The Central Government has compulsorily retired 15 senior customs and central excise officials. These officers either had corruption cases registered against them by the CBI or were involved in bribery, extortion and disproportionate assets cases. The orders issued by the Finance Ministry have invoked rule 56(j) of the Fundamental Rules.Based on this rule,the President has… Continue reading 15 more Finance Ministry officials get marching orders over graft charges
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U.S. deploys more troops to West Asia
The United States has approved the deployment of additional troops to the West Asia against the backdrop of increasing tensions with Iran. This decision came amid allegations of Iranian attacks on two oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. The US has said that it does not seek conflict with Iran but the action had been… Continue reading U.S. deploys more troops to West Asia
Rise of populist forces poses a challenge to judiciary: CJI Gogoi
Chief Justice of India(CJI) has said that the rise of populism presents a challenge to the independence of courts and asked the judiciary to stand up to the populist forces and protect constitutional ethos. These comments were made at the two-day conference in Sochi,Russia that has participation at the level of Chief Justice and Judges… Continue reading Rise of populist forces poses a challenge to judiciary: CJI Gogoi
Explained: Why employers fear Brazil’s slavery ‘dirty list’
Brazil’s dirty list is under scrutiny as major firms have been found to have used legal means to avoid being put on it. Dirty list is a registry of employers that have been found by the Brazil Government to have engaged in slave labour.It gives transparency to a decision already reached by the Brazilian state.… Continue reading Explained: Why employers fear Brazil’s slavery ‘dirty list’
‘Ex-CEA’s paper does not consider key indicators
According to former planning commission member,former Chief Economic Advisor(CEA) analysis of economic growth is incorrect. He said that the analysis ignores the indicators related to the bulk of economic activity such as those measuring the agriculture,services and informal sectors. Recently,former CEA had said that India’s GDP growth in the period 2011-12 to 2016-17 is likely… Continue reading ‘Ex-CEA’s paper does not consider key indicators
Must Read News Articles – June 19th, 2019
Archives GS-1 India to be most populous by 2027: UN According to UN Report, India is set to overtake China as the most populous country by 2027 and will have almost 1.64 billion inhabitants by 2050 GS-2 Uptick for India on sanitation in UN report According to UN Report, India has made great gains in… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – June 19th, 2019
9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 18, 2019
Download the compilation of all summaries of all the news Articles here India to host COP-14 of the UNCCD India for the first time will host the 14th session of the Conference of Parties (COP-14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in September 2019. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – June 18, 2019
China’s President Xi to visit North Korea this week
Chinese President will be travelling to North Korea for a two-day visit. The visit will be the first by any Chinese leader to North Korea in 14 years. North Korean leader has visited China four times but no Chinese president has visited North Korea since Hu Jintao in 2005. The visit is intended to help… Continue reading China’s President Xi to visit North Korea this week
Iran says it will break uranium stockpile limit in 10 days
Iran has announced it will breach the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium that was set under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Enriched uranium is produced by feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into centrifuges to separate out the most fissile isotope,U-235. Under the nuclear deal,Iran is only permitted to produce low-enriched uranium which… Continue reading Iran says it will break uranium stockpile limit in 10 days
16th Asia media summit kicks off in Cambodia; deliberates on issues pertaining to media & broadcasting industry
The 16th Asia media summit has started in Cambodia.The summit has deliberated on many issues pertaining to the media and broadcasting industry. The summit was held under the topic Media Digitization Focusing on Developing Markets.The summit called for regulation-making to fight against fake news and cyber-crimes. The summit was organized by the Cambodian Ministry of… Continue reading 16th Asia media summit kicks off in Cambodia; deliberates on issues pertaining to media & broadcasting industry
