Important topics for 13 july 2019

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BY SUMIT BHARDWAJ                                  13 JULY2019

1.ISRO …..CHANDRAYAN 2.….          (GS-3) 

• WHY IS IT IN THE NEWS TODAY?  

• IT IS IN THE NEWS REGARDING ITS TESTING FACILITY THAT IS ITS …Lunar Terrain Test Facility(LTTF)

ABOUT CHANDRAYAN 2.….     

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.

India’s most ambitious space mission will get under way at 2.51 a.m. on July 15 when its powerful Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-MK III) soars into the sky from the spaceport at Sriharikota with the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft on board.

Technologically, it will be the most challenging mission that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has undertaken because ISRO will not only be sending a spacecraft to the moon but attempting to soft-land a contraption called the lander on the lunar surface.    

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2.DIVISION BENCH…                        (GS-2)

•  WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT IN THE NEWS?

-IT IS IN THE NEWS BECAUSE   THE SUPREME COURT   HAS ASKED THE  Governor Kiran Bedi
for clarity on the issue of control over bureaucrats in
The wake of a turf war between the LG’s officeand the
Chief Minister in the Union Territory OF PUDUCHERRY.

A Division Bench is a term in judicial system in India in which a case is heard and judged by at least 2 judges. However, if the bench during the hearing of any matter feels that the matter needs to be considered by a larger bench, such a matter is referred to a larger bench.

3.TRUST VOTE……                             (GS-2)

• WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ABOVE KEYWORD AND WHY IS IT IN THE NEWS?

THE ABOVE WORDS ARE EXPLAINED BELOW AND IS IN THE NEWS BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL TURMOIL IN KARNATAKA

A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government.

4.Anthrax………….                                  (GS-3)

• Why is it in news?

-it is in news Because of two suspected cases of anthrax

were reported from Madagada village of Araku mandal

in Visakhapatnam District in Andhra Pradesh .

About anthrax:

Anthrax is a disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a germ that lives in soil.

• It affects animals such as cattle, sheep, and goats more often than people. People can get anthrax from contact with infected animals, wool, meat, or hides. It can cause three forms of disease in people.

Spread:

• Anthrax does not spread directly from one infected animal or person to another; it is spread by spores. These spores can be transported by clothing or shoes.
• Anthrax has been used in biological warfare by agents and by terrorists to intentionally infect .It was spread in US through a mail. It killed 5 people and made 22 sick.

5.SBI waives RTGS,NEFT,IMPS charges(GS-3)

RTGS -Real-time gross settlement systems are specialist funds transfer systems where the transfer of money or securities takes place from one bank to any other bank on a "real time" and on a "gross" basis.

NEFT-National Electronic Funds Transfer is an electronic funds transfer system maintained by the Reserve Bank of India. Started in November 2005, the setup was established and maintained by Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology.Unlike real-time gross settlement (RTGS), fund transfers through the NEFT system do not occur in real-time basis. NEFT settles fund transfers in half-hourly batches with 23 settlements occurring between 8:00 am and 7:00 pm on week days and the first, third and fifth Saturday of the calendar month.

IMPS-Immediate Payment Service is an instant payment inter-bank electronic funds transfer system in India. IMPS offers an inter-bank electronic fund transfer service through mobile phones. Unlike NEFT and RTGS, the service is available 24/7 throughout the year including bank holidays.

6.DRAFT NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY

(NEP)-2019.…(K.KASTURIRANGAN COMMITTEE)…… critical thinking and deeper understanding……………           (GS-2)

Highlights of the draft:

• It proposes expansion of the RTE Act. It aims to cover the three years of preschool before Class 1.
• It wants early childhood education to be overseen and regulated by the Ministry of HRD as part of the school system.
• This will be in addition to the private pre-schools and anganwadis that currently cater to the 3-to-6 years age group.
• It suggests a new integrated curricular framework for 3 to 8-year olds with a flexible system based on play, activity and discovery, and beginning exposure to three languages from age 3 onwards.
• The NEP could result in an upheaval in the anganwadi system which has been overseen by the Ministry of WCD for more than four decades.    
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7.USA -IRAN CONTROVERSY           (GS-1,3)

• JOINT COMPREHENSIVE  PLAN OF ACTION (JCPOA)

• P5+1

• PERSIAN GULF

• GULF OF OMAN

• STRAIT OF HORMUZ

• ARABIAN SEA

• CHAHBAHAR PORT

• International Atomic Energy Agency

8.JHARKHAND -AADHAR  CONTROVERSY ..                                (GS-3,4)

DESCRIPTION:

Many in Jharkhand have been denied food under the public distribution system as their ration cards have been cancelled in the mad rush for putting in place a
digital system. While activists claim that some have died from starvation, the government denies this.

IMPORTANT CONCEPTS IN THIS ARTICLE TO BE REVISED:

• Public distribution system (PDS)

• Socio Economic and Caste Census of  2011 

• electronic point of sale(EPOS) machine

• Direct BenefitTransfer (DBT).

• Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)

• MGNREGA 

9.Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2019     (GS2)

The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Central Universities (Amendment)
Bill, 2019, with Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal,
who introduced the Bill,stating that preparations were on for filling vacancies
in the next six months. The Minister said that the Bill provides for the establishment of a Central university and a tribal university in Andhra Pradesh.

10.Kartarpur Corridor…..                (Gs-3)

• Why this place is in the news?

This place is in the news because Indian and Pakistani officials
will meet at the Attari­Wagah border on Sunday to discuss
issues, including ways to bridge gaps related to the Kartarpur Corridor that is to be made operational by November,
ahead of the commemoration of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru
Nanak.



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11.India, Russia discuss space cooperation

(GS-3)

Strategic approach

India and Russia on Friday explored the “possibilities for production of space
systems in India” during the discussions between National Security Adviser
Ajit Doval and the visiting Director General of Russia’s space agency ROSCOSMOS
and former Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

12.US-INDIA TRADE TALKS…“301 PROBE”           (GS-3)

• United States Trade Representative (USTR)Christopher Wilson

• U.S.­India Strategic Partnership Forum(USISPF) 

• GSP

• G 20 OSAKA 

• 5G HUAWEI

13. Nagaland….. Register

of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN)………(GS-2,3)…..       

14..UN Human Rights CounciL               (GS-3)

• The United Nations Human Rights Council is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. The UNHRC has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. The headquarters of UNHRC is in Geneva, Switzerland.

15.NHRC                                            (GS-2,3)

• The National Human Rights Commission of India is a Statutory public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993. It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993

16.TURKEY - RUSSIA - S-400 DEAL……..

USA SANCTIONS CAASTA….  NATO…..             (GS-3)

17.SBI Managing Director Anshula Kant appointed MD and CFO of World Bank       (GS-3)

• ABOUT WORLD BANK….

• The World Bank (French: Banque mondiale)is an international financial institution that provides interest-free loans and grants to the governments of poorer countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.It comprises two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the International Development Association (IDA). The World Bank is a component of the World Bank Group.

• The World Bank's most recent stated goal is the reduction of poverty.As of November 2018, the largest recipients of world bank loans were India ($859 million in 2018) and China ($370 million in 2018), through loans from IBRD

18..IIP dips to 3.1% in May owing to slowdown                 (GS-3)

ABOUT IIP..

• The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an index for India which details out the growth of various sectors in an economy such as mineral mining, electricity and manufacturing. The all India IIP is a composite indicator that measures the short-term changes in the volume of production of a basket of industrial products during a given period with respect to that in a chosen base period. It is compiled and published monthly by the central statistical organisation (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation six weeks after the reference month ends.

• The level of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an abstract number, the magnitude of which represents the status of production in the industrial sector for a given period of time as compared to a reference period of time. The base year was at one time fixed at 1993– 94 so that year was assigned an index level of 100. The current base year is 2017- 2018

• The Eight Core Industries comprise nearly 40.27% of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). These are Electricity , steel, refinery products, crude oil, coal, cement, natural gas and fertilisers.



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