Nobel Prize 2019 for Economics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 14 October 2019 awarded Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer the prestigious Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21702-nobel-prize-2019-for-economics.html
#NobelPrize2019 #Economics #RSAS #AbhijitBanerjee #goldmedal
Qualcomm support India’s NavIC
American chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on 14 October 2019 announced support for India’s Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC), in select chipset platforms across the Company’s upcoming portfolio.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21701-qualcomm-support-india-s-navic.html
#Qualcomm #India #NavIC #IRNSS #ISRO #TTFF #IoT
ICA elections
Anshuman Gaekwad, former India opener and coach, will be a part of the BCCI’s nine-member apex council that will be finalised during the elections later this month. He defeated his nearest rival Kirti Azad by 90 votes in the Indian Cricketers Association (ICA) elections.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21700-ica-elections.html
#ICA #elections #BCCI #ICA #CAC #AnshumanGaekwad #RakeshDhruv
Nepal, China ink deal
China and Nepal on 13 October 2019 concluded agreements for all-weather connectivity between Kathmandu and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21699-nepal-china-ink-deal.html
#Nepal #China #IDCA #XiJinping #KPSharma #TAR
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 14 October 2019 awarded Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer the prestigious Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21702-nobel-prize-2019-for-economics.html
#NobelPrize2019 #Economics #RSAS #AbhijitBanerjee #goldmedal
Qualcomm support India’s NavIC
American chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on 14 October 2019 announced support for India’s Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC), in select chipset platforms across the Company’s upcoming portfolio.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21701-qualcomm-support-india-s-navic.html
#Qualcomm #India #NavIC #IRNSS #ISRO #TTFF #IoT
ICA elections
Anshuman Gaekwad, former India opener and coach, will be a part of the BCCI’s nine-member apex council that will be finalised during the elections later this month. He defeated his nearest rival Kirti Azad by 90 votes in the Indian Cricketers Association (ICA) elections.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21700-ica-elections.html
#ICA #elections #BCCI #ICA #CAC #AnshumanGaekwad #RakeshDhruv
Nepal, China ink deal
China and Nepal on 13 October 2019 concluded agreements for all-weather connectivity between Kathmandu and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21699-nepal-china-ink-deal.html
#Nepal #China #IDCA #XiJinping #KPSharma #TAR
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GCF for Maharashtra
IN order to combat climate change in coastal towns of Maharashtra and enhance climate resilience of the coastal communities, the state government is set to get US$ 25.7 million under the United Nations-backed Green Climate Fund (GCF) over six years.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21958-gcf-for-maharashtra.html
#GCF #Maharashtra #SROCC #IPCC #UNFCCC #AndhraPradesh
World Heritage Site status for Hoysala temples
The State Archaeology Department has clubbed 14 temples from the Hoysala period reflecting similar architectural styles — including the monuments at Belur-Halebid and Somnathpur — for serial nomination to seek UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21957-world-heritage-site-status-for-hoysala-temples.html
#UNESCO #INTACH #WHS #Hoysala #SAD #INTACH
India-China business forum called off
AN INDIA-CHINA business forum that was to take place in Delhi later this weekhas been called off as the Indian government has not yet issued visas to the Chinese delegation.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21956-india-china-business-forum-called-off.html
#India #FICCI #IBLF #RCEP #CHINA #NitinGadkari #NITIAayog
T.N. Seshan dead
Former Chief Election Commissioner Tirunellai Narayanaiyer Seshan, who cracked the whip on money and muscle power in elections and proved to be a nemesis for political parties, died in Chennai on 10 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21955-t-n-seshan-dead.html
#TNSeshandead #CEC #MadrasChristianCollege #elections #Jayalakshmi
IN order to combat climate change in coastal towns of Maharashtra and enhance climate resilience of the coastal communities, the state government is set to get US$ 25.7 million under the United Nations-backed Green Climate Fund (GCF) over six years.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21958-gcf-for-maharashtra.html
#GCF #Maharashtra #SROCC #IPCC #UNFCCC #AndhraPradesh
World Heritage Site status for Hoysala temples
The State Archaeology Department has clubbed 14 temples from the Hoysala period reflecting similar architectural styles — including the monuments at Belur-Halebid and Somnathpur — for serial nomination to seek UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21957-world-heritage-site-status-for-hoysala-temples.html
#UNESCO #INTACH #WHS #Hoysala #SAD #INTACH
India-China business forum called off
AN INDIA-CHINA business forum that was to take place in Delhi later this weekhas been called off as the Indian government has not yet issued visas to the Chinese delegation.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21956-india-china-business-forum-called-off.html
#India #FICCI #IBLF #RCEP #CHINA #NitinGadkari #NITIAayog
T.N. Seshan dead
Former Chief Election Commissioner Tirunellai Narayanaiyer Seshan, who cracked the whip on money and muscle power in elections and proved to be a nemesis for political parties, died in Chennai on 10 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21955-t-n-seshan-dead.html
#TNSeshandead #CEC #MadrasChristianCollege #elections #Jayalakshmi
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GCF for Maharashtra | KSG India | Khan Study Group
IN order to combat climate change in coastal towns of Maharashtra and enhance climate resilience of the coastal communities, the state government is set to get US$ 25.7 million under the United Nation
Today's Headlines - 02 September 2023
Govt forms committee on simultaneous elections
GS Paper - 2 (Polity)
The government has constituted a committee headed by former president of India Ram Nath Kovind to explore the possibility of “one nation, one election” on 1 September 2023. Over the years, the Prime Minister has pushed for the idea of simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls.
What are the arguments around holding simultaneous elections?
There are pros and cons here. Making polls simultaneous would address various concerns, such as reducing the cost of holding elections and limiting all elections to a single season.
At present, there is an election in one state or the other at almost any given time, and those who favour simultaneous polls argue that the Model Code of Conduct gets in the way of the government announcing projects or policy plans.
Against the idea, the arguments include the complexity of such an exercise, the widely held view that simultaneous polls would benefit the nationally dominant party at the cost of regional players, and the complications that would arise if any of the governments were to collapse before completing its term. Leave alone state legislatures, even the central government could fall.
Of the Lok Sabhas since 1952, many were dissolved ahead of schedule — such as in 1971, 1980, 1984, 1991, 1998, 1999 and 2004.
There would also be logistical issues, requiring about twice as many electronic voting machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines.
Has the idea of simultaneous polls been explored before?
The Election Commission had suggested back in 1983 that such a system be worked out.
The Law Commission headed by Justice B P Jeevan Reddy, in its 170th Report in May 1999, stated, “We must go back to the situation where the elections to Lok Sabha and all the Legislative Assemblies are held at once”.
In 2003, then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee took up the issue with Congress president Sonia Gandhi. She appeared initially receptive, but the idea did not take off from there.
In 2010, BJP leader LK Advani met with then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and then wrote in his blog: “I found both of them (PM and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee) receptive to a proposal I have been advocating for quite some time: fixed term legislatures and simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.”
Sunil Arora also said in 2019, that the EC would be supportive of the idea. “Yes, we would also prefer it. And this is not a bureaucratic statement, just saying we agree in principle, etc.”
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Govt forms committee on simultaneous elections
GS Paper - 2 (Polity)
The government has constituted a committee headed by former president of India Ram Nath Kovind to explore the possibility of “one nation, one election” on 1 September 2023. Over the years, the Prime Minister has pushed for the idea of simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls.
What are the arguments around holding simultaneous elections?
There are pros and cons here. Making polls simultaneous would address various concerns, such as reducing the cost of holding elections and limiting all elections to a single season.
At present, there is an election in one state or the other at almost any given time, and those who favour simultaneous polls argue that the Model Code of Conduct gets in the way of the government announcing projects or policy plans.
Against the idea, the arguments include the complexity of such an exercise, the widely held view that simultaneous polls would benefit the nationally dominant party at the cost of regional players, and the complications that would arise if any of the governments were to collapse before completing its term. Leave alone state legislatures, even the central government could fall.
Of the Lok Sabhas since 1952, many were dissolved ahead of schedule — such as in 1971, 1980, 1984, 1991, 1998, 1999 and 2004.
There would also be logistical issues, requiring about twice as many electronic voting machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines.
Has the idea of simultaneous polls been explored before?
The Election Commission had suggested back in 1983 that such a system be worked out.
The Law Commission headed by Justice B P Jeevan Reddy, in its 170th Report in May 1999, stated, “We must go back to the situation where the elections to Lok Sabha and all the Legislative Assemblies are held at once”.
In 2003, then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee took up the issue with Congress president Sonia Gandhi. She appeared initially receptive, but the idea did not take off from there.
In 2010, BJP leader LK Advani met with then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and then wrote in his blog: “I found both of them (PM and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee) receptive to a proposal I have been advocating for quite some time: fixed term legislatures and simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.”
Sunil Arora also said in 2019, that the EC would be supportive of the idea. “Yes, we would also prefer it. And this is not a bureaucratic statement, just saying we agree in principle, etc.”
#upsc #news #headline #govtforms #committee #simultaneous #elections #polity #india #president #RamNathKovind #onenation #oneelection #primeminister #loksabha #polls #simultaneous #arguments #modelcode #dominantparty #collapse #term #trailmachines #electioncommission #JeevanReddy #AtalBihariVajpayee #Soniagandhi #LKAdvani #primeminister #ManmohanSingh #SunilArora