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ED finds 'financial link' between PFI and CAA protests; organisation denies

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ED finds 'financial link' between PFI and CAA protests; organisation denies The sources said a total amount of Rs 120 crore, credited to bank accounts linked to the PFI, are under the ED’s scanner Current Affairs :The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has discovered that the ongoing rough fights in Uttar Pradesh and different pieces of the nation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) had an affirmed “money related connection” with the Kerala-based Popular Front of India (PFI), a case named as “unjustifiable” by the association. Official sources said on Monday that the government test office, which is exploring the PFI under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) since 2018, has discovered that at any rate Rs 1.04 crore were saved in a few financial balances connected to the association between December 4 a year ago and January 6 this year in different pieces of the nation. This was when Parliament passed the law to allow citizenship to non-Muslims who were ...

India braces for more protests as anger grows against new citizenship law

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India braces for more protests as anger grows against new citizenship law Political leaders in Kerala, Punjab and West Bengal all said publicly they will not implement the law, setting up a potential conflict with the federal government in New Delhi Current Affairs :Pressures stay intense crosswise over India Monday following five days of fights against a petulant new religion-based citizenship law turned rough in New Delhi, with police utilizing nerve gas to scatter swarms. Outrage illegal has energized dissents the nation over, from Assam, around 1,900 kilometers (1,180 miles) toward the east of Delhi, to showings in Bengaluru and Mumbai. The disturbance in Assam incited Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was planned to visit the express, the postpone a three-day trip that was set to start on Sunday. The United Nations has depicted the law is “on a very basic level biased.” Specialists shut down web access in certain locale in Assam – which outskirts Bangladesh ...

Requested India to provide list of illegal nationals: Bangladesh Minister

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Requested India to provide list of illegal nationals: Bangladesh Minister He said India has termed the NRC process as its internal matter and assured Dhaka that it would not affect Bangladesh Current Affairs :Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen on Sunday said his nation has mentioned India to give a rundown of any Bangladesh nationals living illicitly in the nation and it will enable them to return. Reacting to an inquiry on India’s National Register of Citizenship (NRC), Momen, who dropped his visit to India on Thursday refering to his bustling calendar, said Bangladesh-India relations are ordinary and “extremely sweet” and they won’t be influenced. He said India has named the NRC procedure as its inward issue and guaranteed Dhaka that it would not influence Bangladesh. He dismissed hypothesis of “pushback” endeavors by India, saying some Indian nationals are wrongfully entering Bangladesh through go betweens because of monetary reasons. “Yet, in the event t...

After nod to Recycling of Ships Bill, India eyeing 60% global share: Govt

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After nod to Recycling of Ships Bill, India eyeing 60% global share: Govt Terming the passing of the Bill as a giant step and a historical moment in the Indian maritime arena, Mandaviya said it will have far reaching effects on the ship recycling industry. Current Affairs   :India is hoping to bring its worldwide offer up in dispatch reusing business to 60 percent and practically twofold its commitment to nation’s GDP to about USD 2.2 billion post sanctioning of a law for reusing of boats, Union Minister Mansukh Lal Mandaviya said on Monday. Transportation Minister Mandaviya likewise said that immediate occupations from reusing part were probably going to twofold to around 90,000. The Parliament today offered gesture to the Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019 which looks to control reusing of boats as per universal guidelines. “There are 53,000 vendor sends all inclusive. Consistently 1,000 are reused and 300 are reused in India, which is 30 percent of the worldwide reu...

Citizenship Bill in line with our belief in humanitarian values: PM Modi

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Citizenship Bill in line with our belief in humanitarian values: PM Modi The Lok Sabha passed the Bill with 311 votes in favour and 80 against it a little past midnight after a debate that lasted more than seven hours Current Affairs News :Leader Narendra Modi on Monday night communicated please over the section of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha, saying the proposed law is in accordance with India’s hundreds of years old ethos of osmosis and confidence in philanthropic qualities. The Lok Sabha passed the Bill with 311 votes in support and 80 against it a little past 12 PM after a discussion that endured over seven hours. “Charmed that the Lok Sabha has passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 after a rich and broad discussion. I thank the different MPs and gatherings that bolstered the Bill. This Bill is in accordance with India’s hundreds of years old ethos of osmosis and confidence in compassionate qualities,” he tweeted. He said he might want...

How Hindi’s growth will lead to decline in Tamil, Kannada speakers

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How Hindi’s growth will lead to decline in Tamil, Kannada speakers By 2031 more than half of India’s population will be Hindi speakers while share of all other language speakers will decline Current Affairs  :- Home Minister Amit Shah may well have kicked up a tempest by calling for more extensive selection of Hindi, however the reality remains that statistic and phonetic changes unfurling in India would before long sling Hindi as the predominant language in the nation. At present 44 percent of India’s populace call themselves Hindi speakers. Since 1971, no other language has become quicker than Hindi. Infact the normal development pace of Hindi speakers from 1971 to 2011 has been quicker than the development pace of India’s populace. Projections demonstrate that if these statistic patterns proceed with the greater part of India’s populace would call themselves Hindi speakers by 2031. By 2041, they would involve 60 percent of India’s populace – with every other language...

Over 1,21,000 mt of plastic waste being slyly imported into India: Report

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Over 1,21,000 mt of plastic waste being slyly imported into India: Report Expressing concern over the growing import, the study said it may hamper the efforts to control plastic pollution Current Affairs :- In excess of 1,21,000 metric ton (MT) of plastic waste is as a rule “guilefully” imported in India by organizations and recyclers, which is antagonistically influencing the endeavors to diminish plastic contamination, as indicated by an examination. The investigation, directed by NGO Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Smriti Manch (PDUSM), expressed that 55,000 metric ton of plastic waste is being imported in India from Pakistan and Bangladesh. “More than 55,000 MT plastic waste is imported from Pakistan and Bangladesh joined. The import is occurring from in excess of 25 nations which incorporate the center east, Europe and the USA,” it said. “The Indian recyclers and plastic organizations are shrewdly bringing in utilized PET plastic jugs as chips and protuberances, while h...

After China, Nike supplier Eclat to exit Vietnam as trade war heats up

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After China, Nike supplier Eclat to exit Vietnam as trade war heats up The company instead will invest in new facilities in Southeast Asian nations such as Indonesia or Cambodia International :- The new typical of worldwide exchange is that there are not many safe harbors. That is the exercise Eclat Textile Co. is learning. The sportswear provider to Nike Inc. what’s more, Lululemon Athletica Inc. left China in 2016 as conditions weren’t perfect for assembling, choosing rather to beef up in Vietnam. Presently, as the worldwide exchange war warms up, Eclat gets itself powerless again and necessities to move past Vietnam. “In light of the worldwide circumstance, the most significant thing presently is broadening,” Chairman Hung Cheng-hai said in a meeting. “Customers additionally need us to differentiate chances and don’t need generation bases to be in one nation. Presently half of our articles of clothing are made in Vietnam, so we are not enhanced enough.” Increased ex...

31 Rohingya refugees pushed to Indian territory by Bangladesh forces: BSF

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31 Rohingya refugees pushed to Indian territory by Bangladesh forces: BSF On January 18, BSF troops posted at the border observed ‘suspicious movement’ from the Bangladesh territory. Later, the Border Guards Bangladesh made a telephone call and confirmed the activity The BSF on Sunday said that the 31 Rohingya outcasts caught from the ‘zero line’ among India and Bangladesh’s fringe close to Tripura’s Rayemura were “pushed” by the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB). On January 18, BSF troops posted at the fringe watched ‘suspicious development’ from the Bangladesh region. Afterward, the BGB made a phone call and affirmed the action, finding a gathering of Rohingya displaced people, BSF DIG Brajesh Kumar told ANI. An aggregate of six men, nine ladies, and 16 kids were discovered attempting to go into India. The BGB affirmed that the Rohingyas were “pushed by the BSF,” into their region.  Read More