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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
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Two South Korean researchers posted two related papers on the internet, not yet peer-reviewed, claiming that a lead-based compound they had developed had shown ...
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03-Aug 2023
OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES
OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES
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Recently, the Centre extended the tenure of The Commission to Examine Sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) headed by Justice G Rohini, former C...
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03-Aug 2023
STATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
STATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
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Data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) shows that India’s labour force participation rate (LFPR) has fallen to just 40% from an already low 47%...
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02-Aug 2023
CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC)
CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC)
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Pakistan and China on Monday signed six key documents to help undertake the second phase of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Cor...
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02-Aug 2023
STATUTORY MINIMUM PRICE (SMP)
STATUTORY MINIMUM PRICE (SMR)
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The Finance Ministry has notified the rules enabling cooperative sugar mills to claim past cane price payments made to farmers, in excess of the ...
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02-Aug 2023
HOLOCENE CLIMATE ANOMALIES
HOLOCENE CLIMATE ANOMALIES
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Some headlines proclaimed recently that a particular day in July was the warmest in more than 100,000 years. It is not scientifically possible to make such a cl...
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02-Aug 2023
UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA (UIDAI) UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA (UIDAI)
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As more frauds related to the Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) come to the fore, the Unique Identification Authority of I...
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02-Aug 2023
PAHARIS AND PADDARIS
PAHARIS AND PADDARIS
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Recently, The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2023 is one of the four Bills relating to the Union Territory that were int...
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01-Aug 2023
LOW EARTH ORBIT LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO)
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ISRO successfully launched its proven PSLV rocket carrying seven Singaporean satellites Sunday from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Prades...
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01-Aug 2023
KURIL ISLANDS
KURIL ISLANDS
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As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, Moscow is forced to funnel more and more of its military and economic resources to its western border. In Tokyo, conservat...
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01-Aug 2023
AKIRA RANSOMEWARE
AKIRA RANSOMWARE
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The Computer Emergency Response Team of India issued an alert for the ransomware dubbed “Akira.” The ransomware, found to target both Windows and Linux devices, steals...
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01-Aug 2023
CRYPTOBIOSIS
CRYPTOBIOSIS
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Scientists discovered and reanimated two kinds of frozen microscopic nematodes or roundworms in Siberia five years ago. A new study on them published Thursday reveal...
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01-Aug 2023
CONTROLLED HUMAN INFECTION STUDIES
CONTROLLED HUMAN INFECTION STUDIES
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Recently, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Bioethics Unit published a consensus policy statement for the ethical co...
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31-Jul 2023
CONJUCTIVITUS
CONJUNCTIVITIS
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With persistent rain, cases of conjunctivitis, or ‘pink eye’, are on the rise in several parts of the country, including New Delhi, Chandigarh, and Gujarat.
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31-Jul 2023
MADHAV GADGIL REPORT
MADHAV GADGIL REPORT
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Recently, A landslide in Maharashtra’s Raigad district claimed 27 lives, flattened an entire village, and brought back into focus the 2011 Dr. Madhav Gadgil report...
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31-Jul 2023