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KASHMIR MARTHAND TEMPLE
MARTHAND SUN TEMPLE- ARCHITECTURE OF HILLS
1. About
Martand Sun temple is situated in the Mattan area (originally called Martand or Bhawan) in the southern part of Kashmir.
Martand is a Sans...
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08-Sep 2022
CLIMATE REPARATION
CLIMATE REPARATION
1. Introduction
Climate reparations refer to a call for money to be paid by the Global North to the Global South as a means of addressing the historical contributions that ...
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07-Sep 2022
CHILEAN REFERENDUM
CHILEAN REFERENDUM
Source:indianexpress
CONTEXT
The people of Chile resoundingly rejected a new constitution that was set to replace a charter imposed by General Augusto Pinochet 41 years ...
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07-Sep 2022
RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD
RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD
Source: indianexpress
CONTEXT
The decision of former Kerala Health Minister K.K.Shailaja to decline an offer to be considered for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awar...
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07-Sep 2022
INDIA JAPAN RELATIONS
INDIA-JAPAN RELATIONS
1.Context
The friendship between Japan and India is built on a common foundation of long historical ties and democracy. As the world faces various challenges and stands at a...
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07-Sep 2022
MOHANJEDARO
MOHANJEDARO
Source: The Indian Express
Context
Pakistan's Department of Archaeology warned that heavy rainfall in the Sindh province threatened the World Heritage status of Mohenjo Daro, one o...
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07-Sep 2022
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FOR FARMERS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED AGRICULTURE
1. Background
Technology has redefined farming over the years and technological advances have affected the agriculture industry in more ways than on...
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06-Sep 2022
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD ACCIDENTS
1. Background
Road crash deaths in India, which are the highest in the world, are a burden on its demographic dividend and have a tangible impact on poverty.
The disproportiona...
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06-Sep 2022
INDIA's FIRST DARK SKY RESERVE
INDIA’S FIRST DARK SKY RESERVE
Source: indianexpress
CONTEXT
India will establish its first Dark Sky Reserve in the cold desert regions of Ladakh by the end of 2022.
WHAT IS DARK SKY RESERV...
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06-Sep 2022
TYPHOON
TYPHOON HINNAMNOR
Source: nationalgeographic
Typhoon
A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone. These are called hurricanes when they develop over the North Atlantic, Central north Pacific, ...
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06-Sep 2022
CONVERSION THERAPY
CONVERSION THERAPY
Source: Hindu
Context:
The National Medical Commission(NMC), the apex regulatory body of Indian medical professionals, has written to all State Medical Cou...
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06-Sep 2022
SEATBELT SAFETY
SEATBELT SAFETY
Source: The Hindu
Context
The death of Cyrus P. Mistry, former chairman of Tata Sons, in a car crash in Maharashtra's Palghar district on September 4.
It has turned the focus on ...
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06-Sep 2022
VOSTOK 2022
VOSTOK 2022
Source: Hindu
Why in News?
India has joined Exercise VOSTOK 2022 in Russia along with China and some other nations
About VOSTOK 2022
The exercise is aimed at interaction and c...
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06-Sep 2022
ZOMBIE ICE
ZOMBIE ICE
Source: indianexpress
Context:
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet will unavoidably raise the global sea levels by at least 10.6 inches or 27 centimetres, no matter what climate...
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06-Sep 2022
ONCOLYTIC VIRUSES (OVs)
ONCOLYTIC VIRUSES (OVs)
Source: indianexpress
Why in news?
A new study published in the journal Cancer Cell suggests that the body’s immune capacity against cancer to recognise and destroy ...
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06-Sep 2022