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Monday, June 17, 2019
UPSC IAS Prelims 2019 Result expected in July: Check UPSC IAS Result 2019 on upsc.gov.in
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The UPSC IAS Prelims 2019 Result to be out in July on - upsc.gov.in. The UPSC Civil Services IAS Prelims 2019 were conducted successfully on June 2, 2019 across different cities. The difficulty level of the UPSC IAS Prelims 2019 exam was of 'moderate to difficult' level. As per various online portals and sources, the UPSC Prelims 2019 Result will be announced around July 10.
Every year, the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) conducts the Civil Services Exam to fill in the vacancies for the post of IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS and for Group A and Group B of All India Services. And, every year, the UPSC also releases the Cut off after the declaration of the UPSC IAS Result.
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Based on the reports of the Inspecting Officers/ Staff Selection Commission’s representatives present at the venue(s)/cenre(s) for the conduct of the examination and representations received from the candidates of CGLE (Tier-I), 2018 regarding slow server on 06.06.2019, due diligence has been done by the Commission and thereafter the Commission has taken considered decision to reconduct the examination held on 06.06.2019.
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Sunday, June 16, 2019
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THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 16.06.2019
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FRONT PAGE
NATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL
Daily Current Affairs, 15th June 2019
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1) NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope to Retire in 2020
•Spitzer is a small but transformational observatory. It captures infrared light, which is often emitted by “warm” objects that aren’t quite hot enough to radiate visible light. Spitzer has lifted the veil on hidden objects in nearly every corner of the universe, from a new ring around Saturn to observations of some of the most distant galaxies known.
2) Trade deficit in month of may widens to a six-month high
•India’s trade deficit expanded to a six-month high of $15.4 billion in May, with import growth outpacing export growth. According to data released by the commerce ministry, exports grew 3.93% in May, while imports rose 4.31%.
3) Declaration/Agreements/MoUs during the visit of Prime Minister to Kyrgyz Republic
•Joint Declaration between India and the Kyrgyz Republic on Strategic Partnership
•Road map on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Republic of India and the Kyrgyz Republic for the Five-Year period (2019-2024)
•Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) between India and the Kyrgyz Republic
•Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation between National Security Council Secretariat of India and Office of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic
•Protocol to Amend Article 26 of India-Kyrgyzstan Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA)
•Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of Health
•MoU between DRDO and Kyrgyz India Mountain Biomedical Research Centre
•Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between National Security Guards of India and National Guards of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic
•Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between National Defence Academy of India and Kyrgyz Military Institute of the Kyrgyz Republic
•Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between High Altitude Warfare School (Gulmarg), Indian Armed Forces and Joint Mountain training Centre of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic
•Memorandum of Cooperation between Export-Import Bank of India and the Investment Promotion and Protection Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic
•MoU between India and the Kyrgyz Republic on cooperation on Information and Communication Technology
•Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Consumer Affairs of India and Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz Republic on cooperation in the field of Legal Metrology.
•Memorandum of Understanding between Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) of India and National Institute of Strategic Studies (NISS) of the Kyrgyz Republic
•Memorandum of Understanding between Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Himachal Pradesh and Kyrgyz National Agrarian University (KNAU)
4) Govt directed TV channels to display title, credits in serials in regional languages too
•The Information and Broadcasting Ministry directed all satellite TV channels to display the cast, credits and titles of Hindi and regional language serials that they broadcast in the respective languages too. These orders were being issued for cinema too to promote Indian languages.
5) Akshaya Patra wins BBC award
•Akshaya Patra, a non-profit organisation, has been awarded the BBC World Service Global Champion Award. It runs one of the world’s largest school meals project in India.
6) 45 individuals to get Bal Sahitya Puraskar and Yuva Puraskar
•Six books of children’s poetry, including works by Vijay Sharma (Dogri), Naji Munauwar (Kashmiri), and Sanjay Chaubey (Sanskrit); five story books by authors including Govind Sharma (Hindi), Mohammad Khalil (Urdu), and Swmim Nasrin (Assamese); and five authors for their total contribution in children’s literature won the Bal Sahitya Puraskar.
•Apart from these, one folk tale author, Lakhminath Brahma, in Bodo language, three novels by Chandrakanth Karadalli (Kannada), Salim Sardar Mulla (Marathi), and Pawan Harchandpuri (Punjabi), one history book by Devika Cariapa in English, and one play by R K Sanahanbi Chanu in Manipuri won the prestigious award.
•Eleven books of poetry, including works by Anuj Lugun (Hindi), Sagar Nazir (Kashmiri), Anuja Akathoottu (Malayalam); six of short stories by authors, including Tanuj Solanki (English), Ajay Soni (Gujarati), Keerti Parihar (Rajasthani); five novels by Moumita (Bengali), and Salman Abdus Samad (Urdu) among others won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2019.
7) RBI asks banks to grout ATMs to wall, pill or floor to enhance security
•Based on the recommendations of the Committee on Currency Movement (CCM), the Reserve Bank have directed banks to ensure their ATMs are grouted to a wall, pillar, or floor by September-end, except those installed in high secured premises such as airports, to enhance security of the cash vending machines. The committee to review the entire gamut of security of treasure in transit is chaired by Shri D.K. Mohanty.
8) Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting 2019 held in Mumbai
•Beside this, two special forums regarding Diamond Terminology and Artisanal Mining – Small Steps to Larger Outcomes, will be held during the Intersessional.
•India is one of the founder members of Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and is the Chair of Kimberley Process for the year 2019 with Russian Federation as Vice Chair.
•Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi, Director General, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, has been designated as KP Chair 2019 and Rupa Dutta, Economic Adviser, Department of Commerce, is India’s KP Focal Point.
Daily Current Affairs, 16th June 2019
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1) Assam govt to set up Skill University at Darrang district
•Assam government will set up a Skill University at the cost of 850 crore rupees at Darrang district. This will be perhaps the first skill university of the country with a capacity of 10 thousand seats. The International Yoga Day will be observed at 459 centers of the Skill Development Mission.
2) World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: 15th June
•It was officially recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2011 following a request by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.
3) Zuzana Caputova sworn in as Slovakia’s first female President
•In Slovakia, anti-corruption campaigner Zuzana Caputova was sworn in as country’s first female president. Caputova scored a convincing victory against Smer-SD candidate Maros Sefcovic. Her allies from the Progressive Slovakia/Together party hope to use the momentum to unseat the ruling party in a 2020 general election.
4) Suman Rao from Rajasthan Crowned Miss India 2019
•Shivani Jadhav from Chhattisgarh clinched Femina Miss Grand India 2019 title and Shreya Shanker from Bihar won Miss India United Continents 2019 title during the grand finale of the beauty pageant.
5) FIH Series Finals: India beat South Africa 5-1 in title clash
The HINDU Notes – 15th June 2019
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📰 India to impose retaliatory tariffs on 29 U.S. goods from June 16
Move comes after a year of talks on U.S. barriers to Indian steel, aluminium.
•India has decided to impose retaliatory tariffs on 29 goods imported from the U.S. from June 16 onwards, officials in the Commerce Ministry told The Hindu. The decision comes a year after New Delhi initially decided to do so.
•The tariffs will place a burden of $220-290 million on the U.S., about the same amount imposed by Washington on India in 2018.
•The official notification of the tariffs will be issued before June 16 by the Finance Ministry, the official added.
June 16 deadline
•“India has decided to go ahead and impose the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. items,” the Commerce Ministry official said. “The deadline after which the tariffs would be imposed was supposed to be June 16. The notification to impose the tariffs will be issued by the Finance Ministry before then.”
•The tariffs on the 29 goods — including walnuts, apples, and some pulses — were initially announced in June 2018 in retaliation to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision in March that year to impose higher import tariffs on Indian aluminium and steel. India has repeatedly asked for exemption from these higher tariffs, but to no avail.
•However, negotiations continued for about a year, with India repeatedly extending the deadline for the imposition of retaliatory tariffs. These talks, as well as the ones surrounding granting India duty-free imports for certain items under the U.S.’ Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) seem to have fallen through.
•Last year, the U.S. announced that it would be reviewing India’s eligibility for the GSP, and in June this year, decided that it would withdraw the benefits.
•According to the Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI), the impact of the retaliatory tariffs imposed by India on the U.S. would amount to about $290 million. While the Federation of Indian Export Organisations estimates the impact to be $220-240 million, the consensus view is that the impact is commensurate to the impact on India due to the U.S. tariffs on aluminium and steel imports.
•“If the Indian government goes ahead with retaliatory tariffs, 29 items imported from the US will face higher duties, cutting benefits to U.S. exporters,” Chairman of TPCI Mohit Singla said.
•“India is a robust market and its economic fundamentals are sound,” Mr Singla added. “The withdrawal of GSP will not make much difference as Indian exports are all geared to take this challenge.”
•“The point is that it was something that was long due,” Director General and CEO of FIEO Ajay Sahai said. “We decided to impose the retaliatory tariffs in June last year, but in the spirit of negotiation, we postponed it several times. But unfortunately it has not yielded the desired result. The effect will be matching the amount that will affect India on aluminium and steel exports to the U.S..”
•Mr Sahai added that the imposition of increased import tariffs on agricultural commodities will help domestic farmers.
📰 Shaky building blocks
