Labour code on wages notified
Government has notified the labour code on wages paving way for 50 crore workers to become eligible for mandatory minimum wages. The bill got the assent of the President on August 8, 2019 following which ministry of law and justice has published it in the gazette.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21283-labour-code-on-wages-notified
#wages #LokSabha #Independence #MinimumWages #agricultura #Labourcode

First humanoid robot in space
Russia on 22 August 2019 launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station. Named Fedor, short for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research, the robot is the first ever sent up by Russia.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21282-first-humanoid-robot-in-space
#spacecraft #SkybotF850 #NASA #ISS #ROS #USOS #SoyuzMS14

Europa Clipper mission
NASA has confirmed the next phase of development of the Europa Clipper mission – an interplanetary mission to Jupiter’s smallest moon Europa. The US space agency has cleared the mission to progress through its final design phase, followed by the construction and testing of the entire spacecraft.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21281-europa-clipper-mission
#Europa #NASA #spacecraft #Galileanmoon #Jupiter

Microplastics in water
The World Health Organization says the levels of microplastics in drinking water don’t appear to be risky, but that research has been spotty and more is needed into their effects on the environment and health.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21280-microplastics-in-water
#Microplastics #water #environment #WHO #drinkingwater

Largest ever contingent to WTG
With two silver medals and one gold medal, India are now at 25th spot on the medals tally at the ongoing edition of the World Transplant Games (WTG). The country’s first gold at the event went to Arjun Srivatsa, who won a gold in golf on 21 August 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21279-largest-ever-contingent-to-wtg
#WTG #ArjunSrivatsa #goldmedal #WorldTransplantGames

India to host Interpol general assembly
India on 1 September 2019 proposed to host the Interpol general assembly in 2022, as part of the 75th-anniversary celebrations of the country’s Independence.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21360-india-to-host-interpol-general-assembly
#India #AmitShah #INTERPOL #75thAnniversary #Independence

Fifth lunar orbit manoeuvre
India’s Chandrayaan-2 successfully completed its fifth and final lunar-bound orbit maneuver on 1 September 2019. The final and fifth Lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully on September 01, 2019 at 1821 hrs IST.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21359-fifth-lunar-orbit-manoeuvre
#orbit #Chandrayaan2 #India #IST #spacecraft #ISRO #SatishDhawan

Fingerprint of Earth’s atmosphere
Astronomers at Canada’s McGill University have made a “fingerprint” for the Earth, which could be used to identify a potentially life sustaining planet beyond the solar system.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21358-fingerprint-of-earth-s-atmosphere
#Fingerprint #Earth #McGillUniversity #SCISAT #JWST #TRAPPIST1

Evolution of antibiotic resistance in E. coli
It is well known that low concentrations of antibiotics can cause resistance to evolve among bacteria. Now, a group of researchers from IISER Pune has taken this further to explore how exactly this happens.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21357-evolution-of-antibiotic-resistance-in-e-coli
#Ecoli #IISER #Pune #antibiotic #Evolution #bacteria

India to host Interpol general assembly
India on 1 September 2019 proposed to host the Interpol general assembly in 2022, as part of the 75th-anniversary celebrations of the country’s Independence.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21360-india-to-host-interpol-general-assembly
#India #AmitShah #INTERPOL #75thAnniversary #Independence

Fifth lunar orbit manoeuvre
India’s Chandrayaan-2 successfully completed its fifth and final lunar-bound orbit maneuver on 1 September 2019. The final and fifth Lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully on September 01, 2019 at 1821 hrs IST.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21359-fifth-lunar-orbit-manoeuvre
#orbit #Chandrayaan2 #India #IST #spacecraft #ISRO #SatishDhawan

Fingerprint of Earth’s atmosphere
Astronomers at Canada’s McGill University have made a “fingerprint” for the Earth, which could be used to identify a potentially life sustaining planet beyond the solar system.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21358-fingerprint-of-earth-s-atmosphere
#Fingerprint #Earth #McGillUniversity #SCISAT #JWST #TRAPPIST1

Evolution of antibiotic resistance in E. coli
It is well known that low concentrations of antibiotics can cause resistance to evolve among bacteria. Now, a group of researchers from IISER Pune has taken this further to explore how exactly this happens.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21357-evolution-of-antibiotic-resistance-in-e-coli
#Ecoli #IISER #Pune #antibiotic #Evolution #bacteria

New Delhi Declaration of Cop14
Identifying land degradation as a serious global threat, over 190 countries agreed to achieve ‘land degradation neutrality’ by 2030 through a “national target for action” and vowed to ensure that the efforts in this direction do not affect land tenure rights of local population, including forest dwellers and women, anywhere in the world.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21472-new-delhi-declaration-of-cop14
#NewDelhiDeclaration #COP14 #UNCCD #PrakashJavadekar #NDD

Measures to boost exports and home buyers
In another round of economic boosters, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 14 September 2019 announced measures related to exports and home buyers.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21471-measures-to-boost-exports-and-home-buyers
#NirmalaSitharaman #NCLT #NPA #GST #MEIS #boostexports

Hindi Diwas 2019
Every year on 14 September, the nation celebrate Hindi Diwas, which marks the significance of the day when the Constituent Assembly after Independence adopted Hindi as the official language of India.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21470-hindi-diwas-2019
#HindiDiwas2019 #Devanagri #Independence #WorldMost #SpokenLanuages #WMSL

ISRO’s Aditya-L1
For the scientific community, Sun has forever generated an enigmatic interest as it is our closest Star (at the center of our Solar System), and has been the key to life on Earth, and continues to play a crucial role in Earth’s circadian and annual cycles.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21469-isro-s-aditya-l1
#ISRO #Aditya #L1 #CME #PSLVXL #satellite #USO

India in Global Economic Freedom index
India has jumped 11 spots on Global Economic Freedom index from last year’s 96th spot to the current ranking of 79.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21468-india-in-global-economic-freedom-index
#India #Freedomindex #GlobalEconomic #HongKong #WorldReport

Govt amends Army rules for CDS
The stage is now set for the government to announce the name of the country’s first-ever chief of defence staff (CDS), with the Army Rules of 1954 being amended to allow the tri-Service chief to serve till the age of 65.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22436-govt-amends-army-rules-for-cds.html
#CDS #Navy #IAF #BipinRawat #COSC #NarendraModi

Dadasaheb Phalke Award
President Ram Nath Kovind on 29 December 2019 presented megastar Amitabh Bachchan with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema’s highest honour, in a special ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22435-dadasaheb-phalke-award.html
#DadasahebPhalkeAward #Mohabbatein #PrakashJavadeka #RamNathKovind #RashtrapatiBhawan

MOSPI constitutes committee
A high-level panel under India’s first chief statistician Pronab Sen will review and develop the country’s surveys on employment, industry and services sector amid criticism of official statistics.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22434-mospi-constitutes-committee.html
#MOSPI #SCES #India #PronabSen #GDP #independence

India may surpass Germany in 2026
India is expected to overtake Germany to become the fourth-largest economy in 2026 and Japan to become the third largest in 2034, according to a recent report by the UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22433-india-may-surpass-germany-in-2026.html
#Germany #CEBR #GDP #PabloShah #China #NarendraModi

KSG Podcast - Ukraine’s revolutions | best daily editorial analysis for upsc aspirants
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KSG Podcast - India’s abstention on UNSC vote means | best daily editorial analysis for upsc
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Today's Headlines - 31 July 2023
International Tiger Day
GS Paper - 3 (Environment)

29 July is celebrated world over as the International Tiger Day in a bid to raise awareness on various issues surrounding tiger conservation. It was first instituted in 2010 at the Tiger Summit in St Petersburg, Russia when the 13 tiger range countries came together to create Tx2, the global goal to double the number of wild tigers by the year 2022. Last year, the designated date for achieving the goals of Tx2, however, saw uneven progress. As per the World Wildlife Fund, while countries in Southeast Asia struggled to control population decline, others, like India, fared much better.

How Project Tiger came about

Project Tiger was launched by the Central government on 1 April 1973, in a bid to promote conservation of the tiger.
The programme came at a time when India’s tiger population was rapidly dwindling. According to reports, while there were 40,000 tigers in the country at the time of the Independence (in 1947), they were soon reduced to below 2,000 by 1970 due to widespread hunting and habitat destrcutions.
Concerns around the issue intensified when in 1970, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the tiger as an endangered species.
Two years later, the Indian government conducted its own tiger census and found that there were only 1,800 of them left in the country.
To tackle the problem of hunting and poaching of not just tigers but also other animals and birds, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi promulgated the Wildlife Protection Act in 1972.
A year later, after a task force urged the government to create a chain of reserves dedicated to tiger preservation, Indira unveiled Project Tiger.

What is Project Tiger?

Launched at the Jim Corbett National Park, the programme was initially started in nine tiger reserves of different States such as Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, covering over 14,000 sq km.
Notably, Project Tiger didn’t just focus on the conservation of the big cats. It also ensured the preservation of their natural habitat as tigers are at the top of the food chain.

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