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SQUARE KILOMETER ARRAY (SKA)
SQUARE KILOMETER ARRAY (SKA)
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The new year ushered in the news that India had decided to formally join the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project, an international scientific coll...
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10-Jan 2024
PAIKA REBELLION
PAIKA REBELLION
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The Centre through a written reply in the Rajya Sabha Thursday said the Paika rebellion cannot be called the first War of Independence. Union Culture Minister ...
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10-Jan 2024
MOMENTUM INVESTING
MOMENTUM INVESTING
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Traditionally, experts have advised investors to buy assets when they are selling at low prices, such as during times of a financial crisis, as assets cou...
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10-Jan 2024
HIT-AND-RUN LAWS
HIT-AND-RUN LAWS
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Recently, Transporters and commercial drivers from States like Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh,West Bengal and Punjab have staged protests against the recent leg...
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09-Jan 2024
ECOWAS
ECOWAS
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Recent events in Niger, including a coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, have raised concerns globally. Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani was installed as the new h...
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09-Jan 2024
SUPREME COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE (SCLSC)
SUPREME COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE (SCLSC)
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Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai has been nominated as the Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC), r...
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08-Jan 2024
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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A revolutionary discovery published in Nature has pushed back the timeline of oxygenic photosynthesis, the process that transformed Earth's atmosphere and ...
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08-Jan 2024
ISLAMIC STATE (IS) AND IRAN
ISLAMIC STATE (IS) AND IRAN
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The Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the bombing attacks during a memorial event in Kerman for Qassem Solei...
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08-Jan 2024
UNION TERRITORY OF LAKSHADWEEP
UNION TERRITORY OF LAKSHADWEEP
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One of the halts in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event-packed itinerary across southern states recently was the Union Territory...
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06-Jan 2024
INDIA-NEPAL
INDIA-NEPAL
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Recently, Nepal signed a long-term agreement for the export of 10,000 MW power to India in the next 10 years and an MoU for cooperation in renewable energ...
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06-Jan 2024
VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER AUDIT TRAIL (VVPAT)
VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER AUDIT TRAIL (VVPAT)
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on December 30, requesting that a team of INDIA group le...
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05-Jan 2024
LITHIUM ION CELLS
LITHIUM-ION CELLS
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Recently, Shareholders of QuantumScape Corp, a battery startup in California supported by Volkswagen AG, have given their approval to a significant compen...
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05-Jan 2024
RURAL INDIA -EMPLOYMENT
RURAL INDIA -EMPLOYMENT
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At a group discussion held by Life Skills Collaborative, most of the rural youth when questioned about their aspirations for the future said they preferre...
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04-Jan 2024
UNITED LIBERATION FRONT OF ASOM (ULFA)
UNITED LIBERATION FRONT OF ASOM (ULFA)
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Recently, the pro-dialogue faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) entered into a tripartite peace agreement with the ...
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04-Jan 2024
SIX SPACE MISSIONS IN 2024
SIX SPACE MISSIONS IN 2024
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In 2023, significant milestones in space exploration were achieved, including NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully returning a sample from an...
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04-Jan 2024