Today's Update

Today's Questions
29 May 2019
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Today's Editorial (Hindi)
29 May 2019
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Today's Editorial
29 May 2019
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Today's Headlines (Hindi)
29 May 2019
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Today's Headlines
29 May 2019
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जीएसटी परिषद ने ई-बिल के लिए गठित किया दो उप-समूह
जीएसटी परिषद ने कंपनियों के बीच होने वाले कारोबार के लिए ई-बिल निकालने में कारोबारी सीमा और तकनीकी पहलुओं पर गौर करने के लिए दो उप-समूह का गठन किया है। जहां एक उप-समूह ई-इनवॉयस के लिए व्यापार प्रक्रिया, नीति एवं कानूनी पहलुओं का परीक्षण करेगा। वहीं दूसरा इसके क्रियान्वयन को लेकर तकनीकी पहलुओं के बारे में अपनी सिफारिशें देगा।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20326-2019-05-29-06-15-35
#GST #eBill #B2B #GoodsServicesTax #telecommunications

भारत और बांग्लादेश के बीच शुरू हुई बस सर्विस
भारत और बांग्लादेश के संबंधों को हाल ही में एक नया आयाम मिला है। दरअसल, दोनों देशों के बीच एक बस सर्विस शुरू की गई है। ढाका से सिलीगुड़ी के रास्ते बंगलाबन्धा और फुलबाड़ी के बीच एक बस सेवा 26 मई की शाम को शुरू की गई थी और पहली बस 13 बांग्लादेशी यात्रियों के साथ 27 मई 2019 सुबह लगभग 10 बजे फुलबाड़ी पहुंची।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20325-2019-05-29-06-14-27
#India #busservice #Bangladesh #Railservice #Nepal #NarendraModi #greenflag

New version of Akash air defence missile
DRDO successfully test fired the new version of the Akash surface to air defence missile system with a new indigenously-developed seeker. The missile was test-fired in Balasore off the Odisha coast. This is the second successful test of the missile in last two days as a successful test was done also.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20330-new-version-of-akash-air-defence-missile
#Akashair #missile #DRDO #IGMDP #CAG #MRSAM #Prithvimissiles

World’s rivers are contaminated with antibiotics
Rivers around the world are contaminated with dangerous levels of antibiotics, according to a major new study. Concentrations of antibiotics in some waterways exceed safe levels by 300 times, a global team of scientists led by the University of York found. The Thames was contaminated with five antibiotics, including levels of ciprofloxacin — used to treat skin and urinary tract infections — that were three times what is considered safe.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20329-world-s-rivers-are-contaminated-with-antibiotics
#Worldsrivers #Concentrationsofantibiotics #72countries #dangerous #Nigeria

GST Council sets up 2 sub-groups
The GST Council has set up two sub-groups to look into the policy and technical aspects, such as turnover threshold and mode of generation, for e-invoice generation by businesses. While one sub-group will examine the business process, policy and legal aspects for generation of e-invoice, the other will recommend technical aspects for its roll-out.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20328-gst-council-sets-up-2-sub-groups
#GST #eBill #B2B #GoodsServicesTax #telecommunications

Sri Lanka, Japan, India sign deal
Sri Lanka, Japan and India on 28 May 2019 signed an agreement to jointly develop the East Container Terminal at the Colombo Port. The signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) is significant, given that India and Sri Lanka were negotiating a potential partnership on the project, although with little success.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20327-sri-lanka-japan-india-sign-deal
#SriLanka #MoC #Japan #ColomboPort #flashpoint #Ranil

India in WDCR 2019
India has advanced four places to 44th position in terms of digital competitiveness in the world as the country has made improvement in terms of knowledge and future readiness to adopt and explore digital technologies, according to a global report.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21577-india-in-wdcr-2019.html
#WDCR #India #IMD #telecommunications #WorldCompetitivenessCenter

IBSA call for reforms at international fora
India along with other members of the IBSA bloc has reaffirmed its commitment to promote reforms in all international organisations, including the UN, World Trade Organisation and G20 to achieve more "inclusive, and responsive" international governance architecture.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21576-ibsa-call-for-reforms-at-international-fora.html
#IBSA #G20 #internationalfora #BRICS #UNSC #WTO #G77

G-4 for UNSC reform
Expressing concern on the lack of progress, India, along with Japan, Germany and Brazil, pitched for an “enhanced role of developing countries” as it pushed for United Nations Security Council reforms.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21575-g-4-for-unsc-reform.html
#G4 #UNSC #IGN #UNGA #Australia #UnitedNations

Vikram lander had a hard landing
America’s space agency NASA released high-resolution images of the lunar south pole region where ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 attempted soft-landing.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21574-vikram-lander-had-a-hard-landing.html
#Vikram #NASA #LROC #ISRO #Chandrayaan2 #LRO

Prehistoric ‘baby bottles’ unearthed
Researchers have discovered ancient ceramic drinking vessels in Bavaria that give unprecedented insight into how prehistoric humans used milk to feed infants. Some of the vessels are shaped like animals.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21573-prehistoric-baby-bottles-unearthed.html
#Prehistoric #babybottles #Bavaria #IronAge #Germany

Watch: India, Australia reaffirm commitment to open, free and interoperable cyberspace, technologies #india
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn2xjnBEv-k&list=PLCUwtp5IghZlGtWhDAkuXVFs8MLdVey75&index=53
#UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Today's Headlines - 19 July 2023
The Black Sea grain deal expired
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

The last ship carrying grain from Ukraine, under a UN-brokered deal that guarantees its safe passage, left the port of Odesa. This deal expired, and Russia has still not agreed to extend it.

What is the Black Sea grain deal?

Ukraine is among the world’s biggest exporter of foodgrains, such as wheat and corn, and a major contributor to the UN’s food aid programmes.
When Russia invaded the country and blockaded its ports, it sent food prices soaring and raised fears of food security in the poorer nations of the world. Pakistan, for instance, saw wheat prices skyrocket to crisis levels.
On 22 July 2022, the UN and Turkey got Russia to agree to the Black Sea Grain Initiative, under which cargo ships would be allowed to travel from and to three Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi (Yuzhny), after inspection that they weren’t carrying arms.
The safe passage in the Black Sea was 310 nautical miles long and three nautical miles wide. The deal has been extended twice, and expires.
According to a report from June, nearly 32 million tonnes of mostly corn and wheat have been exported by Ukraine under the deal.
Why has Russia not agreed to renew it?

Russia claims that the promises made to it under the deal have not been met, and it is still facing trouble exporting its own agricultural products and fertilisers because of the many sanctions the West has slapped on it.
While there is no direct restriction on Russia’s agricultural products, the country says barriers on payment platforms, insurance, shipping and other logistics are hampering its exports.
Russia has also said that it had agreed to the grain deal in order to help ensure global food security, but Ukraine has since exported mainly to high-and middle-income countries. The UN says while this is true, poorer countries have been helped by food prices cooling down.
The European Union (EU) is now considering connecting a subsidiary of the Russian Agricultural Bank (Rosselkhozbank) to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT), from which it was cut off due to the war, to allow grain and fertiliser transactions.

#upsc #news #international #relations #ukraine #blacksea #grain #russia #foodgrain #milliontonnes #eu #swift #products #deal #agriculturalbank #financial #telecommunications #war #fertiliser #transactions