Category: 9 PM Brief

How land relates to climate Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently released a report titled Climate Change and Land’ which shows how land based activities affect climate and in turn gets affected by climate change. Land acts as both the source as well as a sink of carbon. Activities like agriculture and livestock… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – August 9, 2019

5th National Handloom Day The 5th National Handloom Day has been celebrated on August 7,2019 across the country. The Union Government had declared the 7th of August as the National Handloom Day in July 2015. The objective of the day is to generate awareness about the importance of the handloom industry to the socio economic… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – August 8, 2019

‘Raising time limit for abortion under study’ The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that it has initiated the process for an inter-ministerial consultation on raising the time period to terminate pregnancy The response has come on backdrop of a PIL filed in the Delhi High Court for extending the time period to terminate… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – August 7, 2019

Lok Sabha passes Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill The Lok Sabha has passed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019. The bill aims to regulate the practice and process of surrogacy in India. The objectives of the bill are to: a) ensure effective regulation of surrogacy, b) prohibit commercial surrogacy and c) allow ethical altruistic surrogacy to the needy… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – August 6, 2019

Govt imposes restrictions under section 144 in Srinagar and some other districts of J&K The Jammu and Kashmir government imposed restrictions in Srinagar and some other districts under Section 144 CrPC. Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) is issued in urgent cases of security threat or riot. It bars the assembly of… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – August 5, 2019

President Kovind honoured with National order of Merit, highest award of Republic of Guinea Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has been awarded the National order of Merit by the President of Guinea. It is the highest award of Republic of Guinea. He has been awarded for his exceptional contribution to the advancement of overall relations… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – August 3, 2019

‘India and U.S. very close to resolving all trade issues’ India’s Commerce Minister is planning to meet the U.S. Trade Representative.They will hold talks to resolve the differences over trade and investment. However,government officials have said that almost all issues have been resolved between the two countries.But the core area of disagreement which is market… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – August 1, 2019

India’s large cities staring at water crisis: Water Stress Index Water Stress Index, formulated by London-based risk analytics firm Verisk Maplecroft, has listed India as the 46th highest risk country in the world. According to the index, 11 of India’s 20 largest cities face an ‘extreme risk’ of water stress and seven are in the… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 31, 2019

Parliament passes law banning unregulated deposit schemes Parliament has passed the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill 2019. The bill provides for a comprehensive mechanism to ban unregulated deposit schemes and to protect the interests of depositors. The bill defines regulated deposits as all deposit-taking schemes which are overseen and regulated by regulators like (a)… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 30, 2019