WTO dispute over India's tariffs on ICT goods
The US has sought establishment of a dispute panel by the World Trade Organization's (WTO) in a case against India's import duties on certain ICT products, including mobile phones.
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#WTO #ICTgoods #settlementmechanism #US #WTOnorms


NATGRID to be ready by early 2020
The NATGRID - a robust intelligence gathering mechanism related to immigration, banking, individual tax payers, air and train travels - is likely to be operational by January 2020, officials said on 22 September 2019.
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#NATGRID #NationalIntelligenceGrid #AmitShah #traintravels


7th frigate in P17A series
The Navy has planned to name the seventh ship in the P17A frigate series as 'Mahendragiri'.The first of the seven frigates, christened 'Nilgiri', is slated to be launched in Mumbai on September 28 in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
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#P17Aseries #NilgiriHills #Mahendragiri #INSNilgiri


Genes implicated in bipolar disorder identified
A study by researchers from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), in Bengaluru, identifies two specific genes which may be related to bipolar disorder, a neuropsychiatric disorder that has been studied widely.
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#NIMHANS #JNCASR #JawaharlalNehru #Bengaluru


Rules of trade remedies
The government will soon make changes in the rules of trade remedies such as antidumping and safeguard, for making them more effective to protect the domestic industry.
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#Rules #traderemedies #WorldTradeOrganization #LDR

India and Germany sign 17 MoUs
Seventeen agreements have been signed between India and Germany in the fields of agriculture, maritime technology, ayurveda and yoga among others, the external affairs ministry said.
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#Germanysign #17MoUs #India #DFB #IGC

Chandrayaan-2 detects Argon-40
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on 31 October 2019 said that the Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2) payload on Chandrayaan-2 has detected Argon-40 (40Ar) from the lunar exosphere.
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#Chandrayaan2 #Argon40 #Isro #CHACE2 #noblegas

India loses export incentive case
India suffered a setback at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in a dispute against the US that had challenged its key export subsidy schemes including the one for special economic zones.
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#case #WTO #SCM #MEIS #WorldTradeOrganization


Pegasus spyware
In May 2019, WhatsApp identified that a bug in the app’s call function was used to install a malicious code into users’ phones.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21857-pegasus-spyware.html
#Pegasusspyware #WhatsApp #appscallfunction #NSO

How the Big Bang may have happened decoded
The universe began with the Big Bang, and now scientists have explained how the mysterious explosion may have taken place around 13.8 billion years ago.
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#BigBang #mysterious #scientists #KareemAhmed #US