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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
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (IMR) INFANT MORTALITY RATE (IMR)
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Kerala’s infant mortality rate is down to 5 per 1,000 live births, according to the Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report-2023.
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08-Sep 2025
EXPENDITURE ON CHILDREN'S EDUCATION IN INDIA
EXPENDITURE ON CHILDREN'S EDUCATION IN INDIA
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Despite a recent drop in the World Economic Forum’s gender gap rankings, partly due to the education category, India has made stea...
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08-Sep 2025
CENSUS 2027 AND REGISTRAR GENERAL OF INDIA
CENSUS 2027
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The Registrar General of India (RGI) has sought a Rs 14,618.95-crore budget to conduct the Census 2027, which will be the first “Digital Census” and collect data o...
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04-Sep 2025
INDIA SEMICONDUCTOR MISSION (ISM) INDIA SEMICONDUCTOR MISSION (ISM)
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Union Cabinet approved the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) with a ₹76,000 crore outlay to boost fabrication, design, and manufacturing
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04-Sep 2025
RESERVATIONS AND A CAP OF 50 PERCENT
RESERVATIONS AND A CAP OF 50 PERCENT
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The leader of the opposition in Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav, has declared that if voted to power, their alliance would increase reservation to 8...
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04-Sep 2025
GANGOTRI GLACIER SYSTEM (GGS)
GANGOTRI GLACIER SYSTEM (GGS)
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A recent study has reconstructed the long-term discharge flow of the Gangotri Glacier System (GGS), the source of the upper Ganga basin which con...
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01-Sep 2025
