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UNSC endorses US-Taliban deal
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution to welcome the recent progress in the peace process in Afghanistan.
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#UNSC #NATO #Taliban #Resolution2513

Coronavirus a global pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on 11 March 2020 as the new coronavirus, which was unknown to world health officials just three months ago, has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia, to Europe, the Middle East and now parts of the United States.
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#Coronavirus #globalpandemic #WHO #COVID19 #PHEIC

Funds to promote innovation, peace
India is in discussions with the Commonwealth of Nations over the introduction of new targeted funds to promote innovation and peace within the 54 member-countries.
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#CFTC #CommonwealthofNations #WorldWars #CHOGM

WEF's COVID action platform
With the coronavirus epidemic hurting economic activities globally, the World Economic Forum on 11 March 2020 launched a new platform with the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to convene the global business community for a collective action on the COVID-19 response.
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#COVID #WEF #CEOs #KlausSchwab #globally

WEF’s YGL list
Byju Classes’ founder Byju Raveendran and Zomato’s co-founder Gaurav Gupta are among the five Indians named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in its new list of 115 Young Global Leaders (YGL) on 11 March 2020.
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#WEF #YGL #CEOs #SwapanMehra #Byju #NobelPrize
Parliament passes amendments to IBC
Parliament on 12 March 2020 passed amendments to the insolvency law that will help ring-fence successful bidders of insolvent companies from risk of criminal proceedings for offences committed by previous promoters.
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#IBC #Amendment #NCLT #LokSabha #NirmalaSitharaman

Best bet to beat corona
NEW DELHI: With countries looking at lockdown mode to curb the spread of coronavirus that has reached almost every continent, here’s the lowdown on how viruses self-assemble into a functional active menace, and how they can be tackled with something as simple as soap.
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#corona #NEWDELHI #RNA #Covid19 #coronavirus

Influential women in sports
Nita Ambani, the owner of Mumbai Indians cricket team franchise, has been named in the list of the 10 most influential women in sports for 2020 alongside the likes of tennis superstar Serena Williams and gymnast Simone Biles.
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#Influential #women #ICC #SreeVarma #NitaAmbani

Unspent under MPLAD scheme
A cumulative amount of Rs 5,275.24 crore remained unspent under Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme as on March 4, 2020, Parliament was informed on 11 March 2020.
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#MPLAD #LokSabha #RaoInderjitSingh #MPs

Leh to host International Yoga Day
Leh, the capital of the Union territory of Ladakh will be the venue for the main event for International Yoga Day on June 21 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend it, AYUSH Ministry officials said.
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#InternationalYogaDay #FICCI #NDMC #CII #NarendraModi
WTO-compliant remission of tax scheme
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 13 March 2020 approved a World Trade Organisation (WTO)-compliant scheme for reimbursement of taxes and duties to exporters.
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#WTO #taxscheme #GST #RoDTEP #MEIS

Guidelines for Ind AS
The Reserve Bank on 13 March 2020 came out with regulatory guidelines for implementation of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) while preparing their financial results.
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#Guidelines #IndAS #NBFCs #ARCs #ACB

Centre declares coronavirus as 'notified disaster'
In the wake of spurt in cases of coronavirus pandemic in the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs on 14 March 2020 decided to treat Covid-19 as a "notified disaster".
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#coronavirus #notifieddisaster #SDRF #WHO

Community transmission of Covid-19
To rule out community transmission of Covid-19, over a thousand samples of influenza- or pneumonia-like illnesses, taken from patients without any travel history or contact with infected persons, would now also be tested for coronavirus every week.
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#Communitytransmission #Covid19 #DHR-ICMR #coronavirus

Syrian children in need due to war: UN
The UN children’s organization UNICEF issued a plea on 13 March 2020 to support Syrian children as the war in Syria nears the start of its 10th year. A child dies every 10 hours as a result of the war, the organization said.
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#UN #war #UNICEF #Syrianchildren #BasharAssad
SARS-CoV-2 a product of natural evolution
A new study suggests that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that emerged from China's Wuhan city is a product of natural evolution. The study was published in the journal - Nature Medicine.
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#SARSCoV2 #MERS #COVID19 #SARS #RBD #WHO


Guidelines for regulating payment aggregators
The Reserve Bank of India on 17 March 2020 released guidelines for regulating payment aggregators and payment gateways, nearly six months after it first proposed regulating these entities in a discussion paper.
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#RBI #NaveenSurya #PCI #CompaniesAct


Coronavirus response fund increased
The World Bank has announced increasing to $14 billion the amount of fast-track financing to assist companies and countries in their efforts to respond to the rapid spread of COVID-19, adding $2 billion to the initial package.
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#Coronavirus #COVID19 #IFC #WorldBank


MTPA Bill cleared
The Lok Sabha 17 March 2020 passed a Bill to extend the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks for “special categories of women”, including rape survivors, victims of incest, differently-abled and minors.
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#MTPA #Amendment #NitinGadkari #LokSabha


Aircraft (Amendment) Bill 2020
A Bill to improve India’s aviation safety ratings and provide statutory status to regulatory institutions like the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), got the Lok Sabha’s nod on 17 March 2020.
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#Aircraft #Amendment #AAIB #DGCA #BCAS #HardeepPuri
Biobank of samples for research
The task force set up by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended launching a biobank or repository of test samples to understand clinical patterns in coronavirus cases, expedite test kit validation, and study the immune response to the virus.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/24010-biobank-of-samples-for-research.html
#Biobank #ICMR #coronavirus #PPEfabric #DBT #diagnostictestkits