Current Affairs 2019

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Cabinet approves Mechanism revision of ethanol price for supply to Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies

Cabinet approves Mechanism revision of ethanol price for supply to Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for the following, including fixing higher ethanol price derived from different raw materials under the EBP Programme for the forthcoming sugar season 2019-20 during ethanol supply year from 1st December 2019 to 30th November 2020: Daily Current Affairs

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PM Modi visits Zvezda shipbuilding complex along with President Putin

PM Modi visits Zvezda shipbuilding complex along with President Putin

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited Zvezda shipbuilding complex along with Russian President Vladimir Putin and interacted with the management and workers of the shipyard. Modi arrived in Russia on a two-day visit during which he will hold summit talks with President Putin and attend the Eastern Economic Forum, is the first Indian prime

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Enforcement of various provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 2019

Enforcement of various provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 2019

The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019 was notified on 9th August, 2019. Sub-Section 2 of Section 1 of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019 provides as under:- Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 “(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may,

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NYKS to Prepare Disaster Response Teams for Disaster Risk Reduction in collaboration with NDRF

NYKS to Prepare Disaster Response Teams for Disaster Risk Reduction

Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) under Department of Youth Affairs of MoYAS has taken up an initiative on preparing Disaster Response Teams (DRTs) of NYKS Youth Volunteers for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in collaboration with National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). It is proposed to establish institutional mechanism for organized and structured engagement of NYKS by

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The Bihar Government has imposed a ban on wearing of T-shirts and jeans by the employees in the state secretariat. The government has ordered the employees to wear decent, simple, sober and comfortable clothes in the office. The Bihar Government order read, "Officials and employees must wear decent, comfortable, simple, sober and light-coloured attire." The order stated that the employees must choose their dress according to the weather and nature of work. The ban was issued after it came into notice that the officials and employees were coming to office in clothes that are contrary to the office culture, as per the government order. The order further read that wearing of jeans and T-shirts is against the office decorum. The ban on T-shirts and jeans is for all employees in the secretariat regardless of the rank they hold. The employees have been asked to wear comfortable and light-coloured clothes in the office. Following the order, all employees in the state secretariat will have to wear clothes as prescribed by the state government. Previously in 2015, Goa government's art and culture department had banned its staff from wearing jeans and sleeveless clothes. The department had instructed its employees to wear only formal dress and not jeans, t-shirts, sleeveless dresses, corduroy pants or even trousers with multiple pockets during office hours and official functions of the Directorate. The ban was imposed to maintain 'decorum' in office premises. The Rajasthan Labour department had also banned its employees from wearing jeans and t-shirts in June 2018. The department had issued instructions to its employees to not come to the office wearing "indecent" dresses such as jeans and T-shirts. A circular specifying the dress code was issued on June 21, 2018. The circular stated that all employees and officers in the department will be expected to come to the office wearing decent clothes like pants and shirt. The main reason given by the department for enforcing the formal dress code was to maintain office decorum. The move had invited criticism from the state's employees' federation.

Bihar govt bans jeans & t-shirts at work by the employees in the state secretariat

The Bihar Government has imposed a ban on wearing of jeans & t-shirts by the employees in the state secretariat. The government has ordered the employees to wear decent, simple, sober and comfortable clothes in the office. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The Bihar Government order read, “Officials and employees must wear decent, comfortable, simple,

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Civil Aviation Sector will Be the Driver of Indian Economy

Civil Aviation Sector will Be the Driver of Indian Economy

“This iconic infrastructure is a necessary step to up-scale the services and systems to ensure efficient, smooth and uninterrupted air traffic management” said Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (I/c) Ministry of Civil Aviation& Housing & Urban Affairs after inaugurating Delhi Air Traffic Service Complex (DATS- Complex) – country’s tallest Air Traffic Control tower

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