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MULTIMODAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
MULTIMODAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
1. Context
In the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), the next frontier is undoubtedly multimodal systems, allowing users to engage with AI through vari...
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10-Oct 2023
SCHEDULED AREAS IN INDIA
SCHEDULED AREAS IN INDIA
1. Introduction
India’s 705 Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities making up 8.6% of the country’s population live in 26 States and six Union Territories. Article 244, about t...
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10-Oct 2023
UNDERSTANDING OF WOMEN'S LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES
WOMEN'S LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES
1. Context
The Nobel Prize in Economics for 2023 was awarded Monday (October 9) to Claudia Goldin, a Harvard University professor, for “having advanced our understa...
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10-Oct 2023
GAZA-100 YEARS HISTORY
GAZA-100 YEARS HISTORY
1. Context
The October 7 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel, in which more than 700 Israelis are estimated to have been killed as of Monday, is believed to be the Palestinian m...
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10-Oct 2023
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES (CapEx) CAPITAL EXPENDITURES (CapEx)
1. Context
Aided by the front-ending of capex loans by the Centre, the state governments’ capital expenditure seem to have grown much faster than last year in Apri...
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10-Oct 2023
KONGTHONG VILLAGE
KONGTHONG VILLAGE
1. Context
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Rakesh Sinha on Thursday presented his development report on Kongthong village in Meghalaya, India’s only whistling village, to Prime Minister ...
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09-Oct 2023
ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT
ISRAEL-PALESTINE
1. Context
08/10/2023 marked one of the deadliest days of violence in Israel since the 1973 Yom Kippur war. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of a “long an...
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09-Oct 2023
ATTOSECOND SCIENCE
ATTOSECOND SCIENCE
1. Context
The 2023 Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to Anne L’Huillier, Pierre Agostini, and Ferenc Krausz “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light f...
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09-Oct 2023
ASIATIC WILD DOGS-DHOLES
ASIATIC WILD DOGS
1. Context
The dhole or Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus) is the only endangered wild pack-living canid in the tropical Indian forests and is considered at high risk of extinction...
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09-Oct 2023
DIGITAL INDIA ACT 2023
DIGITAL INDIA ACT 2023
1. Context:
Nations worldwide are grappling with the need to update their legal frameworks to adapt to the evolving digital landscape. India, with its ambitious ‘Digital...
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09-Oct 2023
QUANTUM DOTS
QUANTUM DOTS
1. Context
Alexei I. Ekimov, Louis E. Brus, and Moungi G. Bawendi have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize for chemistry “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots”.
2. About Quan...
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09-Oct 2023
MINIMUM WAGE
MINIMUM WAGE
1. Context
As the International Day of Rural Women approaches, it is disheartening to note that India not only recorded one of the lowest female labour force participation rates (LFPR...
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07-Oct 2023
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT)
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT)
1. Context
A day after indicating that Russia might revoke its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), President Vladimir Putin...
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07-Oct 2023
IMMUNITY TO MPs AND MLAs
IMMUNITY TO MPs AND MLAs
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A seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on whether the immunity available to MPs and MLAs under Articles 105...
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07-Oct 2023
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
1. Context
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has recognized Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi with the prestigious 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. This honour acknowledges her relentless de...
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07-Oct 2023