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CONOCARPUS
CONOCARPUS
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The Gujarat government has banned the planting of ornamental Conocarpus trees “in forest or non-forest areas”, citing their “adverse impacts on environment and human hea...
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07-Oct 2023
DAKAR DECLARATION
DAKAR DECLARATION
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Nearly half of all countries in the WHO African Region have committed to strengthening reporting on road crash fatalities, with an eye on meeting the global target...
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07-Oct 2023
WAGH NAKH
WAGH NAKH
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Maharashtra’s Cultural Affairs Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Tuesday (October 3) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to ...
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06-Oct 2023
PUSA-44
PUSA-44 PADDY VARIETY
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann announced on Wednesday (October 4 2023) that the state will ban the cultivation of the PUSA-44 paddy variety from next y...
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06-Oct 2023
NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION
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The Tamil Nadu government has criticized a recent notification by the National Medical Commission (NMC) that restricts the opening of new medical colleges. T...
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06-Oct 2023
CYBERSECURITY
CYBERSECURITY
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The rapid advancement of technology has provided cybercriminals with new ways to exploit victims. From hacking personal information to financial frauds to using Artificia...
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06-Oct 2023
RANI DURGAVATI
RANI DURGAVATI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Laid the foundation stone of the Veerangana Rani Duragavati Memorial and Garden
The Project is dedicated to the 16th-century Gondwana Kingd...
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06-Oct 2023
GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD (GLOF)
GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD (GLOF)
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Recently, At least five persons died and 42 people, including 22 Army personnel, went missing after heavy rainfall triggered a lake outburst in pa...
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06-Oct 2023
NANOPARTICLES
NANOPARTICLES
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Nanoparticles in Delhi’s air, a major chunk of which comes from vehicular emissions, can potentially be transported from the respiratory system to other parts of the human...
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05-Oct 2023
DYNAMIC INJUCTION
DYNAMIC INJUCTION
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The Delhi High Court Wednesday restrained nine websites from illegally broadcasting the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 matches. Although the World Cup is scheduled ...
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05-Oct 2023
ATOM AND MOLECULE
ATOM AND MOLECULE
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The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2023 has gone to three scientists whose work made it easier to observe electrons, and which has potential applications in the field o...
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05-Oct 2023
MILITANTS AND TERRORISTS
MILITANTS AND TERRORISTS
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The new spurt in terror incidents in J&K, where infiltration peaks before the onset of winter, has prompted security forces to reassess their counter-terror stra...
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05-Oct 2023
ASSOCIATION FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORMS (ADR)
ASSOCIATION FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORMS (ADR)
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A total of 107 MPs and MLAs have hate speech cases against them and 480 candidates with such cases have contested elections in the last five...
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05-Oct 2023
mRNA
mRNA
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COVID-19 became the first-ever pandemic during which a vaccine could be quickly developed and deployed to prevent infections and deaths. Never-before-approved mRNA vaccines were u...
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04-Oct 2023
CIRCULAR MIGRATION
CIRCULAR MIGRATION
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Recently, SBI released a report showing that internal migration in India has added Rs 15 lakh crore to states' gross domestic product (GDP). The report state...
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04-Oct 2023