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NATHURAM GODSE
NATHURAM GODSE
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Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead by Nathuram Godse on January 30, 1948. Godse entered a crowd of people as Gandhi headed for his evening prayers. He approached Gandhi ...
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31-Jan 2023
CHARAIDEO MAIDAMS
CHARAIDEO MAIDAMS
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Central government has decided to put forth the name of Assam’s Charaideo moidams burial sites for additio...
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31-Jan 2023
IMMUNE IMPRINTING
IMMUNE IMPRINTING
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Since last September, countries like the UK and the US have rolled out variant-specific or bivalent boosters, hoping that they would provide better protection against...
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31-Jan 2023
MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE
MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE
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On Monday, a CJI Chandrachud-led bench of the Supreme Court decided to examine a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Section 376 DB of the Indi...
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31-Jan 2023
ANIMAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE
ANIMAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has invested in an Australian Climate technology start-up that aims to curtail the methane emissions of cow burp...
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30-Jan 2023
SHORT SELLING
SHORT SELLING
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Short seller Hindenburg Research on January 25 disclosed short positions in Adani Group, alleging stock manipulation and accounting fraud in its latest investigative repor...
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30-Jan 2023
MARRIAGE LAWS FOR MINORS
MARRIAGE LAWS FOR MINORS
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Earlier this month, the Supreme Court announced that it would examine whether minor girls, as young as 15 years, can marry based on custom or personal law when s...
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30-Jan 2023
BREAST CANCER
BREAST CANCER
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Work carried out by researchers from the Integrated Cancer Genomics Laboratory at the Advanced Centre for Training, Research, and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) in Mumbai’s...
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30-Jan 2023
ISRO LAUNCH VEHICLES
ISRO LAUNCH VEHICLES
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Satellites, or payloads as they are often called, sit inside the rocket and are ejected once they reach their intended orbit in space. Most satellites have small p...
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28-Jan 2023
INDIA'S REPUBLIC DAY PARADE
INDIA'S REPUBLIC DAY PARADE
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As India marks its 74th Republic Day, The first parade on Kartavya Path witnessed firsts, including an all-women contingent and Agniveers.
For most Indians, t...
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28-Jan 2023
POSTAL BALLOTS
POSTAL BALLOTS
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For a country like India where each constituency can have lakhs of voters, counting votes is a complex process that requires both pace and precision. As Gujarat and Hima...
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28-Jan 2023
SWISS BANKS
SWISS BANKS
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A Whistleblower has leaked information on more than $100 billion held in 30, 000 accounts of Zurich-headquartered Credit Suisse, one of the world's most iconic banks a lot of...
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28-Jan 2023
INDUS WATER TREATY
INDUS WATER TREATY
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The 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) gives India unrestricted rights over the three eastern rivers — Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej. While Pakistan was given exclusive control ov...
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28-Jan 2023
RAMCHARITMANAS
RAMCHARITMANAS
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On January 11, Bihar Education Minister Chandra Shekhar said the Ramcharitmanas “spreads hatred in society”, and Goswami Tulsidas’s epic poem along with the Manusmriti a...
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28-Jan 2023
GREEN BONDS
GREEN BONDS
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will auction maiden sovereign green bonds (SGrBs) worth Rs8, 000 crores on Wednesday.
This is part of the Rs 16, 000 crore Sovereign Green Bon...
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27-Jan 2023