Argentina Current Affairs, GK & News
Argentina Abortion Laws
Argentina recently became the largest Latin American country to legalize abortion. What are the key features of new Argentina abortion law? Under the new law Argentina has legalised abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy. In India, abortion is legal till 24th week of pregnancy according to medical termination of pregnancy (Amendment) act, 2020. Earlier ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Abortion • Argentina • Forced abortion • Latin America • Pregnancy
Argentina – Millionaire’s tax
Argentina parliament has imposed ‘millionaire tax’ on about 12,000 of the country’s richest people to fund coronavirus countermeasures. Under this scheme, people with declared assets worth more than 200 million pesos will pay a progressive rate of up to 3.5% on wealth in Argentina and up to 5.25% on wealth outside the country. The revenue ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: Argentina • Millionaire • millionaire's tax • New Jersey • Tax Reforms • Tax Reforms in India • Wealth Tax
Project ‘Decarbonising Transport in India’ will be launched on 24th June
For reducing the carbon dioxide emission caused due to transportation in the country, NITI Aayog will launch the project ‘Decarbonising Transport in India’ on 24th June 2020. The project is in collaboration with the International Transport Forum (ITF). Objective of the Project To meet the goals related to climate/ climate change in the country, it ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Argentina • Azerbaijan • Decarbonising Transport in Emerging Economies (DTEE) • Decarbonising Transport in India • France • International Transport Forum (ITF) • Morocco • NITI Aayog • Paris
14,100 tonnes of the rare metal, Lithium Reserves found in India
The researchers at the India’s Atomic Energy Commission have found Lithium Reserves of 14,100 tonnes in Mandya. Mandya is 100 km away from Bengaluru, Karnataka. Being a very rare metal Lithium is mainly used in manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles. Highlights The reserves found is very little as compared to the world’s leading producers of ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Argentina • Australia • Chile • Clean Energy • Electric vehicles • Lithium
Manav Thakkar becomes first Indian to be ranked World No.1 in U-21 Men’s Singles Category
19-year-old Indian table tennis player Manav Thakkar has jumped nine places to become the world number 1 in the Under-21 Men’s single category rankings released by the International Tennis Tennis Federation (ITTF) on Friday, 3rd January 2020. The updated ranking was released by ITTF on Friday, in which Manav achieved the feat after winning the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Argentina • International Tennis Tennis Federation (ITTF) • Jakarta • Manav Thakkar • North America • Table tennis