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aspirantforum.com News of SeptemberTHE CRUX 2019 OF THE HINDU AND PIB THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND THE PIB Vol. 61 SEPTEMBERImportant News In the Field oF 2019 VOL.61National Economy Internatioonal India and the World Science, Tech and Environment Misclleneous News aspirantforum.com Aspirant Forum AN INITIATIVE BY UPSC ASPIRANTS Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB SEPTEMBER Aspirant Forum is a Community for the SEPTEMBER 2019 2019 UPSC Civil Services (IAS) Aspirants, VOL.61 VOL.61 to discuss and debate the various things related to the exam. We welcome an active participation from the fellow members to Editorial Team: enrich the knowledge of all PIB Compilation: Nikhil Gupta The Hindu Compilation: The Crux will be published online Shakeel Anwar for free on 10th of every month. Shahid Sarwar We appreciate the friends and Karuna Thakur followers for apprepreciating our Designed by: effort. For any queries, guidance Anupam Rastogi needs and support, Please contact at: [email protected] You may also follow our website Aspirantforum.com for free online coaching and guidance for IAS Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB Contents SEPTEMBER 2019 VOL.61 National News..................5 Economy News...............29 International News..........79 India and the World........100 Science and Technology + aspirantforum.com Environment...................111aspirantforum.com Miscellaneous News and Events.............................201 Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB About the ‘CRUX’ SEPTEMBER 2019 Introducing a new and convenient product, to help the aspirants for the various public services examinations. 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Best Wishes Editorial Board Teamaspirantforum.com Aspirant Forum Courtesy: The Hindu Press Information Bureau (PIB) Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB SEPTEMBER 2019 VOL.61 National aspirantforum.com aspirantforum.com National Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB Five States to get new Governors SEPTEMBER 2019 VOL.61 The Centre appointed new Governors for five States. A communiqué from the RashtrapatiBhavan said President Ram NathKovind had appointed new Governors for Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Telangana. Former Union Minister Arif Mohammed Khan, who walked out of the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1986 after it had decided to overturn the Supreme Court’s Shah Bano judgment, was appointed Governor of Kerala along with three other BJP leaders. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been named the Governor of Maharashtra, while Tamil Nadu BJP president TamilisaiSoundararajan will be the new Governor of Telangana.aspirantforum.com Former Union Labour Minister BandaruDattatreya will be the Governor of Himachal Pradesh in place of Kalraj Mishra, who has been given the charge of Rajasthan, replacing incumbent Governor Kalyan Singh. Mr. Khan, an ardent critic of instant triple talaq and advocate of reforming National the Muslim personal law, will be replacing Justice (retd.) P. Sathasivam. Another prominent appointment is that of Ms. Soundararajan, who will be replacing Telangana Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, a former Director of the Intelligence Bureau. Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB Assam to move SC for NRC reverification in select districts “Technical flaws” may have caused exclusion of Bengali Hindu refugees: Minister SEPTEMBER The Assam government and the ruling BJP in the State have termed the 2019 finalisation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) as a “mixed bag”, with VOL.61 concerns being raised over several “technical flaws” in the process that may have caused the exclusion of Bengali Hindu refugees who had crossed over to Assam before 1971. Speaking to The Hindu , Assam Finance Minister HimantaBiswaSarma said the State government would approach the Supreme Court again for a reverification process, on a pilot basis, in a couple of districts to try and address the anomalies. “The NRC authority has registered many cases where documents were questionable after which we asked for a reverification of 20% of the cases in border districts and 10% in other districts as we found that in border areas, where populations were high, deletions were low, whereas in tribal areas deletions were higher in proportion. The Supreme Court denied that request. We will go back again to the Supreme Court and ask that at least aspirantforum.com in twoaspirantforum.com districts, on a pilot basis, reverification should happen,” he said. According to him, the outcome saw two kinds of people among a total of over 19 lakh exclusions: “Bengali Hindu refugees who had come over before 1971 and the others who had issues with their documentation.” Refugee certification National He said there were “technical flaws in the exercise as many NRC officials did not recognise refugee certification issued before 1971, as a result of which many Bengali Hindus remained outside the list.” He said he was also concerned with the over 3 lakh people who did not appeal against their exclusion when the draft NRC had come out earlier. Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB “There are lakhs who did not reapply. Unless you update the NRC nationally, we will not know the net result of illegal immigrants across the country,” he said. SEPTEMBER Detection to continue 2019 He insisted that going forward, the process of detecting foreigners would not VOL.61 be restricted to just the NRC exercise. “The NRC is one place, but our border police have the right to pursue enquiries against those with questionable documents and citizenship for the detection of illegal foreigners, and that will continue,” he added. Teachers’ Day: Punjab teacher who transformed 4 remote schools to get national award today Amarjeet Singh started his career as a medical representative, but is now a resource person of the PSEB apart from being a science teacher in middle and high school. Forty-year-old Amarjeet Singh, who teaches science in the Government Senior Secondary School in Ranghrial village of Mansa district, will be the loneaspirantforum.com teacher from Punjab to get a national award on Teacher’s Day, Thursday. Amarjeet, who reached New Delhi Wednesday evening, said, “Of the 46 teachers to be honoured tomorrow, I will be the only one from Punjab.” He started his career as a medical representative, but is now a resource person of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) apart from being a science teacher in middle and high school. He had joined the PSEB in 2006 National and since then has transformed four remote schools of Mansa apart from improving their results. He also created his own websites — http://www. parhopunjab.com, eheadmasters.com and balainschools.com. “I used to get many queries on a daily basis from teachers of Punjab.Hence I created Visit aspirantforum.com for Guidance and Study Material for IAS Exam aspirantforum.com THE CRUX OF THE HINDU AND PIB my own website on which teachers interact and exchange information,” he said. Amarjeet had joined a primary school in Ralli village, Mansa, in 2007. At the SEPTEMBER time, it was even lacking basic facilities. He motivated the gram panchayat 2019 and got funds released through zilaparishad, NREGA and spent Rs 13 VOL.61 lakh on this school to renovate it. Working models were made, e-library, smart classrooms, and science and maths parks followed. “I work on child psychology-based teaching and hence the children enjoy learning. I even post their videos on social media,” he said, adding that his concepts are based on building and learning aids. In 2017, Amarjeet was posted to a primary school in JeetsarBachhuana in Mansa, which had only 43 students in village that had a population of 250 villagers. Today, 136 students study in this school from adjoining villages as well and transport facility has been created by the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) themselves.