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RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID)
RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID)
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Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday (18th June) announced a FASTag-based annual pass priced at Rs 3,000 fo...
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20-Jun 2025
DIGIPIN
DIGIPIN
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The Indian government has launched a new digital address system called DIGIPIN, aiming to enable the precise identification of locations throughout the country. DIGIPIN i...
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19-Jun 2025
UNITED NATIONS OCEANS CONFERENCE (UNOC)
UNITED NATIONS OCEANS CONFERENCE (UNOC)
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The United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC) concluded last week in France, with 56 of the necessary 60 countries ratifying the Biodiversit...
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19-Jun 2025
IRAN-ISRAEL
IRAN-ISRAEL
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In a dramatic escalation of tensions, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a stark warning to the United States against any military intervention, ...
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18-Jun 2025
HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS
HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS
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In a hydraulic system, pressure is created by applying a force to a fluid.And because it is subsequently transmitted equally in all directions, a small force...
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18-Jun 2025
SHIPKI LA PASS
SHIPKI LA PASS
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Himachal Pradesh has opened the Shipki La pass, a motorable mountain pass in the Kinnaur district, to domestic tourists, a step which locals hope will revitalise t...
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17-Jun 2025
FUEL GAS DESULPHURISATION (FDG)
FUEL GAS DESULPHURISATION (FDG)
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On June 4, The Hindu reported that a committee of experts, chaired by Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) Ajay Sood, has recommended that India do ...
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16-Jun 2025
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES (SEZ)
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES (SEZ)
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The Government of India has been taking various steps to boost the production of semiconductors and electronics in India, in a bid to reduce our depe...
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16-Jun 2025
SPARTAENAE KARIGIRI
SPARTAENAE KARIGIRI
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A team of researchers has identified a new species of jumping spiders of the Spartaeinae subfamily in southern India, known for their intelligent hunting ski...
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16-Jun 2025
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
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India had raised “deep concerns” about the possibility of misuse of funds by Pakistan to Asian Development Bank (ADB) as it extended a $800 millio...
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06-Jun 2025
POLAR RESEARCH VEHICLE (PRV)
POLAR RESEARCH VEHICLE (PRV)
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On June 3rd, Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), a Government of India undertaking, signed an MoU with Norwegian...
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05-Jun 2025
BOW ECHO
BOW ECHO
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The intense storm that hit Delhi on Sunday appeared in an unusual shape in the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD’s) weather radar imagery. The storm looked like ...
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30-May 2025
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO)
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO)
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OpenAI on Wednesday (May 28) indicated its openness to a potential future IPO, depending on the company’s own readiness as well as how public mar...
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30-May 2025
SUGAR BOARDS
SUGAR BOARDS
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In order to check the sugar intake of school-going children, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has instructed over 24,000 affiliated schools across Ind...
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28-May 2025
PRESIDENTIAL REFERENCE
PRESIDENTIAL REFERENCE
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President Droupadi Murmu, has made a reference to the Supreme Court, under Article 143 of the Constitution, on certain questions of law and has sought i...
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19-May 2025