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FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLE (FCEV)
FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLE (FCEV)
1. Background
Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are powered by hydrogen. They are more efficient than conventional internal combustion engine vehicles a...
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27-Aug 2022
ARTH-GANGA
ARTH-GANGA
1.Context
Asok Kumar, the Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga, spoke about the Arth Ganga model during his virtual keynote address to the Stockholm World Water ...
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27-Aug 2022
LUMPY SKIN DISEASE
Lumpy Skin Disease
Source : TheIndian Express
Context :
Twelve states and Union Territories are battling the outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease(LSD), a ser...
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27-Aug 2022
CHHATTISGARH'S FOREST
CHHATTISGARH'S FOREST
Source: The Indian Express
Context
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has objected to transferring thousands of hectares of land without fol...
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27-Aug 2022
INDIA-NEPAL MILITARY TIES
THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF INDIA’S MILITARY TIES WITH NEPAL
Source:indianexpress
CONTEXT
On July 10, Havildar Sambur Gurung (36), a soldier from Nepal serving in the Gurkha regiment, was ki...
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26-Aug 2022
PHYTOPLASMS
Phytoplasmas
Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Phytoplasmas are obligate intracellular parasites of plant phloem tissues & of the insect vectors that are involved...
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26-Aug 2022
GURKHAS OF BRITISH ARMY
GURKHAS OF THE BRITISH ARMY
CONTEXT
The British Army announced this week that it would create a new Specialized Infantry Battalion by recruiting more than 800 Nepalese Gurkha servicepersons th...
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26-Aug 2022
HAYABUSA-2
HAYABUSA-2
1. About
The Hayabusa-2 mission was launched in December 2014 when the spacecraft was sent on a six-year voyage to study the asteroid Ryugu.
According to a report by Deutsche We...
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26-Aug 2022
PADDY DWARFING
Paddy dwarfing
Source: indianexpress
Context :
Scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), who had collected samples of plants from...
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26-Aug 2022
IDEAL POLICE SYSTEM
IDEAL POLICE SYSTEM
Source: The Indian Express
Context
Former President Ram Nath Kovind had some important messages for the police officers in his address to the 69th batch of trainee officer...
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26-Aug 2022
PRIVATISING PSB
PRIVATISING PSB
Source: The Indian Express
Context
India completed 53 years of bank nationalisation last month amid a policy debate over whether it is now time for a summary reversal of...
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26-Aug 2022
ULCHI FREEDOM SHIELD
ULCHI FREEDOM SHIELD
Source: indianexpress
INTRODUCTION:
Recently, South Korea and the united states began their biggest joint military drills since 2017, called the ulchi freedom shield.
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25-Aug 2022
TOMATO FLU
Tomato flu
Source: the IndianExpress
Context:
As cases of tomato flu were reported from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, and Odisha, the Health Ministry...
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25-Aug 2022
MANDALA ART
MANDALA ART
1. About
meaning the “circle” or the “centre” in Sanskrit, a mandala is defined by a geometric configuration that usually incorporates the circular shape in some form.
While it...
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25-Aug 2022
NATIONAL AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (NAFIS)
National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS)
1. About
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, NAFIS, which was developed by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), would hel...
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25-Aug 2022