{"id":48015,"date":"2019-06-01T11:01:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T05:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=48015"},"modified":"2021-03-13T15:46:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T10:16:00","slug":"must-read-news-articles-june-1st-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-june-1st-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 June 1st, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

GS-2<\/strong><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump terminates preferential trade status for India under GSP<\/a><\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has terminated India\u2019s designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme.<\/p>\n

GDP growth slumps to 5.8%<\/a><\/p>\n

India\u2019s GDP grew at 5.8% in the January-March 2019 quarter, dragging down the full year growth to a five-year low of 6.8%.<\/p>\n

U.S. reiterates threat of sanctions over Triumf deal<\/a><\/p>\n

USA has said that India should not assume it will get a waiver from U.S. sanctions if it goes ahead with its purchase of the S-400 Triumf missile shield from Russia<\/p>\n

\u2018Jal Shakti\u2019 Ministry to deal with integrated water issues<\/a><\/p>\n

A new \u2018Jal Shakti\u2019 Ministry, in which the erstwhile Ministries of Water Resources and Drinking Water and Sanitation will be merged, has been formed<\/p>\n

Frame Uniform Civil Code: petition<\/a><\/p>\n

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Centre on a petition seeking framing of a uniform civil code to promote \u201cunity, fraternity and national integration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guterres appoints Indian-origin Anita Bhatia as UN-Women\u2019s dy executive director<\/a><\/p>\n

Indian-origin official Anita Bhatia, a veteran in strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation, has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the Deputy Executive Director in UN Women<\/p>\n

Tight-fisted Centre meets deficit target<\/a><\/p>\n

Fiscal deficit for 2018-19 came in at 3.39% of the GDP (gross domestic product), marginally lower than the 3.4% projected in the revised estimates of the Budget, mainly on account of lower expenditure and increase in non-tax revenue.<\/p>\n

NITI for policy framework for infra projects<\/a><\/p>\n

A task force on project management, headed by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, has suggested the development of a National Project Management Policy Framework for the effective execution of public sector and public-private partnership infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n

E-cigarettes pose public health risk, says ICMR<\/a><\/p>\n

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has warned of a potential public health disaster if action was not taken to completely prohibit and dissuade the use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) or e-cigarettes<\/p>\n

GS-3<\/strong><\/p>\n

NGT stays linkage of Godavari, Krishna and Penna<\/a><\/p>\n

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued an order staying the Andhra Pradesh Government\u2019s scheme to link Godavari Krishna and Penna Rivers of the State.<\/p>\n

Below normal rainfall likely in northwest, northeast: IMD<\/a><\/p>\n

A week before the onset of the southwest monsoon, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a \u201cnormal\u201d rainy season, with the country as a whole set to receive 96% of the long period average (LPA) rainfall.<\/p>\n

Scholarship for wards of defence personnel hiked<\/a><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved changes to the Prime Minister\u2019s Scholarship Scheme for wards of deceased defence personnel under the National Defence Fund<\/p>\n

NGT raps States for not curbing pollution in Ganga<\/a><\/p>\n

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 25 lakh each on the States of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal for not taking adequate steps to curb pollution in the river Ganga.<\/p>\n

Japan unveils policy to curb plastic waste<\/a><\/p>\n

Japan has announced a policy to reduce marine plastic waste, part of efforts to raise the issue at the G20 summit it will host in July<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GS-2 US President Donald Trump terminates preferential trade status for India under GSP President Donald Trump has terminated India\u2019s designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme. GDP growth slumps to 5.8% India\u2019s GDP grew at 5.8% in the January-March 2019 quarter, dragging down the full year growth to a five-year… Continue reading Must Read News Articles \u2013 June 1st, 2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-must-read-news-articles","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704935174},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}