Deep Ocean Mission
After successfully venturing into space exploration, India will launch its ambitious ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ by October to enter hitherto untapped 75,000 sq km of area in international waters to tap vast marine resources.
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#Mission #CIOB #DRDO #ISRO #DeepOceanMission #manned #DBT

WII report on GIB
The critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) is nearing extinction due to collision with high voltage power lines that criss-cross their flying path, according to a report by the Ministry of Environment.
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#GIB #WII #Rajasthan #CAMPA #NGT #GIBs #CWEL #Gujarat

Repatriation talks with Rohingya refugees
A Myanmar government delegation has met with representatives of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh to discuss creating conditions for their safe repatriation, officials said on 28 July 2019.
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#ASEAN #Bengalis #Myanmar #Bangladesh #Muslim #RohingyaMuslimrefugees

Indian wins People’s Choice Award in US
Renowned Indian sand artist and Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People’s Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the US, wowing the American public with his sculpture that highlighted the message of combating plastic pollution in oceans.
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#Indian #US #Pattnaik #PadmaAwardee #SudarsanPattnaik

Arrow-3 system successfully tested
Israel and the United States have successfully carried out tests of a ballistic missile interceptor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on 28 July 2019 provides protection against potential threats from Iran.
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#Arrow3 #Israel #Iran #missile #Alaska #UnitedStates

Mary Kom wins gold medal
Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom claimed the gold medal without breaking a sweat in the 23rd President’s Cup, asserting her supremacy in a lop-sided 51kg bout final in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia on 28 July 2019. The Olympic bronze medallist pugilist decimated Australian April Franks 5-0.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21062-mary-kom-wins-gold-medal
#MaryKom #goldmedal #23rdPresident #TokyoOlympics #Asian #WorldChampionships

Pact sign for 5G in India
Optical fibre maker Sterlite Technologies on 10 December 2019 said it has entered into a pact with Indian Institute of Technology Madras for research and advancements in 5G communications technology in the country.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22308-pact-sign-for-5g-in-india.html
#STL #MoU #UCL #5G #IITMadras #AJPaulraj


Paris summit results in ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky met face to face at a Paris summit. Mr Zelensky was downbeat, saying little had been achieved at the meeting and he had wanted to see more resolved.
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#Parissummit #VladimirPutin #Zelensky #Ukrainianforces


World’s oceans are losing oxygen rapidly
The world’s oceans are gasping for breath, a report issued at the annual global climate talks in Madrid has concluded.
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#oxygen #Worldsoceans #oceans #Nature


Social Security Code Bill 2019
Millions of organised sector employees may soon have the option of reducing their provident fund contribution — currently at 12% of basic salary — and therefore increase their take home pay.
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#SocialSecurity #CodeBill #SocialSecurityCode #SecurityCodeBill


Russia banned from Olympics for four years
Russia was banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports for four years on 9 December 2019 after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruled to punish it for manipulating laboratory data, a WADA spokesman said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22304-russia-banned-from-olympics-for-four-years.html
#Russiabanned #Olympics #WADA #worldchampionships


Black holes have weaker magnetic fields
Black holes, known for their intense gravitational pull capable of gobbling up entire stars, may have significantly weaker magnetic fields than previously thought, a study has found.
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#Blackholes #weakermagnetic #magneticfields #UF