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ANTI DUMPING DUTY
ANTI DUMPING DUTY
1. Context
India has imposed anti-dumping duty on five Chinese goods to protect domestic players from cheap imports from the neighbouring country.
2.What is anti dumpi...
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24-Mar 2025
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FOREST 2025
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FOREST 2025
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Every year, March 21 is observed as the International Day of Forest (IDF) by the United Nations to commemorate the green cover around the world a...
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22-Mar 2025
SOLAR FLARES (KERNEL)
SOLAR FLARES (KERNEL)
1. Context
Recently, the Aditya-L1 Mission, India’s first dedicated space mission for solar studies, has captured a solar flare ‘kernel’ in the lower solar atmosphe...
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22-Mar 2025
WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2025
WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2025
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For the eighth consecutive year, Finland has been named the happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report 2025, published Thu...
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22-Mar 2025
UNESCO'S WORLD HERITAGE SITES UNESCO'S WORLD HERITAGE SITES
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Six properties have been added to India’s Tentative List by UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre in 2025. These are Mudumal Menhirs of Telangana, Kanger V...
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20-Mar 2025
AUTOMATED PERMANENT ACADEMIC ACCOUNT REGISTRY (APAAR)
AUTOMATED PERMANENT ACADEMIC ACCOUNT REGISTRY (APAAR)
1. Context
Activists and parents are worried about the rapid push by schools to generate an APAAR ID. APAAR is part of the National ...
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20-Mar 2025
MADHAV NATIONAL PARK (TIGER RESERVE)
MADHAV NATIONAL PARK (TIGER RESERVE)
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On March 9, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced that the Centre had declared the Madhav National Park in Madhya Pradesh as the ...
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17-Mar 2025
UNIYALA KERALENSIS
UNIYALA KERALENSIS
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A dense shrub with light purple flowers found in the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district has been confirmed as a distinct s...
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17-Mar 2025
INDIA'S POWER DEMANDS
INDIA'S POWER DEMANDS
1. Context
As the fastest-growing major economy in a rapidly heating world, India’s electricity demand is growing fast. Since FY21, India’s electricity consumption has r...
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14-Mar 2025
WORLD AIR QUALITY REPORT 2024
WORLD AIR QUALITY REPORT 2024
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NEW DELHI continues to be the world’s most polluted capital while Meghalaya’s Byrnihat is the world’s most polluted metropolitan area, according to...
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13-Mar 2025
DANDI MARCH
DANDI MARCH
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12 March marks the 95th anniversary of the historic salt march led by Mahatma Gandhi from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi in Gujarat. The 24-day march from March 12 to Apri...
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12-Mar 2025
INDIAAI MISSION
INDIA AI MISSION
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On March 6, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s IndiaAI Mission launched AI Kosha, a national dataset platform that will gather non-personal...
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10-Mar 2025
OBESITY
OBESITY
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A recent Lancet study has highlighted that India had the second largest population of adults with overweight and obesity after China. The Lancet study examined the histor...
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06-Mar 2025
SPACE DEBRIS
SPACE DEBRIS
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Despite being a critical issue in space governance, space debris lacks a universally accepted legal definition; thus, legal disputes often hinge on whether a piece o...
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06-Mar 2025
MANDALA SYSTEM AND GOVERNANCE
MANDALA SYSTEM
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The chapters of the Rig Veda are called mandalas — circles of hymns. This is because unlike a book, where one moves from chapter to chapter, the Vedic chapters are...
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05-Mar 2025