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UNIFIED PENSION SCHEME (UPS)
UNIFIED PENSION SCHEME (UPS)
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Union Cabinet signed off on a major shift in the approach to provide old age income security to Central government employees, with a new Unified Pens...
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02-Sep 2024
INS ARIGHAAT - INDIA'S SECOND NUCLEAR SUB
INS ARIGHAAT
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India’s second nuclear submarine, the Arighaat, was commissioned into the Indian Navy on Thursday at Visakhapatnam. The submarine has undergone extensive trials over th...
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31-Aug 2024
METHANE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
METHANE
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On average, methane fades away after about 12 years while CO2 continues to warm the planet over centuries. That means CO2 is the main contributor to climate change, but pote...
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31-Aug 2024
IMD'S COLOUR CODED WEATHER ALERTS
IMD'S COLOUR CODED WEATHER ALERTS
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IMD issued ‘red alert’ in Gujarat due to heavy rainfall and severe waterlogging. India Meteorological Department (IMD) issues colour-coded we...
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30-Aug 2024
SMALL INDUSTRIES - EVERYTHING ABOUT MSME SMALL INDUSTRIES
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Small-scale industries (SSIs) are privately or independently owned and operated businesses that produce goods or services on a small scale. They are characterize...
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30-Aug 2024
GENDER BUDGET 2024-25
GENDER BUDGET 2024-25
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The Gender Budget Statement consistently reported an average share of 5% of the total budgetary allocations, with marginal ups and downs. This year is special ...
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30-Aug 2024
INDIAN SPACE MISSIONS - INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO)
INDIAN SPACE MISSIONS
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Over the past year, ISRO has made significant strides with several key missions; the Aditya L1 spacecraft began studying solar radiation from the earth-Sun Lag...
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23-Aug 2024
LATERAL ENTRY
LATERAL ENTRY
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THREE DAYS after it invited invitations for lateral entry posts in the bureaucracy, the government announced Tuesday that the recruitment was being cancelled.
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22-Aug 2024
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA (ECI) - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA (ECI)
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From the recent conclusion of the 18th Lok Sabha elections to the announcement of dates for Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana, th...
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22-Aug 2024
BANNI GRASSLANDS - VEGETATION, WILDLIFE
BANNI GRASSLANDS
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The Kachchh district in Gujarat houses one of the largest tracts of grasslands in the country. In a new study, researchers have assessed the suitability of diffe...
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20-Aug 2024
MONKEYPOX - MPOX
MONKEYPOX
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On August 14 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African countries as a “global h...
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19-Aug 2024
CURRENT ACCOUNT SAVINGS ACCOUNT (CASA)
CURRENT ACCOUNT SAVINGS ACCOUNT (CASA)
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A rising and persistent gap between bank deposits and credit growth has led to the worst deposit crunch in two decades. The current and s...
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17-Aug 2024
CONSUMER FOOD PRICE INDEX (CFPI) - FOOD INFLATION CONSUMER FOOD PRICE INDEX (CFPI)
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Retail food inflation ruled above 8% for eight straight months from November 2023 to June 2024. That year-on-year increase, in the official consu...
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17-Aug 2024
EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES (EOS) - 09 EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES (EOS)
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ISRO’s latest Earth Observation Satellite ‘EOS-08’ launched by the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3 today at 9:17 hrs from Satish Dhawan ...
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16-Aug 2024
SMALL SATELLITE LAUNCHING VEHICLES (SSLV)
SMALL SATELLITE LAUNCHING VEHICLES (SSLV)
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the third development flight — the last one it is authorised to undertake — of...
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16-Aug 2024