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ASPARTAME
ASPARTAME
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) cancer research arm will list the popular sugar substitute aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to humans”, the news agency Reuters reporte...
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18-Jul 2023
INDIA-UAE
INDIA-UAE
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a one-day visit to the United Arab Emirates, met the country’s President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi and held ...
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18-Jul 2023
COMPREHENSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE AGREEMENT FOR TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP
CPTPP
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The United Kingdom on Sunday formally signed a treaty to join a major Indo-Pacific bloc what it said was the biggest trade deal since the country left the European Union at t...
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18-Jul 2023
KUMARASWAMI KAMARAJ
KUMARASWAMI KAMARAJ
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July 15 marks the 120th birth anniversary of Kumaraswami Kamaraj, freedom fighter and politician, known as much for his simplicity and personal integrity as for h...
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17-Jul 2023
NATO
NATO
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The NATO Summit held in Vilnius, Lithuania, aimed to project a unified front amidst the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
While Turkey's opposition to Sweden's accession to NATO wa...
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17-Jul 2023
HWASONG-18
HWASONG-18 ICBM
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North Korea tested its latest Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday (July 12, 2023), the country’s state media reported. This ICBM is the fi...
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17-Jul 2023
INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO)
ISRO
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Chandrayaan-3, the mission that aims to achieve the feat of conducting a “soft” landing on the Moon’s southern pole, launched off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in A...
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17-Jul 2023
DATA BREACH
CLOUD STORAGE-DATA BREACH
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According to a 2023 survey by Thales Cloud Security, which included responses from nearly 3,000 IT and security professionals from across 18 Countries, 35%...
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17-Jul 2023
FREEBIES TO WELFARE
FREEBIES TO WELFARE
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In a recent address, the Prime Minister expressed his concerns about the prevalent "freebies culture" in India. This culture, characterized by the distribution of fre...
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15-Jul 2023
SCORPENE SUBMARINE
SCORPENE SUBMARINE
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The Defence Acquisition Council, the apex decision-making body for the acquisition of military equipment for India’s armed forces, on Thursday (July 13, 2023) clea...
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15-Jul 2023
RAFEL MARINE JET
RAFEL MARINE JET
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In a significant development, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) convened a crucial meeting to give the green light to the proposal of acquiring 26 Rafale Marine fig...
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15-Jul 2023
YAMUNA RIVER
YAMUNA RIVER
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With the Yamuna rising to a 45-year record in Delhi and cities across North India facing flooding this week, experts say by using natural solutions like creating green are...
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15-Jul 2023
LEGION OF HONOUR
NATIONAL ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR
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French President Emmanuel Macron on (July 13, 2023) conferred his country’s highest honour, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, upon Prime ...
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15-Jul 2023
NATURE RESTORING LAW
NATURE RESTORING LAW
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After the European Parliament accepted a key nature restoration law with a razor-thin majority on July 12, 2023, a backlash is expected against plans to protect va...
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14-Jul 2023
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
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Recently, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) faced criticism for prohibiting a discussion on the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, leading to a show cause not...
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14-Jul 2023