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PANAMA TREATY
PANAMA TREATY
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On December 22, 2024, Donald Trump threatened to take back the Panama canal, calling the transfer treaty “foolish”. He said, “Our Navy and Commerce have been treated i...
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03-Jan 2025
VIKRAM SARABHAI
VIKRAM SARABHAI
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Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India’s space programme, died on December 30, 1971, in Kovalam, Kerala, at the age of 52. During his lifetime, Sarabhai had 38 inst...
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02-Jan 2025
LAND ACQUISITION ACT 2013
LAND ACQUISITION ACT 2013
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Farmers from Punjab have been camping at the Khanauri and Shambhu borders of Punjab and Haryana since February, demanding legal recognition for the M...
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01-Jan 2025
PSLV ORBITAL EXPERIMENTAL MODULE-4 (POEM-4)
PSLV ORBITAL EXPERIMENTAL MODULE-4 (POEM-4)
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The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) on Tuesday said that it had facilitated the successful establi...
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01-Jan 2025
GHOST PARTICLES
GHOST PARTICLES
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These telescopes are much like the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which can detect high-energy neutrinos from deep space but is under the frozen ice in the Antarct...
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31-Dec 2024
INDIANS AND H1-B
INDIANS AND H1-B
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Weeks before he returns as US President, Donald Trump’s supporters are locked in a public row about skilled immigration and H-1B visas
2. What is H1-B Visa?
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31-Dec 2024
GENERATION BETA
GENERATION BETA
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The year 2025 is set to begin. With the arrival of the new year, a generational shift will occur. Until now, we have known the group termed Generation Z. As we tr...
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31-Dec 2024
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE SURVEY (HCES) 2023-24 HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE SURVEY (HCES)
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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) decided to conduct two consecutive surveys on household consumptio...
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28-Dec 2024
INDIAN STATE FOREST REPORT (ISFR)
INDIAN STATE FOREST REPORT (ISFR)
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The India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023 shows that the country's Forest and Tree cover now spans 827,357 square kilometers, covering 25.17%...
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28-Dec 2024
INDIAN FISHERIES
INDIAN FISHERIES
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Strengthening fisheries extension services is essential for supporting fishers and promoting sustainable practices, with initiatives like Matsya Seva Kendras and...
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27-Dec 2024
US-CHINA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT
US-CHINA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT
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On December 13, China and the U.S. agreed to extend their Agreement on Co-operation in Science and Technology for an additional five years, e...
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26-Dec 2024
INTERGOVERNMENTAL SCIENCE POLICY PLATFORM ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (IPBES)
INTERGOVERNMENTAL SCIENCE-POLICY PLATFORM ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (IPBES)
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Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES),...
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24-Dec 2024
PROTECTED AREA REGIME (PAR)
PROTECTED AREA REGIME (PAR)
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On December 17, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) reimposed the Protected Area Regime (PAR) in the States of Manipur, Nagaland, and Mizoram to ...
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24-Dec 2024
SPEED GUN
SPEED GUN
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The world of today is a world in motion. People constantly want to get somewhere. The heavens are filling up with satellites, our skies with airplanes and rockets, our ...
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23-Dec 2024
STARLINK DEVICES
STARLINK DEVICES
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Billionaire Elon Musk has denied claims that his space company SpaceX’s satellite internet technology, Starlink is being used by militants in Manipur. This came ...
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23-Dec 2024