2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development addresses democracy in SDG 16. This year's theme: Participation, is an opportunity to recall that democracy is about people & built on inclusion, equal treatment and participation
Univ. Dec. of Human Rights adopted by UN in 1948
GST Network has decided to make Aadhaar authentication or physical verification mandatory for new dealers from January 2020 to check malpractices in GST. Those not wishing Aadhaar authentication, physical verification to be carried out in 3 days
Group of Ministers GSTN head: Sushil Modi (Bihar)
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen stunned second seed Victor Svendsen of Denmark in straight games to clinch men's singles title at the Belgian International Challenge 2019 held in Brussels
Lakshya Sen WOrld Ranking: 81 (Men's Singles)
Union Ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat & Kiren Rijiju flagged off the 'Great Ganga Run' from the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, organised to create awareness about River Ganga.
Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new scheme to refund the duties and taxes on exports that will replace all existing schemes in a bid to stimulate exports & economy, with a revenue projection of ₹50,000 crores
It will be effective from Jan 1, 2020
Finance Minister announced that government woul provide Rs 10,000 crore special window with an aim to help complete ongoing affordable & middle-income housing projects.
The special window have been limited to Non-NPA & Non-NCLT projects.
Expanding scope of Export Credit Insurance Scheme also announced
Department of Archaeology, Museums & Heritage to embark on a survey to map/document nearly 25,000 historical structures in Karnataka to update the list of protected monuments which is likely to span nearly 3 years & involve private agencies.
At present there's 844 monuments in Kar'tka declared protected
The researchers used a magnetic stirrer coated with Teflon to continuously stir for several days the water mixed with glucose in a glass beaker containing a gold foil, found tiny fragments with bright red luminescence floating on the surface
Teflon is made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Kapil Dev to be the first Chancellor of Haryana Sports University at Rai, Sonipat. Sports University, Haryana will be 3rd sports university established by a state government in the country after Gujarat & Tamil Nadu, to provide training for sports
Swarnim Gujarat Sports University: Gandhinagar
Bhaskar Bhat, managing director (MD) at Titan is slated to retire at the end of September, 2019, after spending 36 years in the Titan's administration. Titan is headquartered in the city of Bengaluru
It is JV b/w Tata Group & TN Industrial Development Corporation