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Amazon must check for trade mark violations, says EU court advisor

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Amazon must check for trade mark violations, says EU court advisor The adviser was giving his opinion on a case that pits Amazon against US cosmetics company Coty Current Affairs News :US online retail goliath Amazon isn’t at risk for accidentally stocking exchange mark encroaching merchandise for outsider merchants, however ought to be determined in checking whether items are legitimate, a consultant to Europe’s top court said on Thursday. The guide was giving his assessment on a body of evidence that pits Amazon against US beautifying agents organization Coty. The question is one of the numerous fights between extravagance products organizations looking to safeguard their restrictiveness and marking and online stages, for example, Amazon and eBay battling against online deals controls. It additionally brings up the issue of the extent of online stages’ obligation regarding items sold, or content transmitted, on their locales. The assessment from Manuel Campos Sanch...

Amit Shah: The architect of India's rightward turn may succeed Modi one day

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Amit Shah: The architect of India's rightward turn may succeed Modi one day Shah will likely be the one to announce any more moves related to Hindu nationalism while Modi stays above the fray, focusing on economic reforms and acting as a statesman on the world stage Current Affairs News :New off a resonating re-appointment triumph, Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined different administrators in India’s pioneer period parliament to praise the man on his right side. There stood Amit Shah, Modi’s go-to person for over three decades, who at that point continued to make one of the most critical declarations in contemporary Indian history: The legislature would promptly end almost seven many years of self-rule in the Muslim-greater part locale of Kashmir. “Allow us five years, we will make it the nation’s most created state,” Shah announced. The memorable discourse toward the beginning of August checked to some degree a turning out gathering for Shah. Since a long time ago k...

Govt may set up new rocket launch pad near Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu

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Govt may set up new rocket launch pad near Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu Govt may set up new rocket launch pad near Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu Current Affairs News :Government is wanting to set up another rocket platform in Tamil Nadu. Right now, the Indian Space Research association (Isro) has two platforms at Sriharikotta, Andhra Pradesh. The advancement goes ahead the background of expanding dispatches from India, both for local and worldwide clients. Association Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in composed answer to an inquiry in Rajya Sabha on Thursday stated, “Government has proposition to set up rocket take off platform close Kulasekarapattinam in the territory of Tamil Nadu”. While the pastor didn’t expand on the utilization and Isro authorities couldn’t be come to quickly, the new platform is planned to be uti...

Britain govt hails as 'remarkable' a 63% hike in Indian student visas

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Britain govt hails as 'remarkable' a 63% hike in Indian student visas 30,550 Indian students received a Tier 4 Study Visa for the year ending September 2019, up from nearly 18,730 the previous year, UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal Current Affairs News :The UK government on Thursday hailed as noteworthy a 63 percent climb in the quantity of Indian understudies being allowed visas to learn at British colleges over the previous year. The most recent measurements discharged by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) uncover that 30,550 Indian understudies got a Tier 4 Study Visa for the year finishing September 2019, up from almost 18,730 the earlier year. This is presently the third sequential year where the numbers have expanded. It is essential to us, in light of the fact that these youthful pioneers of tomorrow will strengthen the living extension that associates India and the UK, said Sir Dominic Asquith, the UK High Commissioner to India, who...

Uddhav takes oath, becomes first Thackeray to be Maharashtra Chief Minister

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Uddhav takes oath, becomes first Thackeray to be Maharashtra Chief Minister Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered oath to the saffron-clad Thackeray and six ministers at the sprawling Shivaji Park in Mumbai Current Affairs News :Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray was on Thursday sworn in Maharashtra boss priest, heading a far-fetched coalition with the Congress and NCP. The 59-year-old is the third Sena pioneer and first from the Thackeray family to possess the post. His dad Bal Thackeray used the ‘remote authority’ over the first Sena-BJP government during 1995-99 however never expected a situation in the administration. Senator Bhagat Singh Koshyari controlled promise to the saffron-clad Thackeray and six priests at the rambling Shivaji Park in Mumbai, scene of the Sena’s Dussehra rallies. Those present at the service included NCP boss Sharad Pawar, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, senior Congress pioneers Ahmed Patel and Mallikarjun Kharge, MNS boss...

MoD approves procurement of military platforms worth Rs 22,800 crore

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MoD approves procurement of military platforms worth Rs 22,800 crore The decisions were taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Current Affairs News :The protection service on Thursday endorsed acquisition of six P 8I hostile to submarine fighting plane, indigenous advancement of airborne notice and control frameworks (AWACS) flying machine and other military stages at an expense of Rs 22,800 crore. The choices were taken at a gathering of the Defense Acquisition Council led by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. Authorities said the DAC affirmed acquisition of six P 8I flying machine from aviation major Boeing to support the Indian Navy’s enemy of submarine battle ability. “These airplane would significantly reinforce the Navy’s abilities for oceanic seaside observation, against submarine fighting (ASW) and hostile to surface vessel (ASV) strike,” the guard service said in an announcement. At present, the Indian Na...

India slams Pakistan at UNGA for 'malicious propaganda' on Ayodhya verdict

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India slams Pakistan at UNGA for 'malicious propaganda' on Ayodhya verdict India asked the country to rather work constructively and positively for education and upliftment of its own minorities instead of spewing lies for a self serving malicious propaganda Current Affairs News :India on Thursday attacked Pakistan over its announcement at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Supreme Court’s decision on Ayodhya land debate case and asked the nation to rather work valuably and decidedly for training and upliftment of its own minorities as opposed to regurgitating lies for a self serving malevolent promulgation. Practicing India’s entitlement to answer in light of the announcement conveyed by Pakistan at the twelfth session of Forum of Minority Issues, Indian representative Vimarsh Aryan noticed that the strict, ethnic, partisan and phonetic minorities in Pakistan have endured an enormous encroachment of their major human rights due to the alleged lewdness laws. ...

BJP drops Pragya Thakur from defence panel after row over Godse remark

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BJP drops Pragya Thakur from defence panel after row over Godse remark The BJP condemned the remarks made by its Lok Sabha MP Pragya Thakur in Parliament Current Affairs News :Bearing down on its sequential guilty party MP Pragya Thakur, who hailed Mahatma Gandhi’s professional killer Nathuram Godse in Lok Sabha, The BJP on Thursday banished her from going to its parliamentary gathering meeting in the continuous Parliament session and expelled her from the consultative board on safeguard. BJP working president J P Nadda declared the disciplinary activity against her and denounced the questionable Hindutva pioneer’s comments in an offer to defuse the political emergency activated by her comments in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Nadda additionally said that Thakur will be expelled from the consultative board of trustees on protection, to which she was as of late delegated. “The announcement given by MP Pragya Thakur is condemnable. BJP never supports such articulation and ...

NSO providing primary data ‘free of cost’, says Ministry of Statistics

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NSO providing primary data ‘free of cost’, says Ministry of Statistics Rao said the merger of CSO and NSSO to form the NSO leverages the strengths of the two organisations in meeting the increasing demands of quality statistics. Current Affairs News :In the midst of sharp analysis from home and abroad over charges of smothering large scale financial information, the Ministry of Statistics on Wednesday said that the National Statistical Office (NSO) has been giving essential information “free of cost”. Clergyman of Statistics Rao Indrajit Singh said in a composed answer: “The key measurable items created by the Ministry are discharged according to the Advance Release Calendar. Further, the Ministry has additionally made accessible every essential datum gathered to people in general free of cost since April, 2019.” His reaction went ahead an inquiry by MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor who said whether the converging of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) with the...

New Gujarat anti-terror law to come into force from Dec 1 after Prez nod

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New Gujarat anti-terror law to come into force from Dec 1 after Prez nod The Act allows to consider intercepted telephonic conversations as a legitimate evidence Current Affairs News :A dubious Gujarat against fear law, which perceives caught telephonic discussions as a real proof among different arrangements, will come into power from December 1, a state serve said here on Wednesday. Prior this month, President Ram Nath Kovind had given his consent to the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime (GCTOC) Act, which had thrice neglected to get approval of his forerunners since 2004. The questionable enactment, passed by the BJP-managed state in March 2015, was figured to manage fear mongering and sorted out wrongdoing, for example, contract murdering, ponzi plans, opiates exchange, blackmail rackets, digital wrongdoing, land-getting and human dealing. Conversing with journalists, Minister of State for Home, Pradeepsinh Jadeja, stated, “We will begin the usage of...

Indian varsities drop in QS World University Asia rankings; none in top 30

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Indian varsities drop in QS World University Asia rankings; none in top 30 While the best-performing Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) dropped one place to 34 over last year, IIT-Delhi (IIT-D) dropped three to 43 Current Affairs News :A few driving Indian organizations of advanced education saw a drop in the most recent Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Asia Rankings 2020, with not a solitary foundation making it to the best 30, in examination with their Asian companions. While the best-performing Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) dropped one spot to 34 over a year ago, IIT-Delhi (IIT-D) dropped three to 43. The other top three best-performing Indian organizations, including IIT-Madras (IIT-M), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc), and IIT-Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp), as well, fell in their rankings to 50, 51, and 56, down from 48, 50, and 53, separately. India has 96 colleges positioned, including 20 fresh out of the plastic new passage...

Rise of Asia will shift balance of global economic power by 2050: Nayyar

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Rise of Asia will shift balance of global economic power by 2050: Nayyar The rise of Asia represents the beginning of a shift in the balance of economic power in the world and some erosion in the political dominance of the West, he said Current Affairs News :The ascent of Asia on the back of its quick industrialisation will prompt a move in a critical position of worldwide monetary power by 2050, noted financial specialist Deepak Nayyar said on Wednesday. In a discussion on his most recent book ‘Resurgent Asia: Diversity in Development’ here, Nayyar said that by around 2050, Asia will represent half of the world’s absolute salary and populace, yet per-capita pay of the area will be no place of the degree of the US or Europe. The ascent of Asia speaks to the start of a move to be determined of monetary power on the planet and some disintegration in the political predominance of the West, he said. Future will be formed incompletely on how Asia misuses openings and addres...

US arrests 90 students, mostly from India, enrolled in fake university

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US arrests 90 students, mostly from India, enrolled in fake university The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has so far arrested more than 250 students, who were lured to enroll in the now-closed University of Farmington Current Affairs News :Bureaucratic law implementation offices have captured 90 outside understudies, generally from India, took on a phony college built up by the US government to check migration misrepresentation, a media report has said. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has so far captured in excess of 250 understudies, who were tricked to join up with the now-shut University of Farmington in the Detroit metropolitan zone by the Department of Homeland Security. The ICE had in March captured 161 understudies from the phony college built up by it. At the point when it was shut in March, there were 600 understudies, for the most part Indians, selected it. The most recent updates on capture of extra 90 understudies as of late, ...

More than 227,000 Indians waiting for family-sponsored Green Card: Report

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More than 227,000 Indians waiting for family-sponsored Green Card: Report Majority of those in the family-sponsored Green Card waiting list are siblings of US citizens Current Affairs News :In excess of 227,000 Indians are sitting tight in line for family-supported Green Card or lawful changeless residency, as indicated by a most recent late authority information. As of now, there are around 4,000,000 individuals sitting tight in line for family-supported Green Cards against a Congressional top of 226,000 for each annum. The biggest number of 1.5 million hold up list is from America’s southern neighbor Mexico, trailed by an inaccessible India with 227,000 and China with about 180,000. Greater part of those in the family-supported Green Card holding up list are kin of US residents. Under current law, US residents can support their relatives and blood family members for Green Cards or changeless legitimate residency. President Donald Trump is against such an arrangemen...

Privacy risk: Report says India among 75 nations with AI surveillance tools

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Privacy risk: Report says India among 75 nations with AI surveillance tools Even as right to privacy has been declared a fundamental right, India does not have a personal data protection law yet Current Affairs News :India is bit by bit opening up to the danger of mass reconnaissance and digital snooping by the state just as maverick on-screen characters, as current innovation advances into the nation in a scene of frail protection laws. A report by international strategy think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) has said India is among 75 nations on the planet with access to present day AI reconnaissance innovation—placing it in a similar rundown as China, Russia and Saudi Arabia. The examination was distributed in September. “Numerous administrations in the Gulf, East Asia, and South/Central Asia are securing progressed explanatory frameworks, facial acknowledgment cameras, and refined observing capacities,” said Steven Feldstein, a Carnegie Endowmen...

Isro PSLV-C47 launch: All you need to know about Cartosat-3 and its uses

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Isro PSLV-C47 launch: All you need to know about Cartosat-3 and its uses Cartosat-3 aims to address the increased demands for large scale urban planning, rural resource and infrastructure development, coastal land use and land cover Current Affairs News :India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C47 is set to dispatch Cartosat-3 and 13 business nanosatellites into Sun Synchronous circle from Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. This is the principal business request to place into space 13 American nanosatellites for NewSpace India, which was framed uniquely in March 2019. What is Cartosat-3 Cartosat-3 is a third-age deft propelled earth perception satellite with high-goals imaging capacity. Created by the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro), it will supplant the IRS arrangement. Cartosat-3 has a panchromatic goals of 0.25 meters making it the imaging satellite with most noteworthy goals and Mx of 1 meter with an excellent goals, which is a signif...

Only 61% households used LPG for cooking as of Dec 2018, shows NSO data

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Only 61% households used LPG for cooking as of Dec 2018, shows NSO data Only 48.3 per cent of the rural households used LPG, while the figures were much higher in urban areas at 86.6 per cent, according to the NSO report Current Affairs News :Around 61 percent of complete family units in India utilized melted oil gas (LPG) for cooking in India in 2018, as indicated by the most recent National Statistical Office (NSO) study report. A year ago, the legislature had asserted around 90 percent LPG infiltration the nation over by December 2018. Just 48.3 percent of the provincial family units utilized LPG, while the figures were a lot higher in urban zones at 86.6 percent, as indicated by the NSO’s 76th round overview on ‘Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition’ discharged on Saturday. The study was led for the period among July and December 2018. Undoubtedly, the NSO asked more than 100,000 family units the nation over about their essential wellspring of fue...