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LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED)
LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED)
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In October 2014, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences made a statement emphasizing the transformative impact of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) ...
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17-Jan 2024
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF) WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF)
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National security advisors of several countries met here on Sunday to discuss a peace formula for Ukraine and pushed for early restoration of peace in ...
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17-Jan 2024
TENTH SCHEDULE
TENTH SCHEDULE
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The Maharashtra Assembly Speaker has refused to disqualify 40 MLAs of the Eknath Shinde faction after recognising it as the real Shiv Sena. He held the ap...
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17-Jan 2024
MEDICAL CARE IN INDIAN TRAINS
MEDICAL CARE IN INDIAN TRAINS
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The Indian Railways shoulders the monumental responsibility of transporting over 2.3 crore passengers daily, a figure nearly double the proj...
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16-Jan 2024
QUBIT
QUBIT
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Information technology (IT) has become essential to communication, banking, business, health, education, entertainment, and many other walks of our lives. Its prevale...
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16-Jan 2024
DIGI YATRA
DIGI YATRA
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In December 2023, as air travel peaked in the holiday season, it was found that security personnel and private staff were collecting facial biometrics at airpor...
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16-Jan 2024
GLOBAL SURGERY
GLOBAL SURGERY
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This focuses on equitable access to emergency and essential surgery. It encompasses a range of challenges including inaccessibility, disease burden, and econ...
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16-Jan 2024
EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION (EFTA)
EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION (EFTA)
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According to a report by think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI), Switzerland’s policy of allowing tariff-free entry for all ...
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13-Jan 2024
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ)
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ)
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Israel faced accusations at the World Court on Thursday of genocide in its war in Gaza, as the first residents returned to northern areas whe...
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13-Jan 2024
SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS (SDR)
SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS (SDR)
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made an allocation of special drawing rights (SDR) 12.57 billion (equivalent to around $17.86 billion a...
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12-Jan 2024
TABLEAU SELECTION
TABLEAU SELECTION
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The current disagreement between the Central government and non-BJP States over Republic Day parade tableaux has evolved into a political dispute, with the Oppo...
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12-Jan 2024
INDIA-MALDIVES
INDIA-MALDIVES
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tourism push for Lakshadweep triggered a social media spat, escalating into a diplomatic clash between India and the Maldives, worse...
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12-Jan 2024
KUKI TRIBE KUKI TRIBE
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Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has said that the state government may consider setting up a committee to discuss the Scheduled Tribe status of Kukis in the ...
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11-Jan 2024
FOGGING
FOGGING
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As winter tightened its grip on northern India, a blanket of fog descended on several States in the last days of 2023 and the first of 2024, creating challenging ...
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11-Jan 2024
BILKIS BANO
BILKIS BANO
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Recently, The Supreme Court struck down the relief granted by the Gujarat government in August 2022 to 11 men who were sentenced to life for the gangrape of Bi...
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10-Jan 2024