Government withdraws draft bill of Forest Act
After widespread criticism from tribal communities across states, the government on 15 November 2019 announced that it has decided to withdraw a contentious draft bill to amend the Indian Forests Act, 1927.
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#IndianForestAct #ST #IFA #MoEF&CC #PrakashJavadekar #zerodraft

Drinking water quality standards
Mumbai is the only city whose tap water meets piped drinking water quality standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards, according to a study of 21 capital cities released on 16 November 2019.
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#Drinkingwater #Bureau #JalJeevanMission #SwachhBharatKosh #BIS

Bat for India's entry into RCEP
Australia and New Zealand continue to push for India’s inclusion in the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) pact, weeks after New Delhi pulled out of it.
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#RCEP #India #NewZealand #IndiasBusinessDownUnder #Australia

Govt scraps NSO's consumer expenditure survey
The government has decided to scrap the National Statistical Office’s (NSO’s) consumer expenditure survey conducted in 2017-18 over “data quality”.
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#NSO #dataquality #MPCE #Govtscraps #expenditure

India joins to oppose spectrum band for 5G
India is learnt to have aligned with China, Russia and Japan to oppose the use of 26 Ghz spectrum band for 5G operations, but industry bodies have expressed their reservations about the decision.
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#ISRO #5G #India #26Ghz #WRC #GSA #ITU #China

ITU rejects plea by DoT-Isro
Indian telcos have scored a crucial victory on the road to 5G. The International Telecom Union (ITU) has dismissed a proposal of the Department of Telecommunications – pushed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – to restrict transmission power of 5G mobile base stations, and has upheld the view of the telecom industry at the World Radio Communications-2019 conference in Egypt.
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#ITU #DoT #Isro #GHz #COAI #WRC #ICTs #telcos

Highest length under PMGSY
Jammu and Kashmir has achieved the highest road length in the country this year so far under a Centre's rural roads' programme with the completion of around 11,400 kilometres covering 1,838 habitations, officials said.
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#PMGSY #NABARD #JammuandKashmir #ruralroads #AtalBihariVajpayee

International Press Freedom Award
Indian journalist Neha Dixit was one of several recipients of the 2019 International Press Freedom Awards, awarded by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-profit organization whose aim is to enable journalists to work without fear of reprisal.
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#IPFA #NehaDixit #CPJ #InternationalPress #FreedomAward

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006
A male who has not reached the age of 21 is a “child” as per the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. However, a male aged between 18 and 21 marrying a female above 18 years will not be punishable under the Act for contracting a child marriage, the Supreme Court has ruled.
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#Prohibition #ChildMarriageAct2006 #FIR #HC #maleadult