Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 22 JUNE 2019

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The Supreme Court on Friday ordered an immediate halt to the construction of a road that passes through a corridor between the Rajaji and Corbett Tiger Reserves. “There appears to be numerous violations of the Forest Conservation Act,” it said.
The road, which traverses a “critical” corridor between the Rajaji Tiger Reserve and the Corbett Tiger Reserve, is being built without the statutory approval of the National Board for Wildlife, the Central Empowered Committee said in its report.
After going through the report, the court said, “It is apparent that the advice of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has not been taken and permission from the standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife has also not been taken”.
The NTCA also informed the CEC that the Uttarakhand government had not responded to its letters of April 20 and May 30 on the road construction.It also asked for strict action against the officers who had allowed the road to be built.

Over six crore farmers across the country have been benefited under the PradhanMantriKisanSammanNidhi scheme till now.
A sum of 1230 crore rupees has been credited directly to the bank accounts of farmers families. The ambit of the scheme has been expanded to cover all farmers in the country irrespective of the size of their land holdings.
With a long verification process delaying payments, the Centre has now announced that farmers will get benefits retrospectively from the time their names are uploaded in the database, rather than from the time their details are verified.

The GST Council has simplified rules for registration and Aadhaar will now be used by businesses for registration under GST.
In the earlier system, people had to give various documents and now, several advantages will occur to the business by using Aadhaar.
Addressing the media, Revenue Secretary Ajay BhushanPandey said, GST Council approved imposing a penalty of up to 10 per cent on entities not passing on benefits of GST rate cuts to consumers.
He said, the council has also extended the date for filing annual returns under the Goods and Services Tax regime by two months to 30th of August.
Mr Pandey said, it has also given in principle approval to electronic invoicing system and e-ticketing in multiplexes. He said, now it is mandatory for the multiplexes to issue electronic tickets.
He said, the GST Council has extended date for filing annual returns under GST by two months to 30th August. The council has also extended the tenure of National Anti-Profiteering Authority by two more years.

India expects Pakistan to take all necessary steps to effectively implement the action plan of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) fully by September this year.
In response to a media query regarding FATF decision to continuously keep Pakistan in the Grey List, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, the FATF action plan by Pakistan should be in accordance with its political commitment.
He said Islamabad should take credible, verifiable, irreversible and sustainable measures to address global concerns related to terrorism and terrorist financing emanating from any territory under its control.
On Friday, the FATF said that Islamabad has failed to complete its action plan on terror financing and warned Islamabad to meet its commitment by October or face action, which could possibly lead to the country getting blacklisted.
The Paris-based global body is working to curb terrorism financing and money laundering and has asked Pakistan to reassess the operation of banned terrorist outfits in the country.

A novel electronic tattoo made from stretchy, lightweight material could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate than existing electrocardiograph machines, a team of scientists said.
This is the latest development in the team’s electronic tattoo technology, a graphene-based wearable device that can be placed on the skin to measure a variety of body responses, from electrical to biomechanical signals.
The latest e-tattoo developed by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin in the U.S. is so light and stretchable that it can be placed over the heart for extended periods.
It also measures cardiac health in two ways, taking electrocardiograph and seismocardiograph readings simultaneously, according to the study published in the journal Advanced Science
ECG readings alone are not accurate enough for determining heart health, but they provide additional information when combined with SCG signal recordings. Like a form of quality control, the SCG indicates the accuracy of the ECG readings.
The device also includes 3D digital image correlation technology that is used to map chest vibrations in order to identify the best location on the chest to place the e-tattoo.

India's ace cueist PankajAdvani has clinched the 35th men's Asian Snooker Championship in Doha to complete a career grand slam in cue sports.
Advani defeated ThanawatTirapongpaiboon 6-3 in the final on Friday to become the only one to win the Asian and World championships in all formats.