year, were joined on the smoothly-executed trip by NASA astronaut Christina Koch.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19294-astronauts-successfully-reach-iss
#ISS #astronauts #NASA #spacecraft #Russian

28th nation to play T20I
In January 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) approved the inclusion of USA Cricket as an associate member of the cricketing body. The country became ICC’s 105th member. Now, the team will get ready to play their first ever international match on 15 March 2019 as they face off against the United Arab Emirates at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai. Doing so, the USA will become the 28th nation in the world to play a T20I match.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19293-28th-nation-to-play-t20i
#ICC #Dubai #USA #UnitedArabEmirates #UAE

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

OBC panel gets extension
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the extension of the term of the commission constituted under Article 340 of the constitution to examine the issue of Sub-categorization within other Backward Classes in the Central List by six months beyond 31st July, 2019 and upto 31st January, 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21105-obc-panel-gets-extension
#OBC #NarendraModi #Commission #Article340 #UTs #TamilNadu

MoU approved for Uses of Outer Space
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Bolivia on Cooperation in the Exploration and Uses of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes".
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21104-mou-approved-for-uses-of-outer-space
#MoU #OuterSpace #NarendraModi #ABE #ISRO #UnionCabinet

ITLU at Moscow approved
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the setting up of ISRO Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) at Moscow, Russia. The ISRO Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) at Moscow will enable effective technical coordination for timely interventions on diversified matters with Russia and neighbouring countries for realization of the programmatic targets of ISRO.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21103-itlu-at-moscow-approved
#ITLU #ISRO #NarendraModi #Space #USA #Moscow #Russia

MoU between India and Bahrain apprised
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised about the signing of Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bahrain on Cooperation in the Exploration and Uses of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21103-itlu-at-moscow-approved
#MoU #India #NarendraModi #NSSA #ISRO #DOS #MEA

UNISA approved
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the signing of the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements (UNISA) resulting from mediation by the Republic of India scheduled to be held at Singapore on 7th August, 2019, or at United Nations Headquarters.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21101-unisa-approved
#UNISA #ADR #NDIAC #NarendraModi #IIIA #Singapore

Triple Talaq Bill passed
Parliament marked a historic moment when Rajya Sabha passed the much-debated and politically contentious triple talaq bill that makes the Muslim practice of instant divorce punishable.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21100-triple-talaq-bill-passed
#Talaq #LokSabha #Muslim #TripleTalaqBill #MarriedMuslim #RajyaSabha

The Code on Wages Bill 2019
The Lok Sabha passed The Code on Wages Bill, 2019. It is a historic Bill which aims to transform the old and obsolete labour laws into more accountable and transparent ones which is need of the hour.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21099-the-code-on-wages-bill-2020
#WagesBill2019 #LokSabha #historicBill #BonusAct

India pulls out of RCEP pact
India on 4 November 2019 pulled out of the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, capping six years of talks to clinch the world’s biggest free-trade deal in the face of stiff resistance from domestic industries and political circles and reluctance of partners like China to grant it meaningful concessions despite hard negotiations in recent weeks.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21901-india-pulls-out-of-rcep-pact.html
#RCEP #India #Bangkok #ArvindPanagariya #NItiAayog #ASEAN #FTAs

US formally moves to exit the Paris Agreement
The United States formally notified the United Nations on 4 November 2019 that it was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Today the United States began the process to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21900-us-formally-moves-to-exit-the-paris-agreement.html
#US #Paris #Agreement #KyotoProtocol #COP21

Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative
The United States formally notified the United Nations on 4 November 2019 that it was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Today the United States began the process to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21899-indo-pacific-oceans-initiative.html
#IPOI #NarendraModi #ASEAN #EAS #USA #EastAsia

Clues to cosmic shoreline
Scientists have decoded the signals sent by NASA’s Voyager 2 from about 11 billion miles away from interstellar space, which will help scientists paint a clearer picture of cosmic shoreline, where the heliosphere ends and interstellar space begins.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21898-clues-to-cosmic-shoreline.html
#NatureAstronomy #MilkyWaygalaxy #spacecraft #Voyager2 #NASA

India in WHO physical activity report
India is among the top ten ranking countries with the lowest level of insufficient physical activity among adolescents. Bangladesh tops the list while USA’s adolescents figure fourth on the list of 146 countries.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22072-india-in-who-physical-activity-report.html
#India #WHO #USA #WorldHealthReport #AdolescentHealth #LancetChild

WTO report on trade-restrictive measures
The G20 countries have imposed as many as 28 new trade-restrictive measures such as tariff increases, import bans and stricter customs procedures for imports between mid-May and mid-October 2019, according to a WTO report.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22071-wto-report-on-trade-restrictive-measures.html
#WTO #G20 #UNCTAD #OECD #tariffincreases

First ever PICSA Index
Bangalore emerged as India's highest ranked city at No. 83 in a new index of the world's 113 cities in terms of economic and social inclusivity, topped by Zurich in Switzerland.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22070-first-ever-picsa-index.html
#PICSA #Bangalore #Mumbai #GDP #India #Bilbao

First ever pact for expeditious grant of patents
The patent offices of India and Japan have inked an agreement for expeditious grant of patents to Indian entities and individuals, the commerce and industry ministry said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22069-first-ever-pact-for-expeditious-grant-of-patents.html
#Japan #PPH #India #JPO #MSMEs #JapanPatentOffice

Delhi under NSA
Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor has passed an order authorizing the city’s police, controlled by the Union home ministry, to place the national capital under the National Security Act (NSA).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22656-delhi-under-nsa.html
#DelhiPolice #NSA #NCRB #CrPC #FIRs #BJP #Article370

Key molecule for life’s origin
Researchers have unravelled a key piece of the puzzle about the origin of life on the Earth with the discovery of how phosphorus-bearing molecules, essential for cell metabolism, may have reached the planet from space.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22655-key-molecule-for-life-s-origin.html
#ALMA #ESO #ROSINA #AFGL5142 #molecule #spacecraft

China and Myanmar 'stand together'
China and Myanmar inked dozens of mammoth infrastructure and trade deals after a meeting on 18 January 2020 between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyidaw (Myanmar), as Beijing doubles down on its support for a government under fire for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22654-china-and-myanmar-stand-together.html
#Myanmar #standtogether #Muslim #XiJinping #China

Davos diplomacy between India, Malaysia
Trade ministers from India and Malaysia are likely to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos next week amid a palm oil spat between the two countries, a Malaysian government told.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22653-davos-diplomacy-between-india-malaysia.html
#Malaysia #MahathirMohamad #Goyal #WEF #oil

AI-aided method for reading of legal judgements
Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have evolved an artificial intelligence-aided method to automate reading of legal judgements.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22652-ai-aided-method-for-reading-of-legal-judgements.html
#IITKharagpur #KGP #SupremeCourt #USA #RajivGandhi

Watch US announces $144 million humanitarian assistance for people of Afghanistan | KSG Explainer #IAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_Eb57OeFI

KSG Podcast - Foreign policy doctrine of the USA | Exam Oriented Edited Editorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMroKtfWu9U&list=PLCUwtp5IghZmJBi1h7xiAhsORKmmumVsR&index=10
#UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

KSG Podcast - Foreign policy doctrine of the USA | Exam Oriented Edited Editorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMroKtfWu9U&list=PLCUwtp5IghZmJBi1h7xiAhsORKmmumVsR&index=29
#UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

KSG Podcast - Foreign policy doctrine of the USA | Exam Oriented Edited Editorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMroKtfWu9U&list=PLCUwtp5IghZmJBi1h7xiAhsORKmmumVsR&index=48
#UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Today's Headlines - 05 September 2023
A sunrace of significant global missions
GS Paper - 3 (Space Technology)

In the wake of the Indian Space Research Organisation's successful launch of its inaugural solar mission, Aditya-L1,, let's embark on a journey through key missions from space agencies worldwide, all dedicated to unravelling the enigmatic secrets of the Sun.
A Sunrace
USA
US: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the US space agency, launched the Parker Solar Probe in August 2018. In December 2021, Parker flew through the Sun's upper atmosphere, the corona, and sampled particles and magnetic fields there. This was the first time ever that a spacecraft touched the Sun, according to NASA.
In February 2020, NASA joined hands with the European Space Agency (ESA) and launched The Solar Orbiter to collect data to find out how the Sun created and controlled the constantly changing space environment throughout the solar system.
Other active solar missions by NASA are Advanced Composition Explorer launched in August, 1997; Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory in October, 2006; Solar Dynamics Observatory in February, 2010; and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph launched in June, 2013.
Also, in December, 1995, NASA, ESA and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) jointly launched the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).
Japan
JAXA, Japan's space agency, launched its first solar observation satellite, Hinotori (ASTRO-A), in 1981. The objective was to study solar flares using hard X-rays, according to JAXA. JAXA's other solar exploratory missions are Yohkoh (SOLAR-A) launched in 1991; SOHO (along with NASA and ESA) in 1995; and Transient Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE), along with NASA, in 1998.
In 2006, Hinode (SOLAR-B) was launched, which was the successor to Yohkoh (SOLAR-A), the orbiting solar observatory. Japan launched it in collaboration with the US and the UK. The objective of Hinode, an observatory satellite, is to study the impact of the Sun on the Earth.
Yohkoh's objective was to observe solar flares and the solar corona. It was the first satellite to track almost an entire 11-year solar activity cycle.
Europe
In October, 1990, the ESA launched Ulysses to study the environment of space above and below the poles of the Sun, giving scientists information about the variable effect the Sun has on the space surrounding it. Other than solar missions launched in collaboration with NASA and the JAXA, the ESA launched Proba-2 in October, 2001.
Proba-2 is the second of the Proba series, building on nearly eight years of successful Proba-1 experience, even as Proba-1 was not a solar exploratory mission. On-board Proba-2 were four experiments, two of them were solar observation experiments.
Proba stands for Project for On-Board Autonomy. Upcoming solar missions of the ESA include Proba-3, scheduled for 2024 and Smile, scheduled for 2025.
China
The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) was successfully launched by the National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in October, 2022. The ASO-S mission is designed to reveal connections among the solar magnetic field, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
Solar flares and CMEs are eruptive solar phenomena, thought to be driven by changes in the Sun's magnetic field.

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