NATIONAL NEWS
1. Vinit Goenka Pens New Book Titled “Data Sovereignty – The Pursuit Of Supremacy’:-
The book, “Function of Data Sovereignty – The Pursuit of Supremacy’ .It is written by Vinit Goenka, Author, Secretary. He is a member of the Governing Council- CRIS (Centre for Railway Information Systems) and Ministry of Railways.The book focuses on steps and concrete actions required to build highly capable data centres to ensure data security. The book tells aspect of data generation and consumption.It encourages policymakers on data localization and creates awareness among the people on the potential of data and implications of data.
- Mr. Thavarchand Gehlot flagged off the 17th drug substance test run on International Drug Abuse and Smuggling Day :-
Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawarchand Gehlot flagged off the 17th drug substitution test on the occasion of ‘International Drug Abuse and Trafficking Disorder Day’ at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi today. Shri Krishna Pal Gurjar, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Ramdas Athawale, Mr. Ratanlal Kataria, Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Mrs. Neelam Sahni and other dignitaries were present. The dignitaries led the ‘Signal Walk’ with the band. A cultural program was organized on this occasion and in which participants were given certificates, awards and citations.On the ‘International Drug Abuse and Trafficking Prevention Day’, a ‘Drug Abuse Run’ is being successfully organized as an annual program for the last 16 years. In this event of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of the Government of India, the 1992 Asian Asian marathon champion Dr Sunita Gowda is an associate. United Nations agencies with top agencies such as NISD, Narcotics Control Bureau, Delhi Government’s Prohibition Directorate, and partner companies like ONGC, GAIL, Indian Oil, IGL, Petronet, NDMC, ITS, LPU collaborate in this annual event.This event has proved to be very important for awareness based on drug abuse prevention. In order to create awareness about the prevention of drug addiction, ‘Listen first’ has been selected as the original subject for the initiative of World Narcotic Initiative Day organized on June 26, 2019. Listening to children and young people is the first step in helping them to increase their health and safety. All paramilitary forces, police, clubs, team leaders, schools, colleges and NGOs were very supportive in this event and they were present in large numbers.
- NDMA will organize mock exercises on earthquake in Delhi and NCR states, in the 100-day action plan of the Central Government, this is the major Mock practice :-
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will conduct a mock exercise on Friday 28th June, 2019, with the cooperation of State Governments on preparations for dealing with earthquake disaster. The aim of this exercise is to prepare the local administration’s preparations in the event of earthquake as well as to improve the system of prompt action on its part. During this period, Delhi (all 11 districts), Haryana (4 districts – Jhajjar , Faridabad , Gururgram and Sonepat) and Uttar Pradesh (3 districts – Gautam Buddha Nagar , Ghaziabad and Meerut) will be covered.Coordination and orientation conferences with Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have been organized under this mock exercise, in which all the stakeholders of the states and related districts participated. Before final practice, one day table top exercise is being organized with all the participants so that this practice can be easily done. Senior officials of all stakeholder departments, such as Police, Health, Education, Fire Fighting, Civil Defense, Public Relations and Transport Departments, participated in these meetings related to preparations. Apart from this, the representatives of the Army, Air Force, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) / Central Police Organization (CPO) also participated in it.
Under these exercises, the methods of dealing with situations like earthquake and other disasters related to it are being taught under which the participants will be able to activate the major aspects of disaster management such as the formation of disaster response teams, emergency operational centers (EOCs), various participating agencies Besides co-ordination, rescue and evacuation work, also trained for therapeutic preparations. Being.
The entire National Capital Region (NCR) comes in either Seismic Zone IV or Seismic Sector III , so it is extremely insecure in that sense. This practice will help in solving various shortcomings and ensuring better communication between different stakeholder agencies and better coordination.This will also create awareness among the local public. Actually, the local public needs to be aware of the NCR being unsafe in terms of earthquake.
Under the 100 days work plan of the Center, planning to organize mock exercises on various disasters across the country has been planned. This is the first practice in this series, while preparing to conduct a similar practice before the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. Other exercises include practices related to preparations for flood and earthquake disasters in Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh in July, respectively. These exercises will culminate in August, in the form of a humanitarian aid and disaster relief (HADR) practice in Tamil Nadu.
4.Govt gives two-year extension to construction work related to Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh:-
_IndiaThe government has given a two-year extension to the construction work related to Polavaram multipurpose project in Andhra Pradesh. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar stressed that the project is very important to the people of the state as it will irrigate nearly three lakh hectares of land.
He said, it will also provide drinking water facilities to 540 villages covering 25 lakh population, particularly in Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari and Krishna districts.
5.Govt accords top priority to get permanent membership in expanded UNSC :-
@MOS_MEAThe government has accorded the highest priority to getting a permanent membership for the country in an expanded United Nations Security Council (UNSC). In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said, India is actively engaged in the ongoing intergovernmental negotiations on UNSC reform. He said, a series of initiatives, involving bilateral and multilateral platforms, have been undertaken by the government in pursuance of this objective. The Minister said, India is working alongside other reform-oriented countries through its membership in the G-4 Group that includes India, Japan, Brazil and Germany and the L-69 Group, which is a cross-regional grouping of developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America to build support among the UN member states for expansion of the UN Security Council.Mr Muraleedharan said, as a result of India’s sustained efforts, a large number of countries have supported its candidature for a permanent membership in an expanded UN Security Council. He said, this has been expressed in various forms and fora including in bilateral inter-governmental meetings.
6.Jal Shakti Minister reiterates NDA govt’s commitment to provide clean drinking water to all by 2024:-
Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has reiterated the NDA Government’s commitment to provide clean drinking water to all by 2024.Replying to a short duration discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the challenges of water crisis in the country, the Minister stressed the need to have a holistic approach to address the water problem in the country. He said the country has a tradition of saving ground water and conserving it.
The Minister said that there is a need to create more awareness about individual efforts in this direction instead of only focusing on Government’s initiatives. Mr. Shekhawat expressed concern over the decreasing level of ground water in several parts of the country. He said, till the 1st of June this year, the country had 43% deficit of rainfall, which is affecting the states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.The Minister also urged the members to spend funds from MPLADS to address the water crisis.Earlier, participating in the debate, R Vaithilingam of AIADMK, Manas Ranjan Bhunia of TMC, TK Rangarajan of CPI(M), D Raja of CPI, Anil Desai of Shiv Sena, Manoj Jha of RJD, Om Prakash Mathur of BJP and others expressed concern over the water crisis. The Members also emphasized the need for more concrete efforts to address the challenge.
7.Govt to provide broadband connectivity under BharatNet project to all gram panchayats:-
Government plans to provide broadband connectivity under BharatNet Project to all gram panchayats in the country.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that one lakh 28 thousand and 870 gram panchayats have been connected with optical fibre till date.Under BharatNet project, the last mile connectivity is to be provided at all the 2.5 lakh gram panchayats in the country. The Minister informed that wi fi spots have been installed in 44,140 gram panchayats as of now.The Phase I of the project was completed in December 2017, and one lakh gram panchayats were made service ready. The Phase II is under implementation, and a total of 2 lakh gram panchayats are targeted to be completed by March 2020.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
8.IOC Inaugurated Its $145 Million New Headquarters In Lausanne, Switzerland:–
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) inaugurated 145 million Swiss francs ($145 million) named Olympic House in a ceremony. It is held at the lakeside grounds of Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is inaugurated exactly 125 years after the Olympic Games. The newly built headquarters designed by architecture firm 3XN of Denmark. It is built of 95% of the old materials The signature feature of the new building is a central staircase. Around 500 IOC employees under one roof. IOC members gathered in Lausanne to choose the 2026 Winter Games host among Milan-Cortina from Italy and Stockholm from Sweden.
9.This Bill, passed in the US Parliament, will become a member of the NATO:-
In 2001, after the Taliban terror attacks on America’s World Trade Center, US foreign policy became focused on eradicating global terrorism. Under the leadership of the US, international forces formed by NATO soldiers were deployed in Afghanistan through Enduring Freedom. NATO has resisted the 9/11 terrorist incident through its collective security provisions (Article 5). This provision says that an attack on a NATO member will be considered as an attack on NATO and NATO will respond.In addition to the NATO forces, the Global Counter Terrorism Forum was formed under the leadership of the United States and the forum member of this 30 countries is also India. Apart from this, the United States constituted the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force with the aim of curbing terrorists in their geographies. It is notable that the NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military alliance that was established in the year 1949. It is headquartered in Brussels (Belgium). The organization has organized a system of mass security under which the member states will agree to cooperate in the event of an external attack.India America Strategic AgreementDuring the tenure of former US President Bill Clinton and former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the foundation of good relations between India and America was laid, and after 2001 the two countries became strategic partners. In the year 2004, there was an agreement on the next step of the strategic partnership which meant that cooperation between civilian nuclear cooperation, missile defense, civilian space technology cooperation and high technology business between the two countries would be possible. India got the status of natural partner in the year 2008, the status of Global Strategic Partner and Major Defense Partner status in 2016. With all these things, the long-term interests of America are working to connect NATO to India.America is continually looking for ways to balance China in the Asia Pacific region. The attempt of illegal occupation of the Sparkle and Paracel islands of the South China Sea of China and the Sancaku islands in East China Sea, China proposes to construct a naval base in Papua New Guinea, Forest belt one road initiative, Maritime Silk Route, Pearls fight policy The fact that the attempt to make the entire Indian Ocean a network of bases is not in the interest of America. By connecting NATO with India in this sense, joint exercises such as the US Quadrilateral Group and Malabar can fill new energy to save the Asia-Pacific region. Both US and India have strategic interests in Afghanistan.
Helpful in dealing with panicIn 2014, under the leadership of the US, the Global Coalition to Defeat IIS of 79 countries was formed, NATO is also a member of this alliance. IS recently hosted Indians in Afghanistan and elsewhere in recent times, claiming to be a new province in Kashmir. NATO connectivity will be effective in dealing with this threat. It is also necessary to deal with IS Khorasan in Afghanistan and deal with the Tehrik-e-Taliban. Dealing with drug trafficking, extremism, religious fanaticism etc on the borders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran are essential for both NATO and India. India today giligit The way that military information cooperation is needed to protect the Balletistan, Dokalm, Tawang, Sir Creek, its route will open with NATO linkage. In the year 2016, India received the status of a major military partner and four defense agreements made before and after this prove that the United States should connect India with NATO Thought would have been long enough.
In the year 2002, India America signed the General Security of Military Information Agreement whereas in the year 2018 the ComCassa agreement was made under the first to-do two talks. Communication Compatibility and Security Agreement is an agreement to share military information at the right time between the two countries. This will help India in maritime surveillance. Many related information will be delivered to the Indian Navy Headquarters in the year 2019, to the communication system established itself in real time. If a deadly terrorist is planning for a third country in both the countries, then the information can also be reached in minutes. Along with this, both the countries signed the Limogao Agreement, the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Association, in 2016, whose main purpose is to exchange each other with the necessary equipment during military operations.
Both the countries have made the Basic Exchange and Corporation Agreement. Through this, India will be able to obtain accurate military information of automated hardware systems and cruise and ballistic missiles using geopolitical maps of America. Thus, these four defense agreements are playing a catalyst for further strengthening the relationship between India and NATO. It shows the increasing importance of India’s global and regional security scenario. NATO is also useful for India because its Anti-Terrorism Policy Guidelines tells this coalition to focus on the three points – awareness, Capacity and engagement NATO has a terrorism intelligence cell in its headquarters in Brussels, which coordinates all NATO terror activities. It is also expert in fighting terror, through its Avox Intelligence flights. In dealing with piracy in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, Nato can also be a better ally of India.
Impact on the US market
After all, why has America suddenly been an attacker on the economic front? India’s balance between business and trade in bilateral trade between goods and services is in favor of India. That is, India has more exports in the US and the import of American goods in the Indian market is less. In 2017, the bilateral trade between the two countries was $ 126 billion, which reached $ 142 billion in 2018. In the year 2017, the United States imposed $ 77.2 billion worth of Indian goods and services, while US exports in the Indian market remained $ 48.8 billion in the same year. With this imbalance, the US accused India of not giving American goods equitable market access.
In fact, by the way the US GSP and other programs give access to duty free market to countries around the world, its business deficit has reached record $ 891 billion. Meanwhile, he is also involved in trade warfare from China. The United States alleges that China does not even give US marketplace and market access to equitable markets. The bilateral goods and services business between the US and China was $ 737.1 billion in 2018. The United States imported $ 557.9 billion worth of Chinese goods and services, while US exports to the Chinese market were only $ 179.3 billion. Here also the trade balance is in China’s favor. Trump did not like this, and in 2018, the tariff on Chinese goods worth $ 250 billion was raised from 10 percent to 25 percent.After all, why not do that, because the trade deficit of China is $ 420 billion. Earlier, the US had increased the tariff rate on aluminum and steel, and America’s trade agenda remained consistent with the countries of Europe and Canada and Mexico. This world knows the name of Trump’s economic protectionist policy. The Trump Government, while continuing the exercise to ensure discrimination free market access in the developing world, accused India of putting heavy duty on US Harley Davidson Motorbikes. India has reduced this fee from 100 percent to 50 percent, yet the US thinks it is too much.
America is also engaged in interfering with immigrant relations with other countries of India. The US has warned that if India buys the SU-400 missile defense system from Russia, then it has to be prepared to face its penalty. In such a situation, India will have to take cautious decision. India needs to remember the basic principles of its foreign policy, the ideals of nuclear doctorate. At the same time, we must not lose any chance of NATO alliance to protect our geo-political, geo-economic and geo-strategic interests.
SPORTS NEWS
10.IOC strips world boxing body AIBA of Olympic status olympic.org :-
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today stripped Olympic status from the troubled world boxing body AIBA.
As a result, the IOC will now organize qualifying and final tournaments for the 2020 Tokyo Games. IOC members had voted to endorse the executive board’s recommendation last month to suspend AIBA’s Olympic status.Olympic inquiry panel chairman Nenad Lalovic said in Lausanne, Switzerland that AIBA had created very serious reputational, legal and financial risks for the IOC and its American stakeholders.
Lausanne-based AIBA has said it is near bankruptcy with debts of about 17 million US Dollars. It is cut off from future income from Tokyo revenues, and the 2019 world championships for men and women in Russia are no longer Olympic qualifiers.The AIBA president, Gafur Rakhimov is under the United States federal sanctions for suspected links to eastern European organized crime.
11.ICC World Cup: Pakistan beat New Zealand:-
India to face West Indies In the ICC Cricket World Cup, Pakistan defeated New Zealand by six wickets at Birmingham last night to keep their semi-final hopes alive.Opting to bowl, Pakistan first restricted the Kiwis to 237 for 6. 19-year old paceman Shaheen Afridi bagged the maximum of three wickets.Then, with the bat, Pakistan overhauled the target with five balls to spare, riding on man of the match Babar Azam’s unbeaten 101, which was his maiden World Cup century and 10th in ODIs.Team India will look maintain their unbeaten streak when they take on the West Indies in their sixth round-robin match at Manchester today.
BUSINESS NEWS
12.Banks will give details of tax defaulters property tax:-
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has directed the Income Tax department to give details of properties and accounts of such loan defaulters to the public sector banks, about which the banks have sought details from the department. The purpose of this step is to help the defaulters to recover the money and recover the public money. According to the latest order of the CBDT, the tax department will remove these information from the Income Tax Return (ITR).CBDT issued this order to all field officials on Wednesday. CBDT decides the IT department’s policy. CBDT said that many government banks have received applications for defaulters information, in which the banks have sought details of the fixed assets of the loan defaulters for the recovery. After this, the order is being issued in view of the public interest.
CBDT believes that sharing details of loan defaulters with public banks is in the public interest and these information can be given. If the request has been made on behalf of the government bank, details of the property can be shared in addition to the details of bank accountants and loan defaulters debtors. The figures of defaulters will be shared under Section 138 (a) (B) of the Income Tax Act. It has been said in the order that these information to the department is available through an ITR deposited by a person earning more than Rs. 50 lakhs annually or by the Hindu Undivided Family (HUF).
CBDT has said that tax officials can only share the information of the lender, mortgagee and guarantor. While giving notice to the bank, a written guarantee will be made to the bank and one of its officers that these information will be used only for recovery.
13.RBI advises all banks to accept coins of all denominations:-
Reserve Bank of India has advised all banks to immediately direct all their branches to accept coins of all denominations.
RBI’s advisory came yesterday after it received complaints about non-acceptance of coins by branches of various banks.
Reserve Bank advised all banks to accept coins of all denominations tendered at their counters for transactions or exchange and ensure strict compliance in the matter.
