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HYDROCARBON
HYDROCARBON
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Over countless years, powerful geological forces within the earth's crust transformed and fused remnants of once-living organisms that had long since perished. ...
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16-Apr 2024
OPERATION MEGHADOOT
OPERATION MEGHADOOT
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As April 13, 2024, approaches, it marks four decades since the audacious move by the Indian Army to pre-empt Pakistan and assert control over the glacier...
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16-Apr 2024
DOUBLE TAXATION AVOIDANCE AGREEMENT(DTAA)
DOUBLE TAXATION AVOIDANCE AGREEMENT(DTAA)
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India has signed a protocol amending the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Mauritius to plug treaty abuse for tax evasi...
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15-Apr 2024
CDP-SURAKSHA
CDP-SURAKSHA
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The government has come up with a new platform to disburse subsidies to horticulture farmers under the Cluster Development Programme (CDP) — the Centre’s initiative to ...
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15-Apr 2024
HEPATITIS
HEPATITIS
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According to the recently released Global Hepatitis Report 2024 by the World Health Organization (WHO), India ranked second globally in terms of viral hepatitis...
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15-Apr 2024
DISCLOSURE OF ASSETS
DISCLOSURE OF ASSETS
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Recent events have underscored the disclosure requirements imposed on candidates by election law. One instance involves allegations that the BJP candidate f...
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15-Apr 2024
INDIA'S FIRST LOK SABHA ELECTIONS
INDIA'S FIRST LOK SABHA ELECTIONS
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India’s first Lok Sabha election, conducted over four months in 1951-52, began the democratic process by which the reins of the newly indepen...
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13-Apr 2024
VOLCANIC VORTEX RINGS
VOLCANIC VORTEX RINGS
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In recent days, Mount Etna, Europe's largest volcano and one of the world's most active and iconic volcanic peaks, has been emitting nearly perfect ri...
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13-Apr 2024
SULTHAN BATHERY
SULTHAN BATHERY
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The BJP president of Kerala, K Surendran said the renaming of Sulthan Bathery in Kerala’s Wayanad district is “inevitable”. He said, “Sulthan Bathery should be r...
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13-Apr 2024
INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES
INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES
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The management of Ross Island, also known as the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, has asked the Wildlife Institute of India for assistance i...
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13-Apr 2024
TIME STANDARD FOR MOON'S SURFACE
TIME STANDARD FOR THE MOON'S SURFACE
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The United States officially directed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to create a time standard for the Moon, which dif...
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12-Apr 2024
GOD PARTICLE
GOD PARTICLE
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The man, after whom the particle is named, Peter Higgs, died recently at aged 94. An elementary particle like electrons, quarks, photons or neutrinos, the Higgs...
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12-Apr 2024
PSLV ORBITAL EXPERIMENTAL MODULE-3 (POEM-3)
PSLV ORBITAL EXPERIMENTAL MODULE-3 (POEM-3)
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ISRO's PSLV-C58/XPoSat mission has achieved a significant milestone by virtually eliminating debris in Earth's orbit. The space ...
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12-Apr 2024
LAVENDER CULTIVATION
LAVENDER CULTIVATION
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When lavender cultivation was first introduced to Bhaderwah subdivision in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district in 2015, most farmers were sceptical and just a han...
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11-Apr 2024
GLOBAL HEPATITIS REPORT 2024
GLOBAL HEPATITIS REPORT 2024
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India is one of the countries with the highest burden of viral hepatitis — an infection that causes liver inflammation, damage and may lead to liver ...
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11-Apr 2024