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Important News articles – April 23/2020

GS – 2 International Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/why-india-tightened-fdi-rules-and-why-its-china-thats-upset-6374693/ Governance Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/coronavirus-pandemic-narendra-modi-lockdown-the-test-of-a-nation-6374647/ GS – 3 Economy Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/crude-oil-prices-opec-lockdown-coronavirus-spill-6374634/ Live Mint – https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/opinion-can-india-grow-at-7-with-all-the-macro-headwinds-11587529945926.html GS – 4 Ethics Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/coronavirus-police-democracy-economy-nation-after-lockdown-6373072/

Assault of Coronavirus, Step by Step

Context: In the search for a treatment for COVID-19 disease, researchers have been targeting specific behaviours of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) that causes the disease. While the virus itself is still being studied, the hunt for a treatment is based on what is known so far about the way it infects humans. How does coronavirus infect someone? It beginsContinue reading “Assault of Coronavirus, Step by Step”

दैनिकसामयिकी-अप्रैल 20/2020

GS – 2सरकारीनीतियांऔरहस्तक्षेप बिजलीसंशोधनबिल 2020: बिजलीमंत्रालयनेविद्युतसंशोधनविधेयक 2020 काएकसंशोधितमसौदाजारीकियाहै, जोएकविद्युतअनुबंधप्रवर्तनप्राधिकरण (ईसीईए- ECEA) केनिर्माणकेलिएबढावादेताहै, एकराष्ट्रीयअक्षयऊर्जानीतिकाप्रस्तावकरताहैऔरबिजलीकेनिर्धारणकेलिएआवश्यककेरूपमेंभुगतानसुरक्षाकोअनिवार्यकरताहैऔरक्रॉसकीसुविधादेताहै।सीमाबिजलीव्यापार। मसौदाउप-लाइसेंसिंगऔरफ्रेंचाइजीकेमाध्यमसेडिस्कॉम (वितरणकंपनियों) केनिजीकरणकाप्रयासकरताहै। मसौदेकेअनुसार, राज्यआयोगअधिनियमकीधारा 65 केतहतकिसीभीसब्सिडीकेबिनाबिजलीकीखुदराबिक्रीकेलिएटैरिफकानिर्धारणकरेगाऔरटैरिफबिजलीकीआपूर्तिकीलागतकोकमकरनेऔरक्रॉस-सब्सिडीकोप्रतिबिंबितकरेगा। बिलकाप्रस्तावहैकिईसीईएबिजलीकीबिक्री, खरीदयाप्रसारणसेसंबंधितअनुबंधकेतहतदायित्वोंकेप्रदर्शनकेमामलोंपरफैसलाकरेगा।यहबिजलीकेशेड्यूलिंगसेपहलेभुगतानसुरक्षातंत्रकीदेखरेखकेलिएभारप्रेषणकेंद्रकोसशक्तबनानेकाप्रस्तावकरताहै, औरउसनेनवीकरणीयस्रोतोंसेबिजलीउत्पादनकोबढ़ावादेनेकेलिएराष्ट्रीयअक्षयऊर्जानीतिकाभीसुझावदियाहै। GS – 3 आर्थिक तरीकेऔरसाधनअग्रिम: तरीकेऔरसाधनअग्रिम (डब्ल्यूएमए- WMA) काउद्देश्यकेवलप्राप्तियोंऔरभुगतानोंकेनकदीप्रवाहमेंअस्थायीबेमेलपरज्वारकरनाहै। WMA क्याहै? यहकेंद्रऔरराज्योंदोनोंकेलिएRBI सेउधारलेनेकीसुविधाहै। येउधारीविशुद्धरूपसेउनकीरसीदऔरव्ययकेनकदीप्रवाहमेंअस्थायीबेमेलपरज्वारकरनेमेंमददकरतीहै। इसअर्थमें, वेवित्तकास्रोतनहींहैं।आरबीआईअधिनियम, 1934 कीधारा 17 (5) केंद्रीयबैंककोकेंद्रऔरराज्यसरकारोंकोउधारदेनेकेलिएअधिकृतकरताहै, जोउनकेदेयहोनेकेअधीनहैं “अग्रिमकेनिर्माणकीतारीखसेतीनमहीनेबादनहीं। RBI इनअग्रिमोंपरकितनाशुल्कलेताहै? डब्ल्यूएमए(WMA) परब्याजदरआरबीआईकीरेपोदरहै, जोमूलरूपसेवहदरहैजिसपरवहबैंकोंकोअल्पकालिकधनउधारदेताहै। वहदरवर्तमानमें 4.4% है।हालाँकि, सरकारोंकोअपनीContinue reading “दैनिकसामयिकी-अप्रैल 20/2020”

Important News articles – April 21/2020

GS – 2 Governance Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/coronavirus-covid-19-federalism-states-narendra-modi-chief-ministers-6371517/ International Live Mint – https://www.livemint.com/news/world/donald-trump-to-temporarily-suspend-immigration-into-us-11587435954023.html National Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/coronavirus-india-lockdown-covid-19-tracker-bhupender-yadav-6371462/ GS – 3 Economic Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/business/oil-price-coronavirus-6371842/ Live Mint – https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/opinion-key-sectors-of-india-s-economy-need-support-11587399503986.html GS – 4 Ethics Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/coronavirus-india-lockdown-covid-19-tracker-bhupender-yadav-6371462/ Live mint – https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/no-superpower-has-copyright-on-the-will-to-live-11587402633118.html

Important News articles April 20/2020

GS – 2 National Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-covid-19-mgnrega-workers-high-risk-group-6370122/ Live Mint – https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/lockdown-2-0-focus-shifts-to-the-state-governments-11587315346803.html GS – 3 Agriculture Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/coronavirus-outbreak-farmers-crop-harvesting-6369946/ Economy Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/p-chidambaram-coronavirus-lockdown-india-6368609/ Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/coronavirus-rbi-how-reverse-repo-rate-became-benchmark-interest-rate-in-the-economy-6369999/ Live mint – https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/act-now-to-soften-the-economic-blow-11587312704825.html GS – 4 Ethics Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/coronavirus-covid-19-tracker-india-mahatma-gandhi-swadeshi-swachhata-sarvodaya-gita-dharampal-6369939/

Important News articles – April 18/2020

Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/acharya-prafulla-chandra-ray-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-6366764/ GS – 2 National Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-coronavirus-parliament-judiciary-lockdown-6367368/ Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/powermin-releases-revised-draft-of-electricity-amendment-bill-2020-6367507/ GS – 3 Science Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/business/amid-pandemic-drug-regulator-asks-chemists-to-help-ensure-sufficient-stock-of-55-key-medicines-6367497/ Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/coronavirus-covid-19-virus-sars-cov2-6361206/ Economy Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/reserve-bank-of-india-rbi-ways-and-means-advances-wma-repo-rate-coronavirus-covid-19-6367396/ Live Mint – https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rbi-vows-to-do-all-it-takes-to-boost-indian-economy-11587150052720.html Live Mint – https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/after-repo-rate-cut-rbi-can-focus-on-bond-yields-sectoral-incentives-11587146185245.html

Daily Current Affairs – April 17/2020

GS – 2 National BRICS meeting on COVID – 19: India is to attend BRICS foreign ministers meet by the end of April 2020. The members will discuss economic fallout due to the spread of COVID-19. It is essential to conduct more of such meeting as the global economic growth is declining at its highest.Continue reading “Daily Current Affairs – April 17/2020”

Union Territories in India

What is Union Territories? As per the Constitution provisions, during independence, the union territories were either not a part of India or they were too small to be made into a state. Further, the States Reorganisation Commission in 1956 recommended generating a different category for these territories named Union Territory History of Union Territories The concept of a ‘Union Territory’ is uniqueContinue reading “Union Territories in India”