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Today's Questions
09 June 2019
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Today's Editorial (Hindi)
09 June 2019
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Today's Editorial
09 June 2019
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Today's Headlines (Hindi)
09 June 2019
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Today's Headlines
09 June 2019
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प्रथम विश्‍व खाद्य सुरक्षा दिवस
केन्‍द्रीय स्‍वास्‍थ्‍य एवं परिवार कल्‍याण मंत्री डॉ. हर्षवर्धन ने प्रथम विश्‍व खाद्य सुरक्षा दिवस (07-जून-2019) के अवसर पर कहा, ‘मैं भारत के सभी नागरिकों से अपील करता हूं ‘सही खाओ’ मुहिम को जन भागीदारी के साथ उसी तरह जन आंदोलन का रूप दें, जिस प्रकार हम सबने एकजुट होकर भारत को पोलिया मुक्‍त बनाया है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20472-2019-06-09-05-22-02
#WorldFoodSafetyDay #DrHarshvardhan #UnionHealth #FSSAI #FoodSafetyMagicBox

स्टेम सेल को बचाएगी नई हाइड्रोजेल
चिकित्सा क्षेत्र में स्टेम कोशिकाओं का प्रत्यारोपण एक चुनौतीपूर्ण काम है क्योंकि इसमें प्रत्यारोपित कोशिकाओं के जीवित रहने से जुड़ी कई समस्याएं सामने आती हैं। स्टेम सेल, जब किसी घाव में प्रत्यारोपित किया जाता है, तो पैराक्रीन फैक्टर नामक रसायन छोड़ता है, जो ऊतक के पुनर्निर्माण के लिए आसपास की अन्य कोशिकाओं को प्रेरित करता है। भारतीय वैज्ञानिकों के एक समूह ने एक इंजेक्टेबल हाइड्रोजेल विकसित की है
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20471-2019-06-09-05-21-14
#Hydrogel #StemCell #MSc #DeepaGhosh #JijyoThoma #AnjanaSharma

टरीजा का इस्तीफा
ब्रिटिश प्रधानमंत्री टरीजा मे को सत्ताधारी कंजर्वेटिव पार्टी की नेता के तौर पर इस्तीफा दे दिया। मे के इस्तीफे ने नए प्रधानमंत्री का नाम तय करने के लिए होने वाले दिलचस्प मुकाबले का रास्ता साफ कर दिया है। नए प्रधानमंत्री के सामने ब्रेग्जिट (यूरोपीय संघ से ब्रिटेन का बाहर निकलना) के बाबत ब्रिटेन और यूरोपीय संघ (ईयू) के बीच बातचीत को मुकाम तक पहुंचाने की चुनौती होगी। अपने ब्रेक्जिट करार की बार-बार की नाकामी को लेकर बढ़ते दबाव के बीच टेरेसा मे ने अपना पद छोड़ने का ऐलान किया था।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20470-2019-06-09-05-20-20
#Tarzanresigns #TarjaMay #EU #PrimeMinister #MPs

Extension of PM-KISAN
The Centre on 8 June 2019 notified a decision to extend the benefit of Rs 6,000 per year under the PM-KISAN scheme to all 14.5 crore farmers, irrespective of the size of their landholding, in the country. A decision in this regard was taken in the first Cabinet meeting of the new NDA government on May 31.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20477-extension-of-pm-kisan
#PMKISAN #NDA #UnionAgriculture #NaredraModi #government #PSUs #incometax

G20 agrees with digital tax
Group of 20 finance ministers agreed on 8 June 2019 to push ahead on compiling common rules that will close loopholes that global technology giants such as Facebook use to reduce their corporate taxes, a copy of the bloc's draft communique obtained by Reuters showed. Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other large tech companies have come under criticism for cutting their tax bills by booking profits in low-tax countries regardless of the location of the end customer, practices seen by many as unfair.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20476-g20-agrees-with-digital-tax
#G20 #digitaltax #Facebook #Amazon #France #Google

RBI new NPA framework
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a new framework for resolution of bad loans, replacing the previous norms quashed by the Supreme Court in April, offering a 30-day gap for stress recognition instead of the one-day default earlier.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20475-rbi-new-npa-framework
#NPA #RBI #SDR #NPA #

JLF #SupremeCourt #ICA #apexcourt

US offers missile defence systems to India
The Trump administration has approved the sale of armed drones to India and has offered integrated air and missile defence systems aimed at helping the country boost its military capabilities and protect shared security interests in the strategically important Indo-Pacific region.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20474-us-offers-missile-defence-systems-to-india
#missile #India #MTCR #THAAD #COMCASA #China #DonaldTrump

‘Nishan Izzuddeen’ for PM
The Maldivian government on 8 June 2019 announced it will confer its highest honour accorded to foreign dignitaries, Order of the Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister will depart to the Maldives on his first bilateral visit on 8 June 2019 after returning to power.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20473-nishan-izzuddeen-for-pm
#NishanIzzuddeen #PMModi #AbdullaShahid #Maldivian #government #SriLanka

यूनेस्को विश्व धरोहर सूची में शामिल हुआ गुलाबी शहर
यूनेस्को वर्ल्ड हेरिटेज की लिस्ट में भारत का एक और शहर शामिल हो गया है। राजस्थान की राजधानी जयपुर शहर को यूनेस्को वर्ल्ड हेरिटेज घोषित कर दिया गया है। यह ऐलान यूनेस्को ने 6 जुलाई 2019 को किया। राजस्थान में 37 वर्ल्ड हेरिटेज साइट्स हैं। इनमें चित्तौड़गढ़ का किला, कुंभलगढ़, जैसलमेर, रणथंभोर, और गागरोन का किला शामिल हैं।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20801-2019-07-07-05-55-10
#India #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #PinkCity #Rajasthan #NarendraModi

सरकार की नई टैरिफ नीति
आम बजट में कुछ अहम सुधारों की घोषणा के बाद सरकार की नजर बिजली क्षेत्र में सुधारों को आगे बढ़ाने की है। इसमें सबसे पहले नई टैरिफ नीति का कैबिनेट नोट सभी संबंधी मंत्रालयों को भेज दिया गया है, जिस पर अगले एक पखवाड़े के भीतर फैसला होने की उम्मीद है। नई टैरिफ नीति से देशभर में ग्राहकों को चौबीसों घंटे बिजली की आपूर्ति सुनिश्चित होगी।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20800-2019-07-07-05-55-01
#Government #tariffpolicy #Budget #DBT #household #UttarPradesh


Pink City declared world heritage site
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee inscribed Jaipur the ‘Pink City of India’ among its World Heritage Sites. In a meeting held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The UNESCO Committee decided to include seven cultural sites of different nations in its world heritage list.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20804-pink-city-declared-world-heritage-site
#India #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #PinkCity #Rajasthan #NarendraModi

Panel to be set up for encourage women
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 5 July 2019 said a committee will be set up to evaluate, suggest measures to encourage and facilitate women participation in country's development. Presenting the first Budget of the Modi government in its second term, Sitharaman proposed to expand self help groups (SHG) to all districts and said one woman in every SHG will get loan of up to Rs 1 lakh under Mudra Yojana.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20803-panel-to-be-set-up-for-encourage-women
#NirmalaSitharaman #MudraYojana #Budget #Modi #SHG #NationalResearchFoundation

Country’s first overseas bond
The government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will finalise plans for the country’s first overseas sovereign bond issue by September when the Centre’s second quarter borrowing programme is finalised, finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said on 6 July 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20802-country-s-first-overseas-bond
#RBI #SubhashChandraGarg #India #PFC #IRFC #overseas

Big banks merger
Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman on 30 August 2019 announced measures for the banking sector. Sitharaman said the government is trying to create big next generation banks.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21346-big-banks-merger
#NiramalaSitharaman #PSBs #NPA #PNB #Bigbanks #angeltax

Central pillar of global disarmament
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said the legacy of nuclear testing is “nothing but destruction,” and in a world of rising tensions, our collective security depends on bringing a global treaty into force that bans nuclear explosions.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21345-central-pillar-of-global-disarmament
#CTBT #Nuclear #IAEA #UnitedNations #MrGuterres #global

India nudges Russia
India has nudged Russia to use its influence on oil suppliers cartel OPEC to balance the global oil market, ensuring adequate supply with responsible and reasonable price.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21344-india-nudges-russia
#India #Russia #DharmendraPradhan #OPEC #LNG #Sakhalin3 #Oil

Government bans import of PMAA
The government has banned the import of polymethyl methacrylate (PMAA), with effect from September 1, commerce and industry ministry said in a notification.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21343-government-bans-import-of-pmaa
#PMAA #Government #India #Crylux #methylmethacrylate #Acrylite

Watch: Rice Fortification : India to distribute fortified rice to tackle malnutrition issue #fortifiedrice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCHI-rWOhuY

Today's Headlines - 24 July 2023
India’s first ‘satellite network portal site’
GS Paper - 3 (Space Technology)

The Gujarat government through its Department of Science and Technology (DST) signed a memorandum of understanding with OneWeb India Communications Pvt Ltd for setting up a ‘satellite network portal site’ — a first for India — at Mehsana in Gujarat.

What is the Satellite network portal site?

Satellite broadband technology or satellite telephony is not a new concept and with satellite constellations in the low Earth orbit (LEO) gaining traction with StarLink, Kuiper and OneWeb among many others, the world is increasingly moving towards relying on LEO satellite communications.
LEO satellites operate at an altitude of 500 to 1,200 km, making it ripe for high-speed and low latency — a lower time lag between a user seeking data, and the server sending that data, compared to geostationary Earth orbit positioned satellites.
OneWeb has 648 satellites orbiting at 1,000-1,200 km making 13 orbits per day, covering the entire globe.
The satellite network portal (SNP) site will serve as a signal and data downlink and uplink terminal or base station on the ground, an intermediary for data transmission through satellite tracking antenna systems.
OneWeb India Communications plans to invest up to Rs 100 crore in this project, which would, according to the Gujarat government, create 500 direct and indirect jobs, including jobs requiring telecom, electronics and instrumentation engineers.
Apart from civil infrastructure, setting up an SNP like this will also require a slew of regulatory approvals from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) and spectrum allocation from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Earlier, HCIPL and OneWeb, in January 2022, announced a strategic six-year Distribution Partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity services across India, to deliver services to enterprises and government with OneWeb capacity, especially in areas outside the reach of fibre connectivity.

#upsc #news #todayheadline #india #satellite #network #portalsite #spacetechnology #gujarat #government #science #DST #oneweb #communications #mehsana #telephony #constellation #LEO #earth #starlink #kuiper #geostationary #SNP #terminal #INSPACE #fibre #connectivity #strategic #telecomregulatory

Today's Headlines - 26 July 2023
Centre withdraws DNA Bill
GS Paper - 3 (Biotechnology)

The Union government withdrew the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019, from the Lok Sabha. First proposed in 2003, the Bill has gone through numerous changes, led by both the Department of Biotechnology and the Law Ministry, over the years. In 2019, it was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee after being introduced in the Lok Sabha. Two years later, the panel’s report was released, in which it highlighted the fears of a number of MPs, saying the Bill could be misused to target segments of society based on religion, caste or political views.

What is the Bill?

The Bill seeks to create a regulatory framework for obtaining, storing and testing DNA samples of human beings, mainly for the purposes of criminal investigations, and with the objective of establishing the identity of a person.
DNA testing is already being used for a variety of purposes, such as criminal investigations, establishment of parentage, and search for missing people.
The proposed law seeks to bring in a supervisory structure to oversee these practices, and frame guidelines and rules so that the DNA technology is not misused.
To achieve these objectives, the Bill proposes to set up two institutional structures — a DNA regulatory board and a DNA data bank — at the national level. Regional centres of the board as well as the data bank can be set up at the state level too.
The board, which is proposed to be the main regulatory authority, would frame the rules and guidelines for DNA collection, testing and storage, while the data bank would be the repository of all DNA samples collected from various people under specified rules.
The Bill proposes that testing of DNA samples can be carried out only at laboratories that are authorised to do so by the regulatory board.
It also specifies the circumstances under which a person can be asked to submit DNA samples, the purposes for which such requests can be made, and the exact procedure for handling, storing and accessing these samples.

What are the objections against the Bill?

The main debate over the proposed law has been around three issues — whether DNA technology is foolproof, whether the provisions adequately address the possibility of abuse of DNA information, and whether the privacy of the individual is protected.
DNA information can be extremely revelatory. It can not only establish a person’s identity but also reveal a lot about physical and biological attributes of the person like eye, hair or skin colour, susceptibility to diseases, possible medical history, and possible clues to biological relatives.
For years, critics of the Bill have been claiming that collecting and storing such intrusive information could lead to abuse, besides being violative of a person’s privacy.

What has the government said?

The government has defended the Bill by arguing that nearly 60 countries have enacted similar legislation and that all important matters related to privacy, confidentiality and data protection have been taken into account.
It has also claimed that very limited information is proposed to be stored in the indices — just 17 sets of numbers out of billions that DNA samples can reveal. These can tell nothing about the individual and only act as a unique identifier.

#upsc #news #DNAbill #withdraws #technology #Department #biotechnology #lawministry #parliamentary #loksabha #criminal #parliamentary #committee #bill #government #violative #privacy #attributes

Today's Headlines - 29 July 2023
India urges Sri Lanka to implement 13th Amendment
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe held an all-party meeting to discuss the issue of Tamil reconciliation and welfare. This comes days after his visit to India, during which Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed to him the need to “ensure a life of dignity” for the Tamil community in the island nation. The PM also expressed the hope that Wickremesinghe would be committed to implementing the 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka’s constitution — which flows from the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord of 1987 — and holding provincial council elections.

The Indo-Sri Lanka Accord of 1987

The 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka’s constitution was made after the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord between Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and President J R Jayewardene, on 29 July 1987, in Colombo.
Under the 1978 constitution, Sri Lanka had a unitary government, with all powers in the hands of the Centre.
The Tamil minority in Sri Lanka was concentrated in the Northern and Eastern provinces and the struggle for rights and greater autonomy here had flared up into the long and bloody civil war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan government, with some other groups also involved.
The 1987 Accord aimed at amending the constitution to transfer some powers to the governments of the country’s nine provinces, thereby finding a constitutional solution to the civil war.
After the Accord, the constitution underwent the 13th Amendment to allow devolution of power to provinces.
Apart from the devolution of power, the Accord had other clauses, such as Tamil and English being adopted as official languages along with Sinhala, lifting of emergency on the “Eastern and Northern Provinces by 15 August 1987”, surrender of arms by militant groups, and “general amnesty to political and other prisoners now held in custody under The Prevention of Terrorism Act and other emergency laws”.
The Accord also says that “The Government of India will underwrite and guarantee the resolutions, and co-operate in the implementation of these proposals”.

What about the 13th Amendment’s implementation?

The separation of powers was never done fully, and while some are unhappy over too little devolution, the hardline nationalists raise alarms over the “weakening” of the Central government’s authority.
The Sinhala nationalists also oppose the 13th Amendment as they see it as imposed by India. Moreover, the regions that the devolution was primarily meant for never benefitted much from it.
Under the Accord, the North and Eastern provinces were to be merged into one, temporarily, and later, a referendum was to be held to decide if they should stay together or have two separate provincial councils.
Thus, elections to the merged North Eastern Province were held on 19 November 1988. However, little over three months later, Chief Minister Annamalai Varadaraja Perumal moved a motion in the Council to declare an independent ‘Eelam’.
This prompted the President, Ranasinghe Premadasa, to dissolve the council, and impose President’s rule, which lasted till December 2006.
The referendum on the two provinces was never held, and in 2006, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ruled that the merger had been illegal. Thus, the Northern and Eastern provinces were separated again, on 1 January 2007.
Since 2014, provincial elections are pending across Sri Lanka. This is because Parliament is yet to amend a 2017 Act in Parliament, for reforming the election process by introducing a hybrid system of first past the post and proportional representation from the current system of proportional representation.

#upsc #news #todayheadline #india #srilanka #implement #amendment #ranil #wickremesinghe #tamil #community #islandnation #constitution #civilwar #liberation #government #sinhala #eastern #northern #annamalai #varadaraja #proportional

Today's Headlines - 29 July 2023
Jan Vishwas Bill passed
GS Paper - 3 (Economy)

The Lok Sabha on 27 July 2023 approved the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023, to enhance ease of doing business, decrease compliance burden for individuals and industry, and alleviate judicial load by decriminalising minor economic offences.

More about the Bill

Spearheaded by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the Bill proposes to revise 183 provisions across 42 laws under 19 government ministries.
At present, existing laws contain clauses for imprisonment for minor and procedural defaults, as well as lesser fines and penalties.
This resulted in fear and mistrust towards the government. The intended changes of this proposed law aim to avoid unnecessary imprisonments and impose higher penalties and fines where necessary.
According to the Bill, offences will be decriminalised by either eliminating both imprisonment and/or fine; removing imprisonment while retaining or increasing fines; or changing imprisonment and/or fine to penalties.
Conversion of fines and penalties implies that court prosecution can be bypassed for punishment.
The government over the past nine years removed roughly 40,000 provisions and procedures, which had the potential to create problems for people.

#upsc #news #todayheadline #janvishwas #bill #loksabha #business #industry #alleviate #judicial #economy #DPITI #department #promotion #internal #trade #laws #government #potentional #conversion