🔺World Press Freedom Index Report 2020 on India
-Decreasing Press Freedom has also been highlighted by World Press Freedom Index Report where rank of India has continuously deteriorated from 138 in 2018, 140 in 2019 and 142 in 2020 out of 180 countries.
-World Press Freedom Index is compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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-Decreasing Press Freedom has also been highlighted by World Press Freedom Index Report where rank of India has continuously deteriorated from 138 in 2018, 140 in 2019 and 142 in 2020 out of 180 countries.
-World Press Freedom Index is compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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BRICS
● BRICS is an acronym for the grouping of the world’s leading emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
● The first BRIC Summit took place in 2009 in Russia and South Africa was invited to join BRIC in 2010 after which the group adopted the acronym BRICS.
● The BRICS Leaders Summit is convened annually and the chairmanship is rotated annually among the members in accordance with the acronym B-R-I-C-S.
Why in News: The 12th BRICS Summit was held under the chairmanship of Russia.The Theme of the summit was “Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth''.
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● BRICS is an acronym for the grouping of the world’s leading emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
● The first BRIC Summit took place in 2009 in Russia and South Africa was invited to join BRIC in 2010 after which the group adopted the acronym BRICS.
● The BRICS Leaders Summit is convened annually and the chairmanship is rotated annually among the members in accordance with the acronym B-R-I-C-S.
Why in News: The 12th BRICS Summit was held under the chairmanship of Russia.The Theme of the summit was “Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth''.
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Fourth India Mobile Congress(IMC)
● Organized by: Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAT).
● Aim: To bring together the industry, Government, academia and other ecosystem players to discuss the latest industry technology trends around major themes such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence(Al), Internet of things(loT) among others.
● Theme: “Inclusive Innovation – Smart, Secure, Sustainable”
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● Organized by: Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAT).
● Aim: To bring together the industry, Government, academia and other ecosystem players to discuss the latest industry technology trends around major themes such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence(Al), Internet of things(loT) among others.
● Theme: “Inclusive Innovation – Smart, Secure, Sustainable”
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Global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) list published by
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32%
IMF
36%
BIS
24%
WB
8%
FSB
Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo(RE-INVEST 2020)
● Organized by: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
● Aim: To accelerate the worldwide effort to scale up development and deployment of renewable energy and connect the global investment community with Indian energy stakeholders.
● Theme: ‘Innovations for Sustainable Energy Transition’.
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● Organized by: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
● Aim: To accelerate the worldwide effort to scale up development and deployment of renewable energy and connect the global investment community with Indian energy stakeholders.
● Theme: ‘Innovations for Sustainable Energy Transition’.
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Climate Transparency report, 2020
● Released by: Climate Transparency, an international partnership of 14 research and non-governmental organizations.
● Purpose: The report provides the most comprehensive annual review of G20 countries' climate action and their transition to a net-zero emissions economy.
● What does the report say? India is the only country on track among the G20 nations to meet its climate change mitigation commitments and is contributing its fair share to meet the goal of curbing global warming by 2 degrees Celsius.
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● Released by: Climate Transparency, an international partnership of 14 research and non-governmental organizations.
● Purpose: The report provides the most comprehensive annual review of G20 countries' climate action and their transition to a net-zero emissions economy.
● What does the report say? India is the only country on track among the G20 nations to meet its climate change mitigation commitments and is contributing its fair share to meet the goal of curbing global warming by 2 degrees Celsius.
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Inter Parliamentary Union(IPU)
● It was established in 1889 as a global organization of national parliaments to promote parliamentary dialogue world-wide and works for peace and cooperation among the people.
● Members: It consists of 179 Member Parliaments and 13 Associate Members.
● Significance: IPU has permanent observer status at the United Nations General Assembly.
● Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
Why in News? Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Girish Chandra Murmu has been elected External Auditor of Inter Parliamentary Union for a three-year term.
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● It was established in 1889 as a global organization of national parliaments to promote parliamentary dialogue world-wide and works for peace and cooperation among the people.
● Members: It consists of 179 Member Parliaments and 13 Associate Members.
● Significance: IPU has permanent observer status at the United Nations General Assembly.
● Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
Why in News? Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Girish Chandra Murmu has been elected External Auditor of Inter Parliamentary Union for a three-year term.
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● What is Cord blood? It is the blood from the baby that is left in the umbilical cord and placenta after birth.It contains special cells called hematopoietic stem cells that can be used to treat some types of diseases.
● What is Cord blood banking? It is the process of collecting the cord blood and extracting and cryogenically freezing its stem cells and other cells of the immune system for potential future medical use.
Why in News? Recently, Community Cord Blood Banking has helped save the life of a girl child making it India’s first dual cord blood transplant through an unrelated donor.
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● What is Cord blood banking? It is the process of collecting the cord blood and extracting and cryogenically freezing its stem cells and other cells of the immune system for potential future medical use.
Why in News? Recently, Community Cord Blood Banking has helped save the life of a girl child making it India’s first dual cord blood transplant through an unrelated donor.
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SITMEX 2020:
● What is it? It is a trilateral naval exercise involving India, Singapore and Thailand.
● Aim: To further consolidate interoperability between the three navies and also enhance understanding, sharing best practices and procedures for multi-faceted maritime operations.
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● What is it? It is a trilateral naval exercise involving India, Singapore and Thailand.
● Aim: To further consolidate interoperability between the three navies and also enhance understanding, sharing best practices and procedures for multi-faceted maritime operations.
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For Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices - which is incorrect?
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21%
Under of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
31%
It is a statutory body.
31%
Recommens FRP & MSP
17%
NONE of the Above
UMANG App
● Developed by: It has been developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY) and National e-Governance Division (NeGD) to drive Mobile Governance in India.
● Objective: It provides a single platform for all Indian Citizens to access pan India e-Gov services ranging from Central to Local Government bodies and other citizen centric services.
Why in News? UMANG international version has been launched for select countries including US, UK, Canada, Australia, UAE, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand and will help Indian international students, NRIs and Indian tourists abroad to avail government of India services anytime.
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● Developed by: It has been developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY) and National e-Governance Division (NeGD) to drive Mobile Governance in India.
● Objective: It provides a single platform for all Indian Citizens to access pan India e-Gov services ranging from Central to Local Government bodies and other citizen centric services.
Why in News? UMANG international version has been launched for select countries including US, UK, Canada, Australia, UAE, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand and will help Indian international students, NRIs and Indian tourists abroad to avail government of India services anytime.
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