Today's News 19 March 2019
प्रमोद सावंत बने गोवा के नए सीएम
बीजेपी विधायक प्रमोद सावंत गोवा के नए सीएम बन गए हैं। उनके साथ 11 और मंत्रियों ने शपथ ली है। सावंत बीजेपी गठबंधन का नेतृत्व करेंगे। जिन अन्य 11 मंत्रियों को राज्यपाल ने शपथ दिलाई है, उनमें से सभी पहले वाली पर्रिकर सरकार में भी मंत्री थे। सीएम पद की शपथ लेने से पहले सावंत ने गोवा विधानसभा के अध्यक्ष पद से इस्तीफा दिया। फिलहाल गोवा विधानसभा के उपाध्यक्ष माइकल लोबो इस पद के लिए चुनाव होने तक कार्यवाहक अध्यक्ष होंगे। केंद्रीय मंत्री नितिन गडकरी शपथग्रहण समारोह में मौजूद थे।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/19329-2019-03-19-05-54-32
#Goa #PramodSawant #GoaCM #BJP #MLAs #GFP #MGP

एस्सार स्टील के अधिग्रहण के लिए दी सशर्त मंजूरी
नैशनल कंपनी लॉ अपीली ट्रिब्यूनल (NCLAT) ने कर्ज से लदी एस्सार स्टील के लिए पेश की गई वैश्विक दिग्गज स्टील कंपनी आर्सेलर मित्तल के समाधान योजना को सशर्त मंजूरी दे दी है। आर्सेलर मित्तल ने एस्सार स्टील के अधिग्रहण के लिए 42,000 करोड़ रुपये की बोली लगाई है। एनसीएलएटी ने कहा है कि उसकी यह मंजूरी पूर्व के आदेश पर एस्सार स्टील के प्रोमोटर्स की तरफ से दायर की गई अपील पर आने वाले निर्णय से तय होगी। जस्टिस एस जे मुखोपाध्याय की अध्यक्षता वाली दो सदस्यीय पीठ ने कहा कि एस्सार स्टील की समाधान योजना पर कोई रोक नहीं है और मिलने वाले फंड को कंपनी को कर्ज देने वालों के बीच बांटा जाएगा।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/19328-2019-03-19-05-53-34
#EssarSteel #NCLAT #ArcelorMittal #IBBI


69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
A research scholar from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Mohammad Adnan, has been selected for the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting taking place in Lindau, Germany this year. Adnan is currently a doctoral student under the supervision of professor G Vijaya Prakash, Nanophotonics Labs, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi.
Adnan is among 42 other researchers selected for this year’s Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting who would interact with 600 most qualified young scientists from around the globe. This is an excellent opportunity where 600 most young talented research students from 88 countries around the world are selected to interact with the Nobel laureates from the world, Adnan.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19334-69th-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting
#Nobel #Germany #IIT #LindauNobel #India #DST

NCLAT allows implementation of ArcelorMittal's resolution
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on 18 March 2019 allowed implementation of ArcelorMittal's Rs 42,000 crore resolution plan for Essar Steel sale subject to final order. However according to some reports, Essar may challenge the order in the Supreme Court. National Company Law Appellate Tribunal had refused to stay National Company Law Tribunal's (NCLT) Ahmedabad bench order approving steel giant ArcelorMittal's Rs 42,000 crore takeover bid for Essar Steel and sought had a fresh plan for the distribution of bid amount between financial and operational creditors of the debt-laden firm.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19333-nclat-allows-implementation-of-arcelormittal-s-resolution
#EssarSteel #NCLAT #ArcelorMittal #IBBI

Dormant viruses reactivate during space travel
Space travel caused herpes viruses to reactivate in more than half of crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS), according to a NASA study, a finding that could jeopardise mankind’s future missions to Mars and beyond. While only a small proportion develops symptoms, virus reactivation rates increase with spaceflight duration and could present a significant health risk on future missions. NASA astronauts endure weeks or even months exposed to microgravity and cosmic radiation — not to mention the extreme G forces of take-off and re-entry, said Satish K Mehta at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19332-dormant-viruses-reactivate-during-space-travel
#ISS #NASA #HSV #VZV #CMV #Space

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Niti’s SDG Index 2019
For the second year in a row, Kerala retained its first rank among states and Bihar came last in the Niti Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index for 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22545-niti-s-sdg-index-2019.html
#NitisSDG #SDG #NitisSDGIndex #Kerala

Carbon tax waiver for coal mooted
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office has proposed waiving a tax on coal to help finance pollution-curbing equipment, according to documents, but the move would also make coal more competitive in price with solar and wind energy.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22543-carbon-tax-waiver-for-coal-mooted.html
#Carbon #taxwaiver #coalmooted #NarendraModis

India's green cover increased
India’s green cover increased by 5,188 sq km (0.6%), an area the size of Goa and Delhi put together, in the past two years, shows a new assessment report of the government on the status of forest and tree cover in the country, released on 30 December 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22542-india-s-green-cover-increased.html
#Indiasgreen #coverincreased #Goa #RFA

14th Global Healthcare Summit
Visakhapatnam will host the prestigious three-day 14th Global Healthcare Summit from January 3, 2021.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22541-14th-global-healthcare-summit.html
#14thGlobalHealthcare #GlobalHealthcareSummit #AAPI #Visakhapatnam

Policy decisions for economy in 2019
From the point of view of the economy, 2019 proved a rather challenging year for India. Difficulties facing the Indian economy was a much-debated issue throughout the year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22540-policy-decisions-for-economy-in-2019.html
#economy #AGR #Policydecisions #Indianeconomy

102-trn infrastructure projects unveiled
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 30 December 2019 unveiled Rs 102 trillion of infrastructure projects that will be implemented in the next five years as part of the government's spending push in the infrastructure sector.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22539-102-trn-infrastructure-projects-unveiled.html
#NirmalaSitharaman #projectsunveiled #IndependenceDay

DefExpo 2020 inaugurated
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 February 2020 inaugurated the DefExpo, India's biennial military exhibition, which seeks to showcase the potential of the country to become a global defence manufacturing hub.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22784-defexpo-2020-inaugurated.html
#DefExpo2020 #NarendraModi #Goa #manufacturing #military


IIITs Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020
The Union Cabinet on 5 February 2020 gave its approval to confer the status of Institution of National Importance (INI) to five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22783-iiits-laws-amendment-bill-2020.html
#IIITsLaws #Amendment #MTech #INI #NarendraModi

Proposal to allow 100% FDI in Air India
The government is working on a proposal to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment in Air India as it moves ahead with disinvestment of the national carrier.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22782-proposal-to-allow-100-fdi-in-air-india.html
#FDI #AirIndia #NRIs #SOEC #PIM #DPIIT


Bill to amend Aircraft Act introduced
The government on 4 February 2020 introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the Aircraft Act wherein the fine amount for violations will be hiked from Rs 10 lakh to up to Rs 1 crore.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22781-bill-to-amend-aircraft-act-introduced.html
#Bill #AircraftAct #ICAO #BCAS #DGCA #LokSabha


U.N. takes no action against Myanmar
The U.N. Security Council on 4 February 2020 discussed the International Court of Justice’s order that Myanmar must do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya Muslims, but failed to agree on a statement.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22780-u-n-takes-no-action-against-myanmar.html
#Myanmar #UNSecurityCouncil #Belgium #RohingyaMuslims


EU rejects Middle East peace plan
The European Union rejected parts of the new U.S. peace plan for the Middle East on 4 February 2020, saying the plan broke with "internationally agreed parameters", and any Israeli annexation of Palestinian land would be subject to challenge.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22779-eu-rejects-middle-east-peace-plan.html
#EUrejects #MiddleEast #peaceplan #DonaldTrumps # Palestinianland

Today's Headlines - 27 July 2023
Raigad landslide brings back focus on Madhav Gadgil report
GS Paper - 1 (Geography)

A landslide in Maharashtra’s Raigad district claimed 27 lives, flattened an entire village, and brought back into focus the 2011 Dr Madhav Gadgil report on conservation of the Western Ghats. Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said as per the recommendation of the report, the mapping of all the landslide-prone villages in the state, including those on the Western Ghats, was carried out during his tenure as the Chief Minister of the state between 2014 and 2019 and was submitted to the Union government.

What does the report state?

In 2010, then Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh appointed the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), to be chaired by ecologist Dr Madhav Gadgil. The commission submitted its 552-page report to the Centre in August 2011.
The report recommended classifying 64 percent of the Western Ghats, spread over six states, into Ecologically Sensitive Zones called ESZ 1, ESZ 2 and ESZ 3. It also recommended designating the entire region as an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA).
Almost all developmental activities like mining, construction of thermal power plants, dams were to stop along with the decommissioning of similar projects that have completed their shelf life in ESZ 1.
It said that both the Athirappilly and Gundia hydel project sites should not be accorded environmental clearance as they fall in this zone.
For Goa, WGEEP recommended an indefinite moratorium on new environmental clearances for mining in ESZs 1 and 2, a phasing out of mining in Ecologically Sensitive Zone 1 by 2016, and continuation of existing mining in Ecologically Sensitive Zone 2 under strict regulation with an effective system of social audit.
In the Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra, the panel advised that in ESZs 1 and 2, no new polluting (red and orange category) industries, which would include coal-based power plants, should be permitted to be established, and the existing red and orange category industries should be asked to switch to zero pollution by 2016.
Further, it found that plains and coastal tracts in these districts were under “severe environmental and social stress”.
In all the zones, genetically modified crops should not be allowed, use of plastic bags be prohibited, Special Economic Zones should not be permitted, new hill stations should not be allowed, changing the land use from farmland to non-farm land and the stoppage of diversions of rivers to protect the ecology of the region, and public lands should not be converted into private lands.
The report also suggested a bottom-to-top approach instead of a top-to-bottom approach in governance of the environment, indicating decentralization and more powers to local authorities.
It recommended theestablishment of a Western Ghats Ecology Authority under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, as a professional body to manage the ecology of the region and to ensure its sustainable development.
What was the need for this report?

The Gadgil commission was formed by the Ministry of Environment in 2010 to study the impact of population pressure, climate change and development activities on the Western Ghats.
Accorded the World Heritage status by UNESCO, the Western Ghats are a 1,600-km-long mountain chain running the western coast of the country covering six states — Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
These Ghats are home to high mountain forests, which moderate the tropical climate of the region and present one of the best examples of the monsoon system on the planet.
They are home to 325 globally threatened flora, fauna, bird, amphibian, reptile and fish species. About 60 percent of the mountain range is in Karnataka.

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Today's Headlines - 26 August 2023
Indigenous ASTRA missile tested
GS Paper - 3 (Defence Technology)

LIGHT COMBAT Aircraft (LCA) Tejas successfully fired the ASTRA indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile off the coast of Goa. The missile release was successfully carried out from the aircraft at an altitude of about 20,000 ft. All the objectives of the test were met and it was a perfect text book launch.

More about the News

ASTRA is a state-of-the-art BVR air-to-air missile to engage and destroy highly maneuvering supersonic aerial targets.
It is designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Research Centre Imarat (RCI) and other laboratories of DRDO.
The test launch was monitored by the Test Director and scientists of Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) along with officials from Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) and Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DG-AQA), the aircraft was also monitored by a Chase Tejas twin-seater aircraft.
The LCA programme has been the flag bearer of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) efforts towards indigenisation of its aircraft fleet.
The nature of this project of national importance, it is required that all stakeholders adopt a collaborative approach towards its success.
It was brought out that all contracted fighter variants of the LCA Mk 1 had been delivered to the IAF.
After the LCA Mk 1, 83 LCA Mk-1A aircraft have also been contracted by the IAF in 2021.

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