{"id":57674,"date":"2020-03-24T21:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T15:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=57674"},"modified":"2020-03-31T12:43:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T07:13:45","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-march-24th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-march-24th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 March 24th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Evening Friends<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are posting Todays 9pm Current Affair Brief<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About 9pm Current Affair Brief<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; This initiative provides a brief of all the relevant articles of day in a clear, concise and easily consumable format. Students don\u2019t need to look anywhere more for your daily news bytes. It will help students in their prelims and mains preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For old Archives of 9pm Current Affair Brief, Click on \u201cArchives\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-brief\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9pm Current Affair Briefs Archives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2192<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/home\/education\/current-affairs\/world-meteorological-day-march-23\/articleshow\/74774330.cms\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Meteorological Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> World Meteorological Day is celebrated every year on March 23, marking the day on which the World Meteorological Organization was established. The <\/span><b>theme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of World Meteorological Day 2020 is <\/span><b>Climate and Water.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>World Meteorological Organization (WMO):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) for meteorology, operational hydrology, and related geophysical sciences.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Established: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1950<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Members:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 192 Member States and Territories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Headquarters: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geneva, Switzerland<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Reports Published<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Annual State of Climate report, Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[read more]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsonair.com\/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=383564\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Govt constitutes high level committee of medical experts for prevention &amp; control of COVID-19<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government constituted a high level technical committee of Public Health Experts for COVID-19\u00a0 to guide the prevention and control activities in the country. The committee will be headed by NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/lifestyle\/world-tuberculosis-day-2020-date-theme-and-significance-of-the-occasion-2548523.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Tuberculosis Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Every year World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is celebrated on March 24<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Background<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>2020 Theme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u2018It\u2019s Time\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Tuberculosis(TB):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is an infectious airborne bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Initiatives taken in India:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>TB Harega Desh Jeetega Campaign<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The campaign aims to improve and expand the reach of Tuberculosis care services across the country by 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Nikshay Poshan Yojana:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme to provide nutritional support to TB patients.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>National Strategic Plan (NSP) for TB Elimination (2017-2025):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a framework to provide guidance for the activities of various stakeholders to reduce the burden of TB mortality and morbidity. It aims to work towards the elimination of TB in India by 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>TB-free India Campaign: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was launched in 2018 to take the activities under the National Strategic Plan for TB Elimination.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-6327070\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coronavirus: Stage by stage in a pandemic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Coronavirus pandemic<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Pandemic:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is an epidemic occurring worldwide or over a very wide area crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people.Epidemic is an event in which a disease is actively spreading. Usually,this is an outbreak that has grown out of control but is often within one country or location<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Stages:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Stage 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disease epidemic takes the form of a pandemic,cases are imported into a country in which the infection did not originate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Stage 2- Local transmission:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the source of the infection is from within a particular area and the trajectory the virus has taken from one person to the next is clearly established.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Stage 3- Community Transmission<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:the virus is now circulating in the community, and can infect people with no history either of travel to affected areas or of contact with an infected person<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/education-today\/news\/story\/iit-madras-to-host-india-s-first-global-hyperloop-pod-competition-1657127-2020-03-19\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IIT Madras to host India\u2019s first &#8216;Global Hyperloop Pod Competition&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Indian Institute of Technology Madras will organize India\u2019s first Global Hyperloop Pod Competition, in July 2020, to increase awareness and enthusiasm about Hyperloop in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Hyperloop: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a proposed mode of transportation, a high-speed train that travels in a near-vacuum tube. The concept was first proposed by Elon Musk,CEO of the aerospace firm SpaceX.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It comprises a network of tubes through which a pod may travel free of air resistance or friction conveying people or objects from one point to another.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Mumbai-Pune Hyperloop Project:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In 2018, Maharashtra Government had approved the Mumbai-Pune Hyperloop project and has been declared a public infrastructure project. When commissioned, the hyperloop will cover 117.5km distance from Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in suburban Mumbai to Wakad in Pune in 23 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/lok-sabha-passes-finance-bill-2020-without-discussion-11584955526315.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finance Bill, 2020 passed in Lok Sabha<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Finance bill 2020 passed in Lok Sabha<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Key highlights<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-resident Indians will be taxed on India-controlled income above Rs 15 lakh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DDT exemption will be given to REITs and InvITs if not under the new corporate tax regime.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tax exemption to Sovereign Wealth Fund extended to Pension Funds for infra investment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TDS rate on payment of dividend to non-resident, foreign companies at 20% with effect from October 1, 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government given power to raise special additional excise duty, when needed, by up to \u20b918 a litre on petrol, up from \u20b910 now and up to \u20b912 a litre on diesel, up from \u20b94 at present.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Finance Bill: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per Article 110 of the Constitution of India, the Finance Bill is a Money Bill. The Finance Bill is a part of the Union Budget, stipulating all the legal amendments required for the changes in taxation proposed by the Finance Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Difference between Financial Bill and Money Bill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Definition:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Money Bill: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Bill is said to be a Money Bill if it only contains provisions related to taxation, borrowing of money by the government, expenditure from or receipt to the Consolidated Fund of India. It deals solely with matters listed under Article 110 (1) (a) to (g) of the Indian Constitution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financial Bill: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Bill that contains some provisions related to taxation and expenditure, and additionally contains provisions related to any other matter. It is listed under Article 117 (1) of the Indian Constitution.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Scope: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Money Bills are Financial Bills, all Financial Bills are not Money Bills. For example, the Finance Bill which only contains provisions related to tax proposals would be a Money Bill.\u00a0 However, a Bill that contains some provisions related to taxation or expenditure, but also covers other matters would be considered as a Finance Bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Procedure: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rajya Sabha has no power to reject or amend a Money Bill.\u00a0 However, a Finance Bill must be passed by both Houses of Parliament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwater.org\/world-water-day-2020-water-and-climate-change\/\"><b>World Water Day 2020<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Water Day is being observed on 22 March,2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Water Day is an event initiated by UN Water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Aim:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Raise awareness about people living without access to safe water and tackle the global water crisis.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Theme: Water and Climate Change<\/li>\n<li><b>Core focus: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>UN Water: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an interagency mechanism of the United Nations Organisation headquartered in Geneva,Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/fish-fossil-show-how-fins-evolved-into-human-hands\/article31139805.ece\"><b>Explained: Devonian period<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers have revealed how the human hand evolved from fish fins based on their analysis of an ancient fossil found in Canada.The fossil may be from the Late Devonian period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Devonian Period:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Devonian Period occurred from 416 million to 358 million years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This period is often known as the Age of Fishes\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first significant adaptive radiation of life on dry land occurred during this period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first ammonites, a species of molluscs also appeared during this period.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/lok-sabha-adjourned-sine-die\/article31142563.ece\"><b>Adjournment Sine Die<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha has been adjourned Sine Die due to threat of Coronavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adjournment sine die means dismissing a sitting of Parliament for an unspecified period.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, when the House is suspended without naming a day for reassembly, it is known as adjournment sine die.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authority of adjournment sine die lies with the presiding officer of the House.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presiding officer of a House can call a sitting of the House before the date or time to which it has been suspended or at any time after the House has been adjourned sine die.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Adjournment<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Adjournment sine die<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismissing a sitting of Parliament for a specified period.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismissing Parliament for an unspecified period<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authority: presiding officer of the House.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authority: presiding officer of the House.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/politics-and-nation\/invest-india-launches-a-global-platform-for-ventilators-sanitisers-masks\/articleshow\/74782902.cms\"><b>Invest India Business Immunity Platform<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invest India has launched an Invest India Business Immunity Platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide a comprehensive resource to help businesses and investors get real-time updates on India\u2019s active response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Invest India:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of India and acts as the first point of reference for investors in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was set up in 2009 as a non-profit venture under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1607482\"><b>Extradition Treaty between India and Belgium<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the signing and ratifying of the Extradition Treaty between India and Belgium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Obligation to Extradite: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each Party agrees to extradite a person accused\/convicted of an extraditable offence in the territory of the other Party.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Extraditable Offences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: an offence punishable under the laws of both the Parties with imprisonment for a period of one year or more.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Grounds for Refusal Under the Treaty: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a) The offence involved is a political offence b) The offence is a military offence and c) The request for prosecution has been made on account of his race, sex, religion, nationality or political opinion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Extradition of Nationals:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extradition of nationals is discretionary. The nationality will be determined at the time the offence was committed.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About Extradition:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extradition is the formal process of one state surrendering an individual to another state for prosecution or punishment for crimes committed in the requesting country&#8217;s jurisdiction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, the extradition is governed by the Extradition Act, 1962.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\":8f.co\" class=\"tL8wMe EMoHub\" dir=\"ltr\">[\/read]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Evening Friends We are posting Todays 9pm Current Affair Brief About 9pm Current Affair Brief &#8211; This initiative provides a brief of all the relevant articles of day in a clear, concise and easily consumable format. 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