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Odisha rasagola gets GI tag
A year after West Bengal walked away with geographical indication (GI) tag recognition for rasgulla, the Odisha government reopened the battle for ownership of the delicacy and won the rights over ‘Odisha rasagola’.
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#Odisha #GItag #rasagola #OSIC #NiladriBije #WTO #TRIPS #WestBengal

4th cycle of All India Tiger Estimation
On the occasion of International Tiger Day (29 July 2019), Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the results of the fourth cycle of All India Tiger Estimation - 2018 at Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi on 29 July 2019. The count of tigers in India has risen to 2967, in 2018, according to this census.
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#India #Tiger #NarendraModi #historic #NTCA #MSTrIPES #MEETR

A bill to curb ponzi schemes passed
Parliament on 29 July 2019 unanimously passed the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019, which seeks to put in place a mechanism by which poor depositors will get back their hard earned money. The Rajya Sabha passed with voice vote the bill which would save gullible investors from ponzi schemes.
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#RajyaSabha #curb #ponzischemes #LokSabha #Ordinance #recommendations

Atomic restrictions imposed by the Iran
Iran produced tonnes before the deal. Any excess enriched uranium was either down blended to the level of natural uranium or shipped out of the country in exchange for natural uranium.
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#Iran #JCPOA #IAEA #UnitedStates #Atomic #restrictions

Third orbit-raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan 2
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) performed the third orbit raising manoeuvre of its Lunar craft Chandrayaan 2 on 29 July 2019 at 3:12 PM. This was done using the onboard propulsion system for a firing duration of 989 seconds.
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#Chandrayaan2 #ISRO #Moon #Russia #solar #Vikram #orbit #spacecraft
Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill
A bill seeking to expedite and streamline resolution of inter-state water disputes was approved by Lok Sabha. A key feature of the Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is the constitution of a single tribunal with different benches, and the setting up of strict timelines for adjudication.
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#Amendment #StateRiverWater #LokSabha #DRC #SupremeCourt

Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed by Rajya Sabha. The Bill has been passed with three Government amendments and will need to go back to Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha had already passed the Bill on the 23rd of July 2019.
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#MotorVehicles #Amendment #GoM #YoonusKhan #recommendations #RajyaSabha

EWS quota for J&K
The Union Cabinet approved a bill to provide up to 10% reservation to Jammu and Kashmir’s economically weaker sections (EWS) in jobs and educational institutions. J&K is currently under President’s rule and hence the Union Cabinet had to approve the quota in state government jobs and admissions.
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#J&K #EWS #NarendraModi #UnionCabinet #amendment

World's best student city
UK's capital London has been named as the world's best city for students for the second consecutive year, beating international cities like Tokyo and Melbourne that came second and third respectively on a new worldwide rankings released.
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#Tokyo #worldwide #India #globaleducation #QuacquarelliSymonds

Three exoplanets discovered
Three new planets, which orbit a star situated 73 light-years away from the Earth, have been discovered using NASA’s newest planet-hunting satellite. Of the three new exoplanets, one is rocky and slightly larger than Earth, while the two others are gaseous and roughly twice the size of our planet.
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#planets #Earth #NASA #missinglink #Satellite #TESS #TOI270
Recommendations of Jalan Committee accepted
The RBI board accepted the recommendations of the Bimal Jalan committee and has decided to transfer Rs 1,76,051 crore to the government. This is broken as Rs 1,23,414 crore as surplus for year 2018-19 and another Rs 52,637 crore of excess provisions identified by the committee as per the revised Economic Capital Framework (ECF).
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#ECF #RBI #ADF #CGRA #BimalJalan #budget #Recommendations

Humanoid robot docks with ISS
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a humanoid robot docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on 27 August 2019. The FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) robot is on a planned mission to support the crew and test its skills. It will stay on the station until Sept. 7.
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#Humanoid #robot #ISS #spacecraft #FEDOR #Robonaut2 #NASA

Multiple craters on Moon
Isro released the lunar surface images captured by the Terrain Mapping Camera 2 (TMC-2) on August 23 from an altitude of 4,375km. One set of images show impact craters such as Jackson, Mitra, Mach and Korolev.
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#Moon #TMC2 #Isro #Korolev #Jackson #Chandrayaan2 #Mitra

India’s first woman DGP passed away
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, India’s first woman Director General of Police (DGP), passed away following an illness in Mumbai on 26 August 2019 night.
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#India #DGP #woman #KiranBedi #IPS #Bhattacharya #KanchanChaudhary

India in G-7 summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India’s efforts towards eliminating single-use plastic, conserving water, harnessing solar energy and, protecting flora and fauna for a sustainable future during his address at the G-7 session on environment in Biarritz.
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#India #G7 #NarendraModi #UNESCO #COP21 #Biodiversity