हेल्थ इंडेक्स 2019
स्वास्थ्य और चिकित्सा सेवाओं के मोर्चे पर पिछड़े बिहार, उत्तर प्रदेश, उत्तराखंड और ओडिशा पहले से अधिक फिसड्डी साबित हुए हैं। इसके उलट हरियाणा, राजस्थान और झारखंड में हालात सुधरे हैं।वहीं, चिकित्सा सेवा के मामले में केरल पहले नंबर पर है। पिछली बार के मुकाबले सुधार के मामले में 21 बड़े राज्यों की लिस्ट में बिहार 21वें स्थान के साथ सबसे नीचे है। रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक साल 2015-16 की तुलना में 2017-18 में स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्र में बिहार का संपूर्ण प्रदर्शन सूचकांक 6.35 अंक गिरा है।
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#HealthIndex2019 #Odisha #Kerala #UnionTerritories #Haryana #Mizoram

मधुमक्‍खी पालन विकास समिति की रिपोर्ट
प्रधानमंत्री की आर्थिक सलाहकार परिषद के तहत गठित मधुमक्‍खी पालन विकास समिति (बीडीसी) ने अपनी रिपोर्ट जारी की है। इस समिति का गठन प्रो. देबरॉय की अध्‍यक्षता में किया गया है। बीडीसी का गठन भारत में मधुमक्खी पालन को बढ़ावा देने के नए तौर तरीकों की पहचान करने के उद्देश्य से किया गया है ताकि इसके जरिए कृषि उत्पादकता, रोजगार सृजन और पोषण सुरक्षा बढ़ाने तथा जैव विविधता को संक्षित रखने में मदद मिल सके।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20684-2019-06-27-06-47-57
#Beekeeping #BDC #Agricultural #FAO #honeybees #horticulture #India

पेमेंट संबंधित सभी डेटा भारत में करना होगा स्टोर
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक ने 26 जून 2019 को कहा कि भुगतान से संबंधित सभी डेटा केवल भारत में संग्रहीत किए जाने चाहिए और विदेशों में संसाधित किए गए डेटा को 24 घंटे के भीतर देश में वापस लाना होगा।
आरबीआइ ने भुगतान प्रणाली ऑपरेटरों (पीएसओ) द्वारा उठाए गए कुछ कार्यान्वयन मुद्दों पर कहा, 'पूरे भुगतान डेटा को केवल भारत में स्थित सिस्टम में स्टोर किया जाएगा।
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#IndiaStore #RBI #PSOs #domestic #ReserveBankofIndia

Team for water harvesting
With nearly 29% of total blocks in the country remaining water-stressed, the Centre has decided to step up various water harvesting and conservation efforts from July 1. It has appointed 255 dedicated officers of very senior rank and set up 550 teams for the exercise during monsoon and post-monsoon phases in next five months.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20691-team-for-water-harvesting
#harvesting #water #JalShaktiAbhiyan #MPLADfunds #MOSPI #monsoon

Construction permit for Polavaram project
The Centre on 26 June 2019 gave a two-year extension to the permission for construction work issued for the Polavaram Multipurpose project in Andhra Pradesh. The Polavaram project is very important to the people of Andhra Pradesh as it will irrigate nearly 3 lakh hectares of land, generate hydel power with an installed capacity of 960 MW.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20690-construction-permit-for-polavaram-project
#Polavaram #AndhraPradesh #NDA #SabariRiver #Rajamahendravaram

Storage of Payment System Data
The Reserve Bank 26 June 2019 said all data related to payments must be stored only in India and data processed abroad will have to be brought back to the country within 24 hours.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20689-storage-of-payment-system-data
#ReserveBank #India #RBI #PiyushGoyal #PaymentSystemData

IOC approves exclusion of AIBA
The International Olympic Committee on 26 June 2019 officially took over the boxing qualification and competition for next year's Tokyo 2020 Olympics and suspended international boxing federation AIBA following a vote at its session.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20688-ioc-approves-exclusion-of-aiba
#IOC #AIBA #Tokyo2020 #Olympics #NenadLalovic #InternationalOlympicCommittee

Curiosity rover detects methane
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has found the largest amount of methane ever measured during its mission on the Red Planet — about 21 parts per billion units by volume (ppbv), the US space agency said.
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Today's Headlines - 19 July 2023
India, US notify WTO of mutual resolution
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

India and the US have mutually resolved all six trade disputes pending at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), in line with the commitment made by the two countries during the US visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently. Both countries have informed the WTO's dispute settlement body (DSB) about the resolution of all the pending disputes. The WTO has already issued a communication with regard to one of the disputes related to the imposition of additional customs duties by India on 28 US products.

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The United States and India are pleased to notify the DSB (dispute settlement body), in accordance with Article 3.6 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, that the parties have reached a mutually agreed solution to the matter raised in this dispute, according to a communication of the WTO dated 17 July 2023.
The two countries have urged the dispute panel that its report should be confined to a brief description of the case and information that a solution has been reached by the two.
The trade dispute which was resolved pertains to a complaint filed by the US in 2019 against India.
India had imposed additional customs duties on 28 US products including chickpeas, lentils and apples in retaliation to the US increasing duties on certain steel and aluminium products.
Against this resolution, India would remove additional duties on eight US products, including chickpeas, lentils and apples, which were imposed in 2019 in response to America's measure to increase tariffs on certain steel and aluminium products.
During the recent state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US, both countries decided the termination of six WTO (World Trade Organisation) disputes and the removal of these retaliatory tariffs on certain US products.
Flashback

In 2018, the US imposed an import duty of 25 per cent on steel products and 10 per cent on certain aluminium products on grounds of national security. In retaliation, India in June 2019 imposed customs duties on 28 American products.
The US is the largest trading partner of India. In 2022-23, the bilateral goods trade increased to USD 128.8 billion as against USD 119.5 billion in 2021-22. The six disputes include three initiated by India and as many by the US.
These included a complaint by India against the US with regard to the imposition of countervailing duties on certain hot rolled carbon steel flat products from India.
On 9 September 2016, India filed a case against the US pertaining to domestic content requirements and subsidies instituted by the governments of the states of Washington, California, Montana, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, Delaware and Minnesota, in the energy sector.
Another dispute filed by the US against India was related to domestic content requirements under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission for solar cells and solar modules. In 2018, the US filed a case against India's alleged export subsidy measures.
Similarly on 3 July 2019, the US filed a dispute against New Delhi on imposition of additional duties with respect to certain products originating in the US.

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