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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Postpone UPSC Civil Services 2020 Prelims: SC Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava writes to UPSC

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Will UPSC Prelims 2020 be postponed again? With many aspirants asking 
for the exams to be further delayed, Supreme Court Advocate, 
Mr. Alakh Alok Srivastava has written to UPSC Chairman, requesting postponement


Union Public Service Commission, UPSC Civil Services 2020 prelims is scheduled for October 4, 2020. Following the increase in the number of COVID19 cases in the country, Supreme Court Advocate, Alakh Alok Srivastava has written to Chairman, UPSC, urging him to postpone the October exam date.
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THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 25.08.2020

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Monday, August 24, 2020

Daily Current Affairs, 24th August 2020

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1) International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
•United Nations observes 23 August every year as “International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition”. The Day is observed to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples.

2) Nitin Gadkari launches “Harit Path” app to monitor plantation
•Union Minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari has launched a mobile app named ‘Harit Path’ to monitor plantation along national highways. Under this initiative, the NHAI planted over 25 lakh plants in 25 days along the stretches of the national highways between July 21 and August 15, 2020.

3) India’s longest river ropeway inaugurated in Assam
•The longest river ropeway of India has been inaugurated in Assam. The ropeway is 1.8 Km long and connects Guwahati and North Guwahati over Brahmaputra river. The ropeway will be operated from Kachari Ghat in Guwahati to Dol Govinda temple in North Guwahati.

 •The new ropeway service empowered with state-of-the-art technology will decrease the travel time between Guwahati and North Guwahati. It is also expected to strengthen the tourism sector as it will enable people to see the landscapes of Guwahati city, mighty Brahmaputra including the Umananda Temple on Peacock island.

4) Arjun Munda e-inaugurates “Tribes India Showroom” in Mumbai
•“Tribes India Showroom” has been e-inaugurated by the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Arjun Munda. The showroom has been inaugurated in Indian Globe Chambers of LIC Western Zonal Office, Fort, Mumbai. “Tribes India Showroom” is an initiative of TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs to promote the livelihood of the tribal people marketing.

 •“Tribes India on Wheels” is also launched by TRIFED to boost the sales and enhance tribal income in these challenging times. It is a mobile van stacked fully with Van Dhan natural produce, immunity boosters including other tribal products and aims to deliver these products directly to the customer’s doorstep in 150 cities across the nation. The van brings various kinds of immunity boosting products like wild honey, organic haldi, amla, ginger, black pepper etc.




5) Launch of Online system of “Registration and Renewal” for Jewellers
•An online system of Registration and Renewal of Jewellers has been virtually launched by the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. The minister also launched the online system of recognition and renewal of the Assaying and Hallmarking Centres. These systems are expected to bring about ease of doing business for the jewellers as well as the entrepreneurs.

 •Those jewellers and the entrepreneurs who have established Assaying and Hallmarking Centres or wish to do so, can access these newly launched online systems through Bureau of Indian Standards web portal. Hallmarking of precious metals will become mandatory from 1st June 2021. Those jewellers who are seeking to obtain a license can apply online and submit required necessary documents including fees through this online portal. These portals will ensure the availability of the gold jewellery of proven quality as well as purity to the consumers.

6) Ashwani Bhatia becomes new Managing Director of SBI
•Government of India has appointed Ashwani Bhatia as the managing director (MD) of the State Bank of India (SBI). He has been appointed as the managing director up to the date of his superannuation that is May 31, 2022.

 •Bhatia is currently working as the managing director and chief executive officer at SBI Mutual Fund. He will be appointed in place of PK Gupta who superannuated on March 31.

7) A book titled “Gastric Cancer” released by Jitendra Singh
•Union Minister, Jitendra Singh has released a book on cancer named “Gastric Cancer” edited by Dr Ashok K. Vaid. The book was launched during a special session organized during the 3-day virtual conference on Oncology. The book is published by Springer Healthcare Education. Ashok K. Vaid is a Noted Oncologist and was awarded Padma Shri in 2009 for his outstanding work in the field of medicine.

 8) A book titled ‘One Arranged Murder’ authored by Chetan Bhagat
•A book titled ‘One Arranged Murder’ authored by Chetan Bhagat will be released globally on September 28, 2020. The fiction book portrays a murder mystery in the backdrop of an arranged marriage. The book will be published by Westland Publications Ltd. It is the author’s 9th novel and 11th book overall. His last release was The Girl in Room 105.

9) ICICI Lombard, Bharti AXA to merge general insurance businesses
•ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company and Bharti AXA General Insurance Company have announced the merger of their businesses. The merger would result in an entity with a combined annual premium of Rs 16,447 crore and a market share of nearly 8.7%. The merger will happen through a scheme of arrangement.

10) Tourism Ministry partners with TAAI & FICCI’s FLO to promote tourism
•Ministry of Tourism has signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) and FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) with primary objective of women empowerment. The signed MoU will enable FLO & TAAI to focus on personal and hospitality skills, a more flexible work balance and greater options for entrepreneurship with lower capital.

 •The partnership between the three aims to increase the participation of women in the tourism sector and enable them to become an integral part of the tourism workforce of India. This will be achieved by creating awareness among state tourism departments and state tourism corporations, to highlight the contribution tourism industry can make for sustainable livelihood for women and ensure their economic upliftment.

11) Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Abbas & Lisa Sthalekar inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
•Legendary South African all-rounder Jaques Kallis, Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas and Pune-born former Australian captain Lisa Sthalekar were inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame in a virtual ceremony.
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The HINDU Notes – 23rd August 2020

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📰 Not possible to fully block Chinese firms: officials

They say many companies have linkages of some sort with military

•Despite the uproar against the use of Chinese products amid the border stand-off in eastern Ladakh and the government’s decision to ban several apps, government officials say it is not possible to fully decouple the trend due to the substantial investments by Chinese companies in India.

•Intelligence assessments have cautioned on the direct and indirect links many companies have with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

•“While some measures can be taken, several Chinese investments are quite substantive. It is not possible to fully block them. A worrisome factor is that these Chinese companies have linkages of some sort with the Chinese military,” one government official said on condition of anonymity.

•In June 2017, China passed a national intelligence law, which gave Beijing powers over Chinese companies’ overseas investments as well. As per the Annual report of the U.S. Secretary of Defence to the Congress on the “Military and Security Developments involving the People’s Republic of China 2019”, this law requires Chinese companies, such as Huawei, ZTE and TikTok to support, provide assistance, and cooperate in China’s national intelligence work, wherever they operate.


•Article 7 of the law states, “Any organisation or citizen shall support, assist and cooperate with the state intelligence work in accordance with the law... The state protects individuals and organisations that support, assist and cooperate with national intelligence work.”

•It has direct security implications for all overseas Foreign Direct Investment from China, a second official said.

•Intelligence assessments have flagged some large Chinese companies with major presence in India having direct or indirect links with the PLA. They include Xindia Steels Limited, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), Huawei, Alibaba and Tencent.

•For instance, Xindia Steels Limited is considered one of the largest joint ventures between India and China and has commissioned a 0.8 mtpa iron ore pelletisation facility in Koppal district of Karnataka at a cost of over Rs. 250 crore. Its main investor is Xinxing Cathay International Group Co. Ltd. which, as per its website, is “reorganized, reconstructed and unhooked from previous production department and subordinate enterprises and institutions of the General Logistics Department of the PLA”.

•Huawei, which has generated global concern over its 5G services, was founded by Ren Zhengfei, a former deputy director of the PLA’s engineering corps in 1987. A government decision on its bid for 5G services in India is expected shortly.

Multi-million funding

•CETC in 2018 announced $46 million investment in a 200 MW photo-voltaic manufacturing unit in Andhra Pradesh. Officials pointed out that CETC is China’s leading military electronics manufacturer, and also makes Hikvision CCTV cameras.

•It has been implicated by the U.S. Department of Justice in at least three cases of illegal exports and many employees have been convicted for military espionage, the second official stated.

•CETC also provides technology used for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, where around one million are held in re-education camps, assessments noted.

•Another aspect that raised red flags is Chinese investments in Indian technology start-ups. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a U.S. Congressional commission, said in its 2019 report, “The Chinese government’s military-civil fusion policy aims to spur innovation and economic growth through an array of policies and other government-supported mechanisms, including Venture Capital VC) funds, while leveraging the fruits of civilian innovation for China’s defence sector.”

📰 Thinking through the Nepal policy
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