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S N Shrivastava given additional charge of Delhi police commissioner

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S N Shrivastava given additional charge of Delhi police commissioner Shrivastava, a 1985-batch IPS officer, will take charge from incumbent Amulya Patnaik, who demits office on Saturday Current Affairs :Senior IPS official S N Shrivastava was given the extra charge of the Delhi police chief with impact from Sunday, as per an official request. On Monday, Shrivastava was repatriated from the Central Reserve Police Force and delegated as the unique chief (lawfulness) of the Delhi police, in the midst of the collective savagery in upper east Delhi. Shrivastava, a 1985-cluster IPS official, will assume responsibility from officeholder Amulya Patnaik, who demits office on Saturday. Shrivastava will hold the extra charge of the Delhi police official with impact from Sunday and until further requests, the request gave by the Union Home Ministry said. In the CRPF, Shrivastava was filling in as the exceptional chief general (preparing). He had served the Delhi police in ...

US spy agencies monitor COVID-19 spread; concerned about the outbreak in India

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US spy agencies monitor COVID-19 spread; concerned about the outbreak in India US intelligence agencies are also focusing on Iran, where the country’s deputy health minister has fallen ill during a worsening outbreak Current Affairs :US knowledge offices are checking the worldwide spread of coronavirus and the capacity of governments to react, sources acquainted with the issue said on Thursday, notice that there were worries about how India would adapt to an across the board episode. While there are just a couple of known cases in India, one source said the nation’s accessible countermeasures and the potential for the infection to spread given India’s thick populace was a focal point of genuine concern. US insight organizations are likewise concentrating on Iran, where the nation’s appointee wellbeing clergyman has become sick during a compounding episode. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the United States was “profoundly concerned” Tehran may have conce...

Delhi violence: Shah takes stock of law-and-order situation at review meet

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Delhi violence: Shah takes stock of law-and-order situation at review meet According to the ministry, no major untoward incident has been reported in the last 36 hours in any police station of North-East Delhi Current Affairs :Association Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held an audit meeting to check out winning lawfulness circumstance in Delhi taking into account the savagery that immersed the North-East locale of the national capital. The gathering was gone to by Home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, CP Delhi Amulya Patnaik, and Special CP, Law and Order SN Shrivastava. As per the service, no major untoward episode has been accounted for over the most recent 36 hours in any police headquarters of North-East Delhi. Prohibitory requests under Section 144 will be loose for a sum of 10 hours tomorrow taking into account the improvement of the circumstance. “Up until this point, 48 FIRs, relating to conflicts, loss of lives/property, and so on., have just been enrolled ...

Madhya Pradesh, Odisha top performers in digitising land records: NCAER

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Madhya Pradesh, Odisha top performers in digitising land records: NCAER From sixth to tenth position, are West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, respectively. Current Affairs :Madhya Pradesh, is the best performing state in as far as digitizing land records, trailed by Odisha, as indicated by the NCAER Land Records and Services Index. Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu are different states in the main five. The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) on Thursday discharged India’s first land records and administrations list. From 6th to tenth position, are West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, separately. The file depends on information gathered more than 2019-20 on two parts of the stockpile of land records-the degree of digitisation of land records and the nature of these land records, said a NCAER explanation. “The main segment, which means to evaluate whether a state has made all its territory re...

India to attend signing of landmark US-Taliban deal in Doha on Saturday

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India to attend signing of landmark US-Taliban deal in Doha on Saturday The deal would allow for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan. The US has lost over 2,400 soldiers in Afghanistan since late 2001 Current Affairs :India’s Ambassador to Qatar will go to the marking of the milestone harmony bargain between the US and the Afghan Taliban in Doha on Saturday, official sources said on Thursday. The arrangement would take into consideration the withdrawal of US powers from Afghanistan. The US has lost more than 2,400 fighters in Afghanistan since late 2001. Sources said India has been welcomed by the Qatar government for the function where the arrangement will be marked and Indian represetative P Kumaran will go to it. It will be just because India will authoritatively go to an occasion including the Taliban. India has been a key partner in the harmony and compromise process in Afghanistan. In a huge move, India had sent two previous negotiators in “non-offic...

This summer is likely to be hotter than normal, says IMD forecast

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This summer is likely to be hotter than normal, says IMD forecast Northwest India comprises UP, Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab, and Haryana. Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are parts of central India, while Gujarat and Maharashtra come under west India. Current Affairs :This late spring is probably going to be more blazing than expected in many pieces of northwest, west, focal, and south India, as per the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD’s) figure discharged on Thursday. In the staying meteorological subdivisions, the normal temperature is required to be close to ordinary in the late spring months (March to May). Northwest India includes UP, Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab, and Haryana. Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are portions of focal India, while Gujarat and Maharashtra go under west India. Day temperatures are probably going to be better than average by 0.5 degree Celsius over Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Chandigarh, western Uttar Pradesh, eastern Rajasthan, portio...

WhatsApp, Twitter, TikTok anti-nationals? Case filed in Hyderabad

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WhatsApp, Twitter, TikTok anti-nationals? Case filed in Hyderabad Raghuveer, Additional DCP Cyber Crimes said,” We have received a court referred complaint, which was filed by S Srisailam in the concerned court” Current Affairs :The Cyber Crime Police of Hyderabad has enrolled a FIR against online networking stages WhatsApp, Twitter and TikTok-for permitting individuals to spread enemy of national exercises, according to a protest documented by one S Srishailam. Raghuveer, Additional DCP Cyber Crimes said,” We have gotten a court alluded grumbling, which was recorded by S Srisailam in the concerned court expressing that online life stages Whatsapp, Twitter and TikTok are permitting hardly any individuals to spread enemy of national exercises and recordings.” S Srisailam additionally asserted that a couple of individuals are running a crusade against the CAA via web-based networking media stages to spread scorn which thus is making harm national uprightness. “Right now,...

Sonia Gandhi-led Cong delegation meets President Kovind over Delhi violence

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Sonia Gandhi-led Cong delegation meets President Kovind over Delhi violence The delegation, including Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad as well as Ahmed Patel and Randeep Surjewala, also submitted a memorandum to the president Current Affairs :An assignment of senior Congress pioneers, drove by party boss Sonia Gandhi, met President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday to look for regularity and harmony in savagery hit Delhi. The assignment, remembering Leader of Opposition for Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad just as Ahmed Patel and Randeep Surjewala, likewise presented a notice to the president. The all out loss of life in the upper east Delhi common viciousness over the revised citizenship law is presently 34, as indicated by senior authorities. Continue Reading

After 2 days and 27 lost lives, brittle quiet prevails in riot-hit Delhi

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After 2 days and 27 lost lives, brittle quiet prevails in riot-hit Delhi National Security Advisor Ajit Doval visited some riot-hit areas. Current Affairs :Following two days of common conflicts that guaranteed 27 lives, a weak calm settled over pieces of mob hit upper east Delhi on Wednesday however there was savagery in some different spots with shops set on fire and the body of an IB staff member found in a channel. As police led banner walks and security work force spread out over the northeastern edge of the national capital in an offer to suppress the brutality seething since Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first response requested for harmony and fraternity. Declaring that it was significant for quiet to be reestablished at the most punctual, Modi said on Twitter, “Had a broad survey on the circumstance winning in different pieces of Delhi. Police and different organizations are taking a shot at the ground to guarantee harmony and commonality.” Natio...

Malaysian king summons Mahathir, who's trying to be PM again

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Malaysian king summons Mahathir, who's trying to be PM again A failed bid by Mahathir’s supporters to form a new government without his named successor Anwar Ibrahim plunged the country into a political limbo Current Affairs :Malaysia’s above all else gathered Mahathir Mohamad to the castle Thursday, energizing talks he may have greater part backing to return as the following leader after his unexpected renunciation and the breakdown of his decision alliance this week. Mahathir didn’t address journalists as he was crashed into the royal residence grounds. The gathering came after the ruler talked with officials to figure out who they support as head administrator and in the event that they need crisp decisions. A rebound as PM for a third time will be a surprising accomplishment for Mahathir, the world’s most seasoned pioneer at 94, after nail-gnawing turns, turns and ruses in the political dramatization that unwound throughout the end of the week. A bombed offer by Ma...

Facebook bans ads with false claims about products linked to coronavirus

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Facebook bans ads with false claims about products linked to coronavirus Ads that guarantee a cure or prevention are also banned Current Affairs :Facebook said Wednesday that it is restricting advertisements that make bogus cases about items attached to the new coronavirus. The informal organization said it is expelling advertisements that include an item and suggest a constrained stockpile, looking for make a need to keep moving in their notice of coronavirus. Advertisements that ensure a fix or counteraction are likewise restricted, it said. For example, advertisements for face veils that guarantee the items are 100% ensured to forestall the spread of the infection are not permitted, the organization said. The boycott became effective this week. Facebook had recently prohibited promotions, alongside ordinary unpaid posts, that sell counterfeit fixes, for example, drinking blanch, spread fear inspired notions about the infection, or dishearten individuals from looki...

34% of Indians 'very comfortable' with woman CEO appointment: Survey

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34% of Indians 'very comfortable' with woman CEO appointment: Survey India’s gender acceptability in defence above global average Current Affairs :Under four out of 10 Indians feel ‘truly great’ about a lady heading their administration or a significant organization, as indicated by discoveries by inquire about consultancy KANTAR. Further, ladies in India and all inclusive, are all the more tolerating of ladies holding initiative positions, contrasted with men. This is the principal year India is a piece of KANTAR’s yearly worldwide exercise to rate nations on the degree to which people are seen similarly as far as reasonableness for places of initiative over all segments. Named the Reykjavik Index for Leadership, covering the G7 nations and BRIC nations this year, the record runs from 0 to 100 – a score of 100 implies that across society, there is finished understanding that ladies and men are similarly fit to initiative in all parts. “The Indices for India and Braz...

Coronavirus: IAF aircraft brings 76 Indians, 36 foreigners from Wuhan

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Coronavirus: IAF aircraft brings 76 Indians, 36 foreigners from Wuhan The C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft was sent to Wuhan on Wednesday and it carried 15 tonnes of medical supplies for coronavirus-affected people in China Current Affairs :An Indian Air Force airplane on Thursday emptied 76 Indians and 36 remote nationals from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan. The C-17 Globemaster III vehicle airplane was sent to Wuhan on Wednesday and it conveyed 15 tons of clinical supplies for coronavirus-influenced individuals in China. On its arrival, the airplane brought back 112 individuals including 23 residents from Bangladesh, six from China, two each from Myanmar and the Maldives and one each from South Africa, the US and Madagascar. Prior, India had emptied around 650 Indians from Wuhan in two Air India flights. “In each of the 723 Indian nationals and 43 remote nationals have been cleared from Wuhan, China in these three flights,” the Ministry of Externa...

With $100-bn, Singapore is planning for the worst of climate change

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With $100-bn, Singapore is planning for the worst of climate change Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called climate change a matter of ‘life and death,’ an existential threat to the country as important as national defense Current Affairs :Singapore has gained notoriety for preparing. With regards to environmental change, it’s getting ready for the most noticeably terrible. While governments around the globe are battling to meet the objectives of the Paris understanding — keeping the worldwide temperature increment to about 1.5 degrees Celsius and the ascent in ocean levels to under 0.5 meters — Singapore is conceiving a S$100 billion ($72 billion) plan to protect the city against temperatures and floodwaters a few times those levels. Examination by the Meteorological Service Singapore’s Center for Climate Research Singapore recommends that in a most dire outcome imaginable, floods could ascend by right around 4 meters, calculating in impacts like tempest floods — an e...

ISRO to launch geo imaging satellite GISAT-1 on March 5 from Sriharikota

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ISRO to launch geo imaging satellite GISAT-1 on March 5 from Sriharikota GISAT-1 will facilitate near real-time observation of the Indian subcontinent, under cloud-free conditions Current Affairs :The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Wednesday said that GSLV-F10 will dispatch geo imaging satellite, GISAT-1, from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on March 5. The dispatch is planned to happen at 5.43 pm. “Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F10) will dispatch geo imaging satellite (GISAT-1) from the subsequent platform of the SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. The dispatch is probably booked at 1743 Hrs IST on March 05, 2020, subject to climate conditions,” ISRO said. Weighing around 2,275 kg, GISAT-1 is a best in class lithe Earth perception satellite that will be put in a ‘geosynchronous exchange circle’ by GSLV-F10. Therefore, the satellite will arrive at the last geostationary circle utilizing its locally available drive framework. A four meter...

From rare paintings to luxury cars, Nirav Modi's assets to go under hammer

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From rare paintings to luxury cars, Nirav Modi's assets to go under hammer Modi, who has allegedly defrauded state-run Punjab National Bank of over Rs 14,000 crore, is on the run and was last spotted in the UK Current Affairs :Uncommon works of art, stunning wrist watches and extravagance autos having a place with criminal diamantaire Nirav Modi will be unloaded from Thursday. The offer of 112 resources is being finished by Saffronart for the benefit of the Enforcement Directorate through a live sale, which will be trailed by an online one for 72 things. Modi, who has purportedly swindled state-run Punjab National Bank of over Rs 14,000 crore, is on the run and was last seen in the UK. Saffronart, which had directed a closeout of certain works of art having a place with Modi in March a year ago to bring over Rs 55 crore, said there will be a live sale of 112 things on Thursday, which will be trailed by an online sale one week from now. A 1935 canvas by Amrita Sher-Gi...

Modi reviews Delhi situation, appeals for peace and brotherhood

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Modi reviews Delhi situation, appeals for peace and brotherhood He also said it was important that calm and normalcy was restored at the earliest Current Affairs :In his first response to occurrences of viciousness in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday advanced for harmony and fellowship, and said he has held a broad survey of the common circumstance in different pieces of the national capital. He additionally said it was significant that quiet and commonality was reestablished at the most punctual. “Had a broad survey on the circumstance winning in different pieces of Delhi. Police and different offices are taking a shot at the ground to guarantee harmony and commonality,” Modi tweeted. “Harmony and amicability are vital to our ethos. I request to my sisters and siblings of Delhi to keep up harmony and fraternity consistently,” he included. At any rate 20 individuals have been killed in shared savagery in north east Delhi throughout the previous not ma...