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Today's Questions
08 June 2019
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08 June 2019
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Today's Editorial
08 June 2019
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08 June 2019
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Today's Headlines
08 June 2019
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खुद अपनी किस्मत बनाने वाली में भारतीय शामिल
Forbes Releases 2019 List of America Richest Self Made Women: फोर्ब्स ने अमेरिका की 80 धनी महिलाओं की लिस्ट जारी की है। ये सभी ऐसी महिलाएं हैं जिन्होंने खुद के बदौलत अपनी किस्मत बनाई है। इस लिस्ट में भारतीय मूल की तीन महिलाएं भी शामिल हैं।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20458-2019-06-08-05-14-18
#Indian #ForbesReleases2019 #IT #NeerajSethi #SelfMadeWomen #AmericaRichest

नीति आयोग का पुनर्गठन
नीति आयोग गवर्निंग काउंसिल की बैठक से पहले प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने नीति आयोग को लेकर बड़ा फैसला लिया है प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने नीति आयोग के पुनर्गठन को मंजूरी दी। जारी आधिकारिक विज्ञप्ति के अनुसार डा. राजीव कुमार को फिर से उपाध्यक्ष बनाया गया है जबकि गृहमंत्री अमित शाह पदेन सदस्य होंगे।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20457-2019-06-08-05-13-56
#PolicyCommission #Reorganization #NarendraModi #RajivKumar #AmitShah

WHO की रिपोर्ट
आज (7 जून 2019) विश्व खाद्य सुरक्षा दिवस है। एक अनुमान के अनुसार उल्टे सीधे तरीके से खाने वाले खाद्य पदार्थों की वजह से पूरे देश में हर मिनट 44 लोग और प्रति साल 23 मिलियन से अधिक लोग दूषित भोजन खाने से बीमार पड़ रहे हैं। दूषित और जहरीला खाना खाने से हर साल लगभग 4700 लोग अपना जीवन खो देते हैं। ये आंकड़े चौंकाने वाले हैं मगर सच हैं।
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#WHO #WorldFoodSafetyDay #ZussazanaJacob #SPP #ADF

Niti Aayog reconstituted
Prime minister Narendra Modi approved the reconstitution of think tank Niti Aayog. Rajiv Kumar was renamed as the vice-chariman of National Institute for Transforming India (Niti Aayog). The government has appointed Home minister Amit Shah, Defence minister Rajanth Singh, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar as ex-officio members.
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#NitiAayog #RajivKumar #BICP #NarendraModi #RajanthSingh

India’s South-South cooperation
Describing India as a “valued supporter” of South-South cooperation, UN chief Antonio Guterres has praised the India-UN Development Partnership Fund for “championing greater prosperity” for all through its myriad projects benefitting the least developed, landlocked and small island nations. India has also been at the forefront of our efforts to reform the UN Development System.
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#India #UNOSSC #USD #UNICEF #UNDP #SDGs #WorldHealthOrganization

New Nipah detection facility set up
A Point of Care for Nipah detection has been set up at the Government Medical College in Ernakulam. Polymerase chain reaction tests can be conducted and results will be available within two hours.
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#WHO #Kerala #ReemaSahay #BArunKumar #space #Nipahvirus

India signs deal with Israel
In a major development, India signed a deal with Israel under emergency provisions worth around Rs 300 crore for buying over 100 Spice bombs with high explosives warhead for the Indian Air Force. This is the first defence deal signed by the government after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over for a

गरीबी सूचकांक (एमपीआई) 2019
भारत में स्वास्थ्य, स्कूली शिक्षा समेत विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में हुई प्रगति से बड़ी संख्या में लोग गरीबी के दलदल से बाहर निकल आए हैं। संयुक्त राष्ट्र की एक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार वर्ष 2006 से 2016 के बीच रेकॉर्ड 27.10 करोड़ लोग गरीबी से बाहर निकले हैं। खाना पकाने के ईंधन, साफ-सफाई और पोषण जैसे क्षेत्रों में मजबूत सुधार के साथ बहुआयामी गरीबी सूचकांक वैल्यू में सबसे बड़ी गिरावट आई है।
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#PovertyIndex2019 #MPI #UN #India #UNDP #OPHI #UnitedNations

एथनॉल से चलने वाली देश की पहली बाइक
टीवीएस ने एथनॉल से चलने वाली देश की पहली बाइक शुक्रवार को लॉन्च कर दी। TVS Apache RTR 200 Fi E100 नाम से बाजार में उतारी गई इस बाइक की कीमत 1.20 लाख रुपये है। इसे केंद्रीय सड़क परिवहन और राजमार्ग मंत्री नितिन गडकरी और नीति आयोग के सीईओ अमिताभ कान्त की उपस्थिति में लॉन्च किया गया। टीवीएस मोटर का कहना है कि यह अपाचे पूरी तरह एथनॉल से चलेगी।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20873-2019-07-13-05-09-11
#Ethanol #bike #NitinGadkari #TVSMotor #CEO #AmitabhKant #airpollution

करतारपुर पर भारत-पाक विशेषज्ञ करेंगे बैठक
भारत और पकिस्तान के विशेषज्ञ करतारपुर गलियारा के स्वरूप को अंतिम रूप देने के लिए मसौदा समझौता पर चर्चा करने को लेकर 14 जुलाई 2019 को अटारी-वाघा सीमा पर बैठक करेंगे। वे संबद्ध तकनीकी मुद्दों पर भी चर्चा करेंगे। यह गलियारा पाकिस्तान के करतारपुर स्थित दरबार साहिब को गुरदासपुर जिला स्थित डेरा बाबा नानक गुरुद्वारा से जोड़ेगा तथा भारतीय सिख श्रद्धालुओं की वीजा मुक्त आवाजाही को सुगम बनाएगा।
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#India #Kartarpur #Pak #BabaNanakGurudwara #Pulwama #terroristattack

India's first ethanol based bike
Chennai-based TVS Motor Company on 12 July 2019 launched the country’s first ethanol-powered motorcycle TVS Apache RTR 200 Fi E100 to help bring down crude imports and reduce air pollution. The special edition will be available in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh at Rs 120,000.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20878-india-s-first-ethanol-based-bike
#Ethanol #bike #NitinGadkari #TVSMotor #CEO #AmitabhKant #airpollution

CFAMM 2019
India has urged the Commonwealth to expedite readmission of the Maldives as a member country. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar conveyed India’s stand at the 19 Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting in London.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20877-cfamm-2019
#CFAMM2019 #Modi #CHOGM #Commonwealth #MPs #Singapore #India

First delivery of S-400 missile system
Turkey received the first batch of Russia's S-400 missile defence system on 12 July 2019, the defence ministry said, despite repeated warnings from its NATO ally United States against the purchase. The delivery of the first shipment of parts of the S-400 long range regional air missile defence system began as of July 12, 2019 to Murted air base in Ankara.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20876-first-delivery-of-s-400-missile-system
#S400 #missile #Turkey #NATO #aircraft #IGA #CAATSA #BRICS

Amendment in POCSO Act approved
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has laid down a clear definition of what constitutes the offence and has included sexually explicit digital content involving children under its purview as per an amendment to the existing POCSO Act.
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#POCSO #Amendment #childsexual #WCD #Women #digital #ChildDevelopment

ईरान से गतिरोध जारी
ब्रिटेन ने ईरानी गनबोटों (नौसैन्य पोतों) द्वारा ब्रिटिश सुपरटैंकर को निशाना बनाए जाने के बाद बढ़े तनाव के बीच कहा कि वह खाड़ी में दूसरा युद्धपोत भेज रहा है और क्षेत्र में चौकसी का स्तर बढ़ा रहा है। इस फैसले का खुलासा अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डॉनाल्ड ट्रंप की तरफ से इस्लामी गणराज्य के परमाणु कार्यक्रम और पश्चिम एशिया में आतंकवादी समूहों के लिए उसके कथित समर्थन को लेकर उसके खिलाफ वाकयुद्ध तेज करने के बाद हुआ है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20886-2019-07-14-05-45-34
#Iran #DonaldTrump #US #British #IndiaNavy #nuclear #deadlock

मिशन चंद्रयान-2 की उल्‍टी गिनती
भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान केंद्र (Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO) के मिशन चंद्रयान-2 की उल्‍टी गिनती 14 जुलाई 2019 से शुरू हो जाएगी। इसरो प्रमुख (ISRO chairperson) डॉ. के सिवन (Dr K. Sivan) ने बताया कि इस मिशन के 20 घंटे के काउंटडाउन की 14 जुलाई को सुबह 6.51 बजे से शुरू होने की उम्मीद है। यह 15 जुलाई को तड़के 2 बजकर 51 मिनट पर श्रीहरिकोटा के सतीश धवन सेंटर से लॉन्च होगा।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20885-2-20
#Chandrayaan2 #MissionMoon #ISRO #GSLV #Bahubali #Space #Satellite

Global MPI 2019
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty index values during the period with strong improvements in areas such as “assets, cooking fuel, sanitation and nutrition, a report by the United Nations said. The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) was released.
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#Global #MPI2019 #UNDP #OPHI #India #UnitedNations #Jharkhand

Moon-forming disk discovered
Astronomers have made the first observations of a circumplanetary disk of gas and dust like the one that is believed to have birthed the moons of Jupiter, by using Earth’s most powerful array of radio telescopes.
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#Moon #ALMA #VLT #PDS #VLT #MUSE #PDS #Earth #Astrophysical

Chandrayaan-2
Chandrayaan-2, India's most ambitious second lunar mission to be launched on July 15, will be the first of its kind as it will shed light on a completely unexplored section of the Moon - its South Polar region. Leveraging nearly a decade of scientific research and engineering development, the mission is aimed at helping in better understanding of the origin and evolution of the Moon by conducting detailed topographical studies, comprehensive mineralogical analyses, and a host of other experiments on the lunar surface. I
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#Chandrayaan2 #MissionMoon #ISRO #GSLV #Bahubali #Space #Satellite

First Indian woman CFO
The World Bank (WB) Group announced that Anshula Kant, an Indian national, has been appointed its next MD and CFO. Ms. Kant will be the first woman CFO of the Bank. Anshula brings more than 35 years of expertise in finance, banking, and innovative use of technology through her work as CFO of the State Bank of India, World Bank Group president David Malpass said.
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#CFO #Indianwoman #AnshulaKant #IBRD #ICSID #MIGA #IFC #ShriRamCollege

Committee to run golf in India
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has taken over the reins of the derecognised Indian Golf Union (IGU), forming a five-member 'golf governance committee' which will oversee all aspects concerning the "participation of athletes and officials in the Tokyo Olympic qualifiers/ events" until IGU's fresh election takes place.
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#IOA #golf #India #IGU #MukeshKumar #IGF #AGM #NSFs #Tokyo #KavitaSingh

India in Human Development Index 2019
India ranks 129 out of 189 countries on the 2019 Human Development Index, marking incremental improvement from the previous year’s ranking (130 of 189).
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#India #HumanDevelopmentIndex #UNDP #HDR #HDI

None of river linking projects at implementation stage
None of the river linking projects in the country have reached the implementation stage and only symbolic budgetary allocations have been made for them, a Parliamentary committee has told the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
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#GangaRejuvenation #riverlinking #LokSabha #NWDA

Evidence of Saraswati’s existence
There has been a strong belief that the Harappan civilization depended on monsoons.
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#Evidence #Saraswati #PRL #IITBombay #Ahmedabad #RigVeda

Arms (Amendment) Bill passed
Makers of illegal arms and those carrying such guns will face maximum punishment of life in jail if convicted under a proposed legislation passed by Lok Sabha on 9 December 2019.
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#Arms #Amendment #LokSabha #1AA #arms #firearms

Largest number of multidrug-resistant TB cases
India has the largest number of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases, 27 per cent of the global total, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey has said.
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#TB #AshwiniChoubey #MDR #RNTCP #IEC #UDST #ACF

SpaceX delivers 'mighty mice'
SpaceX made an early holiday delivery to the International Space Station on 8 December 2019, dropping off super muscular "mighty mice," pest-killing worms and a smart, empathetic robot.
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#SpaceX #mightymice #NASA #ISS #ILP #spacecraft #Kazakhstan

Gender Social Norms Index
Nine in 10 people are prejudiced against women, such as thinking university education is more important for men or that men deserve jobs more if work is scarce, the United Nations said on 5 March 2020.
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#GSNI #UNDP #NewZealand #InternationalWomensDay

Inclusive Internet Index 2020
India has been ranked 40th out of 100 countries on the inclusive internet index 2020 released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). In South Asia, Pakistan ranked the lowest (76th), India at 40th, Sri Lanka at 56 and Bangladesh on the 70th spot.
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#III2020 #EIU #GDP #Bangladesh #InclusiveInternetIndex

CPPP to merge with GeM
India plans to integrate its central public procurement portal (CPPP) with the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to further improve buying and selling process for ministries, departments and other agencies.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23037-cppp-to-merge-with-gem.html
#CPPP #GeM #TalleenKumar #GFR #POC

CIC appointed
Information Commissioner Bimal Julka was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on 6 March 2020, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique.
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#CIC #BimalJulka #RashtrapatiBhavan #CPA #RamNathKovind

NASA’s Mars rover named
NASA’s Mars rover for the 2020 mission finally has an official name: Perseverance. Alexander Mather, a seventh-standard student, submitted the winning entry to NASA’s “Name the Rover” essay contest.
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#NASA #Mars #Earth #JPL #planet #Perseverance

India in MPI 2020
About 273 million Indians moved out of multidimensional poverty between 2005-6 and 2015-16, according to a UN report, which noted that India has recorded the largest reduction in the number of people living in this category.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/24447-india-in-mpi-2020.html
#MPI2020 #UNDP #India #OPHI #multidimensionalpovertylevels

India UNDP Fund supports Covid-19 projects
The India-UN Development Partnership (UNDP) Fund is supporting various projects to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in areas of boosting national healthcare capacities, reducing risk of transmission, mitigating socio-economic impact and catalysing transformative recovery, according to a UN.
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#UNDPFund #Covid19projects #UNDP #India #UNOSSC

Today's Headlines - 19 August 2023
New non-poor emerging in India
GS Paper - 3 (Economy)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address that in the first five-year term of his government, “13.5 crore of my fellow poor brothers and sisters have broken free from the chains of poverty and entered the new middle class”. The 13.5-crore number cited by the PM appears in the second National Multidimensional Poverty Index report that was published by Niti Aayog on 17 July 2023 (Some highlights in chart). The first such report was published in 2021.

What is the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?

The national MPI measures deprivations across the three dimensions of health and nutrition, education, and standard of living.
Within health, it tracks three variables: nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, and maternal health.
In education, it tracks two variables: years of schooling, and school attendance. And in standard of living, it tracks seven variables such as sanitation, drinking water, bank account, etc.
The index is based on the methodology used by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to construct the Global MPI. OPHI and UNDP are technical partners in the formulation of the national index.
But India’s MPI is not exactly the same as the Global MPI. For instance, India’s MPI has 12 variables, while the Global MPI has 10. The two additional variables in India’s MPI are maternal health and bank account.
How does this reduce poverty?

It must be noted that this is a multidimensional poverty index and, as such, is not comparable to India’s traditional and official way of estimating poverty.
However, the Global MPI 2023 report, which too was released in July, states that 415 million people in India moved out of poverty between 2005-06 and 2019-21.
The Global MPI pegs India’s poverty ratio at 16.4% as against 14.96% in Niti Aayog’s MPI. This difference is on account of the two additional metrics, and some differences in definitions.
Does the reduction in poverty add to India’s middle class?

There is no official definition of the middle class in India. It is, therefore, difficult to say whether those who escape poverty necessarily join the middle class, or to what extent.
Estimates of India’s middle class provided by private research organisations peg the middle class at income levels that are considerably higher than those of the people who are coming out of poverty.
For instance, in a report, ‘The rise of India’s middle class’, published in July, People Research on India’s Consumer Economy (PRICE) divided all households into four categories: Destitutes, Aspirers, Middle Class and Rich. “…Households which are classified as Middle Class have an annual income in the range of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 30 lakh (at 2020-21 prices),” the report said. Destitute households were those with an annual income less than Rs 1.25 lakh.
According to PRICE’s survey, as of 2021, out of a population of 1,416 million, 196 million Indians were categorised as ‘Destitutes’, 432 million were the ‘Middle Class’, and 732 million were ‘Aspirers’.

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Today's Headlines - 04 September 2023
NITI Aayog, UNDP join hands to fast-track SDGs
GS Paper - 2 (Polity)

Central think tank NITI Aayog and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a memorandum of understanding to formalise a cooperative framework to fast-track India's pursuit to achieve its sustainable development goals (SDGs), the Aayog said.

More about the memorandum of understanding

The memorandum of understanding will focus on the two organisations' cooperation on a range of areas, including SDG localisation, data-driven monitoring, Aspirational Districts and Blocks, among others.
Over the years, NITI Aayog and UNDP's collaboration has grown from strength to strength. This partnership would foster data-driven policy interventions and programmatic action.
NITI Aayog is the nodal body for the monitoring of SDGs in India and reviews the process through a nationwide SDG index. The memorandum of understanding between the think tank and UNDP was signed for a period of years.
Midway to 2030, India's leadership is critical for making the SDGs a reality. India nearly halved multidimensional poverty between 2015-2016 and 2019-2021, demonstrating that despite complex challenges, accelerating progress towards the Goals is possible.
Through this memorandum of understanding with NITI Aayog, UNDP will also provide support for NITI Aayog's work on women's livelihoods, innovation, and Mission LiFE.

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