Recently Department of consumer affairs has published the draft e-commerce guidelines for consumer protection 2019 in the background of various bundles face by consumers through eCommerce. What is eCommerce? E–commerce refers to the buying and selling of goods and sources using the internet and transfer the money and data to execute this transaction. Do you […]
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Land degradation means degradation occurs in dryland regions; it is known as desertification. In 2011-2013; India has approx. 96 million hectares of degraded land, which is around 29% of India’s total landmass. Causes of desertification Loss of vegetation cover Soil erosion Deforestation Excessive exploitation of groundwater Unsustainable farming practices. In India, water erosion is the
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The same technology can be used to put a check on such activities, forex – Tools like machine learning, Artificial intelligence, block chain can be used to identify suspicious content and drop it down. ex – Turtles, Whatsapp have been using such features. Kerala’s Cyberdomo made uses the never cyber technology to keep a regular
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The ongoing trade was a conflict between US-China rose to the extreme with China weakening its currency in retaliation to US tariffs. Currency manipulation – intentionally weakening of one’s own country’s currency to impact another economy. Impact on Asian countries China an export-driven economy by reducing currency it opened further markets for other countries to
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Corporate governance The rules, procedures and process that deals with the working of a corporate entity are known as corporate governance. It essentially involves working in the best interest of the company while balancing shareholders’ interests. Independent directors. According to Companies Act, 2013, as an independent director is a non-executive director of the company who
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Childhood obesity in medical term can be defined as “abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that processes risks to health “childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century. According to WHO, presently there are more than 50 million children suffering from obesity. Almost half of the obesity children live
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Border Security Force (BSF) is India’s 1st line of defense of one of the 7 central armed forces. It was raised is the watch of 1965 war for ensuring the security of borders of India. The task of BSF during peacetime. Promote a sense of security among people living in border areas. Prevent trans-border crimes.
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Parliament passed Consumer protection Bill 2019 recently to amend the Consumer Protection Act 1986. KEY FEATURES OF BILL; Definition of consumer: someone who buys any goods or services for consideration – not include the purchase of goods for RESALE. Six rights for Consumer including protection against hazardous goods, right to information right to access a
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The government has passed dispute, Arbitration and conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2019. And new Delhi International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2019.”Arbitration” means setting the dispute, especially commercial dispute.outside the courts. Arbitration in India is governed by the Arbitration and conciliation Act, 1996which is now amended. India has a slow judicial system backlog of cases. Foreign companies used
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When in 1997, Hong Kong freed itself from the duchess of british empire,it was transferred to communist regime of China under one country two systems framework. Under this, Hong Kong can have its own administrative setups except for foreign affairs and military until 2047. However, it seems that these provisions have not quenched the thirst
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Development Finance Institution (DFI) :- A DFI also known as a development bank or development finance company is a financial institution that provides risk capital for economic development project on non-commercial basis. Difference between DFI & Commercial Banks :- DFIS Commercial Bank Provide long term capital to productive sectors like infrastructure. Provide financial assistance or
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As per the recent United Nations population report india is expected to replace China in terms of population by 2030. In this context, prime minister of india in his independence day speech called out the nation to curb the population explosion and measures to be taken. Flexibilty Rate and Child Sex Ratio : According to
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WTO is an international organization to handle world trade. Currently, there is a stall in the world trade due to the US-China war and move specifically of the withdrawal of developing nations tag from India and China by the USA. This is due to The USA alleges India and China Misusing developing nation tag Themselves
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CAUSES OF DEPRIVING LIVERBILITY WEAK INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM – 74th CAA called for Ward committees, District Planning Committee. Municipal planning Committee which has not been implementing Municipal Bodies doesn’t have FINANCIAL AUTONOMY. UNDEFINED BOUNDARIES – Ex. Delhi which as it grows even occupied Gurgaon and Noida. HERITAGE OF PAST CONSTRUCTION – Delhi is a medieval time
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The debate between security and fundamental rights started in colonial times and continues till this day. This debate has taken the central stage with the recent issue of official secrets Act and Unlawful Activities amendment Act, 2019. Do you know AI and ML are considered same, but actually ML is subset of AI. Want to
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As per a report of NCRB, from the year 2015 to 2016, there is an increase of nearly 5,000 cases of crime against women. And eventually, the rates of heinous crimes are also increasing. India got independence after nearly 200 years of struggle, but the women in our society are still fighting and there is
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BURT RUTAN, an American aerospace engineer, said: “In 12 or 15 years, there will be ROUTINE, AFFORDABLE SPACE TOURISM not just in the US but in a lot of other countries.” SPACE TOURISM is Human Space Travel for RECREATIONAL PURPOSES Types of Space Tourism ORBITAL Performed only by Russian Space Agency SUB-ORBITAL Under Plan
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As per the world population prospects, 2019 India will take over China and become the world most populated by around 2027. Hence, we may see this as an asset. As national pollution policy, 2009 prepared by an eminent group of the head by M.S Swami Nathan suggested that we must to this as the demographic
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According to NGO PRATHAN’S Annual status of Education Reports (ASER). “Only 30% around of children enrolling in class 1 graduate from class 12; and those who do they do not require skills and the major reason behind this is lack of quality of teachers in India. What should be the quality of teachers? He must
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KEY FINDINGS INFRASTRUCTURE – Av computers = 6/Police stations But Bihar and Assam = 1/Police stations SOCIAL ATTITUDE– Police forces exhibit frightening prejunctional against women, lower castes and minorities. ¼ Male Personnel–High bias against female colleagues ¼ Female Personnel – Absence of internal committee to report sexual harassment at the workplace. ½ Police Personnel
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