The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary, Pakistan now faces being put on the “blacklist” of the FATF’s Asia affiliate, the Asia-Pacific Group (APG), that will conclude its meetings in Canberra, Australia on 23 August, 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 While the two processes are separate, the APG blacklisting, or ‘Enhanced Expedited Follow Up’ […]
All lanes in the fee plazas shall be declared as FASTag lane of fee plaza by December 1, 2019, according to a road ministry circular reviewed by Mint. FASTag is an electronic toll connection device installed in the vehicle to enable drivers to drive through toll plazas without having to stop. The move is part
The powerful winds carried the smoke from the Amazon forest fires burning nearly 1,700 miles away. Almost 73,000 fires have been detected by Brazil’s space research center INPE, according to Reuters. The smoke has traveled from the fires blazing in the Brazilian states of Rondônia and Amazon and blackened the sky above the city for
Supreme Court on 22 August, 2019 challenging the newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through ‘triple talaq’ among Muslims a punishable offence entailing imprisonment of up to three years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The fresh plea has been filed by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, a Muslim body, which sought to declare The
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The rupee on 23 August declined below the 72 mark against the US currency in opening session due to continued foreign fund outflows and losses in the equity markets. The rupee fell by 22 paise to trade at a nine-month low of 72.03 against the US dollar in early session. The rupee traded in a
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NITI Aayog will release the second Round of Composite Water Management Index 2.0 (CWMI 2.0) in New Delhi. It will be launched by Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Jal Shakti, and Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Inspired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s impetus on Jal Sanchay,
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Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment inaugurated the Renovated ALIMCO Orthotics and Prosthetic Centre (AOPC) and Residential complex building of ALIMCO Headquarters at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh . The concept of “Make in India” is beginning to take shape in the precincts of ALIMCO, Kanpur. Two of the Projects under the modernization
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In a decision that would give boost to the ocean energy in India, Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy (IC) and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri RK Singh approved a proposal to declare ocean energy as Renewable Energy. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Accordingly, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
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225th Meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) is held at Hyderabad on 21 August 2019, approved the proposal to recommend for amendment in Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) 1995 for restoration of commuted value of pension to the Pensioners after 15 years of drawing commutation which will benefit approx. 6.3 lakhs pensioners. This was
Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah chaired the 24th meeting of the Western Zonal Council at Panaji (Goa). Other Dignitaries attending the meeting included Chief Minister Gujarat, Shri Vijay Rupani, CM Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, CM Goa, Dr. Pramod Sawant and Administrator of the Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra &
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