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FIVE EYES INTELLIGENCE ALLIANCE
FIVE EYES INTELLIGENCE ALLIANCE
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Recent allegations made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linking the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil to the I...
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29-Sep 2023
ALIEN SPECIES
ALIEN SPECIES
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In the most extensive study on invasive species carried out till date, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in its new publicatio...
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29-Sep 2023
COOKIES
COOKIES
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The digital world of cookies plays a significant role in any online experience. In the digital realm, cookies help in personalisation and user convenience. These unassuming bits...
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29-Sep 2023
GREEN REVOLUTION
GREEN REVOLUTION
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Even as the legendary agricultural scientist and the Father of Green Revolution, Dr MS Swaminathan (98) who passed away , had no lineage or roots in Punjab, his lov...
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29-Sep 2023
DR SWAMINATHAN
SWAMINATHAN
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Even as the legendary agricultural scientist and the Father of Green Revolution, Dr MS Swaminathan (98) who passed away Thursday, had no lineage or roots in Punjab, his lov...
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29-Sep 2023
CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES (CCS)
CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES (CCS)
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Recently, Senior IAS officer Sanjeev Khirwar and his wife Rinku Dugga, who is also a senior IAS officer, were transferred from their posts in Delhi to two dif...
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28-Sep 2023
CHINA-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC)
CHINA-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC)
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China has refused to further expand cooperation in the areas of energy, water management, and climate change under the multi-billion dollar China-...
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28-Sep 2023
INTEGRATED INFORMATION THEORY (IIT)
INTEGRATED INFORMATION THEORY (IIT)
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So in June 2023, when the results of a head-to-head experimental contest between two rival theories were announced at the 26th annual meeting of ...
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28-Sep 2023
INDO-PACIFIC ARMIES CHIEFS CONFERENCE (IPACC)
INDO-PACIFIC ARMIES CHIEFS CONFERENCE (IPACC)
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Territorial disputes over land masses or over artificial islands, which are built to acquire real estate and establish military bases, ...
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28-Sep 2023
ARMED FORCES (SPECIAL POWERS) ACT, 1958 (AFSPA)
ARMED FORCES (SPECIAL POWERS) ACT, 1958 (AFSPA)
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The Union Home Ministry extended for another six months the disturbed area status in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland under t...
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28-Sep 2023
NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY (NIA)
NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY (NIA)
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Amid the ongoing row between Canada and India over the killing of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June, the Ministry of Hom...
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27-Sep 2023
GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE
GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE
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With record-breaking temperatures across the South, smoke from Canadian wildfires across the North, historic flooding in the Northeast and a powerful hurrica...
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27-Sep 2023
THE DRAFT PATENTS (AMENDMENTS) RULES, 2023
THE DRAFT PATENTS (AMENDMENTS) RULES, 2023
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The draft patent amendment rules made public on August 23 this year could hugely benefit big pharma but turn out to be disastrous for pati...
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27-Sep 2023
NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020 NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY
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Terming it “essential to inclusive development”, a parliamentary panel has called for “comprehensive awareness campaigns and infrastructural development” in th...
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27-Sep 2023
MICROBIOME
MICROBIOME
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According to an assessment published in Nature Biotechnology "With the claim that the microbes in our bodies outnumber our own cells 10 to one"
2. What is a microbe?
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27-Sep 2023