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Sony takes PlayStation 5 registration through invite-only system: Know more

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  Sony takes PlayStation 5 registration through invite-only system: Know more According to Sony, there will be a limited quantity of PS5 consoles available for pre-order this holiday season Current Affairs  :Sony has opened welcome just online enlistment for clients to be one of the first to pre-request the forthcoming PlayStation 5 reassure straightforwardly from the organization.  As per the organization, there will be a “restricted amount of PS5 reassures accessible for pre-request” this Christmas season.  The greeting program is an opportunity for existing PlayStation clients to get their shot at having the option to arrange the up and coming console.  “There will be a restricted amount of PS5 reassures accessible for pre-request, so we will be welcoming a portion of our current purchasers to be one of the first to pre-request one from PlayStation,” the organization said in an announcement on Wednesday.  “Pre-request reservations will be taken on a...

States can provide PG admissions quota to govt doctors in remote areas: SC

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  States can provide PG admissions quota to govt doctors in remote areas: SC The Supreme Court on Monday held that states are empowered to make special provisions for granting quota in admissions in PG courses to government doctors serving in remote areas Current Affairs  :The Supreme Court on Monday held that states are engaged to make uncommon arrangements for conceding quantity in confirmations in PG courses to government specialists serving in distant regions.  A five-judge constitution seat headed by Justice Arun Mishra held that states have authoritative skill to make uncommon arrangements for reservation.  The top court said that the Medical Council of India (MCI) guideline that banished such reservation is subjective and unlawful.  The seat said thatthe MCI is a legal body and has no capacity to make arrangements for reservations.  The judgment was articulated on a request by Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association and others battling that givi...

Chinese troops violate agreement in Pangong Tso, Indian Army pre-empts move

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  Chinese troops violate agreement in Pangong Tso, Indian Army pre-empts move A govt release said that Indian troops pre-empted the Chinese activity on the Southern Bank of Pangong Tso Lake and undertook measures to strengthen India’s positions Current Affairs  :Months after the fatal outskirt conflict, the circumstance in Eastern Ladakh flared the previous evening when troops of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) disregarded the “past agreement” showed up at during military and strategic commitment.  “PLA completed provocative military developments to change business as usual,” said Colonel Aman Anand in an announcement and included that a Brigade Commander level Flag Meeting is in progress at Chushul to determine the issues.  It is to be discovered that Indian soldiers pre-empted the Chinese action on the Southern Bank of Pangong Tso Lake, embraced measures to reinforce India’s positions, and defeated the expectations to singularly change realities on the ...

Over 3,000 evacuated from flood-hit Bhandara, Chandrapur in Maharashtra

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  Over 3,000 evacuated from flood-hit Bhandara, Chandrapur in Maharashtra More than 3,000 people, including 500 from one village, have been evacuated from Bhandara and Chandrapur districts of Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region Current Affairs  :In excess of 3,000 individuals, including  500 from one town, have been emptied from Bhandara and Chandrapur regions of Maharashtra’s Vidarbha district where a few regions got overwhelmed after substantial downpours in neighboring pieces of Madhya Pradesh, authorities said on Monday.  Bhandara city has been one of the most noticeably terrible influenced in east Vidarbha and groups of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and nearby organization are moving flood-hit individuals to more secure spots, locale fiasco the board official Abhishek Namdas told PTI.  “Over the most recent two days, 2,830 individuals have been protected from Bhandara city,” he said.  Rising water is p...

Scheduled international passenger flights suspension extended till Sept 30

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  Scheduled international passenger flights suspension extended till Sept 30 The suspension of scheduled international passenger flights has been extended till September 30, said Indian aviation regulator DGCA on Monday Current Affairs  :The suspension of booked universal traveler flights has been stretched out till September 30, said Indian avionics controller DGCA on Monday.  “Notwithstanding, universal planned flights might be permitted on chosen courses by the skilled expert on a case-to-case premise,” noticed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in a round.  Planned worldwide traveler administrations keep on staying suspended in India since March 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic.  In the interim, exceptional global flights have been working under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under two-sided air bubble game plans with different nations since July.  The round said the suspension doesn’t influence the activity of worldwide all...

Treat PIL as representation on preventing waterlogging in Delhi: HC

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  Treat PIL as representation on preventing waterlogging in Delhi: HC The Delhi High Court Monday asked the AAP government to treat as representation a PIL seeking a lasting solution to waterlogging problem which plagues the national capital during the monsoon Current Affairs  :The Delhi High Court Monday requested that the AAP government treat as portrayal a PIL looking for an enduring answer for waterlogging issue which torment the public capital during the storm.  A seat of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said the supplication, by a trust, “is looking for a perpetual answer for the issue of waterlogging in the city”.  The court guided the Delhi government to regard the appeal as a portrayal and take a choice as per law, rules, guidelines and government strategy appropriate to the realities of the case.  With the bearing, the seat discarded the request by Anti Corruption Council of India Trust.  The trust’s attorneys, during the mee...

Plea for 60 days to respond to translated EIA 2020: HC seeks Govt stand

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  Plea for 60 days to respond to translated EIA 2020: HC seeks Govt stand Delhi HC sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking 60-day extension for receiving public comments on the translated versions of the draft EIA after they are uploaded on respective SPCB websites Current Affairs  :The Delhi High Court Monday looked for the Center’s reaction on a request looking for 60-day expansion for getting open remarks on the interpreted variants of the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notice of 2020 after they are transferred on the sites of the individual State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs).  A seat of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan gave notice to the Environment Ministry on the application which looks for change to the court’s June 30 judgment that reached out till August 11 the date for giving remarks or issues with the draft EIA.  The judgment had likewise coordinated that the doggone EIA be distributed in all the 22 dialects in t...

Selective abortion in India may cause 6.8 mn less girls born by 2030: Study

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  Selective abortion in India may cause 6.8 mn less girls born by 2030: Study An estimated 6.8 million fewer female births will be recorded across India by 2030 due to sex-selective abortions, according to a study that projects the highest deficits will occur in Uttar Pradesh Current Affairs  :An expected 6.8 million less female births will be recorded across India by 2030 because of sex-specific premature births, as indicated by an examination that extends the most elevated shortfalls in the introduction of young ladies will happen in Uttar Pradesh.  Specialists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, and Universite de Paris, France, noticed that there has been a revealed lopsidedness in India in the sex proportion during childbirth (SRB) since the 1970s because of the development of pre-birth sex determination and the social inclination for male children.  Dissimilar to different nations influenced by such awkward nature,...

Fine of Re 1 for Bhushan in contempt case, failing which 3-month in jail

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  Fine of Re 1 for Bhushan in contempt case, failing which 3-month in jail The Supreme Court imposed a token fine of Re 1 on advocate Prashant Bhushan, which if he failed to deposit by September 15, the penalty will then be 3 months in jail Current Affairs  :The Supreme Court on Monday forced a symbolic fine of Re 1 on advocate Prashant Bhushan, indicted in a disdain argument for tweets against the legal executive, which in the event that he neglected to store by September 15, the punishment will at that point be 3 months in prison and the senior backer will be banned from specializing in legal matters for a long time.  On August 25, a seat involving Justices Arun Mishra, B.R. Gavai and Krishna Murari had saved the request on the sentence, after Bhushan declined to apologize for his slanderous tweets against the legal executive.  Articulating the judgment, the seat said opportunity of articulation is there, yet privileges of others ought to likewise be regarded,...

Safety norms not followed by many people reason for rise in cases in Delhi

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  Safety norms not followed by many people reason for rise in cases in Delhi Medical experts have flagged that many people not wearing masks and violating social distancing norms have contributed to the sudden spurt in novel coronavirus cases in Delhi in the past few days Current Affairs  :Clinical specialists have hailed that numerous individuals not wearing covers and abusing social removing standards have added to the unexpected spray in novel coronavirus cases in Delhi in the previous hardly any days, advised that the circumstance should even now be treated as a “wellbeing crisis”.  From specialists at driving clinics to authorities of cross country testing labs, all agreed that an “unexpected level of carelessness” has sneaked in the mind of the majority, particularly the young, who feel that “everything has returned to typical” since lockdown has facilitated.  “We are seeing the more youthful populace generally beginning to go out, posting pictures via web...

Aveek Sarkar of ABP group elected new Press Trust of India chairman

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  Aveek Sarkar of ABP group elected new Press Trust of India chairman Aveek Sarkar, the Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of Publications, has been elected Chairman of Press Trust of India, the country’s premier news agency Current Affairs  :Aveek Sarkar, the Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of Publications, has been chosen Chairman of Press Trust of India, the nation’s chief news organization.  Sarkar’s political decision was sanctioned by PTI’s Board of Directors at their gathering on Saturday. He succeeds Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group of papers.  Sarkar, 75, began preparing as a columnist while he was an understudy, simply out of school. Subsequent to moving on from the University of Calcutta, he went to Britain where he went under the tutelage of the incredible supervisor of The Sunday Times, Sir Harold Evans. He was educated in reporting by such famous figures as Edwin Taylor...

Coronavirus surge not a worry as serious cases, deaths in control: Experts

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  Coronavirus surge not a worry as serious cases, deaths in control: Experts The rise in number of COVID-19 cases should not be a cause of concern as long as the number of serious patients and deaths due to the disease remain low, say public health experts in Gujarat Current Affairs  :The ascent in number of COVID-19  cases ought not be a reason for worry as long as the quantity of genuine patients and passings because of the ailment stay low, say general wellbeing specialists in Gujarat.  They are additionally of the view that the new cases being accounted for day by day ought to be classified as gentle, moderate or extreme to more readily comprehend the pandemic.  “We are finding new cases regular, yet the principal thing we have to know is what number of them are not kidding,” said Dileep Mavalankar, Director of the Gandhinagar-based Indian Institute of Public Health.  “The administration should report what number of new patients have been put on ox...

Chhattisgarh CM urges PM to reconsider Nagarnar steel plant privatisation

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  Chhattisgarh CM urges PM to reconsider Nagarnar steel plant privatisation Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to revisit decision on privatisation of NMDC’s under-construction steel plant in Nagarnar, Bastar Current Affairs  :Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, encouraging him to return to choice on privatization of NMDC’s under-development steel plant in Nagarnar, Bastar.  In a letter to the head administrator on Wednesday, Baghel said the privatization move will profoundly hurt the desires for lakhs of tribals and Naxalites may exploit the circumstance.  The nation’s biggest iron metal excavator NMDC, under the Ministry of Steel, is setting up its first steel plant with a limit of 3 million tons for each annum (MTPA) in Nagarnar. The plant was in the rundown of open segment endeavors arranged by the Department of Investment and Public Asset Mana...

Delhi HC rejects Choksi’s plea for pre-screening of ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’

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  Delhi HC rejects Choksi’s plea for pre-screening of ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’ The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed a plea by Mehul Choksi, an accused in the nearly USD 2 billion PNB scam, to conduct pre-screening of Netflix documentary, Bad Boy Billionaires’ Current Affairs  :In a milestone study, researchers utilizing NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have planned the huge envelope of gas, called a corona, encompassing the Andromeda universe, our closest huge galactic neighbor.  Researchers were shocked to find that this questionable, almost undetectable corona of diffuse plasma broadens 1.3 million light-years from the cosmic system – most of the way to our Milky Way – and to the extent 2 million light-years in certain ways. This implies Andromeda’s radiance is now chancing upon the corona of our own universe.  They additionally found that the radiance has a layered structure, with two principle settled and particular shells of gas. This is the most exhaustive investig...

NASA’s Hubble telescope maps giant Halo around Andromeda galaxy

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  NASA’s Hubble telescope maps giant Halo around Andromeda galaxy They also found that the halo has a layered structure, with two main nested and distinct shells of gas. This is the most comprehensive study of a halo surrounding a galaxy Current Affairs  :In a milestone study, researchers utilizing NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have planned the huge envelope of gas, called a corona, encompassing the Andromeda universe, our closest huge galactic neighbor.  Researchers were shocked to find that this questionable, almost undetectable corona of diffuse plasma broadens 1.3 million light-years from the cosmic system – most of the way to our Milky Way – and to the extent 2 million light-years in certain ways. This implies Andromeda’s radiance is now chancing upon the corona of our own universe.  They additionally found that the radiance has a layered structure, with two principle settled and particular shells of gas. This is the most exhaustive investigation of a radia...

Bihar Police to review performance of personnel above 50 years of age

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Bihar Police to review performance of personnel above 50 years of age A letter in this regard has been issued to SP and Rail SP of all districts, asking them to send a list of such policemen Current Affairs  :Bihar Police has established a board to survey the working and execution of cops over 50 years old on the ninth of consistently at the central station level.  A letter in such manner has been given to SP and Rail SP everything being equal, soliciting them to send a rundown from such cops.  “Along these lines, a rundown of all such cops over the age of 50 be assembled, and such faculty whose proficiency isn’t such to hold them in administration, their quality before the said board on the fixed date ought to be guaranteed,” it said. Continue Reading  

Top court clears ‘quota within quota’ to help disadvantaged communities

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  Top court clears ‘quota within quota’ to help disadvantaged communities The apex court said states should be allowed to provide preferential treatment to the ‘poorest of the poor’ Current Affairs  :In a noteworthy decision, the Supreme Court on Thursday decided that its 2004 decision holding that states don’t have the ability to additionally sub-order the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for award of standards should have been returned to by a seven or more adjudicators seat.  The zenith court said states ought to be permitted to give special treatment to the “least fortunate of poor people” among SCs and STs and supported that a “definitive declaration” was required regarding the impact of Constitutional arrangements and whether sub-grouping is admissible just as for the socially and instructively in reverse classes and not as for SCs and STs.  The top court saw that the advantage of quantity all things considered isn’t permeating down to the “neediest a...

SC to examine if assets can be considered for liquidation to settle dues

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  SC to examine if assets can be considered for liquidation to settle dues UBHL has challenged the March 6 order of the Karnataka High Court upholding the decision of a single judge to wind up the company Current Affairs  :The Supreme Court Thursday said it would analyze whether resources of an organization which have been connected by the specialists following legitimate procedures can be considered for liquidation to settle monetary liabilities.  A seat of Justices U Lalit and Vineet Saran was educated by senior backer C S Vaidyanathan, showing up for alcohol noble Vijay Mallya’s United Breweries (Holding) Ltd (UBHL), that organization’s benefits in entirety are far more noteworthy than its liabilities.  UBHL has tested the March 6 request for the Karnataka High Court maintaining the choice of a solitary appointed authority to wrap up the organization.  Vaidyanathan told the seat that the court ought not maintain ending up of the organization as it has un...

Delhi can’t take loan from RBI, govt should borrow and give to us: Sisodia

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  Delhi can’t take loan from RBI, govt should borrow and give to us: Sisodia Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Thursday said that under the existing system, the city government cannot take a loan from the RBI to meet its revenue shortfall Current Affairs  :Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Thursday said that under the current framework, the regional government can’t take a credit from the RBI to meet its income shortage.  Rising out of a GST Council meeting, he said the Center has wouldn’t pay GST remuneration to states and requested that they take a credit from the RBI to meet their income shortage due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Be that as it may, under the current mixture arrangement (of administration), the Delhi government can’t take an advance from the RBI. The Center should take a credit from the RBI and offer it to the Delhi government,” he said.  Sisodia likewise accused the Center of neglecting to satisfy its guarantee to the s...