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SAJAL Project
SAJAL Project
Context:
ICD Patpargani and other ICDs Commissionerate take initiative under Project SAJAL to provide safe drinking water facilities in 20 government schools identified in diffe...
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27-Apr 2022
Country of Particular Concern (CPC)
Country of Particular Concern (CPC)
Context: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended that India be designated as a "Country of Particular Concern"
It ...
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27-Apr 2022
Global Assessment report
Global Assessment report
Context
The world will face around 560 disasters every year by 2030, warned the United Nations in a new report.
Key Points
The world has experienced 350-500 me...
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27-Apr 2022
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION
Why in News?
Aspects of pollution remain a great concern as Data on industry emissions for Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh was not complete or easily accessible in the public domain, the ...
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27-Apr 2022
GLOBAL WARMING
Global warming
Fulfilling CoP26 promises can limit global warming to 2o C.
Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s climate system observed since the ...
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26-Apr 2022
Kuril Islands
Kuril Islands
Context
Japan's diplomatic blue book for 2022 described Kuril islands as being under Russia's illegal occupation.
About
Kuril Islands are a set of four islands situated bet...
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26-Apr 2022
COVID-19 SURGE PREPAREDNESS WITH AI
COVID-19 SURGE PREPAREDNESS WITH AI
New and emerging variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continue to pose a threat to the health of populations across the globe. Counting the unique and observable...
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26-Apr 2022
NORTH EAST FRONTIER AGENCY
NORTH EAST FRONTIER AGENCY
1. About
Before the promulgation of the 'Constitution of India, the areas of present Arunachal Pradesh were then called the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA), which w...
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25-Apr 2022
BLUE STRAGGLER
BLUE STRAGGLER
1. About
In general a bunch of stars are born at the same time from the same cloud that forms a star cluster.
As time passes, each star evolves differently depending on its mass...
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25-Apr 2022
Species mass extinction
SPECIES MASS EXTINCTION
Introduction:
The Global Ecosystem Assessment by Intergovernmental Science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services(IPBES) shows the c...
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24-Apr 2022
PHOBOS
PHOBOS
Why in News?
NASA rover ‘Perseverance’ captures eclipse involving Mars’ satellite ‘Phobos’
1. Background
Phobos is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, the o...
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23-Apr 2022
POSSIBLE 4TH WAVE-PAXLOVID
POSSIBLE 4TH WAVE-NEW OMICRON VARIANT
Concerns around the Covid-19 pandemic increased, after the emergence of a highly contagious sub-variant of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, known as BA....
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23-Apr 2022
Vanishing Glacier Forests
Vanishing Glacier forests
Context:
Google search engine, dedicated its homepage logo doodle for April 22, 2022, to climate change to mark Earth Day.
Key points
Climate...
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23-Apr 2022
Pattanam
MUZIRIS (MUSIRI)
Pattanam excavations were the first-ever multidisciplinary excavations undertaken in Kerala state.
The main objective of this excavation is to find archaeological evidence that w...
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23-Apr 2022
FROM BIOLOGICALLY DEAD TO CHART TOPPING CLEAN
TRANSFORMATION OF THE RIVER THAMES
It is a surprise to know that The River Thames is considered one of the world's cleanest rivers running through the city. It is even more surprising that this...
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23-Apr 2022