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Saying RCEP Will Hurt Farmers, India Walks Out
Seven years after India joined negotiations for the 16-nation ASEAN-led RCEP or Free Trade Agreement, PM Modi announced that India was dropping out of the agreement, citing its negative effects on “farmers, MSMEs, and the dairy sector”. Context: The present form of the RCEP agreement does not fully reflect the basic spirit and the agreed guiding pr... .Read more
Updated on 5 November, 2019 GS2 GS3 International Relations Economy
Government Of India To Set Up & Strengthen AHTUs & WHDs In States
Government Of India To Set Up & Strengthen AHTUs & WHDs In States On October 22nd 2019, the Empowered Committee (EC) under Nirbhaya Framework, chaired by Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, favourably appraised two proposals To develop systems for operationalization of Women Help Desks (WHDs) in police stations & Expansion of Anti-Hum... .Read more
Updated on 4 November, 2019 GS2 GS3 Security Social issues & Justice
NavIC Set To Be Commercialised
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and its older commercial arm Antrix Corporation Ltd. are poised to commercialize India’s regional navigation satellite system, NavIC, with Antrix recently floating two separate tenders to identify industries that can develop dedicated NavIC-based hardware and systems. About NavIC: NavIC (Navigation in I... .Read more
Updated on 4 November, 2019 GS3 Economy Science and Technology
Competing Species Help Each Other At Times
The study,” Competing species help each other at times” published in the journal Ecology, is the first to describe an ecology model taking this kind of short-term information sharing into account at the population level. Social connections between animals, including those belonging to competing species, play a much bigger role in ecology than previ... .Read more
Updated on 4 November, 2019 GS3 Environment
First Ever Movement Of Container Cargo On Brahmaputra
First-Ever Movement Of Container Cargo On Brahmaputra - For the first time ever, an Indian waterway is being used for transport of cargo between two countries, using India for transit. Ministry of Shipping flagged-off a ship of the Inland Waterways Authority of India, carrying a stone from Bhutan to be delivered in Bangladesh What are the connecti... .Read more
Updated on 4 November, 2019 GS3 Infrastructure Economy
