country’s apex research body Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has come up with national guidelines for gene therapy related clinical trials.
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#ICMR #PID #CDSCO #NDCTR #India #CAGR #orphandrug

REMCs dedicated to the nation
Power Minister R K Singh on 28 February 2020 dedicated to the nation 11 Renewable Energy Management Centres (REMCs) for renewable energy integration.
Singh also inaugurated the Northern Region Renewable Energy Management Centre (NR-REMC) at a function in New Delhi.
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#REMCs #SLDCs #POSOCO #NLDC #RKSingh #CPSE

Global virus risk to maximum level
The World Health Organization on 28 February 2020 raised its global risk assessment of the new coronavirus to its highest level after the epidemic spread to sub-Saharan Africa and caused financial markets to plunge.
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#Global #WHO #TAG #SARS #COVID19 #microscope #virus

First glimpse of GISAT-1 satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 28 February 2020 shared the first glimpse of Geo Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1), that is scheduled to be launched on March 5 at 17:43 hours.
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#GISAT1 #satellite #ISRO #GSLVF10 #ChandrayaanI

Wearable devices application rejected
The Indian Patent Office rejected Google’s application on wearable electronic devices, observing that it lacks inventive steps and the use and the method by which it is to be performed is not fully described in complete specification.
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#Wearable #IPA #Google #satellite #OS

Biggest explosion since Big Bang
Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen since the begining of the universe, originating from a super-massive black hole.
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#BigBang #NASA #explosion #ICRAR #DrSimonaGiacintucci

New Prime Minister of Malaysia
Malaysia's kingnamed former interior minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the new prime minister on 29 February 2020 in a shock decision that sidelined old rivals Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim after a week of political turmoil.
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#Malaysia #NewPrimeMinister #UMNO #AnwarIbrahim #alliance