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GYAN BHARAT MISSION GYAN BHARAT MISSION
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The Gyan Bharatam Mission on manuscripts, under the Union Culture Ministry, will on Saturday sign Memorandums of Understanding with around 20 institutes acros...
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25-Oct 2025
BLACKBUCKS
BLACKBUCKS
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In 2018, officials at Chhattisgarh’s Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary embarked on an ambitious venture: to revive the blackbuck population 50 years after it had become “...
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20-Oct 2025
CREW ESCAPE SYSTEM (CES) - GAGANYAN
CREW ESCAPE SYSTEM (CES)
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The Gaganyaan mission aims to safely transport Indian astronauts to a low-earth orbit of around 400 km altitude using the human-rated LVM3 (HLVM3) roc...
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15-Oct 2025
TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS
TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS
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The theory of “trickle down” of wealth to the poor underlies policies aimed at boosting business investment through tax cuts, deregulation, subsidies, e...
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14-Oct 2025
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION INTENSITY (GEI)
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION INTENSITY (GEI)
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The Centre has notified the first legally binding Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity (GEI) Target Rules, 2025. 4 high-emission sectors f...
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11-Oct 2025
QUANTUM TUNNELLING
QUANTUM TUNNELLING
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The Nobel Prize for Physics this year will be awarded to three scientists — John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sc...
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08-Oct 2025
WASSENAR AGREEMENT
WASSENAR AGREEMENT
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The modern Internet is built on vast computing backbones that a very small number of companies control. Among them, Microsoft has become indispensable to g...
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30-Sep 2025
NATIONAL MAKHANA BOARD
NATIONAL MAKHANA BOARD
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On 15th September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Makhana Board in Purnea, Bihar. The announcement for the creation of the Makhana B...
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26-Sep 2025
POONA PACT
POONA PACT
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24th September holds great importance in Indian history, as it was the day in 1932 when B.R. Ambedkar signed the Poona Pact with Madan Mohan Malviya, who represented G...
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24-Sep 2025
FENTANYL
FENTANYL
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In the latest version of the Major’s List sent to the U.S. Congress, President Donald Trump listed 23 countries as being significant sources and/or sites of transit o...
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22-Sep 2025
SAUDI - PAKISTAN PACT
SAUDI - PAKISTAN PACT
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Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a mutual defence pact. The agreement formalises decades of informal military cooperation. Its timing, coming days afte...
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22-Sep 2025
ANTICIPATORY BILL IN CASTE CRIMES
ANTICIPATORY BILL IN CASTE CRIMES
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On September 1, the Supreme Court quashed a Bombay High Court order that had granted anticipatory bail to an accused of caste crimes. In the cas...
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16-Sep 2025
GYAN BHARATAM MISSION GYAN BHARATAM MISSION
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Calling Indian manuscripts an “unparalleled civilisational treasure”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday underscored the importance of digitising the...
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16-Sep 2025
VULTURES AND PANDEMICS
VULTURES AND PANDEMICS
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When most of us think of pandemic preparedness, images of vaccines, laboratories, and health workers in protective gear spring to mind. Rarely do we pic...
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12-Sep 2025
FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT (FPI) FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT (FPI)
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India is the world’s fastest-growing major economy, with its annual GDP increase averaging 8.2% during 2021 to 2024. The growth momentum ha...
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09-Sep 2025