28, March 2019

Mission Shakti : Anti-Satellite (ASAT) News Flash India has shot down a low-earth orbit satellite in space, propelling itself into an elite club of nations, which has mastered this anti-satellite (ASAT) missile technology. Scientists and engineers at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) launched a missile from the Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island launch complex near Balasore in Odisha that struck a predetermined target: a redundant Indian satellite that was orbiting at…

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27, March 2019

Beijing claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of South Tibet News Flash China has destroyed nearly 30,000 world maps printed in the country for not showing Arunachal Pradesh and Taiwan as part of Chinese territory. India-China border disputes Two main Issues First, Aksai Chin is located either in the Indian province of Jammu and Kashmir or the Chinese province of Xinjiang and forms part of the Kashmir conflict. The other disputed territory lies south…

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26, March 2019

Hydrogen fuel from seawater using solar power News Flash National Academy of Sciences, demonstrate a new way of separating hydrogen and oxygen gas from salt water. Further, scientists from Stanford have devised a way to generate hydrogen fuel from seawater using solar power. Uses of Technology The technology could also be used for purposes beyond generating energy. Since the process also produces breathable oxygen, divers or submarines could bring devices into the ocean…

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25, March 2019

Rise in Sea Level News Flash Rising sea levels to affect water table along Chennai’s shoreline. According to Department of Geology at Anna University, City’s east coast road is under threat due to rise in sea levels in the next few decades. As per Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment, there is a rise in sea level by 2-3mm every year. Assessment has forecast the impact of sea level rise on the coastal in…

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22, March 2019

Zoroastrianism in India News Flash In a recent interview with The Hindu, Mumbai-based Parsi brothers chartered accountant Kerssie Wadia and his businessman brother Vispy say their religion doesn’t treat any race as pure or impure. In 2004 both started Association for Revival of Zoroastrianism with an aim to set up a universal fire temple, which will be open to all. They were opposed for this move but finally now the fire temple in Pune…

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21, March 2019

US Country Human Rights report 2018 News Flash The recently issued human rights report showed concern about the following human right issues: Freedom of press and media. Coerced disappearance. Restrictions on NGOs : The government forced restrictions on foreign financing of some nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), incorporating those with views the government stated were not in the ‘national interest’, thereby curtailing the work of these NGO. A large number of undertrials in prisons and their conditions : National…

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20, March 2019

Mizoram Maintenance of Household Registers Bill, 2019 News Flash The Mizoram Assembly unanimously passed a Bill to create registers containing the names, details and photographs of every resident of the state, on a household basis. This aims to detect illegal foreigners staying and “eating away” benefits of development schemes. Why the Bill Mizoram shares border with Myanmar and Bangladesh. The problem faced by the border-state in the Northeast India due to large scale…

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19, March 2019

Goods and service tax Council News Flash The GST council met today to clarify on the taxation of real estate projects, among other things. The Council will finalise the rules regarding the already availed Input Tax Credit (ITC) by real estate developers for under-construction projects before the new tax rates come into force from the next financial year. New announcements GST on under-construction projects will be slashed from 12% to 5%. And on…

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18, March 2019

Robots as workforce in India News Flash Although India has only 3 robots for every 10,000 workers, enterprises are increasingly turning to robots to save manpower and cost. With more digitisation, the levels of robotisation of workforce are set to increase. Governments and enterprises are increasingly turning to robots to save time, manpower and cost. Background In early 2018, Thiruvananthapuram-based startup Genrobotics joined hands with the Kerala government to deploy a spider-shaped robot…

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16, March 2019

India-Myanmar joint operation News Flash Days after the airstrike in Pakistan’s Balakot, Indian forces in coordination with Myanmar Army conducted a joint operation at several camps of Arakan Army on the Indo-Myanmar border and claimed to have wiped out militant camps. This operation was to avert a possible threat to the ambitious Kaladan transit and transport project. Indian forces did not cross the border and only extended logistic support to Myanmar Army. Background…

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