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The Union Cabinet has approved the overarching scheme “PRITHvi VIgyan (PRITHVI)”.
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The Union Cabinet has approved the overarching scheme “PRITHvi VIgyan (PRITHVI)”.
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In 2024, India is projected to grow at 6.2% supported by robust domestic demand and strong growth in the manufacturing and services sectors, the United Nations report said.
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Over a million birds belonging to 184 species visit Odisha’s Chilika lake.
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The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the First Advance Estimates (FAE) of National Income for the financial year 2023-24, both at Constant (Base Year: 2011-12) and Current Prices.
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Recently, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the proposal to declare Ayodhya Airport as an International Airport and naming it as “Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, Ayodhyadham”.
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A two-month-old girl with bubble baby syndrome has become one of the youngest patients in the country to undergo a bone marrow transplant (BMT) from an unrelated donor.
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Tiger’s near extinction in 1973 was pivotal in India’s conservation history. Now, Corbett has the highest density of wild tigers in the world.
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10th-century Kadamba inscription unveiled in South Goa.
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MeitY launches ERNET India’s web portal for domain registration, DNS and value-added services for educational institutions.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced an amendment to the Master Direction (MD) on Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines, aiming to redefine and provide clearer parameters for identifying Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs).
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Recently, the traditional Lanjia Saura paintings, the exquisitely embroidered Dongaria Kondh shawl, the delicious Khajuri Guda from Odisha and the Handmade Carpets and Wancho Wooden Craft from Arunachal Pradesh were among the 17 products that bagged the Geographical Indications (GI) tag.
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Indigenous equipment called ‘Single Screw Extruder’ has been developed for mechanical recycling through melt-mixing of waste thermoplastic polymers and inorganic particulate fillers.
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Existing MSP and procurement policies favor only a few crops and also creates market distortions. The MSP policy as well as price support mechanisms need a review for better and equitable implementation.
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) introduced new rules for allocating symbols to Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs).
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The Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, has launched ‘Prerana: An Experiential Learning program’.
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Recently, a Chinese student who was a victim of ‘cyber kidnapping’ has been found in rural Utah, unharmed. Experts believe that with the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), such crimes can rise.
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The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone of development projects worth more than Rs 1150 crores in Kavaratti, Lakshadweep.
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India's trade policy reorientation in late 2019, away from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and towards the Western Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), faces criticism due to growing trade deficits.
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The Government of India has been increasing the manpower of Central Armed Police Forces (women power also), giving them better equipment and resources and augmenting their annual budgets.
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Over half of the almost 10,000 hospital patients surveyed recently were given antibiotics to prevent infection rather than to treat it amidst growing concerns about the rise in resistance to antibiotics.
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The year 2023 proved to be an important one for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the lunar south pole region.
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Researchers have rediscovered a 22-million-year-old mangrove forest that was swept away by a massive volcanic eruption.
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News Excerpt: In India, it is necessary to bust the myths, face reality, and observe more effective work to improve the lives of people.
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A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has brought attention to the global disparities in blood collection.
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The changing conceptualisation of slums influenced government policies and approaches, with varied perspectives, from considering slums as an epidemic needing eradication to later viewing them as objects of technocratic solutions.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has updated guidelines on inoperative accounts and unclaimed deposits, targeting accounts with no customer-induced transactions.
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Snow Leopard: Enigmatic big cat of High Asia now National Symbol of Kyrgyzstan.
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The Prime Minister of India paid tributes to Savitribai Phule and Rani Velu Nachiyar on their Jayanti.
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Japan, a seismically accustomed nation, faced the aftermath of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake on New Year's Day.
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The government is set to unveil North India’s first river rejuvenation project ‘Devika’.