आर्थिक समीक्षा 2018 -19
केन्‍द्रीय वित्‍त एवं कॉरपोरेट मामलों की मंत्री श्रीमती निर्मला सीतारमन ने संसद में आर्थिक समीक्षा 2018-19 पेश की। आर्थिक समीक्षा की 2018-19 की मुख्य बातें इस प्रकार हैं-
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#EconomicReview2018 #NirmalaSitharaman #GDP #MSME #BetiBachao #BetiTeach

हेनले पासपोर्ट इंडेक्‍स-2019
हेनले पासपोर्ट इंडेक्‍स-2019 की ताजा रैंकिंग में दो एशियाई देशों जापान और सिंगापुर ने संयुक्तरूप से पहला स्थान हासिल किया है। भारत इस सूची में 86वें स्थान पर है। यह रैंकिंग देशों के पासपोर्ट की ताकत पर निर्भर करती है। जिस देश के पासपोर्ट के जरिए बगैर वीजा या वीजा ऑन अराइवल सबसे अधिक देशों में आने-जाने की छूट होती है, वह सबसे अधिक ताकतवर पासपोर्ट माना जाता है।
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#HenleyPassport #Index2011 #Japan #SriLanka #visa #Afghanistan #UAE

भारत को मिलेगा पहला ई-वाहनों को चार्ज करने वाला हाईवे
दिल्ली-जयपुर और दिल्ली-आगरा हाईवे ये भारत का पहला ऐसा हाईवे बनने जा रहा है, जहां इलेक्ट्रिक वाहनों के लिए चार्जिंग स्टेशनों की भी व्यवस्था की जाएगी। 2020 तक यह हाईवे तैयार हो जाएगा। बताया गया कि यमुना एक्सप्रेसवे (दिल्ली और आगरा के बीच) और राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग 48 (दिल्ली और जयपुर के बीच) की टोटल दूरी 500 किमी होगी और दो मार्गों पर टोल प्लाजा के पास 18 चार्जिंग स्टेशन स्थापित किए जाएंगे।
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#India #highway #Jaipur #ASSAR #EODB #NHEV #PariChowk

Economic Survey 2018-19
The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2018-19 in the Parliament on 4 July 2019. The Key Highlights of Economic Survey 2018-19 are as follows:
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#EconomicSurvey2018 #GDP #MGNREGS #WTO #GCF #HumanDevelopment #NirmalaSitharaman

NITI Aayog's ease of doing farm business
Maharashtra achieved first rank in NITI Aayog launched “Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index (AMFFRI), which ranks states based on the degree of reforms they have undertaken in agricultural marketing.
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#NITIAayog #AMFFRI #MadhyaPradesh #UTs #APMCAct #EconomicSurvey2018

New gene linked to schizophrenia
After 18 years of research, Indian and Australian scientists have identified a new gene directly linked to schizophrenia. Scientists from the University of Queensland in Australia and a team of Indian researchers searched the genomes of over 3,000 individuals and found those with schizophrenia were more likely to have a particular genetic variation.
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#schizophrenia #Indian #NAPRT1 #BryanMowry #Chennai #QBI #European

‘To-Do List’ for Jal Shakti Abhiyan
The Centre has issued an 18-point to-do list to all joint secretaries and additional secretaries deputed as Central Nodal Officers/Central Prabharis for implementation of the Jal Shakti Abhiyan. Tasks have been clearly spelt out, beginning from three days after the launch of the Abhiyan on July 1.
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#JalShaktiAbhiyan #BNO #JSA #CNO #BlockNodalOfficers

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.
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#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".
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#WagesBill2019 #LokSabha #historicBill #BonusAct

Ficci study on commodity storage
India, which is currently witnessing a spike in retail onion price on tight supply, should explore low-cost modern technology models from countries like Israel and Brazil for storing the commodity, industry body Ficci said on 8 November 2019.
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#Ficci #TOP #Budget #IITs #ICAR #NAFED #Israel

India Justice Report 2019
Karnataka is ranked sixth among 18 big and mid-sized states when it comes to justice delivery, with Maharashtra and Kerala topping the list and Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state ranked last, the India Justice Report (IJR) 2019 says.
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#India #IJR #DAKSH #UTs #TISS #IndiaJusticeReport2019 #Maharashtra

UNGA votes against Cuba
The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on 7 November 2019 to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for the 28th year, rejecting US criticism of human rights violations there and criticising the Trump administration's increasingly tough enforcement measures.
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#UNGA #Israel #JairBolsonaro #FidelCastro

BIMSTEC conclave
Three agreements have been signed between Ranong Port (Thailand) and port trusts of Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Kolkata, with an aim to reduce sea travel time between the two countries to more than a half.
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#BIMSTEC #MoUs #Thailand #Kolkata #ActEastPolicy

Wealth of global billionaires fell
The world’s billionaires saw their collective fortunes dip in 2018 for the first time in three years, erasing $388 billion of their net worth. Asia was hardest hit, as slowing growth in China and rising US interest rates resulted in an 8% wealth drop among that continent’s richest people, according to the UBS/PwC Billionaires Report released on 8 November 2019.
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#Wealth #UBS #EMEA #APAC #PwC #GlobalWealthManagement #Asia

Good Governance Index launched
A good governance index (GGI) was launched on 25 December 2019 by the central government to assess the state of governance in the country, according to a statement issued by the Personnel Ministry.
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#GGI #DoPT #GoodGovernanceIndex #UTs #CSMOP #AtalBihariVajpayee

Depleting groundwater
Nearly 1,100 scientists, practitioners and experts in groundwater and related fields from 92 countries have called on the governments and non-governmental agencies to “act now” to ensure global groundwater sustainability.
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#Depleting #groundwater #SDGs #Earth #IIT #SDGs

Govt breaks 150-year tradition
The Union Cabinet on 24 December 2019 gave approval to restructuring of the Railway board through merger of its existing eight Group A services into a central service called the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS).
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#UnionCabinet #IRMS #IRHS #HR #PiyushGoyal #Railway

India, Oman sign maritime pact
India and Oman signed a Maritime Transport Agreement during the visit of foreign minister S Jaishankar to the Sultanate. The pact – the first with any Gulf country – enables India to expand its footprint in the western Indian Ocean,
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#India #IndianOcean #MTA #PersianGulf #SJaishankar

Space Junk identification systems
Researchers in China have improved the accuracy of detecting space junk in the Earth's orbit, providing a more effective way to plot safe routes for spacecraft maneuvers.
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#SpaceJunk #Earth #orbit #telescopes #Marquardt

India in RCEP dialogue
India has been extended an invitation to join talks on the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) next month, but is still on the fence about participation, say sources.
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#RCEP #India #Malaysia #ASEAN #FTAs

India in Democracy Index 2019
India slipped 10 places to 51st position in the 2019 Democracy Index’s global ranking, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit, which cited “erosion of civil liberties” in the country as the primary cause for the downtrend.
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#India #DemocracyIndex2019 #EIU #globalranking #Xinjiang

A new virus : Wuhan virus
The Union Health Ministry has sounded an alert at international airports for thermal screening of passengers arriving from China for the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) — also known as the Wuhan virus — the WHO is convening an Emergency Committee to discuss steps to contain its spread.
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#Wuhanvirus #WHO #SARS #MERS #CoV #UHM

India needs investment to meet UN's SDG
India needs a whopping $2.64 trillion investment to meet the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs), offering the private sector an investment opportunity of over $1.12 trillion by 2030, according to a report.
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#UN #SDG #investment #India #infrastructure

Daman as headquarters of the merged UT
The Centre on 22 January 2020 designated Daman as the headquarters of the merged Union Territories of Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
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#Daman #GST #UTs #Headquarters #VAT #NagarHaveli