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मोदी कैबिनेट का बड़ा फैसला
अब आतंकी गतिविधियों में संलिप्त संदिग्ध व्यक्तियों को आतंकी घोषित कर प्रतिबंधित किया जा सकेगा। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की अध्यक्षता में हुई कैबिनेट की बैठक में राष्ट्रीय जांच एजेंसी (एनआइए) और गैरकानूनी गतिविधि रोकथाम कानून (यूएपीए) से जुड़े दो संशोधनों को हरी झंडी दे दी है। माना जा रहा है
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#PMModi #cabinet #NIA #UAPA #ISIS #NarendraModi

राष्ट्रीयकृत बैंकों में विलफुल डिफॉल्टर्स 60 फीसद बढ़े
कारगिल विजय के 20 साल पूरे होने जा रहे हैं। इस मौके पर मध्य प्रदेश में ग्वालियर के महाराजपुरा एयरफोर्स स्टेशन पर सेमिनार का आयोजन किया गया। इस मौके पर एयर शो कार्यक्रम का आयोजन किया गया। ग्वालियर एयरबेस पर भारतीय वायुसेना ने 'ऑपरेशन विजय' के दौरान टाइगर हिल हमले और इस दौरान इस्तेमाल मिराज विमानों का प्रदर्शन किया।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20656-60
#Kargilwar #IndianAirForce #OperationVictory #TigerHillattack #MadhyaPradesh

Draft National Policy on Domestic Workers
A draft National Policy on domestic workers is under consideration of the Central Government. The salient features of the draft policy are as under:
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20661-draft-national-policy-on-domestic-workers
#DraftNationalPolicy #DomesticWorkers #oldageprotection #salientfeatures

Amendments laws to strengthen NIA
The Union Cabinet is learnt to have approved a proposal to amend two laws to give more teeth to the NIA in probing terror cases in India and abroad. Separate bills will be introduced in Parliament in the coming days to amend the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20660-amendments-laws-to-strengthen-nia
#Amendments #NIA #UnionCabinet #India #Prevention

What are CryptoKitties?
When CryptoKitties, founded by Bryce Blandon, made its way into crypto-economics, anyone with a keen eye on blockchain had a remarkable reaction on the spectrum. The game requires users to trade and breed virtual kittens between the established store and other users on the Ethereum blockchain.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20659-what-are-cryptokitties
#CryptoKitties #NFTs #Blockonomi #JuliaMSufrin #Ethereumblockchain

India in GII 2019
The 12th edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) — an annual ranking of countries in terms of their capacity for innovation and success in it has ranked India as the 52nd most innovative country globally in its 12th edition.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21021-india-in-gii-2019
#India #GII2019 #INSEAD #WIPO #healthcare #GlobalLeaders #Innovation

Steps taken to combat Terror Financing
During the Informal BRICS Meeting, on the margins of G20 Osaka Summit (28-29 June, 2019), India along with other BRICS members underlined their resolve to make the international financial system entirely hostile to terrorist financing.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21020-steps-taken-to-combat-terror-financing
#BRICS #TFFC #FICN #MoU #FCORD #NIA #Prevention #terroristattacks

Unlawful Activities Amendment Bill passed
The Lok Sabha on 24 July 2019 passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, popularly known as the Anti-Terrorism Bill. Introducing the bill in the lower house, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the amendments to the bill will ensure anti-terror laws are not misused.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21019-unlawful-activities-amendment-bill-passed
#Amendment #LokSabha #NIA #UAPA #Prevention #AmitShah #AntiTerrorismBill

India, China in free visa-on-arrival scheme
Sri Lanka on 24 July 2019 included India and China in the free visa-on-arrival scheme to revive the country’s tourism sector which witnessed a slump following the Easter Sunday bombings.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21018-india-china-in-free-visa-on-arrival-scheme
#India #China #visa #SriLanka #USA

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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21122-unlawful-activities-prevention-act
#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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21121-india-slips-to-7th-largest-economy
#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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21120-e-car-launched-to-combat-pollution
#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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21119-changes-in-ibc-approved
#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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21118-pocso-amendments-passed
#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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21117-mediation-panel-fails-to-find-solution
#Mediation #Ayodhya #SupremeCourt #NirmohiAkhara #SCWB

India signs UNISA
India on 7 August 2019 signed a key UN convention on international settlement agreements, even as experts called for local laws to support the treaty’s implementation in business contracts.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21180-india-signs-unisa
#UNISA #India #JawedAshraf #NDIAC #ADR #IIIA #Singapore

Living indigenous languages
The Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea has the highest number of 'living' indigenous languages in the world (840), while India stands fourth with 453. 2019 is the United Nations' International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21179-living-indigenous-languages
#indigenous #UN #UNESCO #Australia #Pacific #UnitedNations #India

‘Climate Change and Land’ report
Agriculture and associated land activities related to food production could be contributing over a quarter of the global emissions of greenhouse gases, a new major report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21178-climate-change-and-land-report
#IPCC #GHG #GlobalWarming #anthropogenic #greenhouse #Agriculture

Curiosity rover completes seven years
NASA's Curiosity rover has completed seven years on Mars and it has shared a 360-degree view of the Teal Ridge alongside a throwback video of its landing on the red planet. It’s been seven years since NASA’s Curiosity rover first touched the surface of the Mars.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21177-curiosity-rover-completes-seven-years
#NASA #Mars #planet #MRO #UpperMountSharp #VeraRubinRidge #Curiosity

Tribunal for SFJ
The Centre has set up a tribunal to adjudicate whether or not there is sufficient reason to impose a ban on pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice, which was declared as an unlawful organisation last month.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21176-tribunal-for-sfj
#SFJ #Tribunal #UAPA #Prevention #ParamjeetSinghPamma

KSG Podcast | UAPA does its work #upsc #currentaffairs #prelims #podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYb9JGGfmLs

KSG Podcast | UAPA does its work #upsc #currentaffairs #prelims #podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYb9JGGfmLs&list=PLCUwtp5IghZmJBi1h7xiAhsORKmmumVsR&index=11
#UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses