August 23, 2019 – UPSC Current Affairs

New norms: On regulations for foreign investors

August 23, 2019 Classic IAS Academy 0

SEBI’s liberalized norms for FPIs will make Indian markets attractive to foreign investors Background: In the union budget, the finance minister levied a higher tax [read more]

India Planning To Rejuvenate 5mn Hectares By 2030

In News The Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has pledged that India will rejuvenate 50 lakh hectares (5mn hectares) of degraded land between 2021 and [read more]
Trade rhetoric: On U.S.’s WTO pullout threat

Context: U.S President Donald Trump threats repeatedly to dismember U.S. from WTO In the pretext of U.S-China trade war, President Donald Trump urges WTO to [read more]
ICMR Launches Trial Of Two New TB Vaccines

In News On July 15th, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has launched the biggest ever trial of Tuberculosis (TB) vaccines in the country. [read more]
SC Judges Strength Increased to Address Pending Cases

In News The Cabinet gave its nod to increase the strength of the Judges in the Supreme Court by 10%. In-Detail The Chief Justice of [read more]
Indian Scientists Find A Novel Way To Kill Superbugs

In News Scientists from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur along with Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow a laboratory of Council for Scientific and Industrial [read more]
RTI Act – The Proposed Changes

In News The Government has introduced a RTI Amendment Bill proposing changes to the RTI Act, 2005. In-Detail The Right To Information Amendment Bill, 2019 [read more]
Facial Recognition System to Track Criminals Proposed

In News The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has proposed to roll out Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS) to track criminals, missing people and unidentified [read more]

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India Planning To Rejuvenate 5mn Hectares By 2030

Trade rhetoric: On U.S.’s WTO pullout threat

ICMR Launches Trial Of Two New TB Vaccines

SC Judges Strength Increased to Address Pending Cases

Indian Scientists Find A Novel Way To Kill Superbugs

RTI Act – The Proposed Changes

Facial Recognition System to Track Criminals Proposed