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VALUES PROMOTE BETTER THAN ORGANISATION VALUES
VALUES PROMOTE BETTER THAN ORGANISATION VALUES
1. Context
What gives more satisfaction and happiness to a government servant? When do values and ethics take over organisational processes? W...
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01-May 2023
H5N1
H5N1
1. Context
This year, the world has been witnessing one of the worst-ever documented outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 killing millions of birds. The virus, known to caus...
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01-May 2023
STRAY DOGS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
STRAY DOGS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
1. Context
In April, street dogs outside her home attacked a 65-year-old woman in Srinagar.
A garbage collection point, a mound of food and poultry waste that becom...
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01-May 2023
SCIENCE BEHIND DEJA VU
DEJA VU
1.Background
In 1876, Emile Boirac, a French philosopher and researcher, coined the term, which means “already seen.”
But intellectuals have tried to explain the phenomenon as fa...
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01-May 2023
LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE INDEX
LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE INDEX
1. Context
India improves in the logistics ranking of the World Bank by jumping 6 places to Rank 38 out of 139 countries in the 7th edition of the Logistics Performance ...
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29-Apr 2023
CHINA AS PEACEMAKER IN MIDDLE EAST
CHINA AS PEACEMAKER IN MIDDLE EAST
1. Context
China has been upping its diplomatic charm offensive in the Middle East in recent weeks, framing itself as a peacemaker between longstanding rivals i...
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29-Apr 2023
GREEN ENERGY OPEN ACCESS
GREEN ENERGY OPEN ACCESS
1.Context
Ministry of Power has notified Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2022 to further accelerate our ambitious rene...
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29-Apr 2023
WOMEN RESERVATION BILL
WOMEN RESERVATION BILL
1. Context
Even though women have been breaking the glass ceiling of patriarchy in every sector, politics is the arena where women find it the most challenging to find spac...
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29-Apr 2023
WETLANDS WETLANDS
1. What are Wetlands?
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands defines wetlands as “areas of marsh, fen, peat land or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with wate...
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29-Apr 2023
NATIONAL HEALTH ACCOUNT
NATIONAL HEALTH ACCOUNT
1. Context
There has been a consistent increase in government spending, coupled with declining out-of-pocket expenditure by people on their healthcare needs shows the Nation...
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29-Apr 2023
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 1935
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
1.Context
The government on Friday announced that from next year June 25, the day Emergency was declared in 1975, would be observed as “Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas
2. Back...
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28-Apr 2023
QUANTUM COMPUTING QUANTUM COMPUTING
1. Context
India decided to join in this global effort in a big way, by setting up a Rs 6,000 crore National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications.
The development of ...
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28-Apr 2023
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA)
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA)
1. Context
Seventy years ago, two male scientists, Francis Crick, and James Watson, proclaimed they had discovered the secret of life: The structure of DNA. Since th...
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28-Apr 2023
GENOME MAPPING
GENOME MAPPING
1. Context
The government has given clearance to an ambitious gene-mapping project, estimated to be worth Rs 238 crore. The Genome India Project has been described by those involve...
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28-Apr 2023
QUASARS
QUASARS
1. Context
Quasars the brightest and the most powerful objects in the universe have a violent origin story, according to a new study.
The celestial bodies shine as brightly as a trillion s...
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28-Apr 2023