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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
INTEGRATED AIR DROP TEST (IADT-1)
INTEGRATED AIR DROP TEST (IADT-1)
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On August 24, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out its first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-1), a crucial m...
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28-Aug 2025
WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE
WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will initiate wastewater surveillance for 10 viruses across 50 cities over the next six months. Currentl...
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25-Aug 2025
HISTORY OF CRIMEA
HISTORY OF CRIMEA
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Harkening back to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Zelenskyy asserted that peace “must be lasting” and “not like it was years ago”. “Ukraine was forced...
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21-Aug 2025
CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES
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A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a remarkable electronic component used to capture images by converting light into electrical signals. Its invention mar...
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21-Aug 2025
NATIONAL SPACE LAW
NATIONAL SPACE LAW
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India is set to celebrate its second National Space Day on August 23. Following Chandrayaan-3’s soft-landing near the lunar south pole to the upcoming Gagan...
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21-Aug 2025
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
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The Union Home Ministry, in its affidavit before the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, has submitted that the power of the Lieutenant Governor (LG) ...
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19-Aug 2025
REMOVAL OF CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER REMOVAL OF CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER
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A day after the Election Commission of India’s (ECI’s) press conference dismissing allegations of electoral fraud as “baseless and inval...
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19-Aug 2025
