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Central team to assess crop damage in Maharashtra, Amit Shah tells governor Shah has conveyed this to Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari Current Affairs :When Arun Sarin, Vodafone Group Plc’s India-brought into the world previous CEO, was graphing the British broadcast communications company’s venture into developing markets in the mid-2000s, his nation of origin with in excess of a billion potential telephone clients appeared to be a convincing decision. Sarin wasn’t the only one. Norway’s Telenor ASA, Russia’s Mobile TeleSystems PJSC and Malaysia’s Maxis Bhd were likewise among a large number of organizations that ran to this quickly developing business sector. The transporters united with nearby accomplices, offer for wireless transmissions and licenses, burning through billions of dollars to set up their systems. In any case, what once gave off an impression of being their most-encouraging Asian remote market has gone bad. Vodafone’s Indian endeavor with very...

India is running its telecom companies aground to fill a budget hole High fees, frequent policy flip-flops, endless tax demands from an unsympathetic bureaucracy that treated carriers as cash cows have driven most telecom operators aground. Current Affairs :When Arun Sarin, Vodafone Group Plc’s India-brought into the world previous CEO, was graphing the British broadcast communications company’s venture into developing markets in the mid-2000s, his nation of origin with in excess of a billion potential telephone clients appeared to be a convincing decision. Sarin wasn’t the only one. Norway’s Telenor ASA, Russia’s Mobile TeleSystems PJSC and Malaysia’s Maxis Bhd were likewise among a large number of organizations that ran to this quickly developing business sector. The transporters united with nearby accomplices, offer for wireless transmissions and licenses, burning through billions of dollars to set up their systems. In any case, what once gave off an impression of bei...

Modi govt plans a massive data bank to directly connect with 115 mn farmers With the help of this database and use of technology, life of the small and marginal farmers of the country would witness a sea change Current Affairs :By the center of one year from now, the Modi government would have an immediate availability with over 11.5 crore ranchers and their families crosswise over India, making it a correspondence practice up to this point extraordinary in scale. On the off chance that all goes well, the monstrous information bank on the ranchers would be prepared for discharge by June 2020. A top level board of trustees, headed by Union Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal, is working pair with the Information and Technology Ministry and its National e-administration Division (NEGD) wing, to comply with the time constraint of the uber information venture, set by the Prime Minister’s Office. With the assistance of this database and utilization of innovation, life of the...

Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma India’s leading power couple, says study A study was done by Mumbai-based Indian Institute of Human Brands, promoted by adman Sandeep Goyal Current Affairs :The spouse wife pair of cricketer Virat Kohli and entertainer Anushka Sharma has been positioned as the main pair, as indicated by an investigation by Mumbai-based Indian Institute of Human Brands, advanced by adman Sandeep Goyal. The study took a gander at prominent ‘control couples’ in the nation. Virat and Anushka were trailed by entertainers Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna. These couples were positioned utilizing a lot of 24 brand properties, Goyal said. These properties included what these couples speak to buyers and how they are seen by youngsters. A portion of the other power couples, who were a piece of the examination included entertainers Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapo...

Centre wants WhatsApp to explain Israeli spyware breach by November 4 It is still not clear which government entity bought the software that has reportedly impacted 1,400 devices globally Current Affairs :The administration has given time till November 4 to WhatsApp for clarifying how the Israeli observation programming was utilized to keep an eye on certain individuals in India and what the firm was doing to stop such events. It is as yet not clear which government substance purchased the product that has purportedly affected 1,400 gadgets universally. WhatsApp has said it was documenting a grievance in the US against Israeli innovation firm NSO Group for the cyberattack that abused powerlessness in the application’s video calling highlight. “Administration of India is worried at the break of protection of residents of India on the informing stage WhatsApp. We have solicited WhatsApp to clarify the sort from rupture and what it is doing to protect the security of a huge...

Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata among cities that may be submerged by 2050: Report The study was led by scientists Scott A. Kulp and Benjamin H. Strauss of Climate Central, an independent organisation of scientists, journalists and researchers Current Affairs :Portions of Mumbai, Surat, Chennai and Kolkata will be either submerged or desolated by repeating floods by 2050 as ocean levels over the world will keep on ascending with expanding carbon discharges. Crosswise over India, an expected 31 million individuals live in seaside territories in danger of yearly flooding, a number that could go up to 35 million by mid-century and rise further to 51 million constantly 2100. These projections depend on extraordinary case situations if worldwide carbon outflows keep on rising unabated. Right now, 250 million individuals around the world live in regions in danger of yearly beach front floods. “This exploration implies that the stakes are much higher than we suspected,” said Benjamin ...

India Inc spent more on R&D in FY19, auto and pharma leading sectors The health care sector has been amongst the biggest spenders on R&D traditionally Current Affairs :Innovative work (R&D) spending by India Inc expanded in 2018-19 (FY19) over the earlier years (drove via vehicle and pharmaceutical divisions). Be that as it may, it was as yet a little level of the complete deals. In FY19, India Inc spent Rs 8,721.3 crore under the R&D head — almost a fifth more than the sum in 2017-18 (FY18), which was Rs 7,098.5 crore. The subtleties of these costs are accessible in the yearly reports of organizations, generally distributed before the second’s over quarter of the following money related year. This examination took a gander at 440 organizations for whom the nonstop information is accessible for as long as 10 years. Despite the fact that the R&D consumption has expanded, it is as yet a little level of the all out deals. The all out R&D spending i...

Details of 1.3 mn Indian credit, debit cards up for sale on the dark web The debit and credit cards belong to multiple Indian banks and are being sold for $100 each, in what security researchers have dubbed one of the biggest card dumps in recent years Current Affairs :Almost 1.3 million charge and Visa information of Indian financial clients that can bring up to $130 million for cybercriminals are accessible on Dark Web for open deal. As indicated by ZDNet, the cards’ subtleties is accessible on Joker’s Stash – one of the most established card shops on the dim web which is known to be where significant programmers sell card dumps. The specialists from digital security structure Group-IBA found the Indian card holders’ posting. Joker’s Stash is promoting it under the “INDIA-MIX-NEW-01” heading. The charge and Mastercards have a place with different Indian banks and are being sold for $100 each, in what security scientists have named one of the greatest card dumps as of...

A unique system employed in Gujarat has reduced pollution. Here’s how The Emissions Trading System (ETS) launched in July 2019 by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is billed as the first such scheme, not just in India but the world, for particulate pollution Current Affairs :A one of a kind outflows exchanging framework being steered in Surat, Gujarat, has accomplished a 29 percent drop in fatal particulate contamination created by modern plants while cutting costs, the principal assessment of the plan has found. The Emissions Trading System (ETS) propelled in July 2019 by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is charged as the main such plan, in India as well as the world, for particulate contamination. One hundred and fifty-eight plants in the mechanical center have pursued this “top and exchange” plot. Mechanical bunches are set a breaking point on how much particulate contamination they can all things considered discharge; they can then either introduce...

India’s life expectancy rises to 68.7 years: National Health Profile 2019 NCT of Delhi has the highest population density of 11,320 people per square km, while Arunachal Pradesh has the lowest of 17 per sq km Current Affairs :In a frightening disclosure, WhatsApp has affirmed that at any rate two dozen columnists, academicians, Dalit and human rights activists, in India have been focused for observation for a fourteen day time span until May 2019, The Indian Express revealed. The programmers purportedly utilized an Israeli innovation, Pegasus created by Israeli firm, NSO to direct cyberespionage. WhatsApp reached the clients and cautioned them that their telephones had been under reconnaissance. WhatsApp declined to remark on the characters and “definite number” of those focused for observation in India when reached by The Indian Express. In any case, a WhatsApp representative affirmed to the day by day that the organization knew about those focused on and had reached each...

Israeli spyware used to spy on Indian journos, activists: Whatsapp confirms The hackers allegedly used an Israeli technology, Pegasus develeoped by Israeli firm, NSO to the conduct cyberespionage Current Affairs :In a frightening disclosure, WhatsApp has affirmed that at any rate two dozen columnists, academicians, Dalit and human rights activists, in India have been focused for observation for a fourteen day time span until May 2019, The Indian Express revealed. The programmers purportedly utilized an Israeli innovation, Pegasus created by Israeli firm, NSO to direct cyberespionage. WhatsApp reached the clients and cautioned them that their telephones had been under reconnaissance. WhatsApp declined to remark on the characters and “definite number” of those focused for observation in India when reached by The Indian Express. In any case, a WhatsApp representative affirmed to the day by day that the organization knew about those focused on and had reached each one of those...

Twitter banning political ads globally from Nov 22, says CEO Jack Dorsey Dorsey said the company would share the final policy by November 15, and will start enforcing it from November 22 to provide current advertisers a notice period before the change goes into effect Current Affairs :Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Thursday said that the microblogging stage would stop all political promoting all around, turning into the primary standard online life organization to do as such. In a progression of tweets, Dorsey clarified the purposes behind the choice. Saying that web promoting was “unfathomably ground-breaking” and powerful for business sponsors, it presented “critical dangers to governmental issues, where it very well may be utilized to impact votes to influence the lives of millions”. Political advertisements via web-based networking media stages have been a developing cause for concern comprehensively, particularly since reports of remote obstruction in the 2016 US Presid...

R K Mathur sworn-in as the first Lt Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh The oath of office was administered by chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir high court Geeta Mittal at a simple function held at Leh. Current Affairs :Radha Krishna Mathur was on Thursday confirmed as the first Lt Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh, which appeared after bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir. The pledge of office was controlled by boss equity of Jammu and Kashmir high court Geeta Mittal at a straightforward capacity held at Leh. Continue Reading

Over 22,000 Indians sought asylum in US since 2014: Official data The reason behind Indians seeking asylum in the US can be ‘unemployment or intolerance or both in India’, Satnam Singh Chahal, executive director of North American Punjabi Association Current Affairs :More than 22,000 Indians, including about 7,000 ladies, have applied for refuge in the US since 2014, as indicated by the most recent authority figures. The purpose for Indians looking for shelter in the US can be “joblessness or prejudice or both in India”, Satnam Singh Chahal, official chief of North American Punjabi Association (NAPA), said in an announcement. Upwards of 22,371 Indians have looked for haven in America since 2014, as per the data got by the NAPA through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the US Citizenship and Immigration Service’s National Records Center. These numbers are of “genuine concern”, Chahal said. Of the complete Indian haven searchers in 2014, upwards of 6,935 were l...

Assure our money is safe, revive PMC Bank: Depositors urge RBI The PMC Bank has been put under restrictions by the RBI after an alleged fraud of Rs 4,355 crore scam came to light Current Affairs :A few clients of the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank assembled outside the RBI’s office here on Tuesday, requesting an affirmation that their cash saved with the trick hit bank was protected. They likewise requested that the PMC Bank be restored so they could pull back their cash. The PMC Bank has been put under confinements by the RBI after a supposed extortion of Rs 4,355 crore trick became visible after which the store withdrawal was at first topped at Rs 1000, causing frenzy and trouble among contributors. In this way, as far as possible was raised to Rs 40,000 by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Around 200 clients accumulated outside the RBI’s office in the Bandra-Kurla Complex on Tuesday and said they need that their records with the PMC Bank be made oper...

RBI fines Bandhan Bank for not reducing promoter shareholding to 40% The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in the RBI under the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 Current Affairs :The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday forced a punishment of Rs 1 crore on Bandhan Bank for not cutting down the advertiser shareholding to 40 percent. Bandhan MFI had acquired on a basic level widespread financial permit from the national bank in 2014 and began undeniable tasks as a bank from August 2015. RBI forced the punishment by virtue of inability to pare the shareholding of Bandhan Financial Holdings Ltd to 40 percent of its paid-up casting a ballot capital, inside three years from beginning of the matter of the bank, the loan specialist said in a BSE documenting. Bandhan Bank turned out with an IPO and got recorded in March 2018. The bank had as of late converged with Gruh Finance, which cut down the shareholding of the advertiser from 82.26 perce...

Atanu Chakraborty gets additional charge of Department of Expenditure secy Chakraborty, a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, is currently the Department of Economic Affairs secretary Current Affairs :Senior civil servant Atanu Chakraborty has been named as the Department of Expenditure secretary on Wednesday, supplanting G C Murmu who was named as the first Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant senator a week ago. Chakraborty, a 1985-cluster IAS official of the Gujarat unit, is right now the Department of Economic Affairs secretary, a request gave by the staff service said. The skilled authority has endorsed the task of extra charge of the post of secretary, Department of Expenditure, to Chakraborty with prompt impact. Murmu, likewise a 1985-bunch Gujarat-unit IAS official, was designated as the Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant representative on Friday. Murmu, who hails from Odisha, was the vital secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his residency as the Guja...

Some countries using UN as ‘tool’ to resolve conflicts, rues PM Modi ‘A body like the UN should not merely be an institution but also an instrument for positive change,’ PM Modi said Current Affairs :Leader Narendra Modi on Tuesday squeezed for the change of the United Nations while communicating lament over certain nations utilizing the worldwide body as an “apparatus” instead of an “establishment” to determine clashes. During a dramatic talk with Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio, the Prime Minister said that the UN as an organization for compromise has not created as wanted and countries should hope to change the UN structure. Modi, who conveyed a keynote address at the prominent Future Investment Initiative (FII), named as “Davos in the desert”, said that India is the third biggest beginning up biological system on the planet as he looked for adventure assets to put resources into the Indian new companies. “A b...