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BLUEBUGGING
BLUEBUGGING
1. Context
Cybersecurity experts noted that apps that let users connect smartphones or laptops to wireless earplugs can record conversations, and are vulnerable to hacks. Even the mos...
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28-Nov 2022
MILLETS
MILLETS
1. Context
At a pre-launch celebration of the International Year of Millets 2023 organised by the Ministries of Agriculture and External Affairs on Thursday, External Affairs Minister S ...
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28-Nov 2022
COASTAL EROSION
COASTAL EROSION
1.What is Coastal erosion
Coastal erosion is the wearing away and redistributing of solid elements of the shoreline as well as sediment, normally such normal forces as waves, tida...
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25-Nov 2022
MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION
MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION
1. Introduction
Marine plastic pollution is a global menace. There is a need for regular and standardized monitoring of marine litter to understand long-term chan...
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25-Nov 2022
CoP27
CoP27
1. Introduction:
The COP27 is significant due to the agreement on loss & damage. But the meeting did not address several other pressing issues.
Recently COP27 got conclu...
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25-Nov 2022
ASSAM MEGHALAYA BORDER DISPUTE
ASSAM MEGHALAYA BORDER DISPUTE
1. Context
Six people, including an Assam Forest Guard, were killed and several others injured during an alleged clash between the Assam Police and a mob, in an are...
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24-Nov 2022
EL NINO PHENOMENON
EL NINO PHENOMENON
1. Context
A new study projects that climate change will significantly impact El Nino La Nina weather patterns approximately by 2030- a decade before what was earlier predicte...
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24-Nov 2022
SEBI
SEBI
1. Context
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on November 12 floated a consultation paper proposing measures to tackle market rumours.
It reviewed disclosure requirements for m...
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24-Nov 2022
CITES
CITES
1. Introduction:
CITES-Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna & Flora.
Elephants' remains are one of India's most powerful cultural ...
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23-Nov 2022
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
1. Context
An Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Multi-stakeholder Partnership Platform (MSPP) was established on November 18, 2022, to mark the beginning of World Antimicr...
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23-Nov 2022
GANDHI MANDELA AWARD
GANDHI MANDELA AWARD
1. Context
The 14th Dalai Lama was Saturday conferred the Gandhi Mandela Award 2022 at Thekchen Choeling in Dharmashala's McleodGanj by Himachal Pradesh governor Rajendra Vish...
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23-Nov 2022
EAST ASIA SUMMIT
EAST ASIA SUMMIT
1. Context
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday (November 13) addressed the East Asia Summit on the last day of his visit to Cambodia, as the three-day Association of South ...
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23-Nov 2022
RBI ON DEPOSIT GROWTH
RBI ON DEPOSIT GROWTH
1. Context
The Governor, Deputy Governor and a few other senior officials of the apex banking regulator, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) met officials of certain private secto...
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23-Nov 2022
GREAT NICOBAR ISLAND
GREAT NICOBAR
1. Context:
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change gave environmental clearance for the ambitious Rs 72,000 crore development project on the strate...
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22-Nov 2022
BLUE REVOLUTION
BLUE REVOLUTION
1. Context
Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, for overall development of fisheries and aquaculture sector in a sus...
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22-Nov 2022