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On June 4, many people slammed the exit poll predictions after counting began for the 2024 India Lok Sabha elections.
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On June 4, many people slammed the exit poll predictions after counting began for the 2024 India Lok Sabha elections.
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Recently, DRDO conducted the first successful flight test of an indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle ( MIRV) technology.
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Recently, Bihar has initiated a well-designed work plan to strengthen its waste management profile by formulating a Low-Carbon Action Plan (LCAP) for the waste and domestic wastewater sector.
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The date of counting for Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim has been advanced by two days to ensure that their existing Houses' terms don't end before the election process is complete.
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Finland emerged as the happiest country in the world, topping the World Happiness Report 2024, the seventh successive year that the country has occupied the top spot on the list.
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The right to property initially envisaged as a fundamental right and later as a constitutional right has witnessed an interesting history in the post-colonial era. No other right as enshrined in the Constitution has witnessed a tussle as fierce as between courts and the legislature.
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A large iceberg named A-83 measuring 375 square kilometres, broke off from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf last week.
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In the Indore Lok Sabha constituency, over 200,000 votes were cast for NOTA.
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As India traverses the road to Amrit Kaal, the agriculture sector’s journey will be difficult, and filled with challenges as it struggles to transition from its old model.
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India signed new agreements and updated older ones with a dozen African countries to secure critical minerals.
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This World Environment Day, stakeholders must urgently act to accelerate land restoration, improve drought resilience, and combat desertification.
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Analyses of ancient rocks and minerals like Zircon to determine the composition of Earth’s early environment revealed that the planet most likely had the conditions for life only about 600 million years after its birth.
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is reviewing the ownership structure of clearing corporations to ensure independence and effective risk management.
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730 Lion-tailed Macaque (LTM) in Sharavathi Valley LTM Sanctuary: Report
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The market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) unveiled its latest mobile app, 'Saa ₹thi 2.0', designed to help investors manage their finances.
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Universal social protection for low- and middle-income countries would require an additional $1.4 trillion per year, according to a working paper by the International Labour Organization (ILO). Among regions, Africa faces the most substantial challenge in achieving universal coverage for social protection.
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Environmentalists Jai Dhar Gupta and Vijay Dhasmana create India’s first biosphere Rajaji Raghati Biosphere in a tiger reserve.
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Zombie deer disease, a chronic wasting disease caused by prions, is spreading across North America, Scandinavia, and South Korea.
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The 9th edition of the Raisina Dialogue was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis joined the inaugural session as the chief guest.
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Two Badami Chalukya temples at least 1,300-1500 years old and a 1200-year-old label inscription were recently discovered in Mudimanikyam village along the banks of Krishna in Nalgonda district in Telangana.
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Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has said that the entire country will have petrol pumps selling 20 percent ethanol-blended petrol, E20 petrol, by 2025.
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Recently announced new protocol promises to substantially cut the time required to develop new pigeonpea lines with desirable traits, effectively bringing food to dryland communities faster.
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has mandated all Food Business Operators (FBOs) to immediately remove any '100% fruit juice' claims from the labels and advertisements of reconstituted fruit juices, according to an official statement.
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Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan lead the chart of 1.16 lakh farmers who have voluntarily given up the benefits of the annual Rs 6,000 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme across the country from June 2023 to May 2024, according to data available with the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
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India participates in ITU’s WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event and ‘AI for Good’ Global Summit.
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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) develops new CFD software “PraVaHa” or “Parallel RANS Solver for Aerospace Vehicle Aero-thermo-dynamic Analysis”, to aid re-entry of vehicles key for human missions.
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Agricultural biodiversity not only sustains the food-based bio-resources, but also helps in maintaining a viable population of various dependent flora and fauna, like the Sarus Crane.
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India's largest power generator, NTPC Ltd, is planning a major nuclear foray by setting up 10GW capacity with an investment of ₹1.5 trillion over a period of 10 years, according to the top executive of the state-run company. The move would more than double India’s current nuclear power capacity.
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The rare admission from the Pakistani government came in Islamabad High Court in the kidnapping case of Kashmiri poet Ahmed Farhad Shah.