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Today's Questions
06 June 2019
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06 June 2019
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Today's Editorial
06 June 2019
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Today's Headlines (Hindi)
06 June 2019
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Today's Headlines
06 June 2019
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विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस
1974 से हर साल विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस (डब्ल्यूईडी) पांच जून को मनाया जा रहा है। वैश्विक संकट बन चुके वायु प्रदूषण को रोकने के लिए इस बार की थीम ‘बीट एयर पॉल्यूशन‘ बनाई गई है। इस बार डब्ल्यूईडी की मेजबानी एशियाई देश चीन कर रहा है। 1972 में संयुक्त राष्ट्र की ओर से वैश्विक स्तर पर पर्यावरण की चिंता करते हुए विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस मनाने की नींव रखी गई।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20436-2019-06-06-07-45-53
#WorldEnvironmentDay #Asian #WED #BeatAirPollution #GlobalAir #UnitedNations

आर्थिक जनगणना-2019
7वें आर्थिक जनगणना की तैयारियां प्रगति पर है। देश भर में गणनाकारों द्वारा शुरू किए जाने वाले प्रक्षेत्र कार्य की तैयारी के लिए केन्द्रीय सांख्यिकी एवं कार्यक्रम कार्यान्वयन मंत्रालय द्वारा कई कार्यकलापों की योजना बनाई गई है। राज्य स्तर प्रशिक्षकों का प्रशिक्षण इस व्यापक प्रक्रिया का एक अंतरंग तत्व है।
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#EconomicCensus2019 #IndiaHabitatCentre #MoSPI #NCT #Delhi

ब्रांड विश्वास रिपोर्ट 2019
लैपटॉप ब्रांड डेल भारत का सबसे भरोसेमंद ब्रांड है। इसके बाद वाहन कंपनी जीप और बीमा क्षेत्र की कंपनी एलआईसी है। टीआरए की ब्रांड विश्वास रिपोर्ट, 2019 के अनुसार टॉप सात ब्रांडों में एलआईसी एकमात्र भारतीय कंपनी है। अमेजन चौथा सबसे भरोसेमंद ब्रांड है। उसके बाद एप्पल आईफोन भारत का 5वां सबसे भरोसेमंद ब्रांड है, जो 2018 से 116 वें स्थान से लंबी छलांग के साथ यहां पहुंचा है।
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#BrandTrustReport2019 #LIC #SBI #MarutiSuzuki #TRA

Economic Census -2019
Preparations for 7th Economic Census are underway. In the run up to the field work to be undertaken by the enumerators across the country, several activities have been planned by the Union Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation. Training of trainers at state level is an integral component of this massive exercise.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20440-economic-census-2020
#EconomicCensus2019 #IndiaHabitatCentre #MoSPI #NCT #Delhi

Equator Prize for 2019
Women members of Deccan Development Society (DDS) sanghams have bagged one of the most coveted UN awards — Equator Prize for 2019. Since its inception in 2002, the award, which has been given away 223 times, has come to India only on nine occasions.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20439-equator-prize-for-2020
#DDS #EquatorPrizefor2019 #WorldEnvironmentDay #India

Hybrid antibiotics
Bacteria resist antibiotics in multiple ways. One, they produce efflux pumps that can throw the antibiotic out from the bacterial cell, stopping the drug from reaching its target in the right concentration. Two, they can reduce the permeability of the membrane surrounding them, making it difficult for the antibiotic to pass through.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20438-hybrid-antibiotics-2
#Hybrid# #antibiotics #MCB3681 #effluxpumps #chemicalring

Re-elected FIFA president
Gianni Infantino was re-elected FIFA president unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body in Paris on 5 June 2019 as he claimed to have turned the organisation from being “toxic and almost criminal” back to its core values.
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अमेरिका-ईरान तनाव के बीच Air India का बड़ा फैसला
अमेरिका और ईरान के बीच तनाव लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है। इसका असर अब दिखना भी शुरू हो गया है। ईरान ने अमेरिका का ड्रोन मार गिराया अब दोनों देशों के बीच तल्खी काफी बढ़ती जा रही है। इस बीच एयर इंडिया ने भी अपने विमानों को ईरान के एयरस्पेस में न भेजने का फैसला किया है। एयर इंडिया के सीएमडी अश्वनी लोहानी ने ईरान के एयरस्पेस से विमानों के न गुजरने पर कहा, 'एयर इंडिया की उड़ानों पर इसका कोई खास प्रभाव नहीं है। हालांकि आने वाले विमानों का रूट फिर से तय करने पर काम किया जा रहा है।'
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20633-air-india
#AirIndia #Iran #CMD #AshwaniLohani #DGCA #NewYork

इस खास कदम से दोगुनी होगी किसानों की आय
अगले तीन साल की अवधि के भीतर किसानों के आय को दोगुना करने के क्रम में कृषि व किसान कल्‍याण मंत्रालय ने ग्रामीण भारत में डिजिटल टेक्‍नोलॉजी का इस्‍तेमाल करने का निर्णय लिया है। डिजिटल टेक्‍नोलॉजी के जरिए भारत के गांवों में कृषि संबंधित गतिविधियों का आधुनिकीकरण कर व्‍यवस्‍थित करने की योजना बनाई गई है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20632-2019-06-23-04-29-33
#Agriculture #India #NarendraSinghTomar #RajyaSabha #ICAR

Crackdown on cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency firms will be subjected to rules to prevent the abuse of digital coins such as bitcoin for money laundering, a global watchdog said, the first worldwide regulatory attempt to constrain the rapidly growing sector.
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#Crackdown #cryptocurrencies #FATF #FinTech #GlobalDigitalFinance

Pakistan must implement FATF action plan
India on 22 June 2019 emphasised that Pakistan needs to take all necessary steps to fully implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan by the October deadline. Pakistan, however, claimed that India was politicising the process for its “narrow” objectives. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a statement that India expects Pakistan to take credible and verifiable steps against terrorism and terrorist finances.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20637-pakistan-must-implement-fatf-action-plan
#FATF #Pakistan #ICRG #India #RaveeshKumar #narrow

New NASA missions to study Sun
NASA will launch two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space weather, the US space agency said. One of the selected missions will study how the Sun drives particles and energy into the solar system and a second will study Earth’s response, NASA said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20636-new-nasa-missions-to-study-sun
#NASA #solar #GPS #TRACERS #Moon #missions #Sun

The Central Asian nodes in BRI
Ahead of the recently concluded summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Chinese state media provided extensive coverage of Beijing’s recent forays into Central Asia, including into Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. On its website, the state-run Xinhua news agency splashed pictures of the Irkeshtam pass, one of China’s gateways to Kyrgyzstan, a few days before planes ferrying leaders of the eight SCO member countries, apart from observers, flew into Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20635-the-central-asian-nodes-in-bri
#BRI #Asian #SCO #CPEC #XUAR #EuropeanUnion #Irkeshtampass

ASEAN summit in Bangkok
Southeast Asian leaders opened a two-day summit in Bangkok on 22 June 2019, though it was unclear what progress their 10-country group could make on disputes in the South China Sea and the plight of ethnic Rohingya fleeing Myanmar.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20634-asean-summit-in-bangkok
#ASEAN #Bangkok #COC #Myanmar #10countrygroup #Thailand

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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21067-deep-ocean-mission-2
#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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21066-wii-report-on-gib
#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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21065-repatriation-talks-with-rohingya-refugees
#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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21064-indian-wins-people-s-choice-award-in-us
#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.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21063-arrow-3-system-successfully-tested
#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

Watch Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is not ASIAN NATO said S Jaishankar | KSG India #currentnews
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Today's Headlines - 19 July 2023
BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ meet
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

The first-ever Foreign Ministers’ meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) began in Bangkok, Thailand. India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was also present, and said that areas of coordination challenge that were discussed, including health and energy security.

What is BIMSTEC?

BIMSTEC is a regional organisation that was established in 1997 with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration.
Initially known as BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation), the organisation is now known as BIMSTEC and comprises seven members, with Myanmar joining towards the end of 1997, and Bhutan and Nepal in 2004.
Around 22% of the world’s population lives in the seven countries around the Bay of Bengal, with a combined GDP close to $2.7 trillion.
All seven countries have sustained average annual rates of growth between 3.4% and 7.5% from 2012 to 2016. A fourth of the world’s traded goods cross the bay every year.
Cooperation within the BIMSTEC had initially focused on six sectors in 1997 (trade, technology, energy, transport, tourism, and fisheries) and expanded in 2008 to other areas.
In 2021, a reorganisation led to each of the Member States leading certain sectors. India focuses on security, along with counter-terrorism and transnational crime, disaster management and energy.

Growth of BIMSTEC as a regional forum

Despite having been in existence for many years, the grouping had been largely ignored until India gave it a renewed push in October 2016, a month after the terrorist attack in Uri.
Alongside the BRICS summit in Goa, India hosted an outreach summit with leaders of BIMSTEC countries.
Weeks earlier, some of these countries had supported New Delhi’s call for a boycott of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit scheduled in Islamabad that November.
SAARC includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka as its members. When that summit was postponed, India claimed victory in isolating Pakistan.

China on mind

The Bay of Bengal is crucial for an increasingly assertive China in maintaining its access route to the Indian Ocean.
As China has undertaken a massive drive to finance and build infrastructure in South and Southeast Asia through the Belt and Road Initiative in almost all BIMSTEC countries, except Bhutan and India, BIMSTEC is a new battleground in the India-China battle for dominance.
BIMSTEC could allow India to push a constructive agenda to counter Chinese investments, and instead follow best practices for connectivity projects based on recognised international norms. The Chinese projects are widely seen as violating these norms.
The two organisations — SAARC and BIMSTEC — focus on geographically overlapping regions. However, this does not make them equal alternatives.
SAARC is a purely regional organisation, whereas BIMSTEC is inter-regional and connects both South Asia and ASEAN.
Since the SAARC summit has only been postponed, not cancelled the possibility of revival remains.

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