Today's News 24 March 2019
देश के पहले लोकपाल ने ली शपथ
सुप्रीम कोर्ट के पूर्व जज जस्टिस पिनाकी चंद्र घोष ने देश के पहले लोकपाल के तौर पर शपथ ले ली। जस्टिस घोष को राष्ट्रपति रामनाथ कोविंद ने देश के पहले लोकपाल के तौर पर शपथ दिलाई। इस मौके पर प्रधानमंत्री मोदी भी मौजूद थे।जस्टिस घोष इससे पहले आंध्र प्रदेश हाई कोर्ट के चीफ जस्टिस और सुप्रीम कोर्ट के जज रह चुके हैं। जस्टिस घोष वर्तमान में राष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार आयोग के सदस्य भी थे और मानवाधिकार कानूनों के जानकार के तौर पर उन्हें माना जाता है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/19393-2019-03-24-03-23-20
#Ombudsman #Lokpal #RamnathKovind #PinakiChandraGhosh #Lokayukta

जल प्रबंधन कार्यशाला के साथ विश्व जल दिवस को मनाया गया
पेयजल और स्वच्छता मंत्रालय ने 22 मार्च, 2019 को विश्व जल दिवस के अवसर पर भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान (आईआईटी) मद्रास के सहयोग और यूनिसेफ इंडिया के समर्थन के साथ ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में धूसर जल प्रबंधन (ग्रे वॉटर) और आर्सेनिक और फ्लोराइड युक्‍त जल शोधन पर दो दिवसीय राष्ट्रीय कार्यशाला (21 और 22 मार्च) का आयोजन किया। कार्यशाला के पूर्ण सत्र को पेयजल और स्वच्छता मंत्रालय के सचिव श्री परमेस्वरन अय्यर, और आईआईटी मद्रास के निदेशक, प्रोफेसर भास्कर राममूर्ति ने संबोधित किया।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/19392-2019-03-24-03-22-56
#WorldWaterDay #UNICEF #India #IIT #Gujarat

RBI again defers Ind AS
The Reserve Bank again deferred the implementation of the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by banks as the requisite legislative amendments are still under consideration. Earlier in April 2018, the central bank had postponed the implementation of the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by the banks by one year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19398-rbi-again-defers-ind-as
#RBI #ICAI #IFRS #ReserveBank #NACAS #ASB #FICCI

Italy endorse Belt and Road accord
Italy on 23 March 2019 became the first member of the Group of Seven industrialised powers to endorse China's "Belt and Road" infrastructure project, with Rome brushing off the worries of Western allies as it looks to revive its flagging economy.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19397-italy-endorse-belt-and-road-accord
#Italy #BRI #XiJinping #China #infrastructure

World's 12th busiest overtaking hubs
The capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is now the world’s 12th busiest airport — moving up four places from the 16th spot in 2017 — by overtaking mega hubs like the Frankfurt, Dallas Forth Worth, Guangzhou and Istanbul Ataturk airports. According to the preliminary world airport traffic rankings for 2018 released by Airports Council International (ACI), IGIA was the fastest growing among the top 20 airports.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19396-world-s-12th-busiest-overtaking-hubs
#IGIA #ACI #airport #Delhi #Frankfurt #Istanbul

First Lokpal of India sworn in
Justice Pinaki Ghose on 23 March 2019 took oath as the first Lokpal of India — the national anti-corruption ombudsman. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi were present on the occasion. The former Supreme Court judge’s appointment comes five years after the Lokpal Act received the President’s nod on January 1, 2014.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19395-first-lokpal-of-india-sworn-in
#Ombudsman #Lokpal #RamnathKovind #PinakiChandraGhosh #Lokayukta

An elusive whale is found all around the world
Salvatore Cerchio stunned the small world of whale science in 2015 when he found examples of a new species in the wild for the first time. Now, he’s mapped the habitat of that species, called Omura’s whale after Hideo Omura, a prominent Japanese whale biologist. The surprise in the new study, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, is that Omura’s whales, though little seen, are widespread across the tropical world. Cerchio, a researcher with the New England Aquarium in B

हेल्थ इंडेक्स 2019
स्वास्थ्य और चिकित्सा सेवाओं के मोर्चे पर पिछड़े बिहार, उत्तर प्रदेश, उत्तराखंड और ओडिशा पहले से अधिक फिसड्डी साबित हुए हैं। इसके उलट हरियाणा, राजस्थान और झारखंड में हालात सुधरे हैं।वहीं, चिकित्सा सेवा के मामले में केरल पहले नंबर पर है। पिछली बार के मुकाबले सुधार के मामले में 21 बड़े राज्यों की लिस्ट में बिहार 21वें स्थान के साथ सबसे नीचे है। रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक साल 2015-16 की तुलना में 2017-18 में स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्र में बिहार का संपूर्ण प्रदर्शन सूचकांक 6.35 अंक गिरा है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20685-2019-35
#HealthIndex2019 #Odisha #Kerala #UnionTerritories #Haryana #Mizoram

मधुमक्‍खी पालन विकास समिति की रिपोर्ट
प्रधानमंत्री की आर्थिक सलाहकार परिषद के तहत गठित मधुमक्‍खी पालन विकास समिति (बीडीसी) ने अपनी रिपोर्ट जारी की है। इस समिति का गठन प्रो. देबरॉय की अध्‍यक्षता में किया गया है। बीडीसी का गठन भारत में मधुमक्खी पालन को बढ़ावा देने के नए तौर तरीकों की पहचान करने के उद्देश्य से किया गया है ताकि इसके जरिए कृषि उत्पादकता, रोजगार सृजन और पोषण सुरक्षा बढ़ाने तथा जैव विविधता को संक्षित रखने में मदद मिल सके।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20684-2019-06-27-06-47-57
#Beekeeping #BDC #Agricultural #FAO #honeybees #horticulture #India

पेमेंट संबंधित सभी डेटा भारत में करना होगा स्टोर
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक ने 26 जून 2019 को कहा कि भुगतान से संबंधित सभी डेटा केवल भारत में संग्रहीत किए जाने चाहिए और विदेशों में संसाधित किए गए डेटा को 24 घंटे के भीतर देश में वापस लाना होगा।
आरबीआइ ने भुगतान प्रणाली ऑपरेटरों (पीएसओ) द्वारा उठाए गए कुछ कार्यान्वयन मुद्दों पर कहा, 'पूरे भुगतान डेटा को केवल भारत में स्थित सिस्टम में स्टोर किया जाएगा।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20683-2019-06-27-06-47-25
#IndiaStore #RBI #PSOs #domestic #ReserveBankofIndia

Team for water harvesting
With nearly 29% of total blocks in the country remaining water-stressed, the Centre has decided to step up various water harvesting and conservation efforts from July 1. It has appointed 255 dedicated officers of very senior rank and set up 550 teams for the exercise during monsoon and post-monsoon phases in next five months.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20691-team-for-water-harvesting
#harvesting #water #JalShaktiAbhiyan #MPLADfunds #MOSPI #monsoon

Construction permit for Polavaram project
The Centre on 26 June 2019 gave a two-year extension to the permission for construction work issued for the Polavaram Multipurpose project in Andhra Pradesh. The Polavaram project is very important to the people of Andhra Pradesh as it will irrigate nearly 3 lakh hectares of land, generate hydel power with an installed capacity of 960 MW.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20690-construction-permit-for-polavaram-project
#Polavaram #AndhraPradesh #NDA #SabariRiver #Rajamahendravaram

Storage of Payment System Data
The Reserve Bank 26 June 2019 said all data related to payments must be stored only in India and data processed abroad will have to be brought back to the country within 24 hours.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20689-storage-of-payment-system-data
#ReserveBank #India #RBI #PiyushGoyal #PaymentSystemData

IOC approves exclusion of AIBA
The International Olympic Committee on 26 June 2019 officially took over the boxing qualification and competition for next year's Tokyo 2020 Olympics and suspended international boxing federation AIBA following a vote at its session.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20688-ioc-approves-exclusion-of-aiba
#IOC #AIBA #Tokyo2020 #Olympics #NenadLalovic #InternationalOlympicCommittee

Curiosity rover detects methane
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has found the largest amount of methane ever measured during its mission on the Red Planet — about 21 parts per billion units by volume (ppbv), the US space agency said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/ne

Co-origination pact lend to MSMEs
The troubled shadow banks are not yet out of the woods and the largest lender SBI has stitched a co-origination agreement to finance small businesses--which used to be a major customer-base for the crippled financiers.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21275-co-origination-pact-lend-to-msmes
#MSMEs #SBI #RBI #NBFCs #ReserveBank #agreement

DRDO hands over design of MMR
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over the design of Mobile Metallic Ramp (MMR) to the Indian Army at a ceremony held at DRDO Bhawan. With load bearing capacity of 70 metric ton (MT), the MMR has been designed and developed by DRDO’s premier research laboratory.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21274-drdo-hands-over-design-of-mmr
#DRDO #MMR #MT #CFEES #TDEs #DSO #DTDP #Bhawan #IndianArmy

Chandrayaan-2 enters 2nd Lunar orbit
The second Lunar orbit manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was successfully completed on 21 August 2019, said India Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
According to ISRO, the orbit manoeuvre began at 12.50 p.m. and took 1,228 seconds to complete. The orbit achieved is 118 km X 4,412 km. All spacecraft parameters are normal.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21273-chandrayaan-2-enters-2nd-lunar-orbit
#Chandrayaan2 #spacecraft #ISRO #Vikram #GSLVMkIII #Lunar #orbit

Compliance report to FATF
Pakistan has submitted compliance report on its 27-point action plan to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), as three separate evaluations currently in progress will determine the country's possible exit from the grey list of the anti-money laundering watchdog by October.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21272-compliance-report-to-fatf
#FATF #Australia #APG #Pakistan #BaqirReza #Bangkok #ImranKhan

Rocky exoplanet of Moon or Mercury
Scientists at NASA have achieved to get a rare glimpse of the conditions on the surface of a rocky exoplanet orbiting a star beyond the Sun. Using the data of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have detected the light from the planet LHS 3844b, which is located 48.6 lightyears away from the Earth.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21271-rocky-exoplanet-of-moon-or-mercury
#Moon #Mercury #NASA #JPL #TESS #LHS #Mdwarf #planet

CARTOSAT-3 launched
ISRO has successfully launched its third-generation earth-imaging satellite CARTOSAT 3 into space from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22118-cartosat-3-launched.html
#CARTOSAT3 #PSLVC47 #ISRO #SSLV #SpaceFlight #SatishDhawan

Bill to ban e-cigarettes passed
Lok Sabha on 27 November 2019 passed a bill which seeks to ban electronic cigarettes, with Health Minister Harsh Vardhan saying such a measure was necessary to protect the youth from a new intoxication being promoted by companies as a new "fashion".
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22117-bill-to-ban-e-cigarettes-passed.html
#LokSabha #ENDS #HarshVardhan #cigarettes #Manufacture

Framework on currency swap revised for SAARC
The Reserve Bank said it has put in place a revised framework on currency swap arrangement for SAARC countries for 2019-2022.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22116-framework-on-currency-swap-revised-for-saarc.html
#Framework #SAARC #ReserveBank #RBI #CurrencySwap

Extension to 15th Finance Commission approved
The union cabinet on 27 November 2019 extended to the term of the Fifteenth Finance Commission by a year, asking it to submit an interim report for fiscal year 2020-21 and a full report for fiscal years 2021-22 to 2025-26—a decision apparently taken to factor in Jammu and Kashmir’s new status.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22115-extension-to-15th-finance-commission-approved.html
#FinanceCommission #ammuandKashmir #UnionCabinet #Article280

Transgenders Bill passed
The Rajya Sabha on 26 November 2019 passed a bill on protection of rights of transgenders after a motion to refer it to a select committee of the Upper House was defeated. The Lok Sabha had passed the bill on August 5.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22114-transgenders-bill-passed.html
#TransgendersBill #RajyaSabha #DMk #ThawarChandGehlot

IMF’s Covid policy response group
Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan has been inducted into IMF MD’s special advisory board for policy responses to Covid-19-induced challenges.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23371-imf-s-covid-policy-response-group.html
#IMF #RBI #Covidpolicy #Raghuramrajan #ReserveBank

Priority sector lending categories expanded
The Reserve Bank has expanded the scope of priority sector lending to include start-ups funding up to Rs 50 crore, and loans to farmers for installation of solar plants and compressed biogas plants.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/25526-priority-sector-lending-categories-expanded.html
#PSL #solarplants #ReserveBank #sector #Prioritysectorlending #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasse

Cybersecurity issues in UCBs
The Reserve Bank on 24 September 2020 came out with a five-pillared strategic approach 'GUARD' to deal with cybersecurity threats being faced by urban cooperative banks (UCBs).
Read More: https://ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/26018-cybersecurity-issues-in-ucbs.html
#Cybersecurity #UCBs #ReserveBank #GUARD #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Borrowing limit under MSF enhanced
Amid the ongoing economic woes created by the coronavirus pandemic, the Reserve Bank has decided to extend by six months the enhanced borrowing facility provided to banks to meet liquidity shortage till March 31, 2021.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/26107-borrowing-limit-under-msf-enhanced-2.html
#MSF #NDTL #ReserveBank #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses