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SATELLITE INTERNET
SATELLITE INTERNET
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In today’s increasingly digitised world, internet connectivity is an absolute necessity, across both military and civilian domains. With Elon Musk’s Starli...
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13-Aug 2025
CHEMICALLY CONTAMINATED SITES
CHEMICALLY CONTAMINATED SITES
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The Environment Ministry has notified new rules under the Environment Protection Act that lays out a process for addressing sites with chemical c...
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11-Aug 2025
TELANGANA'S KALESHWARAM PROJECT
TELANGANA'S KALESHWARAM PROJECT
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The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), billed as the lifeline of Telangana by the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government,...
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11-Aug 2025
STABLECOINS
STABLECOINS
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Hong Kong is taking a decisive step forward in regulating certain types of cryptocurrencies, as it prepares to enforce the Stablecoins Ordinance from August 1. The...
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09-Aug 2025
PRALAY AND AKASH MISSILES
PRALAY AND AKASH MISSILES
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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two consecutive successful tests of quasi-ballistic missile Pralay from Dr APJ Abd...
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07-Aug 2025
BIOCHAR
BIOCHAR
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With the Indian carbon market set to be launched in 2026, CO2 removal technologies such as biochar are expected to play a crucial role. Biochar is a type of charcoal r...
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07-Aug 2025
BUFFALO FESTIVALS IN INDIA
BUFFALO FESTIVALS IN INDIA
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Despite heavy rain and a red alert issued by the India Meteorological Department, villages in Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra witnessed a massi...
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05-Aug 2025
ASIAN GIANT TORTOISE
ASIAN GIANT TORTOISE
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The critically endangered Asian giant tortoise, the largest in mainland Asia, has been reintroduced into the Zeliang Community Reserve in Nagaland’s Pe...
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05-Aug 2025
RURAL DISTRESS IN INDIA
RURAL DISTRESS IN INDIA
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The Government has recently imposed a cap of 60 per cent on the spending under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) ...
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01-Aug 2025
GRASSLAND BIRD CENSUS
GRASSLAND BIRD CENSUS
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Between March 18 and May 25, a survey to record the grassland bird population in Kaziranga National Park was undertaken by a team of forest officials, sc...
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31-Jul 2025
HYDROGEN POWERED TRAIN
HYDROGEN POWERED TRAIN
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Indian Railways successfully tested the first hydrogen-powered coach or driving power car earlier this week at its Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chenn...
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30-Jul 2025
MAHARASHTRA SPECIAL PUBLIC SECURITY BILL
MAHARASHTRA SPECIAL PUBLIC SECURITY BILL
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The Maharashtra Legislature passed the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill or a ‘Bill to provide for effective prevention of c...
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29-Jul 2025
RESILIENT AND PROSPEROUS CITIES IN INDIA - WORLD BANK
RESILIENT AND PROSPEROUS CITIES IN INDIA
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Recently, the World Bank, in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has released a report titled Towards ...
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25-Jul 2025
MANGROVES MANGROVES
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Every year, July 26 is celebrated as the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem. It was adopted during the 38th session of the general conf...
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24-Jul 2025
FINANCIAL INCLUSION INDEX (FI-INDEX)
FINANCIAL INCLUSION INDEX (FI-INDEX)
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Financial inclusion across the country improved to 67 in March 2025, up from 64.2 in March 2024, according to the recently released Financ...
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24-Jul 2025