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Constitutional jurist and Senior Advocate Fali S Nariman passed away at the age of 95.
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Constitutional jurist and Senior Advocate Fali S Nariman passed away at the age of 95.
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In a case where a woman nursing officer was terminated from the Military Nursing Service on the grounds of marriage, the Supreme Court firmly termed the same to be a 'coarse case of gender discrimination and inequality'.
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister approved the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for Sugar Season 2024-25 at ₹ 340/quintal at a sugar recovery rate of 10.25%.
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The base of primary education has widened in India but we still lack capacity for higher-level schooling, with enrollment showing pyramidal attrition as children turn into teenagers.
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Recently various States especially from south India have claimed that they have not been receiving their fair share as per the present scheme of financial devolution.
GS Paper III
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Recently, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the continuation of “Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP).
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Recently, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister has approved an amendment in the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy on the space sector.
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The Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs to continue the implementation of the Umbrella Scheme.
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A survey conducted by UNICEF's public-private youth platform YuWaah and U-Report, titled "Factors influencing young women’s participation in labour force and non-traditional jobs," has unveiled several insights into obstacles that reduce women’s participation in the workforce.
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Man-made gems are reshaping the $89 billion global diamond jewellery market, especially in the west Indian city of Surat, where 90% of the world’s diamonds are cut and polished.
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The European Union recently launched Operation Aspides to protect maritime traffic in the Red Sea, which Houthi rebel attacks have disrupted.
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The Indian Navy’s largest-ever multilateral naval exercise - Milan 2024 - kicked off in Vizag city with several warships from the Indian Navy and foreign navies participating in the Harbour Phase of the event.
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Recently, Data released by the UNESCAP as part of Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report: Showcasing Transformative Actions 2024 report indicated that the country still had quite a few indicators where data availability was an issue.
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Recently, the 3rd Meeting of ATIGA was hosted by India in Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi, and Delegates from ASEAN countries participated in the meeting.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH), a platform for sharing knowledge and digital products among countries.
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The study, conducted by scientists at Columbia University in New York and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, profiled individual plastic particles to bridge the knowledge gap that exists in the analysis of nanoplastics, as a result of effective techniques.
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Researchers from Oxford University recently discovered a new Harappan site near Dholavira, ‘Morodharo’.
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Four bone fragments of Lord Buddha, also known as Kapilvastu Relics, presently kept in the National Museum, will be taken to Thailand on Thursday.
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The Supreme Court has said that 'forests' should be defined in accordance with a judgment it passed in 1996. This assertion questions the Govt's argument for amending the Forest Conservation Act.
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The India-U.S. Defence Acceleration Ecosystem Summit, INDUS-X, began in New Delhi.
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The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is making efforts to get UNESCO to declare the annual ‘Paruveta Utsavam’ as an ‘intangible cultural heritage’.
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Shortly after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Intuitive Machines' robotic Odysseus spacecraft took a few selfies with Earth in the background.
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Indian authorities, over a one-year-period, have cancelled licences of 64 pharma companies, while 17 drug testing laboratories have been shut down for non-compliance with ‘good manufacturing practices’.
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Cambodia plans to import four tigers from India this year under an agreement signed with India to revive the population of big cats.
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A supercomputer and AI (iOncology AI), developed by researchers from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi promises to identify the best cancer therapy for their patients.
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Scientists detected water molecules on the surface of two asteroids–named Iris and Massalia for the first time ever.
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The Tamil Nadu government banned the sale and production of cotton candy in the state after it was found that the toxic chemical Rhodamine-B was being used to make it.
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A new study has revealed that a rare and unusual ‘triple-dip’ La Nina event, influenced by climate change, significantly impacted the air quality in different regions of India in the winter season of 2022-23.
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The financial assistance for the Rubber sector under the ‘Sustainable & Inclusive Development of Natural Rubber Sector’ has been increased by 23% from Rs 576.41 crore to Rs 708.69 crore for the next 2 financial years (2024-25 and 2025-26).
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After a gap of about 18 years, the government is set to revise its financial limits for ‘New Service’ and ‘New Instruments of Service’ after getting approval from Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC).