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January 21, 2020

News for January 21, 2020

Important News for Today:

Liquidity, credit flow figured at RBI board meet, minutes show
[Important for: Polity, Politics, Economy]
Pak. urges U.S. to get it off FATF grey list
[Important for: IP, IR]
Iran says it may pull out of NPT
[Important for: IP, IR]
Govt. told to reply to plea against NIA Act
[Important for: IP, IR]
On Mars and Moon, astronaut homes could be grown out of fungi
[Important for: Science & Tech.]
Meteorite or volcano? New clues to the dinosaurs’ demise
[Important for: Science & Tech.]
SpaceX’s explosive test may launch year of renewed human spaceflight
[Important for: Science & Tech.]

January 20, 2020

News for January 20, 2020

Important News for Today:

Submitting claims under two super top-up policies
[Important for: Polity, Politics, Economy]
Availing tax relief for donation
[Important for: Polity, Politics, Economy]
Trump’s defence team terms impeachment charges ‘brazen’
[Important for: IP, IR]
146 endangered Irrawaddy dolphins sighted in Chilika
[Important for: Environment & Ecology]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX says ‘picture perfect’ test paves way for human mission
[Important for: Science & Tech.]

January 19, 2020

News for January 19, 2020

Important News for Today:

TB diagnostic test developed in India has high accuracy, says WHO
[Important for: Health & Medicine, Essay]
IIT Bombay efficiently removes heavy metals from water
[Important for: Science & Tech.]
Eastern Ghats: land use policies, climate change hit endemic plant habitats
[Important for: Environment & Ecology]
India-Pak. trade freeze hits thousands: report
[Important for: IP, IR]
‘Deradicalisation camps are unconstitutional’
[Important for: Ethics & Integrity, Essay]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX test postponed due to high winds
[Important for: Science & Tech.]

January 18, 2020

News for January 18, 2020

Important News for Today:

Centre sets higher GST mop-up target
[Important for: Economy, Business]
Amazon to create 1 mn new jobs in India by 2025: Bezos
[Important for: Economy, Business]
Crash was a bitter tragedy: Khamenei
[Important for: IP, IR]
China’s birth rate hits lowest level since 1949
[Important for: IP, IR, Essay, Geography]
‘Science depends on being able to question authority’
[Important for: Science & Tech.]
‘2020 will be an important year for Indo-U.S. relations’
[Important for: IP, IR]
U.K. plans govt.-to-govt. framework for future defence deals with India
[Important for: Science & Tech.]
ISRO’s GSAT-30 satellite successfully launched aboard Ariane rocket
[Important for: Science & Tech.]
Proxima C: A new ‘super Earth’ discovered, but will it be viable for life?
[Important for: Science & Tech.]
IIT-M develops device to produce ‘clean’ hydrogen fuel from seawater
[Important for: Science & Tech.]

January 17, 2020

News for January 17, 2020

Important News for Today:

Senate opens Trump’s impeachment trial
[Important for: IP, IR]
‘Taliban proposes brief Afghanistan ceasefire’
[Important for: IP, IR]
IUML plea to stay CAA implementation
[Important for: Polity, Politics]
‘Myeloma risk may be higher among Indians than whites’
[Important for: Essay]
The Black hole at centre of Milky Way is forging new star-gas hybrid objects
[Important for: Science & Tech.]

January 16, 2020

News for January 16, 2020

Important News for Today:

At closed-door UNSC meet, members found no credibility to allegations on J&K: India
[Important for: IP, IR]
France, US block China move on J&K at UNSC
[Important for: IP, IR]
US-led Indo-Pacific bloc divisive: Russia minister
[Important for: IP, IR]
Thunderstorms sweep across Australia’s bushfire-ravaged east coast
[Important for: Environment & Ecology]
NASA gets closer to naming Mars 2020 rover, 155 students in semis
[Important for: Science & Tech.]

January 15, 2020

News for January 15, 2020

Important News for Today:

CAA violates basic structure: Kerala is first state to move SC against new law
[Important for: Polity, Politics]
CRZ rules eased for ‘Blue Flag’ beaches
[Important for: Polity, Politics]
‘You don’t need CAA to grant citizenship’
[Important for: Polity, Politics]
U.S. House to vote today on impeachment
[Important for: Polity, IP, IR]

January 14, 2020

News for January 14, 2020

Important News for Today:

Govt. gets cracking on GST evaders with data analytics
[Important for: Economy, Business]
Slowing economy hitting payroll creation, says SBI report
[Important for: Economy, Business]
NASA adds 11 new astronauts for future Artemis missions to Moon, Mars
[Important for: Science & Tech.]
Milky Way’s imminent collision with neighbouring galaxy is creating new stars
[Important for: Science & Tech.]
Centre to Haryana government: Send detailed proposal about ESZ
[Important for: Polity, Environment & Ecology]

January 13, 2020

News for January 13, 2020

Important News for Today:

Kaziranga has one of the highest number of wetland birds
[Important for: Environment & Ecology]
‘Social media posting is a fundamental right’
[Important for: Polity, Politics]
Dwarf galaxies could hold the answers to the evolution of black holes
[Important for: Science & tech]
NCCS studies decode 2 key brain receptors
[Important for: Science & tech]

January 13, 2020

News for January 12, 2020

Important News for Today:

LCA Navy variant successfully lands on INS Vikramaditya
[Important for: Polity, Politics]
India amends rules for U.S. airlines
[Important for: IP, IR]
New method better estimates melting of debris-covered Himalayan glaciers
[Important for: Science & tech]
Species-rich forests offer stable carbon capture
[Important for: Science & tech]
IIT-M designs room temperature sodium sulphur battery
[Important for: Science & tech]
India should lead in the fight against multidrug-resistant pathogens
[Important for: Science & tech]