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मोदी कैबिनेट का बड़ा फैसला
अब आतंकी गतिविधियों में संलिप्त संदिग्ध व्यक्तियों को आतंकी घोषित कर प्रतिबंधित किया जा सकेगा। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की अध्यक्षता में हुई कैबिनेट की बैठक में राष्ट्रीय जांच एजेंसी (एनआइए) और गैरकानूनी गतिविधि रोकथाम कानून (यूएपीए) से जुड़े दो संशोधनों को हरी झंडी दे दी है। माना जा रहा है
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20658-2019-06-25-06-25-09
#PMModi #cabinet #NIA #UAPA #ISIS #NarendraModi

राष्ट्रीयकृत बैंकों में विलफुल डिफॉल्टर्स 60 फीसद बढ़े
कारगिल विजय के 20 साल पूरे होने जा रहे हैं। इस मौके पर मध्य प्रदेश में ग्वालियर के महाराजपुरा एयरफोर्स स्टेशन पर सेमिनार का आयोजन किया गया। इस मौके पर एयर शो कार्यक्रम का आयोजन किया गया। ग्वालियर एयरबेस पर भारतीय वायुसेना ने 'ऑपरेशन विजय' के दौरान टाइगर हिल हमले और इस दौरान इस्तेमाल मिराज विमानों का प्रदर्शन किया।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20656-60
#Kargilwar #IndianAirForce #OperationVictory #TigerHillattack #MadhyaPradesh

Draft National Policy on Domestic Workers
A draft National Policy on domestic workers is under consideration of the Central Government. The salient features of the draft policy are as under:
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20661-draft-national-policy-on-domestic-workers
#DraftNationalPolicy #DomesticWorkers #oldageprotection #salientfeatures

Amendments laws to strengthen NIA
The Union Cabinet is learnt to have approved a proposal to amend two laws to give more teeth to the NIA in probing terror cases in India and abroad. Separate bills will be introduced in Parliament in the coming days to amend the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20660-amendments-laws-to-strengthen-nia
#Amendments #NIA #UnionCabinet #India #Prevention

What are CryptoKitties?
When CryptoKitties, founded by Bryce Blandon, made its way into crypto-economics, anyone with a keen eye on blockchain had a remarkable reaction on the spectrum. The game requires users to trade and breed virtual kittens between the established store and other users on the Ethereum blockchain.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20659-what-are-cryptokitties
#CryptoKitties #NFTs #Blockonomi #JuliaMSufrin #Ethereumblockchain

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
The Rajya Sabha passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act. The bill is a cornerstone of the government's zero tolerance policy against terrorism. The Lok Sabha had passed the bill on July 24.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21122-unlawful-activities-prevention-act
#Prevention #UAPA #RajyaSabha #AmendmentAct #NIA #MasoodAzhar

India slips to 7th largest economy
India has been pushed to the seventh place in the global GDP rankings in 2018 with the UK and France forging ahead to the fifth and sixth spots, data compiled by the World Bank showed. In 2017, India had emerged as the sixth largest economy, while France was pushed to the seventh place in the global GDP league table.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21121-india-slips-to-7th-largest-economy
#India #GDP #WorldBank #rankings #economy #France

E Car launched to Combat Pollution
The Indian Army in step with government policies on environmental protection has launched an ecological initiative with employing E Cars for use of its officials in New Delhi in partnership with Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), a joint Venture of Central PSUs under Ministry of Power.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21120-e-car-launched-to-combat-pollution
#ECar #EESL #IndianArmy #ERCs #TataMotors #ECO #GenGopalR

Changes in IBC approved
Parliament approved changes in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), providing greater clarity over the distribution of proceeds of the auction of loan defaulting companies, with the Lok Sabha passing the Bill with voice vote.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21119-changes-in-ibc-approved
#IBC #RajyaSabha #Amendment #Bankruptcy #CIRP #NCLAT #CoC

POCSO amendments passed
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which provides the death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children, was passed in Lok Sabha.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21118-pocso-amendments-passed
#POCSO #Children #Sexual #RajyaSabha #amendments #sexualassault

Mediation panel fails to find solution
The Supreme Court-appointed mediation panel on 1 August 2019 said it was unable to arrive at a solution to the 2.77-acre Babri Masjid-Ram Janmoabhoomi land dispute issue in Ayodhya.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21117-mediation-panel-fails-to-find-solution
#Mediation #Ayodhya #SupremeCourt #NirmohiAkhara #SCWB

ASER report 2019
The number of girls getting enrolled in government schools is higher than boys in the age group of 4-8 years, according to the 14th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) launched on 14 January 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22630-aser-report-2019.html
#ASER #BeyondBasics #Pakista #Education

Rare diseases listed
Rare diseases listed out by Union Health Ministry. Updating its 2017 policy on rare diseases, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 13 January 2020 published the National Policy for Rare Diseases 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22629-rare-diseases-listed.html
#Rare #NationalPolicy #UnionHealth #stakeholders


Notice to govt on IBC amendments
The Supreme Court sought response from the government on a couple of petitions challenging the validity of a recent amendment to the IBC introducing a threshold of at least 10% of homebuyers in a project or 100 of the total allottees for initiating insolvency proceedings against the real estate developer.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22628-notice-to-govt-on-ibc-amendments.html
#IBC #amendments #NCLT #RFNariman #Articles14

US reverses China 'currency manipulator' label
The United States has removed the currency manipulator label it imposed on China last summer, in a sign of easing tensions between the two economic powers after nearly two years of conflict.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22627-us-reverses-china-currency-manipulator-label.html
#US #China #currency #manipulator #DonaldTrump #RMB

Lifetime Achievement honour for Kapil Dev
P.V. Sindhu was adjudged the Sportstar of the Year and Kapil Dev honoured for Lifetime Achievement at the Sportstar Aces Awards in mumbai.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22626-lifetime-achievement-honour-for-kapil-dev.html
#KapilDev #Cricket #PVSindhu #Achievement #WorldChampionship

SC upholds amendments SC/ST Act
The Supreme Court on 10 February 2020 upheld the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2018, which nullified its own controversial March 20, 2018 judgment diluting the stringent provisions of the Dalit protection law.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22827-sc-upholds-amendments-sc-st-act.html
#SC #amendments #SRavindraBhat #ArunMishra #PILs

No plans to give permanent status to FC
The government has no plans to give permanent status to the finance commission (FC), Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said on 10 February 2020. Currently, the government appoints finance commission for a fixed term.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22826-no-plans-to-give-permanent-status-to-fc.html
#FC #RBI #Article280 #NKSingh #FinanceCommission

Solar Orbiter blasts off
Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter rocketed into space on 10 February 2020 night on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun's elusive poles.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22825-solar-orbiter-blasts-off.html
#Solar #Orbiter #NASA #spacecraft #sun #Europe

First time ever Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival
The first ‘Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival’ will be held in the capital of Maharashtra this week to showcase the special links between the two cities and to promote ties between India and Israel.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22824-first-time-ever-jerusalem-mumbai-festival.html
#Jerusalem #MumbaiFestival #AmninderSandhu #Israel

Votes to ban homophobic discrimination
Switzerland voted on 9 February 2020 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. The country’s referendum-based direct democracy takes many divisive issues to the populace if enough people demand it.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22823-votes-to-ban-homophobic-discrimination.html
#homophobic #discrimination #Votestoban #Switzerland

SC removes ban on cryptocurrency
The Supreme Court has struck down a ban on the trading of virtual currencies (VC) in India, which was in place after the Reserve Bank of India’s order from April 2018.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23022-sc-removes-ban-on-cryptocurrency.html
#SC #IAMAI #RBI #VCs #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency

Direct Tax Vivaad Se Vishwas Bill approved
A bill to provide an opportunity for taxpayers to settle their tax disputes by paying just due taxes with complete waiver of interest and penalty by March 31 was approved by the Lok Sabha on 4 March 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23021-direct-tax-vivaad-se-vishwas-bill-approved.html
#VishwasBill #DTVSVB #NirmalaSitharaman #ITAT #LokSabha

Intelligence cell for MSMEs
A parliamentary panel on 3 March 2020 recommended setting up of market intelligence cell for MSMEs, and made a case for a cut in tax rates for proprietary as well as partnership firms from 30 per cent to 22 per cent on the lines of reduction in corporate tax.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23020-intelligence-cell-for-msmes.html
#Intelligence #MSMEs #GST #KVIC #RajyaSabha

Merger of PSB is on course
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 4 March 2020 said the exercise of consolidation of 10 public sector banks (PSBs) into four is on course and the merger will come into effect from April 1, 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23019-merger-of-psb-is-on-course.html
#PSBs #NirmalaSitharaman #VijayaBank #SBI #Merger

Chambal sanctuary declared eco-sensitive zone
National Chambal sanctuary has been declared as an eco-sensitive zone by the central government. The decision to declare the area as an eco-sensitive zone will prohibit the construction of hotels or resorts within an area of zero to two kilometres from the sanctuary.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23018-chambal-sanctuary-declared-eco-sensitive-zone.html
#Chambal #NCS #MadhyaPradesh #TourismMasterPlan

Amendments in the Companies Act
The Union Cabinet on 4 March 2020 approved amendments to the Companies Act, to decriminalise various offences. Cabinet has approved 72 changes to 65 sections of the Companies Act, Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/23017-amendments-in-the-companies-act.html
#Amendments #CompaniesAct #NirmalaSitharaman #CSR

Today's Headlines - 02 August 2023
Birth certificate as single document
GS Paper - 2 (Polity)

The Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969 is likely to be amended for the first time in 54 years of its existence, with the Union Government introducing a Bill in Lok Sabha that allows the use of a birth certificate as a single document for admission in schools and colleges, issuance of driving licence and appointment to a government job.

More about the Bill

The proposed amendments also allow the use of a birth certificate for preparation of voter list, issuance of Aadhaar number and registration of marriage even as critics earlier opposed the government plans citing privacy concerns, infringing states’ rights and claiming that it gives unbridled data about people to the government.
The amendments are needed to keep pace with societal change and technological advancements and to make it more citizen friendly. Consultations were held with state governments, public and other stakeholders.
According to the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Bill, the amendments provides for the use of the birth certificate as a single document to prove the date and place of birth of a person born on or after the date of commencement of the amendments for a variety of things.
The database of births and deaths will be made available to authorities dealing with population register, electoral rolls, Aadhaar number, ration card, passport, driving licence, property registration and other databases notified by the union government.
The Bill also provides for facilitating registration process of adopted, orphan, abandoned, surrendered, surrogate child and child to a single parent or unwed mother, to make it mandatory for all medical institutions to provide a certificate as to the cause of death to the registrar and a copy of the same to the nearest relative.
Special "sub-registrars" can be appointed in the event of disaster or epidemic for speedy registration of deaths and issue of certificates, to collect Aadhaar numbers of parents and informants, if available, in case of birth registration.
The bill will also ensure addressing the grievances of the general public aggrieved by any action or order of the registrar or district registrar and to enhance the penalties provided in the Act.

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