Today's Questions
10 June 2019
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Today's Editorial (Hindi)
10 June 2019
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Today's Editorial
10 June 2019
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Today's Headlines (Hindi)
10 June 2019
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Today's Headlines
10 June 2019
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एनसीजीजी और मालदीव मे एमओयू
भारत के अग्रणी लोक सेवा प्रशिक्षण संस्थान राष्ट्रीय सुशासन केन्द्र (एनसीजीजी) ने अगले पांच वर्षों के दौरान मालदीव के एक हजार लोक प्रशासकों के क्षमता निर्माण के लिए मालदीव सिविल सर्विसेज कमीशन के साथ एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर किया है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20485-2019-06-10-04-26-08
#MoU #NCGG #Maldives #SDGs #KVEapen

निजी स्कूलों के नाम से हटेंगे 'पब्लिक' शब्द
नई राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति के मसौदे पर सरकार ने यदि अमल किया, तो देश के तमाम नामी निजी स्कूलों के नाम से 'पब्लिक' शब्द हट जाएगा। नई शिक्षा नीति में निजी स्कूलों के नाम से पब्लिक शब्द को हटाने की सिफारिश की गई है। साथ ही सुझाव दिया गया है
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20484-2019-06-10-04-25-33
#Public #Governmentschool #Privateschools

मालदीव के सर्वोच्च सम्मान पीएम को
पड़ोसी देश मालदीव ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को देश के सबसे बड़े सम्मान 'निशान इज्जुद्दीन' से सम्मानित किया। इस दौरान पीएम मोदी ने मालदीव की पिछली सरकार के चीन के करीब जाने की तरफ इशारा करते हुए कहा कि राष्ट्रपति इब्राहिम सोलिह के पद ग्रहण करने के बाद द्विपक्षीय सहयोग की गति और दिशा में मौलिक बदलाव आया है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20483-2019-06-10-04-24-45
#Maldives #NarendraModi #MarkIzzuddin #Lineoffcredits


Chandrayaan-2 mission
Chandrayaan-2, the country’s first moon lander and rover mission, is a month away. The Indian Space Research Organisation has marked mid-July for the take-off and kept the launch window open from July 9 to 16.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20489-chandrayaan-2-mission
#Chandrayaan2 #rovermission #wisdom #NASA

India, Maldives sign six key agreements
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Maldives on 8 June 2019, his first state visit abroad since being re-elected to office, was marked by the signing of six key agreements, and substantive bilateral level talks, reaffirming cooperation between the two countries.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20488-india-maldives-sign-six-key-agreements
#NarendraModis #Maldives #Mou #sixkeyagreements

Global map of where groundwater meets oceans
Scientists have created high-resolution maps of points around the globe where groundwater meets the oceans — the first such analysis of its kind that may help protect both drinking water and the seas.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20487-global-map-of-where-groundwater-meets-oceans
#Globalmap #groundwater #submarine #satellites

NCGG and Maldives sign MOU
The National Center for Good Governance (NCGG), India’s leading civil services training institution, has entered into an MOU with the Maldives Civil Services Commission for capacity building of 1000 Maldives civil servants over the next 5 years.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20486-ncgg-and-maldives-sign-mou
#NCGG #MOU #Maldives #SDGs #KVEapen

BASIC countries in making Paris agreement
Nations Framework for Climate Change (UNFCC) Conference of Parties (COP-25) meet to be held later in the year from 2nd to 13th December, the BASIC countries held its 28th Ministerial meeting on Climate Change from 14th to 16th August in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21254-basic-countries-in-making-paris-agreement
#BASIC #UNFCC #CBDRRC #UNSG #IPCC #ICAO #IMO #PrakashJavadekar #XIEZhenhua

What is the UN’s stand on Kashmir?
On August 16, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a “closed consultation” meeting on the situation in Kashmir. On August 5, India had ended the special status of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under Article 370 and Article 35A, carving it into two Union Territories: J&K and Ladakh.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21253-what-is-the-un-s-stand-on-kashmir
#UN #Kashmir #UNSC #UNCIP #Pakistan #India #Ladakh

Konkan Exercise in English Channel
Indian Navy stealth frigate INS Tarkash joined the UK Royal Navy's HMS Destroyer in the English Channel for their annual Konkan Exercise this week. Konkan is a long-running exercise designed to test the ability of the two Commonwealth navies to operate side-by-side during war and other crunch scenarios.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21252-konkan-exercise-in-english-channel
#KonkanExercise #EnglishChannel #INS #IndianNavy #HMS #Destroyer

China launches rocket for commercial use
A Chinese government space agency successfully launched on 17 August 2019 its first rocket meant for commercial use, state television CCTV reported, as firms in the country compete to join a commercial satellite boom.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21251-china-launches-rocket-for-commercial-use
#China #CASC #SmartDragon #rocket #satellites #CAS #TechnologyCorp

Two galaxies colliding
NASA and European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope has just captured images of two luminescent galaxies catalogued as UGC 2369. The telescope was able to capture mutual gravitational attraction between both the galaxies. Interaction between galaxies is not an uncommon event, however, two similarly sized ones merging is one of a kind.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21250-two-galaxies-colliding
#galaxies #ESA #NASA #UGC2369 #MilkyWay #HubbleSpaceTelescope

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 September 2019 launched 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana' (an ambitious pension scheme) for farmers from Ranchi. PM said, 'this scheme will connect Jharkhand with India & the world.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21456-pradhan-mantri-kisan-maan-dhan-yojana
#PradhanMantri #KisanMaanDhanYojana #NarendraModi #LIC #PMKMDY

Second 'Netra' for IAF
The Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) handed over the second airborne warning plane, Netra, to the Indian Air Force on 11 September 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21455-second-netra-for-iaf
#Netra #IAF #DRDO #AEWC #aircraft #MarshalRaghunath #AirCommand

Water discovered for first time in habitable exoplanet
Water has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it, scientists revealed.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21454-water-discovered-for-first-time-in-habitable-exoplanet
#Water #habitable #NASA #ARIEL #gas #atmosphere #Earth

Anti-tank missile successfully test-fires
The indigenously-developed Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) was successfully tested by the Defence Research Development Organization in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21453-anti-tank-missile-successfully-test-fires
#Antitank #missile #MPATGM #Israeli #DRDO #AndhraPradesh

India jumps in world tourism index
India clocked the biggest improvement among the top performers in global tourism, jumping from 40th in 2017 to 34th in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019 published by the World Economic Forum.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21452-india-jumps-in-world-tourism-index
#India #tourismindex #WorldEconomicForum #GDP #UAE #WEF

First woman athlete for Padma Vibhushan
The Indian Sports Ministry sent the list of recommendations for this year’s Padma Awards, naming six-time world champion MC Mary Kom for Padma Vibhushan and ace shuttler PV Sindhu for Padma Bhushan.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21451-first-woman-athlete-for-padma-vibhushan
#MaryKom #PadmaVibhushan #BWF #BharatRatna #woman #athlete

China launched three new satellites
China successfully launched three satellites, including a resource satellite, on 12 September 2019 into planned orbits which will help in disaster prevention, urban construction and monitor polar regions and global climate change.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21450-china-launched-three-new-satellites
#China #satellites #CAST #BNU1 #orbits #CarrierRocket #TSLC

Zonal committees of land resources department
Ministry of rural development has set up four zonal monitoring committees, headed by a joint secretary level officer, to undertake comprehensive monitoring and impact assessment of key programmes of department of land resources under the ministry as progress under the schemes remains slow.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21970-zonal-committees-of-land-resources-department.html
#DILRMP #MinistryofRuralDevelopment #PMKSY #NCT #Uttarakhand #UT

Brown to Green Report 2019
Extreme weather events led to around 16,000 deaths and economic losses of $142 billion in G20 nations on average every year during 1998-2017 with India reporting the highest number of deaths among them and figuring in the list of top five countries in terms of economic losses during the period, said a global report that analysed the climate action track records of the global economic power group.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21969-brown-to-green-report-2019.html
#GreenReport2019 #G20 #NDC #CO2 #NGOs

Panel for Dal Lake
The Jammu and Kashmir government has set up a ten-member committee to declare Srinagar's famous Dal Lake and its surrounding areas as an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ), following concerns over its shrinking size.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21968-panel-for-dal-lake.html
#DalLake #DCI #ESZ #SMC #MoEFCC #WildlifeSanctuaries #Srinagar

IOA rejects draft National Sports Code
India will incur the International Olympic Committee’s wrath and may even be suspended if it goes ahead with administrative reforms suggested in the draft National Sports Code 2017, the Indian Olympic Association has warned, rejecting the proposed document completely.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21967-ioa-rejects-draft-national-sports-code.html
#IOA #NationalSportsCode #KirenRijiju #GOI #MYAS #NSFs #CEOs

SpaceX launches 60 more mini satellites
SpaceX launched 60 mini satellites, the second batch of an orbiting network meant to provide global internet coverage. The Falcon rocket blasted into the morning sky, marking the unprecedented fourth flight of a booster for SpaceX.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21966-spacex-launches-60-more-mini-satellites.html
#SpaceXlaunches60 #satellites #Starlink #ElonMusk #orbit


How old is Nile river
The Nile river flowing through Egypt could be six times as old as previously thought, according to a study which estimated it to have originated at least 30 million years ago.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21965-how-old-is-nile-river.html
#Nileriver #UT #Earth #NatureGeoscience #Yangtze

X-ray burst detected
NASA’s Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)telescope on the International Space Station (ISS) has detected the brightest X-ray burst so far that was caused by a massive thermonuclear flash on the surface of a pulsar.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21964-x-ray-burst-detected.html
#Xray #NICER #ISS #NASA #J1808 #NeutronStar

UK's Brexit election
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 13 December 2019 won the historic UK General Election as his Conservative Party crossed the 326-mark required for a majority in Parliament, marking a victory for his "Get Brexit Done" message and setting the UK on course to leave the European Union (EU) in the New Year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22333-uk-s-brexit-election.html
#UK #Brexit #BorisJohnson #election #British

Antenna of RISAT-2BR1
Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 12 December 2019 undertook an operation to unfurl the antenna that was inside the radar imaging earth observation satelliteRISAT-2BR1, a day after it was launched from Sriharikota.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22332-antenna-of-risat-2br1.html
#Antenna #RISAT #2BR1 #ISRO #PSLV #MOM #satellites

Renewable energy generating state
Tamil Nadu has overtaken Karnataka to become India's top renewable power generating state in FY20 (till October). Of the total renewable power generation in the country, nearly 17.2 per cent was from Tamil Nadu.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22331-renewable-energy-generating-state.html
#TamilNadu #FY20 #CEA #India #megawatt #SolarPolicy

E-Pharmacy rules
E-pharmacies, in recent years, have been able to fulfil unmet medical needs of the large Indian population by enabling access to affordable medicines to people in remote areas.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22330-e-pharmacy-rules.html
#EPharmacy #DTAB #FDI #AIOCD #DISHA #PDPBill #DCC

FM in the world's most powerful women list
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, HCL Corporation CEO and Executive Director Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw have been named among the world’s 100 most powerful women by Forbes.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22329-fm-in-the-world-s-most-powerful-women-list.html
#FM #CEO #NirmalaSitharaman #HCL #PowerfulWomen #India

Third batch of Starlink satellites
SpaceX launched its third batch of 60 mini-satellites into orbit, part of its plans to build a giant constellation of thousands of spacecraft that will form a global broadband internet system.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22584-third-batch-of-starlink-satellites.html
#Starlink #FCC #satellites #ITU #LEO #spacecraft #SpaceX

New amendment in IBBI
A secured creditor cannot sell assets of a company undergoing liquidation process to any person barred from submitting an insolvency resolution plan, as per a new amendment made to the norms by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22583-new-amendment-in-ibbi.html
#IBBI #amendment #Bankruptcy #stakeholder #insolvency

Another Earth found
NASA said on 6 January 2020 that its planet hunter satellite TESS had discovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, which could allow the presence of liquid water.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22582-another-earth-found.html
#NASA #TESS #satellite #Earth #TOI700d #Hawaii #KeplerSpaceTelescope

IOA disaffiliates KAI
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has disaffiliated the Karate Association of India (KAI) for violating its constitution and guidelines.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22581-ioa-disaffiliates-kai.html
#IOA #KAI #WKF #AGM #Olympic #LikhaTara

DRDO indigenous tech
The DRDO installations at the DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow have proven to be among the largest crowd-pullers. The Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile — successfully tested last year, making India the fourth country to successfully attack satellites — is attracting a lot of attention.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22810-drdo-indigenous-tech.html
#DRDO #DefExpo2020 #satellites #ROV #IEDs #ASAT

Coronavirus conundrum
Keen to avoid stigmatising the city of Wuhan, the World Health Organization is treading carefully on naming the new virus. The UN health agency's official temporary name for the disease, which it has designated as a global health emergency, is "2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease".
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22809-coronavirus-conundrum.html
#Coronavirus #ICTV #MERS #SARS #WHO #nCoV

India's fiscal gap
At around 7.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), the revenue-to-expenditure gap in India is one of the highest among major emerging markets. According to estimates by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), total government expenditure was equivalent to around 27.1 per cent of GDP while total government revenue was around 19.6 percent of GDP in the last calendar year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22808-india-s-fiscal-gap.html
#India #GDP #IMF #SriLanka #ASEAN

ISRO and IN-SPACe
Taking an opportunity to unlock the potential of private enterprises in the Indian Space industry, the government decided to allow private players to use the assets of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/24772-isro-and-in-space.html
#ISRO #INSPACe #satellites #IndianSpace #DepartmentofSpace

More Starlink satellites launched
Elon Musk-run SpaceX on 25 November 2020 launched another successful mission carrying 60 more Starlink satellites onboard a Falcon 9 rocket into low-Earth orbit that will join the rest in becoming affordable Internet.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/27272-more-starlink-satellites-launched.html
#Starlink #satellites #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses #ksgnews

OneWeb’s satellites launched
Bharti Global and UK government said their joint venture OneWeb — a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications operator — launched 36 satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/27613-oneweb-s-satellites-launched.html
#OneWebs #satellites #LEO #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses #ksgnews

Watch KSG Explainer - Space debris mitigation satellite | What is Space Debris? | Space Technology #IAS
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Watch: KSG DYK - UPSC CSE Prelims Previous years' question | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle #SHORTS
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