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NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION (NDC) NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION (NDC)
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On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). This includes committing to have 60...
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30-Mar 2026
MATERNITY LEAVE IN INDIA MATERNITY LEAVE IN INDIA
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Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that adoptive mothers could avail themselves of 12 weeks of paid maternity leave regardless of the age of their chi...
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23-Mar 2026
ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE CATCHING FIRE - REASONS ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE CATCHING FIRE
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A fire tore through a house in Indore on March 18, killing eight people, including two children. An electric vehicle (EV) charging point ou...
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23-Mar 2026
BRICS SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION BRICS SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION
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BRICS functions as a collaborative force aimed at establishing a multipolar world system. Cooperation in science, technology and innovation ha...
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18-Mar 2026
ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1955 ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1955
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As the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz exposed the vulnerability of India’s supply chain for cooking gas, the majority of which is imported, t...
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16-Mar 2026
LANGUAGE LEARNING MODEL (LLM) LANGUAGE LEARNING MODEL (LLM)
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At the AI Impact Summit, the Bengaluru-based startup Sarvam AI released two Large Language Models (LLMs), which are the foundation for AI systems...
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26-Feb 2026
CRBON CAPTURE AND UTILISATION (CCU) CRBON CAPTURE AND UTILISATION (CCU)
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Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) refers to a set of technologies that capture carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources or direc...
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26-Feb 2026
DIVERSITY IN JUDICIARY DIVERSITY IN JUDICIARY
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P. Wilson, senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party, has introduced a private member Bill to amend the Constitution ...
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19-Feb 2026
DENOTIFIED, NOMADIC, SEMI-NOMADIC TRIBES (DNTs) DENOTIFIED, NOMADIC, SEMI-NOMADIC TRIBES (DNTs)
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On January 30, the Union government assured community leaders from Denotified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) that ...
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17-Feb 2026
ARBITRATION COUNCIL OF INDIA (ACI) ARBITRATION COUNCIL OF INDIA(ACI)
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Nearly six years after the 2019 amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (1996 Act), the Union government is yet to constitute t...
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19-Jan 2026
PSLV-C62 MISSION PSLV-C62 MISSION
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On January 12, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) PSLV-C62 mission lifted off from Sriharikota carrying the EOS-N1 satellite along with 15 co-passen...
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19-Jan 2026
CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE (CRA) CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE (CRA)
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Climate change is real, and for India to continue meeting domestic food demands, agriculture needs to cope with the increasing unpredictabi...
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02-Jan 2026
CONSUMER RIGHTS CONSUMER RIGHTS
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Every year, National Consumer Rights Day is observed on 24th December to raise awareness about consumer rights and promote fair trade practices. In this context, ...
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27-Dec 2025
SUSTAINABLE HARNESSING AND ADVANCEMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA (SHANTI) ACT SUSTAINABLE HARNESSING AND ADVANCEMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA (SHANTI) ACT
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Parliament has brought into force the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nucle...
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22-Dec 2025
ARAVALLI RANGE ARAVALLI RANGE
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The Supreme Court (SC), in an order last month, settled on a uniform definition of the Aravalli hills and ranges, and paused the grant of fresh mining leases insid...
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19-Dec 2025